Momentai~

I have updated sets for my best boys. Barst: https://imgur.com/a/tVy7RNv Zelgius: https://imgur.com/a/JoCK7EV Speed and defense memes

Nice! Congrats on all of those feathers! I should have done that too. I forgot I had more than one Lyon. I'm happy to hear that Barst appeared to crush those level 1s. I think? No shout outs to anyone at SF yet again lol. Good game to all competitors.

Barst has been +10 for months now but the recent completion of Zelgius reminded me to post here. https://imgur.com/a/nc7wZJq Here is my best boy, Barst. I knew I wanted to get him to +10 once feathers actually started existing. He was my first axe user (and like all of my brave users at the beginning, -attack). I happily merged that mess into a +attack -resistance copy but then regretted it when it became apparent that he was too easily bodied by Reinhardt. At one point I used +defense -HP as the base to get rid of the resistance bane. I believe it was around that time I decided to bite the bullet and give him distant counter. I was worried that he wouldn't put distant counter to good use but he does a fine job with it. I don't regret the investment; he is my go to unit when it comes to clearing challenges. I ended up settling for +speed -HP but the ideal boy is +attack -HP. One day... http://imgur.com/gtrviKi I wasn't expecting to get Zelgius to +10. I halfheartedly decided to snipe reds for him whenever he appeared as a focus unit. I thought +10 best armor boy was a pipe dream (especially) after that nightmare banner he shared with Celica but on his following focus banner I got five or six of him pretty quickly. It more than made up for the previous banner! I stopped summoning on that banner at +9 because I figured I'd eventually get pity broken by him and I don't have need for fierce stance or panic ploy. I got his final copy as a free pull on the voting gauntlet banner! I'm mostly satisfied with his current build; not too fussed about giving him bold fighter. If I ever get close defense fodder or more distant defense fodder then I'll probably swap one of them in. I prefer using him to kill things dead on enemy phase (Grima is permanently wearing the fashionable boots) so they're a perfect fit. I did sacrifice a stray Grima to give him vengeful fighter so it is an even trade. I'm swimming in Roys so he might be the next to get to +10 but I'm trying to get Lukas there first.

Oh hey that's great! I hope he is doing well. I'm always hoping for someone from here but I keep getting a Zelgius, Amelia, and Sigurd from arena friends this time around. I got Sheena mixed in last round but she has been swapped for Amelia. Zelgius and Sigurd are my constant companions. They're both bonkers so the red heavy team usually doesn't matter so much.

Glad you got a good ranking and glad to hear Barst showed up for you! It really does; here's hoping I get def/res link fodder to help him make better use of it. 50 defense and 33 resistance on enemy phase with close defense/distant defense backed by 52 HP is pretty tanky! Unfortunately I didn't get any of your units. Only random arena allies appeared for me throughout the entire gauntlet. I guess my friend roster is getting too bloated lol. Good game to team Gunnthra!

https://imgur.com/a/z18dFwZ Oh? Has Alfonse caught Tharja's eye? Clearly she intends to snare whatever prey she's hunting with her two cupids; one is to wound the poor creature in case the love arrows keep missing. Alfonse is dying but I live for his multipliers. Victory feathers would be a sweet bonus, especially after missing out the last two rounds.

Gunnthra has demonstrated that she doesn't care about the weapon triangle; she's clearly bringing guns to these sword fights. I can't abide by cheaters so I've joined team Alfonse. I might actually get a chance to use the 1600 saved flags saved from the previous round and this round's flags during multiplier hours. Good luck to both teams!

Well fought, team Ike. Good job to team Gunnthra! Robin lost, Ike lost... I'm a refugee this time around. I don't know which team would be willing to grant me asylum; surely my joining them would lead to their destruction. I'm leaning more toward Alfonse so I can be lazy and leave Barst as my lead. If I go to Gunnthra I'll probably put up Zelgius. Unfortunately I didn't get anyone from here as an ally this round; I was mostly stalked by an Ayra, Sigurd, and Winter Tharja from arena buddies. Maybe next time.

Accepted! Good game team, too bad we lost. Going to support Ike this time, if anyone wants to add me then please feel free to do so! Still leading with Barst, 9346382259.

