Quote Originally Posted by Dejnov View Post
I would take Provisional Forest with Herc on the Dark team when you have Satan Awakened and the MLBed Herc axe. That will get you -50% Def down and now you can buff overall damage. It is better to get the ATK and DEF debuffs first over Provisional Forest. The only time it works better is for Light where you can take both Provisional Forest and also Sniper Shot (Shingen soul with EX Sniper Shot).

If your Light is your main, you want to work on thinking if you can do more than one load out for Light. But it all really depends on how deep your Hime bench is with Light. If you have just 4 SSRs, you probably only have one good load out for Light. It won't mean having multiple teams until you get 5 or 6 SSRs that can switch in depending upon the job. Example: For my Dark team I have both Satan Awakened and Samael. Both give -25% DEF down, but Samael does it all (for 120 sec), while Satan has it for longer (180 sec) and a Black Propagnda skill. I switch them depending on whether it's a single fight (Satan) or groups (Samael).


Dark is a great second choice for Light... it helps when you have to do Light Catastrophes and Accessory Quests.


Dejnov.
Between Satan Awakened and Dark Amaterasu I already have -45% def down. If that last 5% can be overlooked, I could take Shingen as my Soul directly for Provisional Forest, then use either Trial by Jury to hit -40% Atk down or Encourage Inspiration for faster bursts. Would that work better than Herc, or do I need that last 5%?
And if I have Amaterasu's Black Propaganda-like skill and Satan's Darkness Lost to control overdrives, are they fine without TbJ or is getting that -40% Atk more important than Provisional Forest for Herc or Encourage Inspiration for Shingen?

My Light SSR himes include:
Sol Awakened, Michael Awakened, Tishtrya, Light Tsukuyomi, Eros, Frey, Atum, and Santa Satan. The first six are my team. Since Sniper Shot overlaps with Tish's debuffs I use Ambush instead.

My Dark SSRs include:
Satan Awakened, Dark Amaterasu, Chernobog, Osiris, Samael, Kali, and Thanatos. Again, the first six are my team. Sadly, no Hades or Pluto.