Re: Aegis Thousand Year War - DMM Online Game
For anyone thinking what to farm during final days of gold rush event, here is a short, subjective review of farmable platinum units. Out of gold ones Carry, Bernice, the new Angel and maybe the new witch are interesting. You might want Gina (the monk girl) and Dorotty (the avenger girl). The former however, due to lack of atk, I find very inferior to Rin, which should be coming in revival soon (and is farmable now). The latter being avenger is not high priority in general. Also note that Dorotty has lower attack speed than other avengers and that is a terrible drawback for that class.
Going back to the main subject here – platinum units.
Tier 1
Mariabelle – Mariabelle is a prime unit, possibly even if we put all other factors aside she would be the most valuable target in this event. What is even better is that as her main power comes from her skill, she doesn’t need to be cost reduced much (when facing rush you are possibly better off using Rean). Moreover even if her strength lays in the skill, it doesn’t need to be high level, as levels only increase duration (which may be counterproductive in some scenarios when you want to reuse it later). All in all even -0/+0 Mariabelle is fine. Moreover, we already had her revival twice, so I wouldn’t expect her to show up again anytime soon. Long story short – if you have some spare crystals, can 3-star her map (remember you don’t need to kill the golem for that) and don’t have even single Mariabelle – go farm her.
Ricca – Ricca is both unique and widely liked. You might think the latter factor is not that significant. However, it means that you will often run into strategies based around her and due to first of her features I have mentioned – you won’t be able to use anything else in her place. While she is a specialized unit, she fills three niches very well (good dueler, that doesn’t draw heals, melee unit that has ranged attack, good HP pool to soak hits). It would be nice to get some cost reductions and skillups on her, but even without that she will be useful. Compared to other units in this event she is relatively new, so I wouldn’t expect her revival anytime soon.
Tier 2
Odette – Odette is all about good base stats and this is 80% of the game. Her skill is very niche and doesn’t increase her DPS. Her AW bonus doesn’t help. The reason I value her high is due to the fact that for almost a year since her introduction we didn’t get a stronger AoE damage dealer (though maybe that is a sign that one is around a corner?). Her revival was held after GA version started, so I wouldn’t count on her coming back soon. -0/+0 is fine.
Shiho – Mikos are rare, the way their healing works sometimes makes it impossible to replace them with a regular healer and I remember many pages ago Petite calculated, that she is the strongest burst-healer in game. She was also already revived and she is superior to Kaguya which we might get in future. One problem is that you possibly want to have some cost reduction and skill ups on her.
Tier 3
Bellinda – Just like Mariabelle she is a great unit that was already revived twice so I wouldn’t count on her coming back anytime soon. The reason she is not tier 1 is due to the fact that there are many witches in game that can take her role and arguably Elza from the previous event is a better witch.
Azami – Azami is a cool ninja, but the way Ninjas are used means that silver one will often do well enough. With ninja AW Azami can get lower cost than the silver ninja, but for that you would need to cost reduce her a lot which is unlikely in current event.
Charlotte – ninja-princess unit class is awesome. However quite often you can use a true princess or a true ninja for overall better result. If you have neither Charlotte might be slightly higher on your priority list, as she is one of the few units you will be able to use instead of princesses in many strategies. However if you are already playing for few months you should have Hores, which is on par with Charlotte. Charlotte is fine without cost reduction, but some skill ups are needed (though you can fill them with fairies later on). Main reason however she is not tier higher is that her revival should be coming soon.
Rin – To truly shine you need her on very high cost down and high skill. Without that you are most likely better off just using soldiers. Compared to other units on the list her revival should come relatively soon.
Yurina – Similarly to Odette, Yurina is an awesome unit in term of base stats. 2-block with good attack, HA-tier defense and best Mdef available (after AW. Before that angels come into competition). Her skill is not too impressive, so you don’t need high level of that and since she is quite costly cost reductions are also not a priority. The only reason I don’t count her as priority 1 target is that she is from the second oldest event that was not yet revived (the other one being black ninja Saki which I am not sure is getting revived at all). I wouldn’t be surprised if we get Yurina in the next revival event.
Chloe – Angels are good for two things – tanking magic and ranged damage and superb burst damage. The latter is hard to use and you usually want other units to handle that role. It also requires high skill-up, but sooner or later you will be able to get that from the new silver angel. The problem with Chloe is her poor AW bonus. I have not yet seen stats of the gold angel, but if those are not too far behind, she will possibly be a better unit to invest in than Chloe. All in all Chloe is strong, but if you lack other units from the list you might want to get something less specialized. In term of revival events, she should eventually appear there, but it will still be some time.
Tier 4
Ada – People like her looks, but she is an assassin without assassination skill. She traded that for SSJ, which might have some uses, but she is the weakest unit in this event and you need her at high cost reduction and high skill to be useful.