Originally Posted by
Kamahari Akuma
Julian is, as far as I'm considered, an interesting compromise between Aria and Katie.
While he doesn't have Katie's defense, his HP bulk acts as a nice tradeoff and has some more attack power over Katie. Aria outclasses him when it comes to attack power, but lacks that HP bulk that Julian has that lets him live longer.
Assuming you don't have a mincosted Aria (damn dragon mages), Julian can be decent when combined with Katie for UP generation and some amount of defense power as well. While leaning towards offense can be bad for soldiers, due to Julian's HP boost it gives him that little edge until he can be supported by a healer.