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

[soranokira]

Momiji have comparable eHP and better offence. Only real advantage Garret have over her is cost and tri-blocking at CC level (I'll agrue than 4-blocking after AW can be too much for him)).
And Leeanne have MORE eHP raw, and EVEN MORE eHP under her skill (vs physical attacks) than both at CC level, so really, when you want to tank thing before climbing high into Awakening levels on mentioned units, you oftentime better to use her.

don't think you understand how eHP works. as kayfabe mentioned, eHP = hp + def. it was used primarily for handling golems and their high attack stat. some of the golems hit 2.5k, 4k, and 5.2k, hence eHP was calculated to see which units were able to survive a single hit from those golems. def is less of an issue due to enemy attack being very slow such that a healer can get more than 3 heals in between each attack. Leeanne actually has really low ehp, barely able to survive a single 2.5k attack, but her defense is high for a silver and usually does better than garrett.

as for rest of topic, not going to read in-depth, but garrett is most likely not the best choice of unit to focus on leveling. Leeanne usually suffices for most content and Garrett usually isn't good enough for anything that leeanne can't tank.

[kayfabe]

The other strike against poor Garrett is that Bernard is already pretty capable if you want a male tank or dislike the idea of using a duplicate Leeanne. I still occasionally use Garrett just for some fun and extra offense but ultimately it's tough to argue against turning him into AW fodder or a few more Rainbow Crystals. He was somewhat defensible thanks to his post AW health prior to the balance patch but the Samurai buffs really crowds him out of the tiny "I don't have a Bernice" niche he had carved out for himself. He's still tougher than Sanosuke or Kojuro but he can't touch their wave clear.

[ZeroZet]

Nah, I do know that eHP indicates how much punishment unit can take in one go before keeling over. While generally it does matters mostly for superbosses, and you just want to have higher stats for everyday tanking, knowing how durable your units are can be good measurement stick to compare them.

Meaning, Momiji and Garret have comparable survivability, while Leeanne with her skill have more.)