Bunch of Catrias here, a Robin... yeah, it's not too bad. Soon I'll be running out of orbs though, lol. Hopefully I can pull one sooner rather than later, so I can start saving on orbs for future gacha.
Good luck, tho!
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Bunch of Catrias here, a Robin... yeah, it's not too bad. Soon I'll be running out of orbs though, lol. Hopefully I can pull one sooner rather than later, so I can start saving on orbs for future gacha.
Good luck, tho!
I've long resolved to myself that I won't spend money on free to play games. I don't need to in order to enjoy them if they're good. For Heroes, I've got a decent team with my regular summons. And most characters I can do without. I won't pay for Takumi, or Hector, or Lilina, or even Ephraim. But Eirika. I'm not missing her, no matter what. So, I plopped down $40 to get enough orbs to get her. My first time, and likely my last for a long while. Took a few tries, but I got my Restoration Lady. In a sea of blues too. I'm satisfied now.
Well, she's -Attck, +Res which kind of sucks, but she's meant to be more of a booster anyway, so it's not a huge deal.
I also got another 5* Young Tiki out of the deal. Would like a non-Red 5* someday please. I'll probably end up merging her later, but I'll see.
Well, she's -Attck, +Res which kind of sucks, but she's meant to be more of a booster anyway, so it's not a huge deal.
I also got another 5* Young Tiki out of the deal. Would like a non-Red 5* someday please. I'll probably end up merging her later, but I'll see.
Man-is-Obsolete
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So what would be best for my forth spot.
Locked in I have 5* Roy, Camilla, and Robin.
I have several 4*. Jeorge, Catria, Shanna, Felicia, Lissa, Olivia, adult Tiki, and Cecilia.
Or is Roy worth cutting for something else. He is susceptible but absolutely destroys tanks and green characters. Maybe Adult Tiki is a better red user though?
Locked in I have 5* Roy, Camilla, and Robin.
I have several 4*. Jeorge, Catria, Shanna, Felicia, Lissa, Olivia, adult Tiki, and Cecilia.
Or is Roy worth cutting for something else. He is susceptible but absolutely destroys tanks and green characters. Maybe Adult Tiki is a better red user though?
Geminosity
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Whelp, got my first 5 star from a pull but it was Marth and I have no intention of using him. Ah well, Professor Willow kindly put him into the chipper for me and now have candies feathers 
Thanks for this, I was just eyeing this mission up yesterday and wondering how best to tackle it XD
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I'm playing it casual.
The problem is when you get a new unit they start at zero. So basically you have to just level them up to whatever your regular crew are which can be a boring grind.
I haven't even beaten normal yet.
Grinding characters is what's killing me.
Whelp, got my first 5 star from a pull but it was Marth and I have no intention of using him. Ah well, Professor Willow kindly put him into the chipper for me and now havecandiesfeathers
Marth is one of the best red swords
And a pretty unique skillset to boot.Ugh. Getting orbs is such slow going once you've made it through the normal missions and most of the hard ones. It really sucks to only be able to get about 3 orbs every four hours because of the stamina costs. And I have no idea what I'm going to do once I finish up hard and lunatic. If they don't start adding in a bunch more story missions (I already beat all of the ones from the new banner) I might have to give up on this game.
At least I'm lucking out on the Arena though. No Robins or Hectors so far, but plenty of dragons and fliers for Marth and 2xTakumi to eat up.
At least I'm lucking out on the Arena though. No Robins or Hectors so far, but plenty of dragons and fliers for Marth and 2xTakumi to eat up.
I'm starting to get more generous with using crystals on new guys because what else am I gonna use them for?
If it's a strong attacker though, then I just level them up with a high level healer + dancer to support them. Strong units are easy to level up becaues they just mow through everything.
If it's a strong attacker though, then I just level them up with a high level healer + dancer to support them. Strong units are easy to level up becaues they just mow through everything.
I've only got the last chapter in Lunatic left.
This will actually take me a while because I only have one really overpowering force and that's Robin. Since I have no luck with 5* characters yet a huge number of decent 4* ones, my plan is to level up a bunch of alternate characters to swap in as needed. The 1.5EXP right now actually came at a good time.
But yeah, if I look at it as time invested for orbs, it's pretty absurd. And once those 5 are gone, it's just the drip feed of login bonuses and quests.
A simple fix could just be a gift from a character when they hit max level. I don't think a free orb would hurt much, due to the sheer stamina/crystal cost to max a character out. The payout could be commensurate with their star level if they're concerned about people leveling hundreds of shitty 2-3* characters. Or make it random or something.
