Originally Posted by maotd

Lavender is really good but... Apple. x1.2 skill rate + 10% damage for all is to good. But Lavender must be the next. She is the best event girl after all.

Thanks maotd, will do.

Lavender is also really really slow, 235 compared to Apples much more middle of the road 500. It will usually make it much more difficult to not end up with her squad lagging way behind others unless you very specifically balance her out with a very fast unit, and that in turn limits your choices somewhat.

Originally Posted by kringley

Lavender is also really really slow, 235 compared to Apples much more middle of the road 500. It will usually make it much more difficult to not end up with her squad lagging way behind others unless you very specifically balance her out with a very fast unit, and that in turn limits your choices somewhat.

Thanks for that tip kringley. I have a couple of speed boosters in Alpinia and Gaillardia so have a few options to make her squad doesn't cause me problems when trying to 3 medal.

Edelweiss is really good too with Lavender. And she also had heal on pest nest node. It's good with Lavender heal node boost. Oncidium is also a good choice with her +10% damage. Lavender already do good damages to all enemies. Giving her a small damage boost is not a bad idea.

I was not aware that Healing Node boosting abilities combo'd with Heal Over Pest Node abilities.
Thanks for that little tip Moatd, it was something I never noticed before.

Healing node boost don't increase the pest node heal (or if it does, I'm not aware of it) but having multiple sources of healing in one team is good. Add a Chocolate Cosmos/Lantana somewhere in your squad and your Lavender/Edelweiss pair will be good for stage with a lot of small pests or with pests dealing tons of damages (there was an event like that, with pests dealing like 6~8k damages in one hit).
Okay it's not that good, espacially when you have some high level rainbows but that's still better than nothing.

Just my 2 cents.

I found that Lavender despite being one of the strongest event girls was very hard to actually keep using. I have her in my team 4 right now with Anthurium to keep her up to decent speed (+150 speed for squad) but to be honest she left my teams for around 6 months and has only recently been added back in.

Originally Posted by maotd

Healing node boost don't increase the pest node heal (or if it does, I'm not aware of it) but having multiple sources of healing in one team is good. Add a Chocolate Cosmos/Lantana somewhere in your squad and your Lavender/Edelweiss pair will be good for stage with a lot of small pests or with pests dealing tons of damages (there was an event like that, with pests dealing like 6~8k damages in one hit).
Okay it's not that good, espacially when you have some high level rainbows but that's still better than nothing.

As a note to the subject, Lavender's healing ability is a stage ability and thus i think it works for all squads. Though I'm not completly sure, so I thought i'd just post this since I didn't realize it myself for a long time and also to go sure if that's actually true^^

Originally Posted by kringley

Lavender is also really really slow, 235 compared to Apples much more middle of the road 500. It will usually make it much more difficult to not end up with her squad lagging way behind others unless you very specifically balance her out with a very fast unit, and that in turn limits your choices somewhat.

That can actually work in your benefit. There are many girls who have a rocket showed up their assess (danchou saaaan ? ), and can be too fast for the setup you need.
I find that girls like Lavender and Bipina Cosmos, are excellent to balance such squad out, as it literally takes one of them to outset 2/3 550+ speed girls. I still rock Lavender, she is very very strong for a 5* even, and undisputed the best event 5* so far.

Edit: And I forgot to mention - as the Blooming is getting closer and closer with every month > Lavender has a Bloomed form (one of the first girls to have it actually). It both improves her rather lame Evolved artwork, and boost her stats nicely and swaps her passives around a bit.
http://flowerknight.wikia.com/wiki/Lavender

I call this "Very Nice".

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