What is the best starting team for NTE beginners?

What this FAQ most needs to avoid is turning one lineup into a universal best answer for every version and every account. For current players, the more useful takeaway is that **early-game team building is less about memorizing one fixed roster and more about covering the basic functional slots: damage, support/grouping, and survival, then assembling around the characters you actually own.**

A safer way to read it is:

1. The protagonist and free units usually make better early scaffolding because their investment cost is lower and their flexibility is wider

2. If you already pulled a strong carry, prioritize adding support and survivability around that unit rather than forcing someone else's lineup

3. The biggest beginner problem is usually not missing a "meta answer," but missing core role coverage and losing both speed and stability

So this page now focuses on team-building logic for early progression rather than freezing one period's popular combo into a permanent rule.