Geminosity
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Oh I know, still didn't want him though, so in the shredder he goesMarth is one of the best red swords
I finally made it to 20,000 feathers, but rather than use it to promote one of my 4* units, I've used it to promote ten units from 3* to 4*. My reasoning is that I struggled with the 'kill level 35+ armour' and 'kill level 35+ units with cavalry' due to a lack of choice of high-level units to do it with. Seeing as my 4* units have been pulling their weight in the arena and I'm not overly fussed about my ranking, my roster will be much stronger after using the '1.5xp gain' promotion to round out my options a bit. Hopefully I'll be able to tailor strong teams to missions much more easily, as my arena team is reasonable but can't do everything.
michaelius
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LoveLive does that and it's nice motivation to level up secondary characters there.
Its relatively easy to work through Lunatic until late chapter 8 / early chapter 9. I finally found a use for all of those blessings of light i'd gotten from quests.
Personally I think it boils down to:
- 4* version of a high tier character with good base stats. For example I have a 4* Nowi, once I'm sure she's not something terrible like -speed she could be a likely candidate for promotion to 5.
- 4* version of a character that cannot be pulled as a 5* but is very good.
It'd be dependent on your team as well. Also Olivia is an amazing character and integral to my team, and also fits the second criteria. But I wouldn't burn 20k on her since 90% of the time she could do the same job at level 1.
It kills me that if Arena doesn't change its scoring format I'd be best served just upgrading Olivia. I got her to 40 as a 4* (at which point she provides 149 stats), her at 5* will be a huge boon for arena points. I love the Arena system for not forcing endless runs to be even relevant in rankings, but the point system needs some revamp.
I'm torn between upgrading Effie or Robin from 4* to 5*. They're both good.
5* Effie's mobility is a gigantic pain in the ass and is a huge liability on some maps, but she's so goddamn strong once she gets close. I ran into one this morning, and my Camilla simply couldn't take her on, despite color advantage.
5* Effie's mobility is a gigantic pain in the ass and is a huge liability on some maps, but she's so goddamn strong once she gets close. I ran into one this morning, and my Camilla simply couldn't take her on, despite color advantage.
I'm not having any trouble with the missions because lol 2xTakumi, I just don't have enough stamina to get through any significant number of them at any given time. I burned through all of my free stamina juice bottles, and now I'm waiting for 4 hours just to be able to complete three missions. It really sucks.
Go into the unit's status page and remove the 'heart' favorite. That prevents you from merging or releasing.
As someone who uses Hector a lot, the lack of mobility usually isn't a big deal, at least not a big deal when you consider all they can bring to the table. You learn to just position your units in certain ways to bait your opponent to moving in closer where you want them. Still, on some maps (like when split), it can be annoying.
Dragoshi1
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Oooh, ok, thanks, forgot the game auto favorites units.
Vanguard771
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Just broke 3000 in the arena for the first time using my team of four stars. Robin (30), Nowi(30), Hana(31), and Wrys(25). I gotta say the synergy feels pretty great on this team.
I had a 4 star Sheena in my prev. game and my biggest problem with her was her damage output. She couldn't hurt anything. I don't know if she was -atk or not, but her attack stat was just awful. But on the plus side she never took any substantial damage from anything.
I wouldn't expect a -atk Sheena to be killing anything, but she's probably great at baiting out attacks without suffering too much.
Do you have ranged units or fliers to try to make better use of space? I think one of my problems is that all my units are melee, with only one flier. So maps that confine me into one-square corridors (like that damn lava map, or the two bridges map) put me into very awkward positions if I have Effie with me.
michaelius
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Yeah I've played some melee only teams and they can get really bad on certain maps.
I'd say you want 1 ranger unit and 1 cavalry/flier/dancer
Yes the two bridges map is the bane of my existence. I don't use any ranged units but rely on Abel and Olivia to bait/redirect units to pick them off. It's not pretty though. If I knew I would have more than 1 fight on that map, I would probably switch my team up.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to which units would make a better team than the team I'm currently using below ?