I ultimately want to support Ike but I figured that could wait until the final round because the multipliers on team Ike would likely be few and far between. I expected that Ike would have a much larger team than Grima, what with Ike being a free unit and also being, well, Ike. Well shoot, I guess i'm being punished for thinking of feathers before muscles. Victory feathers would be a nice consolation prize to make up for the less than expected amount of multiplier hours. Oh well, if Ike makes it to the next round I'm joining him. If anyone would like to add me then I am happy to accept. My ID is 9346382259. Please let me know if you send a request so I can know you're from here. I pretty much always have Barst as my lead but I can send out other colors if needed. Good luck everyone!

Ah, thank you! I guess I will go with bolster and something like rainstorm as a filler until I get better skills for those characters.

I'm glad to hear it! I first filled my brigades with dc everything but then I realized that I needed some snipers to get through infernal. I can clear infernal sometimes but most times I end up getting blocked by a sea of enemies or having the misfortune of especially problematic units spawning on the base. Generally that means a wary fighter armor but it depends on which of my units make it to the end. I believe attacking the 3 HP enemy base once results in a higher score than a perfect lunatic clear (which I don't always get anyway) so I think it is worth the risk. Don't worry about what you have to offer, I have a friend on my list with a level 1+1 four star Lukas so I don't mind.

I appreciate the response. I guess I will put amped on everything then.

Is it better to go with amped or bolster for dealing more damage? I am not sure how much the raw stat increase is worth compared to whatever bolster does.

Sorry to hear that. Here's hoping that your team does really well in the last round. As for my team this round, team Sharena just gave up. You'd think we'd be able to defend our one tile and maybe take another but it is like team Anna and Alfonse made a pact to barely attack each other and destroy us in order to guarantee they both get a good amount of the map. I know how that is bro. I wouldn't be surprised if less than ten people actually participated on my realm's team Sharena in the last few rounds. There really was no incentive to put effort into battling the sea of red and green because we couldn't secure a foothold. Anna was constantly one upping any contributions we made; it was pretty much an exercise in futility. This is a great way to improve the current system they have going. If they're going to hand out rewards based on the amount of nodes then the losing team(s) need a safeguard put in place so they have a chance to get their bearings and funnel their resources into claiming other territories instead of defending their own. The other two teams never really have a reason to make a concerted effort of going after each other when one team is clearly easy pickings. I think they should scrap the reward for territories or not make the gap so large (maybe something like 5000 feathers for participating a certain amount and 100 feathers per territory?) so that the active players on losing teams don't feel so shafted. Final results: Tragic, a vicious beating. In the end Anna chose feathers and broke her agreement with Alfonse, taking three of his territories. She was nice enough to cede the territory to the right of our base to him. I actually laughed when I saw the sacred coin reward. One? Seriously? I mean it's better than nothing but... Ha!

https://imgur.com/a/zLgIo I thought Anna would slow down but she is still keeping her lead. Every time we gain a node, Anna takes it right back while somehow also warding off Alfonse. It's crazy. I am hoping that they are using conquest lances to keep up this show of brute force. At this point I feel like most of team Sharena stopped participating. Maybe we will come together in the last few hours. We're just biding our time now. Yeah, that's it... I feel like the best way to encourage more consistent participation would be to give rewards at three times during each battle, with the biggest being the one at the end. They would also have to increase the stamina regen rate though.

@Rezzy @Kuroi Tsubasa TenshiT @Tybrosion @NSSKG151i I added you all. Barst is the best I have to offer in terms of highly merged heroes. Please let me know if he doesn't work for you. @Johann Thanks for the heads up. He did well with his previous set of skills but this one seems more suited for this mode. I took close defense off of Barst and swapped in wings of mercy; hopefully he helps out more. It seems like wings of mercy is pretty useful here. I also love escape route on dancers. It is a bit more risky but the pay off is so much better once it's active. I'm a little scared that this mode might devolve into b slot memes and savage (w)razzle dazzle pain healers but it is another source of rewards so it is probably worth that nonsense.

That makes sense. I went with a speed boon for Barst (more for defensive purposes to prevent doubles - I would prefer an attack or defense boon at this point because of the prevalence of bold fighter though, I haven't seen axe breaker in a while but it still exists as well, if only sporadically) and a defense refine to make him even harder to one round. I am looking forward to that new mode too. I don't switch away from Barst much but if you ever have a request, please let me know! That is good news. Fingers crossed!

