Sasori

Oh yeah. I completely forgot to upload this one. Its not the worlds most interesting GHB. So its mother and son vs best mom and her mothers boys. @Diovani Bressan : Oh nice. I knew you had a Abel, but I did't know you had a cain too. I mostly just see energy drink give other people wings of mercy. @BoaFerox: Cool to see the new Elincia in action. I wondered why she stuck with a old Brave sword, but that was because she'd just be too though with Amiti around. @Maaka: I had a feeling the Batre clan would have absolutely no problem with this map. Other then them maybe being too strong to properly galeforce with all those squishy mages on this map.

@Landmaster This GHB wasn't nearly as easy as the last ones with all those reinforcements. OG Elise worked surprisingly well as wall with Miracle and Mirabelis could withstand quite the beating as well. Nice clear I've been meaning to use Saias for a while since his weapon is kinda neat. Kept forgetting it, but good genius vs evil genius seemed like a good theme. @Diovani Bressan: Ah yeah. Arvis was on my list too untill I realised I already had quite the selection of red mages. So Saias ended up as my fallback @Maaka: Nice job. You almost would't be able to tell that Solon was standing on a defense tile with that damage. They're all units I don't take along for the ride often either. But the archer boys worked well with debuff emblem.

I thought to smite Solon with my new l'arachel, but the reinforcements made this map a bit more ticky then I thought. So its good genius vs bad genius. Saias delivered the debuffs so his less then intimidating archer buddies could bring the damage. @Diovani Bressan: I keep forgetting how strong Triandra is when she's not dancing. She did a good number on all the enemies. I was also surprised to see Mirabelis double so often in this map. She was pretty powerfull both on offense and defense @BoaFerox : Nice clear. Nowi's new teleport skill really is very different from what Takumi and Anna got. A big improvement how she can appear two spaces away from allies. Also cool to see best whitewing in action. @Landmaster @Maaka @SatsumaFSoysoy @Unknown Gamer11

@BoaFerox 55 speed and quading Claude. That was pretty cool. Also funny to see that Tana's offensive stats are the same with 55/55 and her defense stats also being the same with 33/33

@Maaka Giving such a rare skill to Raigh of all units was a bit of a surprise, but I actually liked the result. It means he can take revenge on all those abyssal healers and their annoying staves. Doubly so if they are on horseback. This was a pretty frail map so I wasn't surprised to see your Bartre's and firs having a easy time. @Landmaster: It seems Lugh isn't the only one with a new weapon. Isn't the boot weapon Cecilia's defensive owl tome dagger? @BoaFerox: Comerade Edelgard is quite the red terror in this map. Also +10 and resplendant. Thats one neat Tana. But thanks. The added buff negation helped a lot against that jerk. I can see it working well with Ross too. He has more resistance then expected if you build him for that.

Many of the gen 1 cast of fe4 are pretty efficient with their limited lines. They don't have many conversations, but you can tell really quickly what a character like Azelle, Lex, Dew, Sylvia and Tailtyu are like. For what little they give they're pretty interested or entertaining. Its something gen 2 does a lot worse. But there is also that boss in fe9 who captures the priests. He only has a few lines, but uses all of them that shows he has a blast being the more terrible person that he can be. I won't say they have very few lines, but I also want to say Shura and to a lesser extent Reina. Some characters have the entire cast to work with, but these two have to cram all their backstory in two support conversations. And both of those characters pain a very interesting picture of themselves. The game did't feel interested in exploring them further..

It does look kinda tragic when you put it like that. Some of these units aren't bad, but when compared to the treatment they look pretty mundane compared to every female not named Mercedes and their pricy skills and prf's. Distant guard 3 being locked behind 5 star is making me feel even less generous towards Linhard. That already kinda boring skill is the only unique thing he has to bring and they decided to give it a feather cost. I suppose his good mixed bulk make him stand out amongst the other interchangeable infantry healers, but i'm getting tired of this demote type. Everyone else looks good enough, but still not going to go all out on this one.

@Unknown Gamer11 Oh thats a very cool clear with a very impressive Ewan. Almost +10 too so good luck on the last ones. I thought it was kinda cool to see him one round that pretty bulky lance infantry unit, but he one upped that by one rounding even Claude as well. With Tiki bringing a lot of anti dragon power. And oh yeah you had a +10 Lugh. I can see a plegian toch working out really well for it. For once green tomes got a few new options to play around with. @Maaka: I do like seeing all the damage get healed back. It makes Chad into a wall that works a bit different from the usual stat monsters. Figuring out how to get that one shot was the biggest challenge in that map. @SatsumaFSoysoy: Asbel does hit pretty hard and pretty fast. Combine that with the flyer slaying and he's pretty neat to use. It makes up for the fact that I haven't played Thracia and don't know too much about him.

