Fire Emblem Discussion

[Kong Wen]

Alright, I only have a limited number of characters I can check.

My Lucina is -HP/+RES, which I'm OK with. My Takumi is sadly -ATK/+HP. It's not as awful on him since he's often used to tank hits with his close counter, but still. Neither of these is ideal, but neither is trash.

I also have a +DEF/-SPD Henry, which is trash and a +HP/-ATK Subaki, which is trash. Those guys are level 1 though, so no big loss.

I just unlocked my Sharena up to 3-star, and she's neutral across the board (maybe the story-given characters always are?).

I'm tempted to summon again but I'd much rather wait until the gang from Tellius arrives. Spending some quality time levelling low-tier characters and steamrolling the arena until then.

[The Shoemaker]

I've been trying to play Heroes for the last two weeks but haven't been able to as I keep needing to download extra data, but I'm always out of the house when I'm playing and not close to wi fi. Then I would try and download at home and it would get to 95%, and I would use my phone for something and then the percentage would reset, now telling me I don't have enough space to download anything :p So I just deleted it, might download again when I have the patience. It is a fun enough game.

[Jordan]

I also have a +DEF/-SPD Henry, which is trash and a +HP/-ATK Subaki, which is trash. Those guys are level 1 though, so no big loss.

The Subaki is trash, but the Henry is good. In fact, I think -spd is ideal on him. He has some of the worst speed in the game so less speed mostly won't hurt him, except against other slowpokes. He's also mildly tanky for a mage.

a +def, -spd henry is probably the best you can get as far as dealing with Takumi. He'll take less damage vs. Takumi, counter-attack with WTA vs. colorless (because of his upgraded weapon) and the speed loss won't matter; Takumi doubles him either way.

-atk takumi is pretty bad sadly, but he's Takumi so it doesn't matter that much. He's still better than 90% of the characters in the game. if he's able to take an extra hit, it could be super annoying for attackers in the arena. Obviously you should keep him anyways.

I managed a perfect arena run yesterday (7 levels of advanced with no casualties). Ended with a score of 4,468 which puts me in the 5,000-10,000 rank range. That means I get 2,000 bonus feathers at the end of the week so long as my rank doesn't dip below 10,000.

I blew some more cash on the game because I have no self-control at all+nothing else to spend money on barring food and gas atm.

I picked up a 5* Ephraim with +atk and -res! I was very happy about that. Ephraim is one of my favorite lords in the series along with Ike and Hector. I also picked up a pretty good Peri and Selena. Very nice stuff.

[Kong Wen]

-atk takumi is pretty bad sadly, but he's Takumi so it doesn't matter that much. He's still better than 90% of the characters in the game. if he's able to take an extra hit, it could be super annoying for attackers in the arena. Obviously you should keep him anyways.

I picked up a 5* Ephraim with +atk and -res! I was very happy about that. Ephraim is one of my favorite lords in the series along with Ike and Hector. I also picked up a pretty good Peri and Selena. Very nice stuff.

Yeah, Takumi is wrecking house regardless. If I somehow ever happen to pick up a better roll, I'll have to decide between stacking a team of Takumis or infusing this guy into him. Unlikely that'll ever happen though.

Congrats on your 5* Ephraim! That's awesome. I know he was one you wanted, and you got a great roll on him to boot! What are the chances?

I'll probably spend $$$ to get Ike and Nephenee, so I know how you feel.

[Jordan]

Earlier in this thread, I was slightly disappointed because I would have preferred Peri or Ephraim to Abel.

I managed to get both and each with decent-ish natures. I'm very happy about that.

I like Nephenee and Ike a lot. Hell, I like a lot of the Tellius roster a lot. I'd love to get Oliver and Black Knight. Right now I'm probably most hyped for those characters. Hopefully they add a bunch rather than some lame trickle over time.

Current army:

