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Fire Emblem Heroes General Discussion and Links
XRay replied to eclipse's topic in Fire Emblem Heroes
Oof! No exclusive skills suck. Does that mean no exclusive Weapons as well? I understand not getting extra Assists or Specials though. I do not think it is possible to use more than one Assist with the current mobile interface, although I guess you can technically stack multiple Rallies together, but I do not think it is possible to stack multiple positioning Assists together without it being confusing. Stacking multiple Specials would be confusing too due to so many effects relying on Special cool down count, and having multiple counts would cause issues. -
Fire Emblem Heroes General Discussion and Links
XRay replied to eclipse's topic in Fire Emblem Heroes
It has been about a year since I quit Heroes. I am glad the game still seems to be doing well. How is the meta? As far as I can tell from watching New Heroes videos, things do not seem to be too different from when I quit. The biggest change I have noticed since is that Embla shits on Save tanks, which she was released right after I quit. Staff units can function as a nuke properly now with access to damage Specials. Diamant is pretty unique for bending the rules of the game itself with his Spd check, but he does not seem to be meta defining. There is also the new Divine Vein mechanic from the Turn of Fate Focus. I thought flat damage reduction would be a lot more widespread and much more powerful, but that has not happened yet. Stacking percentage damage reduction still seems like the main way to go for tanks, with flat damage reduction supplementing it if the unit has access to it at all. As far as new modes go, I wish I could have tried Seer's Snare. It looks really fun being able to equip more skills. In my opinion, that feature to equip more skills should be made game-wide, rather than just limiting it to a single mode. It makes building and customizing your unit far more interesting with so much more skill interactions to consider, especially if you are able to stack skills of the same effect. Imagine Edelgards with quintuple Galeforces! -
I need to vent. I am pissed. I hate AT&T with a passion. The only American business I hate just as much would be Blizzard. I lost my phone about a month ago at a rave in Los Angeles. I am 90% sure someone stole my phone, so I hope that theif gets Sigurd'd, i.e. gets cucked and immolated. I got a new phone about two weeks later. Would have been one week, but Amazon was incompetent and did not even ship out my phone for over a week after I ordered and paid, so I cancelled from Amazon and got my phone from eBay instead. For the last two weeks, I tried to get a new SIM card from my phone company Go Smart, but they do not sell their SIM kits anymore, and when I called, one of their associates said that I just needed any new SIM card. I just went to Walmart and their sales rep got me an AT&T SIM card since I just said any will do. I got a bad feeling when they picked AT&T, but I am like "fuck it, who cares" since I just needed their service temporarily. I got AT&T internet at home and the connection is dog shit unreliable, as it frequently goes out from time to time for a couple seconds to a few minutes, so I really do not like AT&T. Well, that piece of shit SIM card from AT&T downloaded a bunch of bloatware onto my phone that I cannot get rid of even with a factory data reset, AND it does not work with my phone company. I am a little frustrated with Go Smart, but I am livid with AT&T for putting a bunch of shit onto my phone. I am just going to go to a phone store tomorrow and get all that shit sorted out. I want AT&T to be fucked. I wish the IRS would audit them and give them a big ass fine for tax evasion, financial fraud, or whatever illegal shit they are doing. Then I wish their employee's would unionize, so more of the revenue would go to better people than the trust-fund-assholes at the top. And then I wish the government would step in and nationalize their business, because providing good communication services is critical to national prosperity and national security. TLDR: AT&T downloaded bloatware onto my phone that I cannot get rid of via their SIM card, and I am pissed. edit: no profanity in thread titles
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"Ask Fire Emblem Heroes Questions and Get Them Answered Here" Thread
XRay replied to Randoman's topic in Fire Emblem Heroes
