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What if we include soul weapons into the picture? I'll use my dark team which although is not my "main" team but is something I am starting to work on as an example.
Weapons:
3 Assault ++ SSR at sklvl4
1 Pride SSR at sklvl1
6 Assault SSR at sklvl5 (will work on getting them to 8 as you've suggested)
Himes:
-Pluto: Atk Up (A frame 20) Dark Atk(a frame 30%) Light Rst(20%) Dmg Taken Reduced(30%)
-Satan: Def Down(a frame 15)
-Hypnos: Def Down(drowsiness 20%) Light Rst(20%)
-Paimon: Atk Down(C frame 15%) Atk Up (A frame 15%)
Soul skill: Sniper Shot Atk/Def Down (B frame 20%)
Total buff/debuffs
-Atk Up: A frame 20%
-Atk Down : B frame 20%, C frame 15% = 35%
-Def Down: A frame 15%, B frame 20%, Drowsiness 20% = 55%
-Light RST: 20%
-Pluto using blocks: Dark Atk up 30% and/or Dmg Taken Reduced: 30%
Which Soul Weapon should I focus on?
-Andromeda staff: 11~30% elemental attack, Def up : A frame 20% and D frame 20% which I lack since Light RST won't against non-Light enemies. I also get a heal which is the bait for her trap(res).
-Joan of Arc: 11~30% elemental attack/HP since both weapons are probably fine, but Joan is mainly for Atk Down: A frame 20% so I hit at the 50% cap when running Sniper Shot.
I know the best situation endgame-wise would be to get Hercules(still need to unlock Achilles first) with FLB Axe for 25% def down, and awaken Satan for Def Down: A frame 15% and an extra Dark Rst Down: 10% hitting exactly 50%. But this presents a few problems for me.
1) I would need to replace Hypnos with something else which I still haven't figure out which, best bet atm would be Diana for heal, and can alternate with Pluto and Paimon for permanent Atk Up. (Sadly all A frame)
2) Unless I can get Hades to cover Atk Down: A frame 20% which I will not count on, gacha rng and stuff, I am stuck with Sniper Shot which will put me at 50% Def Down and 70% Atk Down(which has 20% wasted for being over the cap). So in a sense this is not an option.
2*) If they hand out a miracle ticket anytime soon, I will likely be using it to perfect my main teams if there are available options. So it is also unlikely for me to grab Hades even if she is on available.
3) I am also required to get Hercule's axe FLB'd before it hits the maximum Def Down potential, whereas I could at least still have -50%/50% with Joan whom I could technically sit on LB0, and the weapon is sort of optional as well. But of course the boost in either ATK or HP would still be very welcomed. This allows me to focus my AP/BP on raids of my main element(fire>water>rest) for Hercules, effectively saving me more "total time".
I know that most people would say Joan>Andro almost all the time, except in this case my dark team has 0 Def Up outside of Light enemies. Joan has an awesome damage taken reduced, but to my knowledge, that is something which should be saved for overdrive nukes. 60% if I get the spear. Andro on the other hand, provides 40% Def Up with the staff and lasts for 3 turns meaning boss auto attacks and skills on the following 2 turns are reduced too, which is why I bothered to consider about the trap.
No matter which soul weapon I end up getting, will I rush it to sklvl20 or do I level it equally with my other assault SSRs? Personally I find it makes more sense to rush soul weapon sklvl to 20 then moving on to assault SSRs, just because 30% elemental attack or HP would probably benefit my team a lot more.