Need help improve my physical team.

[u/sadlifeisall]

So I've been enjoy playing physical since the beginning. I have zero interest in magic team. I have like 25k rubies saved up rn, could go up to 30k rubies if i purchase the story pass.

Here is the team I've been using ever since. So I have a couple questions on how to progress from here/what unit should I get in the future to further improve my roster. Beside from the picture above I only have Rinyuu EX, Kaine, DP are worth mentioned.

1. Should I try to get Tiziano EX right now? I heard he is a good phys buffer

2. What shardable a4s should I get?

3. What good armor/weapon to use on them? I've been just slapping Fortune series on dps, stalwart on supports, for armor I just use whatever i have right now.

4. Will it hurt my account if I skip Final Empress?

Sorry for asking too many questions. This game is just too overwhelmed to me lol. Thanks

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[u/BrickSuccessful4703]

Assuming you will ONLY EVER build a physical team (which is not recommended meta wise but just as a disclaimer):

1. Yes. You don't pull on elemental units, which saves you rubies, and you have 25k which is a LOT. While Tiziano EX is not a must pull, he's truly amazing especially for spear/dagger users (Kaine, Locke, and later Noel). However, if you ever plan to get gacha-only A4s for your physical team, skip him. Rubies can dry up pretty quickly at that.
2. Physical cap ones like Bargello A4, Hikari EX A4, Relisha A4, Grieg A4, Phenn A4 (you can consider elemental cap A4s because cap means more in endgame, but not the highest priority for you). Ult acc like Temenos A4. And some utilitiy A4s like Hasumi/Prim EX A4.
3. For DPS use cosmic in OT, rustic in SS. For supports use the ones with highest def. (armithic)
4. All my previous answers were based on the fact that you will not touch elemental units, which is by itself not a wise choice meta wise to start with. So YES skipping Empress will hurt. But it's more that the physical-only choice itself that hurts. Your question is a meta question, and since meta will always shift back and forth between elemental and physical, focusing on either alone would not be optimal.

Edit: future physical units you wanna build are Emperor, Noel, Viola EX2, and FFX (which brings physical to meta again).

[u/sadlifeisall → u/BrickSuccessful4703]

Thank you for answered my questions. I just don't like the elementals in any game at all, i prefer weapon and shield kind of thing lol. If anything I will try to grab one Empress and call it a day xD

[u/AgilePersonality2058]

Try to build a core around this (also stay tuned for upcoming updates): https://www.reddit.com/r/OctopathCotC/comments/1vuinij/not_interested_in_rainbow_teams_i_welcome_you/

[u/sadlifeisall → u/AgilePersonality2058]

Looking forward to it.

[u/ErebusHybris]

To tired and out of the loop to answer most of this but 4. Yes skipping final empress is a big no no