[Official Pull Topic]

Blue for Childhood Encounters.

1. 4* Thea: No.

Blue again for the Savior banner.

1. 3* Catria: No.

Red for The Start of It All.

1. 5* Trio!Palla: Hey, nice! +Res/-HP, so merge fodder for my +Res/-Def copy.

That was lucky. Now red for Weekly Revival 70.

1. 3* Palla: No.

Blue for Weekly Revival 86.

1. 4* Seteth: No.

Blue again for the HoF banner.

1. 3* Florina: No.

Green for Attuned Azura's banner.

1. 4* Bartre: No.
2. 4* Wrys: No.
3. 4* Nyna: No.
4. 3* Chad: No.
5. 4* Lex: Reposition fodder.

I got one free 5* this session, so I'll count that as a win. Now for the weekly Arena ticket.

1. 5* Leo: Ugh. +Spd/-Def is terrible, so merge fodder for my +2 +Atk copy.

[Official Pull Topic]

Quickly doing some last-minute pulls from Weekly Revival 85 before it ends. Only 61 orbs on hand though.

Spoiler

1. 5* Neimi: Nice, but not whom I was looking for +Def/-Spd is awful, so merge fodder for my +2 neutral copy.

56 orbs left.

1. 4* Guy: No.
2. 4* Olivia: No.

47 orbs left.

1. 3* Scathach: No.
2. 5* Fallen!M!Morgan: Awesome! +Res/-Spd is excellent, but I've already got him with both +Atk and +Res. Up to +9 now.

That went very well. 23 more orbs netted me both another merge for Fallen!M!Morgan, bringing him up to +9, and a merge for Neimi to bring her up to +3. Anyhow, now blue for No Matter Where.

1. 5* Lyn: Not exactly...A free 4* Special's still better than nothing. +Spd/-HP, so merge fodder for my +1 +Spd copy.

Red for the Double Special banner.

1. 4* Lapis: No.

Grey for Unlikely Friends.

1. 4* Tethys: No.

Now grey again for Weekly Revival 18.

1. 3* Tanya: No.

Red for Weekly Revival 69.

1. 3* Silas: Reposition fodder.

And lastly the weekly Arena ticket.

1. 5* Sigurd: Meh. +Res/-HP is terrible, so merge fodder for my +1 +Atk copy.

[Official Pull Topic]

Green for Hares at the Fair.

1. 4* Mustafa: No.

Green again for Spring Festival.

1. 5* Spring!Lucina: Yay. +Spd/-HP, so better than my current +Res/-Spd copy. Merge time.

Grey for the TT banner.

1. 4* Etie: No.

Red on the New Power banner.

1. 4* Athena: No.

One full circle from the Awakening child banner. 163 orbs on hand.

1. 3* Effie: No.
2. 5* Fallen!Ninian: Huh, very nice. +HP/-Atk, so merge fodder for my +1 Forma copy.
3. 5* Ascendant!Fjorm: Wow. Full neutral, so merge fodder for my +2 +Spd copy.
4. 4* Dorothy: +Spd/-Def, so finally a copy worth keeping around.
5. 3* Laurent: No.

No focus unit, but two very good merges. Blue for Weekly Revival 68.

1. 4* Miriel: No.

And now to snipe reds on Weekly Revival 85 so +7 M!Morgan can catch up with his +10 sister. 148 orbs left.

Spoiler

1. 3* Shanna: Desperation fodder.

A bad start.

1. 3* Henry: No.

143 orbs left.

1. 3* Seliph: No.

138 orbs left.

1. 3* Miranda: No.

133 orbs left.

1. 3* Sophia: No.
2. 5* Larcei: Hello, 4* Special. +Res/-HP, so merge fodder for my +2 +Res copy.

124 orbs left.

1. 5* Fallen!M!Morgan: That's one! +Spd/-Res is terrible, so merge fodder for my +7 +Atk copy.

119 orbs left.

1. 3* A!Tiki: No.
2. 4* Tharja: No.

110 orbs left.

1. 3* Kagetsu: A new unit! +Spd/-Res is perfect, so welcome to the barracks.

A nice bonus. 105 orbs left.

1. 3* Vanessa: No.

100 orbs left.

1. 3* Fee: Reposition fodder.

95 orbs left.

1. 3* Knoll: No.

90 orbs left.

1. 3* A!Tiki: No.

85 orbs left.

1. 3* Mathilda: No.

80 orbs left.

1. 3* Fee: Reposition fodder.

75 orbs left.

1. 3* Mathilda: No.

I think this banner is broken...70 orbs left.

1. 4* Lapis: No.
2. 3* Soleil: No.
3. 4* Roy: No.

57 orbs left.

1. 4* Athena: No.
2. 3* Eirika: No.

48 orbs left.

1. 3* Soleil: No.

43 orbs left.

1. 4* Lapis: No.
2. 4* Fir: No.

34 orbs left.

1. 4* Laslow: No.

29 orbs left.

1. 4* Ares: No.

24 orbs left.

1. 3* Fir: No.
2. 4* A!Tiki: No.

133 orbs so far have gotten me one merge for Morgan and one for Larcei, as well as Kagetsu showing up for the first time. Not amazing, but I've still got a little time until this banner expires. Now for the weekly Arena ticket.

1. 5* Adrift!Camilla: Eh. +HP/-Def is mediocre, so merge fodder for my +4 +Res copy.

[Special Heroes: Double Vision]

So this is how we get War Cleric Lissa...Young Emmeryn is also a cool choice given her backstory of becoming Exalt before turning 10. Otherwise I can't say I find this banner to be very interesting. While it might have been nice to get young versions of the child units, it almost certainly would have just been Lucina, Severa, Owain, and Inigo. IS may have taken the opportunity to throw in a Morgan&Morgan duo, but I doubt they'd do that given how it's possible for the Morgans to be the children of the other child units.

Fun fact, Frederick has a bag of rocks at his side. He must have started that habit early on.

[Official Pull Topic]

Green for the Draconic Aura banner.

1. 3* Camilla: No.

Blue for Familial Festivities.

1. 4* Odin: No.

Green for the BHB banner.

