Tokyo Ghoul · Break the Chains: SP Owl Anteiku Team Guide

To build a competitive Anteiku team in Tokyo Ghoul · Break the Chains, place SP Owl (Yoshimura) in your frontline anchor slot to soak initial enemy burst, protect your lineup with faction shields, and set up turn-three counterattacks for single-target finishers like Awakened Ken Kaneki.

Recommended Anteiku Roster

An optimal Anteiku lineup balances frontline defense, execution damage, turn manipulation, and crowd control across four active slots.

Slot / Role	Character	Primary Duty
Main Anchor / Tank	SP Owl (Yoshimura)	Frontline damage mitigation, aggro control, AoE burst, and Anteiku buffs
Primary Carry	Awakened Ken Kaneki	Single-target execution and eliminating softened targets
Support / Buffer	Waitress Touka Kirishima	Speed adjustments, secondary shielding, and card cycling
Disruptor / Utility	Enji Koma (Devil Ape) / Kaya Irimi	Turn stalling, stun application, and backline pressure

Fielding SP Owl alongside Awakened Kaneki forces opponents into an awkward target split. If attackers focus on Kaneki, SP Owl stacks defensive organization passives uncontested. If they target SP Owl, Kaneki freely builds Ultimate charge for cleanup.

Cell Sets and Stat Priorities

Anteiku units scale primarily through survivability and tactical turn order.

SP Owl (Yoshimura)

Equip SP Owl with a four-piece Guardian or Fortitude Cell Set using HP% and Defense% main stats to reinforce base shielding and low-health damage reduction. Prioritize sub-stats in this order:

Damage Reduction % / Tenacity: Blunts critical strikes from burst attackers.
Effect Resistance: Prevents freeze and silence debuffs from shutting down his defensive stance.
Attack % / Critical Rate: Supplies secondary damage for his Ultimate.

Carry and Support Units

Awakened Ken Kaneki: Equip Critical Damage and Penetration Cell Sets to convert the openings SP Owl creates into immediate eliminations.
Waitress Touka Kirishima & Enji Koma: Prioritize Speed and Health sub-stats. Outspeeding opposing teams ensures shields, buffs, and stuns trigger before enemies unleash their opening skills.

Turn Rotation and Card Merging Strategy

Anteiku compositions rely on deliberate card filtering rather than early damage dumps.

Turn 1 (Stabilize): Merge defensive skills and cycle low-value cards. Activate SP Owl’s defensive stance or faction guard buff immediately. Hold Kaneki’s attack cards unless an immediate first-turn kill is guaranteed.
Turn 2 (Control & Charge): Merge upgraded utility cards to build Ultimate energy. Apply crowd control to the enemy’s main carry or buffer using Touka or Koma while maintaining SP Owl's shield layers.
Turn 3+ (Retaliate): Fire SP Owl’s AoE Ultimate to soften the opposing board, then follow up with Kaneki’s single-target skills to eliminate remaining high-threat targets.

Faction Matchup Strategies

Adjust skill timing based on the opposing organization archetype:

Versus Aogiri Tree: Aogiri relies on heavy bleed stacks and aggressive opening turns. Hold cleanse and regeneration cards until enemy carries expend their opening burst. Keep SP Owl shielded against bleed ticks, then focus single-target attacks on fragile carries like Yamori or Ayato before turn two ends.
Versus CCG Squads: CCG units deploy heavy penetration, stuns, and focused investigator burst. Use Koma or Touka to apply crowd control on turn one, delaying their primary attackers from synchronizing debuffs. Once their opening tempo breaks, Anteiku's sustain outlasts CCG's longer skill cycles.