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  • Hina (Swimsuit)
    Hina (Swimsuit)
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    Recommendation: Skip
    Role: DPS
    Recommended Investment: UE30
    Use Case: Kaiten P1
    Notes: Red AoE DPS that performs well in Extreme and below, but falls off in Insane due to her poor scaling and low damage multipliers.
  • Iori (Swimsuit)
    Iori (Swimsuit)
  • Limited Banner
    Recommendation: Skip
    Role: DPS
    Recommended Investment: UE40
    Use Case: Hieronymus Kaiten
    Notes: An auto attacker with DoT that has 2 different sources of application.
  • Shun
    Shun
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    Recommendation: PvP or Speedrun if neither Skip
    Role: DPS
    Recommended Investment: 3* for Speedrun UE40 for PvP
    Use Case: PvP Speedrun strats in raids Kaiten P1
    Notes: Often used when speedrunning raids due to her initial cost, she is also a staple in PvP. Can also be used in Kaiten P1 as she does additional damage to enemies that are medium sized
  • Kokona
    Kokona
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    Recommendation: Can be considered if you need a Striker Healer
    Role: Healer
    Recommended Investment: 3*
    Use Case: Healer Hieronymus
    Notes: A striker healer that can lower the EX cost of the entire team, often used in Hieronymus.
  • Shun (Small)
    Shun (Small)
  • Permanent Banner
    Recommendation: Can be considered if you need ST red DPS
    Role: DPS
    Recommended Investment: UE40 + Bond Item
    Use Case: Kaiten P2 Hieronymus
    Notes: Finds more usage in Insane with depending on the Boss attack type, requires high investment and wants her Bond Item
  • Saya (Casual)
    Saya (Casual)
  • Permanent Banner
    Recommendation: Skip
    Role: DPS
    Recommended Investment: 3* or UE30
    Use Case: Chesed
    Notes: Has a wide AoE EX skill that lingers for 20 seconds, useful in Chesed Insane as when a normal enemy is defeated it spawns smaller enemies. Can be used as a Crit DMG buffer with her sub skill.
  • Utaha (Cheer Squad)
    Utaha (Cheer Squad)
  • Permanent Banner
    Recommendation: Can be considered if you need ST blue DPS
    Role: DPS
    Recommended Investment: UE40
    Use Case: ShiroKuro Goz
    Notes: Nothing too special with her kit she's basically a Izuna reskin
  • Noa
    Noa
  • Permanent Banner
    Recommendation: If you don't have Sizuna or need focus fire
    Role: Supporter
    Recommended Investment: 3*
    Use Case: Goz Binah
    Notes: Has Focus fire which is useful against Goz, DEF down + debuff extension can be helpful in raids such as Binah.
  • Akane (Bunny)
    Akane (Bunny)
  • Permanent Banner
    Recommendation: Skip
    Role: DPS
    Recommended Investment: 3*
    Use Case: Mystic buffer
    Notes: Designed purely for Mystic teams with a decent personal damage output.
  • Neru (Bunny)
    Neru (Bunny)
  • Limited Banner
    Recommendation: Skip
    Role: Tank
    Recommended Investment: 3*
    Use Case: If you need a repositioning tank with CC
    Notes: A tank with the ability to reposition, apply CC, and provide self shields. Unfortunately there are other students that can fulfill her role better such as Tracksuit Yuuka for shield application and repositioning.
  • Karin (Bunny)
    Karin (Bunny)
  • Limited Banner
    Recommendation: If you don't have Iroha Comfy Perorodzilla Lacking Blue AoE
    Role: DPS
    Recommended Investment: UE40
    Use Case: Perorodzilla
    Notes: A core damage dealer for Perorodzilla, wants a high amount investment to function UE40. Pairs well with Ui and NY fuuka for cost reduction
  • Asuna (Bunny)
    Asuna (Bunny)
  • Permanent Banner
    Recommendation: Skip
    Role: Supporter
    Recommended Investment: 3* + Bond Item
    Use Case: All blue raids (Wants Bond Item)
    Notes: An AoE def debuffer with a 40 second duration at 5 cost, unfortunately has limited usecase as you will rarely across a group of enemies with high defense. Her Bond Item generates an additional 1.24 SP every 35 seconds.
  • Hibiki
    Hibiki
  • Permanent Banner
    Recommendation: Skip
    Role: DPS
    Recommended Investment: 3* or UE30
    Use Case: All Red Raids
    Notes: A strong all-rounder does good AoE and single target damage with her EX skill and provides a Crit damage sub.
  • Ako
    Ako
  • Permanent Banner
    Recommendation: MUST PULL
    Role: Supporter
    Recommended Investment: 3*
    Use Case: All raids
    Notes: Pull on her banner if you don't want to bricc your account. Has been used in all raids since her release in hypercarry team comps.