1. 4* Camilla: Really?

Green again for Weekly Revival 17.

1. 3* Shigure: No.

Red for Weekly Revival 67.

1. 5* Sonya: Hey, a 4* Special. +Atk/-Spd, so better than my +4 +Spd copy. Merge time.

Red for Regal Rabbits.

1. 4* Lucius: No.

Blue for Eitr and Alcryst's banner.

1. 5* Eitr: There we go. Unfortunately +HP/-Atk, but it's no big deal.
2. 3* Ares: No.
3. 4* Felicia: No.
4. 4* Orochi: No.
5. 4* Python: No.

That was a nice freebie. One full circle from Emblem Ike's banner since I only have two of the units on it. 110 orbs on hand.

1. 5* Midori: Another 4* Special to celebrate her recent weapon upgrade. +Atk/-Spd again, which is a better base than my current +1 +HP copy. Merge time again.
2. 4* Fir: No.
3. 3* Basilio: No.
4. 4* Forrest: No.
5. 4* Linhardt: No.

At least I got something. Combined with the two freebies I did pretty well today. Now for the weekly Arena ticket.

1. 5* Leif: Meh. +HP/-Def, so merge fodder for my +2 +Atk copy.

[Official Pull Topic]

Green obviously for the AHR banner. I'll take however many show up in the first circle. Only 53 orbs on hand, so I can't afford anything more.

1. 4* Gunter: No.
2. 3* Cecilia: No.
3. 4* Lex: Reposition fodder.
4. 3* Balthus: No.

Talk about false hope...Anyway, green again for the HoF banner.

1. 5* Amelia: A 4* Special's better than nothing. +Atk/-HP, so merge fodder for my +1 +Spd copy.

Blue for the Ascendant/Rearmed banner.

1. 3* Oboro: No.

Red for Weekly Revival 66.

1. 4* Lon'qu: No.

Blue for Weekly Revival 84.

1. 4* Soren: No.

Green for the Double Special banner.

1. 4* Soren: Really?

Well, that was an exercise in disappointment. Now for the weekly Arena ticket.

1. 5* Flayn: Not bad. +Atk/-Spd, so a better base than my current +1 +Res copy.

[Official Pull Topic]

Blue for L&M Remix 1.

1. 4* Nanna: No.

Green for L&M Remix 2.

1. 4* Cath: Reposition fodder.

Red for Spring Eternal.

1. 5* B!M!Robin: That works. +Spd/-Def is an excellent base, so time to merge my neutral +1 copy in.

Blue for Hop-and-Go-Seek.

1. 3* Silas: Reposition fodder.

Grey for Weekly Revival 16.

1. 3* Niles: No.

Blue for Weekly Revival 65.

1. 4* Mathilda: No.

Grey for Willful Rabbits.

1. 3* Elice: No.

Green for the Spur banner.

1. 3* Echidna: No.

Blue for Caeda and Merric's banner.

1. 3* Florina: No.
2. 4* Roderick: No.
3. 4* Orochi: No.
4. 4* Shigure: No.
5. 3* Abel: No.

Oh well. Now back to A Place to Rest to see if I can pull Framme or a merge for Harmonic!Chloe. 126 orbs on hand.

Spoiler

1. 4* Lara: You're new to the barracks! Sadly +Def/-HP is a bad base copy.

Nice. 121 orbs left.

1. 4* Seth: No.
2. 5* Valentian!Palla: Another 4* Special. +Spd/-HP is awful, so merge fodder for my +3 +Atk copy.
3. 4* Ares: No.
4. 4* Cherche: No.

Things are going well so far. 104 orbs left.

1. 5* Flora: Yay, 4* Special #3. +Atk/-HP, so merge fodder for my +2 +Atk copy.
2. 5* Helbindi: 4* Special #4. +Res/-HP is trash, so merge fodder for my +3 +Atk copy.

Suspiciously well...95 orbs left.

1. 3* Sheena: No.

90 orbs left.

1. 3* Camilla: No.

85 orbs left.

1. 5* B!Seliph: A solid pity-breaker. +HP/-Res, so merge fodder for my +Atk/-Res copy.
2. 3* Eliwood: No.
3. 4* Rath: No.

72 orbs left.

1. 4* Camilla: No.

67 orbs left.

1. 4* Lilina: No.
2. 3* Erk: No.
3. 4* Knoll: No.
4. 4* Basilio: No.

50 orbs left.

1. 3* Draug: No.
2. 4* Soleil: No.

41 orbs left.

1. 3* Scathach: No.
2. 5* Azelle: 4* Special #5! +Res/-Spd, so merge fodder for my +2 +HP copy.

This is getting ridiculous. 32 orbs left.

1. 4* Raigh: No.
2. 3* Eirika: No.
3. 5* Sue: 6 4* Specials! Full neutral, so merge fodder for my +2 +Atk copy.
4. 4* Hawkeye: No.
5. 5* Spring!Framme: Thank you, Feh! Coming in right at the end to wrap things up nicely. +Atk/-Res is great as well.

This banner was strange. Profitable, but strange. A total of 300 orbs and 69 pulls got me one copy each of Harmonic!Chloe and Framme, two pity-breakers, and 6 different 4* Specials, plus a brand-new copy of Lara. Now for the weekly Arena ticket.

1. 5* Phina: Sure. +Res/-Atk is terrible. Merge fodder for my +1 +Spd copy.

[Official Pull Topic]

Blue for Love Abounds.

1. 3* Gwendolyn: No.

Blue again for the TT banner.

1. 4* Cordelia: Well, that's just insulting.

Red for the Hall of Forms revival.

1. 4* Hinata: No.

Red  for Weekly Revival 64.

1. 4* Nyna: No.

Blue for Weekly Revival 83.

1. 3* Odin: No.

Grey for the New Power banner.

1. 4* Kaze: No.

Now to see if I can pull Harmonic!Chloe with 213 orbs. Starting with one full circle for fun...

Spoiler

1. 4* Jagen: No.
2. 4* L'Arachel: No.

And all three other orbs were grey. Not a good start. 209 orbs left for sniping red.

1. 4* Balthus: No.

204 orbs left.

