General Content Team Building

Introduction

A team in Blue Archive consists of six students, four of which are deployed on the field while two students sit off-screen and help with their abilities. The students on-field are called Strikers, while the students that help off-screen are Special students. Each Student, either Striker or Special, has different roles to fulfill in the team. This guide aims to give a general idea of which roles a student can perform other information such as individual stats and usage, will be explained in a separate student guide.

Striker students will be your on-field team in dealing damage to enemy units. They usually have skills that deal damage, apply CC, or provide buffs to the team. The outlier for Striker Students is Tanks, which mainly soak up damage and prevent enemies from damaging the other Striker Students.

The supportive role is left to the Special students that work off-screen. They help the Striker students with various abilities that can help the Striker Students such as providing healing, buffs, debuffs, dealing damage to the enemy with their own skills, or dropping in with vehicles.

Each Student, either Striker or Special, has different roles to fulfill in the team. This guide aims to give a general idea of which roles a student can perform other information such as individual stats and usage will be explained in a separate student guide.

It is also important to know how the damage and armor types affect gameplay, we recommend checking this guide as it goes more in-depth into the topic.

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Team Composition and Roles

These are the most common team composition you will use for General Content.

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Team Building

NOTE: Arranged in no particular order and students marked with * are the our recommendations for their category

Sources: Midokuni's Student Insights

Universal Choices
These are students which that can fulfill their role regardless of Damage Type

Tanks
	Atsuko	Tsubaki*	Yuuka (Gym Wear)	Hoshino (Swimsuit)*
	1.AOE Heal 2.Team and Self EVA buffs	1.CC(Taunt) 2.Self Heal(Once per battle)	1.Team and Self Reposition with Shield	1.Team ATK and Explosion DMG buff 2. Self Heal 3. Cost Regen buff(EX Skill)
	Marina	Haruka	Tsukuyo	Eimi
	1. Invincible when hp drops below 20% (Once per battle)  2. Self EVA buff	1. Self DEF buffs	1. Self Heal when taking damage and inflicted with CC 2. DEF debuff against Medium sized enemies (1 enemy)	1.Self Heal (% of hp lost)
	Natsu	Yuuka*	Hoshino*	Neru (Bunny)
	1.Self Heal and Cleanse 2.Team ATK buff 3. Self REC buff	1.Self Shield  2.Self Heal (When behind cover)	1.CC(Stun) 2.Self Heal(Below 30% HP once per Battle) 3.Self Shield	1.Self Reposition with Shield 2. CC(Taunt) 3, Self EVA buff

Healers
	Serina*	Mari (Gym Wear)	Chinatsu	Hanae (christmas)
	1.Reposition and Heal to 1 Ally 2. Team CC resist buff	1. Team Heal (Except self) 2. Heal and DEF increase to 1 ally and self 3.Heal to Ally with less than 30% hp(On EX or Basic skill use)	1. Heal and cleanse to 1 ally 2. Team DEF buff 3.EVA buff to 1 ally (Lowest HP)	1. Team Crit Dmg buff  2. Stacking Heal overtime
	Fuuka	Ayane	Hanae*	Nodoka (Hotspring)*
	1.AOE reposition and heal 2. DEF buff (Ally with highest HP)3. Team Crit Res buff	1. AOE heal 2. Team MAX HP buff3. Team Crit Res buff	1. Team Crit Damage buff 2. Heals 1 ally over time 3. DEF buff to 1 ally(Lowest HP)	1. Team ATK buff 2. Constantly heal 1 ally in the AOE (Lowest HP)
	Koharu	Hanako
	1. AOE Heal and damage to enemies 2. Heal to 1 ally (lower than 50% or lower HP)	1.AOE heal over time 2.Team HEAL buff 3.DEF buff to 1 ally (Lowest HP)

Supports
	Shizuko (Swimsuit)	Ako	Ui
	1. Shield and Reposition 2. Team ATK buff 3. Crit Damage buff(ally with highest Crit Damage)	1. Ako 2.Crit Damage and Crit Rate buffs to 1 ally 3. Heals 1 ally4. Team Crit Damage buff	1.Lowers 1 ally EX skill cost (Max of 50%) and provides ATK buff 2. Team Crit Rate buff
	Himarl	Serina (Christmas)	Fuuka (New year)
	1. ATK buff to 1 ally 2. Cost Regen buff3. EVA debuff to 1 enemy	1.Team Crit Damage and Penetration buff 2.Self EVA buff	1.Lowers 1 ally EX skill cost (Max of 50%) and provides Crit Damage buff 2. Shield to lowest HP ally 3. Teamwide ATK buff
	Tomoe	Kotama	Sena
	1. Team Crit Damage, Crit Rate and SPD buff  2. Decreases Basic attack range 3. Self ATK buff	1. Team ATK buff 2. ATK debuff to 1 enemy	1. Tactical Support team ATK buff and heal 2. ATK buff to 1 Ally(highest attack)

