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I don't know where to ask this, but is there a way to "reserve" a hero? Or is it "first come, first served"?

Maybe I'm misinformed, but are the previous winners in the polls? (I see people voting for Lyn here but I'm not sure if IS will make a 5th Lyn). My votes are (in any case): Hector, Benny, Astrid, Tethys, Linus, Greik, Largo Runner ups are Tatiana, Zelot, Juno, Callil, Danved (NOT DEDVAN), Charlotte

@Troykv He is weird indeed (but we love him anyway). The closest units in the game is Robin (M)-, which has more SPD and def but less ATK and RES- and Winter Tharja- which he is basically a discount infantry version of (having a few stat bumps and no defense). If I were to use him in the arena today (and had infinite orbs) I would choose the following set: Blarraven+/Shine+ Drawback Iceberg Fury/Triangle adept/Atk/Res bond/ Mirror Strike/ Deathblow Desperation Atk ploy (or any other)/Optional Brash Assault 3 The idea of this set is essentially to bait an Archer or a red unit to get him low enough and proceed to murder everything. Technically any other mage can run this set (and others have high attack), but it fells safe to not die trying to get in the Brash range. Triangle Adept is to kill any Colorless (without Cancel affinity) or red unit without (much) support. Fury, Atk/Res bond and deathblow are options if you have other units that can buff his attack against blue units. He tends to trigger ploy skills with his high res and ATK ploy fits his "I want to reach desperation range" . But he would be MUCH better as an armor, because the extra defensive stats would make easier for him to survive (and ditch Blarraven against archers) and would grant access to the _____ fighter skills, which would synergize with his low SPD.

Why people are bashing on the MOST BEAUTIFUL ANGEL on the planet? CAN YOU NOT SEE TRUE BEUATY OR ARE YOU ALL JUST JEALOUS? Oliver and Michaiah have the same BST (151), with him giving up on 8 SPD, 3 ATK and 1 RES for 7 HP and 5 DEF. Granted, effective Damage is very meta; but the refined Shine+ can give as much Res and 2+ HP. Oliver thus can run Raven/TA/Bowbraker(or Swordbreaker)/Ploy set effectvily. He has a lot of problems, like the lack of Boon/Bane (he would like a SPD- one), an A skill not supporting his role (Mirror strike for an EP hero why?), not having merges and not being armored (it would give acess to some B skills and more bulk); but he is kinda optimized for his role (Robin does not have much RES and Lute/Linde/Michaia have low HP)

If they make (I do not know how expensive ito make a untis is) unitis that are 4* at release, think they will mostly use untis that are unpopular ones that people would not cash orbs for (like the "anti-Ayras). In the spoilers are the people i think they are going to release a 4* or at least lower to that rarity later. As for skills, they probably will get 4* skills that were 5* but got out of meta; like the boost skills you mentioned. Hard Bearing is another candidate, since it is so situational.

Well, the 3* pool is smaller (tough that makes getting Hinatas and Robins harder overall). My main concern is the current 5* non-focus poll: it's too big since almost every unit after the release is in there (other than the seasonal ones). I wonder if they are going to address by changing the polls or making constant 4 star-focus banners. That's just shameful on my part. :( Never stopped to think that people would care for non-focus 5 star. I guess that random +ATK/-DEF Rein CAN be really nice.

@Othin True, but the problem is that the 4-5* poll is pretty crowded atm and so is the 5* is getting there, so maybe change which 5* exclusives we can get might be an option.

It's is indeed a great way to make a "skill" banner for commons and useful skill (such as Fury), and the good news is that (because it makes no sense to add this mechanic in one banner and the announcement says "the is the first 4-star Hero focus"; which implies they plan at least another banner to check the waters One 5 star focus and one 4 star focus for each color seems a good idea for focus units in the far away future; since I don't think unpopular units like Macellan would attract much attention anyway. For the "the 4/5 star poll is too big", I think they could make not every unit summonable from every banner or remove some units from the 5/4 star poll altogether (and make healers have their passive skill tree available at 4 star).

Gilliam -> General. Because I will brainwash the whole Forest into liking Knights/Generals

This "ideal nature" debate also is dependent on the untis you face in the arena. Hector +ATK -SPD used to be claimed as ideal at first because every defensive unit team would either outspeed him or have a brave weapon. But the dragon unis that are now meta (Nowi, Fae and Y!Tiki) are slowish, reaching around 30 SPD (plus merges), making a SPD +/ SPD neutral Hector not get doubled with buffs,; which saves him in some situations The recent banner is a prime example of that. Any Micaiah is a RES tank with lots of attack that can run ploy (and can Sacrifice + Desperation +BA allows as an offensive option with an effective weapon). Zelguius has the same DEF as BK with a DEF bane, so vanilla BK (SB + QR) build on him can tank just as much even (SPD bane might screw him over in some builds, but you can just avoid those). Sothe can be a sweep support (SPD- might demand a partner with hone/supr/drive/whatever, but he can still reach 44 eff. SPD) or use LAD + Desperation (his 39/36 offensives are very respectable). As far as offesive go, it is more important to have a team composed of units that check common threats in the tiers that you are (ex: Rein + B!Lyn in lower scores and /Armor/DragonsFiresweep in higher eschalons). And for defensive teams, you just want to overwhelm the adversary with cheese so he surrenders.

Because Owain needed to reclass to something that makes no sense. Again.

I might be wrong, but I think the reason they decided to make Zelguius have the black armor is because otherwise his quotes would have to talk about Benginion, because before the spoiler he "barely" has any screen time.

