Ive finally beat helmut the second time around, was a headache but fun. Right now im trying to beef up some of the characters ive had on the bench for the next abyss, managed to get a summer chloe that i really wanna use, should i merge or just use her as a separate character?

I have bugin and shiou and i really wanna use them too but i know i dont get samurai gear tell later, should i jsut enhance the worn-out katana is it enough to carry them through?

Also the legendary bonus is about to end is it worth it to pull or should i just hold off