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@EliesonYeah, I saw that about an hour ago. After I had tried to pull for the banner characters who weren't Karel (I'll wait for him to drop in rarity, thank you very much). And failed. Can't complain about the units I got (come Thursday, their skills will serve my other units well... especially the spare Odin I got, his Moonbow (and possibly Defiant ATK, if I can give multiple skills off a single unit) will find a nice home in my Nino), but I was really hoping for Ninian (partially for blue dancer, partially for dragon dancer, partially for nostalgia's sake... this focus made me want to go replay FE7 again, maybe finally do Hector Hard Mode). Also, I have a few Ninos. They are +ATK/-SPD, +HP/-RES, and +HP/-ATK. Which ones should I keep? I want to keep two (one to raise up, one in case I wanna give someone who gets added later Gronnblade), and donate one of them via Inherit Skill to teach Gronnblade to F!Robin (I wanna give F!Robin another tome, and as far as I know she should be able to switch back if I feel like Gronnwolf would be a better tome for a level, so why not?) or Julia (because giving Gronnblade to someone who already does really high damage can only be a good idea, and if I anticipate a dragon-heavy map I can just switch back to Naga), unless it overwrites their previous weapons (not getting rid of Naga, and Gronnwolf is pretty good vs Cavalry so I don't want to get rid of it).

Well, she's still got... everything except HP on Karel, stat-wise, if only by small amounts. And Sol Katti has built-in Desperation 2, unlike Karel who has to have it as a Skill (though he can get Desperation 3, so there's that). And Lyn's Special Skills are good no matter how much HP she has, while Karel pretty much needs to take a beating to get anything significant out of Retribution/Reprisal, which is risky (though both seem to be designed around being at their best at half HP or lower, given that both have Defiant ATK and Desperation, so this is probably intentional). What Karel has over Lyn is being even better at lower HP (Retribution/Reprisal do better damage at low HP, and even more damage with the Wo Dao, and he gets Defiant ATK and Desperation 3 when his HP gets low enough, whereas Lyn only gets Defiant ATK and Desperation 2, which both trigger at the same amount of HP for convenience but gets nothing before that, where Karel gets at least slightly boosted damage on Reprisal and can trigger Desperation 3 earlier than Lyn can trigger Desperation 2), having higher HP (primarily great because both of them are built around working well below a certain amount of HP, which Karel can more safely reach since he has more HP), and dealing extra damage on skill activations (because he has the Wo Dao, so he's guaranteed at least 10 extra damage on top of whatever Retribution/Reprisal gives him). They're both rather good (I assume: I know Lyn's good, but I don't have Karel and won't for at least until after this focus ends), it's just that Karel is a bit more... specialized, I guess, than Lyn is (insofar as "needs to be at half HP to be amazing" is something that can be specialized in). At least, that's how I see it.

Hahaha! I knew I wasn't the only one! I mean, I like the rest of her art, but the one where she's just looking at you... It's just creepy. So do you think she'll drop into the 3-star pullables? Because I still wanna pull her at some point, and my odds of doing so during this focus aren't great (gonna pull until I get Ninian, then wait for the focus to end, since I want nothing in the next GHB focus). @Sire Now I'm hoping Karel drops to 3/4-star once this focus ends. I'm never gonna get him as a 5-Star (except maybe during this focus, but I'm not gonna go looking for him now, I have enough swordies), but when Ike drops I want to see a Karel or two among the 3-star Lon'qus, Laslows and Raighs that I will pull looking for him. Preferably more than one, I wanna give Wo Daos to other people (related: I really hope the Wo Dao isn't locked to Karel. I wanna give it to Fir, at the very least.). @Anacybele Ryoma'll get a focus some day, when a Great Hero Battle he's effective in comes along. Probably not for a while, but still. It's gotta happen eventually. @NoirCore Rebecca isn't, but I forget who else does. I wanna say Gunter and Ogma, but I've forgotten if there are any others...

