[ Guide ] Granblue Fantasy 8th Anniversary Ticket 2022: Who To Pick?

With the 8th anniversary of Granblue Fantasy, that means it’s time for the paid Anniversary Ticket for those who are willing to spend this 2022. This “guide” will be prioritizing seasonal characters and not Flash or Premium Gala characters, as the former has less frequent reruns. The Granblue 8th anniversary ticket also does not include the 2022 Valentine characters.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Since this is a paid ticket, you should consider the following factors:

• What element you want to invest in
• What are you missing in that element
• How good your grid is, as some characters may be better for later game
• What other characters do you have to synergize with your pick

Of course, if you’re only here for “husbando” or “waifu” meta, feel free to pick whoever you wish. If you decide on a Swimsuit / Yukata or Flash / Premium Gala character through the 2022 ticket, you may prefer to hold off until the end of the Granblue anniversary free pulls to avoid getting a duplicate. The recommendations are not absolute, as the game often introduces characters or weapons that are catered to specific playstyles.

Summons also excluded due to typically requiring heavier investment via Sunlight Stones for stats or improved effects.

FIRE

NAME	ROLE	PICK FOR EARLY GAME	PICK FOR LATER GAME	NOTES
ALTAIR (HOLIDAY)	Buffer	Higher	Depends	His on-cast buffs don't have the best uptime, but they can really supplement a beginner's party, especially when a popular grid consists of Ancient Ecke Sachs for F2P.
IZMIR (YUKATA)	Debuffer / Buffer	Higher?	Higher?	Once she uses one charged attack, those are some amazing buffs she can provide besides having passives to help beginners who have yet to obtain the Sword of Michael. Later game players can benefit from the damage cap up boost.
KUMBHIRA (SWIMSUIT)	DPS	Higher	Higher	Just keep her alive and watch the damage roll in.
MIMLEMEL (SWIMSUIT)	Burst	Lower	Depends	As a long term investment for beginners, no. If you're a later game player wanting to race, then perhaps.
NEMONE (HOLIDAY)	DPS / Buffer	Lower?	Higher?	Beginners probably don't have the stats to really tank for her. Otherwise, later game players can expect easy damage from her.
SCATHACHA (VALENTINE)	Support?	Lower	Depends	Again, beginners won't necessarily have the stats to work around her skills and low HP style. Later game players could make some consideration with enmity grids.
TEENA (SWIMSUIT)	Support / DPS	Higher?	Higher?	Quite good for full auto parties with debuffs and heals attached to damage skills.

WATER

NAME	ROLE	PICK FOR EARLY GAME	PICK FOR LATER GAME	NOTES
ANDIRA (SWIMSUIT)	Buffer	Higher	Higher?	Good for longer battles, and one time full heal after turn 10 is nice. Leans more to charge attack parties.
CAGLIOSTRO (SWIMSUIT)	Buffer / Support	Lower?	Higher?	Somewhat dependent on if you're running a crit-focused grid.
SHALEM (SWIMSUIT)	Debuffer	Lower?	Higher	Stackable and random debuffs on no cooldown, cooldown manipulation, delay, dispel. Low HP might discourage use for beginners, but is nonetheless a strong unit.
KOLULU (SWIMSUIT)	DPS	Lower	Depends	Has some good buffs and skill damage, if you like to play on low HP.
LUCIO (SWIMSUIT)	Buffer / Debuffer	Higher?	Lower?	Has some good buffs and sustain, but you might prefer someone more useful.
MIRIN (HOLIDAY)	Sub-DPS? / Burst	Lower?	Depends	Has debuffs on a damaging skill and self-sustain. Can be a tank in a pinch. 200% charge bar likely relegates her more to burst compositions in conjunction with Bonito.
SANDALPHON (SWIMSUIT)	DPS / Buffer	Higher?	Lower?	Very simple kit that can buff his own damage and assist his allies. Because of this simplicity, probably not as useful for later game.

EARTH

NAME	ROLE	PICK FOR EARLY GAME	PICK FOR LATER GAME	NOTES
MONIKA (VALENTINE)	Buffer / DPS	Lower	Higher	Later game players can better utilize the DMG Cap Ups, besides more potential to provide the buffs she needs for those additional effects.
ALEXIEL (SWIMSUIT)	Tank	Depends	Higher	Premiere end-game content tank. Beginners may prefer her regular Flash Gala version for "consistency".
ANTHURIA (HOLIDAY)	Buffer / Tank (Dodge)	Depends	Higher?	Dodge has never been particularly reliable, and the hostility up may be detrimental to beginners. The Double Strike is nice, if your MC is strong enough.
CUCOUROUX (HALLOWEEN)	Buffer / Debuffer / DPS	Lower?	Higher?	While she does bring some buffs when she dodges, and end of turn damage / debuffs, her scattered shots individually don't necessarily have the highest damage.
ILLNOTT (SWIMSUIT)	Buffer / Debuffer	Lower?	Higher?	Delay and Dispel is always nice. Likely more sought after by later game players for the one-turn kills for Unite and Fight.
MAGISA (HOLIDAY)	DPS / Buffer	Higher	Depends	A very simple to use kit. Later game players may not necessarily need her, but she's hardly a bad option.
METERA (SWIMSUIT)	DPS	Higher	Depends	Beginners can supplement their lack of damage with her skill spam. If later game players aren't geared for skill damage, she may not be as needed.
NARMAYA (HOLIDAY)	DPS	Higher	Higher	With self-sustain on end of turn damage, and emergency tanking when required, you can't go wrong with her at any level.
SILVA (SWIMSUIT)	DPS / Support?	Higher?	Depends	While her reducing her Max HP wouldn't work as well for beginners, her supporting fire may prove useful in general content. Later game players may also pick her for this purpose if needed.

