Board 8 > Fire Emblem Heroes Discussion Topic Part 20: Arrival of the Brave

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I wish I could've been in the room when they finally decided on +20 as the defense boost for Hoarfrost Knife.
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I've drawn 15 Barst and 4 Selena total. I also have 2 free Barst for a total of 21. My Reposition situation isn't as bad as it used to be but just about everyone wants Reposition so even 21 copies isn't enough.
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While I think it's great we'll finally have some Reposition fodder in the blue pool, the actual best part about Silas being the obvious demote is that now my Laslow will be even more buff with Even Defense Wave. 66 Def on enemy phase without any team assistance, yes please.
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yeah but wheres "Owain"
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...If ever a banner existed to bleed me dry, this is it. I don't know whether to be delighted that Ophelia is finally in (and Nina and Flora too) or cry from all the Silas' I will inevitably pull instead.
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I didn't play enough Conquest to know who any of these new people were, so I went ahead and spent my last Orbs on the Brave banner. Took until my final possible pull, but I got Sky-high Olivia and a second Zelgius back-to-back. Very much worth it.
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I'm just glad they're finally making real versions of Armoured Blow and Warding Blow (even if locked to a Prf for now, it's a start). Friendly reminder that those skills were +10 def and +20 res respectively in their original game, and I don't think I've ever seen anyone call them overpowered. FEH's decision to reduce them to be on par with Death/Darting Blow is one of their biggest headscratchers.

Not sure what I'll do with this banner. I like Nina quite a bit but infantry archer doesn't really excite. We'll see what the stats are I guess.

EDIT: Flora being red dagger is just baffling though. She's probably the best lore-backed candidate for a colourless dagger ever yes... but as a blue! In hindsight I definitely feel dancer Ryoma should have been a red dagger (dancer Micaiah as a light mage could easily have been a blue tome if they wanted to preserve the no-overlap there).
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NeoElfboy posted...

EDIT: Flora being red dagger is just baffling though. She's probably the best lore-backed candidate for a colourless dagger ever yes... but as a blue!

Maybe it's like Magic: The Gathering and ice powers are red for some reason.
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I mean she should probably be green. Gunnthra's Blizzard Tome is green. Blue is lightning based generally.
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Can we get a Blazing Blade/Radiant Dawn banner already...
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Oh right I forgot about Gunnthra's Blizzard, which is weird since I use it all the time. And FE9-10 did group Blizzard with wind as well, now that I think about it. I was thinking of Bruno's Va..... I'm not gonna try to recall its spelling from memory. I guess ice is just inconsistently placed then, but red still feels like the weirdest choice to me by far.

Blazing Blade had a banner pretty recently? If you're not counting split seasonal banners, then the only games that have had one more recently are Geneology, Awakening, and Fates. (If you are, then Radiant Dawn just had one.)
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How about the game with literally ZERO banners: The Binding Blade
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The Binding Blade is definitely by far my #1 banner I'd be interested in

I need me a Rutger cause I need more swords

It's also one of the rare games where I'd appreciate alts. Sophia needs good art, and most of the others need non-garbage stat lines. Of course they'd all be Roy and Lilina who already have alts and are perfectly usable in their current form but you know.
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I dont count alts, so yes, we need Blazing Blade and PoR/RD banners

Ophelia is so busted, get ready for all-mage teams that allow her to fire off AoE special left and right.....

And of course, the one guy on the new banner is the throwaway. Maybe Flora comes with 1 Def lol
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barreldragon88 posted...

Can we get a Blazing Blade/Radiant Dawn banner already...

greengravy294 posted...

How about the game with literally ZERO banners: The Binding Blade

https://old.reddit.com/r/FireEmblemHeroes/comments/9fmw7z/when_they_reveal_another_fatesawakening_banner/

Disclaimer: I made that. Time to see how easy it is to reach the FEH front page with 5 minutes of work
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Something I've always wondered is if the people who keep demanding beast units are aware who the top ranking beast units were in CYL2. The top 7 were: Selkie, Keaton, Panne, Kaden, Velouria, Tibarn and Ranulf. Beast unit banners are going to be 2 or 3 more FE13/14 banners that people keep hating on.
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I just realized that the next GHB was already announced (it's Garon).

Maybe I didn't know until now because it's a character no one wanted.
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I'm pretty sure most people know which three settings the beastpeople are from, and I don't think anyone is stupid enough to believe that "getting beastpeople" means Tellius only. Doesn't change the fact that by CYL results they're clearly some of the biggest snubs at this point.

Binding Blade is definitely due for a banner, though of course part of the reason it's taken so long is that the game was seriously overrepresented on the initial roster compared to its relatively low popularity (only FE2/4/5 did less well in CYL; those three games weren't even on the initial roster, nor were FE8-10). But yeah Rutger is definitely a major omission, I'd like to see something like him/Miredy/Lugh/someone.
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Odin - lowest attack mage in the game
Ophelia - highest attack mage in the game (tied with Sanaki and Lilina)

also we're getting Muspell units playable with a banner. supposedly with a free pick like CYL. Laeg and Helbindi each have an A skill that can make them score as though they are 170 BST units in arena. flier/infantry only, respectively.
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Said I'd draw all reds + blues on the opening batch. Of course, it was 2 Blues + 3 Reds

And I got...

SILAS!!!!!!!!!!! (+HP/-Res)

Argh.

At least I also got a Lene on the set (+Atk/-Def) so I can fodder off one of them for a Safeguard+ for Selena. Not sure if that's better than the neutral one I have or not.
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I had the same plan to go red/blue on the opener. Just had a single blue - Mathilda. Flora and Ophelia look good but I don't think I want to chase them here.