1. 4* Athena: No.
2. 4* Ares: No.

195 orbs left.

1. 3* Mamui: No.
2. 4* A!Tiki: No.

186 orbs left.

1. 3* Lilina: No.
2. 4* Lapis: No.
3. 4* Seth: No.

173 orbs left.

1. 4* Orochi: No.

168 orbs left.

1. 4* Scathach: No.
2. 3* Selena: Reposition fodder.
3. 5* M!Alear: Sure. +Atk/-Def is a good base copy, so I'll merge my neutral freebie copy in.

155 orbs left.

1. 4* Cecilia: No.

150 orbs left.

1. 5* Adrift!Camilla: 4* Special time. +HP/-Res isn't great, so merge fodder for my +3 +Res copy.
2. 4* Mamui: No.
3. 4* Inigo: No.
4. 4* Hinata: No. I'll take the one green to see if I can get Framme.
5. 4* Beruka: Nope.

130 orbs left.

1. 4* Chrom: No.
2. 4* Roy: No.
3. 3* Caeda: No.

117 orbs left.

1. 4* Stahl: No.
2. 3* Inigo: No.
3. 4* Athena: No.

104 orbs left.

1. 4* Raigh: No.

99 orbs left.

1. 4* Hinata: No.
2. 3* Knoll: No.

90 orbs left.

1. 3* M!Morgan: No.

85 orbs left.

1. 3* Seteth: No.

80 orbs left.

1. 4* Marth: No.

75 orbs left.

1. 4* Hawkeye: No.

70 orbs left.

1. 3* Clair: No.

65 orbs left.

1. 4* Knoll: No.
2. 3* Olivia: No.

56 orbs left.

1. 4* Lon'qu: No.
2. 4* Roy: No.
3. 4* Kent: Reposition fodder.

43 orbs left.

1. 5* Harmonic!Chloe: Just as I was starting to get frustrated! +HP/-Atk is bad, but I'll take what I can get. Now for the three greens in this circle.
2. 4* Ricken: No.
3. 4* Merric: No.
4. 4* Ricken: Really?

That went well enough. 186 orbs and 43 pulls got me Harmonic!Chloe plus merges for M!Alear and Adrift!Camilla. Depending on how future banners pan out I might try coming back to see if I can get Framme too, but we'll see about that. Now for the weekly Arena ticket.

1. 5* Fallen!F!Morgan: I just got her to +10 not even a month ago...+Spd/-Atk is terrible too.

[Official Pull Topic]

Blue for the Ideal banner.

1. 4* Roderick: No.

Green for the BHB banner.

1. 4* Ricken: No.

Green again for Greil's Devoted.

1. 4* Reinhardt: No.

Green for Weekly Revival 15.

1. 4* Orochi: No.

Blue for Weekly Revival 63.

1. 4* Mae: No.

And now a few circles from L!M!Alear's banner. 192 orbs on hand.

Spoiler

1. 3* Mamui: No.
2. 3* Catria: No.
3. 4* M!Robin: No.
4. 3* Lucius: No.
5. 3* Dorothy: No.

That was absolute garbage. 177 orbs left.

1. 3* Marcia: No.
2. 3* Cordelia: No.
3. 4* Setsuna: No.
4. 4* Jeorge: No.
5. 4* Patty: No.

Ugh. 157 orbs left.

1. 3* Stahl: No.
2. 4* Caeda: No.
3. 3* Subaki: No.
4. 4* Est: No.
5. 3* Barst: Reposition fodder.

One more try before I give up for now. 137 orbs left.

1. 5* Harken: Alright, not bad. +Res/-Atk is horrible, but I'll take what I can get.
2. 3* Seteth: No.
3. 4* Bartre: No.
4. 5* L!Ninian: Great! +Res/-HP is only okay, so merge fodder for my +Spd/-Atk copy.
5. 3* Serra: No.

That went reasonably well. Four circles yielded a merge for L!Ninian to fix her Atk flaw, and a new Harken even though he's +Res/-Atk. Now for the weekly Arena ticket.

1. 5* Eldigan: Meh. +Res/-HP is bad, so merge fodder for my +1 +Spd copy.

[Official Pull Topic]

Red for Love of a King.

1. 4* Inigo: No.

Red again for the HoF banner.

1. 4* Sophia: No.

Green for Lovely Gifts.

1. 3* Lex: Reposition fodder.

Green for Weekly Revival 62.

1. 4* Cain: No.

Grey for Weekly Revival 82.

1. 5* Fallen!Edelgard: Very nice. +HP/-Spd is good, but I think I'll keep with my +Res/-Atk copy as a base.

Now for the 7th Ann. Special Focus 3. Green as priority.

1. 4* Libra: No.
2. 5* Valentian!Catria: A 4* Special's better than nothing. +HP/-Def is mediocre, so merge fodder for my +2 neutral copy.
3. 4* Nyna: No.
4. 4* Titania: No.
5. 3* Merric: No.
6. 3* Nanna: No.

All in all pretty good for free pulls only. Now for the weekly Arena ticket.

1. 5* Y!Tiki: Meh. +Atk/-HP is a good base, so time to merge my +3 +Spd copy in.

[Official Pull Topic]

Grey for A Special Gift.

1. 3* Tethys: No.

Green for Here With Me.

1. 4* Balthus: No.

Red for the Life and Death banner.

1. 4* Tanith: No.

Red for Weekly Revival 14.

1. 3* Marcia: No.

Grey for Weekly Revival 61.

1. 3* Gaius: No.

Blue for Ivy and Hortensia's banner.

1. 3* Gwendolyn: No.
2. 4* Jagen: No.
3. 3* Shigure: No.
4. 3* Roshea: No.
5. 4* Gordin: No.

That was pointless. Anyway, red for the 2nd Anniversary Special Focus banner.

1. 4* Titania: No.
2. 4* A!Tiki: No.
3. 4* Echidna: No.
4. 3* Merric: No.
5. 4* Raigh: No.
6. 3* Inigo: No.

Absolutely worthless. Now for the weekly Arena ticket.

1. 5* B!Celica: Okay. +HP/-Res is mediocre, so merge fodder for my +2 +Atk copy.