Unless a unit is a dedicated support unit, I would not bother increasing HP or Res at the cost of Atk/Spd just to trigger buffs/debuffs. For Illyana, I would go with +Atk/Spd rather than +Atk/Res if you plan to have her be a combat unit. Even without an Asset in Res, if she got Still Water in both slots, she is going to inflict debuffs on even the bulkiest tanks. Personally, I would just offload support entirely to a dedicated support unit and have her C slot run something like Atk/Spd Oath for more in-combat stats. Combat units need to prioritize in-combat stats over visible stats, since in-combat stats are what really matters for performance. The only exception I can think of are Blazing nukes who rely on the visible Atk stat for the out-of-combat Blazing hit. -
New Heroes: Ascended Ced & Rearmed Plumeria
XRay replied to Fire Emblem Fan's topic in Fire Emblem Heroes
Have not posted in a while since I got other stuff going on, but I still watch New Heroes videos and follow the meta a bit. Anyways, the Rearmed Hero is Plumeria: Rapturous Dream! She looks very pretty! Have not tried ecstasy yet, but I have tried dream nectar. Haha. Arcane Euphoria got Slaying, guaranteed follow-up, true damage, and damage reduction. To me, it feels like it is made for a Far Saver. Cloying Dream is pretty busted and packed. The Assistee gets visible buffs, Charge, and Penalty Doubler. Closest foe gets visible debuffs. Tier 4 Ploys are now super Ploys affecting three rows and columns centered on unit! Arvis and Saias got something fun to pair with their exclusive Weapons! Although they probably want to wait for a Spd/Def Ploy 3. -
Fire Emblem Heroes General Discussion and Links
XRay replied to eclipse's topic in Fire Emblem Heroes
You can stack multiples of the same A skills to save money, and same for many Cs too that have in combat stats (Reins, Saves, Oaths, Alarm, etc.). Bs are a bit less stackable, since their effects do not stack (you do not need multiple Null Follow-Ups or Guards), but you can still stack Dodge skills. Many tier 4 Bs come with in combat stats and/or stackable effects (Null Follow-Up got stats and damage reduction mitigation, and Guard got stats and damage reduction), so while their primary effects do not stack, their secondary effects can still stack. -
Fire Emblem Heroes General Discussion and Links
XRay replied to eclipse's topic in Fire Emblem Heroes
Or just update the game so every unit have three extra rows of skill slots like in Seer's Snare. Even if an exclusive skill is really good and is the equivalent of 2 inheritable skills, when every unit is a monster with an extra 12 skill slots, a unit with 1 or 2 exclusive skills essentially having 1 or 2 more skill slots is not that big of a deal. Even if they fuck up really badly and made an exclusive skill the equivalent of 3 or 4 skills, that is still kind of peanuts in the grand scheme of things. The most horrifying thing I can think of is Edelgard: Flame Emperor running 4 copies of Raging Storm II for 5 Galeforce triggers, which is not that bad. She is sacrificing three slots for more Galeforces, so that is three slots that does not boost her combat performance as well as other skills that her foes will have. -
Lysithea: Tea Sweetner's Baked Treats got Canto, Slaying, inflict Sabotage on nearest foes, offensive Null Follow-Up, and neutralize Spd/Res buffs; and Mastermind got recoil damage and basically 80% Blade tome plus 80% Blizzard as extra damage. Sounds fun. Desperation 4 is cool. In addtion to a super lenient HP condition, there is also a Clash condition. Sigurd: Proper Pourer's Knightly Manner got Slaying, guaranteed follow-up, true damage, and Sweep against melee foes; Chivalric Aura got Time's Pulse 3, and Atk buff and extra movement after combat to unit and all allies. The buffs sound pretty fun. Ayra: Together in Tea's Teatime Edge got fun Canto, Slaying, true damage, and offensive Tempo; Supreme Astra got limited Time's Pulse 4. Harmonized skill buffs movement. Flow Desperation is basically Flow with Desperation 4. Coolio. Bold Fighter lets Edelgard: Adrestian Emperor Galeforce; she still cannot double Galeforce like the rest of her variants, but it is something. Daring Fighter-Bold FIghter combo lets Edelgard: Hedgemon Husk double and more reliably Galeforce, and I guess you can run Beast Follow-Up and Brash Assault too instead of Daring Fighter, but it will be less reliable. Arden and armors with Brave Weapons can be Edelgard: Sun Empresses-lite and Galeforce once, and Slaying and Arcane Weapons work too.
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But those cannot pierce Hardy Fighter though, which is 50% or 75% damage reduction depending on the defensive Special, so they need to hit like some insane numbers.
