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Just popping in after a long while to say rearmed heroes are really freaking neat. Essentially free SI without losing the unit. As soon as I saw Ganglot I immediately knew I was going to give everything of hers to my +10 Ross. I also really wish I had gotten Rearmed Lif to give the sword to Guy as he's another favorite of mine, even if I have a +10 Chrom However... that made something apparent to me... powercreep has gotten so bad. Stat creep especially. The last time I was playing was when Gonzales dropped and it urked me a bit that he had a significantly better offensive statline than Ross but at least there was some variation and I actually liked him as well so he's a +10 option. Fast forward to now though and it's depressing how obsolete Ross is objectively. He can be built strong but to be powercreeped by Brigand Boss of all people. Units like Basillio and Gonzales edge him out, speedsters like Pirate Lifis and Ninja Hana/Shamir trade a bit of bulk for a far superior offense (especially Shamir), but the worst offenders are Young Boyd (who I've also +10'ed funnily enough), Brigand Boss and Atlas. Atlas is the worst offender by far, being strictly better in every way possible. It's almost disgusting how much better he is than literally every other F2P axe ever that doesn't have a prf or isn't Shamir. When @Ice Dragon said that there was no reason to give the axe to any other unit aside from favoritism I had to see for myself and wow, he's actually right. F!Shez is also probably the most disgusting of them all, but she has a prf so she's not competing with anyone. It really disappoints me on one hand, but on the other hand I almost want to build a +10 Atlas out of principle. So many good infantry axe units now. But it also makes me hope that Ross gets a really good refine, but even if it does it's unlikely it'll be better than Ganglot's Arcane weapon which is sad. On another note, I'm so upset. I caught the HoF with Illyana who I plan to +10 and have 4 forma souls, but I missed both Kiria (who I want) and Erk (who I have +10'ed) and those would have been so amazing to get premium skills for... I actually think I was playing when Erk's HoF was going but I was indifferent at the time, now I regret it.

Hey~ (yep I still play this from time to time). So as time has passed I've come into possession of a few more of my personal favorites and just some fun units but dont entirely know what I want to do with them so I'd like some advice for them. Ilyana My favorite FE9-10 mage. +10ing her is a no brainers but with her stat spread I'm not sure what to do. Her ATK Is massive and something like a Special Spiral Build would be fun, but her RES is so stacked she could run an EP build or a Close Ward build with Mystic Boost for dragons. Lull ATK/RES is also a no brainer and I have the fodder. Theres also Mirror Impact but she isnt the fastest so I feel like she wants to nuke with her special since she likely wont double. Mirror Stance is also a thing but feels less necessary when Spider Plush+ exists and is probably one of her best options, Drifting Grace+ seems better for Miriel or a speedier blue mages. It really seems like a Special Spiral build with TP would be the way to go or something. Needless to say, I need help. Ilyana (Young) Because she has a prf and a lull skill in her B slot this is a bit easier. She probably wants QR in her seal slot but it still begs the question of her a skill. A stance skill perhaps? I have no ATK/RES Unity fodder so that's out of the question. Boyd (Young) Here is the thing, I have a fully invested Ross. +10, Full DF +ATK/+SPD with a DC/Spurn build. Looking at what's changed, Ross is probably due for a Prf, Basillio and Gonzales are literally STRICTLY better versions of Ross, stat wise. Better in almost every way. I like Gonzales and considered building him. but Boyd looks to be the better option. Shamir and Hana are the go tos for a speedy axe (leaning towards Shamir) but none of them hit even close to as hard as Boyd and he seems like the better version of the male inf axes. Now how should I build him? I dont want to copy Ross, his build is better on a faster axe. Boyd's ATK is so nonsense I definitely want to take advantage of that but I don't know where to start. Erk The easiest of them to build. He's +SPD and +4 but unbuilt. How should I go about building him? It seems like he'd love an Ideal A slot but it seems like a missed opportunity without Luminous Grace+ which I dont have. Drifting Grace+ is easy to get so it seems like it would be better to put the Ideal skill on Miriel since she can get the tome to match. Build ideas would be nice but the biggest question is, what Tome should he use? As always I appreciate the help.

Technically this is on topic but... what is better for Ascended Mareeta? +SPD or +ATK? The former is pretty much what all of her abilities scale off of, but she has a super boon in the latter.

