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FE7 (female leads) vs. Death Knight wasn't too bad. 5*+10+15 +Atk Nifl Lyn: Spd Carrot Cudgel+, Noontime, Distant Counter, Null Follow-Up, Pulse Smoke, Atk/Def Solo +2+5 +HP Duo Lyn: Tailwind Shuriken, Reposition, Ruptured Sky, Swift Sparrow, Spd/Def Rein Bride Ninian: Fresh Bouquet, Dance, Atk Tactic, Gale Dance 1 5*+9+5 +Def Florina: eff. Florina's Lance, Reposition, Distant Ward, Quick Riposte, Atk/Def Rein

1/12: New Power banner (Lewyn, Hinoka, Genny) 1/14: Hot Springs rerun banner (Ryoma, Hinoka, Sakura, Elise) 1/16: Tanya+Osian BHB banner 1/17: TT banner 1/18: Special Heroes banner 1/19: TT 1/20: Combat boosts 1/22: New Heroes + Forging Bonds Rerun (Ike, Julia, Corrin, Lyon) 1/24: Iago GHB rerun 1/28: Mythic Heroes banner 1/30: Wrath banner 2/2: (something could happen during the anniversary celebration) 2/5: Valentines 2021 banner; Tempest Trials 2/9: New Power banner So this month's season: could be another Hot Spring banner or some other one-off theme not unlike the aforementioned Hot Springs theme, or the picnic, pirates, or ninja themes. Finally a date on the Fallen Heroes 2020 rerun. Will definitely pull since I need a Fallen Ike for Repel.

FE8 vs. Kronya: 5*+8+3 +Res Tethys: Res Temari+, Dance, Fury 3, Wings of Mercy, Drive Res, Def/Res 2 +2+0 +Spd Mage Eirika: eff. Gleipnir, Reposition, Luna, Swift Sparrow 2, Desperation, Savage Blow, Chill Res Duo Ephraim: Reginleif, Reposition, Galeforce, Heavy Blade, Lull Atk/Def, Odd Atk Wave, Even Atk Wave +Spd/-Def Innes: Nidhogg, Draw Back, Growing Wind, Life and Death 3, Poison Strike, Savage Blow FE13 vs. Ike+Soren: 5*+10+0 +Res Donnel: Res Casa Blanca, Reposition, Sol, Distant Counter, Atk Smoke, Quick Riposte +2+0 CYL Lucina: eff. Geirskogul, Shove, Sol, Spd/Def Link, Drive Spd, Distant Guard 5*+10+6 Aversa: Aversa's Night, Reposition, Moonbow, HP +5, Drive Res, HP +5 5*+1+0 +Atk ATiki: +Res Lightning Breath, Reposition

Is it me, or is the AI for this map kind of pepega? The generic mooks had every opportunity to move and break the blocks to reach my units but nope, they don't even try. Duo Lyn and 3 WoM flier dancers swept the map.

I'm a bit annoyed that he is yet another red tome unit with a status tome but at the same time, I can rest assured that I'm not really missing out on him by not dumping resources other than level-up crystals. And there are other things to complain about like availability of skills (ie. tier 3 Solo A-skills, first released in late 2018, are still premium skills).

Got Beruka, Titania, Echidna, Ced, and Sheena from the free summons on the new banner. Oh, the irony. Tried to get the student but pulled his teacher instead. I see this as a win, either way.

I'd say that Oboro is too busy working on a Resplendent outfit offscreen (unseen by Bernadetta here) in addition to her usual work -- she does come from a family that sells kimonos, after all!

