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Fire Emblem Heroes |OT|The Future of Fire Emblem
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Let me tell you about frustration. I wanted today's banner that popped up to be the last that I would spend money on more than 20 orbs because I've got three main characters to use for arena with two of them having plenty of spares for merging up to level 50.
All I wanted was two 5* Ninos and that would be good enough.
First roll, one green orb: 5* Julia.
Oh wow I finally got her but she wasn't what I wanted.
Next 5* roll: Sheena.
Oh come on I didn't want her.
Next 5* roll: Minerva.
I've already got her, I didn't want another.
Next 5* roll: Sheena.
Again!?
Next 5* roll: Setsuna.
Well that's neat but I had no choice because there were no green orbs.
Next 5* roll: Effie.
That's great but I don't really want to use her in arena and, had no green orbs to choose.
And that's it, I got one more roll when I get 5 free orbs over the weekend login bonus and maybe on the last day of the banner a couple of more rolls but this is ridiculous.
I do have 4 spare 3* Ninos but having gotten a couple of 5* Ninos would have been convenient for me raising her rating much quicker.
All I wanted was two 5* Ninos and that would be good enough.
First roll, one green orb: 5* Julia.
Oh wow I finally got her but she wasn't what I wanted.
Next 5* roll: Sheena.
Oh come on I didn't want her.
Next 5* roll: Minerva.
I've already got her, I didn't want another.
Next 5* roll: Sheena.
Again!?
Next 5* roll: Setsuna.
Well that's neat but I had no choice because there were no green orbs.
Next 5* roll: Effie.
That's great but I don't really want to use her in arena and, had no green orbs to choose.
And that's it, I got one more roll when I get 5 free orbs over the weekend login bonus and maybe on the last day of the banner a couple of more rolls but this is ridiculous.
I do have 4 spare 3* Ninos but having gotten a couple of 5* Ninos would have been convenient for me raising her rating much quicker.
Considering that the odds of getting each focus character are so small even when choosing their colour orb on their banner, I think aiming to get two or even one Nino from so few pulls was perhaps a touch optimistic! That's why I refuse to put any money in at all, I burnt through 110 orbs on the last banner hoping for any of the focus characters and didn't get a thing.
Yeah. That's... not easy. They do like their choke points!
I've been experimenting with setups and am finding Cecelia a good pick for this as she's a green Mage (good vs Ursula), and has weapon advantage vs neutral, so both Ninja too. Magic also being good vs armour means she can hurt all five of them.
Still haven't beaten it yet though.
how does she do against the cav?
The Red cav instantly kills her, unfortunately, but she wins the first turn attack against the nearest ninja, inflicting heavy damage while taking none back for me.
Sorry, meant that she's good against four of them, not that plucky red cavalryman.
that's really important, can she take a hit from the second?
I'll try again as soon as my stamina is restored. It's meant for 5* units and my Cecelia is only a 4* unit (most of my 5* units are red swords) which makes things more difficult.
same deal yeah, my narcian can tank the ninjas face but thats it, i cant 1hko them or anyone for that matter
already used 4 stamina potionsI'm sure there are better options. I just happened to have her raised for my arena team
tbh I also have Hector&Effie, so the poison daggers weren't as scary to me
SenorArdilla
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Didn't expect them to give you a 4★ Ursula right out the bat. I guess that means that we might be seeing 5★ Xander and friends.
Hm, Nino and Elise both instantly die to a Ninja. I have to try something different. But I really have no idea how to beat that. Maybe I can use Stahl, he is bulkier than Elise, but he isn't 40 yet. And Ursula will wreck any mounted unit. But as soon as I get in range of her the Ninjas will kill me. >_>
mikemandey
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First try...
My incredibly strange main team composition of Lucina/MRobin/Raven/Beruka (5*) got me the 3* version of Ursula. 5* Beruka is incredibly tanky, to the point that she survived the entire enemy team attacking mostly her for two full turns and completely nullified the Dagger units due to neither being infantry nor having low defense. She was also single-handedly responsible for killing Ursula who was the only enemy capable of dealing double-digit damage to her, and only when she was affected by debuffs.
