Quintessence

11/10 for this, majestic ~ Nohr banner was pretty terrible to me, I built it up to 4.75% and got a +def -hp Shigure and a +res -atk Nina. It was pretty lame because I was aiming for Ophelia but oh well.

@Hawk King My thanks! In other news, (and kind of late) I really like the new refinements, Celica got her new weapon right away with Fury because it makes her pretty ridic with Desperation and Flashing Blade Seal and Glimmer. Cherche's axe is pretty awesome and I would definitely invest on her but I'd need to promote her and right now she's 4☆+10 with Brave Axe+ Death Blow set. I recently +2'd Jamke and +1'd Ethlyn, and my next 62k feathers will go to Garon and pair him in a team with the two Kanas and Corrin (F). That said, I'm tempted on investing on Odin and improving his set, he currently runs Fury/Desperation set but I want to give him a better A skill. The A skills I have available are Swift Sparrow 2, Mirror Stance 2, Distant Defense 3 and Brazen Atk/Def 3, but what would be best for him, given he'll almost always be at +6/6 offense? He's +Spd -Res.

I can make good use of 8 Micaiahs, for merge! I demand a trade heroes option!

My condolences, may God lead him to the Light and bring relief to his family and you. Hoping you the best on your quest!

Hahaha Def+20 Good to see new additions. I'll go red and blue as well!

Meh meh, not a chance against Maltet.

Tbh I'm just throwing random thoughts out of nowhere. I also have Swift Sparrow 2 that might be cool with her Spd/Def Refinement.

@Vaximillian Decided to prioritize the Dew on her rather than Sharena because I instantly had a clear vision of her build and had the resources for it. I still haven't figured a clear build for Sharena. I have a Rhajat to provide Distant Defense but Idk if it'll go well on Sharena and make her a ranged tank?

@Alkaid @Sunwoo Wow thank you for these semi F2P tactics to clear this BS. I think the mode is cool and challenging at higher difficulties, but Abyssal is just poop. The solution to these modes is basically manipulate/abuse game mechanics (pain/gravity double savage blow, force ranged units to be choke points, etc.). The reward is totally not worth the effort, literally. Blessed Gardens is pretty decent on its own and gives you 2k feathers, 20 dew or 5 orbs plus a blessing while Abyssal gives you cosmetic rewards, 1 orb or 500 shards, lool. My reaction to RD double Abyssal （╯ ͡° ل͜ ͡°）╯︵ ┻━┻ Me after clearing it ( ͡⚆ ͜ʖ ͡⚆)╭∩╮ Lol

Yeah I also cleared CC Lunatic. It took only one try but all three teams because damn these enemies are tricky. First one was Vero, Sigurd, Reinhardt and Miccy (dancer), they got killed progressively until the 2nd team came on Jamke/Cuan map, in which I used Elincia, Airzura, Camilla and Summermilla, they all died on the last map and then I finished it off with Brave Hector (boots), Gunnthrá, Lene and Karla. Brave Hector one rounded Loki, Gunnthrá deleted Cuan, Hector rekt Ethlyn and Sylvia, Karla killed Levin, and Hector deleted Jamke and tanked the peg.

Who? You mean Celica?

@Vaximillian @Alkaid Thanks for the input! Went with Fury and kept Swift Sparrow for someone else. I have a +spd -hp Olwen already trained but decided not to merge her so far because yes ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°). There's also a Rhajat waiting to pass on Distant Def 3 to somebody.

Wow a rush of 5☆ heroes I got this morning. First run I get Hardin +res -sp for merge. Second run I got +atk -res Sigurd for merge, and on the 3rd run I got green Olwen and Sylvia +atk -hp. This is actually a relief because I had a drought of 5☆ heroes a few weeks ago. Now, my plan for refinement is giving Brazen Ragnarok to Celica and Desperation. But idk whether to give ger Fury or Swift Sparrow from the Olwen I got? Thoughts? My other plan is to train Jamke and refine his Slaying Bow for extra dew.