Pretty fodder heavy banner for the most part. Asbel has Fury 4 which is something I would want for Eir though FByleth would be better value to me since Eir could use Ruptured Sky whereas foddering Asbel to her would be a waste of NFU. Ronan seems neat but he is rather similar to Jorge and Jeorge. Miranda's cute and Raudrserpent and Spd/Res Gap are finally going to be non-premium (though who would use them anyways?). Sara's staff is alright but it doesn't seem too crazy compared to Flayn's staff; it just seems more there to let Sara still do some duties of being a healer while acting more as a Reposition bot. A healer version of Reposition is kind of nuts on a Gravity+ healer built explicitly for cheesing AA teams, though. Veld being the GHB is expected though what he'd be doing is another question entirely -- given that he's a Dark Bishop in his home game, his being yet another F2P infantry red mage seems already too likely going to happen. However, given that he has a spell called Stone (which does play a part in FE5's story) in his home game and that Sara does have the Kia Staff (in FE5, the Kia Staff is the only way to restore a unit petrified by the Stone spell), there's a possibility that we could have our first F2P colorless mage, which would be nice for Pawns of Loki in addition to Arena modes given that the recent mages can hit 170 BST without needing Duel skills.

6 free summons and 90 orbs into the Omega banner. The results are kind of blursed. CYL Camilla (+Spd/-Def, new to me) Leila (+Atk/-Spd, new to me) 2x 4* New Year's Kaden Also 5*+9+3'd Reyson and can make Tethys 5*+9+3 and +HP. Wish I have another Spring Palla or a Larum with crap traits to throw at Leila. I also have completed the Camillity Gauntlet.

Aw man, Omega Special Heroes banners (the apparent name for these type of banners -- Double Special Heroes with 6% 5* Focus rate and 2% off-Focus 5* rate) are going to suck. If this is supposed to be the answer for having too many banners for a specific seasonal theme, this ain't it, chief. RIP to those who randomly pull a garbage off-focus unit like Adrift Camilla, Adrift Mikoto, or Ylgr. Keaton being the TT reward unit -- welp, GG, TT reward unit with interesting/good fodder since Keaton is a beast unit (beast units will always have a Prf weapon and therefore no interesting inheritable seasonal weapon though then again, all of the 2021 New Year's units have Prf weapons). Plumeria's Close Ward is going to be a huge meme since it's mainly going to be useful for mages and dagger units with dragonslayer weapons. At least Atk/Def Rein is nice. Peony is going to be dumb since she's a dancer that can dance twice in one turn. And since she's a Duo unit with at least 190 BST, better prepare red ranged units for her since she's likely going to be appear quite a bit in Arena modes. Velouria looks pretty spicy -- DC+NFU for fodder and her weapon makes herself kind of like a refined CYL Lucina. She looks like another unit made for AR-O tanking. Don't really care too much about Kaden though he is seemingly poised to be yet another red Galeforce cav, especially with the Spd based effects.

Ninja Duo Lyn destroys the map with 3 dancers -- she can ORKO any unit on the Abyssal map that isn't a walking refrigerator. It does come down to making sure that the armored units don't group up for Armor March and Lyn KOing a lot of things per turn until the fridges get isolated. +2+5 +HP Ninja Duo Lyn: Tailwind Shuriken, Reposition, Ruptured Sky, Fury 4, Desperation, Spd/Def Rein, Savage Blow 3 flier dancers with Wings of Mercy and buffing skills (I used Legendary Azura, New Year's Azura, and Plumeria) Fury is chosen over Swift Sparrow so that the dancers can actually use Wings of Mercy for more mobility in general since the map can get crowded very quickly. There's also that Lyn kills things so easily that without Fury, she'd be taking no damage at all, which could make it harder for the dancers to support her.

Archanea vs. Hrid took a few tries and some skill inheritance. 5*+10+9 +Atk Resplendent Caeda: eff. Wing Sword, Reposition, Galeforce, Distant Counter, Desperation, Spd/Def Rein, Death Blow +Spd/-Res Phina: Dance, Spd/Def Form, Wings of Mercy, Hone Atk 3 +HP/-Atk Harmonic Tiki: Frostfire Breath, Reposition, Glimmer, Atk/Spd Push, Escape Route, With Everyone!, Atk +1 5*+10 Young Minerva: Dragoon Axe, Reposition, Galeforce, Wings of Mercy, Spd Smoke, Atk/Spd 2

Looks like I have little option but to use Sanaki as the bonus unit until I get a hold of 5* Winter Felix since I didn't get any of the Winter focus units on first summoning session. Definitely excited for the seals even though I'm sitting around with well over 1K Sacred Coins at this point but hey, that's going to change soon since this TT and the New Year's one.