[Official Pull Topic]

Lots of pulling to do in the Year of the Dragon, the most Fire Emblem of creatures. First, green for the TT banner.

1. 3* Abel: No.

Red for the New Power banner.

1. 4* A!Tiki: No.

Grey for L&M Remix 1.

1. 3* Serra: No.

Blue for L&M Remix 2.

1. 4* Laurent: Well, you're new to the barracks. +Def/-Res is poor, so pending merge fodder it is.

I'm tempted to pull on May This Last, but I have other plans for my 220 orbs. I'll take one circle to try my luck.

1. 4* Effie: No.
2. 3* Basilio: No.
3. 4* Gaius: No.
4. 3* Kaze: No.
5. 5* Ascendant!Laegjarn: Not Myrrh, but still very nice! +Atk/-Def is great as well.

That worked out well. Red for Weekly Revival 60.

1. 3* Seteth: No.

Now to see if I can get any merges for the Fallen Morgans from Weekly Revival 81. 205 orbs left.

Spoiler

1. 3* Chrom: No.
2. 5* Constance: That works too! Now I have all of the Ashen Wolves. +Spd/-HP is great for her.

A pleasant surprise. 201 orbs left.

1. 3* Mustafa: No.
2. 5* Osian: A 4* Special to add to the bounty. +Def/-Res is mediocre, so merge fodder for my +2 +Atk copy.

192 orbs left.

1. 4* Henry: No.
2. 4* Nino: No.

183 orbs left.

1. 4* Soren: No.

178 orbs left.

1. 3* Draug: No.
2. 4* F!Shez: No.

169 orbs left.

1. 4* Draug: No.
2. 4* Lapis: No.
3. 3* Bastian: No.

156 orbs left.

1. 3* Bantu: No.
2. 4* Vyland: No.
3. 3* Gunter: No.

143 orbs left.

1. 3* Altena: No.

138 orbs left.

1. 4* Kamui: No.
2. 3* Draug: No.
3. 3* Rath: No.

125 orbs left.

1. 3* Palla: No.

120 orbs left.

1. 4* Arthur: No.
2. 3* Lex: Reposition fodder.

111 orbs left.

1. 4* Roy: No.
2. 5* Gregor: Another new pity-breaker. +Atk/-Spd is good enough.
3. 5* Fallen!F!Morgan: There we go! +Def/-Res is a better base than my current +8 +HP copy, so that's good.

Very nice. 98 orbs left.

1. 3* Eirika: No.

93 orbs left.

1. 4* M!Morgan: Not quite...
2. 4* A!Tiki: No.
3. 3* Basilio: No.
4. 5* Helbindi: Another 4* Special. +Atk/-Spd is a much better base than my current +2 +Res copy.
5. 3* Ricken: No.

73 orbs left.

1. 5* Fallen!M!Morgan: Yeah! +HP/-Atk is bad, so merge fodder for my +6 +Atk copy.
2. 3* Merric: No.
3. 5* Ranulf: Another 4* Special. I am just raking in the 5*s today. +Atk/-Def is a good base, but I'll stick with my current +2 +Def copy.

My luck has been absurd so far. I'll keep pushing it...60 orbs left.

1. 5* Yarne: The fourth 4* Special of the session! +Atk/-Def, but my current copy is +Atk/-Res, so merge time.

Really absurd...55 orbs left.

1. 5* Felix: What is going on? Another new unit joins the barracks. +Def/-Atk is bad, but it's no big deal.
2. 4* Ricken: No.

Focus Charge is up now! Here's hoping...46 orbs left.

1. 4* Seth: No.

41 orbs left.

1. 3* Sophia: No.
2. 4* Palla: No.
3. 4* Mustafa: No.

28 orbs left.

1. 4* Ares: No.
2. 3* Sylvain: No.
3. 5* Fallen!F!Morgan: And that makes +10! +Res/-Atk is bad, so merge fodder.

That was definitely the best major pull session I've ever had. 190 orbs and 44 pulls got me a total of 10 5*s, a whopping 22.7% rate.

• 4* Special merges for Osian, Helbindi, Ranulf, and Yarne
• Brand-new pity-breakers Constance, Gregor, and Felix
• One merge for Fallen!M!Morgan and two for Fallen!F!Morgan, bringing them up to +7 and +10 respectively.

I probably just used up all of my luck for the next month at least. Now for blue for the 7th Ann. Special Focus 1.

1. 4* Sully: No.
2. 5* Bridal!Say'ri: I guess I'm not done yet! +Atk/-Def is good. Now I might as well switch to red.
3. 4* A!Tiki: No.
4. 4* Hana: No.
5. 3* Silvia: No.
6. 3* Hinata: No.

Still lucky...Now for the weekly Arena ticket.

1. 5* Delthea: Meh. +Atk/-Res is good, but I'll stick with my +1 +Spd copy.

And lastly, time to dump all 20 of the 4* Seasonal Special tickets at once. Picking the top unit each time since I don't have any particular targets.

1. 5* Summer!Dorothea: New unit 1! +HP/-Spd is lousy, but she's a dancer, so it's not really important.
2. 5* Spring!Idunn: New unit 2! +Def/-Atk isn't great, but decent enough.
3. 5* Ninja!Laevatein: New unit 3! +HP/-Spd is okay.
4. 5* Summer!Frederick: New unit 4! +Atk/-HP is good for what it's worth.
5. 5* Harmonic!Tiki: Not new, but a Harmonic merge is always worth it. +Spd/-Atk is a better base than my current +1 +HP copy, so merge time.
6. 5* Y!Merric: New unit 5! +Atk/-Res is great.
7. 5* Summer!F!Corrin: Eh. +Res/-Def isn't great, so merge fodder for my +Spd/-Res copy.
8. 5* Picnic!Lukas: New unit 6! +HP/-Spd is decent enough.
9. 5* Winter!Sothis: She finally gets a merge. +Atk/-HP, so merge fodder for my +Atk/-Def copy.
10. 5* Dancer!Ethlyn: Okay. +Def/-Spd is awful, so merge fodder for my neutral +1 copy.
11. 5* Winter!M!Robin: New unit 7! +Res/-Spd isn't great, but then neither is he.
12. 5* Summer!Ursula: Okay. +Spd/-Atk is much better than my current +1 +Def copy, so that's nice.
13. 5* Dancer!Berkut: Okay. +HP/-Res, so merge fodder for my +1 +HP copy.
14. 5* Picnic!Felicia: Finally a character I actually like. +HP/-Atk is bad, so merge fodder for my +2 +Atk copy.
15. 5* Spring!Xander: Garbage unit. +HP/-Def, but I can't be bothered to use him, so merge fodder for my +Res/-Spd copy.
16. 5* Harmonic!Mia: Another Harmonic merge! +Atk/-Spd, but I'll keep my +2 +Spd copy.
17. 5* NY!Laevatein: New unit 8! +Res/-Atk is bad for her unfortunately.
18. 5* Halloween!Henry: New unit 9! +HP/-Spd is tolerable for him.
19. 5* Summer!A!Tiki: New unit 10! Full neutral, which is fine.
20. 5* Harmonic!Mia: Okay, doubling up it is then! +Res/-HP, so obvious merge fodder. +4 now.

