Hawk King

Save your free pull until you have spent as many orbs on the banner as you plan to spend. If you get either Veronica or Hector you can use the free pull on the one you didn't get. I didn't use my free pull on the first CYL until like 4 months later. I was doubtful that they would be able to up the power creep bar with CYL2 but damn did they succeed. Hector is absurdly good. QR5 on his 16 mt "killer" weapon. Super boon in Def. Power creeped DC. He can run Wary Fighter and QR3 seal for an Omni Breaker set too... Celica seemed underwhelming at first until I realized that she could potentially Octo-attack with a Brave Sword+. And Deathblow 4 is a 300 SP inheritable skill. She has two 300 SP skills in her base kit, which is cool. Did I mention Octo-Attack? Ephraim is super good. Right up there with Hectors and co. for the best Axe Armor. So Special fighter is Guard 5 mixed with a Breath effect? Or is it a Quickened Pulse at the beginning of combat? Either way, he is stupid good. Then there is Veronica. It really pisses me off that she is the only one without boosted BST, but then again, her staff is so busted that it would be unfair for her to have more stats. Peshkatz in a staff form, but with dazzling built in so the buffs/debuffs are free. And then she has a cool new busted special. Imagine that thing in GC/RD maps...

Holy shit, 7 defense wins already?! What the hell is so difficult about my defense team? I don't get it. edit - 9 wins now. And we are at 10. Just 9 hours into this season. And yeah, Crown is cool on Feh. All I need to do is give Aether to L!Lucina and Atk Tactics to one of the others and I will most likely be able to put together a run to keep me in Tier 20. Even if I have to burn 50 crests, I will make it happen. With CYL2 Hector being a Lance, I fully expect to see teams of 2 L!Hectors and 2 CYL Hectors when the next fire season rolls around.

Rank #802 for Arena. Rank #575 for AA. And seriously, 10+ Defense wins per day. I have no idea why my defense team did so well this week. It was the first time any of them had been on a defense team, too.

Do they ever integrate any new Heroes into the plot? Aside from Xander being Veronica's "bodyguard", no one every really interacts with the story. The Askrs say something among themselves and the enemies talk to each other, but they never really have conversations with their opponents so I don't think Brave Veronica will have any issues with fitting into the story. As far as her line of dialogue goes, she will probably just mention about how she was pulled from some alternate realm where she was possibly good. Or she will be like the Grimas and other villains and still be evil but we summoned her so she fights for us because that's how this game works. Watch it be a fallen Celica paired up with Veronica and Ephraim paired up with Hector.

So my Arena score of 3751 has me at rank #710. I didn't even have to fish for scores at all and L!Lucina hasn't inherited Aether yet. I was only able to feed her 15 of the 20 kills too. Maybe I will be able to be a permanent member of Tier 21 after all. I thought for sure I would fall out during the first week we all move into it. As it stands there will be ~1100 people who will stay that first week and my current rank of 710 looks promising. Especially after I fully optimize L!Lucina for scoring and fish for high score. With 30% staying in Tier 21, it is basically going to be the new Tier 20 in a few weeks time. Meanwhile, the Defense wins keep pouring in. I'm starting to think that it isn't just L!Lucina throwing people off. My team has some old meta on it that I think people just stopped preparing for/ looking for. Funnily enough, I didn't even plan on making it a tough defense team. I just quickly built some +10s and slapped them onto a Wind blessing team because I needed to.

Defense wins I get are either full scores in the 600s or half of that in the 300s. I've never seen 1/4 or 3/4 scores so it would appear to be bonus unit based. I disagree. I think this is a good thing. Allowing players to counter the common bonus unit and keep each other from doing well is good. Like any other developing meta, it forces things to change.

At this point, does anyone expect anything less than a fourth Hector with a variation of Armads and DC? Hector Emblem will be a thing of beauty.

3 per kill

Holy shit, I had 2 defense wins before I switched L!Lucina onto my defense team, and I have gotten 5 already with her on it. Future Vision must be getting people.

Most likely yes. Most if not all of the whales will be gone.

My cousin was SOS chaining for a low-leveled Salamence this summer and the very first one she came across was shiny. I tried to explain it to her, but I don't think she fully understood how rare it was. I really love how the new TT uses all of the old final maps. I hate how my Alphose and Sharena still suck with boosted stats. I just upgrade both of their weapons so hopefully it will make a difference. Otherwise I will be very upset about dropping 400 dew on them.

Nowi and Caeda get 3 or 4 kills in every single map. Amelia doesn't move that well and relies on Caeda's Guidance seal to get anywhere, plus I haven't given her Bold or Vengeful fighter so she is mostly for score. The bonus unit just sits back giving a Def Tactics buff to the others unless I want to go out of my way to feed them a kill. When they do get one, it could have just as easily gone to Caeda or Nowi. I didn't realize that it was 20% moving up and 10% staying, I thought it was the other way around. The super whales at the top getting 20 bonus unit kills should only account for the top ~8% I would imagine so I think I could make it to tier 21. Although I will most certainly fall back to tier 20 in the following week, but eventually as it grows I think I will be able to stay. It is still the top 30% moving up or staying so the threshold to stay in tier 20 won't be any easier. If anything it will be more difficult with people giving it their all to see where they stand with going up or staying.