  • Mari (Track)
    Mari (Track)
  • Limited Banner
    Recommendation: Can be considered if you need a Striker Healer
    Role: Healer
    Recommended Investment: 3*
    Use Case: Striker Healer Hieronymus
    Notes: Provides so much single target healing that she can brute force Hieronymus lantern (Insane) even with a debuff.
  • Yuuka (Track)
    Yuuka (Track)
  • Limited Banner
    Recommendation: Comfy Goz
    Role: Tank
    Recommended Investment: 3*
    Use Case: Goz If you need a repositioning tank
    Notes: Used for comfy Goz, low cost EX skill that repositions and provides a long duration shield. Deals a respectable amount of damage with her auto attacks
  • Koharu
    Koharu
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    Recommendation: Skip farmable
    Role: Healer
    Recommended Investment: 3* or UE30
    Use Case: Healer Hieronymus
    Notes: Striker healer which was often used in Hieronymus but with the release of other striker healers such as Tmari and Kokona, she is no longer a must pull. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED NOT TO PULL SINCE SHE WILL BE FARMABLE
  • Maki
    Maki
  • Permanent Banner
    Recommendation: Skip farmable
    Role: DPS
    Recommended Investment: UE50 (Farmable)
    Use Case: Binah Hod
    Notes: Used often in Binah. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED NOT TO PULL SINCE SHE IS FARMABLE
  • Himari
    Himari
  • Permanent Banner
    Recommendation: MUST PULL
    Role: Supporter
    Recommended Investment: 3*
    Use Case: All raids
    Notes: Pull on her banner if you don't want to bricc your account. Provides a huge atk buff and percentage cost regen to the entire team
  • Eimi
    Eimi
  • Permanent Banner
    Recommendation: Skip farmable
    Role: Tank
    Recommended Investment: 3* or UE40 (Farmable)
    Use Case: if you want a tank with self heal
    Notes: Tank with Red armor that has a self heal nothing really special here HIGHLY RECOMMENDED NOT TO PULL SINCE SHE IS FARMABLE
  • Shigure
    Shigure
  • Permanent Banner
    Recommendation: Skip
    Role: DPS
    Recommended Investment: UE40
    Use Case: Red mobbing content
    Notes: Excels in Red mobbing, unfortunately there are currently no Red raids that require mobbing.
  • Cherino (Hot Spring)
    Cherino (Hot Spring)
  • Permanent Banner
    Recommendation: Skip
    Role: T.S.
    Recommended Investment: 3*
    Use Case: Kaiten
    Notes: N/A
  • Chinatsu (Hot Spring)
    Chinatsu (Hot Spring)
  • Permanent Banner
    Recommendation: Too close to NY Fuuka and Mika banner, would recommend not pulling
    Role: Supporter
    Recommended Investment: 3*
    Use Case: ShiroKuro Binah Team Dependent
    Notes: Has 2 atk speed buffs in her kit which makes her a pair well with auto attackers such as maki and izuna.
  • Nodoka (Hot Spring)
    Nodoka (Hot Spring)
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    Recommendation: High priority if you want comfy raid runs
    Role: Healer
    Recommended Investment: 3* or UE40
    Use Case: Healer Hieronymus
    Notes: A Special healer with an ATK sub, often used for comfy raid runs
  • Aris
    Aris
  • Permanent Banner
    Recommendation: Can be considered if you need AoE blue DPS
    Role: DPS
    Recommended Investment: UE40
    Use Case: All Blue raids
    Notes: High AoE damage for perorodzilla but tends to die during transition phase
  • Yuzu
    Yuzu
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    Recommendation: Skip/Binah crit mald
    Role: DPS
    Recommended Investment: UE40
    Use Case: Binah Hod
    Notes: There are better Piercing damage dealers than relying on her Crit-dependent damage
  • Midori
    Midori
  • Permanent Banner
    Recommendation: Skip farmable
    Role: DPS
    Recommended Investment: 3* or UE40 (Farmable)
    Use Case: Chesed
    Notes: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED NOT TO PULL SINCE SHE IS FARMABLE
  • Hanae (Christmas)
    Hanae (Christmas)
  • Permanent Banner
    Recommendation: Skip
    Role:
    Recommended Investment: 3*
    Use Case: Healer Hieronymus
    Notes: Stacking healing lots and lots of healing.
  • Serina (Christmas)
    Serina (Christmas)
  • Permanent Banner
    Recommendation: Low priority due to the next few banners
    Role:
    Recommended Investment: 3*
    Use Case: Any raid/team dependent
    Notes: Provides Crit damage buffs and a stacking Piercing effectiveness buff. Performs well in long fights or in multi-dps comps.