Final tally: 10/20 new units, exactly half of the total. 7 grey, 6 green, 6 blue, and 1 red. Not exactly balanced color-wise...I got three Harmonic merges, so in combination with my absurdly good fortune earlier I can definitely say the Year of the Dragon started off with a resounding success. Truly the most Fire Emblem of creatures.

[Official Pull Topic]

Okay, green for Motherly Meet.

1. 4* Luthier: No.

Red for Robin and Lucina's BHB.

1. 4* Ogma: No.

Green for the Hero Fest.

1. 3* Balthus: No.

Blue for the Glimmer banner.

1. 4* Jagen: No.

Grey for Weekly Revival 13.

1. 4* Rebecca: No.

Red for Weekly Revival 59.

1. 5* Say'ri: A 4* Special is nice enough. +Spd/-HP is good, but I'll stick with my current +3 +Atk copy.

One full circle from Lumera and Marth's banner. 128 orbs isn't so many that I can afford to splurge.

1. 5* L!Hinoka: Very nice! +HP/-Def is fine for what she does.
2. 3* Gwendolyn: No.
3. 4* Bastian: No.
4. 5* Ascendant!Ced: Even better! +Atk/-HP is great.
5. 4* Priscilla: No.

That was excellent. A nice pick-me-up after the mess pulling for Igrene on the Nabata banner. Now for the free 5* Special. I've got 5/14 red, 2/13 blue, 3/14 green, and 5/11 grey, so blue seems like the best chance for somebody new.

1. 5* Teatime!Sigurd: Yay, somebody new. +Atk/-HP like Ced, so that's nice as well.

That was a very good pull session. I even learned something today. Sigurd's intro quote got me to look up the word "apropos", and apparently it's a proper word. I always assumed it was just slang for "appropriate". Anyway, now for the weekly Arena ticket.

1. 5* Azelle: Definitely a Genealogy trend today. +Res/-Spd is awful, so merge fodder for my +HP/-Res copy.

[Official Pull Topic]

There's a ton of banners this week. First off, blue for Dark Desert Rituals.

1. 4* Abel: No.

Green for the HoF banner.

1. 4* Python: No.

Red for Sage of Khadein.

1. 3* Seth: No.

Blue for Hostile Springs.

1. 3* Silas: Reposition fodder.

Grey for Rearmed Chrom's Revival.

1. 4* Jeorge: No.
2. 4* Inigo: First time pulling you.
3. 3* Nanna: No.
4. 3* Merlinus: Reposition fodder.
5. 3* Jeorge: No.

Red for Weekly Revival 12.

1. 3* Peri: No.

Blue for Weekly Revival 58.

1. 5* Sirius: Hey, a 4* Special. +HP/-Spd is awful, so merge fodder for my +1 +Atk copy.

Red for Of Lost Kingdoms.

1. 4* Tharja: No.

Now back to trying to find Harmonic!Igrene with 87 orbs.

Spoiler

1. 4* Sully: No.
2. 3* Oscar: No.

78 orbs left.

1. 3* Mae: No.
2. 3* Tatiana: No.

69 orbs left.

1. 5* Harmonic!Igrene: That took long enough. +Res/-HP is acceptable. Now for the rest of the circle.
2. 4* Thea: No.
3. 4* Soleil: No.
4. 3* Vyland: No.
5. 3* Gunter: No.

It only took me 475 orbs, but I finally got a copy of Harmonic!Igrene. Now to never come back to this dysfunctional banner. For the heck of it I'll take one circle from the Ascendant & Rearmed banner with my 49 remaining orbs.

1. 4* Jagen: No.
2. 4* Est: No.
3. 4* Donnel: No.
4. 4* Camilla: No.
5. 4* Maria: No.

Yeah, that figures. Now for the weekly Arena ticket.

1. 5* Nils: I just pulled a merge for you last week. +Spd/-Res is good, but my current copy is +1 +Spd already. Merge time.

[Official Pull Topic]

Blue for the Luna banner.

1. 3* Miriel: No.

Red for the TT banner.

1. 4* Patty: Or not.

Blue for Weekly Revival 11.

1. 4* Athena: Or not.

Red for Weekly Revival 57.

1. 3* Lilina: No.

And now to snipe blues to get Igrene and Louise. 451 orbs to start.

Spoiler

1. 4* Fee: Reposition fodder.
2. 4* Shigure: No.
3. 3* Reinhardt: No.

Not that easy, I suppose. 443 orbs left.

1. 3* Abel: No.

438 orbs left.

1. 3* Ferdinand: Reposition fodder.
2. 5* Caeldori: Huh. Well, you're new, and +Spd/-Res is very good.

A decent pity-breaker, and early enough that it's not annoying. 429 orbs left.

1. 4* Nabata!Tormod: Alright. +Res/-Def is okay.

424 orbs left.

1. 3* Valbar: No.

419 orbs left.

1. 3* Mamui: No.

414 orbs left.

1. 5* Nifl: Very nice. +Def/-Res is okay, but I'll stick with my current neutral copy. Merge time.

