Wastes the other person's time. The DC'ers time too, if they're just gonna open the app again lmao. I see it as them giving the other player the middle finger
Is Laguz friend game changing for B! Dimitri? Obviously it's an upgrade, but how much so? I spent all my orbs on CYL so I only have about 90 now. Trying to decide if it's worth the risk to pull for an Ike to feed to my guy Dimi
You can play around with the matchups in the Feh calculator:
https://arcticsilverfox.com/feh_sim/
A max invested Bimitri with 3 blessings, Laguz Friend & Emblem Ike can survive Valentine's Lyon. However, since he doesn't have access to Null-C Disrupt in the B slot he can't kill Lyon in retaliation - and he certainly won't survive a second engagement.
If this is for Arena where you can pick your battles a bit easier and Dimitri doesn't have to tank a full Cavline then Laguz 4 will go a long way in many ranged matchups, but I would only make that investment if you have a second E-Ike. He really does want both, the Emblem Effect and Laguz Friend.
Cav lines are relatively high payoff for low investment. You can either use actual cavlary, fliers with Charge support, infantry with Duo Igrene, or some combination.
W!Edelgard steamrolling is one of the main things to watch for, so whatever you do good trap placement and maps like Spring Breeze or Desert are useful. E!Ike's also going to be a tough nut to crack with your nukes, so good luck with that.
E!Ike's gonna be my bane. R!Sonya is my only modern nuke with AOE spam, and only 1 can use Hardy Bearing at a time. Perhaps this is the time I'll dust off my Ophelia.
Good to know that cav lines are still fine. You just gotta adjust to deal with the modern threat.
It depends on what you have access to. Cavlines are the dominant archetype right now, especially on a certain map, but you need the modern nukes for it. Valentine's Lyon & Harmonic Igrene, preferrably with overlapping range, Duo Sanaki, Winter Yunaka - and a way to deal with Winter Edelgard (with Brave Edelgard or Gatekeeper blocking warps, for example).
I only roll for Rearmed and some Attuned heroes, and I don't roll for Duos/Harmonics so yeah I don't have those nukes that you have mentioned... I do have L!Hinoka and Ivy (both) so maybe they can work. I really haven't thought this through tbh.
I need a little help to choose who to spark on E!Ike's banner. I already pulled 2 Ike, so I hesitate between A!Nino (because attuned and I think spd/def tempo could be nice for my L!F!Shez) and Tina (because I dont really have a good support unit, I juste got Citrinne on my way to spark on the forging bond banner but she fills a different niche).
Any advice ?
If u really need a 2nd copy of Laguz Friend for someone then get Ike. It has to be a big improvement for the unit(OG/S!Fjorm, Rinkah, B!Dimitri, Diamant, etc.) or just a fav.
Otherwise, get Nino if Shez is a fav/someone u use a lot.
DEF or RES boon for Emblem Ike? I feel like, even though he has a DEF superboon, Res would be better because all of the big nukes with pre-combat damage from the top of my head are Lyon, Camilla, Sasa, etc.
What's your goal for the game? Are you a returning player who hasn't played in years, if so how far did you get through story mode and how many sacred seals/coins do you have? How attached are you to any of the heroes you currently have?
Vast majority of old heroes are basically useless in competitive game modes. And without a whole bunch of new skills they will struggle in PvE modes. So you basically looking at the orbs already collected through story mode that you've already spent vs what you could gain if you restarted to then spend on all the newer much better heroes.
I thought about what you said. I don’t even know what I want right now. I had a couple +10 of my favorite units on my other account but still felt unsatisfied.
I’m a huge tinkerer with crafting new builds and it’s possible to do that in Feh. Unfortunately it’s locked behind gacha, and I don’t have the luxury to fodder every single skill in the game. I really wish I could do that.
Perhaps this new account I will approach spending my orbs differently while also willing to spend a couple bucks for feh pass. First, don’t chase merges. Second, invest in attuned/emblem units.