Wow I was almost right about the banner, my guess was Levin and Sylvia but I thought either Mydir or Aideen were the other options but whelp. The new additions are kind of unimpressive in terms of skills, just bring up new skills/weapons that contain more skills to make it a better skill. My real petition is that older units should get this upgrade, for instance, Rody should upgrade his Rally skill to Rally+, same for other ones. Also also, I'm still pissed that I upgraded Merric's Excalibur to Dark Excalibur for nothing. 150 dew wasted for nothing, my compensation when... Btw Jamke's GHB was terribly easy. Cleared it with Lene, Brave Hector and both Micaiahs. Blue Miccy gets danced and tanks the blue cav and red mage (dancer Micaiah helps with Drive Res 2 and Atk 2), Hector double rounds Jamke and handles the armorslayer cav and lance peg. Dancer miccy one shots the axe knight. = EDIT = I think I'll merge and train Jamke for the Tempest Trial+, just to assure a bonus unit.

@JSND Alter Dragon Boner Holy crap that was beautiful. On my side I actually managed to do it with somebody on Youtube that posted a semi F2P clear with Olivia/Vanguard Ike/Brave Lyn/Lissa (Savage Blow seal). My clear was with the following team: Lene: Steel Sword (to manipulate AI and force the lance knight and axe armor to move right instead of looking up for Ike ), Fortress Def 3 (not important), Firestorm Dance 2, Drive Spd 2, Drive Atk 2. Lyn: Mulagir, Reposition, Dragon Fang, Swift Sparrow 2, Axebreaker 3, Atk Smoke 3, don't remember the seal. Ike: Ragnell, Swap, Radiant Aether, Warding Breath, Vantage 3 (not important), Spur Def/Res 2, Quick Riposte 3 Seal. Elise: Wrathful Gravity+, Spd +3, Renewal 3, Ward Cavalry (filler ), Savage Blow 3 Seal. *Savage Blow 3 on C skill helps* The key of the clear is basically crowd control and wash away enemies with Savage Blow and final blows. Lene lures the troubadour to the right side, Lyn goes down on the right where fliers spawn, Ike stays on the left below cav range and Elise sticks to Lene. The rest is Elise being the choke point in front of the troub and chipping the wyvern, that way she gravities axe wyvern, lance cav, troub, red wolfmage and Grima turns later. Ike Ripostes the archer and tanks an axe wyvern that spawns on the left, he also kills the red cav that spawns on the north. Lyn takes care of fliers on the east and south, and even the blue manakete with Dragon Fang hit. On the end, Lyn kills the lance cav, the axe armor, Grima and the red mage.

What's the point of Abyssal if there are no substantial rewards?

Meh-meh-meh! Tora not care about Arena. Trying to be on 19.5 means you have to invest on merges, units, orbs, skills and whatnot. I currently jump between Tier 18 and 18 but lol today I was demoted to 17.

I think the only unit I might +10 is Pent and Micaiah, but Miccy is rare and Pent might get on the same boat, so I think I'll settle for Cecilia and maybe Rein

Just viewed this and replicated it with a +spd -def Steel Lance Cordelia, NohrZura and Priscilla (both with WoM). Est attacks and leaves her at 20hp exactly so Pass and WoM work. Only detail is that I need to kill Est because enemies just cluster in the near the throne. Thanks!

Blessed Gardens Grounds was pretty cool, though I admit the same level rewards are a downer. My first team was Fjorm, Ryoma, Veronica and Summer! Innes, and 2nd team was Sharena, Marth (drive bot), Canas and Karla. Canas owned everything except Sakura, who fell to a one shot of drive!Sharena.

Exclusive in the way she is the only one with the skill atm, not that it isn't inheritable (sorry for not clearing it). Nice! It sounds cool but they left the best part for our minds! Raeg

This. They could've made the border rainbow colored, cyan or something. Yellow looks so cheap and uninteresting for a skill that's supposed to look exclusive. 0/10

So checking each unit more in depth, I think the best of them are Hector and Vero. Hector because his set has DC, killing effect, Bold and Vengeful fighter, sturdy stance and res wave. He wields a lance and stands out as the best DC lance armor. Ephraim is good overall, but lacks DC and there are like 3 Hectors lying out there that can replicate to a lesser extent what he does. Celica is the most ubderwhelming imo, for being the favorite female unit. Brave effect with Double Lion, "blazing durandal" effect, Galeforce and Death Blow 4 are overkill but there are so many potent red units that Celica seems like the cherry of the dessert. Vero, at last, looks as one of the best, Wrazzling Staff, Peshkatz effect, and Close Defense aura make her the strongest staff user. Not to mention her great support with Windfire Balm+.

Whoa these heroes are seriously amazing. I was going for Vero but Hector seemed like a better shot to me, lance armor, DC, all fighter forms, dayum. Vero is still top priority, though.

OMG VERO IS COMING AHHH