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Well, got some story orbs. Time to try my luck for more Sacred Stones characters. 3* Fir: Bleh. 3* Sophia: Useless. 4* Florina: Maybe Darting Blow fodder. 4* Sophia: Wat. Well, I suppose Dragon Fang is useful. 5* Myrrh: Well, seems like my previous prediction of swift good luck came true! IVs are +Res/-Spd, which is a tolerable boon and what is probably her best bane, since 25 Speed at neutral is right on the edge of utterly unsalvageable even by my biased standards. Time to level her up and lay waste to my enemies.

Yes, the next Sacred Stones banner! I've got 167 orbs, and while I also want to save for the anniversary, this is too good of an opportunity. Here's hoping for some luck. 4* Stahl: No thank you. 4* Cherche: Pivot or Atk+3, I suppose. 4* Fir: More SI fodder. 3* Jagen: Useless. 3* Serra: Also useless. That was lame, but not really unexpected. Here we go again. 4* Corrin: Someone might need Dragon Fang. 3* Henry: Bleh. 4* Cordelia: Eh. I wouldn't mind a Brave Lance flier, but I have more important units to feather. 3* Odin: Haven't seen you in a while. Shame you're useless. 4* Camilla: Draconic Aura? I've got enough fodder as it is. That stank. Still, I won't give up. 4* Merric: SP for my +1 5*. 3* Arthur: Useless. 3* Henry: Go away. 3* Gunter: I do need Hone Cavalry, so you can stay. 4* Henry: Seriously, go away! This had better not turn into an orb pit. Still, I must persist. 4* Olivia: Hone Atk 3 fodder. 3* Frederick: I do need Luna fodder. 4* Titania: For a moment I thought I'd get my pity-rate broken. 4* Gordin: More Atk+3 fodder for my healers. 3* Subaki: I've got enough of you. 75 orbs spent, almost half my supply, and not even a 4* unit worth training. Well, no stopping now. 4* Cherche: Screw you. 4* Frederick: Helpful, I suppose. 4* Eliwood: FFS. The other 2 orbs are grey, and I am NOT risking breaking my pity rate on a non-focus unit. 88 orbs spent, 79 remaining. I'd better get at least 2 5* units from this. 4* Roy: TA3 fodder is always handy, but not what I want to see right now. 3* Fir: I have so many 4* copies. Pass. 3* Oboro: Pass. The other 2 orbs are grey again... 66 orbs remaining. I'm starting to get really pissed. 4.25% pity rate, don't fail me. 4* Cordelia: Not even surprised...And of course 4 grey orbs, so this was an inefficient session. 61 orbs. Sunk cost fallacy is absolutely a thing now, but screw it. 4* Roderick: Eh, maybe. 4* Hana: Useless. 4* Seliph: If he had broken my pity rate... *dark thoughts* 4* Lukas: Useless. 4* Lukas: Why, Anna? Did I do something to offend you? 41 orbs, 4.5% pity rate. I think this is literally the worst I've ever done on a banner. 3* Cherche: Stop, please... 4* Lilina: SP fodder. 3* Shanna: I do really need Desperation fodder. And 2 grey orbs... 28 orbs. 4.75% pity rate. Enough for one more full pull before I have to dive into the new story missions. Crap. 5* L'Arachel: YES!! For righteousness! Her IVs are great too, +Spd/-Def. And she's only the first orb. Time to pray for more luck. 4* Selena: Reposition fodder is always in short supply. Good. 4* Boey: Time to see who needs Earth Boost. 3* Sully: Worthless. 3* Gaius: Absolute garbage. And there goes my pity rate. I should be happy that I got L'Arachel, but I'm too pissed that I spent 159 orbs for a single 5* and a bunch of trash. Basically my entire carefully hoarded stockpile down the drain. I'm probably going to keep trying here, if only because I believe this much bad luck will be quickly balanced out, but I doubt I'll be able to do much for the anniversary. They really need to expand the 4* and 3* pools for variety's sake if nothing else. 3 Cherches, 3 Henrys, 2 Cordelias, 2 Firs, 2 Fredericks, 2 Lukases, all from just 40 units pulled.