I did't expect to see a banner today when I woke up. Its a fine banner, but nothing exites me too much on this one. So I'll be saving my orbs. Mariane would be the unit i'd go for. I like how her prf makes use of her love for animals. Blue seems to be the colour to go with not one, but two loaded units. But Linhard is...wow. I'm really not a fan of healer demotes. They all have base game kits skills with a alright support C skill to finish it off. It makes them all feel very much the same. To be honest I thought they'd do more with Lin. Did't he get into the top 20 male heroes this time around? You'd think that would help avoid having a kit like this.

Thats what I thought so I decided to go for another team....but it turns out I underestimated the Orphan team. They just needed a babysitter capable of dealing with Claude. And oooh. Hilda, Hilda, Hilda (+10). She was a EP shield that your absurdly though Celica and Hana could use for some of scary foes on this map @Maaka : 'Eat this pall' is definately not something you could see Seiros or her other roles say. Which makes it pretty funny. Also ow wow. I'm starting to think that there will never be a foe that Batre the Brave can't outspeed and one round. @Landmaster Hahah Siegy smalls is a new one, but both him and Gordin can get some big numbers behind their blows so they always come in handy. Speaking of smoll powerhouses. The elise squad did real nice as always. I was wondering how Claude would go down, but ganging up on him worked well. Also surprised how good the elise's took care of the dagger jerks. @Diovani Bressan: Thanks. One day he'll be my first and probably only 5 star exclusive....or I hope thats what going to happen since I haven't seen a Siegbert in ages. @Flying Shogi

@Diovani Bressan: Cool clear. Its always odd to find out that a unit isn't using its best weapon. But Freya probably would't do so well in a one turn clear if she had her big damage reduction weapon along for the ride. This map isn't really made for my barracks. I like to keep everyone close together and all those panic s and sabotage skills make for a very annoying map. Azelle and Lex are going to see more use, but for now they got to ease in on the infernal map. Along with Boey who was my answer to those annoying daggers I also got Abyssal done. Also by getting rid of those dagger jerks on turn one. This time my Abyssal team is featuring some of the more higher tiered units....and Gordin and Siegbert. @Landmaster @Maaka @SatsumaFSoysoy @Unknown Gamer11

This ghb also wasn't too tricky. After giving my spare winter altina to Raigh, he became the perfect choice for this map. Lugh and his new toy could handle the rest of the map @Flying Shogi: Seems i wasn't the only one that brought Raigh to deal with Veronica. Cool clear. It reminds me to bring winter Nino out more often. @Diovani Bressan: Well that was a massacre. Winter Altina had nothing to fear in this map. The pp map was pretty cool too. I almost never see duo Alm, but he and the rest where pretty powerful. Surprised not to see a brave lance on Seteth though. @Landmaster @Maaka @SatsumaFSoysoy @Unknown Gamer11

Been a bit behind on my replies on this one @Diovani Bressan: That was cool. I was wondering how you'd reach the enemies. Having frail weak Raphael throw people across the battlefield hadn't been my guess. @Maaka I could have felled that one too with Ronan, but I though it would be better for Kana to have a kill of his own. This map did seem pretty poorly equiped to deal with your Bartre's. All frail flyers, mages and priest. @Landmaster Did that sword flier just do only 15 damage to a frail gen one mage with weapons triangle disadvantage? That new toy should serve summer elise pretty well though. @SatsumaFSoysoy I am pretty pleased with the results. I normally skip out on armours, but I made a exception in this case.

I thought it was supposed to be Pamela too, but appearantly Dithorba isn't her, but instead the other pegasus knight boss you faced in that chapter. I don't really know why they went with her since Pamela seemed to be the important one.

Well this GHB was....um a GHB? I can't really think of anything special about this one. I did however get a very nice Henriete that deserves a team like her daughter. @Landmaster @SatsumaFSoysoy @Maaka @Diovani Bressan @Unknown Gamer11 @BoaFerox

My good luck in the last banner meant I had a good stash of orbs saved up for this Banner. Of course my luck isn't nearly as good when its a banner I care about. So right now my orb stash is empty and I ended up having to spark for Azelle. A neutral 5 star Lex is nice even if he's easily available at 4 star too.

I knew I should have hold back a bit on the valentine’s banner. Still Azelle is finally in even if his horse isn’t. He’s going to be pulled. Lex is a cool demote too. The pegasus ladies look nice too. They where more of a surprise. I assumed they’d go with Aideen.

I got myself everything I wanted pretty quickly. One five star Alfonse, one four stars Alonse and one Henriete. They are both even +def/-spd. And I still have tickets to share on this one.

