Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-24.84.175.109-20150113024951/@comment-2.26.227.166-20150116004034

I am surprised no one mentioned Elimo yet. Lancia is a good one as well, her SBB is a good source of healing and ATK boost. Her LS is unlikely to be used, but really does heal/keep topped your team with the Heart increase. However, she only sustains you -- she does not actually protect you from damage. So big attacks can still kill your characters just as well. The ATK buff is also meaningless, since many units have it as well and in better forms. So this is where Elimo comes in. A more defensively minded healer, instead of raising ATK which is probably useless in most setups, it raises your DEF%. DEF is not as 'worth' it as ATK, but it is a less common buff and it provides you with increased protection. SBB is where Elimo is at, though: With 25% damage mitigation, he becomes a quasi-protector and you can actually run a very sustainable team if you can also fit a Narza, as you can literally alterate between SBBs per turn, making your teams invincible. It makes some of the harder content much easier, including Karl. Of course there are other ways to defeat him so that's not a reason in itself. Anyway, Elimo is the most useful one for me. If you land this unit at Guardian or Anima (or Lord), you should be very happy. ATK is crap anyway and it is not an offensive unit. You will usually be defending, not attacking -- unless if the element is in your favour.

This comes from someone who's run a Lancia-based team for a long while, before switching to Elimo. I also run teams without a healer.