This is certainly an interesting banner. I'm saving for the anniversary, but I think I'll do one full pull. Need some skill fodder anyway. 3* Henry: Ugh, no thanks. 4* Gordin: Wrong Brave Bow unit. 4* Cecilia: SP for my 5* copy. 5* Gray: This is a pleasant surprise! He's +Def/-HP, which is only tolerable, but that's still better than the +Res/-Atk copy I already had. 3* Virion: Useless. That went very well for 15 orbs. Didn't really get good skill fodder, but +1 Gray is always nice.

I already have several 4* Eliwoods, which is a mark against this one in particular. Then of course I already have B!Roy+1, which is a mark against Eliwood in general. Hey, my Linde has the same IVs! On one hand, my condolences for a bad Linde. That Attack bane really does hurt her. On the other hand, congratulations for getting Linde at all. Her 36 base Speed is a lifesaver.

Free pull from the TT banner was a 3* Eliwood. Waste of space.

Hmm, I really want to pull from here, but I also want to save for whatever is coming for the anniversary. 126 orbs is a pretty nice stockpile, but it can vanish fast. Let's see what Lady Luck has in store for me today. 3* Shanna: I do need Desperation fodder. 4* Effie: No thanks. 4* Reinhardt: Maybe I'll promote for the merge. 4* Ogma: Eh, I don't need more swords. 3* Cherche: Ugh. That went poorly, but I can't really expect otherwise. Let's try again. 4* Robin: Damn movie...I do always need Bonfire though. 5* Zelgius: Ayy. And he's +Atk/-Res, which gives him a whopping 55 Attack. Time to wreck things. But first, the rest of the pool. 4* Mamui: Okay. 3* Donnel: Useless. 4* Camilla: Draconic Aura, I suppose. 35 orbs to get a focus unit and a few decent fodders. I'd say that was worth it. I'd have preferred to get Micaiah, but Zelgius is good too, especially with that boon/bane combo.

Managed to clear Infernal with the same all-infantry team I've been using for the Tempest Trial. No Reinhardt, no B!Lyn, no dancers, just the way I like it. Julia (as always): S-supports with summoner and Lucina; Divine Naga; Fury 3, QR2, BoL3; Atk+3 seal Lucina: S-support with Julia; Darting Blow 3, Vantage 3, Spur Atk 3; Spd+3 seal B!Lucina+2: Sturdy Blow 2, Vantage 3, Drive Spd 3; Hone Spd 3 seal Lachesis (literally unnecessary) After all of the buffs laid down Julia ends up with 63 Atk and 44 Spd, which combined with Divine Naga made this hilariously easy. Rallies? What Rallies?

I already have Gray, albiet with meh IVs, and I don't care about Mathilda as a unit, so here's to Rhajat. 3* Cherche: I guess not. Zephiel still needs Pivot, so that's where she's going.

I've accumulated 47 orbs, and I'm feeling greedy again. Here's another shot at the Legendary banner. 3* Jagen: Useless. 4* Hana: No thanks. 3* Draug: Useless. 4* Roy: More TA3 fodder. Great. 5* Brave Roy: And there's our boy with his upgrade! Unfortunately his IVs are mediocre, +HP/-Def. My current copy is +HP/-Res, so this newcomer is merge fodder. Well, that went well. +1 for Brave Roy and a needed TA3 fodder. I'm not going to push my luck any further. I got Spring Lucina, Gunnthra, and a second B!Roy, so that's enough.

The New Year's banner has arrived. Time to make the free pull. 4* Merric: Oh well. Now to try for Gunnthra again. 5* Gunnthra: That was quick...and she's +Spd/-Atk. Awesome boon, but a lousy bane. Her special tome means she isn't very dependent on her own Attack to do damage, but it's still very disappointing. Might as well pull from the rest of the set to see if I get lucky. 3* Bartre: Useless. 3* Est: Also useless. 4* Catria: Again? Luna fodder is nice, but enough is enough. 4* Leon: SP fodder for my 5* copy, I suppose. That was a fruitful pull. Shouldn't have tried for the other 4 orbs, but whatever.

Guess I'll try for Raven this time. 3* Cherche: Nope...

