Originally Posted by Sgt Virgin Retard

-You can only hire allies around the power level of your own helper deck, I think.
-Do we even get halfway decent equipment from equipment gacha? If not, where does one go to get improved equipment?
-Those missions where you go to encounter Manyu are the best for indirect leveling, right? With indirect, I mean that we probably get Manyu as drops there, no?
-What is used to evolve?

-I'm not sure if a picture was uploaded, And sorry if more than one was.
-Is it worth using a Rainbow Skillbloom on Ardisia? I guess this could be considered a 'halfway personal dilemma'.
-Again, does it matter what you give them to raise their affection, does giving them their favorites raise stats even more?
Lots of boring, basic questions here, fit for a newbie, I guess.

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Ah, and one more thing, it's not like I expected to win, not with this trash deck. Pretty much compared my strength from then>now. What I am after is ways to improve.

1) Your allies are scaled down in level to the highest level of one of your units. Tried and true strategy would be to focus on one unit and level it as much as possible to get the most out of your allies. (It doesn't have to be in your first team, but somewhere in the set).

2) The mid-grade equipment gives decent equipment when lucky. (This takes hitting higher level raid bosses). They can be improved from there via equipment upgrades, but that takes getting to level 40.

3) Evolving - look at the wiki at the top of the pages for all the details, but the short: character needs to be at max level, you need cash, and bloom dragons of the right type and size for the character you want to evolve - those can be gotten from their respective dailies. For now focus on leveling up.

4) The manyu dailies will always give you manyus, which is the best way to level. Secret gardens give them too if you get enough of them. These are the only ways to level your girls.

5) I'd use a rainbow skill bloom on Ardisia, sure. Attack all, good stats overall. If you have one that is. If you don't have one then level before worrying too much about it.

6) Giving a girl their favorite raises affection twice as quick as a non-favorite gift - you'd get to the same place in the end but it's quicker and more efficient with favorites.

As far as the units you have: Ardisia, Japanese Iris, and Lupine are all units I think are solid. They're just under level for what you're trying to do. Silvers can have decent stats at a high enough level (yours are so much lower that they aren't much help) and can be used to fill in gaps until you have better units.