Just got off work and saw this. Going unit by unit... Lucius... I see he's going with the Bishop look. Good to see another Light magic user. I won't look for him this focus, but I'll be happy when I get him while pulling for someone else down the line. Priscilla... My default healer from the second I got her in every FE7 run. Not gonna go searching for her, but she's be a pleasant surprise if I happened upon her during this focus. Rebecca... My archer until Louise and Pent joined up in my first FE7 run. I'll wait for the focus to end to go looking for her, but I'll be happy if I happen to pull her while pulling colorless orbs. Jaffar... Needs to have a Hone skill to work with Nino (though if he doesn't, Inherit Skill will be used to fix that) and a Poison Dagger. Those are my only requirements. I missed you buddy. You will be why I pull colorless when I get Ninian. Karel... I was wondering which Karel they were gonna go with, and they went with FE7 Karel. I like this, partially because he replaced my dead Guy on my first playthrough, partially because I thought he was really cool with his crit animation that I didn't know was just a general sword master crit when I was a kid... That feels like such a long time ago. Damn, I feel old now. Not gonna actively pull for Karel this focus (I have Hana for my myrmidoning needs, and Roy/Marth/Lyn/Eirika for other sword-related needs), but I'm sure that when the CYL focus comes I'll get at least one of him instead of Ike/Roy/Lyn/Lucina (whichever of those end up being Reds). Wonder if he'll have the Wo Dao, or just a Killing Edge... I'd bet on Killing Edge, but wouldn't it be cool if he had a Wo Dao instead? Ninian... Y'know, I didn't care for Ninian during my first FE7 run, but she grew on me as I kept playing. Glad to see she's here. And as a dancing dragon too. Awesome. Only gonna summon from Green until I pull her. Kinda disappointed in the lack of Sain and/or Kent in this Blazing Sword focus, but everything else about it is great!

Hector. You're more likely to roll more Ninos in the future (I've rolled 3 or 4 by now, and I'm sure I'll run into more when I pull for Ninian soon), while Hector is rather rare 'cause he's only available as a 5-Star.

Probably Micaiah/Sothe, given Sanaki was a giant tease for Micaiah and Sothe probably would get in with her. After that, maybe Leif/Nanna, since we had Thracia characters in this focus. And if we go for six, perhaps Ninian and Sumia? Dunno what the theme would be, that's just my gut feeling for who would go with the first four. I would like any of: Myrrh, Sain, Ninian, Ike, Mist, Leif, Nephenee, Mia, Joshua, Gatrie. Doubt I'll see most, or any, of these, but I can dream.

Even then, are there any armors with great RES? Because a magic attack that's effective against armors wouldn't be all that good if armors all had crap RES anyway. I guess it could maybe help against Effie, like you said, and eventually Zephiel when he gets released as a Great Hero Battle, but I can't see them going that route unless they suddenly introduce a bunch of armors with amazing RES out of nowhere. They'll probably make Thani effective against cavalry, or give it some other effect (dunno what else they could go with, but I'm sure they can come up with something). Or just not give her Thani, though I dunno what she'd get then. Was there an ultimate Light magic in Radiant Dawn?

Probably, though she'll probably have Thani for effective damage of some sort (or maybe just Blarwolf, if they don't feel like adding an animation for Thani, but since they gave Cymbeline its own animation, I'm betting on Thani), and Ardent Sacrifice to mimic her Sacrifice skill. Dunno which Skills she'll have tho. Maybe RES+ and Spur DEF/RES? And she'll probably have good RES too, since I recall seeing Micaiah have that in RD once.

First thing I'm gonna do is Yeah, that! And then she's getting Desperation, to help her deal with armors now that she won't have her Armorslayer! And Moonbow/Luna! And Desperation, so she can shred everything with 4 base 51 (so 55 after a buff) attacks in a row! It's gonna be so awesome! I thought about giving her Vantage (first thought I had when I heard about Inherit Skill was "I CAN GIVE LYN VANTAGE WOOOOOOO" followed by "I CAN GIVE HANA VANTAGE WOOOOOOO"), but... Which, given Hana's paper-thin defenses... yeah. Incidentally, Lyn is getting Vantage. I would give her Desperation, but she has that already via Sol Katti. Also, gonna give Sakura Seal SPD and Rehabilitate so she can be my best healer ('cause she's my only 5-Star healer) and pseudo-F!Corrin in a pinch. And maybe Death Blow, because nothing else would be especially good in her A slot. And I have to give Nino something too. Probably Glimmer. And Darting Blow 'cause mine's -SPD (does that add to Gronnblade's damage?).