I finally got around to doing all of the developer maps, so here's another pull. 4* Camilla: Finally got her after playing since the beginning. Probably not going to use her. 3* Eliwood: Bleh. 4* Gaius: No thank you, RNG. 4* Catria: Luna fodder. 5* Spring Lucina: Awesome! Another Lucina, even if not in her original form. Unfortunately, her IVs are +Res/-Spd, which seems to be continuing a disappointing trend of my recent 5* units having terrible banes. After 55 orbs this is kind of a disappointment. I got a good 5* unit, but her IVs rather ruin her.

Picked up 2 more orbs from the Tempest Trial, so here's another pull. 3* Lon'qu: Vantage fodder, I suppose. 4* Florina: Bleh. 4* Clair: +Spd/-Res, which is pretty good. I already have Tana and Valter though, so not much use for you. 4* Klein: Death Blow fodder. Excellent. 4* Setsuna: Haven't seen you in a while. Eh. That was disappointing. Klein's nice, but the rest was pretty worthless.

Another Legendary banner? Well, with only 34 orbs I'm not prepared at all. One full pull for now. 4* Hawkeye: Garbage. 4* Jeorge: Finally picked this guy up. +Atk/-Spd though, which really isn't good at all. 4* Donnel: No thank you. 4* Niles: More Iceberg fodder, I suppose. 4* Abel: More Swordbreaker fodder. Eh. Some decent fodder and a new unit. I'll take that for now.

It's alright. I already have Lucina, I was just feeling greedy and wanted to make her +1. Of course I may have just screwed myself if that Legendary banner comes about.

I said I wouldn't go trawling for another Lucina, but I'm bored and have 63 orbs. Might as well try my luck. 4* Sophia: No thanks. 4* Hana: Wrong swordswoman. Only two red orbs that time. Once more. 4* Frederick: No reds this time. Almost thought I'd end up with a 5* anyway, but nope... That was a double-disappointment. Let's hope for some more reds. 4* Merric: I might promote this guy for merging purposes, but again with no reds! This is Ayra all over again. I should stop, but I really am at a loss on what else to spend orbs on. 4* Sully: No reds for a third time. This is bullshit. At this point I'm just spiting myself. 3* Raigh: Literally worthless. And again... 3* Subaki: This game is just screwing with me now. Thirty potential units, three reds. Fuck you, Heroes, I'm going to get Lucina. 4* Selena: I do always need Reposition fodder. This is nonsensical. 4* Seliph: At least he didn't break my pity rate. Picked up another orb from the developer maps. The red drought occurring here is unbelievable... 4* Caeda: Still only one red... This is not healthy orb spending, but whatever. 4* Laslow: Meh. 4* Chrom: Come on... 5* Mamui: And there goes my pity rate...He's +Spd/-Atk, which is only okay, but it's still better than the +Res/-Spd copy I already had. Merging time. So after all of that I didn't get another Lucina, but I did get another 5* Mamui. Cost 62 freaking orbs, but whatever, I'll take him.

Finally another chance at Lucina. She was my first 5* and has served me extremely well, but with +Atk/-Spd as her IVs I've constantly been hoping for a better version. I'll take whatever red orbs are here since I don't need to improve her that badly. 3* Eliwood: You're not even worth keeping for skill fodder at this point. 4* Stahl: Neither are you. That's disappointing, but with only 48 44 orbs now I'd prefer to save for somebody new rather than spend on a vanity project.

I've already got Eldigan, and I don't care for Jaffar, so here's to Minerva. 3* Cherche: Wrong wyvern rider. At least she has Pivot.

This season I've been following Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryoukou, the story of two girls surviving in a post-apocalyptic world. It's quite low-key, focusing on exploration and philosophy over action and drama, although Chito and Yuuri do get into a few sticky situations. Another interesting show I found recently is Les Misérables: Shōjo Cosette, an adaptation of Victor Hugo's famous story. It's based more on the original novel than the rather abridged musical, going into more detail about Valjean and especially Cosette's lives. Even if you're already familiar with the plot it's a touching watch.

Same here. In addition to it wrecking class-based characterization, I've always felt like reclassing made the game unnecessarily complicated. Go through this class to get that skill, dip into this class so you can reach that boss in that level, etc.

