Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-2804:431:B700:C9A:B50A:FE8F:B64F:B932-20180705000151/@comment-31808207-20180706034115

While I won't venture an actual tier list, I will say that I rarely feel the need to use anyone outside of Aka, Robin, Qum, Carina, Yarra, and Vhala. Part of that is, with Simon stuck in the party, I don't really feel like I have room for a tank without giving up too much damage, so Hilstara is rarely someone I use. Uyae is a decent physical attacker, but her healing side is kinda pitiful even with aura of spirit up. Altina is obviously nice with aoe packs, but those only appear rarely. I'm one of those who almost always runs a healer, so I'll run Qum in most cases since her offensive support and no-mp healing from arousing aura is glorious. Carina takes over dealing with cases where things do antisex damage or where I really need the extra defense from shield of purity.

So, then basically it comes down to the order of the day. Robin and/or Yarra based on whether or not I need magic/sex damage and then Aka and/or Vhala if I need physical or antisex damage. Vhala's offensive power against normal stuff is poor, but her mass debuffs are quite powerful and I've had insane crits with Arrow of Abstinence on anything weak to anti-sex. I just don't really ever feel the need or desire to use Varia over Aka considering Aka has speed, is less squishy, and can bring debuffs. For bosses like Sabitha and the Incubus Emperor, who resist debuffs, they're usually weak to antisex so I find Vhala a better choice. Also partially that Varia fills the same role as Aka but comes significantly later so I've felt little reason to make myself switch out of my comfortable Aka use.

I've always disliked that Simon himself feels a bit more like a burden than an asset in actual combat. He's a solid physical attacker, but he also feels like a half-way between tank and dps, so he has tanky stats with no way to make things hit him (beyond slightly higher innate tgr), but not as much damage as a pure dps. As the main character who we have to use, I’d like if he felt more like someone I’d choose to use even if I had the choice. I will agree that the lust skills and lust generation boost have helped, though.

I've always considered Yarra a strong source of CC with Haze of Sex, and she has good damage against anything that needs lust damage. Riala might supplant her there--I should probably use her more, but she falls into the same category as Varia in the sense of "maybe better but would replace someone I'm comfortable with." Though, I think First Slut and CC still keep Yarra relevant over her. I rarely actually use sexual mana since my Qum use means I don't do OoM a ton, but it's definitely valuable if you do have mp issues. Though, I will say the recent tower sections taught me that Riala's heal way out-heals anything Uyae can do.. . Which feels a bit disingenuous. I don't like rng instakills, so I don't really use Blade of Lust and overall Nalili feels like a lot of setup for somewhat poor damage output compared to both Aka and Varia. Also, both Succubus Kiss and Kiss of Steel feel like they scale very poorly--I tried using them a bit since that group has no healer, but it felt like a waste of a turn more than anything.