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Azura ★★★★★ (Lv. 41 +spd, -hp)
Nino ★★★★★ (Lv. 40 +atk, -hp)
Lyndis ★★★★★ (Lv. 40 +def, -atk)
Abel ★★★★★ (Lv. 40 +spd, -atk)
Arthur ★★★★ (Lv. 40 +atk, -res)
Shanna ★★★★ (Lv. 39 +spd, -def)
Corrin ★★★★ (Lv. 39 +res, -atk)
Clarine ★★★★ (Lv. 37 +def, -res)
Frederick ★★★★ (Lv. 35 +atk, -hp)
Lilina ★★★★ (Lv. 35 +hp, -spd)
Marth ★★★★ (Lv. 34 +def, -res)
Sakura ★★★★ (Lv. 32 +spd, +def, -hp, -atk)
Tiki ★★★ (Lv. 28 +atk, -hp)
Virion ★★★ (Lv. 28 neutral)
Azama ★★★★ (Lv. 28 +hp, -atk)
Selena ★★★★ (Lv. 27 +spd, -res)
Anna ★★★ (Lv. 27 Neutral?)
Ephraim ★★★★★ (Lv. 26 +atk, -res)
Peri ★★★★ (Lv. 26 +atk, -res)
Cordelia ★★★★ (Lv. 26 +res, -spd)
Saizo ★★★ (Lv. 24 +atk, -def)
Setsuna ★★★ (Lv. 24 +def, -hp)
Henry ★★★★ (Lv. 22 +hp, -spd?)
Jeigan ★★★★ (Lv. 22 ???)
Gwendolyn ★★★ (Lv. 22 +spd, -res)
Felicia ★★★★ (Lv. 20 +atk, -spd)
Est ★★★★ (Lv. 20 Neutral)
Donnel ★★★ (Lv. 20 +spd, -res)
Cecilia ★★★ (Lv. 20 +atk, -def)
Odin ★★★ (Lv. 20 +hp, -def)
Narcian ★★★ (Lv. 20 neutral?)
Niles ★★★ (Lv. 20 +hp, -def)
Oboro ★★★ (lv. 20 +def, -spd)
Fir ★★★ (Lv. 20 +spd, -def)
Eliwood ★★★ (Lv. 20 -def, +res)
Stahl ★★★ (Lv. 20 Neutral)
Alfonse ★★ (Lv. 20 Neutral?)
Sharena ★★★ (Lv. 20 Neutral?)
Olivia ★★★ (Lv. 20 Neutral)
Florina ★★★★ (Lv. 19 +def, -spd)
Lissa ★★★★ (Lv. 18 +atk, -def)
Gunter ★★★★ (Lv. 17 +hp, -res)
Fae ★★★★ (Lv. 8 ??)
Nino ★★★★ (Lv. 7 Fuel)
Sheena ★★★★ (Lv. 6 -HP, +Def)
Gordin ★★★ (Lv. 6 +Atk, -Spd)

I check the ivs when I roll now and keep a notepad document of it. It's been really useful for getting rid of the garbage. I still have some crappy characters but I'm hesitant to get rid of anybody I currently have.

[Kong Wen]

I check the ivs when I roll now and keep a notepad document of it. It's been really useful for getting rid of the garbage. I still have some crappy characters but I'm hesitant to get rid of anybody I currently have.

I'm doing the same thing, except Kong being Kong, I made a spreadsheet.

LOLZ at your second Nino being labelled "fuel"!

Your top Azura and Nino are perfect. I've racked up 40 orbs now. I might have 60 by the time the next event/banner rolls around.

[Jordan]

That spreadsheet is great. Really nice idea you have there. If I have the energy, I'm tempted to make one now.

I want a 40+X Nino. Yeah it will probably take months to get her levels up, but it will be worthwhile.

Saving up orbs is a great idea+you have a bunch of them. The next banner is going to be really crappy garbage though. IIRC they are dishing out 5* Focus Fir, Hawkeye, Maria and Adult Tiki...for whatever reason. If you care about those characters, go for it, but I'm personally saving up for Tellius reveals.

[Kong Wen]

That spreadsheet is great. Really nice idea you have there. If I have the energy, I'm tempted to make one now.

I want a 40+X Nino. Yeah it will probably take months to get her levels up, but it will be worthwhile.

Saving up orbs is a great idea+you have a bunch of them. The next banner is going to be really crappy garbage though. IIRC they are dishing out 5* Focus Fir, Hawkeye, Maria and Adult Tiki...for whatever reason. If you care about those characters, go for it, but I'm personally saving up for Tellius reveals.

Those are trash characters, so I'll sit on these until Tellius as well. That's a lot of time with no new characters, though. I guess I'll have most of this roster 20-30+ by then. Plus whatever grand heroes come along before then.

You may be able to go File | Make a Copy to download a copy of that spreadsheet to your own drive. If you need permissions or something, let me know. I have a formula in there that also automatically shows you the boon/bane based on the stats you put in, which is totally overkill for something you can eyeball, but I just wanted to practise making a formula like that.

[Kong Wen]

There's a new special battle coming tomorrow. Looks like female Robin, who's a green tome user in the story mode.

If this works anything like Narcian's special battle, there'll be a Level 25 battle to get a 2-star Robin, and a Level 35 battle to get a 3-star Robin. You'll have to beat the map without any character dying. (Note, it's perfectly possible they'll change the criteria for this one.)

[Jordan]

It's the same as Narcian's. I'm pretty sure all the boss battles will be like this. I think they will keep rolling them out at a consistent pace. I am guessing the next one will be Ursula (blue mage cavalry) or Xander (sword cavalry). Aside from them, we'll also see Zephiel (armored sword), Camus (cavalry lance) and Michalis (wyvern axe).

We know that the ??? masked guy's name is "Bruno" from data mining, though most people suspect that he is the same character as "Zacharias." I wouldn't even put it past Nintendo to have inputted false data for his name just to throw people off. ??? is a blue tome cavalry user like Ursula. Veronica is a green infantry mage. We might see both of these characters as grand boss battles too. However, I think it's more likely that they will be added much later with new story missions to accompany them.

I'm predicting that when they add Tellius, the Black Knight will surface as another boss battle.

I cleared Robin (F) no problem, but her stage is going to annoy a lot of people. It's just like Narcian's stage in that as soon as you move anywhere, you'll get boned six ways sideways, in this case by mages. High resistance units will dominate though. I basically only needed Nino and Azura, and I probably could have just cleared it with Nino alone.