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But could not they all be stopped by just copious amounts of damage reduction? Even if they run Null Follow-Up, three stacks of Elimine is still 38% damage reduction on top of whatever the super tank/save tank has.
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I still enjoyed the game mode when I quit. I can imagine Light being more difficult, but I do not think Astra was that bad, and I do not think they released anything since I quit that could make Astra a pain. On Astra Season, at least half the time, I brought a Save tank team and spammed Elimines, mostly for the damage reduction rather than False Start, and it was pretty easy. I would not have liked Embla if I continued playing, but she is a Dark Mythic, so Astra Season would have still been fine.
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Freyr's Dream Horn got Slaying, guaranteed follow-up, and damage reduction; C skill Dream Deliverer neutralizes penalties on itself and allies at start of either phase, grants Resonance: Shields to unit and ally at start of turn, and has Guard in combat if allies are near. He is not bad and his effects suit defense teams well, but he is kind of bland. He is also an anima Mythic. Is he trying to run away from his sister or something? It should be able to counter False Start, at least on for Freyr's allies and assuming Freyr himself is not hit by it. I am not super sure it will counter False Start if it is inflicted on Freyr himself though, but I lean towards it can counter False Start.
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New Heroes: Rearmed Eitr & Rearmed Alcryst
XRay replied to Fire Emblem Fan's topic in Fire Emblem Heroes
Diamant's Fair-Fight Blade got Slaying, true damage, flat damage reduction, null damage reduction (on both sides), Null Follow-Up (on both sides), increases natural follow-up threshold by 20, cool down count -1 before combat on player phase, offensive tempo on enemy phase, and healing on Special trigger on enemy phase. I am not sure if excluding area-of-effect Specials applies to true damage and flat damage reduction, or just to flat damage reduction. He seems pretty unique, but does not seem great though. Citrinne's Tome of Luxuries got Slaying, double Quickened Pulse, guaranteed follow-up as status, grants unit's bonus statuses to allies (excluding movement+1 and Pathfinder), and true damage. Her most relevant effect would be passing on her bonuses to her allies. Alcryst's Arcane Darkbow got Slaying, neutralize penalties, Null Follow-Up, and Desperation, and his Get Behind Me! got Tempo. Seems like your typical nuke. Flash Sparrow looks nice. Eitr's Arcane Nihility got true damage and Null Follow-Up, and her Power of Nihility got charge +1 and healing on Special trigger. Seems like a Galeforcer. Beast Sense is cool. -
"Ask Fire Emblem Heroes Questions and Get Them Answered Here" Thread
XRay replied to Randoman's topic in Fire Emblem Heroes
Distant A/S Solo generally is not great on him, but it is nice to have in Pawns of Loki to deal more damage in case you have trouble getting a Far Saver. If you have no shortage of Player Phase A skills, might as well give him something a bit more rare. I would go for whichever skill is harder to get, so I lean towards Beast N Trace. Seems more likely Escape Route 4 will have better availability over time since any unit can have it. I cannot really imagine Beast N Trace being very common even in the future unless they decide to release a lot more beast units. I would go for S/D Rein Snap. It is harder to get, Say'ri: Righteous Bride does not come with anything else particularly valuable (Life and Death is pretty common and there is less demand for it compared to other A skills), and melee Galeforcers are like a dime a dozen. Unless you really need S/D Rein Snap or you are a big fan of Say'ri: Righteous Bride, I cannot imagine people pulling for her. Leila: Keen Lookout does not have much else either, but at least she is interesting and unique. Bernadetta: Late Hibernator got Remote Sparrow and Escape Route. Linde: Bound by Fate got Remote Sparrow, S/R Far Trace, and is a Harmonized Hero. So besides for Def/Res Smoke, these units got a lot more going for them in my opinion. -
Maybe they have been feeding her Tharja's and/or others' boingy bits. Haha. That Atk/Spd Finish 4, Frostbite Mirror working against melee foes, and moving Distant Counter out of the A slot are probably from Corrin: Starry Seer. Spurn and thick thighs are from Malice. Time's Pulse 4, tier-4-ness in Spurn, and being a god sword are from Byleth: Vengeance Vessel. All those boingy Manuals let Fjorm inherit more than just skills I suppose.
