Quote Originally Posted by Mirai View Post
-- So my question is - is it worth awakening Gaia? --
Gaia's job: Negate single-target Overdrives by dying.
Awakened Gaia's job: Negate single-target Overdrives while taking no damage, and nearly entirely nullify AoE Overdrives.

In other words, absolutely. Gaia is no damage dealer so can't really hard-carry your Wind, but Awakened Gaia is absolutely amazing at keeping your damage dealers in shape so that they can do their job. If you have even a single hard-carry in Wind, she'll be great for you. If not... well, you'll at least be able to clear all Thunder content with ease, albeit take ages to do so.