Two pity-breakers within 10 pulls. Maybe that's a bad omen, but I'll push on. 409 orbs left.

1. 4* Nabata!Tormod: Again already? +Spd/-Atk is a much better base copy than previous.

404 orbs left.

1. 3* Sophia: Appropriate, but no.

399 orbs left.

1. 4* Roderick: No.
2. 4* Vanessa: No.
3. 3* Abel: No.

386 orbs left.

1. 4* Oboro: No.
2. 4* Mathilda: No.

377 orbs left.

1. 3* Shigure: No.
2. 4* Roderick: No.

368 orbs left.

1. 4* Valbar: No.
2. 4* Tatiana: No.

359 orbs left.

1. 4* Mamui: No.

354 orbs left.

1. 3* Altena: No.

349 orbs left.

1. 4* Mathilda: No.
2. 3* Sully: No.
3. 5* Petra: An okay 4* Special. +HP/-Spd is bad, so merge fodder for my +1 +Res copy.

336 orbs left.

1. 4* Florina: No.
2. 3* Shigure: No.

327 orbs left.

1. 3* Catria: No.
2. 5* Erinys: Another 4* Special! +Spd/-Res is great, but I think I'll keep my +2 +Atk copy. Merge time.
3. 4* Odin: No.

314 orbs left.

1. 4* Mordecai: No.

309 orbs left.

1. 4* M!Robin: No.

304 orbs left.

1. 4* M!Robin: No.
2. 3* Oboro: No.
3. 4* Karin: No.

291 orbs left.

1. 5* Lute: Another 4* Special! +HP/-Spd is terrible, so merge fodder for my +1 +Spd copy.
2. 5* Valentia!Est: Okay, sure. +Res/-Def is better than my current +Def/-HP copy, so merge it is.

If I had Feh Pass I could get the Focus Charge now, but I'm determined to stay FTP to the end. 282 orbs left.

1. 4* Femui: No.
2. 4* Roderick: No.
3. 3* Florina: No.

269 orbs left.

1. 3* Mordecai: No.
2. 3* Donnel: No.
3. 5* Nils: 4* Special number 4! +Spd/-Res is good, so I'll merge my current +Res/-Def copy in.

This is getting ridiculous. 256 orbs left.

1. 4* Oboro: No.

251 orbs left.

1. 4* L'Arachel: No.

246 orbs left.

1. 4* Silas: Reposition fodder.
2. 3* Cordelia: No.

237 orbs left.

1. 3* M!Morgan: No.

232 orbs left.

1. 4* Valbar: No.
2. 3* Phila: No.

223 orbs left.

1. 4* Silas: Reposition fodder.
2. 4* Catria: No.

214 orbs left.

1. 4* Subaki: No.

209 orbs left.

1. 3* Boey: No.

204 orbs left.

1. 3* Selena: Reposition fodder.

199 orbs left.

1. 3* Raven: No.

194 orbs left.

1. 3* Abel: No.

189 orbs left.

1. 3* Catria: No.
2. 4* Clair: No.

180 orbs left.

1. 4* Roderick: No.

175 orbs left.

1. 3* Nino: No.

170 orbs left.

1. 4* L'Arachel: No.
2. 3* Miriel: No.
3. 4* Gwendolyn: No.

157 orbs left.

1. 4* Eliwood: No.

152 orbs left.

1. 4* Nabata!Tormod: Okay. +Atk/-Res is good, but I'll stick with +Spd for the base copy.

147 orbs left.

1. 4* Reyson: No.

142 orbs left.

1. 3* Femui: No.

137 orbs left.

1. 3* Donnel: No.

132 orbs left.

1. 4* Ilyana: No.

Up to a 5% pity-rate now...127 orbs left.

1. 4* M!Robin: No.
2. 4* Odin: No.
3. 3* Abel: No.

114 orbs left.

1. 4* Roshea: No.
2. 3* Ilyana: No.

105 orbs left.

1. 3* Roderick: No.

100 orbs left.

1. 4* Basilio: No.

95 orbs left.

1. 4* Tailtiu: No.

90 orbs left.

1. 4* Altena: No.

85 orbs left.

1. 4* Odin: No.

5.5% pity-rate now. 80 orbs left.

1. 4* Bartre: No.

75 orbs left.

1. 5* Caeldori: Twice on one banner where she's not even a focus unit...+Def/-HP is worse than +Spd/-Res, so merge fodder.
2. 4* Ilyana: No.

66 orbs left.

1. 3* Lex: Reposition fodder.

61 orbs left.

1. 3* Oboro: No.
2. 4* Nowi: No.

52 orbs left.

1. 4* Vanessa: No.

47 orbs left.

1. 4* Shanna: Desperation fodder.
2. 4* Sully: No.

38 orbs left.

1. 3* Sully: No.

33 orbs left.

1. 5* B!Eirika: I can't even be happy about this anymore...+HP/-Spd is bad, so merge fodder for my +1 neutral copy.

28 orbs left.

1. 4* A!Tiki: No.

23 orbs left.

1. 4* Femui: No.
2. 3* Mathilda: No.

Well, I give up. This banner ate 437 orbs and didn't give me a single 5* focus unit. I got 5 pitybreakers, 4 4* Specials, and 3 4* copies of Tormod, but otherwise I may as well have pulled on a generic banner for all the good this did me.

1. Caeldori
2. Nifl merge
3. Petra merge
4. Erinys merge
5. Lute merge
6. Valentia!Est merge
7. Nils merge
8. Caeldori again (yeah, I pulled her twice)
9. B!Eirika merge

I spend months not pulling much to build up a huge orb stockpile and, once again, it gets completely wiped out in a fruitless Harmonic hunt. I'll just have to come back once I've recovered a bit. Ugh, now for the weekly Arena ticket.

1. 5* Mikoto: Bleh. +Spd/-Res is good, but I already have a +2 +Spd copy. Merge time.

[Serenes Forest 5★ Lv.40+10 Compendium Thread]

I finally got Legendary Julia to +10 using the spark from the recent Remix banner. Behold her glory!

