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You're right. In practice, the third dancer usually had nothing to do. Now that Hector has Pivot, mobility is less of a concern.

Hector's Angels are ready to roll!

124 orbs(all paid through overtime this past month) later, my nightmare is over. Sheena was the next to last pull, with Hector being the last. I almost flipped an imaginary table when I thought all those orbs amounted to a dupe Sheena. Hector is +Atk, -Def, and Sheena is +Res, -Hp. As overjoyed as I am to have Hector, that Sheena has me thinking. Thirty-six Def and Res has potential.

Raijinto cannot be passed on.

My worry is that the data mined Xander has 17 Res. He's likely going to get doubled by everything and take a ton of damage doing it. But you're right, I should probably wait and see.

Having failed miserably to get either Ike or Ryoma this last week, I'm left to ask this question: just how useful is Distant Counter? I ask because I've been very happy with running Eldigan in my Horse Emblem team, and I'm wondering if Xander would be better. Released stats(which have been slightly off in the past) has Eldigan and Xander being nearly identical stat-wise, with the big difference being their weapon special ability. I love firing off Bonfires nearly every round of combat. But is Distant Counter that much more useful?

That's my exact Azura. I gave her Hone Attack from an Olivia, and New Moon/Wings of Mercy 2 from a Palla. That's plenty for her to do her thing.

True, I have a 4 star, +Atk, -Res Fredrick I'm considering giving that treatment to. I think I'd want to give him Deathblow, though. Two 52 attack hits is nice!

Maybe a Killer Axe + in the future, should you ever get fodder for it? If Fredrick gets attacked once, he'll have Bonfire ready for your turn. Or if you attack first, it'll fire off when he gets attacked on enemy phase.

Depending on his nature, that Reinhardt might be more useful in the future. Congrats, though!

Interesting. Score of 4788 ranked 4443. Two-point difference means a rank difference of nearly 300 spots. We're really clustered together in this range.

At this point I'm around 60 orbs into both focuses without a 5*. I'm in that area where I just want the streak to stop. Besides, Hector can function just fine with -Atk.

At this point I'm around 60 orbs into both focuses without a 5*. I'm in that area where I just want the streak to stop. Besides, Hector can function just fine with -Atk.

This topic is dangerous. I spent $100 this past week and got nothing. Seeing your pulls makes me want to try to redeem my luck. Edit: Dammit, quoted the wrong person. Sorry!

I run a slightly similar defense team of Sharena, Reinhardt, Azura, and Eldigan. Reinhardt has Draw Back, while Eldigan has Hone Cavalry and Swap. The extra movement options, plus the possibility of Reinhardt(Deathblow 2 and Hone Cavalry) running around with an effective 54 attack is what has likely gotten me 5 defense wins thus far. Eldigan also has Vantage and Bonfire, so anyone attacking him generally just dies, too.

I have 5 starred, in order: 1) Sharena, with no regrets. I still use her in the arena long after her promotion. Even SI was relatively painless for her, just QR 2 and Luna. 2) Cherche, also no regrets. She cost a lot in terms of SI (Brave Axe +, Death Blow 3), but I like her as a character and she's been the reason the recent story/paralogue missions have been so easy for me. Even pulling a 5 star of her during the flier banner didn't dampen my mood, as it was my first merge. 3) Effie, many regrets. I 5-starred her in anticipation of moving up in the old arena ranks. Whelp, soon after that, the arena change went in and I found she did more clogging up of spaces than actual help. At least I haven't fed her Brave Lance +, yet. 4) Raven, to give Cherche Brave Axe +. It still feels wrong to have done this, despite how well Cherche has done for me. 5) Cecilia, TBD. I'm still leveling and SI-ing her, but so far I'm optimistic. All the Takumis soon to be flooding the arena makes this a tentative win until I get some actual experience with her. Some feathers spent here and there to 4-star units for SI, no regrets there.

Hone Cavalry Eldigan, Reinhardt, Brave Axe Cherche, and Azura got me a deathless run of 4788, which currently ranks 3902. With the entire weekend still to come, I'm quite certain I'll drop out of the top 5k. Still, much easier this week to get the deathless run. The half color stacked, half Horse Emblem team of Eldigan, Reinhardt, Sharena, and Azura have gotten 5 defenses this week, topping out at 287.

Having spent $53 for Ike and gotten a single 5* -Atk Caeda, I decided my luck couldn't possibly keep being that bad and spent another $40 hoping for Hector. Got nothing. I'm glad this happened, actually. I needed this run of terrible luck to force me out of buying orbs forever, so mission accomplished, I guess.

This is also my issue. I have Azura, but I'm not sure if I want Hector or Ryoma. Maybe I'll just go for both and take the first one I can get. And as an aside...fuck, fuck, fuck. I've spent $200 on this game and just earlier today disabled IAPs to save my sanity. Now this.

It's almost relieving to have a defense win within the first day or two, isn't it? Less stress for something you don't have much control over.

@BANRYU, @LordFrigid, thanks for the advice. Escape Route probably is the safest choice. I believe G Tomebreaker lets Cecilia ORKO a G Tomebreaker-less Nino, but that feels too specific to be of much use, now that I think about it. I do have Eldigan for my green mage-slaying needs.

The only good thing about the load of hot garbage I pulled today was that I was able to send home enough units to 5-star my Cecilia(sticking with Gronnraven +). My question now is what B-skill to give her. Escape Route seems handy enough, but I wonder about G Tomebreaker for the many Ninos and Julias I'd have to deal with. Or any other suggestions would be appreciated.

Never had a Henry before today, pulled 7 of him looking for Ike. I was actually happy the first two times he showed up.

$40 got me 6 Henrys (having never pulled him before!) and a 5* -Atk Caeda. I was due for some regression to the mean after an incredible string of good luck, but damn that stings.

That is a fantastic skill fodder pull. I've only ever had one Hinata and have never seen a Henry on my main account. Very jealous.