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Well, Flashing Blade Sacred Seal has it's uses. When it's Anna's arena season I just leave her on a defensive tile with Close Defense/Renewal and get the last hits via Wo Gùn + Glacies proc since Wrath is not an option for me.

Got 1 F!Kana and Two Surtrs in roughly 70 orbs, one of them being +atk / -res. Now I don't know if I should save one for fodder or merge for the next arena season D:

Got my first defense. Dude took to much time moving around trying to not get caught and ended losing by turn limit. A win is a win I guess. I'm really liking this mode, wish there were some kind of grindy stuff not related to ranking. There's a lot that can be done within the thematic of aether raids. Maybe the askr trio ends up finding some old/archaic summoning rock/machine that can only summon 1* and 2* heroes or something. I'm really looking forward to how IS will be fine tuning this game mode.

Gathered ~200 Orbs to spend on the Hero fest banner with a mission in mind: Get Steady Breath for Nowi and Distant Counter for Camilla. Did these pulls Yesterday. Today I decided to do a Wake Up pull from the Legendary Bonus. First green orb: 5* PA!Azura +Spd/-Res! Exactly who I wanted. Super satisfied with these banners even tough I didn't get any Camilla/Nowi to promote and merge. Now, back to gathering orbs to the next Banner where ToD! Nowi appears.

Used the free summon on the SS banner and got a +SPD/-ATK Clair. Free pull no bitching. Still, I feel like every 5* Blue Unit I pull is either -Atk or -Spd, which make my pool of blue units very low and probably it's the reason I don't enjoy AA too much.

First time reaching 5k+ score on the arena is so nice. I will probably end up being demoted again but it was fun anyway. Team: ToD! Nowi +3 [ +Atk, -Def], Water Blessing ( Rauðrblade+ , Reposition, Growin Wind, Life and Death 3, Desperation 3, Hone Fliers , Squad Ace 3 Seal) Camilla +2 [ +Atk, -Def], Summoner Support S, Water Blessing (Slaying Axe+ Spd Ref, Reposition, Galeforce, Fury 3, Renewal 3, Hone Fliers, Heavy Blade 3 Seal) Nowi +3 [ +Spd, -Hp ] (Lightning Breath+ Spd Ref, Swap, Aether, Fury 3, Quick Riposte 3, Drive Speed 3, Speed 3 Seal) Fjorm +0 [ Neutral ] ( Default , Deflect Magic 3)

@Infinite Dreams @Humanoid @mampfoid @Johann Thanks for the replies! I'm at rank 7,617 with 130,732 and I hope that using some stamina potions I will be able to reach the 1k~5k range. Now I feel kinda bad that I got lazy during the tempest. So many times I could've done auto battles... I never put much effort on the TT but as a F2P it's starting to hurt the lack of merges on my units, especially on Arena.

Is anyone here around the 1~1k/1k~5k rank? How much are you guys scoring right now?

This one was a really easy BHB, my arena defense team of Camilla, Nowi, A!Tiki, and Azura was enough to beat all three levels.

To me, the only "PVP" mode that could work is something along the lines of Defend the throne/escort ally where one player will be trying to defend and the other will be trying to seize it. It would discourage full passive plays. Raid bosses would be super fun in my opinion. Co-op is a big yes to me. About the town building, it depends on the implementation. I would give them the benefit of doubt.

I simply love when I have the gut feeling that I need to pull something because usually, it means good news. Only 1 red orb on screen packed with Christmas Tharja inside. She's +HP/-RES which is fine, I guess. Now I'm done with this banner and hoping to get a Nowi in the new banner.

Thanks! Hope I didn't deplete my luck on the Halloween banner. That one gave me 4 ToD!Nowi and 1 ToD!Henry using only around 80 orbs. I think that's why gacha is so addicting.

After 100+ orbs I only got 5* Roderick and Ogma pity breaker. I'm a bit salty, but since I'm F2P it feels better. While now I'm only looking for Tharja and will stop pulling as soon as I get her , it baffles me that I play since the launch week and Nowi only showed up 2 times and my merge count on her does not see an improvement for a looong time.

Happy Birthday Jingle Jangle!

