Quote Originally Posted by Crow View Post
Thank you for recommendations. I should be able to unlock Herc during current event, still long way to Joan or Andro. But I think that AABing is the very solid point here. Tish is clearly sub-optimal for AAB, but also I have seen a lot of 'Need Mike and Tish in any Light team' comments (including your very detailed answer in Consolidated light thread)...
I actually AAB with Tish a lot (or used to, until I discovered that I'm strong enough to AAB with a utility-heavy team.) Yes, she eats 40% of her hp every 6 turns, which works out to like 6.66%/turn on average. However, on burst, she has def up, barrier and regen, so in a decently fast team, she doesn't die quite as quickly as you expect (but still plan on her dying if you AAB with her.) I dun AAB her for something like GO where it drags on too long of course. Lugh otoh is like 15% hp burn every turn on AAB...

And I still think Tish + Mike is solid. Let me quickly go over the problem with skipping Tish:

Iris needs a fast team to draw out her potential - her swords last 5T (except rainbow) and burst effects last 3T - remember she is not OP unless she bursts. If your burst cycle is longer than 5T, you start losing swords. Ideally you want your burst cycle to be 3T or shorter so she has buffs up continuously. If you are not yet using Herc or Shingen AND you don't have Tish, you don't have a chance of hitting 3-5T burst cycle unless you somehow can stack up to near 100% DATA.

Lugh needs heal to use abi 3 often, otherwise she's just a mediocre nuker. If you mtix Lugh and you don't have Sol, Atum nor Tish, you're gonna need to rely on Belobog or Attar to keep Lugh alive unless you use Andro as soul (which kinda defeats the purpose of going on offense.) Both Tish and Atum provide nice offensive buffs and complement Lugh very well. Sol especially after AW provides better utility and heal than Andro so she's also a good choice.

In your case though, you already have a very good light roster - lots of fast himes so Iris will do very well, and you also have Sol, so Lugh will also live to do well. That is why I recommend Tish as lowest priority for you. Btw, Tish is by no means obsolete - she's still good for a glass canon build or a utility heavy build that doesn't hit like noodles. Her lance is also kinda required for end-game grids - even if you are building a phantom glaive grid instead of lance grid - 'cos when her FLB comes, it's assault, exceed, ascension - you'll want some exceed in your grid and ascension is very nice if you're trying to carry a rag.

That might be more info than you asked for, but just wanted to make sure the record is clear that I do not think any less of Tish just 'cos Lugh and Iris have come (dun want to be accused of hating yet another popular hime...)