  • Haruna (New Year)
    Haruna (New Year)
  • Limited Banner
    Recommendation: High Priority, If you want a AoE red DPS
    Role: DPS
    Recommended Investment: UE40
    Use Case: Kaiten
    Notes: N/A
  • Fuuka (New Year)
    Fuuka (New Year)
  • Limited Banner
    Recommendation: MUST PULL if you dont have ako or ui, otherwise High Priority
    Role: Supporter
    Recommended Investment: 3*
    Use Case: All raids
    Notes: Provides Crit dmg buffs and Cost reduction with her EX skill. Sadly has to compete with Ako, but is a great choice for 2nd team onwards.
  • Mine
    Mine
  • Permanent Banner
    Recommendation: Skip (Save those gems for Mika)
    Role: Tank
    Recommended Investment: 3*
    Use Case: Kaiten If you need a tank that can pull enemies
    Notes: N/A
  • Sena
    Sena
  • Permanent Banner
    Recommendation: Skip
    Role: T.S.
    Recommended Investment: 3*
    Use Case: TS Buffer and Healer
    Notes: Can be used in hypercarry comps, Has large atk buff with some healing. Her EX skill AI can be clunky.
  • Chihiro
    Chihiro
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    Recommendation: Can be considered if you need CC for HOD
    Role: DPS
    Recommended Investment: 3*
    Use Case: HOD
    Notes: Designed purely for HOD with an EX skill with CC and her Sub skill increasing CC power
  • Mika
    Mika
  • Limited Banner
    Recommendation: MUST PULL + 3* RATE UP
    Role: DPS
    Recommended Investment: UE40
    Use Case: All Yellow Raids
    Notes: Single handedly pushed most ST Yellow DPS into retirement , with a high damage multiplier on her EX skill and several built in buffs such as guaranteed crit, piercing effectiveness and atk boost. She also has evasion stats similar to a EVA tank while having damage reduction built in her skillset.
  • Megu
    Megu
  • Permanent Banner
    Recommendation: Free 100 pulls
    Role: DPS
    Recommended Investment: N/A
    Use Case: N/A
    Notes: N/A
  • Kanna
    Kanna
  • Permanent Banner
    Recommendation: Free 100 pulls
    Role: DPS
    Recommended Investment: N/A
    Use Case: N/A
    Notes: N/A
  • Sakurako
    Sakurako
  • Permanent Banner
    Recommendation: Can be considered if you need focus fire for GOZ
    Role: DPS
    Recommended Investment: N/A
    Use Case: GOZ
    Notes: N/A
  • Ui
    Ui
  • Permanent Banner
    Recommendation: High Priority
    Role: Supporter
    Recommended Investment: 3*
    Use Case: Team dependant, if you need cost reduction
    Notes: Her usecase is rather dependant on your team, she may not provide alot if your team is already running low EX cost skills. Reducing the EX cost of a student like Bunny Karin or Hina allows for a more comfortable rotation.
  • Hinata
    Hinata
  • Permanent Banner
    Recommendation: Skip
    Role: DPS
    Recommended Investment: UE40 + Bond Item
    Use Case: Perorodzilla
    Notes: Designed to be used as a AoE DPS in Perorodzilla but has a low ATK stat. This problem is mitigated by unlocking her Bond Item which gives a much needed boost to her ATK stat.
  • Nagisa
    Nagisa
  • Limited Banner
    Recommendation: Haven't Tested
    Role: DPS
    Recommended Investment: N/A
    Use Case: Hieronymus
    Notes: N/A
  • Toki
    Toki
  • Limited Banner
    Recommendation: Haven't Tested
    Role: DPS
    Recommended Investment: UE 40
    Use Case: Hieronymus
    Notes: First Impressions: Saw ALOT of usage in Hieronymus torment
  • Koyuki
    Koyuki
  • Permanent Banner
    Recommendation: Can be considered if you need a Blue AoE
    Role: DPS
    Recommended Investment: N/A
    Use Case: Goz Perorod
    Notes: EX Skill deals strong AOE with a random effect and damage each time it is used (The randomness of her EX skill is not something you should worry about). Her basic skill can ricochet between enemies.
  • Shiroko
    Shiroko
  • Permanent Banner
    Recommendation: Skip farmable
    Role: DPS
    Recommended Investment: UE30
    Use Case: Kaiten P2
    Notes: Solid ST DPS and currently has the cheapest way to break Kaiten Shield P2.
  • Kayoko (New Year)
    Kayoko (New Year)
  • Permanent Banner
    Recommendation: High Priority
    Role: Supporter
    Recommended Investment: 3*
    Use Case: Blue Raids
    Notes: First Impressions: Has a long Mystic Effectiveness buff, seems like a great pick up for blue raids
  • Haruka (New Year)
    Haruka (New Year)
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    Recommendation: High Priority
    Role: Supporter
    Recommended Investment: 3* (currently unsure)
    Use Case: N/A
    Notes: First Impressions: Seems really good with having a Crit DMG res and Crit res debuff to one enemy for 50 seconds and comes with a cost recovery skill.