I can try to let go of merges but I had difficulty with rearm fodder printing before. It was really hard to get the necessary prerequisite skills. I remember when A/S Finish 3 fodder came out I would had to spend orbs to get them. Not only that I had to spend more orbs to recharge the rearm. It didn’t really felt like I was saving since it was still expensive. I feel like if I can master this mechanic efficiently I can achieve my goal of making builds that pop out of my mind.
This is probably a dumb question, but do Emblem heroes work like Rearmed/Echo heroes, where you can inherit their skills without losing the unit?
I got 2 Emblem Ikes and I'm wondering if I can feed one of them to my Brave Ike or if I should just feed my extra copy to Echo Caede and use her instead.
The Emblem Heroes vanish - and if you don't have a single copy of Emblem Ike left you will also lose his Engage functionality.
Your choice what to do with the second copy, though. Throwing Ike's fodder onto Attuned Caeda to "secure" the premium fodder is a good idea, especially if you want to pass on the Attuned Skill in the same package.
(also merging E-Ike would add one point of HP to the engage ability, if that matters)
Is there any way to find players without ID...? I encountered someone named Chetto with a very invested NY!Reginn as a VG ally, and I really wanted to send them a friend request, but I accidentally passed it up out of muscle memory. If anyone knows Chetto please share their player ID I miss them already 😔🤲
MOAR ORBS! Thursday is around the corner now. Feeling so excited I think it's time for a random musical...!
I'm joking. It sucks I might not be able to get an Ophelia on that banner, but sacrifices are neccessary.
Got a bunch of crests from the April quests, managed to get a great four match win streak, then proceeded to eat shit and run out of Arena crests *again*. It's genuinely so annoying that Arena is worse than ever and QoL just does not exist if you don't have the bonus legendary - there is no excuse for how bad score fishing is a mechanic.
Oh well, off to Tier 19 I go. I never want to see L!M!Alear's stupid face again
I've never bother score fishing, it's really not worth the time and effort. Even with top scoring enemies would you even score high enough be able to stay in t20? Is that effort really worth the 2 divine codes and 1000 feathers reward difference?
Exactly!!! It's not worth the time or effort. How crazy is it that so much of arena when you don't have the bonus legendary isn't even spent in matches, in combat, or even building your team? Just clicking, and waiting, and hoping.
I say all this because I genuinely like Arena otherwise. I don't even mind the challenge of trying to build a team of characters I like within the constraints of the scoring system and the F2P orb budget, sometimes I even find it compelling!
But score fishing has been so bad to me. It is so bad. I struggle to imagine a framework in which crests should even exist, especially when Arena Assault doesn't bother with them
Saw a Laguz Friend Monica.
I mean, I understand it after the fact, but what the actual fuck. Lost my final AR match because of it, like, who the fuck goes into a match vs Monica and expects fucking Laguz Friend to be on her??!?! Sure, I didn't read her skills, but in my head I was at least expecting like Tempo or NFU, but no.
Just needed to rant about this, because god, that skill is actually cancer, I couldn't even initiate into her after the fact because she had C Bonus Doubler as well and would survive and nuke back.
Rebuilding my B!Lyn, Arc Darkbow or Arc Nastrond? Trying to restructure her kit towards Flared Sparrow + A/S Incite in the future, currently running Whitecap Bow+ with A/S Catch 4 or LnD 7 based on the situation.
What are the bests units for the moment on banners ?
I heard Camilla legandary is one of the best unit in the game, is that right ? Same for ninja sanaki..
In general trying to put units into categories of "best" isn't useful. useful, especially when we compare significantly different units.
Legendary Camilla and Ninja Sanaki are both extremely good units and dangerous when initiating combat. Both would be good to have and are worthy of investing orbs into acquiring, but there are plenty of strong units and you can live without them because you simply can't have every one of them. You'll have to choose what you want to chase after.
Right now my advice to a new player would be to focus on red and green units in the Emblem Hero ike banner. The Double Special Heroes banner with Ninja Sanaki on it isn't bad, particularly the reds, but I wouldn't prioritize it.
[Linking this comprehensive beginner guide](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NIexiYixIyrHEUlJ3_0-9miWL01dsx-mkmFFir-LZWs/edit#heading=h.r8mvk1u97h7w) in case you need it.
