DLNarshen

Season 48 (1.3.0 S33) Results: Score: 4,972 Defense: 596 Rank: Tier 19 --> 20 Changes from last week: -Hinoka got Galeforce -Caeda got another merge (+4 to +5) -Jaffar used as a bonus character Pulling a dupe B!Roy off of Gunnthra's legendary banner meant Hinoka finally gets the Galeforce I've been talking about for a while. I had a Jaffar built up from a couple months back, and since I didn't have to worry about score his low BST and lack of many expensive skills hardly matters. Most matches he served as little more than a warm body, but he was quite helpful in dealing with W!Chrom lacking DC. Arena Assault: Rank: 2,875 Finally got a week where I wasn't low-balled constantly! It was enough to get me in the next scoring tier, which I'm pleased about. This was also done before Hinoka got Galeforce and Caeda was still at +4, so I'm hoping to get similar results this week. Hall of Fame: Previous Season Results:

Used my New Year's free summon on the second of the new year...

I burst out laughing when I saw Ryoma on the roster. Could I get him instead of Corrin?

Here ya'll are beating it in a couple tries and I wasted two stamina potions lol. Went through a bit of trial and error with horse teams and a mixed team with Hector, but ultimately succeeded with my classic flier team thanks to the new Iote's Shield seal. :)

It feels like an attempt at damage control for not offering anything worthwhile for Christmas like many other gacha games, and for having two seasonal banners in a row with this new one having very questionable character choices. If twitter responses and the JP trailer dislike bar are any indication, the Japanese community is really frustrated with this whole situation.

While I don't necessarily want to make you regret your choice even more, for future TTs it's better to just use 4* characters and auto-battle Hard 5 instead. Points gained are slightly lower, but the AI has a much better shot at surviving, and my 4* Nowi survives almost every round. You might drop a tier in the rankings, but...it's a feather loss of 2K vs 20K.

I did this too, except with Fae instead. I thought the upgrade looked too good (removing the Special cooldown penalty? buffing allies? heck yeah), but my mind didn't register immediately that I was upgrading the wrong one. I felt like such a dummy afterward.

Was going to post this in the new banner thread in response to the discussion of actual new characters being added, but it's moving too fast now. It looks like this month will be the lightest month so far, with only 4 new characters including Gunnthra. Assuming I didn't miscount, here's what each month looked like: February – 12 (2) March – 8 (2) April – 10 (2) May – 7 (2) June – 7 (3) July – 8 (2) August – 6 (2) September – 6 (1) October – 6 (2) November – 5 (2) December -- 4 With the number on the left being the total, and parentheses indicating how many were GHBs and TT rewards. Two seasonal banners in a row is disgraceful, and at this point I wouldn't be surprised if they just made some excuse to have another one at the end of January.

While I'm hoping the new character is free, I'm not holding my breath. If I summon on this, red will be my color of choice. Ryoma and Sigurd are both very desirable for me, and if I get B!Roy I can give Hinoka Galeforce without having to spend 20K feathers. Blue is a complete pass once again, and green is also very underwhelming outside of Gunnthra. Colorless looks very solid, but I have my reasons to save orbs so prioritization is a must.

The game will likely have to update later today to prep for Gunnthra's addition, so it's possible the new characters will be datamined with it as early as tonight.

Season 47 (1.3.0 S32) Results: Score: 4,976 Defense: 596 Rank: Tier 20 --> 19 Not feasible to stay in tier 20 without Fjorm for me, so back down I go... Arena Assault: Rank: 3,310 So close, yet so far to the 3K cut-off. A couple more merges and Galeforce on Hinoka might be enough to do it, but right now I want to work on other projects. Hall of Fame: Previous Season Results:

That's putting it mildly. Just a whole lot of reruns and recycled content. The past week or so I've done nothing but auto-battle the developer maps for HM, and tomorrow I can auto-battle a TT for two weeks and get a character I've already gotten twice before. A new GHB would be nice. It's now been two months and a week since Arvis was released, with no acknowledgement of another character showing up anytime soon. I don't expect to ever go back to the two-week schedule for obvious reasons, but this is ridiculous.

I thought this GHB was so difficult when it was first ran, but this time Infernal was cleared in one try with my usual flier team. Narcian just steamrolls through these guys, and because of how quick and smooth I played it again to make a video. Unit builds are at the end of the video.

Looks like this will be the first TT I won't have a 40% bonus unit. I expected they'd all be the new Christmas characters, but it doesn't make it any less disappointing.

another double post...