Of the current bonus units (and on average) how many of them do you have at +10? There may only be a few hundred people who +10 a new unit or two from every banner, but there is also a lot more like you who have enough +10s that they can have 2 or more high scoring bonus units every week just from the regular rotation. With even just two it shouldn't be too hard to get 4 bonus kills in each match. I know that I very frequently get all of my kills with just two of my units. Another thing is that if you have enough crests to do a lot of fishing for scores, your 4th unit can be as low as +2 or +3 and you can still find high scores. So having 2 or 3 bonus units per week doesn't seem too improbable for ~800 people. Are there some bonus units on a regular rotation like there was for the first year and a half?

Ugh, my AA runs were unnecessarily more stressful today. After several really rough starts that didn't make it past map 3, I finally got to map 6 with some really good scores along the way, and then I had a brain fart and put my 4*+10 Hana in range of two L!Hectors. After getting a successful run, I'm safe with a rank in the 300's. So I was thinking about the new Arena scoring and tier 21, and I should be able to easily fish for 754+ scores with my almost 800 crests, but the +3 points per bonus unit kill is definitely going to hurt me. Super whales have the advantage of having multiple bonus units and therefore can have all of their kills get the +3 bonus.

Overall I like Ike. His PoR self more so. IMO PoR is the best game in the series and RD is the worst game in the series. Fite me. He became popular from Smash Bros just like Marth and Roy did, except Ike had the advantage of his games actually being playable in the US and on the same console as the Smash game he was in. Plus Aether is admittedly a cool attack and the "fight for his friends" meme was a thing. For a lot of fans, especially on these forums when I joined, RD was their first FE game.

Ah, ok. Good luck getting the rest of the copies you need. Do you have any +10's projects planned for aiming to score higher in the arena? ie: armors, dragons, etc...

I believe it is only when switching from android to iOS and visa versa that you lose orbs. Congrats on the new phone though.

Yeah that's pretty much what I was thinking. Because of Legendary banners frequency, +10 will be inevitable. What would you do with Celica? I have the same situation, +Atk vs +Spd. I would like to finally +10 her but I just cant decide on which nature, and barracks spots are getting tight for me.

The first week that we can move into tier 21 and my best unit is L!Lucina who can at most be +1... damn. Maybe having double blessings with her and Gunnthra and my two highest scoring Wind blessed units will be enough. It will be a tactics team so I might be able to feed Lucina a decent amount of kills too. Now, the question is, do I go with +Atk or +Spd for my L!Lucina?

Fuck my luck. All I got was Maribelle and two more stalkers in Legault(x2) and Karel(x2). Sothe, Hector, and a +Spd/-HP Eldigan came along too. Eldigan has become a bit of a stalker for me as of late. I have pulled 3 of him in the past week or so and I up to +6 now. I am actually happy about this +Spd/-HP I got. Might actually build him with Fury 6. Really pissed that I didn't get Olivia and instead trhee non-focus reds. I have a history of bad luck with focus units, but 5/18 really stings. Doesn't help that my barracks are full and I was only able to clear 25 spots at the end there. WE NEED A BARRACKS UPGRADE!!! edit- damn, I was really hoping Sumia would get the Ares treatment.

Oh my luck is stupid good. I really shouldn't complain when my 5* rate is consistently around 10%. I now have all of the units from "A Sketchy Summer" banner. Clutched it out with Linde (and a Legault) coming on the same circle as my +SPD/-HP Tiki. I was even going to skip her and wait for her to appear on a Legendary banner too! Now it is time to do the Awakening Banner and Brave Lucina was my free pull...

I hate pity breakers. Especially when they are units I have already +10'ed. 4% focus and 2% non-focus would be cool. Also a way to pull all 5 at once would be nice. And a way to send units home right from the summoning circle would be nice. edit - Fuck! just got my 16th Micaiah! Why cant I pull a focus unit. That is 5 now and I only have an hour left with a 2nd banner I need to pull as well.

Congrats on +10'ing Nino and Lukas. It is nice seeing other people enjoying Lukas being a tank. Did you never get a -Spd Lukas? Hone Atk on three of your units is probably something you want to change next. I still think Nino would benefit more from an Owl tome. And Drives are much more synergistic with any team (plus they score better). Nino is so powerful that I don't think the extra 4-8 damage would matter. Take your team into the Arena to see how they stack up and if any changes may or may not be needed.

It's kinda cool that there are two solutions for the latest map. Based on the hint that they gave, maybe they knew you could do it with or without Titania's Reciprical Aid?

She has really good physical bulk so a +def refine on her weapon is good for making her a wall. Bonfire/Ignis for a special. Her A-skill is good. B-skill can be WoM, Renewal, or a breaker skill. and Goad Fliers for C if she is on a flier team. Death Blow for his A-skill with his natural Brave Sword and Follow-up ring makes him dangerous. Bonfire/Ignis on his special and not much will survive. C-skill doesn't matter at that point. If you have Close Counter fodder, +Atk,+Def/-Res Slaying Bow+ (refinement can be either Def or Spd) with QR3 (B or seal) build. Otherwise, +Atk/-Res with Brave bow and Death Blow 3. Possibly Swift sparrow if you have a +Spd nature. Bonfire and Blazing " ______" skills are the two most common sets I know of. +Atk, Def , or Spd seem to all be good for him. Darting/Deathblow or Swift Sparrow, B-is flexible, Goad for C. WoM can come in handy if there are bulky teammates for him. Otherwise a Sweep skill might do well. B-skills can be hard if the obvious choices of QR3/Fighter skills don't fit well.