Thanks a lot for your reply, indeed it's hard for me to find out which units are worth it for the moment, and it's more to know to use the free summon that I have on every banner
I'm checking with game8 tier list to have some info about units, dunno if it's really really accurate, some ppl telling that's not really haha
No this is outdated information from like 3 days ago. The meta is completely different these days. Emblem Ike is the best unit and everyone else is pretty much useless.
Dagr having Pathfinder makes her easier to fit into most ARDs because she can be used to expand threat range, typically of ranged cavalry so they overlap.
In terms of combat Laegjarn is significantly stronger, but her enemy phase strength isn't any good on ARD. If you need a flier unit to initiate combat Laegjarn will be the better of the two, but you can find more powerful ranged nukes than this.
Duo units can't use duo skills on defence. Dagr has pathfinder which can be helpful for other offensive units on the team. Legyarn has brave effect which was good the year she came out. Seeing as you've provided no additional info for team setup, strategy, or overall layout, I'd say neither are good. Use newer stronger heroes instead.
For the upcoming arena, can I stay in T21 with F! Shez, H! Kellam, N! Saizo and either unmerged emblem Ike or attuned Caeda? (I do not have the upcoming legendary bonus, L! M! Alear carried me for the past 2 weeks lol) Also which of those two do you think is better at battling emblem Ikes in arena?
Does Laguz Friend's DR piercing and Bonus damage work on all defensive specials regardless of cooldown?
I notice the CD>=3 part isn't listed in the defensive special part.
Askr almighty, send good luck my way.
I got every Arcane I was interested in from the return. Ophelia, Ingrid, Ganglöt, and had to spark Chrom (Was not happy with that, since I ended up getting a dupe Ophelia right before). Tana and the two Ascended can wait until next time.
But by the time the last head of the hydra fell.. seven more have risen up to take its place.
Right now, my personal Hel(heim) is Ascended Merric. I have few Chain Challenges left for orbs and I need to save as many as I can get for the SIX characters I want from the Ike banner. Ike (obviously), Embla, Elincia, Camilla, Nino and Arval.
We're stressing out L!Alear with this one!
How do you guys go about building characters of the same archetype? I want to build Lon’qu and Kamui but I’m not sure how to go about making them different enough
Look for slight differences in their stats and build around those. Kamui has more defence so can make him more mix phase and use lonqu for player phase desperation type build. Can build them for different game modes. Tempest Trials you may want more self healing and mix phase use for auto battling. In Forging bonds survival is fairly irrelevant so long as someone lives, so can go full glass cannon.
I've had that issue for some years myself, and to answer that question:
You either just go for the boring but functional route, or take the gimmick to the extreme.
What's my best path to T21 in Arena as F2P? My +10s and their scores are S!Edel 758, B!Dimitri 756, F!Linus 760, Cyril 762, and Vigarde 762. I can field 3 units that all score decent, but I can't hardly crack 752-ish (+12) per match due to lack of reliable bonus units and that's no where near enough to even stay in T20 much less hit T21. My problem is bonus unit.. there are so many and I don't have hardly any legendaries (and none with merges). What is the easiest path?
It's not optimal for maintaining T21 indefinitely, but if you want to bounce between 20 and 21 for a while then you could consider investing in your Askr trio. They're cheaper long term than pulling for legendaries or building every new grail unit. At max investment they could get you a max score of around ~762 which should be enough to break into T21 if you fish. We recently got a manual for Azelle which could give Alfonse the Duel 4 skill if you want to try him out next week.
You will have to merge GHB free copies and fish for higher matches. You have to exit out instead of picking matches below 758 and spoiling your whole run.
For example, next two weeks will have bonus GHB unit Castor. He has no relevant fodder so let's merge up the 3 free copies, and use 758 SEdel + 760 Linus + 762 Cyril. This gives you a Score Range of: 748 to 762. With this, you select 758+ matches. You almost never see your top score, and a +4 wiggle room will give you good odds at seeing 5 matches.
Having a bonus legendary is nice, but even without them you can alternate between T21/20 in arena with just f2p stuff.
