Tybrosion

Yeah, I just straight up had to use Nabata Igrene and Louise on my Arena team last week just to deal with any Emblem Ikes. AoE Specials are more or less the only consistent way of dealing with him.

Honestly, I'd argue that 3H isn't in that great of a spot either when all three Dorotheas are seasonal-only (and none of them are 4 star focus ones either). And while Plegia and Winter do have Prf weapons, they do not have a Prf dance skill so they aren't quite equal to the more recent alts of Azura and Ninian.

July 20th, 2018. That was the last FEH gave Olivia an alt. That was so long ago that Frederick now has many alts (2) as Olivia. It sucks, but Fates and Blazing Blade really benefited from having a dancer among its main characters. Pretty much ever other title in FEH besides FEH itself has a pretty bad and/or limited selection of dancers / refreshers.

Hey IS, can you stop giving us red demotes? The 3-4 star red pool is bloated to point where I still haven’t gotten Fee (or Kagetsu, but at least he is more recent) at all. The day where I never have to see the likes of Draug or Raigh again can’t arrive soon enough.

Yukimura over Scarlet or Shura, and as a 5 star at that, is certainly a choice. I'm not calling it a bad one necessarily, just one I certainly didn't see coming. I'm guessing this means Scarlet is going to end up debuting on a Fallen Heroes banner, possibly the one coming up?

In recent months, we've had (in no particular order): Ninja Zelgius (Nov 2024), then Resplendent Black Knight (Apr 2024) [both voiced by Junji Majima] Legendary Camilla (Dec 2023), then Kid F!Robin and Kid M!Robin (Apr 2024) [all voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro] Ginnungagap (Nov 2023), then Kid Chrom (Apr 2024) [both voiced by Ayumi Tsunematsu] Spring Chloe (Mar 2024), then Attuned Caeda (Mar 2024) [both voiced by Saori Hayami] Winter Claude (Dec 2023), then Castor (Mar 2024) [both voiced by Toshiyuki Toyonaga] Harvest E!Anna and A!Anna (Oct 2023), then Resplendent Selena (Mar 2024) [all voiced by Saori Seto] Safy (Jan 2024), then Spring Mirabilis (Mar 2024) [both voiced by Misaki Kuno] Resplendent Fir (Nov 2023), then Ivy (Feb 2024) [both voiced by Yoko Hikasa] Validar (Dec 2023), then Kagetsu (Feb 2024) [both voiced by Takehito Koyasu] Fargus (Nov 2023), then Devotion Vigarde (Feb 2024) [both voiced by Kenta Miyake] CYL F!Corrin (Aug 2023), then New Year's F!Kana (Jan 2024) [both voiced by Satomi Sato] Basically, it happens often enough for it to be a noticeable trend.

I mean, they did exactly that with Eyvel's adopted daughter. Fallen Mareeta released in May 2019, and was followed by regular Mareeta in December 2019. They could easily do the same with Brigid / Eyvel since Genealogy's next New Heroes banner likely isn't dropping any sooner than October. Oh yeah, and Emmeryn (who just got a kid alt) happens to have the same JP voice actress (Akemi Okamura, who also voices Henry and Cornelia) as Brigid / Eyvel. That of course doesn't guarantee that Brigid / Eyvel gets something this year, but it does increase the odds a bit.

It’s just a catch-all type of term I use instead of having to say Ascended / Rearmed / Attuned Hero every time.

Azura hasn’t been used at all since January 2022, so I could easily see her being the next Fates Asset Hero. Meanwhile, Ryoma and Sakura both haven’t gotten standalone alts since 2019. Oh, and I suppose it’s worth noting that Ryoma has the same JP voice actor as Lyon. Though if Ryoma does show up, I’d imagine he’d probably just be a secondary Asset Hero (like what Ascended Merric was to Attuned Caeda).

E!Veyle is basically a lock for this banner, and probably as our second Rearmed Dagger unit with Arcane Misericorde. Beyond that, the first lineup Jotari suggested is probably about what we’re going to actually get. We could get a Shez instead of M!Byleth and I wouldn’t be surprised if Brigid (as Draco) gets in as a Deadlord rep.

Oops, this Duo Hero might be my fault because I called it in the pre-banner discussion thread. Otherwise, yep this sure is a typical boring kid banner with the usual copious amounts of power creep. Loki really needs to get Thorr a new hobby. This really should’ve been a one time theme because the unit choices (both the actual characters and their unit types) are always so damn predictable. All it had to offer (besides power creep) was novelty, and that is obviously long gone by this point.

This is also the third time Bernie lost in Round 1. There was that hoodie VG in 2020, where Bernie lost to Velouria in Round 1. Then two VGs later in the December 2020 one, Winter Bernie lost to Winter Fae in Round 1. Basically, we should expect CYL Bernie to immediately lose in the CYL8 VG because she appears to be as snake bitten in VGs as her house leader is.

Watch them be assholes and give us Duo F!Robin & Chrom. I really wouldn’t put that idea past IS. Given that this the kid banner, Frederick should at least get a Prf weapon regardless of where he ends up. It should be a good Prf weapon too with how good most of the recent GHBs (aka any of them dating back to Cyril who aren’t Castor or Marla) have been.

Oops, then let me amend what I said to "it just can't be done twice" because it's pretty clear at this point that IS regrets making that banner. After all, SoV has gotten a grand total of......six seasonal units (and that includes Hatari Deen and Spring Luthier, who are TT units) since the 2020 Day of Devotion banner.

We have the silhouettes and they are almost certainly Lissa (left silhouette) and Frederick (right silhouette). SoV Kids are just never gonna happen, folks. IS isn't capable of giving an entire Special Heroes banner to Valentia. It just can't be done.