December: Alfonse: Balanced (Promoted) Amelia: +Def/-Atk Anna: Balanced (Promoted) Arden: Balanced (Free) Azama: +Res/-Atk (Promoted) Azura +1: +Atk/-Hp Azura (PA): +Def/-Atk Black Knight: Balanced (Free) Boey: Balanced Caeda: +Atk/-Hp (Promoted) Camus: Balanced (Promoted) Catria: +Res/-Hp Cecilia: Balanced (Promoted) Celica: +Hp/-Def Chrom: +Res/-Hp Clive: Balanced (Free) Corrin-F (Summer): +Def/-Hp Eirika: +Atk/-Hp (Promoted) Eldigan: +Spd/-Hp Elincia: +Def/-Res Eliwood: +Spd/-Def Ephraim: +Res/-Def Fae: +Hp/-Spd Fjorm: Balanced (Free) Genny: +Atk/-Spd Genny: +Hp/-Def Gray: +Def/-Atk Hector: +Def/-Hp Hector: +Def/-Atk Hinoka: +Spd/-Hp Ike: +Res/-Def Ike: +Def/-Spd Ike (CYL): +Atk/-Hp Innes: +Spd/-Res Jaffar: +Spd/-Res Joshua: Balanced (Free) Julia: +Spd/-Def Katarina: +Hp/-Atk Leo: +Atk/-Hp Lucina (CYL): +Def/-Spd Lyn (CYL): Balanced (Free) Mae: +Res/-Hp Marth-M +1: Balanced (Free) Narcian +3: Balanced (Promoted) Ninian: +Def/-Atk Nino: +Spd/-Hp (Promoted) Ogma: +Res/-Hp Raven: +Res/-Spd Reinhardt: +Res/-Spd Robin-F: Balanced (Promoted) Roy (CYL): +Spd/-Atk Sanaki: +Hp/-Res Seth: +Hp/-Atk Setsuna: +Atk/-Res Shanna: +Spd/-Hp (Promoted) Sharena: Balanced (Promoted) Shigure (PA): +Atk/-Hp Tailtiu: +Atk/-Def Takumi: +Hp/-Res Takumi: +Atk/-Hp Tana: +Hp/-Res Tharja: +Res/-Atk Tiki(Adult): +Def/-Res (Promoted) Tiki(Young): +Res/-Spd Tobin: Balanced (Free) Valter: Balanced (Promoted) Xander: Balanced (Promoted) Total: 69 SI'd or Merged: Athena: +Res/-Atk ; Passed on Wo Dao+ to Caeda Azura: +Def/-Res ; Merged Caeda: n/a ; Merged Caeda: n/a ; Merged Caeda: n/a ; Merged Caeda: n/a ; Merged Gordin: +Res/-Atk ; Passed on Brave Bow+ to Setsuna Hana: n/a ; Passed on Life and Death 3 to Setsuna Hana: n/a ; Passed on Life and Death 3 to Shanna Hector: n/a ; Passed on Distant Counter to Caeda Hector: n/a ; Passed on Distant Counter to Narcian Hinoka: n/a ; Merged Hinoka: n/a ; Merged Marth-M: Balanced ; Merged Narcian: Balanced ; Merged Narcian: Balanced ; Merged Narcian: Balanced ; Merged Narcian: Balanced ; Merged Narcian: Balanced ; Merged Nowi: n/a ; Passed on Lightning Breath+ to Fae Odin: n/a ; Passed on Blarblade+ to Corrin-F (Summer) Roderick: n/a ; Passed on Firesweep L+ to Shanna Shanna: n/a ; Merged Total: 23

Narcian could benefit from just about any +Atk boon. +Atk/-Res or Def would probably be ideal on the first set, if only because -Hp would mean he could no longer reliably Panic Ploy common horse threats without wasting his seal on Hp+5. -Hp would be good on merged, heavily invested sets. Also, I'll add Glimmer as an option on the second set -- I keep forgetting about its cooldown reduction.

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Season 46 (1.3.0 S31) Results: Score: 5,016 (New Record!) Defense: 600 Rank: Tier 20 --> 20 Changes from last week: -Caeda got another merge (+3 to +4) I'm kind of embarrassed to admit that I burned through over 100 dueling crests fishing for scores this week. Either I kept getting low-balled, or something would go wrong on the 5th or 6th battle. I had a big stockpile so it didn't matter much, but boy was it frustrating. No Fjorm and a bunch of high BST armors as bonus units next cycle means I'm going to relax and allow myself to fall back to 19. Arena Assault: Rank: 3,175 Looks like the same score doesn't cut it any more for top 3K. Hopefully I get better scores next week. Hall of Fame: Previous Season Results:

