User blog comment:Blake Xi/Why types don't matter/@comment-24927152-20150905163327

With rin lead and my selena (plus themis since I dont have a better healer/cant afford a new one in my squad) heal all my units to max hp each SBB turn (every two turns or so) so all my anima units are up-to-max almost every turn with the regen and themis is there to keep them alive until the next SBB.

Types don't necessarily matter until you have dupes, in which case you can use their types to determine what you'll use them for. I have a guardian ultor, and 3 animas. I'm happy that I have them, sure, but I was happy with my guardian. Some units are just so good that types don't matter. There are some instances that people like me care about the type for units mainly if they're event/free units. I'm not the only one who prefers anima and i'm not simply going to throw out a unit that isn't. In a shorter message, types matter on dupes well... at least for me it matters on dupes. (Even though on some units without a certain type may be off-target.) With 7 star units, their stats are too high to care much about typing. I have anima zeldeus because my oulu was anima. I just did a summon and the unit popped up.

Like you said, spheres can "fix" any stat dents that players may not want. I'm going to leave so that I don't confuse anyone with my poor choice of points to support my claim.