Much as I loath to make a thread about only this, but... Awakening opinions?

[buttlover]

So, I've been holding off on Awakening any units for a while, with the result that I have nearly 300 Demon Crystals and a lot of silver units, so material is no option. There are quite a few units I have that I could Awaken if I so pleased, but left to my own devices I'd just Awaken the ones I think are cool, with no regard to usefulness... so, I thought I'd get a second opinion!

First, units I've already Awakened: Katie, Rita, Sybilla, and Liana.

Second, the tally of the units I could awaken now or soon, in order of UP cost: Waltz, Cuterie, Cypria, Kerry, Cloris, Bashira, Vincent, Iris, Saki, Beatrice, Momiji, Garrett, Elva, Zola, Cyrus, Mehlis, and Sasha.

Third, the ones I'd really like to Awaken at some point. I've been angling to Awaken Momiji for some time, because the thought of blocking 3 units at once, with Strength of the Fierce God active (and because of Liana's skill, I suspect I use Momiji more than a lot of others do), is quite entertaining. On the tank front, however, I am tempted to Awaken Garrett, largely because he's the only heavy infantry unit of Gold rank or higher than I have, although from what I can tell Elva and Dark Knights in general serve a similar niche albeit more focused on offensive power, and Elva's a unit I want to be useful. Other than one of those three I don't really have a preference, although I'm oddly inclined to Awaken Vincent (mostly because I was lucky, or unlucky, enough to get a second copy of him), or Mehlis.

Since I generally Awaken units because I think it'd be neat rather than for practical purposes, at least when left to myself, I thought I'd get some advice before I make too egregious an error. ...And yes, I have a feeling someone's going to recommend Awakening Bashira. Consider it noted.

Since you AW-ed 1 physical dps, 1 soldier, 1 duelist and healer, the next should be a witch/mage.
But it is really subjective, for example bashira's AW ability sucks. So she is almost always last to AW unless you have no options for archers.

Easy AW targets should be cuterie (if you need aff items if not ignore) and iris.

I am surprised you have sybilla and liana but not bernice or spica in your list of AW targets.
Spica boosts the dmg of rita+bashira once you AW her.
Bernice is a great cheap HA that can pretty much cover you for 99% of the maps.

I would suggest your priority to be iris -> cuterie (if you need aff) -> belinda (current event) -> spica/sasha/waltz -> saki/vincent (the rest are meh, can do it slowly)
Depending on who you often use in your core team. If you have a good HA, I'll AW her before spica/sasha/waltz

DISCLAIMER: You can choose to AW any girl you like, whether for art or if she is your personal waifu. The advice I offer is purely in terms of overall power. Eg, I would prefer for archers - nanaly > spica > bashira > rita. That is the ranking power/usefulness wise.