	Hifumi (Swimsuit)	Airi	Nodoka	Hatsune Miku
	1. Tactical Support  2. Team ATK SPD buff 3. Self ATK buff	1. SPD and ATK SPD debuff to enemies 2. ATK SPD debuff to 1 enemy 3. Team ATK SPD buff	1, Team ACC buff 2. EVA debuff to 1 enemy	1. Teamwide ATK and Crit Rate buff 2. AOE heal
	Shimiko	Juri(But Why)	Shizuko	Noa
	1. Spawns cover DEF buff to allies in the AOE 2. Team DEF buff 3. Shield to lowest HP ally	1. Enemy Reposition and DOT(Poison) 2. ATK SPD debuff to 1 enemy (highest ATK) 3. Team MAX HP buff	1.Spawns Cover ACC buff to allies in the AOE 2. Team Crit Rate buff 3. ATK debuff to 1 enemy	1. Changes target priority 2.Increase debuff duration (when using Basic skill) 3. DEF debuff (1 enemy)

Light armor/RED

Best Picks
	Iroha	Hibiki	Aru	Hina
	Role: Tactical Support  1.Deals AOE damage (Max of 4 targets) 2. Team and Self ATK buff	Role: Nuker/AOE 1. Team and Self Crit Damage buff	Role: DPS/Nuker 1. Self Crit Damage and Crit Rate Buff	Role: AOE/AA(Auto Attacker) 1. Instant Reload and ATK buff
	Mutsuki	Akari
	Role: DPS/AOE 1. Self ATK and ACC buff	Role: DPS/AOE 1. Self ATK buff (10% proc chance) 2. Self MAX HP buff
Secondary Choices
	Haruna	Aris	Mutsuki (New Year)	Chise
	Role: DPS 1.Self MAX HP and Self ATK buff (When standing still)	Role: DPS 1. Self Crit Rate and ATK buff	Role: DPS/AOE 1. Self Crit Dmg and ATK buff	Role: DPS/AOE 1. Self ATK buff 2. DOT EX and Sub skill (Normal attack 10% proc chance)
Filler Characters
	Hina (Swimsuit)	Izumi	Suzumi	Izumi (Swimsuit)
	Role: AOE/CC 1. CC (Stun)2. Self Crit Rate and stacking ATK buff (5 times)	Role: DPS/AA 1. Self Heal  2. Self ATK SPD	Role: DPS/CC 1. CC (Stun) 2. Self EVA buffs	Role: DPS/CC 1. CC (Stun) 2. Self ATK and ATK SPD buffs
	Iori (Swimsuit)	Shiroko	Misaki	Kayoko
	Role: DPS 1. DOT (Chill)2. Self ATK buff	Role: DPS 1. Self Crit Rate and ATK SPD buff	Role: DPS 1. Self ATK buff	Role: CC 1. CC (Stun)
	Kirino	Hare	Saya	Serika
	N O	Role: Debuffer/CC 1. Team EVA buff 2. REC debuff to 1 enemy  3. CC (Stun)	Role: DPS/AOE 1. Team Crit Rate buff 2. Self ATK buff 3. Crit Rate debuff to 1 enemy	Role: DPS/AA 1. Self ATK and ATK SPD buff  2. Instant reload (EX Skill)
Single Target
	Shun (Child)	Mashiro	Azusa	Shun
	Role: DPS/Nuker 1. EX skill ignores DEF 2. Self ATK and ATK SPD buff	Role: Slot Machine  1. Team ACC buff 2. Self Crit Rate buff	Role: DPS 1. Def Down 2. Self Crit Rate buff	Role: DPS/Initial cost 1. Starting skill cost increase (once per battle) 2. Self ATK, Crit rate and ATK range buff 3. Additional damage to medium sized enemies