Well, congrats to Team Lucina. You crushed my team again. I'll be joining you for the next round. Also, congrats to Team Ephraim. Your victory was much closer than Lucina's, I actually thought Chrom was gonna beat you for a while. Too bad you're up against Lucina in the next round (I would probably join you if I had an Ephraim)... although I haven't picked a winner yet... *slow clap*

Ah, yeah, I forgot that Setsuna'll be taking effective damage from the thieves. I have a Lissa tho, so maybe that'd work? Also, do I need Olivia? Because I need Lissa for Rehabilitate to keep Setsuna from dying, Setsuna for thief-killing, Sharena to deal with the Sword-Cav, and Julia or F!Robin for Ursula and the armors, which leaves no room for a dancer. Also, fun thought: If I raise the 3-Star Ursula into a 4-Star Ursula, can she help me deal with Ursula? Because I'm gonna grind up Lissa by training up my 3-Star Ursula for a while while I take a break from levelling Setsuna, and now I'm a little curious as to how Ursula would do against her own map.

So, I beat this map on Hard early this morning, but I'm stuck on Lunatic for now, so I'm trying to train up a Setsuna I pulled a while back. Will a 4-Star +DEF/-RES Setsuna be able to work at Level 35, or should I find a different method for beating this map? The team I'm gonna use right now is 4-Star F!Robin (for Ursula) / 4-Star Sharena (for buffs) / 4-Star Setsuna / 5-Star Sakura (I don't have a good Red that can handle the knights and the Poison Daggers, so Robin'll deal with them, also I need the heals), though I also have 5-Star Roy/Lyn/Marth/Catria/Julia and 4-Star Hana/M!Robin/Jeorge/Nino to work with, if any of those will help.

Oh, I see my mistake now. I was using +SPD Hana's numbers. Neutral SPD after Brave Sword and Life and Death 3 cancel each other out is 36, which is... still probably a great number, but she isn't going to double as many enemies as I had hoped. Still, with automatic Brave doubles, and enough SPD to still probably double all Brave weapon users, and 51 base ATK thanks to being +ATK, Brave Sword+ Hana is probably still gonna be a great nuke. Thanks for the correction, mate.

Huh. I've been pronouncing it Rawr-raven, and I don't think my phone has that weird o thing (my comp might, I'll check when I'm not at work). But, thanks for the help, mate. Didn't know that. Guess I'll toss her my 4-Star Ogma's Brave Sword then, if she'll be stuck with that until I get 20k feathers anyway (or 40/60k, dunno if I'll promote her, Sharena or Nino to 5-Star first). Glad to hear I had a good idea here. Now to decide between Moonbow/Luna (could help against armors, and guarantee kills for Hana), Miracle (probably Maria-locked, and even if it isn't I don't have a Maria to pilfer it from, but just imagine a Hana that doesn't immediately die when she gets hit), and Galeforce (because more Player Phase for Hana can only be a good thing). That first two are basically just there to make fighting armors a possibility (probably have too much DEF otherwise), and I'm not sure if I want Moonbow to do it more often or Luna to do it better, the third thing just lets Hana not die once, which is probably good, but probably requires Dancer support to charge it, and Galeforce's benefits are obvious, but again probably requires a Dancer to see it happen (though with all of these, Brave Sword auto-doubles should help tick down the counter much faster). Also, does Hana lose out on that many double attacks? I mean, 39 SPD (if I calculated that right in my previous post; I'm assuming she has 44 SPD without it at 5 Stars (even though mine's 4 at the moment, going with 5 because I will be promoting her at some point) with no SPD boon/bane, is this the right number?) is still doubling quite a few characters, yeah?

I've been pulling for her this entire focus. And I've found a sea of Lon'qus, Laslows and Raighs instead. It's annoying, especially since I don't like Raigh (the other two at least have skills I'll want on other units). Best of luck to you if you go for her. Giving her Rauorraven (or however it's spelled) would probably be great for her, yeah. Considering that my M!Robin is great primarily because he gets WTA over two colors, Sanaki with that should be super amazing. Especially with Triangle Adept (maybe). Regarding weapon switching, I kinda wanna give my +ATK/-RES Hana a Brave Sword. I have a 5-Star Ogma lying around that I don't intend to use, so she'll get the + version, which should give her 51 base ATK to work with, and the -5 SPD hit should leave her at a still-rather-good 39 SPD if I did the math right. I'm thinking this should make her stronger against everything except armors (whose DEF would be too high for her to kill before a counterattack without her Armorslayer) since she'll auto-double everyone (and possibly quad on slower units), and I can probably give her Luna or Moonbow to help her deal with armors and other high-DEF units. Is this a terrible idea?