Well, on the spring banner all I wanted was S!Camilla and got everything else not named S!Camilla. I guess luck smiled upon me this time.

Vampire Henry(fury+bowbreaker), Witch Nowi, Azura and Normal Camilla. Turn1 Henry took care Takumi, Blue Mage thanks to Hone Atk from azura. Turn 2 Henry kills the Axe Cavalier with Azura's help, leaving Azura in position to tank the Sword Flier. Camilla and W!Nowi take the Red mage and Camilla ends in position to tank Hinoka. Turn 3 Azura finishes Sword Flier, Camilla finishes Hinoka. It was fairly easy actually. Used the orbs to summon on the Halloween banner and got another Witch Nowi and Lachesis. Super happy!

I wonder how common is Reinhardt using -blade tome on defense teams. At least on my tier (19~20) I am yet to see one. The reason I guess, is that everybody has Lyn and Mulagir ignores the mage buffs. Also Panic Ploy is a Seal and summoner supports further improves the chances of your being able to turn around that build. It's easier and cheaper to just put him on defense with Dire Thunder / Moonbow/ DB3 / QP Seal and grab easy wins. In a way, I think that it's good that those units exist as they appeal to the casual crowd with the sense of power, and to the hardcore ones trying to find new ways to counter them. Right now I'm running Camilla Brave Axe +Death Blow/Guard 3(soon)/ Galeforce + Quickened Pulse alongside Witch Nowi. It's goes as follows Bait Reinhardt, Kill him in next turn, activate Galeforce, kill B!Lyn if she's nearby, get repositioned. Note that a +0 Camilla with the previous build survives with 3 hp Fully buffed +10 Reihardt +ATK Moonbow/DB3/ QP Seal, and kills in player phase with an Attack Buff or applying a DEF debuff due to Fortify Cavalry. Against Blade Rein though... Panic Ploy is definitely necessary, he's a monster.

Okay, This time I'm pretty happy with this week's pulls. Using around 60 free Orbs I got: 2x Witch Nowi +HP, -Def and -Atk,+Res Sanaki -ATK,+SPD Vampire Henry +SPD,-DEF Minerva +ATK, -RES ( Surprisingly enough, this was my third pull and third 5* of the day along with Henry and Nowi) Free Pull Karel +DEF,-SPD which is my third one and still I have no clue to whom give Wo Dao+ Hope this luck lasts through the whole duration of the halloween banner.

I vote for Adult Tiki.+ATK -SPD is the optimal IV's if I'm not mistaken. In case you have Distant Def 3 Seal Tiki's a good Brave Lyn counter with a cheap Fury 3 + QR 2 Build and can 1RKO Sigurd in enemy phase too.

I would rather have a coop mode. Could be simple tasks like rout the enemy or defend the throne.

So hard to pick only one dragon, ugh... I'm in team Ninian but a victory to either A!Tiki or Nowi is fine to me.

Pulled a Nephenee. Yay!! But -SPD +DEF. Is this nature salvageable? Her art is so gorgeous that makes me want to play her even with this underwhelming nature.

Oh, forgot that. Guess I will wait for another Roy. Thanks!

So, since pulling Roy is not an option for me, I'm thinking in upgrade Cordelia to pass down my Nowi TA3+Galeforce ( for better arena score), as Nowi is my only merged arena Unit and isn't leaving the team anytime soon. The thing is, Cordelia have a "good" nature (+Spd - def) but I don't see myself using a flier team anytime soon, while all my Askr Trio is still 4*. I'm wondering, which one would give more points in the Arena ?( Upgrading Anna, or TA3+Galeforce for Nowi)

Well, after spending all the orbs I could (100+ free orbs), I can say that I'm somewhat frustrated with my luck with this banner. Pulled mostly for Lyn and Lucina as a second option. Got 5 5* on these pulls and not even one were from the banner. Genny(Elise fodder), Lachesis, Priscila, Gray and Mae broke my streaks and left me thinking what kind of "luck" is that. At least I've got some cool skill fodder (Klein) that otherwise I would never have as I don't pull Colorless, and finally pulled a Reinhardt. Better luck next time, I guess.