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If you want him ORKing stuffs more you might want to consider Luna instead of Moonbow, Though Moonbow is the real deal if he falls into Desperation range.

You need to know how jelly I am of you, especially that Eliwood.

Reinhardt, Hinoka, Cordelia and maybe Sully and Abel.

You need to wait for an hour for the score to update. Unless the Arena has gone crazy.

Then lemme join you in celebration. Hoping to get another Palla since I want a better nature of her. So I went with the Pegasus banner. 2 Reds and 3 Whites...

Glory be to Whitewings! Sort of. I'm in love with Palla and Minerva, they sure are pulling their weights for me. Turn 1: Palla baits the Green Axe by having Olivia dance her to position Turn 2 Minerva tank hits from Navarre (what is WTD lool) Healer heals Navarre for 8 HP. Turn 3 Forgot to mention that they're all vanillas.

Thanks for the awesome report! I think I'm gonna go with the Tank build since I eventually want to make a Dragon team at some point. But first, I need a good nature Fae to work with. I can understand why swords barely scratch him when he's at 50% HP. He'd be rocking 49 Def during that. He's an Armor in disguise. The bad thing is Moonbow and Luna is his anti-thesis.

Which is the reason why he can reach 70 Mt when initiating attack.

I know no man more cruel and evil than you. Now begone, you chicken killer! But I'll give you a credit for being a psychic. @MrSmokestack that'd be appreciated. Mine is +Atk -Spd, which makes me really sad seeing her getting killed even by Greens and sometimes Blues for reason I don't pay attention of. A good reference point is always nice to have.

Actually, I'm wondering what build is good for Fae. She's tanky but she'll get doubled by a lot of things. She reminds me of Seliph, who I also don't know the good build of.

Hmm. You know @Ryu Yuki I thought of something real stupid with your idea. What you need is a +Spd Eliwood with this build Weapon: Durandal Assist: anything Special: Galeforce Passive A: Swift Sparrow 2 Passive B: Desperation 3 Passive C: Goad Cavalry Required teammates: Wings Ninian and Wings Hone Cavalry man. Optional:Goad Cavalry man is also nice to have, especially if they also have Wings, else another Wings Dancer. General strategy Have Eliwood buffed with Hone ORK a physical unit. This will let him fall into Desperation range without Ardent sacrifice. Galeforce count: 2 Ninian teleport dance Eliwood. Eliwood ORK someone with Desperation. Galeforce activates. Either ORK another someone or position him to safety. Hone Cavalry man teleport to cover Eliwood, preparing for next turn Hone, or have him attack another enemy when possible Honestly, I dunno how effective will this be, but it can be really interesting to run with.

Ah yeah, with that Spd, he'll be able to double quite a lot of Reds, except +Spd Marth, not -Spd Lucina, Lyn, Ryoma, and Karel, and some more. Desperation is also real good fun option thanks to Yuki's idea, but he needs to lose exactly 10 HP for it to work (9 if -HP). I forgot: It's recommended to have a unit with Reposition/Swap to pair with so that he can be taken to safety if he sustained some sort of damage.

Roy wants to nuke like his father can, but Binding Blade got nerfed to oblivion. Thus, he went delusional. +Speed Eli can't double standard swords like Lucina, Marth, Lyn, etc unfortunately. Instead, +Spd would make him not get doubled by them, but with Swordbreaker he does now! In the usage tips, I wrote that he is recommended to be accompanied a unit with Hone and Goad each. I wonder who is the last mysterious member hmm hinthint. Thank you for the praise! I actually considered Swift Sparrow on him at some point too, but I want to get the point across that people don't need such a luxurious investment to make him work. Hence, this build. I'd probably say the hardest fodder to get for this is Abel since he's only available at 4* and 5*. With Swift Sparrow, on+Spd Eliwood, he'd be able to win against more unit (113 out of 118 vs 111 out of 118). Those 2 units are Azura and...Spring Lucina herself, lol, when stacked with both Hone and Goad. Your idea is really similar to my 2nd build actually (which nets the same result), the one downside is that he is one punching less units than with +Atk and Death Blow (47 compared to 35). Among these include Lucina, Ryoma, and Marth even with Hone and Goad. When unbuffed, however, +Spd allows him to win against a lot more units (81 out of 118) compared to my build (71 out of 118), primarily, he doesn't get killed when fighting against Sharena anymore. To my surprise, +Atk Eliwood garner more wins than +Spd Eliwood on defense (their number of losses are the same) . I say if you're okay with Eliwood one-shotting less, then go ahead, but to sacrifice a Lucina for that is a bit eyebrow-raising for me haha. Glad I managed to convince you. I'd say Eldigan is a great substitute when given similar build (replace Moonbow with Luna) if you got him. Though, he is less atomic than Eliwood. To be frank, I'm honestly not a fan of Ardent Sacrifice, but this is quite the brilliant idea! He'll kill exactly 105 out of 118 neutral 5* units without needing Moonbow activation which is pretty damn crazy. While it's a shame that he will be ORKing less Blues (namely Nowi and Ephraim among others), this idea is real real nice. Apparently, Death Blow on +Spd Eliwood actually nets the same result. +Atk Desperation+Death Blow kills a lot more though, funnily enough, 110 out of 118 units (wow, so Moonbow actually only adds one more kill to his list, gg Eliwood gg). Since it may be relevant, that one unit is Zephiel. This man is insane lmao. Braindead Horse Emblem it is.