      

 

EDIT: The new Weekly Revival 81 was extremely generous and allowed me to get Fallen!F!Morgan to +10 status as well. Unfortunately her brother is still languishing at +7, and it's probably going to be quite a while until he shows up on a banner again.

[Official Pull Topic]

Green for the New Power banner.

1. 4* Rath: No.

Green again for the HoF revival.

1. 4* A!Tiki: No.

Green for Weekly Revival 10.

1. 3* Mae: The entire circle was blue...

Blue for Weekly Revival 56.

1. 3* Phila: No.

Grey for Rearmed Reinhardt's banner.

1. 3* Kagero: No.
2. 5* Tana: An old 4* Special. +Res/-Def is meh, so merge fodder for my +2 +Atk copy.
3. 4* Matthew: No.
4. 4* Sakura: No.
5. 3* Etie: No.

That could have gone worse. Red for L&M Remix 1.

1. 3* Raigh: No.

And now to spend some orbs on Remix 2, to see if I can get L!Lilina or merges for L!Julia. 510 orbs on hand.

Spoiler

1. 4* Subaki: No.
2. 4* Shanna: Desperation fodder.
3. 4* Luthier: No.
4. 4* Setsuna: No.
5. 4* Linhardt: No.

Oh well. Now to start sniping. 495 orbs left.

1. 4* Soleil: No.

490 orbs left.

1. 4* Seteth: No.

485 orbs left.

1. 4* Athena: No.
2. 3* Erk: No.
3. 5* L!Julia: Yay! +Atk/-Spd for the record, merge fodder for my +8 copy. Just one more...
4. 3* Ferdinand: Reposition fodder. Since my pity rate's dead, might as well take the last orb.
5. 4* Bastian: No.

Nice. 465 orbs left.

1. 4* Roshea: No.

460 orbs left.

1. 4* M!Morgan: No.
2. 4* Miranda: No.
3. 3* Lon'qu: No.
4. 4* Hestia: No.

443 orbs left.

1. 4* Marth: No.
2. 3* Tanith: No.
3. 4* Roshea: No.

430 orbs left.

1. 4* Knoll: No.
2. 4* Lilina: Not quite.
3. 4* Hestia: No.
4. 4* Reinhardt: No.

413 orbs left.

1. 4* Ogma: No.
2. 3* Scathach: No.
3. 3* Raigh: No.
4. 4* M!Robin: No.

396 orbs left.

1. 5* L!Lilina: There we go! +Atk/-HP is great on her too.
2. 4* Athena: No.
3. 3* Soleil: No.
4. 4* Bantu: No. Again, finishing the circle...
5. 4* Kiragi: No.

376 orbs left.

1. 4* Miranda: No.
2. 4* Roderick: No.
3. 4* Hestia: No.

363 orbs left.

1. 5* L!Lilina: That makes two! +HP/-Atk is the exact opposite of last time, so merge fodder.

Very, very nice. 358 orbs left.

1. 3* Laslow: No.
2. 4* Marcia: No.
3. 3* Peri: No.

That went very well. 165 orbs to reach the spark, pulling one merge for L!Julia and two copies of L!Lilina along the way. That means I can spark for Julia and bring her up to the much-deserved +10 status. Now for the weekly Arena ticket.

1. 5* Flora: Okay. +Spd/-Atk is terrible, so merge fodder for my +1 +Atk copy.

[Official Pull Topic]

Time for the New Year's pulls. First, Red for the Moonbow banner.

1. 4* Mae: No.

Grey for Weekly Revival 9.

1. 3* Setsuna: No.

Blue for Weekly Revival 55.

1. 4* Valbar: No.

Red for Happy New Year!

1. 3* Eirika: No.

Red for NY of Fire and Ice.

1. 3* Morgan: No.

For NY Special Heroes 1, blue ideally, red as backup.

1. 3* Jagen: No.
2. 3* Mordecai: No.
3. 4* Subaki: No.
4. 4* Lukas: No.
5. 4* Mae: No.
6. 3* Nowi: No.
7. 4* Thea: No.
8. 3* Jagen: No.
9. 4* Erk: No.
10. 4* Colm: No.
11. 4* Fir: No.

That was pointless. For NY Special Heroes 2, grey ideally, blue as backup.

1. 3* Kaze: No.
2. 4* Kiragi: No.
3. 4* Etie: No.
4. 5* NY!Selkie: Okay. +Atk/-Res is good, but I'll keep my +1 +Spd copy.
5. 3* Lissa: No.
6. 4* Sothe: No.
7. 4* Jagen: No.
8. 4* Maria: No.
9. 3* Gwendolyn: No.
10. 4* Gaius: No.
11. 4* Sakura: No.

At least I got something. I'll take one circle from Ring in the Year for fun. 470 orbs on hand.

1. 4* Shanna: Desperation fodder.
2. 4* Ilyana: No.

...And I mistapped. The other three orbs were all grey, so probably no big loss. I'll redo that circle. 466 orbs left.

1. 3* Fee: No.
2. 5* Fallen!Gustav: Sure, why not? +Res/-HP is okay.
3. 4* Lena: No.
4. 3* Etie: No.
5. 5* NY!Nerthuz: Hey, nice! +Res/-Def is okay, again.

Well, that unintended circle made up for the ticket failures. Now for the weekly Arena ticket.

1. 5* Genny: Okay. +HP/-Res is okay, but I already have a +3 +HP copy. Merge time.

[Official Pull Topic]

I can't be bothered to do all of the NY ticket quests right now, so Christmas banners only this week. First, blue for Gifts of Winter.

1. 3* Gwendolyn: No.

Green for Winter's Envoy.

1. 4* Ricken: No.

Blue for Sain and Kent's BHB banner.

1. 3* Miriel: No.

Blue again for Holiday Handoff.

1. 4* Nowi: No.

Green for Weekly Revival 8.

1. 4* Ricken: Really?

Red for Weekly Revival 54.

1. 3* Kamui: No.

Green for the TT banner.

1. 3* Effie: No.

Oh well. Now for the weekly Arena ticket.

1. 5* Hinoka: Meh. +HP/-Atk is awful, so I might as well merge into my +Def/-Spd copy.

