Sooo... for the first time in a long, long while, I actually have no idea who to spend my MT on. This goliath of a post is mostly to sort out my own thoughts, but if anyone can chime in with some advice, that'd be all the better.

Elements in order of preference:
Thunder:

Current team: Brahma, Mammon, Raiko, Thor
Bench warmer SSRs: Justitia, Tyr

Simply put, I am a full Thunder baka because I just find it so much fun to play. Namely, playing with Phantom Elemental Lord Thor. I also find Brahma great fun to play with, since despite being unreliable, she's out of this world when things line up right. Raiko is an amazing backbone for any party, so I don't want to part with her either.

Minmax reasons would drop Thor, sure, but for me, Mammon is the only replaceable because of FUN reasons. And the only real replacement for her would be SSR Baal. And because she doesn't seem fun at all to play with (90s debuff? You might increase Thor's chances even more, but fuck off), I'm not really very interested in spending the MT for Thunder.

I guess I should mention that in theory I'd be interested in Marduk, due to being an overall powerhouse. Still, with Thor in the party, she'd be rough to fit in. There's also Athena, who has her (strong) niche uses and most importantly, I like to spend my bricks on Thunder weapons, and her FLB is just nuts. And last, but certainly not least, none of my teams have a fucking healer (Light doesn't count, more about that later). As such, Dian would allow me to do content where being defensive would be ideal. That's not ever ideal, but uh, I do like to play defensive teams because it is fun. And I simply can't at the moment.


Wind:

Current team: Titania, Odin, SSR Cybele, Hastur
Bench warmer SSRs: Gaia

I won't lie, the reason why Wind is so high on this list right now is because of Thunder Rag. As I am farming like crazy to get Thunder Magnas.

So, I'm lacking Cu. Her job is done by Odin by now, but once Cu gets her Awakening, she'd be just a direct upgrade. As mentioned on Thunder side, I'm badly lacking in healers, and Set in combination with Gaia would absolutely be bonkers for a defensive team. But perhaps most importantly, I'm lacking Azazel - the future backbone of all Wind teams. The problem is... current Azazel is shit. Utter garbage, even. Her Awakening isn't until 3.5 months later! I'll probably need her if I am to keep farming Thunder Magnas though, since once the initial Thunder Rag rush dies down, it'll be a bitch to kill. Still, if I decide on Azazel, with 3.5 months, I can just... not buy a Miracle Ticket until the Awakening is close and get her all the way then. Or maybe even use the next Ticket on her.


Dark:

Current team: Pluto, Susanoo, Samael, Chernobog
Bench warmer SSRs: Osiris

Dark is my go-to element for stuff like Sunday Accessory quest. Mostly just because of full FLB Grid and the insane amount of HP it has, I guess. Once I've "completed" my Wind Grid for Thunder Tower, it'll be time to change my Dark Axe Grid to a Hammer Grid. It won't be full FLB anymore, but it should pack a way bigger punch.

Anyway. Samael sucks ass. I guess the replacement would be Satan/SSR Amon, probably Satan.


Water:

Current team: Cthulhu, Ryu-Oh, Snow Raphael, Asherah
Bench warmer SSRs: Shiva, Saraswati, Poseidon

I love playing Water. The current problem is, other Grids are FLB'd, but Water is not. Still, it's fun to play, even if my HP and damage output sucks ass at the moment. Modernizing my Water Grid is coming up after Dark Grid is where I want it to be.

So, as I've mentioned twice before, I'm short on healers. Aphrodite/SSR Nike could take care of that. Meanwhile, Vohu would entirely change my gameplan as I could bring Saraswati with her and get an actually fast Water team.


Fire:

Current team: Uriel, Ares, Mars, Amaterasu
Bench warmer SSRs: Acala, Yamaraja

Don't really like Fire, but if I went for it, then it'd be Svarog without question. And in the next MT, that'd kinda default me into Vahagn I guess.


Light:

Current team: none
Bench warmer SSRs: Sol, Frey, Shamash, SSR Artemis, SSR Tsukuyomi
So, problem with Light is that I didn't have a Light team for the longest, longest, LONGEST time. First MT I spent on Sol, and then I didn't draw a single Light SSR for... like 1.5 years? Then I suddenly got Frey and Shamash, followed up by SSR Artemis and SSR Trukuyomi. The latter two in particular should make the whole team work buuuuuut... well, my Grid is beyond awful. There was a point where I quit the game for ~4 months, and during this period they launched GO (so I'm still catching up to the Ori to this day) and a lot of Light events with Assault/Defender weapons. Before I quit, my mostly-SR, full slvl20 Light Grid was quite alright, but by modern standards, it is GOD AWFUL. So awful that with Sol and SR team, I can't even clear AQ5 last boss Rage timer, even when using PF!! And that's fucking amazing considering what a joke AQ5 is for me otherwise, even for my out-of-date Water Grid that I use to clear the very same Dark AQ5. Well, now that I've pulled other Light SSRs I'm pretty sure I could easily do it (especially because Frey is a thing against Rage bars). Anyway, I won't be able to focus on my Light Grid for a long, long time.

And that's fine, since I'm not really interested in spending my MT on Light anyway. I lack both of the cores available - Michael and Tish. If ever pulled one of those - or upcoming Lugh - then I guess spending on Light would be worth it. But for now, fuck Light. Oh, and honorable mention for Take, I guess.



... welp, even after all that, I'm still lost.
I... I guess I'll just wait for the next three months and pull Azazel if I come up with nothing better? Who knows, maybe I'll pull a P2W Eidolon in the meantime which would make the choice easy, hahaha!