Even with an Atk Flaw, Shinon breaks the Corrin+Kana LHB (though he does want an Atk buff to ORKO Kana). +Def/-Atk Shinon: base kit CYL Micaiah: filler 5*+10+8 Sothe: Atk Broadleaf Fan+, Reposition, Close Counter, Vantage, Atk Smoke, Brazen Atk/Res 5*+10 Ashnard: Gurgurant, Even Atk Wave

I'm more pleased to see Thorr and Loki in a comic together and don't really care much about the joke that's mainly familiar to Japanese audiences. Feh: TAP!

Winter Sephiran: his inheritable staff is pretty neat (Drive Def/Res 1 and Guard effect) and has a pretty neat team support skill in Odd Recovery. Though for the case of Odd Recovery, it seems to be more useful for AR-D teams (as a counter to Isolation effects coming from Mila and Bride Fjorm as well as the turn 3 Bolt Tower assuming the Odd Recovery user doesn't get sniped, and Tempest Trials autobattle teams (which is more of a luxury than a necessity). Even Recovery would probably be more immediately useful in the hands of players (counters Duma's Upheaval damage and can complement allies using Renewal 3 since Renewal 3 only works on odd-numbered turns). Winter Bernadetta: largely a standard premium player phase green mage cavalier. Hrist is neat in setting up Brunnya and Idunn as well as Bernadetta herself. I can imagine that she'd be useful as a Legendary Chrom counterpick. Winter Hilda: Candy Cane isn't bad but it's not lance Carrot Cudgel. Atk/Def Form seems nice on her if no DC since as an armored unit, she'd likely be sticking with her (armored) allies anyways. Even Follow-Up is kind of a surprise on a 4* unit but it's already pretty lame since it's not Special Fighter or Bold Fighter though being an armored unit is pretty oof nowadays. (She could be good for Pawns of Loki but Pawns of Loki prefers beasts, bows, and dagger units during physical weapons bonus periods.) Harmonic Altina+Sanaki: appears to be heavily advertised for AR-O teams rather than Resonant Battles thanks to having a DC Brave Prf weapon, Atk/Res Unity, and Null C-Disrupt and gets Vantage via Harmonic skill. And if the original Altina unit were to be of any indication, she'd have high Atk, decent mixed bulk with an emphasis on Res, and dump Spd. Also probably the most boring of a pair-up thus far since Altina and Sanaki are almost from the same game (they're both Tellius characters, just that one is from the lore and is treated as a Radiant Dawn character while the other appears in both Tellius games but the depiction used is from her Path of Radiance appearance). Winter Felix: his being an armored unit doesn't do him any favors outside of Pawns of Loki (now if only there could be a 3-4* available red bow unit). And knowing IS, his Swift Sparrow 2 would likely be a 5* unlock. F2P-friendly colored bows thus far: Red: none Blue: Jorge, Winter Felix Green: Python, Rath

Three Houses vs. Cynthia is pretty easy if you have picked and kept CYL Dimitri. CYL Dimitri: base kit, Spd/Res Bond Flayn: base kit, Atk +3, Distant Guard +HP/-Def Annette: base kit +Atk/-Def CYL Lysithea: base kit The Lysithea I have does apparently have enough Atk and Spd to ORKO Cynthia on Infernal difficulty.