I'll use the name I've always used as my strategist name since childhood for all my FE playthroughs. Solitary Strategist Tenk Class: Sword Infantry HP: 39 (Superbane) ATK: 38 SPD: 40 (Superboon) DEF: 33 (Superboon) RES: 26 Weapon: Wanderer's Blade: At start of combat, if unit's HP > 25% or unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants special cooldown charge +1 per attack, unit attacks twice and can make a followup attack before foe can counterattack. And also, when unit deals damage to foe during combat, restores 5 HP to unit. (Triggers even if 0 damage is dealt.) Special: Shieldbreaker (Cooldown: 2): Boosts damage dealt by 40% of unit's Spd, Disables non-Special skills that "reduce damage by X%. A Skill: Distant Counter B Skill: Hero's Shroud: If unit's HP > 50% or unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd+7 to unit during combat, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks during combat. and also, if unit's Spd > foe's Spd, reduces damage from attacks during combat and from area-of-effect Specials (excluding Røkkr area-of-effect Specials) by percentage = difference between stats × 4 (max 40%). After combat inflicts, Special cooldown count+1 on target and foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions. (No effect on Special cooldown counts already at maximum.) C Skill: Rouse ATK/SPD 3 Relatively straightforward unit here. He attacks something? It dies. He punches through armor with his shieldbreaker special for purposes of destroying armor. The cooldown charge allows him to trigger his special twice and punch through the guard effect on armors. He loses out on null followup, but it's exchanged for the damage reduction effect for mixed phase synergy with DC and the self healing from attacks. More or less guaranteeing at least 10 HP per fight as long as he doesn't oneshot his opponent. And he's got pulse smoke as the icing on the cake, denying specials on the opponent's first enemy phase attack and setting up for his 4 blows of death. His most glaring weaknesses are his lack of Canto, Guard and Null-C-Disrupt. But he does half the one half of Null Followup that allows him to quad any opponent consecutively or force a speed check that he will most likely win. I was going to try to fit in ability that reset the WTA to neutral against blue opponents, but there was no more room and it would have just busted him given his current set. So in a Nutshell all of my abilities here. DC Dual Phase Breath Dual Phase Brave Effect Dive Bomb Heal on Hit Effect Atk/Spd+7 Damage Reduction Half of Null-FollowUp Pulse Smoke Do I win?

Hey guys, not really playing like I used to or being incredibly active but I still wanted to ask a few questions. 1. So I'm about to be able to spark on the AHR banner in a day or so (funny cause I've only ever sparked twice which was for Fallen Ike and Brave Edelgard, both fantastic QoL units.) and I'm having trouble deciding who I want to get. I pulled a +SPD and +ATK Lyn so I'm good there and I grabbed a +RES/-HP Seiros so I'm unbelievably good on that front. That leaves the question: L!Dimitri or L!F!Corrin? I got a Brave Dimitri that serves me very well but from looking at it L!Dimitri seems to be better in just about every way besides needing Distant Counter so he'd be a great QoL unit for my barracks on top of being a supertank that's exactly what you know I like if you know me or have seen my videos. Then you've got Corrin who looks to be a strong contender for best colorless dragon (the new Myrrh looks nice too) and she's ready to go out of the box, but as you may well know I'm utterly, utterly stacked as it pertains to colorless (Matthew, Serra, Bramimond, N!Lyn, Duo Marth, Bridelia, Mila, B!Claude, Fallen F!Corrin, L!Alm, Leila, etc.). It is however true that aside from Matthew I don't have any true colorless tanks. My Fallen F!Corrin is unbuilt and I never gave her DC, pulling this Corrin would be a cheaper option. But objectively speaking who's a better choice? 2. A simpler question, I just came into the knowledge that Micaiah's refine is actually pretty fantastic so I should go ahead and build her up (even though I hate her). So it's time to make a decision, +SPD or +ATK OG Micaiah? With ATK obviously she can auto double so it's just more damage but with +SPD I imagine maybe you could do windsweep shenanigans. 3. +ATK or +SPD Ninja Lyn? She's utterly busted, I have no clue what to invest in.

She's a budget Leila that trades offensive power for Chip damage, offensive debuffing and no potentially wonky swap mechanic. I see that as a huge win for her. EDIT: Read this on reddit: "So Conditional Firesweep + Atk/Spd Smoke + Swift Sparrow + Savage Blow + Poison Strike?" Yeah... that's actually nonsense. If it was on a better archer it would be busted.

I'll be surprised if there isn't a FEH Channel in the next 15 minutes or so.

Wow... I don't think I've ever been more uninterested in a banner. 100% unadulterated skip.