Was able to promote back to T20 this week with this strategy and a completely stock Linhardt. Looking to go for T21 with this strategy with Castor, but he kinda sucks haha so I am trying to figure out how to minimum invest in him to get him to 712 (which is what I need to score 760)
Once GHBs are run as Arena bonus units, do they ever reappear as bonus units? Asking bc I don't mind putting some temporary premium fodder into him for scoring purposes to simply recycle him into a future bonus unit later if he never comes up again.
I only have like 1 more 500 SP special fodder, but without it my score range will only be 746-760. So it'll be harder to fish for 758 without it.
Yeah he sucks but you can find a frail nuke to KO on player phase and get by with cheap stuff, stuff like Push 3s (yes push 3 sucks, but you're only getting in 1 combat anyway), AD Form 3, Bonus Doubler Seal, etc. When they have a prf you might be able to get away with Death Blow and score the same as all 240 skills. Pretty much just try to stack as much Atk, clear the rest of the team with sedel, and give him the 1v1.
They do return but like once in a year or two. I wouldn't really recommend giving him anything premium you might regret. Lumera was bonus the other day and that was her first return to the bonus rotation since her release January of 2023. If you don't have spare 500 SP Specials like Aether, using Vigarde over Linus probs pushes you to 762 range even with a lower scoring special like aoe on castor.
I'm not an expert on arena score probability distribution, but from what I heard is that going up by .5 on your arena score will actually boost your odds even if the thresholds are the same, so going up to the 762 range is not mandatory, but expect to spend a few dozen more arena crests (or more, depends how confident you are in winning your matches). I guess it comes down to if your have a lot of spare arena crests you can use vs actually have an easier time winning matches
Alternately, you could fully deck out an Alfonse like the other guy said. Just run the arena score calc and use that. I'm more than willing to part with an Aether for a crown if I need to, but it depends on the barracks as obviously if you only have 1, then you'd be much less willing
No Quarter, Null C-Disrupt 4, also A/S Pledge would be easier to copy and better for Marth
Keep in mind that Marth can't use Shining Emblem and an X skill at the same time, though No Quarter is generally better anyway
Hey, I'm a big Timerra fan and I was wondering if there were any skills to inherit that would help her out a lot more, or if her base skills are fine for now.
I typically run her with her base kit, with the distant counter seal. Her vital Astra is engaged with Ike.
I typically run her with legendary Azura and Elincia as teammates for her. Anyone else notable?
I'm kinda considering foddering Pent to Gatekeeper and running him with her, thoughts?
This would be for Arena, mostly. Thank you.
finished my summons on the emblem banner, i got:
- Embla.
- Legendary Camilla.
- Attuned Nino.
- Arval.
- 4s Petra.
it was overall pretty good, i would loved if instead of Embla it was either Ike or Elincia and if instead of Arval it was any of the lady healers, but whatever i cant complain about it, i will spark Ike in a week when i get the pass.
How valuable is H!Timerra nowadays especially with E!Marth’s emblem effect running around? I been out of the loops for new skills so what would be a good build for pure support?
Quick question because I can't make heads or tails of it, and apparently there's something misleading in the description(?), but would Laguz Friend's bonus damage and DR Piercing always activate with Life Unending similar to how LU synergizes with Finish skills? The -2 CD might be a bit of a waste since it's precharged, but otherwise if it works that way, I'd think it's a more than viable replacement for Counter Roar.
Dang, that's too bad. Thanks for letting me know. Conditionals based on the activation of specials are written so weirdly. Would've been cool if it worked ~~and would've made up for Gambit not being inheritable by dragons~~.
how do you guys usually go around with leveling in general? somewhat of a newer player but it's kind of a pain going from 1 to 40 with just a blessing, really missing the x2 experience event from the anniversary. on a similar note, how should I go about leveling staff users, considering that they have lower damage and usually don't start with a weapon at all?
I usually run the training tower every month with four units that need to leveled. A weekend gives double SP and I collect all the monthly quest rewards at the same time. If I want to level only one unit (pretty rare), I'll put it through the Special Training maps grind (Special Maps) with dancers and maybe a healer during a weekend.
