Per title, pretty happy to have finally gotten my first full clear after starting the game in December.

  
I've actually been able to get 12/12 in the middle tower for a couple of resets, but the side tower floors 3 & 4 have proved troublesome due to my relatively limited roster.

  
**The issues I've faced**

* I've only *just* been able to create 3x full-ish teams around limited 5-star DPSes with the release of Hiyuki.
* My 5-star limited DPSes are Hiyuki, Aemeath, Luuk and Augusta.
* I do not have Chisa - so for now, my Lynae and Mornye are in extremely high demand between three out of my four 5-star DPSes.

  
**The teams I finally used to get a full clear**

**Left Tower**

* 1st Floor: Havoc Rover
* 2nd Floor: Lupa and Aemeath (yeah it's overkill for this floor, but I had the spare energy to use).
* 3rd Floor: Sanhua and Luuk
* 4th Floor: Verina, Lupa and Aemeath

**Right Tower**

* 1st Floor: Encore
* 2nd Floor: Havoc Rover
* 3rd Floor: Mortefi and Havoc Rover (yeah it's a scuffed "team", but I need my Sanhua for Luuk. I basically just used Mortefi as a Static Mist and Moonlit Clouds buff stick).
* 4th Floor: Verina, Sanhua and Luuk. Another Electro DPS would probably have been better here for the Electro weakness, but my only other one of these is Calcharo and he isn't leveled yet.

**Middle Tower:**

* 1st and 2nd Floors: Shorekeeper, Iuno and Augusta
* 3rd and 4th Floors: Mornye, Lynae and Hiyuki

  
**Closing thoughts for other new-ish players**

* Learn from my mistakes. While I'm happy to have finally gotten a full clear, my team usage is not optimal. I'm not taking full advantage of floor resistances/weaknesses, and I'm using overkill units on side towers.
* Be smarter than me and actually level up your standard DPSes like your Calcharos, Lingyangs and Encores. These are absolutely fine for side towers and let you save your best units for the middle tower so you can maximise any of the current shilled buffs and weaknesses.
*  Be smarter than me again, and try to stay away from pulling units that are going to be in competition with each other. I have three DPSes that are all currently wanting the same Sub-DPS and Support. Yes that will get better when other units release or re-run (e.g. Denia for Luuk, or Chisa and the Glacio Chafe Sub-DPS for Hiyuki) but as of now it's pretty limiting in terms of my team comps.

  
*P.S. I'm absolutely open to any suggestions on how I could have better utilised the units I do have.*

*P.S.2. No ChatGPT or other AI was used in the creation of this post. I simply like nice formatting.*

My first ever ToA clear - some thoughts and teams used in the description that will hopefully be useful for other new-ish players