Tarilaan

I've been seeing a lot of posts about people having to resort to cancer teams to get any defense wins. So can I just take this moment to say how proud I am of the Hoshidan family for holding the wall so well for me? I've probably managed something like a 90% win rate with this defense team since setting it up. It's great and I love them all for it!

I just realized I've had my Hinoka complete for quite some time now and never posted her for this thread! I also recently completed the monster mixed wall that is Oboro. She'll get her PRF weapon once I've got enough dew to make it even compare to the utility Berkut's Lance gives.

Kinshi Knight Hinoka?... Well, there go the orbs I was saving. A bit of an odd name to have her bow literally be called "Warrior Princess" though. Wonder if it's an awkward translation issue. Speaking of awkward translations - While I don't read moon runes, somebody on the FE Heroes Reddit suggested that the Japanese version of her title was meant to portray "Warrior of the Blue Sky" which would make a lot more sense.

Ended up going team Kagero, because I love flier emblem, and it gives me a chance to knock out Camilla early. (All in good fun, don't worry). So far I've only seen @Poimagic's Azura, but that has absolutely been working for me. Got my Hinoka kitted out for full flier support this time (Her spear, Flier Formation, Hone Fliers, Reposition. So many shenanigans), for anybody on Kagero's team who's getting support from her.

Honestly, a lot more could be done with Shura, just based on what you hear through his Corrin supports. I'll spoiler tag things just to be safe.

Quite a bit, actually. She's been great for taking on anything the BK can't handle.

Shame about the Black Knight, but I did hop over to Zelgius to see if he can do better. It sounds like blues are pretty common, so I've switched my lead From Hinoka to Saizo. Hopefully he can be of some use.

Some of you may have seen her already, due to the Voting Gauntlet, but I abused the heck out of the New Power banner to give my Hinoka a boost. I'm so close now, but out of orbs. She's now +DEF/-HP Besides Hinoka, I pulled a +RES/-HP Oboro while trying to find more copies, and I just had to do something with her. A Berkut, L!Ike, Klein and Cain were injured in the making of this build. It's been totally worth it though.

I'd have to say the most non-meta unit I've invested in would have to be my Explosives Master Saizo. He's got: +Def/-Res Fire Blessing Defense refined Smoke Dagger+ Reposition Growing Flame Fury Poison Strike Savage Blow Savage Blow Seal It's very much a gimmick, but it works way better than it should. Any time he attacks there's an explosion that everything, himself included (via fury) feels, and the enemies are left crippled by the fallout (smoke dagger). From everything I've seen of Saizo in Fates, it feels exactly like I'd expect him to fight, and as a result he's a blast to use.

As much as I'd love to see Laguz in game, I feel like them winning a Brave Hero spot would actually backfire, since then we'd get some special variant of them which could very well not be a shapeshifter. I could totally see them make dagger Lethe Lethe: "It's not a weapon, I use it to cut fruit!"

As expected, this TT has been no problem whatsoever. I see plenty of posts with brave Hinoka obliterating Takumi, so I figure I'll toss in my own version. Long story short, he's not even safe from non-brave weapons with Hinoka =D Admittedly it's only due to Sakura's support and Ryoma's Drive Speed that she's able to double him, but it's still super satisfying. Almost as satisfying as seeing all this Hinoka love coming out of the woodwork, considering her relative unpopularity compared to the rest of both families.