So, I went to the Spring Festival in hopes of getting one more bunny Chrom. I got pity broken by someone else, but I am fine with that. https://imgur.com/30HDeKH I decided to open all of the orbs and I was not disappointed. The five stars are all +resistance. Chrom is -HP, Sonya is -defense, and Mist is -HP as well, I think. Oh yeah, and after all this time, my first +attack not -speed Eliwood has come home! The banner was very kind to me this year. After getting spurned last year by bunny Chrom, he decided to appear. A lot. I walked away with 10 more bunnies (seven chroms, two lucinas, and one camilla: https://imgur.com/a/l1rAW)! My only other green pity breakers were very convenient. Hawkeye for killer axe+, and Camilla for brave axe+, 40k feathers saved! I am looking forward to the new changes to the summoning pool -hopefully this makes it easier for everyone to get who they want. Best of luck to you all!

So, I went to the Spring Festival in hopes of getting one more bunny Chrom. I got pity broken by someone else, but I am fine with that. https://imgur.com/30HDeKH I decided to open all of the orbs and I was not disappointed. The five stars are all +resistance. Chrom is -HP, Sonya is -defense, and Mist is -HP as well, I think. Oh yeah, and after all this time, my first +attack not -speed Eliwood has come home! The banner was very kind to me this year. After getting spurned last year by bunny Chrom, he decided to appear. A lot. I walked away with nine more bunnies (seven chroms, two lucinas, and one camilla)! My only green pity breakers were very convenient. Hawkeye for killer axe+, and Camilla for brave axe+, 40k feathers saved! I am looking forward to the new changes to the summoning pool -hopefully this makes it easier for everyone to get who they want. Best of luck to you all!

Quoting isn't working well today. @Johann Yeah they've both got a pretty much identical offensive statline. I thought your Cain was +speed but it looks like he's +defense? He is faster than I expected with neutral speed, it's great. Thank you for lending him out this gauntlet. @LordFrigid It isn't like him to be so shy, good to hear that he finally showed up for you! I got your Caeda a lot this round (and also the first round); she was great. I will give my own Caeda distant counter eventually if I can +10 her. That might be pretty far off though. When she appears she tends to come in flocks but then she disappears for months. As predicted, a bunny won! Congratulations to team Kagero, and well fought team Lucina!

Nah, that is before the water season bonus. The bonus from three Fjorms on top of that would be pretty bonkers. I changed up his skill set and he also has summoner support so that is why his stats are so padded compared to what you're getting. Throwing him into mobs of enemies is always fun.

Yeah, I'm tempted to build one myself now. I've gotten so many of him but I usually just use him for memes of mercy fodder. Bunny Kagero is 36/35/34/18/27 at neutral. Bunny Lucina can't always take her out but Cain can dispatch the ones she has trouble with. Great! Yes to both. Oh, and for 50+ speed during water season. It never gets old watching him double Ayra on player phase. https://imgur.com/a/okVK9 (it isn't water season now but just imagine +3 hp and speed on top of the stats in those images) Yeah. Alfonse might be part moose (knuckle) but I guess he is mostly bunny. Now I want bunny Ryoma though... :(

I appreciate it. Unfortunately, I didn't get any SF allies last round. Maybe I will get your Palla this time if we are on the same team again. Since bunny Chrom lost, I joined bunny Lucina. While fishing for bunny Chroms I got a +speed -defense bunny Lucina to replace the original +defense -speed one. I guess that was her attempt to recruit me. @Thane I added you. I have Barst up right now; please let me know if you would like another unit. @Johann Glad to see your Cain again! He has shown up a few times already this round. I forgot to mention that your Cain was one of my most frequent allies on team Xander. He reprised his role as the heavy lifter. My other units pick off whatever scraps he leaves behind (usually nothing with the resurgence of green enemies this round). Best of luck to both teams in the final round! We can all take solace in the fact that a bunny will win no matter what.

Yeah he's probably my Barst if he is +10. Glad to see that he is still putting in work. I joined bunny Chrom, if you want to join me. I put up Zelgius to help out my fellow bunny Chrom users. There is nothing worse than getting walled by a single triangle adept user because of too much of one color lol. I know I have other people from here on my friend roster, so please let me know if anyone needs a different ally from me (or if anyone new wants to add me, let me know). Good luck to everyone!