Quote Originally Posted by Kitty View Post
She still has a higher damage output than SR himes, so she's good for beginners!
I dont think a beginner should use their 3 eyes to awaken Ea. They are better kept to awaken someone else, especially these said beginners are also non-spender. Eyes are precious currency for hime awakening. Awakening Ea just because you do not have anyone else better at the moment, feels short sighted.

Also I doubt that a beginner’s weapon grid will have that easy time bringing a boss to stun for them to utilise Ea’s stun punish ability. You could probably see some high damage number (for beginner’s standard) if you time them right in the cata raids, but otherwise its not very useful.

TL;DR: I dont think anyone should bother with Ea unless they know what they are doing. Levelling Ea if you have no other water hime to level is fine, but awakening Ea if you have no other option is probably a bad idea.