I'm really looking forward to Laegjarn here

https://i.redd.it/pk2cp4rjv4m11.png
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Pulled a +Spd -HP Ophelia on my second summon, then promptly pulled a Linde on my first summon of the next batch. 80 orbs later I got a Hinoka. And I thought Silas would be the problem.

I won't be going crazy on this banner since the odds aren't in my favour but I think I'm going to make it my aim to religiously hoard orbs now and try to +10 Ophelia on a future banner.
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Odins refine still makes him pale in comparison to his daughter lul..... +10 Ophelia will one-shot everything with turn 1 AoE

Yessss Laegjarn. Thought it was only a dream that theyd be playable, but glad i was wrong
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after my first session had only green and colorless i was like, well i wanna at least pull one blue. and got Ophelia -spd +res for 9 orbs. -spd sucks but she seems to be more of a one-shotting type. though now i feel pressured to get another Lewyn for her (well hopefully i'd get a better one so i can sac the -atk one i already have).
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Helbindi is the real star of Book 2. Consistently fun character
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Got +Atk/-HP Silas after a small amount of orbs. Cockblocked alright. I suppose i can build him up at some point as an iron wall with good Atk

Still trying to get more Shannas, but all i keep getting are Abels....
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Lopen posted...

Seriously though Silas is such a cock on that banner.

Lopen posted...

Said I'd draw all reds + blues on the opening batch. Of course, it was 2 Blues + 3 Reds

And I got...

SILAS!!!!!!!!!!! (+HP/-Res)

The prophecy was fulfilled.
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It's easy to look at this draw and think it's amazing as a 4% combo breaker

And it kinda is

But I wanted Flora and Ophelia so it's kinda obnoxious. Especially since Odin is there. Done with the banner in any case I'll wait for those two to appear somewhere else.
(+Atk - Res Silas
+Atk -Spd Lyn
+Spd -Res Karel
+HP -Res Nina)
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that Karel looks nice at least. though he badly needs to drop to 3*. without merges, a Fir+10 can outdo him, and with merges Karla/Ayra can way outdo him, which leaves him in a very awkward position.

i summoned on the Lewyn banner some more and got Silvia +atk -res in a circle of no greens. now i really should stop.
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Yeah it would be if I didn't already have that exact same nature Karel at +2. I do like merges for Karel though

That's one of the better natures for SILAS!!!!! *shakes fist* too at least.
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Silas just wants to be your friend Lopen, be nice to the poor guy.
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Man, I feel like I'm the only person who likes Silas better than Ophelia (though obviously Ophelia is a more unique and most likely better unit overall, but even then it's not like Silas is bad). I sniped for Nina then ended up getting him too on the "well might as well grab the rest of the stones since my pity is high" which I think is the first time that strategy actually paid off for me.
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I don't dislike Silas. I'll build him and use/merge him now but he's just okay. I'd never draw for him normally
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Just realized that Ophelia has like a chuuni pose going on.
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Bump
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Hard to get into this game lately. I think I blame bonds being thrown into the lineup. You can't have bonds AND Tempest Trials in your event cycle. It's too much auto grinding.
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Lopen posted...

You can't have bonds AND Tempest Trials in your event cycle. It's too much auto grinding.

I agree, although I manual everything for Bonds and always wait for 2x chance. It is nice we seem to be getting a lot more rewards each month with all the events happening
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lol holy shit Lopen, nice quadra there!

(Of course the reds are off banner)

PA banner came back. Somewhat tempting, but with only 119 orbs I should continue saving. At least until I see what's on the 2018 Halloween banner.
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Bonds should really not overlap with the TT. If we're going to have both of them, I'd rather break them up with a voting gauntlet.

Dark Young Link posted...

lol holy shit Lopen, nice quadra there!

I think this bears repeating
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It's not as cool as it looks since I only really wanted 1/4 of em but I guess yeah the spectacle was cool.

Nina wouldn't have been bad if her nature was good I guess.
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A quadra is still a quadra

Also the Forging Bonds is weird, because Flora keeps going on about how worried she is about Felicia's usefulness and I'm sitting over here watching as my superhuman +10 S Rank Felicia is autobattling the toughest difficulty of the mode with ease
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We knew this was coming but here it is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1ttLkhWJUE" data-time="

We'll be getting them Friday it seems.
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I HATE those two new A Skills

Like they make me irrationally angry
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Like to me they're like

Say there was a glitch where you got major lag while playing the game with infantry axe users

And they release an A Skill that has the effect

"Grants HP +5. If equipped to an infantry axe user, you will no longer experience lag during gameplay while using this unit"

They are making a skill to "fix" their shitty arena scoring system. I hate that.
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Yeah the new A skills are pretty offensive.
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Lol fire emblem heroes gets a banner before sealed sword does

Amazing
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I don't care enough about arena to give HP +5 to my favorite units.

I'll probably pull for Laegjarn and never touch the skill. It really shouldn't exist
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Yeah I dunno man I think I'm done until the game puts something great out or retools these A skills. That might actually be my breaking point after months of poorly executed ideas wearing me down.

Every unit should passively have that A skill if they want it. You should be able to pay arena medals (worthless currecy) to up a unit's arena score value up to the theoretical maximum.

Pay2fixyourshittyassmechanics I can't take that kind of abuse. It's so bad
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I haven't cared about this game since it became alt emblem

Theres no interest in releasing a bunch of 3 and 4 star units. Its...boring
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You know, I like the song in that banner like late in the video.

And yeah... poor FE6.
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