Cold Steel II Spoilers
>S-Craft: Death's Embrace
>Target: All
>K.O. (100%)
This is the first game since Trails in the Sky where guest characters who're supposed to be stronger than your party members actually feel that way too.
Toval can cast Arts much, much faster than anyone else thanks to his unique gear.
Claire can accelerate everyone's turns while simultaneaously buffing their ATK, DEF and SPD.
Sharon can instakill every enemy on the field with her S-Craft and use a regular Craft to heal some of your entire party's HP and CP.
I really like it; it's still considerably fair because you can only ever choose one of them at a time. Crossbell's guest characters always felt somewhat weaker than the actual main group.