This 'awakening versus new character' FAQ is more useful when it explains whether your account currently needs more roster breadth or more depth in an existing core instead of preserving one blanket 'always pull new characters first' rule. For current players, the bigger question is whether your teams are already formed, whether a new unit would truly enter regular use, and whether a duplicate breakpoint would immediately fix the improvement you lack most.
A safer way to judge it is:
- If your roster is still shallow and missing key roles, a new character usually improves team flexibility more directly
- If you already have a stable main team and one awakening breakpoint clearly upgrades rotation, damage, or survivability, deepening that core may be better value
- Instead of treating breadth as automatically superior to depth, first ask whether you are blocked by roster gaps or by single-team ceiling
So this page now focuses on the tradeoff between roster expansion and core deepening instead of preserving one fixed priority order as the universal best answer.