My current biggest -team- project has been to make the Hoshidan family into a unified force. In my effort to pull Micaiah, I finally got a Tailtiu and another Odin to mostly finish the team. Only thing now is to find better natures where applicable. Currently +SPD/-DEF, Ryoma covers green enemies and can duel with reds, having a reasonable 32/30 bulk when attacked in melee, and responding with a Wrath Moonbow in turn. Coming in with +DEF/-HP, this Takumi is my oldest 5 star unit in the game, given new life with the refinery and a lot of inheritance. He covers the physical ranged enemies - mainly bowbreaking B!Lyn. He also works as a backup melee tank when needed. With +HP/-SPD, (Not my favorite nature for her, still waiting to find another), Sakura's here to keep the team alive with Fear+ and Physic+, and provide a much needed mage tank. I still bounce between RES+2 and Deflect Magic with her depending on the occasion, as Moonbow Reinhardt will still power through her. Easily my biggest project character, Hinoka's currently at +SPD/-RES. She's the wildcard slot, able to engage pretty much anywhere against anybody except greens (Who she can still tank to a degree with team support) Also, by my true biggest project, I mean she's currently in the process of learning every skill in the game accessible to her, in addition to the slow climb to +10. Current skill list is: The team as a whole covers just about everything, and with all 4 drive skills between them, can bulk each other up without fear of getting debuffed by Panic. And if something comes up that the others can't handle, Hinoka almost certainly can do so. Supports are Hinoka + Sakura, and Ryoma + Takumi (And yes, I'm absolutely looking forward to the coming Tempest Trial. This will be Hilarious >:D )

You know, thinking on it, they could make Yukimura even more unique by making him a mounted dagger user. I know the Mechanist can use both dagger and bow, but dagger'd be a very exclusive niche. I do agree with the sentiment people have had with regards to Reina (Bow Flier) and Aversa (Flying mage). I think I saw somebody suggest Dheginsea as an Armored Breath user somewhere. There're also Reyson and Leanne for flying refreshers. If you consider the different flying beasts as different there's also Jill for a Wyvern Lance and Ashnard for a Wyvern Sword. Bow cavalry's got the Nomad (Sue, Sin, Rath) and Bow Knight (Astrid) to pull from, not counting classes that can take it as a secondary like in PoR. Aside from all that, I'd still love for Miciah to have Thani be effective against Armor/Cavalry. We don't have any vs armor tomes, and with the Christmas units, they're getting a lot more durable to both damage types.

I definitely agree with all the sentiment that the Askr Trio weapons and Sieglinde should be able to be forged. Not sure what to do with them, but they need something. Other weapons I'd like to see forged are: The Binding Blade - the titular weapon of the game of the same name, and from what my friend tells me it basically allows Roy to break his game in half once he gets it. In heroes it's been power-crept super hard. A forged Silver Sword is better in some ways. Not sure how to upgrade it, myself, but that friend of mine really wants to see DC on it (I guess it had 1-2 range in it's game?) Yato - also a victim of power creep. Just compare it to Ayra's Blade - Darting Blow 2, or SPD+3 and Flashing Blade all the time. A thought I had is giving it an unconditional 2 to all stats as an upgrade to the Omega Yato, and maybe throw in Guard 3 as well (It also grants Corrin 10 critical evade in Fates) Excalibur - I know you can just replace it with Dark Excalibur, but it's still its own weapon. I'd be happy with it just getting the ability to forge stats onto it, but if they wanted to give it something unique, they could give it Nullify Flier Buffs in the same vein as the Armor and Horse slaying weapons. Aura - Same reason as Excalibur, I rather enjoy using Linde as a pseudo-medic, so I'm not switching to Dark Aura. Maybe upgrade it to Breath of Life 3, and/or extend its effect to 2 squares like Absorb+ Brynhidlr - Power-crept by Gravity+. As a legendary weapon, I think it could at minimum use the 2 square radius Gravity+ gets, and if it gets something nifty, give it Reduce the first magic attack recieved by 50% damage like Divine Tyrfing. It has a chance of doing exactly that in Fates On a non-legendary side, I'd love to see the Guard Naginata added to the game as an upgrade somewhere. Just give it Close DEF 3 in the same way Guard Bow has Distant DEF 3 There are more, but those are the main ones I've thought about actively.

Definitely supporting Lobster Lord this time around, partially out of spite for him and Hinoka not being part of the banner, and partially because I don't have the other characters. I may or may not have fed both Christmas Robin and NY Camilla to Hinoka. Camilla mostly out of spite, but also because I'm collecting all the skills I can on Hinoka as a grand project >.>