Minami Oi build, teams and tier

Overview:

With a good amount of consistent healing and an amazing shield from her chain skill, Minami is arguably the best pure healer in the game. Unfortunately, a pure healer isn’t needed in the currently available content. With Yo and Tsuruko able to heal the team while dealing substantial damage (and Yo also brings solid break damage) and our current suite of 3★ DPS clearing content so quickly that enemies rarely get a chance to hurt the team, a character who only brings healing is a hard sell for most lineups.

Primary Attack

A somewhat slow 3-stage ranged attack, fired from her drone’s location. This is her only damage source apart from her ultimate.

Secondary Attack

A somewhat slow 3-stage heal, centered on the drone’s location. The healing amount scales with Minami’s max HP.

Counterattack

A dodge counter (works on any attack). Possibly the slowest, worst counter in the game – slow animation, long recovery, and short range.

Strategy Skill

Instructs the drone to follow the lowest-HP ally. While it follows them, Minami’s unique meter Core Competence gradually drains, increasing that ally’s healing from her secondary. Core Competence will slowly regenerate over time or fully refill with her ultimate.

Ultimate Skill

Costs 2 Tension Bars. Creates a field dealing AoE damage across 13 hits in a short span. The damage isn’t bad, but it’s rarely worth using over other ults. As noted, it also refreshes Core Competence if the fight runs long enough for it to drain fully.

Chain Skill

A standard chain skill, but it applies an impressive shield to the whole team. The shield’s strength scales with her support and gives a 50% damage reduction. It’s extremely low-maintenance in most team comps.

Combos (If Operating)

What combos? You either spam primary attack for DPS or secondary attack for healing. That’s about it.

Tips

1. Honestly, just make sure to use strategy skill before secondary attack to raise your healing output.

Potential

• Fighting Instincts: +8%, +8%, +16% Primary; Secondary N/A; Counter +10%; Strategy N/A; Ultimate +120%; Chain +240%.
• Survival Instincts: +10% HP, +10% Def, +100 Stamina.
• Coordination: +20 support per point.
• Passive Skill 1: +30% Grant Recovery Effect from strategy skill per rank (up to +150% extra, effectively 250% total).
• Passive Skill 2: Increases chain skill shield by +130 flat +210% support per rank (+5 ranks => +650 flat +1050% support) plus an extra +5% damage reduction each rank (up to 25%, total 75% DR).

Max her passive skills to boost healing and shielding. Put spare points in Coordination.

Dupes

• T1 (Plie): If the drone is within a certain distance, +25% primary DMG multiplier. You’re not using her for DPS, so not helpful.
• T2/T4 (Releve/Fouette Turn): +2/+3 Potential Gems, letting you further max her passives without needing EX+ rank.
• T3 (Demi Pointe): When a party member’s shield is removed, +10 Core Competence. Fine, though your shield might never break anyway.
• T5 (Reverence): If she takes lethal damage, she remains at 1 HP once, refills Core Competence, and applies a party shield. Triggers only once per battle – it’s nice, but shield only reduces damage rather than fully absorbing it.

Operating Character

It’s really not worth it. Yes, AI Minami is mediocre, but controlling her won’t improve much. If you must use Minami, let AI handle it while the rest of your squad brute forces the boss.

Conclusion

As of this patch, there’s no compelling reason to pick Minami over alternatives. Yo alone can heal through current damage while also delivering good DPS and break, and he’s a starting character. Maybe Minami’s fortunes will improve in future content that demands pure healers, but don’t hold your breath.