A bit of clean-up by Robin and Lucina while Raven sat in the back and did nothing and the map was done, albeit with Beruka having something like 5 health remaining.
I'm not even going to bother with the 4* version because frankly I don't like Ursula and she's not worth the effort.
I've said it before, but I'll reiterate that making a forced chokepoint and a requirement that all units survive isn't strategic or tactical so much as it is just a check that the player has the right unit to survive. I know it's tough to make anything seem tactical in a game as simplified as this, but every one of the Grand Hero Battles so far has been the same shoddy idea taken further and it wasn't a good one to begin with.
A bit of clean-up by Robin and Lucina while Raven sat in the back and did nothing and the map was done, albeit with Beruka having something like 5 health remaining.
I'm not even going to bother with the 4* version because frankly I don't like Ursula and she's not worth the effort.
I've said it before, but I'll reiterate that making a forced chokepoint and a requirement that all units survive isn't strategic or tactical so much as it is just a check that the player has the right unit to survive. I know it's tough to make anything seem tactical in a game as simplified as this, but every one of the Grand Hero Battles so far has been the same shoddy idea taken further and it wasn't a good one to begin with.
Hours Left
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HAHAHA! After umpteen tries/stamina potions, a crazy amount of move strategies, and most importantly, with zero orbs spent on new units, I finally beat the 4* Ursula map with this team!
No Armored units, no crazy powerful Mages (just a Lv. 37 3* F-Robin, who only attacked once in the whole fight), and not a single character with range indifferent counter attack! That was soooooooooooooooo satisfying.
Frederick took out the last two units, the pair of Ninjas, with only 1 HP left! They couldn't even scratch him!
No Armored units, no crazy powerful Mages (just a Lv. 37 3* F-Robin, who only attacked once in the whole fight), and not a single character with range indifferent counter attack! That was soooooooooooooooo satisfying.
Frederick took out the last two units, the pair of Ninjas, with only 1 HP left! They couldn't even scratch him!
toastyToast
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I should have done that F Robin map. I can't figure out a way to initiate on this map other than sticking Robin out and he can't handle more than one of these insane ninjas
The_White_Rose
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Pulled a single red orb hoping fot 5 star Lucina, get 5 star Ogma 😓
toastyToast
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Sounds like what happened to me
Pulled hoping for 5 star Nino. It's 5 star Hawkeye smh
Pulled hoping for 5 star Nino. It's 5 star Hawkeye smh
Hours Left
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155 BST for Ursula seems consistent with mounted mages. Her kit doesn't look too impressive but yeah, what else can you expect for a free unit...
I'm happy as long as it's a free 4* unit for arena bonus so can't complain, that is, if I can beat that 4* map... I can't only try until I get home, but judging from the look of it, I might be out of luck. I don't have Hector, nor do I have Camilla or trained FemRobin. This is going to cause so much headache....
I'm happy as long as it's a free 4* unit for arena bonus so can't complain, that is, if I can beat that 4* map... I can't only try until I get home, but judging from the look of it, I might be out of luck. I don't have Hector, nor do I have Camilla or trained FemRobin. This is going to cause so much headache....
Hours Left
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I whipped up a visual guide for my 4* Ursula map strategy. It uses two "free" units (3* Olivia & 3* Female Robin), 5* Frederick and 5* Ephraim. (Eph isn't strictly necessary, just need a sturdy Blue melee unit.) I think this is fairly workable for consistent players, and hopefully can help anyone who might be having trouble.
http://imgur.com/a/gH7TT
http://imgur.com/a/gH7TT
thanks for all your input. My current top-team is a 5* Klein, Olivia, Catria and Cherche (all 4*), which works quite well in the arena (even 2xTakumi teams are no problem anymore thanks to Klein).
I would probably ditch Cherche in favor for Nino, as my Cherche has the worst resistance (11!) of all my level 40 units.
Daria Morgendorffer
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I feel like bringing a healer really helps me on these grand hero fights since there's always a chokepoint.
Thanks!
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