Eridras

Got my first free 5-star! It was my second Eirika, and now I'm not sure whether I should keep my original +Hp -Def or this new one, who is +Atk -Spd.

The first unit on my first pull was Leo. Back then, he seemed pretty amazing, with his high movement and cool attack, so I didn't bother rerolling. He quickly fell off. By then I didn't want to lose my time invested, so I stuck with that account. He's +Spd -Res, which would be great...on almost anyone but him.

Screw you, Oscar! She showed up anyway! I was quite sad when Oscar popped up first on this pull, thinking he had killed my pity rate. Fortunately, Nephenee showed up right after. 62 orbs got me three 5-star units, which is just nuts. I think Nephenee is (+Hp -Res) and Oscar is (+Def -Hp). The third 5-star was my first ever Linde, with (+Spd -Atk). The Rezzy curse is limited due to the fact that Blarblade + cares not for an attack bane.

Lilina with Axebreaker, Ninian, Brave Axe Cherche and Sanaki cleared Infernal for me. Sanaki provided nothing but Hone Attack for Lilina to kill the top axe knight and a Draw Back on Lilina to pull her out of the range of the blue mage. Ninian had to tank the blue mage once, and Cherche killed it and the lancer. Lilina did everything else.

I've noticed that my best luck comes from summoning the day a banner comes out, specifically during that same morning. I'll typically pull a 5-star unit every 30 orbs or so, whereas pulls outside of this timeframe tend to be much poorer in terms of orb efficiency. Examples include: Ninian on my second blue orb during her original banner. Alm on my second red orb during his original banner. Celica and a 5-star Tharja on the same pull during Celica's original banner, having spent around 60 orbs Three 5-star units from 70 orbs during Nohrian Summer. Four 5-star units out of 160 orbs for the CYL banner.

This really isn't anything other than a coincidence I happened to catch, but all the multiples of 10 were oddly, and immensely, satisfying.

I had a 3.75% pity rate on the CYL Banner, so I decided to spend 20 orbs on a full pull and stop, whether or not I got a 5-star unit. The results were: 5* Lilina (+Res, -Hp) 300 feathers x2 Fortify Res2 x1 Fortress Defense3 x1 I can live with this. I didn't get too far into the pity rate hole before it was broken, and my old 5-star, +Def -Res Lilina gets a merge and an upgrade.

I'm on Team Hector, if anyone just joined the team and needs a friend. Currently have Brave Axe Cherche as my lead. My friend ID is 1372953852.

No, I meant Urvan would matter if Ike had to deal with a melee brave user, in reference to Urvan not working against melee. It would also work against a Desperation user, I believe.

It'd matter if they were using brave weapons, right?

I started with 160 orbs, and my initial plan was to pull everything. That plan went sideways immediately, but I still came out pretty well, with these as my notable pulls: 5* Mist (+Hp, -Res) No harm done, since I pulled her on my first circle, but this spooked me enough that I decided to skip colorless and settled for free Brave Lyn. 5* Fae (+Hp, -Def) Why hello, Reinhardt counter. Not the best boon/bane combo, but I'll live with a 50 Hp Reinhardt tank. 5* Hawkeye (+Spd, - Hp) My SECOND pity-killing Hawkeye, and both of them have had great boon/bane combos, wasted on SI fodder. 5* Brave Ike (Neutral) Woohoo! Having spend over 200 orbs going for regular Ike with no luck, I'm pleased that Brave Ike came so quickly. 5* Brave Lyn (Neutral) From the free pull. I can live with neutral for her. All in all, four 5-star units out of 160 orbs is quite good, considering I was able to get a focus unit I really wanted. I'm debating whether or not to go for Roy and Lucina now. I have a +1 Eldigan and Xander, so Roy is pretty superfluous. Lucina is quite tempting though, and since she's mainly a buffbot, she can absorb a bad bane more easily than any of the other CYL focuses. Hilariously, I doubled my number of colorless 5-star units today, since I've avoided colorless orbs like the plague. Also, @Rezzy, I think Spd is a bad boon for Ike because his kit seems to want for him to get doubled. I read on Gamefaqs that he can have Aether ready after getting attacked once if he gets doubled. Credit for the little breakdown below goes to Milkman5. Aether = 5 5 - 1 = 4(Urvan) 4 -1 = 3 (Enemy Attacks) 3 - 1 = 2 (Counter Attack) 2 - 1 = (Enemy Attacks) 1 - 1 = 0(Steady Breath)

Ah, foolish me for assuming. If you use an Android device, then maybe look up deals in Google Play cards.