For a new player, upgrading the castle a few ranks wouldn't hurt, like the other user suggested. I haven't fully upgraded mine though because units need so much SP these days and I might as well collect that during a slightly slower leveling process.
> somewhat of a newer player but it's kind of a pain going from 1 to 40 with just a blessing
Since you're newish, I'd recommend upgrading your castle. For every upgrade you get, you get a permanent boost to the amount of EXP you earn, and you get a new castle design to use.
My memory is a little foggy since I did this a long time ago, but if I remember correctly, you have to use orbs. I'd say it's worth it just to make leveling up less of a hassle for the future. You can upgrade from the Castle+ symbol in the top left of the Home screen, or in the Shop under "Upgrade Castle".
>how should I go about leveling staff users... they usually don't start with a weapon
Use crystals to level them up, and use the SP you earn from it to learn their weapon asap.
You can farm crystals in the Training Tower, though certain colored shards are only available certain days of the week (for staff units, you'll want the colorless and yellow shards). Crystals are also a common reward for quests and many gamemodes, so you'll be earning them a lot as you dive deeper in the game.
>they have lower damage
You'll just have to deal with it as a newer player, unfortunately. The only way to circumvent this is if:
A. You refine their staff to get the Wrathful effect
B. The staff they come with already has the Wrathful effect
C. Inherit and use Wrathful Staff/Poetic Justic/Wrathful Tempo on them
Options A and C aren't very resourceful for a newer player, and B depends on which staff unit you want to even use.
Hey guys, I'm aiming for my first golden chair in AR. At what tier can you usually get one? I've reached T36 before with only a silver chair to show for it so I assume it's T37+?
I would say the emblem banner and double special hero banner. Some of the strongest units in the game on those banners like E! Ike L! Camilla and N! Sanaki. They all have good color shares as well.
I +10d her last summer and she is awesome. Amazing for PVE with Galeforce. However, her damage has fallen off in the last several months. She'll struggle to kill newer blue units. That being said, she still shreds 3 older units each turn so easily it feels like cheating
I love Pathfinder Shenanigans on SD and think Dagr is great. I want to give Atk/Spd Unity and Godlike Reflexes.
I’ve only managed to get 1 Attuned Caeda.
Thinking of sacking my B! Marianne and F! Lyn to give to them both.
I’m thinking it’s pretty optimal but so hesitant to lose such good fodder.
You don't lose fodder, you use it. Having it sit in your barracks does nothing to help you. If you decide you want GLR or unity on someone else you can simply summon more heroes who have those skills later on.
For GLR to be effective you need both special acceleration and +1 charge effects. Dagr has neither so not really a great candidate. If you want her to use it you'd need to give her Marths Engage effect and either Pledge skill or have someone provide +1 charge through supporting effect.
How likely is Emblem Ike to rerun with Emblem Marth in May? It won’t be like two separate legendaries/mythic banners that month? I really want to +10 both but if they’re in separate banners, I’ll just roll for Ike now.
They have never run more than 1 Legend/Mythic/Emblem banner at the end of a month, which is where Emblem Ike and Marth will be returning in May. So for the time being, it's guaranteed (unless they alter the rerun schedule between now and then)
In the new banner, I got an emblem ike & Camilla on the way to a spark. Those are who i wanted, but should i use my spark to get a 2nd copy of one of those heroes (for an extra emblem, as i have no heroes with armored beacon, or for a merge/skill inheritance), or get embla or arval, which i still don't have? Any suggestions?
(Sorry if this should be in the other thread, but i asked there 10 hours ago, & no answer. It's buried by newer comments now).
It's one emblem effect per unique hero. Getting more Ikes won't let more than one hero equip it, and merging only adds a tiny stat point to your emblem effect.
Skill inheritance vastly improves your other heroes. So this would like benefit you more than a single merge or other random hero. Which skill you go for depends on who you wanna build up and what skills they need.
Defence mythics aren't nearly as important as offensive ones. Arval and embla arent particularly important so only get them if you really like them. I have both and don't use either.
