Wind
Notable Hime: Awakened Gaia, Titania, Hastur, Odin, Cybele, Zephyrus
Grid: 135%
I failed to get SSR Cybele, but thanks to pulling Hastur, my Wind is in a really, really good spot. As such, I'm just TMT away from having an extremely good Wind team. Sadly, since that needs to be SSR Cybele, I won't be able to get Seth for a long, long time.
So the problem is - what to do with this SMT? To have a full, PROPER team I'd need to get Cu Chulainn. Her guaranteed-triple skill is an extremely big asset for Burst Wind teams, and outclasses my unreliable, crappy Odin by far. However, using SMT on Cu Chulainn feels so... wrong. She's very one-dimensional and literally just there for her burst generation.
There's also the problem that I don't really like Wind's playstyle. Titania in particular requires so much babying it's annoying. As such, despite my Wind team being clearly the strongest, I doubt I'll commit my SMT to it. Odin is a crappy version of Cu Chulainn and kinda fulfills the same role, so my Wind team should be extremely good even if I only spend my TMT on it.
Fire
Notable Hime: Amaterasu, Ares, Acala, Yamaraja, Brynhildr
Grid: 122%
Ah, christ. After pulling Amaterasu, who truly is unbelievably good, I guess Fire is back into the Miracle Ticket fight. I am, however, still lacking THREE cores; Svarog, Uriel and Mars. Also, awakening my Ares is a possibility. Since I have six Eyes, that wouldn't stop me from getting Svarog either.
Svarog is just outright amazing, and I could Awaken her right away.
Since we supposedly have the buffed version of Uriel, she's great even before her Awakening.
Mars has her -15% Fire resistance, and Dispel.
If I'll go for Fire, I'm leaning towards Mars. This would mean that my teams would be:
SMT: Awakened Ares, Yamaraja/Brynhildr, Mars, Amaterasu
TMT: Awakened Ares, Awakened Svarog, Mars, Amaterasu
FMT: Ideal combination - depending on content - of Awakened Ares/Svarog/Uriel/Acala, Mars, Amaterasu. Well, Acala Awakening isn't quite in time for FMT I think, but still. My Fire team would be utterly ridiculous. As such, going for Fire on SMT would lock me into Fire route.
Water
Notable Hime: Ryu-Oh, Poseidon, Shiva, Triton, Belphegor
Grid: 150%
I really, really like Water. It's just plain fun.
The problem? I have zero cores. I'm lacking SSR Nike, Water Raphael AND Cthulhu. Originally, the plan was to get Cthulhu. But is that worth it, since the ideal combination of Water SSRs would take me all the time until FMT to reach...?
I... don't think so. But on the other hand, taking Cthulhu here would still leave my options open. As in, if I pick Water with SMT, I can decide which element to main with TMT, as Wind/Water/Thunder would all have amazing options.
Thunder
Notable Hime: Awakened Thor, Raiko, Brahma, Astraea, Pumpkin Artemis
Grid: 143%
Thunder has issues... but the good news is, since I have Brahma, I basically have all decent Thunder SSRs available in SMT. Thunder TMT is reserved for Mammon, clearly. So nothing here for now, will consider you during TMT, Mammon.