Hi guys! Gumi have been releasing units at a rapid pace these past couple of weeks and as such, I'm woefully behind on my analyses. This means I don't have much time as I would like to dedicate full analyses to Miku and Luka.

Instead, since I would still like to give you guys information about these units, I'm going to do a quick and dirty summary of these units and how they function. It'll be akin to the synopses you'll find in my Batch Overviews, so no direct comparisons except for brief mentions but hopefully it'll still be information rich enough for you guys. :>

Hope that's okay!

BONUS: I have a Luka code to give away to the first person to answer a cryptic crossword-like riddle I'll post at the end of the analysis. Isn't that nice? :>

Goddess Hatsune Miku

• Lord Stats: 4939|1539|1439|1839

• Max Imp Bonuses: HP 500 ATK 140 DEF 260 REC 200

• LS: Fill BB gauge every turn and boost to BB gauge fill rate (BC fill 3BC/turn, BB gauge fill rate 25%)

• Hit Count: 9 (Drop check count 2/hit)

• BB: 27 hit multiple target Earth damage and fills BB gauge every turn for 3 turns for all allies (25BC to fill, BC fill 3BC/turn, damage modifier 190%)

• Being stuck at 5* really makes it difficult for Miku to compete with the 6* metagame. Mainly, it's her HP that holds her back, being sub-5k as a Lord makes it difficult for Miku to not be a liability in higher end content because her survivability drops drastically.

• Her other stats aren't impressive compared to 6* units either, but they're not going to be the hindrance that her HP is.

• As far as 5* units go, she's about in the average range for her stats.

• Her Leader skill is actually really excellent. It's a fantastic BB-spam leader skill and she'd be a top tier BB-spam leader if she was a bit stronger. However she's absolutely amazing for new players who can't really afford to run a 6* BB-spam leader.

• Her LS is also great for the Arena. In terms of pure BB filling ability, it's the strongest Arena leader skill in the game bar none. However by not having a damage augmenting component to her leader skill, she loses a lot of viability in her arena prowess since that first turn damage is almost if not more important than filling the BB-gauge by turn 2.

• Still a solid option if you're looking for a nice BB-spam leader for the Arena.

• Since she's a viable Arena unit, here's her Arena AI:

• Check 1: Use BB on random unit (60%)

• Check 2: Use BB on unit with highest ATK (20%)

• Check 3: Use normal attack on enemy with lowest HP (30%)

• Check 4: Use normal attack on random enemy (100%)

• So a pretty good set, the same as Lira's and Ophelia's. She can sit in any position on your Arena squad.

• Her drop check count is fine at 18 total for her normal attack, but it's not particularly noteworthy either.

• Her BB is pretty amazing for a 5* unit. I think Miku probably needs some credit since Serin got a mountain of praise for having a 16 hit MT BB and Miku absolutely destroys her at 27.

• Unfortunately, it's probably the climate of the metagame that has changed that Miku suffers from. Units are just much more powerful now than they were when Serin came out so Miku pales in comparison.

• However 27 drop checks is 27 drop checks, that's almost Luther level, in fact, negligibly close to Luther level BC generation (and if you factor in her buff, it's more than Luther generates by quite a bit). You lose a spark buff which hurts and you lose a LOT of damage since Luther's just way better in general, but as a poor man's Luther, Miku is solid.

• Her buff is pretty nice too, 3BC/turn isn't huge but given her hit count, it makes her a very potent unit for BC generation.

• And that's probably the best way to utilise Miku, a BC generation machine. Her stats are too low and she doesn't have an SBB damage modifier that would let her contribute anything significant damage wise, so she's a unit you can slot in to patch up BC generation issues or to boost your squad just enough that they can maintain infinite SBB.

• If you have Luthers, or Douglasses or even Michele batch units in surplus, you probably won't need Miku. Let's be honest. She's not a top tier unit by any means which is to be expected since she's free. But if you really need some BC generation on your team and you lack other options, Miku is fantastic filler.

• In summary, a poor man's BB spam leader and a poor man's Luther/Douglas, but certainly a VERY GOOD poor man's unit.

• She's farmable, and her stats are problematic so on this rare occasion, I think it's worth farming for her ideal type if you can spare the time (and with energy at 1/3min you don't really have an excuse).

• Anima > Guardian > Lord > Breaker > Oracle.

• Anima gives her the greatest survivability at the least cost so I think if you're going to use her, definitely try for this type. Her drop rate is good and energy is not a rare resource at the moment. Guardian's good on her as well since no matter what, her damage output is going to be balls. However, if you're using her for the Arena, obviously go for Breaker. The other types should be fairly self-explanatory.

Duetto Megurine Luka

• Lord Stats: 4100|1350|1050|1450

• Max Imp bonuses: HP 400 ATK 160 DEF 160 REC 160

• LS: Boost to HC drop rate and HC effectiveness (HC drop rate 20%, HC effectiveness 50%)

• Hit Count: 8 (drop check count 2/hit)

• BB: 12 hit multiple target Dark damage and gradually restores HP to all allies for 3 turns (20BC to fill, damage modifier 150%)

• Being limited to 4* means that Luka is obviously not going to be a feature on any summoner's end game team unless they just really want to use her so I'm not going to be pretending she's viable later on in a summoner's career. She's clearly meant for someone who's just started the game.

• For a 4* unit, her stats are very solid. For a new player, Luka is most definitely going to be a very good unit to have around and will serve you well through the starting content.

• She's actually just really ideal for beginning players which I believe is intentional, she comes as a 4* unit, so she has really high stats compared to a lot of beginner units, she has a multiple target BB with a low fill cost that both does damage and gives a heal. Super ideal for beginners.

• Her heal values are: 780-880 0.1*REC per turn which is more than adequate for people who have just started the game.

• If you were lucky enough to grab her and you're new to the game please use her! She'll definitely serve you well for a long time and if you haven't managed to pull a rare summoned healer, she's very much a better alternative to the other farmable healers out there so she's going to be very valuable to you early on.

• Notably she's also dark's only non-pseudo healer, haha.

• Luka won't be on your squad forever though, I can almost guarantee that. Once you get a few rare summons under your belt and start evolving them past the 4* stage, you'll probably find that she starts to become a bit lacking and her heals are no longer adequate in justifying her position on your team. At that time, feel free to replace her as her usefulness has probably come to an end.

• She's certainly not suitable for high level content.

• Other than that, she's a nice little collector's unit. She seems like she might be quite rare unless a vortex is released so that's pretty cool too.

• Typing discussion for Luka is so stupid I won't even bother.

That's it guys, hope that was okay. I didn't want to delay my other analyses for too long but this should be plenty informative anyway. Let me know if there's other information you want and I'll try to accommodate.

BONUS LUKA CODE

I know you've all skipped everything until this point, you pieces of scum.

Anyway, I have a Luka code to give out and I thought we might as well make a quick game out of it. Only one winner, sorry! :<

Rules are simple, the first person to correctly answer the Brave Frontier related riddle (in the form of a cryptic crossword clue) I post below will win a Luka code. You only get one guess, if you get it wrong you're disqualified so make it a good one!

Here's the riddle:

'Seems like, the jumbled mail joined the start of the delivery man' (5)

Good luck everybody!

EDIT: And we have a winner! Congratulations to /u/ivannnt. The answer was 'Dilma'.

Explanation: 'jumbled' mail = ilma 'joined the start of' 'delivery' = d. Together that makes Dilma who is a 'man'.

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