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Ooh, thank you for the write-up. I haven't played ASL yet, but Marisa A sounds like the shot I'd go with.

>Charge shots were never my cup of tea so I tend to avoid them for the most part
Have you played UVoI? Aya B in that game is a cool charge shot that relies on unfocusing.
The gist is that you stay unfocused for a few seconds while you wait for the screen to fill with your bullets, then do a quick tap of the focus key to have them home in on enemies. You do big burst damage to anything close by as soon as you focus, so they have a nice immediacy that makes them simple enough to pick up and play, but fun and challenging to optimize. There's even some tricks you can do like spamming focus to pick off zako or low-health bosses.