Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-73.50.8.123-20150706182423/@comment-26580003-20150706185907

I'll summarize then go into detail below: Depending on the kind of content you do, Elimo is meta as OP defense/heal/status cleanse, Kikuri still high due to BC when u get hit on her SBB, Edea became Meta in JP (see below), and Altri can make some of the new GGC WAY easier.

1) General quest / vortex farming you could do damage focus group with secondary healing (like Selena's HOT that comes with her DMG. So example like Selena + Kikuri + Sefia + whatever 2 other dmg ones you want and friend lead you want. Kikuri + Magress + a dark element friend = most of your squad getting benefit from the 100% attack bonus for dark units LS from Kikuri with her 50% bc boost to your entire squad.

2) For Challenge Content: Include in your squad Elimo (OP mitig), Kikuri (OP "generate BC when hit" on her SBB). Furthermore, when Edea 7 comes out, Edea + Elimo becomes a wombo combo for the really challenging stuff. WHY IS THIS WOMBO COMBO: If you have both, you can keep doing Elimo's SBB for the OP 140% Def buff with Mitigation, while Edea removes statuses with her BB/SBB (Elimo only has status cleanse on her BB< but then u dont cast the 3 turn SBB). Furthermore, Edea can cover 50% mitigation on the turn you want to put Elimo into OverDrive for her OP UBB 3 turn 75% mitigation. And, Edea's GGC sphere + ES wearing it make her so tanky even though it doesnt give HP.

So, aside from those 3, you fill the rest based on buffs / dmg you need from whatever else you got (7 star stats, element dmg buffs, crit dmg buffs, crit CHANCE buffs, elemental dmg buffs, SPARK buffs, attack/defense down on enemy).

In regards to Altri7: His 7 will basically apply Melchio's White Armor sphere on your whole squad which is huge dmg protection. It completely negates bonus dmg from Critical Dmg and Elemental weakness. ON top of that u get Altri's previous boost to HC effectiveness. However, no idea when we will actually get him. BUt his leader skill would make Michelle GGC and final level of Sefia/Kikuri GGC much easier.

Out of the remaining starters, as I said, Selena is viewed as best, Atro still rated strongly on Tier list, but Vargas/Lance/Eze rated as less valuable. This does not mean they are useless, but that you can swap them out with better units when you get some.

Sefia and Kikuri can give BC fill when u need, but Sefia is easily replaced for LS by several others, while Kikuri has better value due to her SBB buff.

In the long run, Selena has the longest "lasting" tier rating due to dmg + hot and her UBB giving 99k heal for 3 turns. Magress is the next most due to his UBB 100% mitigation, but he is beaten by any number of the newer 7 star mitigs with bigger variation buffs they can give (Kanon, Aaron, Edea, Elimo, etc). So, if u got nothing else keep him.

Elimo is meta tier (best tier) and still is in Japan. This is because she gives mitigation +heal + defense (now best stat in Japan for surviving vs HP in older days of BF) and status clear on BB, with her 3 turn 75% mitigation UBB. So if u need to swap in 1 defensive unit, put her in, sphere frogged, and use a sphere to prevent statuses so she can always heal / cleanse / defense buff as needed, but leave your other 4 units + friend lead for dmg except on difficult content where u shoudl use my tips from part 2).

Hope this helps!

-Chanmanm8