[Official Pull Topic]

Okay, there's a ton of banners for this Christmas pull session. First off, green for A Festival Miracle.

1. 4* Ross: No.

Green again for the Bonfire banner.

1. 3* Cherche: No.

Blue for Glorious Gifts.

1. 3* Thea: No.

One full circle for the Double Special banner since I've stockpiled 450 orbs.

1. 4* Oboro: No.
2. 4* Sully: No.
3. 3* Reyson: No.
4. 4* Mustafa: No.
5. 3* Clarine: No.

Oh well. I might come back next week to snipe greens here, but for now I'll leave this banner as is. Grey for the Hall of Forms banner.

1. 4* Emmeryn: No.

Grey for Weekly Revival 7.

1. 4* Saul: No.

Blue for Weekly Revival 53.

1. 4* Thea: No.

Grey for Riches or Stitches 1.

1. 4* Lucius: No.

Red for RoS 2.

1. 4* Chrom: No.

So far a big load of nothing. Now to see if L!Camilla's banner is kinder to me. 435 orbs left.

Spoiler

1. 3* Eirika: No.
2. 4* Mathilda: No.
3. 4* Frederick: No.
4. 5* L!F!Alear: Time to punch my foes into submission. +HP/-Atk is bad, but she's fine as is.
5. 3* Wrys: No.

A good start, but let's see if I can get more. 420 orbs left.

1. 5* L!Elincia: Yes! +Spd/-Atk is a good base, so I'm happy with this.
2. 5* B!M!Robin: Even better. +HP/-Atk is once again bad, so I'll just merge into my current neutral copy.
3. 3* Eirika: No.
4. 4* Reyson: No.
5. 4* Priscilla: No.

This is going extremely well. I'll go until one more 5*, since I don't trust my luck to run any further than that. 400 orbs left.

1. 5* L!Veronica: Wow! That's all three reds from this banner in three circles! +Atk/-Spd is tolerable.
2. 4* Barst: Reposition fodder.
3. 3* Mustafa: No.
4. 3* Cath: Reposition fodder.
5. 4* Serra: No.

That went stupendously well. Just three circles gave me L!F!Alear, L!Elincia, a merge for B!M!Robin, and L!Veronica. I went from missing six of the units on this banner to three, so I'm not pushing my luck any more. Let's see if the weekly Arena ticket gives me a good capstone.

1. 5* Minerva: Eh. +Spd/-Atk is a good base, but I already have a +3 +Spd copy. Merge it is then.

[Official Pull Topic]

Blue for the TT banner.

1. 4* Colm: No.

Grey for Winter Dreamland.

1. 4* Chad: No.

Red for Weekly Revival 6.

1. 4* Laslow: No.

Grey for Weekly Revival 52.

1. 3* Saizo: No.

Red for Holiday Lessons.

1. 4* Orochi: Or not.

A whole bunch of nothing. Now for the weekly Arena ticket.

1. 5* Ephraim: Meh. +Atk/-HP is good, so I might as well merge in my current +1 +Def copy.

[Who are Eibel, Willow and Nehring?]

I wouldn't be surprised if they weren't anybody at all during Shadow Dragon. With the massive expansion of the presumably shattered Archanean army in the three intervening years there would have been a lot of room for jumped-up nobodies to gain power, whether through genuine loyalty or, as with Lang, Hardin going all in on the evulz. Them having more power than Astram and Jeorge can also be chalked up to Hardin's fall to villainy, where the people who still have actual morals or loyalty to Nyna get sidelined in favor of monsters and yes-men.

For Nehring specifically, the reason the Wolfguard defect is because they remember the old Hardin, the Coyote of Aurelis who led them against tyranny, and know that he's no longer the man he was. Meanwhile Nehring could very well be some combination of a bootlicker and an Archanean nationalist who cares more about the Empire's strength than its morality.

[Special Heroes: Holiday Lessons]

I absolutely cannot be bothered to read the walls of text that pass for weapon descriptions nowadays. All I need to know is these units are grossly overpowered as usual, and for whatever reason IS seems content to keep shilling Three Houses rather than Engage, the actual new game. The single bright spot in all of this, at least for me, is that we're getting another duo of units with the same name, which further reinforces the chance of there being a Morgan & Morgan Duo Hero eventually.

[Official Pull Topic]

Posting from mobile this time. Weeee…Red for the New Power banner.

1. 4* Cain: No.

Blue for Weekly Revival 5.

1. 4* Miriel: No.

Grey for Weekly Revival 51.

1. 3* Matthew: No.

And blue for Ratatoskr’s banner. I was considering spending orbs here, but the rest of the units here just don’t do it for me.

1. 4* Orochi: No.
2. 3* Benny: No.
3. 5* Lute: Hey, a 4* Special. +Spd/-Res is a good base, so I think I’ll merge my current +Atk/-Res copy in.
4. 3* Miriel: No.
5. 3* Mae: No.

At least I got something. Now for the weekly Arena ticket.

1. 5* Micaiah: Alright. +Atk/-Def is better than my current +1 +HP copy, so new master copy it is.

[Feh Channel, December 2023]

I have to say I'm pleasantly surprised by how much I'm liking Ratatoskr. After Ash, Seidr, and Book 7 in general it's nice to see an OC that doesn't look like she's blatantly meant to get you sent to horny jail. Her outfit reminds me of the clothes Victorian-era nurses wore, which ties in nicely to her being a member of the Healing Hands, and while it's too early to tell for sure I'm getting the strong impression that she's intended to be the classic "clumsy and inexperienced, but well-meaning" type of character. I normally don't have strong feelings about that archetype, but she's selling it to me pretty well. She even has a sweatdrop in her Special art, which is a nice touch. I will that say I am very weirded out by the anime eyes of her squirrel form. It's such a deviation from the normal beast forms that it's unsettling.

As for the banner itself, mostly no strong feelings aside from the return of long-buried disgust at the 3DS Great Knight outfit. The thigh window is bad enough, but I've also always found the design top-heavy to a silly degree. While this version of Lucina's not quite as bad as the original I still don't like the design. At least Laurent, Severa, and Inigo are finally here. Now Noire's the only Awakening child missing their base version in Heroes.