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mcsilas

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  1. Because they needed to show his abs for fanservice edit: oh and the bulge
  2. Odin, Beruka, Oboro...yeah all the faves unfortunately don't have good stats to have a good niche :( Besides a Fury set (since I don't have Fury inheritors), I think I'll just stick with a Defiant set on Odin and have someone to give a Hone boost for Blarblade. Seems like a +Spd is his best asset, and using Defiant Speed with Attack +1 Seal nets him 1 more kills on player phase than using Defiant Attack. HP seems to be the boon that I want for this. Theoretically the only ones I lose when attacking is Hector and female Robin (if -HP), which isn't too common. Hector lives with 2 HP, so someone else doing chip damage would be good. Also I was just thinking, can someone confirm if Fortress Def can be given to staff users? Maybe a use for Azama or something? Wiki says no but someone says he can pass it to a healer, just want to check with someone who actually has a Lukas since the wiki has been wrong before (ex. Savage Blow) EDIT: hmmm since Oboro has slightly better Res, I wonder if she can use Sacred Cowl then? She'll miss Bonfire damage output though but would the Sacred Cowl protection be enough to separate her from the other infantry lancers? Theoretically, if she a +Spd/-HP Oboro with Speed +3, Quick Riposte Sacred Cowl, Killer Lance+ and Speed +1 Sacred Seal can survive anything except Arthur, Narcian and Linde. All this Speed is just enough to survive a Minerva and is needed to survive a neutral unboosted Nino. If you give her B Tomebreaker, then she survives Linde, so she only loses to the natural Lancebreakers. That said losing Quick Riposte means she goes down from 23 Wins to just 1 Win... Hmm, say you had a bad Hector to sacrifice Distant Counter, then replacing Speed+3 makes Oboro an okay Distant Counter Lance- losing to Nino and Linde. Distant Counter + Quick Riposte gives her 50 wins and 4 Total Losses (those two mages plus Arthur/Narcian) But she still probably wants Bonfire though...
  3. Just out of curiosity, for anyone who has pulled Lukas (sadly I couldn't get him, or anyone from new focus..), can Fortress Defense be passed on to healers? Might be a good skill for Azama or something
  4. Dang, my Effies had been either +Spd/-Def or +Spd/-Res but -Atk is just on another level. My condolences :( yeah Ephraim seems like a much better idea.
  5. I guess it's only use is if you want to trap a ranged unit in between two of your units (in case the Lunger can't KO....but yeah pretty situational if only it was like in Fates where you can choose when to Lunge and not have it be automatic every time
  6. @BANRYU I think what makes Jakob slightly bulkier normally is Def+3 and Renewal. I think it's because the QR set is enemy phase based and his 31 Speed doesn't work out for him in these case. I'm actually not sure what Jakob could do in general now to be honest, maybe I'll think of something in a future project. Regarding Odin, I've been testing out calcs for +Attack/-Def Odin with Death Blow/Lancebreaker/Moonbow/Blarblade+. As long as I can get the +4 attack up (Olivia) and a +4 Speed from someone with Hone Speed, he can at least do damage on the player phase. Testing it out with Lancebreaker, he wins against 77 units, has 0 losses and 36 draws. Sacred Skill Attack+1 bumps that up to 79 units. (If he's -Res he loses against 1 person, Female Robin) But yeah he does need a lot of support, so he needs to be played carefully and be bunched up with allies. Also Blarblade lowering cooldown kind of sucks
  7. @ILikeKirbys Calcs vs neutral Takumi Calcs vs +Atk Cherche with Killer Axe+ (Subaki's turn) Calcs vs neutral Fae But yeah Renewal seems like a good B slot skill instead if you don't care about the speedy swordies.
  8. @ILikeKirbys Personally I'd go with Swift Sparrow for Subaki since you said you wanted to go offensive and I think he needs all the damage he can get. If you go Killer Lance + Bonfire, you can score more KOs and only lose to Arthur, Hector, and Narcian at full health. I actually think you don't need Desperation, as with lower health, Subaki scores less kills AND he loses to Takumi as well if not at full health. I actually think you can go Killer Lance+, Swift Sparrow and Swordbreaker. Using Swordbreaker bumps up your KO coverage from 57 wins to 60 wins- letting you KO Fir, Hana and Lon'qu. The only sword units that survive is Draug and Eldigan- who only has 1 HP left, but they would have survived anyway if you used Sapphire Lance+. Not using Sapphire Lance also means you aren't KOed by Minerva, Cherche and Fae when you inititate the attack, which is interesting despite the Defense boon. edit: Also if you use Sapphire Lance+ and without Swordbreaker you miss out on Lon'qu, Hana, Fir, Karel, Hinata, Draug and Eldigan. Sapphire Lance+ and Swordbreaker still misses out on Hinata, Draug and Eldigan so Killer Lance+ is the way to go. As for the spoiler
  9. Anyone want to take any guesses on what focus units they'll have for the next GHB? I'm sort of trying to train potential units up who night be good for Zephiel early. I have a feeling Oboro might be a focus unit because how her normal set is good against Sword Knights. Maybe a Blue mage as well (Linde focus hopefully?)