If you use an Apple device to play, Staples currently has a 15% off sale on iTunes gift cards above 25$. That's a good way to stretch every penny. I've stopped paying for orbs normally now, it's all off discounted gift cards.

To add on to what has already been said, spending money is still no guarantee of getting Tana, let alone one that's neutral or better. I've purchased 5 of the 23 orbs packs and 1 of the 75 orb pack this summer. All that got me was...1 5-star unit. If you're worried about getting your hopes up, then let me tell you that it's a terrible feeling to spend money and not get anything. I can easily absorb the loss, but it still stings. Make sure you can handle not just not getting Tana, but spending money on essentially feathers.

Here's my Ninian. I've had this version of her (+Atk -Res) since Blazing Shadows, and recently pulled a second one to merge. Since I have a ton of feathers without nothing to promote, I decided to do something I really wanted to do way back in March when she first came out. After an Adult Tiki promotion and Lightning Breath + SI, she's a bit more versatile than before. Fury 3 is an artifact from when the skill was a huge boost to your arena score, plus it let her survive a neutral speed Lucina. I may give her TA 3 if I ever get more Roys, but for now I like the stat boost she gets from Fury, plus the recoil damage helps activate Escape Route more quickly.

Xander with Axebreaker, Camus, Reinhardt and Azura, plus 3 stamina potions got me through Infernal. TA Cecilia simply couldn't kill anything, even with horse buffs.

The desire sensor really is a thing. Summer Leo was the one unit I didn't want from that banner and he ended up breaking my pity rate for Summer Corrin.

Every GHB rerun has had three orbs come via "kill x with y" quests.

I prefer the healing to be more controlled. I also like being able to top off people towards the end of a round so he can regenerate another 20hp at the start of the next one to heal more. There's also the fact that I have pulled about a thousand Florinas.

The stat boost from TT this time around takes Alm's balanced but mediocre stats and turn him into a monster. He's got the Almsgiving build, but I'm finding out he can run over people just fine. This is a +Def -Res base.

I started with 78 orbs, sniping reds for Ike and the usual red SI fodder. The only useful fodder I got was a pair of Selenas, and of course no Ikes. I did get three 5-star units: Ryoma (+Hp -Spd) Wrong DC sword!!!!! Crappy boon/bane as well, so he ended up merged to my +Def -Hp one. Hawkeye (+Atk -Res) I'm not even angry he broke my (very small) pity rate, as I've been needing Deathblow 3. It kind of fits my luck lately that the SI fodder is the one who got the good boon/bane combo. Sanaki (neutral) Sure, why not. I'm now only missing Katarina to have all the more powerful red mages. Between her and Ryoma this session, it felt like the game was tiptoeing around giving me Ike. With three 5-star units in 78 orbs, including the free pull, I think I've used up whatever luck I had on this banner. Time to start saving again!

One reason I've stopped doing full 5-orb pulls is lack of space. I'm trying to hold off on expanding my barracks for as long as possible. As a result, I've been hovering around the 180-190 unit range for the past two months. Getting 5-star units I don't want just clogs things up further.

Luck is luck. Athena was the only unit I cared about in a banner with three reds, and I got her very quickly. I sniped for Delthea and got her in 70ish orbs, without Mathilda killing my pity rate. Likewise, I got Summer Elise in 60 orbs without Xander showing up. However, I'm in the same boat as you with Summer Corrin. 200ish orbs and 2 off-focus blues to show for it. Way back in June, 150 orbs for Ike and nothing. It's fine to snipe for someone, but as with anything gambling related, getting what you want is always a happy surprise.

The fantastic thing with Reinhardt and Horse Emblem is that most enemies are one shot kills, even in the Chain Challenges. If I hadn't made a mistake on 10-4, I could have cleared all of the 9-10 challenge with just one team.

By killing everything. The defensive maps were mostly my four units and the one unkillable enemy after the first few turns. I also ran Cecilia, Xander, Reinhardt and Clarine to heal, so he could emergency tank if needed.