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Quick question about the defensive properties of gem weapons i.e. Ruby Sword. Is there a difference between the defensive properties of Ruby Sword and Ruby Sword+? I know offensively the +version has more damage output, but I'm thinking of putting it on Olivia so would the defensive property of a normal Ruby Sword be enough?

Scored a deathless run of 4712 on my main account using 5* Sharena, 4* Olivia with Wings of Mercy/New Moon, 4* Zephiel with Swap and 5* Merric. The last battle was close, Henry would have KOed my Merric if it wasn't for the defense tile (2 HP yeah!) This makes me Rank 9503 and so far I;m moving up one rank to Tier 16. No defense wins though. Been having bad luck since I changed my team to incorporate a bonus unit. If no luck still I'll go back to my old cav team (Abel, Ursula, Frederick, Gunter) who at least gave me 1 Defense win a week. My other account's run was shattered in the last battle by Olivia + Bunny Lucina in the bridge map with square tiles....

Perfectly fine. i gave Xander swap and QR2 and it works wonders

So +Spd, -Atk Marth is kind of salvageable? (i have two 4 stars ehhh) My 5 star Maria is +Atk. Strangely satisfying to see her kill armours while I train a unit that can't deal with armours. Also regarding Brave Sword Seliph, how would a Brave Sword Alphonse work theoretically? He is slow as well and he already has natural Death Blow.

I mean I have Lyn in my main and Lucina in my other account, but sometimes I needed someone bulkier. Didn't help back when I started that Veronica was a green mage and I had no good reds until Palla came along to the rescue (wings of mercy yay). At least now I have a Distant Counter red with Siegfried. (ike where are youuuu) actually i just need more reds in general for fodder too like Hinaya Fury, Cain Wings of Mercy and Palla Moonbow

If anything Reinhradt deserves the feathers I upgraded him with so I can deal with GHBs better now i just need more Kleins...

i find Seal Defense is a pretty situational skill, and there are a lot of better options for B slot like breakers, Renewal or Quick Riposte. Too much competition. Threaten is better than Seal skills because the unit just has to be there, not necessarily enter combat and support the team in one go. Good for ranged units. i think Vanilla Oboro was meant to be a physical wall that supports your team. I mean she worked fine when I was training Nino with her Threaten plus Rally Defense to buff Gronnblade. Seal Def for physical units and have better damage output- i think she's a good training unit. Wow I wish i had more Sword lords. Need more reds, at least Xander, Zephiel and upcoming Lloyd helps out as free red units.

No problem, lucky you have Eldigan- i didn't have a good sword cavalry which was why I trained Xander asap last week. Good thing he was ready in time for the surprise Ursula GHB. having cavalry is really useful for this map. i used Frederick in the original GHB and his 33 Defense just shrugged off daggers while Robin countered Ursula. Just needed someone to take care of the swordie which was Catria in the end, then Frederick just mopped up. Because of the Anna/Ursula requirement I couldn't exactly do that since a dancer is also needed so yeah, hooray for sword cavalry!

Oh wait! Didn't see your female Robin! Just use her! I used a 3 star version and was fine. Her main job is just to kill Ursula anyway. Chip armour damage is a bonus

If you have SP to spare, why not try Threaten Res? It should make up for lack of might from Excalibur if he was 5 star, and supports your other mage team members. i've been using a vanilla 5 star Merric and he works out fine. Satisfying to quickly delete Spring Camillas with Excalibur.

Ok i think you can try Eldigan, Azura, Nino and Anna/Ursula. Basically make Eldigan bait the thieves- go down first turn. Make sure Azura is one space above Eldigan, have Nino next to Azura while Anna/Ursula stays above your dancer. red swordie will use Draw Back after the thief attacks. Now make Eldigan move up (below Azura) then dance him so he goes to the top of the map to bait the other thief. You can use Nino to attack the armour but make sure not to kill him yet (this way the thief goes after Eldigan and not Nino). Ursula then attacks Nino who shrugs off Blarwolf fine. After Ursula is dealt with, you basically just need to clean up with Eldigan. Make him move down, then dance him so he attacks the axe knight. Move Nino to the left below Azura just to be safe from teleporting thieves. Everything should be easier after Ursula is dealt with. Haven't used Eldigan though so not sure how he will deal with the red swordie and his Threaten skill but if you have Ursula maybe she can take it out. Just make sure you're wary of the thieve's attack range.