  10. Looking at the calcs, Jakob doesn't have quite the bulk to survive key threats like Lucina and Ryoma. Gauis manages to make it work with his higher HP and speed combination despite the lower defenses. but yeah once I get an idea that interests me i just go to the calculator nowadays to find these stats haha. Saving it for now is a good idea, who knows maybe Quick Riposte will be not as viable in the future with skills that prevent counter attacks.
  11. Judging from the name, Windsweep sounds like the Pegasus Knight Clair's skill. It has to do with melee weapons too so it seems to fit the flying lancer. If Lukas gets it, I'll be happily surprised since I want him the most at this stage.
  12. @BANRYU Your comment on the colorless thieves made me think about a possible Close Counter + Quick Riposte + Poison Dagger+ build. I believe Saizo is the most suitable, as he has great Defense for a dagger user. So something like: ----Poison Dagger Trap---- Poison Dagger+ Moonbow, Swap/Reposition, Attack +1 A- Close Counter B- Quick Riposte 3 C- Threaten Speed --------------- The idea is to bait the enemy into attacking Saizo, making this an Enemy Phase based build. Swap/Reposition moves your allies away from the enemy so they hit Saizo. Melee infantry units who usually charge against ranged units like Saizo will find a painful and poisonous surprise as Close Counter + Quick Riposte activates. Assuming a defensive, baiting playstyle- Moonbow proc has the most consistent result of killing things in enemy phase. Some calculations (all without Attack +1 Sacred Seal and vs. neutral units): Always loses (6 losses): Cecilia, Lilina, Spring Lucina, Olwen, Reinhardt, Tharja Neutral (64 wins, 8 loses, loses against to the above 6 mages plus Hana and Kagero) +Atk -Def (71 wins, 6 losses from the 6 mages) +Atk -Spd (71 wins, 7 losses, loses against 6 mages plus Minerva, but only if -Spd) +Atk -HP (68 wins, 9 losses, loses to the 6 mages plus against Sanaki, Linde, Julia) +Atk -Res (68 wins, 10 losses, loses to the 9 mages from above plus against M!Robin) In conclusion, you always want an Attack boon, as without it Saizo only defeats 64 wins with Neutral attack. Best result, strangely enough is to have a Def bane despite his good defense, as any other bane makes him lose to more units. If you give him the Attack+1 Sacred Seal, Saizo's kill list goes up to 76 (including M!Robin, Bartre, Hinata and Peri) and out of his previous losses, now defeats Spring Lucina. Adding to that, if Saizo attacks a melee unit from the range on the turn before this one AND his Threaten Speed aura activates on an enemy in the range, then you have the potential to score even more kills. If playing this way, Bonfire can be an option as the player phase attack lowers cooldown by at least 1 before the enemy phase- letting him kill 84 units in enemy phase when Bonfire activates despite the -Def bane. (I think only Florina misses out if comparing to using a neutral Def Saizo, and she's not really on the radar) -------- It's worth noting that Gaius can do a similar build, making the same kills with +Attack but loses against 7 characters (which are mostly physical, being Cordelia, Donnel, Hinoka, Klein, Lon'qu, Ogma and Reinhardt). So Saizo loses against less characters which are mages, while Gaius has more Res and loses to more physical units (6 out of the 7 using Brave weapons- Lon'qu is the only exception). If you're using Gaius, the best boon/bane combo is +Attack/-Res. If you add the Sacred Seal Attack+1 to the equation, Saizo scores 1 more kill against Gaius's record (76 vs 75). That said, this build is only if you have a spare Takumi and Kagero in your ranks so it's not exactly the most practical. Still interesting though if you want to use it on a dagger user @MonkeyCheez3K. Kagero herself isn't bulky enough to do this kind of set.
  13. I actually wish you can tap into the icons on that page to hear their voices, so it's like an encylopedia in one page would be convenient whenever i change to japanese voices just to hear how they sound like
  14. Yeah neutral, but I just checked and she even survives +Attack Effie. Aside from male Robin, maybe Merric? Normally fliers would be tempted to attack him at close range before he can fire off Excalibur, but with Close Counter he can still decimate fliers at melee range. You lose slight bulk from removing HP+5 or Triangle Adept but at least in terms of HP there's the sacred seal to slightly make up for it. edit: too slow, multiple ninja'd haha
  15. Speaking of Gronnblade on Cecilia- would a regular Gronnblade suffice on her? Since the 20k feathers are a bit needed on other units. so I can't give her Gronnblade+ yet (want to perfect my +Atk/-Def Nino first and use her)
  16. Oh okay, I just went with what I saw from the calculator (just started using the calc a few days ago) For what it's worth, Hinoka is faster than Effie (27 vs. 22)
  17. According to the calc it does. Brave lance ignores Wary Fighter, Lancebreaker does double and Luna procs. Hinoka lives with 14 HP against neutral Effie (in comparison, Cordelia lives with only 10 HP if that's her boon. Otherewise neutral HP is 7 HP). i think i'll go Attack+1 since even with Death Blow, she currently misses out on Seliph, Eldigan and Draug. The extra point KOs Seliph while Eldigan lives with 1 HP with the Attack bane.