Fates vs. Fallen Delthea: 5*+10+5 Bath Camilla: Def Kagami Mochi+, Reposition, Noontime, Close Counter, Mystic Boost, Atk Smoke, Iote's Shield +1+0 +Spd Bow Hinoka: Warrior Princess, Reposition, Moonbow, Fury 3, Desperation, Goad Fliers, Atk +1 +Spd/-Atk New Years Azura: Spd Hagoita+, Sing, Flier Formation, Hone Fliers, Fortify Def 1 5*+0+0 +Spd/-HP Camilla: eff. Camilla's Axe, Reposition, Ward Fliers FE6 vs. Ephraim+Myrrh 5*+9+10 +Spd Brunnya: Fimbulvetr, Reposition, Sol, Atk/Spd Solo 3, Pulse Smoke, Spd/Res Solo 5*+1+0 +Atk Resplendent Roy: eff. Binding Blade, Swap, Iceberg, Close Def 3, Guard 2, Hone Spd 3, Warding Stance 5*+0+0 +Atk/-Def Cecilia: eff. Tome of Order, Draw Back, Atk + 3 4*+6 +Spd Clarine: Gravity+, Rehabilitate, Atk+3, Wings of Mercy, Hone Atk 2

I lucked out with the Book 5 banner: Shigure Cain Reginn (+Atk/-Def) Duessel (+Spd/-Atk lmao) Clair

Easily the biggest part to me are the changes to AR and summoning. The changes the AR seem to be an attempt to make it less annoying as a gamemode with generally more simple scoring and the gamemode being more forgiving (ie. bringing an in-season Mythic unit is like granting the team an extra life in scoring in case 1 ally gets KO'd.) Though I wouldn't be surprised if the gamemode becomes more competitive, especially now that we have a free Astral Mythic Hero in Reginn. Only a matter of time before non-dancer Mythics of books 3-4 get phased out in favor of book 5 Mythics and onwards among the tryhard competitive players. Yay for making off-focus pitybreakers hurt less though I can imagine that it wouldn't significantly change the experience much for players who consistently get pitybreakers at relatively low percentages -- it only really shows itself for players who rack up well over 4.5%+ rates (which is still a lot of orbs). I know some FE8 fans are happy with the new banner. I'm personally not excited about it: Duessel: basically better Academy Dimitri Selena: glass cannon blue mage cav. Another source of LnD4 and a dual Rally at least Natasha: another healer with decent Atk and Res who's going to be demoted. At least Close Guard is going to be easier to get, I guess. I'd probably spend my Forging Bonds free tickets on red in hopes of Reginn merges since I don't really have orbs to throw around. Knoll is yet another red infantry mage. At least Raudrfox is no longer a premium weapon skill. Caellach is pretty much Flame Emperor but infantry. If he has a superboon, he'll pretty much be a direct upgrade over Flame Emperor since better mobility. Winter 2020 banner to allow for sparking and up to 3 times. Again, don't and likely wouldn't have orbs to throw around. Wouldn't be surprised if a lot of players are going to spark at least once for the Harmonic Hero.

Lyn finally wins a Voting Gauntlet! Also got top 1K in In-Army rank for the final round!

476 orbs spent total on the Ninja banner. Got: 3x Duo Lyn (+HP +2) Ninja Laevatein (foddered to Florina) Ninja Zihark (+Atk/-HP) Ninja Navarre (+HP/-Def) Ophelia (+Spd/-Atk) Eleonora (+Atk/-Res) CYL Claude (+HP/-Atk) Felt like an oof to me since I got the first 2 Lyns within 164 orbs while the final Lyn took 312 and only arrived on the last possible colorless pull I could do.

No greens in the first session so 0 chance of Freyja or Triandra. 3 colorless but alas, they're Kagero and 2 healers.

Annoying fight but got through the Abyssal map. Initially tried to use my tank Lyn team but that Blue Fafnir is too well-supported and bulky. Team used for Abyssal: +HP +1+5 S-Supported Duo Lyn: Tailwind Shuriken, Reposition, Ruptured Sky, Swift Sparrow, Desperation, Spd/Def Rein, Swift Sparrow +Atk 5*+10+7 Reinhardt: Dire Thunder, Reposition, Blazing Thunder, Death Blow 4, Lancebreaker, Savage Blow, Quickened Pulse +HP +1 Bride Ninian: Spd Fresh Bouquet+, Dance, Wings of Mercy, Drive Spd, Drive Atk +Atk +1 Thrasir: Ifingr, Draw Back, Moonbow, Flashing Blade, Killing Intent, Panic Smoke, Death Blow