@Cute Chao Funnily regular banners have a higher chance of getting a specific legendary character as long as they do not share the color with another (ex: 3% for getting a Micaiah in this from a given blue orb against against around a 2.6% of getting a B!Lyn from a in the last legendary). The legendary banner however are excelent for getting a lot of 5* skills/random 5*, but not to get your favorite heores (or a 10+ merge). This reddit post has more details:

She doubling issues, but she`s a great magical tank even with a RES bane. With Zelgius basically BK with more bulk (and an arguably broken B skill) and Sothe having a supportive roles (and reaching at least 40 with phantom speed), this banner is somwhat RNG unscrewable. But sorry for taking her from you :/

Not to rub in everyone's faces, but I'm pretty happy about getting a Micaiah for 43 orbs. She's might have the most accursed nature in Heores (+HP, -ATK), but she my Micky and I honestly don't think natures (sans -RES) interefere much in her role (besides, I have and +SPD/-DEF Lute, so it makes her more unique-ish

I must say, I was not cheering for most of these characters, but the work on them is incredible. I want to pull everything now. And now I have a reason to use Jorge and Sanaki got a most interesting tome.

I blame the Camilla hate on Fates' hit and miss supports (and by miss, I mean Gonzales with a hand axe bad) and the fact that her "uniform" never being addressed properly in the series (are noblewomen in Norh peons in political marriges or not? This seems to be case based on the conflict between Garon's mistresses, but I don't remember any dialogue on the matter), which turns her armor into simple fanservice. The fact that she gets into banners she is not exepcted (like NY) does not help. I also find kinda odd they are only going to release eight characters per poll (4 highest, 4 black horses); since then the next surveys would be a lot of repeated results, and it would take 6+ months to get the data and create the characters. Assuming they decide to release CYL untis for February, given that the CYL theme was about inheritance, CYL 2 could be about being a parent. In this case we probably would get papa!Hector (sword)/Chrom (lance), mama!Tharja (green tome)/Camilla (infantry axe).

Captured enemies are valid? Dammit, missed the chance to recommend Benny :(.

Oni Azama (S Rinka )-it's his true form after all "Death comes to everyone"

SAVE FOR MERGES MAH BOI!!! On a more serious sidenote, Swift Sparrow is kinda an awesome skill and she works with almost any boon/bane (except the +RES -ATK).

It would be nice if we knew in advance what the next Heroes with X would be. IS probably does not rely on orb sales based on that kind of surprise and they could add the 4-star focus for skills not exclusive for 5 stars; like a DB banner. . Additionally, it would be interesting if they could have limited polls well the regular roster has 250+ heores (ex: only units with damaging specials in a Moonbow focus). About 3*- True about units those being the only ones usable as 3 stars skill fodder, but for some players it is nice to have the option to have "skills for feathers" trough the "easily pullable", like all -blade or -raven tomes because people it might take a while for them to be in a Focus X. I agree. I think her 5* exclusivity only due to her popularity (along with Ninian). Compared to Olivia (which can be pulled as a 3*), she has +3 ATK, and +2 RES for -6 DEF and a different skill (SPD1/2/3 instead of knockback). Even compared to the recent Flyzura statwise, she has -1 HP, +1 ATK, -2 SPD, -1 DEF, +2 RES. What differ Dancers is mostly their initial skills (and PA!Azura's legendary weapon) and their weapon type, which give each their "niche" (fortify, raven usage...). I really don't see why they put Sanaki there in the first place (she isn't that popular, there are non-5 star with legendary weapon and there is nothing in terms of stats os SI that make her "above" others. Leo COULD be a exclusive if his weapon refinery gets Gravity+ and Pain (because that + Draw back can be annoying). I pretty much play the same way. The problem I think this current Gacha format has is that even "lucky results" can be unsatisfactory, like getting two B!Lyn and an Innes instead of the targeted Elise. As a side note, I have the impression that the 1-year banner will be a legendary CYL heroes- part 2 (with the "old CYL" in the focus). NOT BECAUSE I WANT PAPA HECTOR OR ANYTHING.

Sorry to get into the discussion, but it seems you both are pinpointing the same problem: The polls are getting to big to pull non-focus characters reliably (and that can get in the way of getting certain skills). That`s quite a problem that (assuming my memory to be correct) has been on this forum before but I don`t remember if a solution was agreed upon and I know IS has not commented anything about it. It could be solvable by either or having more "skills" banner (as the Focus: Effective Against Cavalry) or limiting the characters obtainable in a focus such as a banner focused with Elibe units only having GBA units. The latter seems to be case (with the details tab), but I wonder if other think they`ll do anything at all or they have a proposal to solve this

Repost from above post. Sorry for repost, I could not manage to put quotes in edits. Thanks. Personally, I think this is because SD is a bad entry point. Things like the artstlyle can get in the way of noticing the character's emotions the dialogue and the gameplay design (map, enemy placement...) isn't noticeable except in the hardest of difficulties. I got it because I wanted to play a turned-based RPG in the DS and had already played FF Tactics A2 and Luminous ARC. I played in normal mode and pretty much blazed trough it without much thought or engagement. I only really got into the series with the second game I play (BS). Your thoughts?

SS has wonderful characters and supports (it is hard for me to say whether or not it beats POR). The class system is also nice without being overbearing (second seal, etc..). Too bad, like all GBA FE, ponies/prepromotes are op and recruits are not worth the effort. I liked the children as characters in Awakening (because it sorta had a plot, flawed as it may be) for their presence. Gen 2 in fates was weird (and kinda sad, since the actual characters aren't bad per say). Thanks, you too, fellow lurker :)!

Yeah, gamming communities should criticize better to (including complaining about not getting enough free stuff when getting free stuff). Surveys and forums are the better ways of developer/community interaction, but it is for naught if the survey is not worded properly or if we put a complain about how "we should get more packs when we get a feature". I really wish Heroes had and official forum modded by IS.