Special Armor/BLUE

Best Picks
	Iroha	Haruna	Aris	Mutsuki (New Year)
	Role: Tactical Support  1. Deals AOE damage (Max of 4 targets) 2. Team and Self ATK buff	Role: DPS 1.Self MAX HP and ATK buff (When standing still)	Role: DPS 1. Self Crit Rate and ATK buff	Role: DPS/AOE 1. Self Crit Dmg and ATK buff
	Chise
	Role: DPS/AOE 1. Self ATK buff 2. DOT EX and Sub skill (Burn when dealing Basic attack 10% proc chance)
Secondary Choices
	Cherino	Nonomi	Momoi	Midori
	Role: AOE/Support 1. Cost Regen 2. Self ATK buff 3. Decrease the of 1 enemy Crit Damage Resist (highest ATK) 4. Changes target priority(Highest ATK)	Role: AOE  1. Self ATK and Crit Damage 2. Additional damage to large sized enemies	Role: AOE 1. Self ACC and Crit Rate 2. Self ATK buff (additional ATK buff when paired with Midori) 3.DOT (Burn when paired with Midori)	Role: DPS /Nuker 1. Heal 1 ally with the lowest HP 2. Self Crit Rate buff 3.Self ATK SPD buff (additional ATK SPD buff when paired with Momoi) 4.DOT (Poison when paired with Momoi)
	Iori
	Role: DPS/AOE 1. Self ACC buff
Filler Characters
	Chinsatu (Hotspring)	Tsurugi (Swimsuit)	Asuna (Bunny)	Karin (Bunny)
	Role: Buffer 1. Team ATK SPD buff 2. Self Shield and MAX HP	Role: DPS/Tank 1. Self ATK SPD Buff	Role: Debuffer 1. AOE DEF debuff 2. Self ATK/ATK SPD and MAX HP buff	Role: DPS 1. EX and Basic ignore DEF 2. Self Crit Rate and ATK buff
	Shiroko (Cycling)	Hinata	Asuna	Izuna
	Role: DPS 1. AOE ATK debuff 2. Self ATK SPD buff	Role: DPS/AOE 1. Self Crit Damage buff 2. Additional damage to medium sized enemies	Role: DPS/AA 1. Self Reposition 2. Self ATK SPD and Crit Damage buff	Role: DPS/AA 1. Self Reposition 2. Self ATK SPD/ATK and Crit Damage
Single Target /Boss
	Azusa (Swimsuit)	Mashiro (Swimsuit)	Michiru	Wakamo
	Role: DPS/Debuffer 1. DEF debuff (1 enemy) 2.Self Crit Damage and ATK buff 3. DOT (Chill) to 1 enemy	Role:  Nuker/Buffer 1. Decrease EVA 1 enemy 2. Crit Damage buff to 1 ally (highest ATK) 3. Team ACC buff	Role: DPS 1. Self ATK and Self Crit Damage buffs 2. DOT (Burn) to 1 enemy	Role: DPS 1. Additional Damage to bosses 2. Self ATK buffs

Heavy Armor/YELLOW

Best Picks
	Cherino	Nonomi	Momoi	Midori
	Role: AOE/Support 1. Cost Regen 2. Self ATK buff 3. Decrease the of 1 enemy Crit Damage Resist (highest ATK) 4. Changes target priority (Highest ATK)	Role:  AOE  1. Self ATK and Crit Damage 2. Additional damage to large sized enemies	Role: AOE 1. Self ACC and Crit Rate 2. Self ATK buff (additional ATK buff when paired with Midori) 3.DOT (Burn when paired with Midori)	Role: DPS/Nuker 1. Heal 1 ally with the lowest HP 2. Self Crit Rate buff 3.Self ATK SPD buff (additional ATK SPD buff when paired with Momoi) 4.DOT (Poison when paired with Momoi)
	Iori
	Role: DPS/AOE 1. Self ACC buff
Secondary Choices
	Iroha	Hibiki	Aru	Hina
	Role: Tactical Support  1. Deals AOE damage (Max of 4 targets) 2. Team and Self ATK buff	Role: Nuker/AOE 1. Team and Self Crit Damage buffs	Role: DPS/Nuker 1. Self Crit Damage and Crit Rate Buff	Role: AOE/AA (Auto Attacker) 1. Instant Reload and ATK buff
	Mutsuki	Akari
	Role: DPS/AOE 1. Self ATK and ACC buff	Role: DPS/AOE 1. Self ATK buff (10% proc chance
Filler Characters
	Aru (New Year)	Serika (New Year)	Saya (Casual)	Utaha
	Role: AOE 1. Self MAX HP buff 2. Skill Cost refund	Role:  AOE 1. Crit Damage debuff 2. Team Crit Damage Res and ATK buff  3. Self ATK buff	Role: AOE/DOT 1. Team and Self Crit Damage buff	Role: Decoy 1. Team MAX HP buff 2. Self ATK buff
	Hifumi	Miyu	Saki	Kotori
	Role: Taunter 1. ACC debuff to 1 enemy 2. Self MAX HP buff 3. Cost Regen buff (Using EX skill)	Role: DPS 1. Self Crit damage buffs	Role: CC(Stun) 1. Team and Self ATK buff 2. DOT(Burn)to 1 enemy	Role: Shielder/Reposition 1. Team reposition and shield 2. Self Crit Damage buff
	Yoshimi	Yuzu	Junko	Neru
	Role: AOE 1. CC (Stun) 2. Team CC PWR buff 3. Self Crit Rate buff	Role: AOE/Nuker 1. Self Crit Damage buff	Role: DPS/AOE 1.  Invincible when hp drops below 20% (once per battle)  2. Self EVA buffs	Role: DPS 1. Self EVA/ATK AND Crit Damage buffs
	Tsurugi	Fubuki	Sumire
	Role: AOE 1. Self ATK and SPD buff 2. Self heal (when killing an enemy)	Role: DPS/CC 1. CC (Stun) 2. Self ATK buff	Role: AOE/Tank 1. Self ATK/MAX HP and DEF buff
Single Target/Boss
	Karin	Iori	Akane	Maki
	Role: Nuker 1. Team and Self ATK buff 2. CC (Stun) 3. Additional damage to extra large targets	Role: DPS/AOE 1. Self ACC buff	Role: Debuffer 1. DEF and EVA debuff to 1 enemy 2. Self MOV SPD	Role: DPS/AA 1. DEF debuff to 1 enemy 2. Self ATK and ATK SPD buff
	Hasumi
	Role: DPS 1. Self Crit Damage and Crit Rate