So Mila is the next Mythic. Was par for the course after Duma so that's pretty cool. She's a Light Mythic and despite seeming underwhelming she's actually a really nice unit. She gives more or less a global +2 to all stats which is stellar (more if you consider supporting her with your tank!) given the ease of activation, she neuters dance strats and traps with her isolation effect which is going to be a Godsend against those dancer + firesweep/Ophelia nuke traps and of course the flat +5 DEF which means you're getting +7 DEF and 2 to the other stats. Then there's the possibility of dupes of her to give you not only more stats but more turns due to her C skill, she's got a lot of value if you're willing to go triple Mythic or even if you're willing to swap out Eir or Peony. She's overally a pretty great unit. Plus she's not an armor! And yes, her artwork is a little weird, but it suits her, Mythical beings should be a little different and she's exactly that. As for the colors I'll be brief, red is fantastic. L!Eliwood is one of the best supports in the game and if you happen to have him already, Death Blow 4 never hurt. Larcei is a top tier swordie but it's that Repel that gives her her real value. Lif's a defense mythic with DC and Time's Pulse. Nuff said. Green's got Legendary Hector, Osian and Annette. Objectively all pretty great units with valuable fodder, but the value here will vary from person to person. I happen to have them all. Colorless is the clear winner, Mila is great and both Leif and Alm are just monsters. Pull this color, you're a fool otherwise. Blue is actually the stinker here. L!Lucina is... ok if you don't have her but her father has more value. She's got nothing for fodder either. Ephraim... is a bit dated but still good but... meh. L!Julia is the prize here but unless you want her for fodder it'd probably be better to take a pass if you have her already. Overall green and blue are passes since I have everyone but L!Julia. Red's pretty nice though and colorless is a clear winner. Even saying all that though I'll probably just do the discounted full pull and get lost. My orb situation is all kinds of wrong currently so it's best to pass on a lot of banners for the time being.

Not really, Sophia and Sanaki both got resplendents and neither of them, especially Sanaki were ones someone would expect to be candidates. You could say Sophia seemed like one because she needed the stats, but that same arguement could be made for Matthew. Sophia is a bit more popular, but the amount by which she is is pretty irrelevant if CYL 3-4 is anything to go by. Resplendents are units that should fill at least 3 of these criteria: Needs a boost in performance, needs better art, is popular to an extent. Matt fills at least 2 of these, his art is pretty great already, doesn't really need an update. Providing points aside... it would be nice to get more resplendents that aren't red, even if Chrom could use a boost to his stats.

@mcsilas Hey! Grats on that Oboro! She'll be fun with that sword. And hey, Mist could get a prf one day and personally I enjoy filling my barracks with missing units. As for me... I kinda stopped documenting pulls for the rest of the month. I made... bad choices and payed for them... not really something I'll feel like sharing until next month, but I have a post here anyways. So.. the 3H Banner blindsided me in the most insane way and I wasn't even remotely ready for it. Even though none of the units are "must" haves for me (though Claude is kind of a want) I considered being smart and waiting... blah blah blah. I didn't do that. I wanted to get things overwith so I got the tickets late at night and went in whole heartedly expecting nothing. Last ticket~ I kinda avoided greens because I have Edelgard already but I more or less was just pulling colors at random. This was the top most blue. I almost pulled the adjacent green which would have probably netted me a Barst or something of that caliber. This was a nice surprise. Saddest thing is with the state I'm in currently I didn't even smile, but I am pleased. He's a unit I probably wouldn't pull for honestly. Plus he's a perfectly neutral nature. If I ever pull him again, just about anything outside of +ATK is guaranteed Lull fodder which I've never had before so that's pretty cool. Banner's a wrap for me. Saw everyone getting nice stuff from tickets, gives me comfort knowing I wasn't left out.

Everyone is out here complaining about Elibeian resplendents and here I am praying Matthew never gets picked for one while simultaneously hoping he does.

I'm more interested in what the update entails that will require a full OS upgrade. Is it just the result of all the updates finally needing more from your device? Or is it something in particular that's gonna take more juice to run?

Welp, I spent the 74 orbs and got my Fallen Ike. Feels somewhat hollow, tossing this month's budget out the window with nothing else to show for it (no good fodder and a 4.00% rate that I'm guaranteed to let die.) but I know that he's going to serve me well in whatever mode I assign him to a bit further down the road so It's a consolation. I like the idea that I'm guaranteed to get something good from these banners no matter what I do. My investment is always rewarded no matter what and that makes me happy. I couldn't lose, and I didn't. Still... Fallen Lyon or Julia would have been nice... Anyways, Micaiah will come around in the future. I still have half the orbs from TT to collect so I'll have around 40-50 going into the next month altogether so all isn't lost.

I don't know what your barracks looks like, but I'm pretty sure you've been playing longer than I have, I'd be surprised if you can't throw together a full brigade of powerful units of literally every movement type. Some of my types are stronger than others but I can autobattle infernal with just about every one of my brigades. Some with varying success but I tend to stick to the cavs, armor. And I quit for six months and came back, I'd be surprised if you didn't have a better barracks honestly.