Talk:Divine Blade Alan/@comment-27784541-20171216082209/@comment-30054866-20171216125710

IMO it's still worth getting him, since the Summoner Avatar can't be used in certain situations (e.g. Guild Raids, Frontier Rift, Vortex Arena, etc). Aside from this, Alan actually works a fair bit better in terms of buffs (such as how he has a self tristat boost, and a 6 elemental damage reduction) even if the SAvatar can expand its buffpool more thanks to EX skills and provides extra buffs such as Mitigation and BBAtk boosts.

However, for me, Alan is at a lower priority in terms of summoning, especially when compared to a unit like Chloe. You can use the SAvatar as a simple subsitute for Alan while you don't have him yet, and there's the fact that Chloe is a Limited Edition unit, whereas Alan can be pulled whenever.

I hope this helped! (^^)/