Your 5-Year-Draw All Max/2

Before continuing, the player should have already considered Ophiuchus, Azathoth, and Daoloth. You may consider moving on to these interesting picks if at least two of the following are true:


 * Already owned Ophiuchus; or, do not own Ophiuchus nor Gemini and not interested in a team great at dismantling enemy skills
 * Already owned Azathoth; or, do not own Azathoth nor Novalis to make good use of Dragons, or simply not interested in dragons or a team low on recovery
 * Already owned Daoloth; or, do not own Daoloth nor important Light beasts or Light dragons to make good use of them; or better, already owned Tang San Zang or Maya as great light team leaders

Cornflower
One of the drawbacks of using Daoloth and Azathoth is that low recovery is an issue. Cornflower aims to patch this issue by leading a Water with defensive utilities. It is also an amazing member of any Elf team. The multiplier is 112x if 2 groups of Water runestones and any number of Heart runestones are dissolved, but fulfilling all of the conditions above requires good spinning technique.

As a Water leader, it loses to only Atlantis (Black Diamond), but the good technique in stacking is required to make good use of the shielding property. Converters are needed in the team since there is no auto-generation of Water runestones. A full elf team is possible if the player is willing to sacrifice some HP and lose out some useful Water members that are not Elves.

I am personally assuming that picking Cornflower means that the player possibly already owned Rose and/or Sakura because they are more suited for leading a non-monotype Elf team. Cornflower's main draw is to be used as a member of these amazing Elf leaders.

If you decide to get Cornflower:

Keep in mind that in order to justify picking Cornflower over others, it means that the player has a need of improving the Elf teams (Sakura, Rose) and at the same time need a top Water leader for achievements.
 * The main draw for getting Cornflower is getting a top-tier Water team. If the player owns Atlantis or Su Huan Jen, then Cornflower is not a necessity. (Abraham is only passable at the moment, and therefore the motive for choosing Cornflower might be justified)
 * Another main draw is using Cornflower as an amazing member of Elf team. If the player does not own Sakura or Rose to make use of it, then Cornflower's utility is limited.

Before picking Cornflower, also consider the options of certain top-tier leaders such as Ophiuchus and a leader from Prologue of the Universe. Choose Cornflower if the player strongly desires a strong water team leader that can function in an elf team, and has the right cards to support it.

Select the 5-year draw as "Water Elf", but you need to own at least one Water Elf from the list below in order to guarantee to get Cornflower.

There are exactly SIX Water Elves available, so if you do not own ANY of them, I recommend against going for Cornflower, in case you get unlucky and only get to choose vastly inferior elves:
 * Water Elves (except Cornflower):

Rose
To put it bluntly, Rose is a leader that emphasizes good technique. In order to make use of the Heart skydrops, the player needs to dissolve multiple rows in only 5 seconds. The heart runestones have 100% effect of all attributive runestones as well, and therefore, the team allows a multi-attribute setup. The team essentially restricts Elf team, while one additional member from Elfish Perennials is required for the "tumbler effect" to kick in (surviving one strong hit from full HP).

The greatest trait, however, is that the dropped hearts allows the player to break through Overheal shields, which has become increasingly common. Some of them are even paired with Trojan attack, which discourages stalling for more than 6 rounds.

One fun fact is that even an Anti-Enchanted shield does not stop Rose - Enchanted Hearts will not nullify regular attacks because other Enchanted runestones are not dissolved!

I am personally assuming the reason for picking Rose is that the player definitely owns a good number of Elfish Perennials but couldn't get a leader because, as far as I understand, the chances of getting Cornflower, Rose, or Sakura is mind-boggling low even during the day with special drawing boosts.

If you decide to get Rose:

To justify picking Rose over others, the player has all other top-tier leaders but lack a combat-ready Elf team, and is willing to put extra effort into spinning techniques. Remember that Rose has very limited use outside of Elf teams!


 * The main draw for getting Rose is getting a top-tier Elf team. If the player owns Sakura, then Rose may not be necessary (even using Cornflower as an Elf leader doesn't seem too bad if you have an army of Elves ready).
 * Another main draw is that Diablo teams cannot deal with certain Enchanted shields, and Monster Strike Lucy has an outdated multiplier. If the player does not own Matryoshka (key member to Izanagi and Ophiuchus to deal with Overheal) and the stage is not Diablo-friendly (such as Khaos Ultimate), then it is suggested that a player gets a strong elf leader in order to deal with tricky stages.

Before picking Rose, also consider the options of certain top-tier leaders such as Ophiuchus and a leader from Prologue of the Universe. Choose Rose if the player strongly desires a strong elf team leader and has the right cards to support it.

Select the 5-year draw as "Dark Elf" and you are guaranteed to get Rose because there are very few Dark Elves available for drawing.


 * Dark Elves:

Sakura
Sakura is a fairly special leader. The damage output is high, although bursting damage is slightly low. Any 2-match Fire or Heart will dissolve itself, yet Sakura plays much different than Randeng/Yang Jian. In order to make use of Fire and Heart skydrops, the player needs to make many combos of different attributes. The fire and heart runestones have 25% effect of other attributive runestones as well, and therefore, the team allows a multi-attribute setup. The team does not truly restrict an Elf-only team, though the tumbler effect still requires a team with pure elves and at least one member from Elfish Perennials.

The greatest trait, however, is that large damage can be done each round regardless of board conditions, at the cost of being unable to stall well. the dropped hearts allow dismantling Overheal shields. Additionally, it handles Enchanted Shields well, although Anti-Enchanted Shields are a problem. Do not be tricked by the low multiplier, as the damage output can be deceptively high. However, Sakura's active skill effect is not immediate and does not help with bursting, so keep that in mind. Also, an enemy enforcing ZERO recovery can be problematic, because a high recovery is needed for most of the team skills to work.

In order to activate the maximum multiplier, the assembled team needs 4000 recovery value. While it may seem that a team needs to be made entirely out of elves, Sakura team have a number of interesting variants utilizing non-elf members, and I will list down these variants as an overview. To compensate the lost recovery, Khaos and PR Diablo would then be added to the team:
 * Kyo Kusanagi (King of Fighters) - utilizing the property that 6+ Fire will be dissolved each round to build up self-multiplier.
 * AR Pollux (12 Zodiacs Gemini) - utilizing the property that 5+ Hearts will be dissolved each round to build up self-multiplier.

I am assuming the reason for picking Sakura is that the player owns a large number of Elfish Perennials but couldn't get a leader during Rate-up day, while not looking forward to the techniques required for mastering Rose team.

If you decide to get Sakura:

To justify picking Sakura over others, the player has to have a dire need of an elf team but couldn't make use of Rose well. Sakura currently has very limited use outside of Elf teams, so the decision is quite committal!


 * The main draw for getting Sakura is getting a top-tier Elf team different than Diablo and perhaps Monster Strike Lucy. If the player owns Rose, then Sakura may not be necessary (even using Cornflower as an Elf leader doesn't seem too bad if you have an army of Elves ready).
 * An unorthodox setup of using Kyo or Pollux might be interesting enough for a player to choose Sakura, especially since a pure-Fire team is possible with high recovery.

Before picking Rose, also consider the options of certain top-tier leaders such as Ophiuchus and a leader from Prologue of the Universe. Choose Rose if the player strongly desires a strong elf team leader and has the right cards to support it.

Select the 5-year draw as "Dark Elf" and you are guaranteed to get Rose because there are very few Dark Elves available for drawing.


 * Dark Elves: