>>538335958
Since when were you under the impression he's being chosen for gameplay?

Though yes, he's ridiculously good and I use him often to this day.
The key is to isolate him so the enemy proccing his Guts (he gets 3 stackable bonus Guts from his Bond 10 CE) allows him to essentially just sit there several turns undying ignoring many gimmicks. The core benefit of this is a lot of "free" damage but it has kept up a bit poorly against powerhouses like Draco dunking ridiculous amounts of damage.
I still clear most CQs with him though.

>>538336568
>Not when he can't fucking do damage anymore. This isn't 2020.
>Buster Brave Chains aren't as valuable as they used to be. He might have Guts, but he'll struggle to do real damage without NP spam.
>Ciel is a better anchor than him.
As noted, getting like 8 turns of 100k+ or 200k on NP turns for free just isn't as impressive as it used to be.
HOWEVER there are still plenty of scenarios where the biggest problem in a CQ is keeping your side alive. There's nothing stopping you from front loading modern damage dealers, accepting the CQ eventually killing said frontline, then using a slot 5 taunt and/or the boss' NP to isolate Herc and let him clean up.