WIND

NAME	ROLE	PICK FOR EARLY GAME	PICK FOR LATER GAME	NOTES
GRIMNIR (VALENTINE)	DPS	Higher	Higher	Pretty easy skill damage, with crit buffs for his allies.
JEANNE D'ARC (SWIMSUIT)	Buffer / Debuffer	Higher	Lower?	Cornucopia of useful buffs and defense down debuffs / dispel. If you're already at the later game, probably not high priority.
KORWA (SWIMSUIT)	Buffer	Lower	Higher	For manual play due to her targetted buffs. Best in conjunction when you already have strong characters.
METEON (HOLIDAY)	DPS / Burst	Lower?	Depends	Since he can't normally multi-attack, beginners might prefer someone else unless they can feed him charge bar. His passive gives him charge attack burst potential.
VANE (HALLOWEEN)	Tank / DPS	Higher?	Lower?	Has self-sustain and can probably keep on multi-attacking. If not for auto-attacking parties, unsure if later game players would make much use out of him.
YNGWIE (YUKATA)	Tank	Higher?	Lower?	Doesn't have the same sustain as Vane (Halloween), making up for it in defense and healing when under 50%. Can't charge attack in tank mode, so maybe as a crutch character for beginners.
YUEL (SWIMSUIT)	DPS? / Support	Higher	Lower?	Likely more useful for beginners with her skill damage and inflicting plain damage, as well as heals.

LIGHT

NAME	ROLE	PICK FOR EARLY GAME	PICK FOR LATER GAME	NOTES
AGLOVALE (VALENTINE)	DPS	Higher	Higher	Just hit his buttons.
HALLESSENA (HALLOWEEN)	DPS	Lower	Depends	Since she have high auto attack damage potential but buffs the enemy and prefers not getting hit, would not recommend for beginners and likely a more niche pick for later game.
HALLUEL & MALLUEL (SWIMSUIT)	DPS / Buffer	Higher?	Higher?	Has heals and plain damage. Depending on content, later game players will still find use for them.
LILY (HOLIDAY)	Support	Higher	Higher	Clarity on charge attack with heals and good buffs, useful debuffs. If you can sync charge attacks, even better.
MAHIRA (HOLIDAY)	Buffer / DPS	Higher	Higher	Just hit her buttons.
MARY (HOLIDAY)	Buffer	Higher?	Lower	Can land Bounty for increased drop rate chance, single target buff and guaranteed triple attacks. Outside of that, utility not very high.
MELISSABELLE (VALENTINE)	Tank	Lower?	Depends	Brings skill damage, dispel and a party substitute, and has some sustain. Not necessarily high priority.
METERA (HOLIDAY)	Buffer / DPS	Higher?	Depends	Offers some nice buffs with damage. Increased hostility and dodge chance may not sound so great depending on what you prefer.
ROSAMIA (YUKATA)	DPS / Buffer	Higher?	Higher?	Easier to manage than her vanilla version. Can offer a lot of damage through charge attacks.
SHIVA (SWIMSUIT)	DPS	Higher	Higher	That's a lot of damage.

DARK

NAME	ROLE	PICK FOR EARLY GAME	PICK FOR LATER GAME	NOTES
AMIRA (SWIMSUIT)	Burst	Lower?	Depends	Has mechanics to help her in longer fights, but most common usage is likely for charge attack bursts.
ANTHURIA (YUKATA)	Buffer	Higher?	Lower?	Can extend useful buffs and has guaranteed dodges. Probably not so useful later.
LADY GREY (HALLOWEEN)	Buffer	Higher?	Lower?	Useful buffs, but Dark is too crowded for a later game player to give her a slot.
MEG (SWIMSUIT)	DPS	Higher?	Depends	Offers high damage potential. One of her passives to put her with more swimsuit / yukata versions is more of a meme.
TABINA (SWIMSUIT)	DPS / Debuffer	Higher?	Higher	Stackable debuffs useful, more so the weapon she comes with for later game players.
CLARISSE (VALENTINE)	Buffer	Higher?	Higher?	Has nice buffs, and gets even better as turns pass, besides plain damage.

Not all characters available in the Granblue 8th anniversary ticket were mentioned here, since there ARE a lot of them over the years heading into 2022. Once again, these are merely recommendations, and you should pick whoever you like best.

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