1) Myrrh, because she's my favorite manakete and I'd like to see her make it to Heroes (Partially because nostalgia, plus IIRC she could fly, unlike Nowi/Tiki/Nah/Corrin, and a flying dragon would be cool to see in Heroes). I really want her to get in with whichever Magvel characters get in. 2) Sain, because he's my personal favorite cavalier (being the first cav I used way back when I was younger and was just starting FE7, thus giving him a nostalgia bonus that pushes him over all the other cavs). Kent can come too, in fact he probably would if Sain got in, but I'm mostly hoping for Sain. Would probably be above Myrrh if I didn't already have other good cavaliers. 3) Ninian, because she could be a Dragon with Dance, and I want this.

Oh, I remember Battle Before Dawn fairly well. It was very annoying. I never even got the chests (because I hadn't been training a thief in the run I remember, stupid me), I just had trouble keeping Nino and Jaffar alive (mostly Jaffar, Nino I was good about keeping away from the bad men with the weapons). And I remember Bolting (though it somehow never went after Nino, just my other units. Lucky me), just not the unit using the Bolting (I never killed her, I don't think). And back to Ursula... I wish she had more ATK. Death Blow + Threaten RES is a skill combo I like (and will be pilfering), but it begs for a stronger magic unit to abuse them properly. Like Julia, or Sanaki. Unless Death Blow stacks with -Blade spell buffs, in which case it's going to Nino instead.

I haven't touched a colorless orb since I got Sakura. The only healer I wanted, because Physic. F!Robin should be good here, especially since Nintendo said she'd be helpful against the next GHB after her own, so they won't make her useless after that. They most likely will have something to make just throwing F!Robin out and watching her destroy everything impossible, but they won't make her completely unusable. Not that I care. Unless they have a bunch of physical attackers, I'm just gonna throw Julia at it and laugh. As for Ursula herself, I'll pick her up for Blarwolf, so I can train her up and eventually wreck Xander with her when he's a Great Hero Battle. Other than that, I don't particularly care for Ursula. She doesn't look great, and her skills are boring (though with Inherit Skill coming, I'll pluck what I like off of her and give it to units I'll actually use) Didn't even remember her from FE7, honestly.

Pretty sure it says Veronica's mom has nothing to do with her actions. Don't recall what exactly it says, but I think that's roughly what it was. Well, that and her unique weapon convinced me that she'll will be made playable after beating enough of the story mode (so, presumably when the evil dragon-god / dark druid / necromancer shows up, explains how he manipulated Veronica and laughs evilly, which I'm pretty sure is gonna happen sooner or later). Wonder how many stars she'll have when we get our hands on her?

So I will be able to give Hana (and Lyn, but I was mostly worried about Hana since she already has a skill in that slot) Vantage? Nice! Now, to figure out who to give Obstruct to... But will we be able to transfer special skills (like Luna/Sol/Pavise/Miracle)? I didn't see anything about that, only that unique-to-the-unit stuff like Falchions won't be inheritable. And I wanna give my +RES Roy Glacies. And Hana Galeforce/Moonbow/Glimmer (dunno which yet).

Seriously? We're still losing by less than 1 billion? Damn, that's awesome! Moral victory! Why couldn't she end up against Leo or Eirika or something?

Nah. Really, I was expecting it to be far more of a blowout than it was. It's only a 1 billion point differential, and Sharena is faring better than I expected for a Heroes-original character whose game came out about a month ago (and I think better than Alfonse, too?). Plus I pulled a 5-Star Eirika from the Princesses pool, so I feel great.

Ah, that's good. So, when'll those be given out? 'Cause I wanna pull from Princesses again (somehow lucked into 5-Star Eirika, wanna try my luck for Lucina before the pool goes away). Glad to hear, mate. Gonna be switching to Lucina soon, then.

Wait, you can get orbs through Voting Gauntlet? I thought it was just feathers? Also, I joined team Sharena, because I thought you actually had to have the unit to support their team (otherwise, I would've gone Lucina). Team Sharena has almost 500 million points, which is a little over half a billion points behind Lucina at the moment. So, will I be able to pick a different team after this round, since Sharena's not gonna win this one (unless Team Sharena somehow pulls out a billion or so points from nowhere, which... yeah, not happening)? Or will I be unable to participate further? Sorry if this has been answered in the thread already.

I think that was set for the 14th, or the 17th. I don't recall which, but I'm pretty sure we'll get a bulletin-board-notification-thing (that hopefully explains the restrictions on it) when it drops.