Normally I don't like Heroes banners, but this one I really like. Muspel and Nifl are staying at home and two of these characters where long overdue for heroes. I don't like everyone I like on this banner being armours, but I suppose new tome armours are also long overdue. I'll be trying out for Henriette as my 5 star, but I'm also going to see if I can get Alfonse twice. Once for use and one for weapon inheritence. This tome seems to be better then Melon float in most situations. Veronica's stats are good, but i'm starting to get a bit tired of yet another chill speed.

@Maaka Thanks. I figured i'd give the last kill to Kaden so he would't only be cheerleading all map. Also a cool clear on your end. its rare to see the Fir's go in for the boss kill, but she took care of Seiros with no problems. @SatsumaFSoysoy Did't end up getting Mini Merric, but I can see how Asbel would be a bit boring in comparison. No fancy healing special on him. But he's a good green statball. Thats a very unique thumbnail. Also a very different team when compared to your usual. I wasn't the only one bringing a dc dragonslayer and Lucina wasn't any less effective then Roy. Shamir also still just hits really really hard. @Unknown Gamer11 Thanks. This map was pretty much Asbel's dream map with all those flyers and his base kit being able to cut through Seiros auto doubling. Also cool Leif team . A very different Asbel, but the aoe special spamming worked pretty well. Seiros was a though nut to crack, but the combined attacks worked pretty well. @Landmaster Oof. For a gen 1 mage those are some pretty big feats for Summer elise. Even the newer green mages have trouble one rounding someone as bulky as Seiros.

Ow wow. Gatekeeper really shot up the ranks. Going from second to absolutely destroying everyone in votes. Hopefully he'll be bringing obstruct 4 with him when he comes. Normally i'm not one for OC bannets, but this one is nicely done. Henriete and Gustov needed to be in the game for a while already and Veronica is a nice freeby. I'm not super happy with Alfonse being a armour, but i'll take it.

After drawing a Dorothea from the Plegia banner I figured I might as well give her a team to play with. Dorothea and the Mittlelfrankman opera company weren't quite up to snuff for Abyssal, but they had some fun going through Infernal. Few things could get past Forrest on this mode No theme for the Abyssal run though. The Roy button is still working and Asbel too was a good fit for the map. Its been a while since i've brought Seteth along for a clear too. @Diovani Bressan: Ow wow. that was some pretty big numbers Palla pulled. Only coming up 2 shorts from one shotting Seiros if she did't have a damage reduction skill. Also cool to see Naga. I rarely see her in action. @Landmaster @BoaFerox @Unknown Gamer11 @SatsumaFSoysoy @Maaka

Brave Ike would't be the unit i'd pick for a resplendent hero. He would't even be the first brave unit I would have picked. BIke still has a unique role he can play and its a good one too. For a gen 1 unit he held up remarkably well. Meanwhile Blyn and Broy are having a bit more problems. I don't mind Ike too much , but I'm starting to get some mega evolution vibes. With Pokemon needing those getting sidelined for the crowd pleasers that did't. If I had my way i'd go with two units each feh pass update. That way they could go with one popular/good unit and a hanger-on unit that needs the extra stats/art upgrade. Because right now Rebecca will probably never get her eyes fixed and at this rate and chances for units like Sully/Stahl/Raigh/Jacob also seem to be pretty much zero. I don't think even semi popular units like Donnel have much of a shot.

@Maaka : Thanks. Cool clear on your end as well. OG Bartre showed Osian who's the boss in CHOP. @Diovani Bressan I can see it being Boey's least favourite team and his most favourite team And Nice clear. I always forgot what a massive goat Kitsune Freya is. That 132 damage was also cool @BoaFerox I haven't played Thracia, but Osian does seem like the kind of guy who might shout his one liner a second time. Its always fun to see dancers go on the offensive. did't expect og azura to be a galeforcer. Tana did a good job with one roading Osian too. weapon triangle or no. Freya did good too despite having her weakest weapon on. I would't have noticed it if you did't type it. @Landmaster : Always fun to see a close call and surviving with one hp. That was the only thing that seemed to be a threat on this map though. They one rounded everything and not by a little either. Its a good thing tanking Boey's Ignis is hard because he doesn't hit all that hard otherwise.

This is a odd banner for a month like January, but the female side I really like this banner. Katarina and Tharja have some good art on them and I'll never say no to another Dorothea. Is this the first time the duo hero consits of two normal characters rather then two main characters? The male side is less impressive. Rapheal is cool, but armours are never on my wish list. Mkris is Mkris so he's also not on my wish list. Mostly going to save my orbs, but mind spend some to go after Dorothea.