Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-2804:431:B700:C9A:B50A:FE8F:B64F:B932-20180705000151/@comment-36122565-20180708174527

I think Carina and Vhala should be S tier honestly. If you include those two in your formation you can pretty much count on never dying as they're both too tanky to get one shot and once they get off their debuffs and buffs nothing will hit hard enough(Plus Carina properly equipped heals 3-4k on her divine touches and revives). As for your 4th, if you use this party, I think Varia is the best if you're facing a single target, as she can just spam blade dance/furious strikes which is enough damage for an entire party, or Robin if you're facing a more varied mob because she can usually one shot at least one of the more troublesome monsters that are weak to x element.

From my personal experience it's safer to rely on defence buffs/enemy debuffs than attack buffs, and on single target damage so I'd say:

S:Vhala(debuffs for days+mad tankyness and synergy with Carina+she has mid tier dps), Carina(best healer available)

A:Robin(highest mage single target dps and versatility), Varia(best dps and can easily be revived to full health), Qum(second best healer but arousing aura doesn't have as much utility as shield of purity becaues one shot wars just isn't as consistent of a strategy imo)

B:Aka(Feels like she gets outshined dps wise by Robin and Varia, she's more valuable vs a single mob though as disabling assault means you can include her instead of Vhala and she has slightly higher dps than Vhala), Riala, Altina(Altina and Riala seem similar but they just don't seem to be as good at anything as Robin is, also AOE blasting seems very unreliable most of the time unless you're just farming huge trash mobs in the desert or something), Uyae(Takedown is probably best dps with Robin/Varia-however I've only tried building her based on her melee/ATK stats, I'm sure she's completely different with mage//hybrid), Nalili(relatively strong physical options and succubus attacks probably boost her above Yarra imo)

C:Hilstrara(I just think her+one healer/(de)buffer is almost always inferior to two healers/(de)buffers in terms of damage and defence), Yarra (Yarra can be really useful vs certain mobs but her overall utility just seems lower than pretty much everyone else. It feels like she's in a flux between someone you'd only ever pick to quickly kill a mob you could kill anyway, or someone who you'd never pick - maybe I'm playing her wrong? idk)

My party is normally Vhala, Carina, and Robin/Varia. Just my opinion.