Time to make the free Christmas pull. 4* Florina: Worthless. No greens, so I had to make do with her.

Tana, Amelia, and Eirika all on one banner? Yes please. 3* Palla: Meh. 4* Femui: More Draconic Aura fodder. 3* Oboro: No thank you. 4* Soren: Eh. I'll think about using you. 4* Lachesis: Might as well feed you to my 5* copy. That was disappointing, but not unexpected. Let's try again. 3* Donnel: No. 3* Jagen: No need for you. 4* Sully: Draw Back might be needed. 3* Shanna: More Desperation fodder. 4* Lissa: I could go for Rehabilitate+, but I already have Priscilla. Pass. I'm starting to worry that this is going to turn into another orb black hole, but I've gone too far in to stop. 3* Serra: Useless. 3* Henry: Also useless. 3* Saizo: He's finally shown his face again. 5* Amelia: Excellent. Finally an axe armor...with +Spd/-Atk IVs. More Speed is amazing, but that Attack bane sucks. 4* Tailtiu: A new unit, with a Blade tome to boot. Rally Spd/Res and Drive Spd are awesome too. Unfortunately her IVs aren't so awesome: +Atk/-Spd, the exact opposite of Amelia's. Her Speed wasn't so good that the bane seriously affects her niche, but it still sucks. All in all I think that was pretty worth the 55 orbs. A few useful fodders and two units well worth training even if their IVs could be better. Shame I didn't get another Tana to improve on my +Atk/-Spd one, but Amelia and Tailtiu are good enough.

Uh, going by growths Oboro beats Azama as a physical tank (50% to 40% Def growth and a better base). Her speed growth is slightly less (55% to 60%), but with a base of 12 I don't see how she could be too slow to double most Nohrian units unless she got majorly stat-screwed. Her strength growth is the same as Azama's (55%) and her base is better, not to mention she starts with C-rank in naginata while Azama has to start with E-rank junk once he finally gets around to promoting, so she's going to be better at killing for pretty much the whole game. Her personal is better (Divine Retribution is almost useless, especially once Azama promotes, while Nohr Enmity is almost always active), Spear Fighter's tree's skills are better than Monk's, and Spear Master gets some handy bonuses. Orochi is much too slow to even function as a nuke. By the time she reaches level 20 her average Speed is a whopping 11.5, which is garbage. At 20/20 it's 17.2+promotion bonus, which is still atrocious. Much better to double an enemy with somewhat weaker hits given how most Nohrian units have poor Res. Orochi's also absurdly fragile even by Birthright standards thanks to her terrible HP, Luck, and Defense. She can be outright one-shot by Mokushujin ninjas, and any physical unit that can double her (read: most of them) can easily ORKO her, which is only made easier by her horrid Avoid. -2 damage to all units within 2 spaces of Sakura is huge, especially in the early game when that's somewhere around 15-20% of the total damage an average enemy will do. Azama's skill on the other hand is essentially irrelevant even before promotion and becomes completely pointless afterwards, because there's no reason you'd unequip his weapon. Using him as a tank also leads to the problem of somebody else having to heal him when he's one of the people who's supposed to be healing. Your regular mages have more important things to do, and Azama generally can't heal himself, so then who does it? Most likely Sakura. As for Hayato, I do use him because I think Orochi is trash, but he really isn't that great. He starts off way under-leveled in Birthright and his magic growth is pretty bad, especially since scrolls/tomes are weak in Fates.

FE6: Dieck, Sue, Shin, Milady FE7: Wil, Erk, Rath, Canas, Dart, Fiora, Farina, Pent, Louise FE8: Franz, Vanessa, Artur, Forde, Kyle, Gerik, Cormag, L'Arachel Tellius: Shinon, Jill, Micaiah, Haar, Volke Archanea: Hardin, Wolf, Sedgar, Norne, FE13: Morgan(s), Anna, Cynthia, Laurent FE14: Flora, Kaze

I already have Lyn and Takumi, so here's another shot at Ephraim. 4* Est: Another pointless pull. Well, I'm saving orbs again anyway, so no great loss.