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Sir Arty wrote: I've been pulling a lot of mitigators lately and now I'm wondering which one is the best for general use out of the ones I have.

Amus, Solos, Darvanshel, Valen, Mordlim, Nagid, Shera, Johan There isn't really an overall "best" unit, as really the only thing these units have in common is their Mitigation buff. Among your list, though, there are a few standouts. As such, here, have a wall of text describing the uses of each. (o3o)/\/\/

Courageous Blade Amus

Amus, unlike other units in this list, is more all-rounded than the others on this list. Her skillset and cheap SP options make it so that she functions as both a healer and a mitigator. She has classic 50% Mitigation paired with both a normal boost to Defense and Recovery and a boost to Defense and Recovery scaled to Attack, as well as a burst HC fill, an ailment cleanse, an HoT (via SP), and an HC when hit chance (via SP).

Amus' buff pool make her both slot efficient and multi-purpose. If you're aiming to provide more health to your units, I would use her. Keep note, though, that while she does provide both burst HC fill and an ailment cleanse, both of these buffs can be found within other units who grant a wider array of buffs (i.e. Cleria).

Weald Guardian Nagid 

Nagid is one of the best Mitigators thus far. He blends together HC and BC management buffs with both standard and pseudo-mitigation. He grants two-turn mitigation, a normal Defense boost, HC and BC when hit, burst HC fill, HoT, BCoT, and BC Efficacy. Aside from this, his SP options help grant two more types of pseudo-mitigation, being an Earth Shield and a Defense boost relative to Attack, as well as further enhancements to his HoT, BCoT, and HC when hit boosts.

Nagid's buff pool is one of the most slot-friendly to date, and it makes him one of the best Mitigator units out there. However, keep note that there are definitely other units who could be used for his BC/HC boosts, and that he doesn't provide many types of pseudo-mitigation.

Master Sage Solos 

Solos is a unique example of a unit completely filled to the brim with damage management skills. The main attraction towards Solos are his multiple "pseudo-mitigaton" skills, such as Elemental Mitigation, a Spark Damage reduction (via SP), and two types of Defense boosts (singular Defense boosts and a Defense boost scaled to Attack), paired with his classic mitigation. He also grants a few other BC management buffs, such as a BCoT (via SP), a BC Efficacy boost, and a BC when hit buff.

Solos' buff pool and element makes it so that he has a slot within any given squad. If you want to make your squad a bit more Defense-oriented, and already have health buffs down, I would definitely pick Solos.

Sacred Flora Mordlim

Mordlim is one of the best (and only) Earth type mitigators. Unlike other units in your list, though, she's unique as she grants both damage management buffs and enemy debuffs. Not only does she grant standard mitigation, both a normal Defense boost and a Defense boost relative to Attack, guarding boosts, and Spark Damage reductions, but she also grants an ailment affliction, a damage boost to afflicted enemies, and stat reductions.

Mordlim's one-of-a-kind buff pool pairing both Defensive and Offensive buffs make her quite the unique unit. She shines especially bright in the Earth Vortex Arena, wherein she can quickly inflict ailments while still granting mitigation.

Imperial Chain Johan 

Johan is one of the few Dark-type Mitigators present within the game. In fact, he's technically the second, the first being Magress (correct me if I'm wrong). His buffpool is quite the assortment of buffs, including a BC Efficacy buff, stat debuffs (via SP), an OD fillrate boost, and a BC when attacked boost, as well as standard mitigation. However, unless you pick the stat reduction boosts via SP (which is improbable since you can only pick one of the two without Omni+3), Johan would fail as a mitigator as he does not pack that many types of pseudo-mitigation.

While Johan isn't a bad unit, he's not exactly a stellar unit either. Considering there are better mitigators out there, I wouldn't pick to use Johan except outside of the Dark Vortex Arena (albeit Keres, one of the best Dark-type mitigators, is present) or if you just need his miscellaneous buffs.

Notes as to why other units are not in this list:

Darvanshel: He's good, but quite limited. Especially since he's only a 7* unit.

Shera: She's quite underwhelming, as her buffpool is quite small. To make her good, you'll need to utilize her SP options, which are quite expensive.

I hope this helped! (ovo)/