Originally Posted by kringley

As far as minimizing damage goes, on the current ultimate event maps where Pest damage seems to be quite high, the most effective ability that I've seen (only from helper squads, I don't have any of these girls myself) is the enemy attack reduction - Bride Oncidium and Cherry in particular.

The usefulness of skill boost is why I'm still dithering over plunking down some money for Apple, even though I have Lycoris and several other magic golds (Setaria, Evening Primrose, German Iris, Moonvine and Tachibana) and I don't find Apple's art all that appealing.

Apple is good enough that I just replaced lvl 60 Evolved Tachibana in my trigger squad with a lvl 36 Evolved Apple. Tachibana has all equipment and skill levels unlocked, while Apple is still at lvl 1 and 1 piece of equipment. Mind you, that is a squad revolving completely around triggering, with Fritillaria receiving a 2% ATK bonus each time a skill triggers. Outside such a dedicated squad, the two are pretty close to eachother. So is it worth it to buy Apple? That really depends on how you plan to use her, whether you like her, or whether you rather save your money for some other girl. (Better hurry if you do want her, that sale is probably over tomorrow) Lots of girls are still coming, and especialy the rainbow girls are hard to get, but often have some guaranteed sale.