  18. Fair enough I appreciate the input anyway, I was just thinking out loud myself :) just did a quick investigation and with Death Blow, the only Lance unit she doesn't beat is Gwendolyn (and Nowi, Robin and Odin if we are extending to other Blue units). If she was neutral Attack then it's only Nowi and she beats all Lance units. Dang Atrack banes :(
  19. @ILikeKirbys My bad, Killer axe+ doesn't KO Lucina back with Bonfire, you actually have to use Ignis instead to defeat Neutral Lucina (even LoD variants, assuming neutral Attack). It also defeats neutral Ogma, Karel, Ryoma, Lyn, Raven, Eirika, Fir and Frederick to name a few. Thanks for the input though! Also Galeforce sounds neat but the opportunity cost is iffy for me since I have Lyn which is my only good Sword unit and willl never part or that means I will have a Cordelia, which outdoes Hinoka anyway. I might as well use Blazing Wind if we're talking about 5 charge specials for cheapness, she'll miss out on 1 less first battle fights without Luna (Hawkeye) but it means she'll decimate somone on the next turn with Blazing Wind (92 wins with Death Blow).
  20. @Kaden and @ILikeKirbys Some interesting idea discussion for Beruka and Hinoka, I'm really interested in those since I pulled 5 stars of them, and I wasn't sure what the best skills to give them are. I've been playing around with the damage calc based on the discussion set with the natures of my Beruka (+HP/-Spd) and Hinoka (+HP/-Atk). So mabye some sets would go something like these? Beruka Hinoka
  21. Looks like I'll be pulling blue this time just from the designs alone- really digging Lukas and Clair from what they look like. And yay more infantry lancers! :D
  22. The Cecilia quest is perfect timing since I pulled a -Def/+HP 4 star Cecilia from the Wyverns banner :O My goodness, Gronnraven is great. And with the 99 stamina I'll be levelling her up in no time! Also an extra Niles is great, although the one I pulled a month ago was also neutral so I guess he can pass some skills. Sophia...is not as painful as I thought, she can kind of survive hits. Just needs Olivia + Healer support. Already maxed out my 3 star Subaki to lv 40 so his quest should be easy. He's such a surprisingly good character to use especially in Grand Hero Battles. A 3 star Stahl wouyuld be great- it means I don't have to train my 1 or 2 star Stahls.
  23. Oh dang, I've gottan a neutral Klein and a +hp/-Res (or is ot the other way around) Reinhardt from the gauntlet banner i guess best to be patient and not upgrade those yet then (argh I want to use Dire Thunder Reinhardt already lol)
  24. Remember how they said there was a surprise/mystery addition to the update? Hopefully it's Orb related.
  25. So in my last attempt to get something good from the Voting Gauntlet banners before they disappeared: 1.) Ipad account- In my hunt looking for a spare Camilla to give a Braxe Axe+ for my Cherche... Roll 1- No greens. Went for a blue, got a +Atk/-Def Odin. Useful, can be future fodder. Roll 2- 3 star Cherche. (5th one). Fodder. Roll 3- 5 star Beruka!?!?!? My other favourite wyvern rider! +HP/-Spd Beruka, so she's pretty bulky! Now I have all 5 star Wyvern Riders on this account (including the +Spd/-Res Minerva I summoned early on, but sadly no extra Camilla in the end) 2.) Phone account- Looking for a 5 star or a +Atk Cherche to sacrifice my 4 Camilla's to.. Roll 1- 5 star Raven!?! Although he is +Res/-Spd, I'm not saying no to another 5 star! Already have a 4 star Raven (although that was -HP/+Res)...seems all my Ravens are +Res.... 5 star Raven!?! Although he is +Res/-Spd, I'm not saying no to another 5 star! Already have a 4 star Raven (although that was -HP/+Res)...seems all my Ravens are +Res.... Roll 2- 4 star Nino, +Atk/-Def!!! I'm going to love killing things with this girl!! Roll 3- 3 star Nino, +Spd/-Atk. Nothing special. Roll 4- 3 star Beruka, +Atk/-Res. Not bad, not saying no to Attack boon. I then decided to give up on a Cherche this time, and gave the Pegasus Knight banner a chance. It had 4 blues + 1 Colorless, the worst was a -Atk Peri and a meh 3 star Subaki. 4 star Florina was okay, and a -Atk/+Res Lissa is pretty good. Last blue... 5 star Hinoka!!! Sadly +HP/-Atk but she was the one I was looking for and my favourite pegasus knight so it will do! So I seem to be a lot luckier not doing full summons, although I am now down to just 20 orbs for my phone and 40 for the tablet. Still, between this and yesterday summon of a 5 star Cherche, this has been the most 5 stars I've had in such a short time! Wyvern Rider banner has been the most succesful yet!
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