Alsa is the first Rate-Up banner character from the Song of Strife season in AFK Journey. Despite being a mage, this Mauler character excels in close-quarters combat and focuses on controlling individual targets. That said, should you spend rolls and pull for her today?

You should grab at least one copy of Alsa. Her base kit is well-suited to crowd control compositions alongside teams like Eironn, Arden, and Carolina, and her ability to create walls that block enemies from entering the battlefield can be extremely disruptive, especially against melee characters. While there’s no team composition where she’s the definitive star, you can build a crowd control team around her to make her work effectively and potentially become the best DPS.

If you have enough resources like Diamonds, Tidal, and Temporal Essences, it’s worth considering rolling six copies of her to upgrade her EX Weapon to +10. Her EX Skill, Don of Terra, significantly reduces the cooldown and Energy requirements of her Vigorous Slam and Swift Evasion abilities, allowing you to nearly stun-lock enemies and unleash her true potential. However, since this requires a significant commitment of resources, I wouldn’t recommend pursuing it unless you already have the necessary resources and other characters at a similar level to support her in a robust crowd control team.

Alsa’s exceptional crowd control skills make her an ideal match for the control-heavy nuke team of Eironn, Arden, and Carolina. However, they all need to use Mythic+ to maximize their effectiveness. In this setup, Eironn starts the fight by casting his ultimate, which groups all enemies together and increases Arden and Carolina’s damage output. Alsa ensures that the control effects continue throughout the fight, increasing her team’s damage output even if Eironn is downed. Since Alsa also deals area damage, she can potentially become the best DPS on this team. This is because all of her characters stack, allowing her to hit all five enemy heroes multiple times with her skills.