As long as it's not -Atk go ahead with Spd. But damn, why didn't I thought of +Spd -Res Eliwood for my analysis. This nature may as well be one of the best nature for him in a Cavalry team. Tis a blunder.

I finally got around writing my envisioned build for Eliwood after some theorycrafting and procrastination. I should mention first that if anybody ever want to use Eliwood, then the place in which he truly belong is with Ninian Cavalry team. Ergo, this build is specific to said team where he can unleash his inner beast and become a Hero. One thing of note is that this analysis is based on his matchup against neutral 5* units similar in vein to Ice Dragon's analysis column and partially inspired by Elieson's idea of Horse Emblem meta. LIMIT BREAK ELIWOOD General recommended nature: +Atk -Res EDIT: +Spd -Res is also recommended. This analysis is based upon +Atk -Res, however. I've got two builds in mind for him. One is focused on him one punching a lot of things and the other is more focused on ORKing a lot of things, both achieved with the help of Goad and Hone. So allow me to start with the first build. One Punch Wood Stats: 39/50/30/23/29 Weapon: Durandal Assist: Swap/Reciprocal Aid Special: Moonbow Passive A: Death Blow 3 Passive B: Swordbreaker 3 Passive C: Ward/Hone/Fortify/Goad Cavalry Moonbow is wanted as Horse Emblem generally plays by setting up good positioning for blitzkrieg. As such, it won't be a stretch to see Eliwood buffed consistently, doubling units that he couldn't one shot, which will let him activate Moonbow for guaranteed kill (35 out 118). Death Blow is the centerpiece of this build, it essentially allows him to one shot a lot of neutral natured units (76 out of 118) when buffed with Goad and Hone. Considering the popular sword units are speedy, Swordbreaker will help him out in defensive turn when the worst comes to shove. For his C, I would recommend Hone/Ward Cavalry if you're running with a Blade unit. Goad makes a good substitute due to it's versatility Swap and Reciprocal Aid plays a role in helping him survives after rounds of combat if he has sustained some damage. Enough with the formality, on to his analysis! Usage Tip It's recommended to run him together with units who has Hone and Goad to capitalize on his Blade tier Might. It's a plus to equip them with Reposition or Swap since Eliwood doesn't really like to be physically beat up (even though he fares quite well against many units). Remember to pair him up with Wings Ninian for some crazy shenanigans. Against Reds On the offensive, unbuffed Eliwood with his 60 Might will almost ORK every Reds in the game sans Tharja, Y!Tiki and Raigh, When buffed with a Hone/Goad, Eliwood is able to one shot Tharja, and Raigh (Y!Tiki sure is a tough cookie huh). With both of these stacked, however, he will be rocking a ridiculous 70 worth of Mt and 40 spd, That's enough for him to ORK every Reds in this game. Even better, this sheer Mt allows him. to one punch popular non- +HP or +Def natured Reds such as the likes of Marth, Lucina, Ryoma, and Eirika without suffering any counterattack. On the defensive, unbuffed Eliwood is able to tank a hit from every Reds except Ogma, who outright kills him. Other than that, he is capable of winning against a majority of Reds except the bulky one like Y!Tiki, Seliph, Hinata, etc (neutral Chrom dies exactly at 47 dmg, interestingly enough), When stimulated with a Hone he is able to ORK all the aforementioned units. Topping that off with a Goad the only Sword he isn't capable of killing is the fearsome wall carrying the name of Draug. In conclusion, Eliwood with Swordbreaker will fare really well against Reds if you choose to have him fight against one. His good Res allows him to survive an attack from Raigh, too Against Blues Don't ever make Eliwood attack blues if he doesn't have his buffs with him since he will not be able to kill any of the blues except Reinhardt. If he has one of the buff with him, he'll be able to ORK some of the blues, notably neutral Ephraim, Robin. and Nowi. A single Hone will enable him to one-shot Linde and ORK Cordelia. At his most powerful state, he is able to ORK a lot of blues (including Ninian....). There are 4 units -who can't be beat by any Red Sword everrrrr- which will kill him and 3 he won't be able to ORK: Subaki, Sully, Abel, Effie, and, Azura, Wendy, Lucina Jordan respectively, who make the rest 7 out of 118 units he couldn't outright kill. If you somehow for some unspeakable reasons decide to make Eliwood tank blues, then he won't be able to do much when unbuffed. Other than the units he lose against as mentioned above, Sharena and Linde will also deliver the same fate to him. Buffing him with a Hone/Goad will help him survive a bit more but it's unwise to do so. For the best survival against blues, it's best to stack both Fortify and Ward. Though if you're stacking Goad and Hone he'll be able to ORK a couple of blues, prominently Sharena (and Ninian...). In conclusion, super Eliwood is able to ORK a lot of Blues, which is really fun to see, but don't make him tank blues because he won't be able to tank much and will die most of the time . Against Greens Offensively, unbuffed Eliwood will kill a majority of Greens except Michalis, Merric, Barst, Spring Chrom, and Bartre. Stacking a Goad is enough for him to kill every Green known to existence. Stacking Goad and Hone will let him one punch all greens except Bartre and Hector. Nuff said. Axebreaker Eliwood would be able to kill every Green without buff but hey, he's already good enough without, don't you think? Unfortunately, on Defense, he won't be able to produce the brilliant result he brings in offensive primarily because of no DB and Durandal effect. He is capable of ORKing some Greens unbuffed, notably Hector and Camilla (the latter lets him activate Moonbow on counter), but lots of Greens will survive against him. That being the case, a single Hone remedy this unremarkable result. With Hone, there's only 1 unit (Mages are obviously excluded because Eliwood can't throw Durandal like Hector can with Armads) who can survive against Eliwood. His name is neutral Spd Chrom, the harbinger of Spring. Against Colorless My biased requisite of a good unit is one who is capable of ORKing Takumi. Unbuffed Eliwood can't achieve this feat however (neutral Takumi survives with 5 HP), but he does kill neutral Klein exactly, and Kagero, though she's a puny nuisance for Cavalry team to begin with. Giving him a Hone will be enough to one-shot neutral Takumi, or almost all the Colorless really (Saizo and Matthew are tank). There's nothing much to say for his defense, apart from that the only unit capable of offing him is Klein. OP huh. Wished I had him. That said, Eliwood stacked with Ward can survive against non-+Atk Klein.Oh yeah, just a heads up, if you want to make Eliwood tank speedy physical colorless, be sure to stick a Hone and a Ward/Fortify on him because he's barely scraping against them as is. Gordon will deals 36 damage to him, nonetheless. -To be Continued? Actually, the 2nd build is awfully similar to this one, just less nuke-y so I'm quite unsure if I should make another analysis for the 2nd build.