Lucina Red star 5 Star
Hinoka Blue spear 4 Star
Catria Blue Spear 4 Star
Cecillia Green Tome 4 Star
What I have so far:
5 stars
Lucina Red Sword
Hinoka Blue Spear
4 Stars
Azama Red Healer
Azama Nuetral Mage
Hana Red Sword
Roy Red Sword
Gordin Neutral Bow
Selena Red Sword
Est Blue Spear
Oboro Blue spear (New obtained)
Subaki Blue (Newly obtained)
Lucina Red star 5 Star
Hinoka Blue spear 4 Star
Catria Blue Spear 4 Star
Cecillia Green Tome 4 Star
What I have so far:
5 stars
Lucina Red Sword
Hinoka Blue Spear
4 Stars
Azama Red Healer
Azama Nuetral Mage
Hana Red Sword
Roy Red Sword
Gordin Neutral Bow
Selena Red Sword
Est Blue Spear
Oboro Blue spear (New obtained)
Subaki Blue (Newly obtained)
superdeluxe
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I always feel that as long as you have your 3 colors covered, teh 4th should be a grey (so Gordin in this case). But I'm pretty new to all of this.
superdeluxe
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Yeah its easy work..BUT the stam costs are just killer.
Replace Catria with Gordin or Azama based on circumstances. Two blue pegasus knights on one team is a bit redundant and dangerous if there's an archer around. Since Hinoka is 5* (I think), she's the better pick. If you got a better mage of any colour or another green unit, you could rework your team a bit.
There's better archers than Gordin and better healers than Azama, but given what you've got, they're probably your best options for now.
Attleborotaco
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My team is currently:
5* Ephraim
5* Male Robin
5* Sheena
5* Tharja
Is there any changes i should make to this? My only other 5* is Raven, but my two highest units after that is a 4* Fir and 4* Marth.
5* Ephraim
5* Male Robin
5* Sheena
5* Tharja
Is there any changes i should make to this? My only other 5* is Raven, but my two highest units after that is a 4* Fir and 4* Marth.
Geminosity
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I'm starting to feel tempted to use arena as a tool for setting up weird encounters for other players.
Right now I'm toying with the idea of setting a defence team of 3 armour units (with at least one or two that has the buff to fellow armoured units) and the tankiest healer I can find that has gravity
Right now I'm toying with the idea of setting a defence team of 3 armour units (with at least one or two that has the buff to fellow armoured units) and the tankiest healer I can find that has gravity
AFAIK, Olivia's basically pointless to 5*. She's going to melt from being attacked by almost anything and her only utility is dancing. Stat increases and better weapons are pointless for a unit you need to do your best to stop from ever actually entering combat.
superdeluxe
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I feel like the only way to level olivia is just use shards/crystals on her.
Yeah, it's strange that they didn't give Dancers exp for dancing like in the mainline games.
Velcro Fly
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Yeah not getting an actual green unit in like four pulls means I'm going to have a hard time beating 7-2. Roy and Lyn get wrecked by the blue units and are unable to one shot Hector. Cordelia is eaten alive by the green units. Tanky blue units just fucking kill me because I have nothing at all to deal with them. Ugh
edit: I do have 4 star Nino. Time to level up.
edit: I do have 4 star Nino. Time to level up.
Pejo
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Think I'm going to resort to only pulling blues for a while. I REALLY want Azura, though that's incredibly unlikely to happen, but I also need stronger blue units in general. I'd love a Catria or Nowi as well.
Really the only good blue unit I have is Effie, and I don't generally like tank units. It'd be nicer if I knew I was getting a map with those stupid walls, since choke points are most important there.
Still have no idea which 4* to promote. I think I'm going to go against my first thought of male Robin, simply because it's possible to pull him at 5*. I want to focus on a max 4* pullable unit that's really good, I think. That way I won't pull a duplicate in a few weeks and get salty about the feathers wasted.
Really the only good blue unit I have is Effie, and I don't generally like tank units. It'd be nicer if I knew I was getting a map with those stupid walls, since choke points are most important there.
Still have no idea which 4* to promote. I think I'm going to go against my first thought of male Robin, simply because it's possible to pull him at 5*. I want to focus on a max 4* pullable unit that's really good, I think. That way I won't pull a duplicate in a few weeks and get salty about the feathers wasted.
What exactly do the [weapon]breaker skills do? I don't think i quite understand from the weapon description
Also I currently got Julia, Takumi, kid Tiki, Nowi and Kagero for 5 stars
Was thinking of running Takumi, Julia, Kagero and one of the dragons but not sure what would be best
Also I currently got Julia, Takumi, kid Tiki, Nowi and Kagero for 5 stars
Was thinking of running Takumi, Julia, Kagero and one of the dragons but not sure what would be best
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