Ayra vs. Mia

I like Mia more, but Ayra is imho objectively stronger thanks to having flashing blade as a part of her weapon which opens up her A slot + she has a stronger special, which in my opinion is just slightly better than Mia with Luna/Moonbow + 10dmg.

Their defenses are only marginally different therefore not really worth mentioning and offensive stats are also pretty similar, making only slight differences that are not really comparison worthy when taking neutral IVs into consideration.

I asked about this some time ago and Ayra is clearly better since her weapon has Spd+3 and Flashing Blade built into it. And the fact that Ayra has a very strong signature Special which triggers very often.

Still, Mia is kind of like a carbon copy of Ayra with notable differences in skills and stats. And has Flashing Blade as part of her A-Slot.

Mia because waifu.

But I think Ayra is just a little bit better as she has Flashing Blade build in to her sword so she has her A slot free for either more attack (Swift Sparrow) or Distant Counter.

Ayra is definitely better. She has the flexibility to run player phase and enemy phase builds. Also "[X] Blade" skills are much better when native to a weapon than when run as A skills since the former leaves room for you to equip an A skill that enhances the likelihood of proc'ing your special trigger acceleration (or for enemy phase Ayra's, distant counter).

For flexibility's sake, Ayra wins just by simply having her A slot "open", which might prove useful if you plan to use her in certain ways for dungeons and maps.

For DPS's sake, Mia wins due to having a 16 Mt Wo Dao weapon (with +3 Atk to boot, too) which synergizes perfectly with her Flashing Blade. With Wrath, the Wo Dao proc alone deals 20 damage, not including the damage from her Atk and her Special.

Mia might struggle in prolonged fights due to her lesser HP and Def, but with the new buffs on special, she can do amazing damage WHILE healing with the new Noontime on 2 counts.

Edit: Talking about DPS, let's say Ayra has a Spd boon, her raw damage would be 53 (weapon + swift sparrow initiate) + 19 (Regnal Astra | boon + weapon passive + swift sparrow initiate) = 72 raw damage.
Mia on the other hand, having an Atk boon, would deal 51 (weapon) + 10 (weapon proc) + 26 (Glimmer, a 2-count special) = 87.
Even if Ayra gets Glimmer, she only deals 53 (weapon) + 27 (Glimmer) = 80.

P.S. Glimmer will be 2-cost soon thanks to the recent Feh Channel update

Do we include in the debate their banners?
Because Mia will be bonus unit for the next 2 weeks, and most likely a 40% unit in the next TT, while ayra will be a part of whats probably the best banner ever realesed up to date.
I do think they arepretty even in terms of stats and skills, but if i consider the difference in their banners, then Ayra is the better option right now.

Mia seems to be cold comfort for people who got a few dozen Eldigans on that Summoning Focus banner. Stat and performance-wise, she doesn't feel like one, though.

Personally, I'd still pick Ayra. Only thing I don't like about her is her attack illustration. What's this, a throwback to Super Mario? xD

Ayra's hands down. Special is better than Mia special plus 10 damage. Also frees up a slot for more buffs.

Lastly Mia is cute but ayra's is sexxxay.

Ayra, Mia's art is really good though!