Same for me as well. Replacing Julia for Michalis in my team already saddens me before it even begun. I have a real great fun using Julia, Eirika, Ryoma, Ninian, too.

Hm, give Spd+3, Moonbow, and Vantage = profit. Camus, modded Eliwood, Unit with Hone Cavalry (prob Blade Cecilia or Leo), and Reinhardt for me. Braindead nuking ftw.

I'm glad I've done the quests earlier. Though I've chugged down quite a bit of potions to do so.

Fun point: I found a build that lets Eliwood ORK 113/118 neutral natured 5* units assuming he is buffed with Goad and Hone Cavalry. It's quite cheap to build too hehe (though he needs +Atk nature).

Athos casts Forblaze with his staff. He's an outlier, r-right?

I find it amusing that there is no Red Sword capable of one-shotting vanilla Sully even with 108 atk (assuming neutral 5*), It might sounds like an obvious thing, but it's just something I noticed when building the ultimate Eliwood.

If you want Defiant Atk on Ninian, then it'd probably be more effective if you have Desperation or Breaker sills. Though for Desperation she needs to be +Spd for it to work effectively. Defiant Spd could act as if she had +Spd (which lets her kills most Falchion users except neutral Spd Lucina), but still, Ninian on the offensive is quite risky to play with, imo. Goad and Hone Dragon when IS.

I got a score of 4.4k~ with Lucius previously which ranked me at 26k. That would probably drop me outside of 30k range. However, thanks to Ninian, I managed to do a deathless run and got exactly 4.5k -she ORK'd a Roy for funsies too, which ranks me at 10.902. This score would have placed me in top 10k in previous seasons, but at least I'm totes safe for the top 30k.

Tinkering with that website gave me some funny result for my envisioned Eliwood build for my cavalry team. Namely, he ORK'd 111 units in total, 76 purely from one attack, and the rest 35 from doubling. He only dies by 4 units (3 of whom are not common in the high Arena atm). I'll make a write-up for my One Slash Man Eliwood after I crunched some more data.

Grats. Now you just need to get an Eliwood and the OTP will be complete. Ninian is real gud on the Arena too.