Narcian, Wyvern General Green Axe Flier 5★ Lv. 40 Stats: Hp: 42 Atk: 29 Spd: 29 Def: 32 Res: 26 Total: 158 Default Skills: Weapon: Emerald Axe+ Assist: -- Special: Vengeance Passive A: -- Passive B: Lancebreaker 3 Passive C: Savage Blow 3 Overview: A quick glance at Narcian’s stat spread reveal a very well-rounded unit – perhaps too well rounded. Narcian’s stats put him in a very awkward place where nearly any build he can run is done better by another axe flier. Even his “strength” of physical bulk is outdone by both Beruka and Michalis. Narcian does sport high Res for an axe flier, which brings to mind a possible magic-baiting, DC build, but it is difficult to justify using this when Camilla: Bewitching Beauty has +5 Res on him in addition to slighter higher offensive stats at the cost of some physical bulk. Things are bleak for the man of unparalleled abilities, but such is the life of a low tier unit, and in this analysis I will attempt to highlight builds that allow Narcian the limelight he so desperately craves. Pros: He is a flier, and therefore is extremely mobile and can take advantage of powerful flier buffs. Green color and decent magical bulk allow him to tank the oppressive Reinhardt. His default skill set is perfect for assassinating lance units, making him a worthwhile Arena Assault unit with minimal investment. He makes use of all his stats, making him a solid choice for Summoner and Ally support. Has glorious hair. Cons: His well-rounded stats mean he’s going to be outclassed by his green axe rivals in nearly any role he tries to fulfill. 29/29 offensive stats means he generally struggles against non-blue units. Limited merge potential – at this time of writing can only be raised to +5. No access to IVs/natures to help rectify his statistical woes. If he passes a mirror, he will cease battling to admire his prowess. Builds: (A Note on Passive C Skills and Sacred Seals: These skills are very flexible by nature. You can put more or less anything here to complement whatever your team needs. Generally speaking, the skills I listed in these slots in the builds below are the ones I feel are his best options while giving the most flexibility in the type of Sacred Seals he can use. Adjust according to your intended team composition.) The Strong High Investment – Arena (Offense) – Standard Horse Emblem check The Clever Low Investment – Arena Assault – Lance Counter The Handsome Medium Investment – Chain Modes – Medic, Support The Righteous Very High Investment – Arena (Offense), Arena (Defense) – All-purpose Other Options: G Tomebreaker Green Tomebreaker is an option on the first build if you don’t care about the retreating properties of Hit and Run, and want to better counter Cecilia and other fast infantry greens as well. Bonfire Bonfire is always a worthwhile Special on units who have good Def, and Narcian is no exception. It works well on the The Clever build if you don’t think you need Moonbow, and it’s a solid option on The Righteous if you don’t care about wasting it on Reinhardt and can make the lost points up elsewhere. Still sort of a WIP, and sort of not. I'll edit and make changes to this depending on the kind of feedback received, and I'll probably add some more specific calc information especially for the fourth build.

I'll take all the Narcian reruns I can get. It sucks that they're waiting so long on Xander, and I'm guessing part of it has to do with the possibility that selling the newer sword cavs like B!Roy, Sigurd, Siegbert, etc becomes harder when one with comparable effectiveness has been widely distributed for free.

QR3 is good for enemy phase-centered DC build. Bowbreaker would be a waste, since the usual Brave Bow archers aren't going to quad her anyway and may not need to to kill her, and B!Lyn ignores your DC.

That would be me! I switched him out for Caeda in round 2 though, since I didn't want to inundate people with greens.

Feather Results: Round 1 (Catria): 2,100 Round 2 (Dorcas): 2,100 Round 3 (Tharja): 2,300 + 500 Cumulative: 1,800 Total: 8,800 Shoutouts to @Hawk King's Steady Breath/QR Lukas I kept getting in round 2. Literally every time he's attacked it's a Bonfire proc. Satisfying as hell.

Season 45 (1.3.0 S30) Results: Score: 5,006 (New Record!) Defense: 600 (New Record!) Rank: Tier 20 --> 20 (!) Changes from last week: -Narcian got Quick Riposte 3 -Narcian got a +Spd forge on his Slaying Axe (Allows him to avoid the double by +10 +Spd Nino and a few others after a Hone buff) -Hinoka got Swordbreaker 3 -Hinoka replaces Atk Smoke 3 seal with Close Def 3 -Caeda got R Tomebreaker 3 This week marks two big milestones in one for me. I have broken the 5,000 score mark, and this will be the first time I’ve ever stayed in tier 20 after making it! With all of Fjorm’s expensive skills, I saw my chance and fished for scores, something I haven’t done in a long time. It was worth it, and I’ll try to keep it up next week. There’s not a whole lot to say about Fjorm. Her default kit is great for arena scoring, but it makes her an underwhelming combat unit. She rarely saw combat this week, and was only there to provide Def/Res and Drive Atk support for the others. I forgot about her Drive Atk a few times, including in this match that ultimately resulted in a loss: I realized as soon as I decided to go suicide squad I could have killed her had I just moved Fjorm up...(facepalm) Arena Assault: Rank: 2,965 Hall of Fame: Previous Season Results: