Board 8 > Fire Emblem Discussion Topic Part 7: Troublesomely Tricky Tempest Trials

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Lopen posted...

I can't clear 7 Lunatic perfectly but if the event were less grindy I'd have incentive to try and do so.

Oh. I thought you meant you wanted it to take longer to grind out all the prizes for some reason.




Xuxon posted...

Beruka's default special is the godawful glimmer, which doesn't even add any damage if the attack would normally do 0. if Beruka herself had Ignis, like anyone who actually uses her does, she might have one-shot your Lukas.

Lol yeah, probably. Considering she only has 1 less Def than Lukas. If Ignis is this fun I may just have to be on the lookout for a good Beruka summon in the future. She also has a killer weapon....
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My old strategy of Bride Cordelia/Olivia/Azura/Bonus Unit is super consistent in getting to the end, but Cordelia can't one-shot Celica, so I'm getting A on speed and B on survival every single time. Whatever, good enough.
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On that front, I had like four 3* Cherche's and two that were 4*, so I said screw it and merged them all together into a monster 4* Cherche and gave her a Brave Axe+. I'm never gonna have the feathers to blow to make that many a 5*, so I just went the easy route. Honestly, she's probably my new best green unit, even over Hector and a +1 Julia.
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Dark Young Link posted...

Oh. I thought you meant you wanted it to take longer to grind out all the prizes for some reason.

Nah. Significantly less reps needed on perfect runs but significantly more difficult to get them would be ideal
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Did someone post that breakdown of how to achieve the different scores in TT by day like last time? Didn't see something like that during my brief search on the FEH board.
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https://i.redd.it/exwmag8lrp8z.png


Ah....


Part of me is tempted to roll for Nino merges.

And Sanaki would be nice as well.

But with 0/4 Swimsuit units right now T_T
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At this point, I'm waiting on a Minerva or Hinoka banner. Or maybe some new characters. Got around 280 orbs now.
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It's nice I finally have been able to save up orbs. Never got anywhere close to 100, and the fact that there haven't been any really good banners + my rolling luck on the Vantage banner means i can finally accumulate orbs to unload on the next really good banner.

Was hoping we would get a Deathblow banner next... There's currently no 4* unit that learns TA3, right? This might be a good enough reason for me to pull for Sanaki. Although she's handy to have around for green-centered maps, i want to feed her to Nowi.

I have such an urge to pull with my orb collection lol
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Roy has TA3 at 4*. i've got a nice collection of -spd and -atk Roys now just waiting to be sacrificed.
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Oh. I have just one Roy and like to sac spares if possible. I guess i can skip this banner, too, but MAN, red is THE color to pull for.
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Whew, cleared out Infernal mode thanks to Lukas. So glad I didn't sac you buddy.


But also holy shit when Nino and Reinahrdt have trouble killing things....
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After 130+ orbs I finally found a swimsuit Robin.

+Spd - Res
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barreldragon88 posted...

Oh. I have just one Roy and like to sac spares if possible. I guess i can skip this banner, too, but MAN, red is THE color to pull for.

Yeah, I do the same thing. I've had a Klein I could have sacrificed to Reinhardt a long time ago for Deathblow 3, but haven't just because he's my only Klein.

As far as Roy, I've pulled a lot of reds between Ike's banner, the mage banner, and trying for Celica, and I have not once pulled a Roy.

Klein is a pretty useful character in his own right. I'd only sacrifice him if you have dupes or his nature is bad.

I don't see myself pulling colorless, and I'm on the upgrade Hawkeye plan for deathblow
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Whew, I finally beat the infernal Alm & Celica map. It took a few stamina potions, but I'm glad I finally beat one of the damn infernal maps.
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Congrats flubbin! Yeah, the infernal maps are pretty freaking brutal.
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i had to copy youtube videos exactly to beat A&C. not just infernal but lunatic even, which in a way felt even harder.
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Thanks, DYL! I didn't have any good mages until pretty recently, and man are these challenging maps so much more manageable with some decent mages. Katarina and Soren are my new MVPs.
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Two new banners announced.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RABtkXo9H58

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA7jc0iouL8



Looks like we're going to have a few new toys to combat Calvary Emblem.
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This will just make Reinhardt better. Cancel affinity as his b slot will laugh at triangle adept
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Yeah looking at it holy shit.

If it was an A slot then at least Rein would have to lose a fair bit of damage to combat TA greens.

But with how flexible his B slot is(Quick Riposte and Lancebreaker both having limited use), this is terrifying. And I have Reinhardt!


Unless...

Would a TA Red suddenly have an advantage against him?
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Liking what i see of those mages
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I don't think TA red would gain the advantage. It reads :

"Any weapon triangle affinity skill granted by unit's skills is negated. If affinity disadvantage exists, weapon triangle affinity granted by foe's skills is reversed."

The if statement shouldn't be fulfilled so I don't see how that would work. Although Sanaki wrecking Reinhardt would be funny
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Sunk 130 or so orbs into the banner.

Delthea - Atk, + Def
Saber +Atk, - Res
Sonya neutral
Catria neutral
4* Nowi +Spd, -HP

I was pulling blue/green for the mages so Saber was a happy accident. Glad to finally pull a Nowi. I wish Delthea's nature didn't suck, but she should still be good for buffing. I'm thinking about upgrading a plus attack Cherche to pair with her.
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Pulled another -SPD Camilla looking for Sonya. That's 3 Camilla's off-banner. Titania is the only green I've ever pulled on-banner, and I wasn't really even going for her. Plus she was -Atk.

Happened to get a Saber on my second set of summons. Spent 55ish orbs in all, still have 99 left, but haven't decided what I want to do now that the pity rate reset on Camilla.

I got a +Spd, -Def Delthea on my first 20 orbs so I'm happy.

And that also means I finally have a good blue mage to use.
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i spent my meager collection of 30 orbs going for Sonya and only got 2 green units <_<

then i find out the datamined stats for her were wrong. now idk if i want to keep going for her when i get more orbs or not.
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I fell into the same trap when I saw those stats. I still like her though. A faster Julia more or less. She will be my second green mage
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Got a 5* Luke off-banner. At first, I was excited, because I have a +HP Hector, and Panic Ploy sure looks good for him, but it turns out Luke is +Atk -Def, so now I have a legitimate decision to make.
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XFD and Rein apparently can't even get Cancel Affinity!


The sky was falling for so many people on the reddit.
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Dark Young Link posted...

XFD and Rein apparently can't even get Cancel Affinity!


The sky was falling for so many people on the reddit.

But bow and dagger users can, which is bad news for TA Raven mages. Not sure why they didn't just make it melee only.
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I'm apparently having fantastic luck, lately.

Second pull on the summer banner got me a Robin
First pull on the Tempest got me a Mae
First pull on the one that's gone got me a Clair
And today third pull got me a Sonya
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Cybat posted...

Dark Young Link posted...

XFD and Rein apparently can't even get Cancel Affinity!


The sky was falling for so many people on the reddit.

But bow and dagger users can, which is bad news for TA Raven mages. Not sure why they didn't just make it melee only.

Yeah that sucks. Guess it was a good thing I gave Ursula a blade tome first.
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If I'm understanding this correctly, a dagger/bow unit with Cancel Affinity will deal normal damage to a -raven tome user with TA3 since the +20% from TA is reversed?
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Where did everyone go? >_>
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Double Sp weekend training perhaps?
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barreldragon88 posted...

If I'm understanding this correctly, a dagger/bow unit with Cancel Affinity will deal normal damage to a -raven tome user with TA3 since the +20% from TA is reversed?

I believe this is correct. I can't really picture this skill as an optimal B for anyone though
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It probably would be for Blade/Dire mages to avoid getting shut down (not even Horse Emblem can punch through TA that well). The fact that mages can't benefit from it (yet colourless can) is rather transparently for game balance reasons.
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Man.... just a few points makes a huge difference in arena.

13630 (4704)
Previously I scored 4704 points and was ranked 13630. Set to derank.

Then I replaced my 4* Legion with my decked out 5* S.Robin and gave Ninian Fury 2.

My score ended up being 4778, only a 74 point difference. And yet now I'm ranked 4778.

Assuming I don't get knocked out at the final day, I'll see what Tier 19 is like. Probably gonna get wrecked but hey, 4 orbs.
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Err... my SCORE is 4778. My RANK is currently 4705
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Tier 19 is softer this week than it was two weeks ago. My score of 4810 is rank 3641 with the top 5537 getting promoted. I was a few points higher last time in the tier and got demoted.
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oh maybe i can get up to 20 this time then. i still haven't gotten a deathless streak though. 1 really stupid death; Ninian killing Hector after i moved Sakura over to Hector but didn't heal. <_<

then the emulator error broke my following arena streak for the first time in a long time
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New arena bonus characters are announced. Who's ready to fight horse emblem?


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I've got a Zambato+ just for them.


But I'm also gonna need skills to build Gray up. I suppose I can give him Fury 2 and Vantage 3?
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https://twitter.com/FEHeroes_News/status/886844307423895552

Berkut's GHB tomorrow.


Still waiting for that Xander return. =(
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Spent 200+ orbs and got the following:

5* Mathilda x2
5* Gray
5* Effie
4* Robin
4* Subaki
4* Catria
4* Peri
4* Nowi

I feel meh about my pulls. I was going after Delthea and was afraid the doubling up on blue would screw me over and it did. I also want Sonya, but i wanted Delthea more and thought if i was spending this many orbs that my chances of getting both would be decent. I think i would have gotten Sonya if i had invested some orbs into her banner.

Wish Mathilda weren't just pretty SI fodder :/
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Is Mathilda really skill inheritance fodder? Nobody wants cancel affinity or Ridersbane. It's a shame that she's basically a worse Peri.

Gray actually has better stats than Ike. Just lacking in the signature weapon. A good nature on Effie or Nowi would make it not so bad
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Grimmer posted...

Gray actually has better stats than Ike.

Wait, really?


+1 HP
Tied Attack
+1 Speed
-2 Def
+5 Res(+4 Neutral)

Holy crap, I need to get Gray some skills!
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Cancel Affinity has to be wanted by someone... right?

I forgot to mention i got a 4* Raven, but nature sucks.

This Effie has a better nature than my existing, which means i can upgrade the -Atk one to give Reinhardt DB3.

New Nowi is +Spd/-Res, so i merged the other one into it so the inherited skills wouldn't go to waste.
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Cancel Affinity would be good on tankier bows/daggers since the only people who would really be running Triangle Adept would be Raven tome users.

Though, I can't think of any bow/dagger that wouldn't be running Desperation or Quick Riposte. Maybe if you're using Felicia/Niles or Faye?
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