For 9-3 Lunatic i just used Nino, Olivia, Ursula and Xander. Xander is just mainly there to kill green cavalier. First turn i dance Nino to attack the armour on the right. This makes everyone move. i then use Ursula to take out red swordie. Nino attacks Ursula but doesn't kill. After a dance, my Ursula can kill enemy Ursula. Xander obliterates green mage. After that it's basically cleaning out the left armour with a mage. @r_n you can use my strategy and just replace Xander with Eldigan and Olivia with Azura edit: or did you mean the GHB lunatic?

Pro-tip for anyone using a skill inherited Xander- unequip his Quick Riposte skill. I mean sure it kills the thieves faster but then it means the sword cavalier can go on the offensive and attack your Nino/F!Robin if you're using them to counter Ursula. Still, Xander is great for this map. I gave him Swap from Subaki to make things easier in the tight space. Good thing the bonus exp period made him levelled up in time for this GHB! @ILikeKirbys Just do it in the story mission. 4 star Ursula will just get murdered by the buffed up Ursula in the GHB (she has what, extra HP plus a halfway charged special?).

Definitely Reinhardt, Eliwood and Xander. After raising them to level 40 star, they've been meh at best. Upgrading Xander and Reinhardt was the best decision I made. Xander is a special case because for some reason both of his skills can only be maxed out at 5 star (but even then he probably wants inherited skills anyway) 4 star Reinhardt was overshadowed by Ursula anyway.

Yeah i'm sure you will eventually! because anytime she was on focus she eluded me haha

Ironically i couldn't get her in he Wyverns banner but she was my first summon in the Hero Fest (Hector was either the next or after the next)

I was up to 120 at one point, but then Wyvern banner, Ike banner and Hero fest happened so i've exhausted the supply on the weekend. (still no Ike though but at least I have a Hector now) At least with the new bonus and defense map missions i'm at around 12 at the moment. Going to try and YOLO a Linde/Julia pull soon and maybe a last shot at Ike. After that maybe save for CYL since so far i don't have any real burning need for more units because barracks are getting full

Olivia hit 1500 Sharena and Reinhardt hit 500 need to use other units more I guess

Wait we have to use Anna for a mission? eh, mine is still 2 star...i can get her to 3 star but not sure i have enough to upgrade further

I like the little gold sparkles around the character and in the backgroud of the Stats page when they are 5 star. Makes you feel more accomplished getting them there or having them. Even 4 stars have small silver saprkles in the background of the stats/talk page. I like details like those

Congrats! Just think of it as a forward investment for birthday money Yeah Ursula Death Blows will be useful, too bad she doesn't give the full set. My Reinhardt is still waiting on Kleins to visit because I have plans for my feathers and don't have enough. Just need to wait for more orbs and hope for multiple Kleins! (Cherche really wants Death Blow, too) Also weren't there going to be orbs for that Golden Week omikuji event as well? Wonder when those will drop by

So it turns out my Setsuna and Sophia were shining stars on the island map. Setsuna with her Assassin's Bow and Bowbreaker had no problems with Kagero/Niles while Sophia just laughed at Nino's attack. Of course, Olivia's dances helped them both out, I just didn't expect them to do spectacularly well on a blind run.

Wait Ursula? Not Narcian? I mean sure that works, since I only pulled 1 Klein and need more Death Blows. Just surprised since I thought Narcian was announced.

Has anyone managed do the armour quests with multiple Effies? In my second account I only have one Effie and 4 star Zephiel leveled. I do have a better natured enemy in training (still at 15), and a slightly meh nature Effie at level 1. The thing is at least they're all 4 stars. (Zephiel + 3 Effie team? I mean, have to pick maps with not many green units though) The other armours I have are 3 stars- the other Zephiel, the neutral Draug, a -HP/+Def Draug, a +Atk/-Def Gwendolyn and another Gwendolyn with a worse nature (i think - Atk). I currently don't want to spend too many feathers at the moment since I have promotion/skill inheritance plans for the rest of my team. I guess if I had to promote someone- would the Draug be the most useful because of Armour support skill? Is it more useful than Gwendolyn's skill since you don't have to bunched up as much?

Loving these fortress maps, I've fought on the one with the lake in the middle the most- perfect for splitting up teams by baiting and for Cherche to snipe and kill :D Trying to get more points per match- I'm averaging around the 660-670 mark (so two 5 stars, Olivia and bonus unit). How much of an effect to the score is it if I give my 5 star Merric a +1 merge? Or would I get more points if I add more skills instead? Basically I have a spare 5 star Merric and I'm not sure if its better scoring wise to merge him or give his HP+5 to my 4 star Olivia (who already has Wings of Mercy 2) so that she has another maxed skill set with Hone Attack. For those who have merges- at what point do the scarier opponent merges come into play? +5 maybe?