Go for fire, and get Mars or svarog
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Go for fire, and get Mars or svarog
svarog over mars, tho...
Event Eidolons are better than SSR Eidolons, unless you have enough of that SSR Eidolon to reach 2+ Stars. A 0-Star Sleipnir won't do you much good. Maybe for farming due to Drop Rate Up, but even then you're probably better off with MLB Vlad. But, looking at your Hime, I guess you are rather new. I guess that means you don't have much of a Grid in terms of skill levels and don't have many Eidolon Orbs to change things.
If you didn't have Uriel already I'd tell you to go reroll into a 100% Eidolon, but I guess Svarog would do decently for you. Her Atk+ buff will help you a ton since your Assault levels are still low.Sure, but again, in this game you're able change your team to match what you need. Is Amaterasu going to perform better than Brynhildr in content where debuffs matter? Yes (which is most content). Is Brynhildr going to perform better than Amaterasu in content where debuffs don't work and there's a constant trickle of AoE damage? Yes. It needs to be rather specific content particularly since Bryn Bursts for way less than Amaterasu, but yes, it certainly is very possible.
So, if you worry about being unlucky with Triples - something we've all had happen to us - then Saraswati isn't exactly much of a savior. I mean yeah, I get that you mean to consider that as a "nice bonus" or somesuch, but I don't see it that way. To begin with, is -50% enough to save anyone who already got Triple punched, even with the heal? Even if the relatively long cooldowns are even available...
That's another thing I don't like with Saraswati, the relatively long cooldowns pressure you into getting them on CD ASAP. But if you do that, then they won't be ready when you need them. And if you just wait until you need them, you might end up not using them at all! And if you do need them - the heal is tied to the most powerful effect! That person already took a heavy amount of damage, they probably don't even NEED the Burst anymore!!
:sad:Maths don't lie.
Of course, humans are the ones that interpret those numbers. So you do have a point. Bring forth another interpretation for those maths, then~Fair enough. I was taking PF for granted since that's something I run absolutely run in every element except Thunder (where running it is difficult due to lack of debuffs).
Spoilering this since it got lenghty.
tl;dr;
Yes, Saraswati makes a team faster. By... two turns without PF. And about one turn with PF. Since I still see that as basically her only asset, I still don't think highly of her.
But, it does go to show why you were so adamant about it. Two turns is A LOT, after all. But since I took PF for granted, which diminishes Saraswati's speedboost for the team.
Secondly, this certainly got me to think about Vohu. While I still don't see Vohu as particularly useful outside of Fire content, Saraswati can compliment what Vohu doesn't bring to the team - overall quickness. I don't have the time to do the maths right now, but with Vohu AND Saraswati, Water can probably run quite fast. Something I don't see otherwise happening until Cthulhu/Shiva Awakenings wayyyy down the line.
I personally am not that fond of averages, but they are faster to calculate and easier to read, so major props for doing all this calculations. I may or may not do some myself, but for now I don't have much time on hand.
Anyway, without PF shortening FB strike from 8T to 6T is quite a difference in my opinion which is definitely not meaningless. With PF... tbh considering PF I would use Shingen instead of Herc (and I do plan to do so if I pull Vohu), since in most cases Herc's Axe doesn't matter that much for debuff cap (it's easy for water to get C frame DEF down).
And as numbers are nice and all, and I like to use them myself in most cases, in others it's hard to include everything. I can only recommend trying to use Saraswati in your team in some compositons, it may or may not work. I don't know what Kamihime you have, but if I remember right you have both Cthulhu and Asherah, so I personally would try something along: Shingen/Saraswati/Cthulhu/Blank/Asherah, using BG boost on Cthulhu (and praying for her 15 BG to hit) and combo rate on Blank spot. This thing should be relatively fast (though this works kinda weird with Asherah which specialises in fat FB).
All this talk about PF... what is it?