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So from the gist I've gotten from the Soul thread, I'm assuming that for fast teams, you use Shingen while for slower teams, Hercules is better. But what I don't get is, wouldn't Shingen just act as a bottleneck to your FB if you have no means to buff her? Do you HAVE to have Encourage Inspiration to make her work (and, in doing so, sacrifice BP or SS or whatever EX your team needs)?
Encourage Inspiration doesn't speed up Shingen only, it speeds up your entire team. So it doesn't allow Shingen to catch up to the team, it allows the team to catch up to Shingen.

Shingen has a high combo rate due to her passive, plus she gains 35 burst every 3 turns from her first ability. This, combined with PF, makes her the team player, whileas Herc is just overall a goddamn powerhouse.

Which one you should use? Well, that depends on the content, mostly. If it's content that you NEED PF to clear , go manual with Shingen. The team spike damage is on a whole different level with her. On the other hand, if you can just AAB said content, there's really no need to bring Shingen - individually, she's just really weak when compared to Hercules. Especially when it comes to survival, Shingen can easily die but it's really tough for enemies to kill Hercules.
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Shouldn't Shingen just be for those who have the means (aka money) to draw himes until the himes can cover all the bases (DEF down and whatnot)?
Well, it's technically possible for F2P to get the right set of Hime. There are a few of these in the current top20 of the damage event - people who just happened to be blessed by the RNG gods and got Managarm + Michael AW + some later, core Light Hime. Is that likely to happen to you? Oh, HELL NO, but just like you can win the lottery, so you can win the RNG fest.
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Unrelated, but since I'm on the topic of Shingen, how are we going to get HSP after UE's cease to exist?
UEs don't cease to exist, they just change from Demons to Angels. That said, they're starting to be really few. Before they were like once a month, now they're like, every two months.