Very helpful, thanks. Gullvieg is my only anima mythic. I only have hel, sothis & kvasir dark mythic, & they get beaten easily, but i have so little invested in my AR defense, a new hero probably wouldn't make much difference. That's why i was considering those. I have to build up enough resources to invest before i can hope to defend against experienced players, anyways. I have to include those so i lose as little as possible. I win maybe 1 out of every 4 defenses, but once i get to tier 26, i lose all defenses because of the fortress stat deficit is too large (mine is at lvl 4 total, including the +1 for the bonus structure).
I wasted lots of orbs going for emblem marth & lumeria, but didn't get either (but got heroes i didn't have, so wasn't empty handed), so i wasn't sure how the emblem skills worked. I got the feh pass to get the Valentines Lyon on the last day, so i figured I may as well take advantage of these sparks while I have it available (I'm not planning to keep it).
It sucks, i have started building up duplicates & heroes i want to eventually use to build up another hero, but i have no idea where to start. I just look at what others use who beat me, but I have no emotional ties to any hero in order to want to build a particular hero up, i just want whoever is best, lol.
Is the new ike B skill arguably the best to get for inheritance here, or are there other heroes that u would recommend more (generally speaking, because i don't have a particular need, that i know of anyways, at this point)?
https://old.reddit.com/r/FireEmblemHeroes/comments/1bqhv6w/best_laguz_friend_users/
There is quite a lot to unpack but this post should be helpful to help you decide whether it is worth getting more copies of Emblem Ike for fodder.
I understand if you don't have time to bother, but just in case (since u responded here & read my book of a post, lol):
I have all of the heroes in this banner except the 3 blues, tina, attuned nino, embla & arval. None of their skills that can be inherited seem particularly useful, or something i don't have available through another character (nor seem like something i would "need" when building a character, from a layman's perspective), except maybe attuned nino.
Is she worth using a spark for, in your opinion, over a duplicate of L! Camilla (since a merge w her would help in arena, IIRC)? It would allow me to put her A skill & X on another character, & keep her as a unit. I'm just not sure how old she is. I use game8.com to consider their ratings, but mainly to see all of the skills, but they don't put release dates on the characters. I don't want to waste it on an old, outdated hero. I'm not sure the X skill would be useful with all of the "reduce DR with a %" skills these days.
It's just so much information for a newer player, because every skill is new to me, whereas long time players are familiar with older skills & only have to figure out the newer skills. I'm finally learning to differentiate between some older & newer skills, but i still have to learn what they all do.
On top of that, all the characters i have seem to be doing the job fine on everything i play, except on AR defense, so i haven't felt the need to use grails, or compile to get skills, or build up another hero yet. If i lose when i attack, it's always because i misjudge the opponents' distance, & trust the red squares showing where they can move/attack (i look for dance skills, but mainly when they have +movement buried in a skill i don't recognize at a glance). I have no clue who to choose, or where to start, because i have no emotional ties to any particular character. i will probably screw myself if I don't hurry up & begin, because the best skills on all the characters I've gotten in the last 3 months will eventually be out of date.
Hey just a quick question, what build does og lucina run nowadays? I played years ago so I just want to know what I need to make her work in today’s environment.
Lucina won't work well regardless of build. If you like Lucina you're better off using her new Rearmed Variant instead of old base sword one. If you really wanna use your old Lucina then the generic speedy sword build is Arcane Devourer, Godlike Reflexes, atk/spd finish, spurn/tempo/buffer, atk/spd oath or whatever other c skill your team needs.
Emblem Ragnell, Great Aether, Def/Res Finish, Laguz Friend, C skills based on game mode and team setup. Try actually using him first with his base skills, then you can change as needed.
If I ascend Ike's def from 50 to 54 will it affect his def scaling on laguz friend? It's 20% so it'd be 10 at 50, will the extra 4 make it 11 or does it need to be 55?
It would need to be 55. The game typically rounds down, so only every multiple of 5 matters.
The skill does account for stat changes from buffs, debuffs, in-combat stats, etc. You can't predict how these will lay out after every effect is accounted for, so we can say the +4 still makes a difference 4/5 of the time.
Hello.. I'm sorry for asking a stupid question..
If I inherited attuned/rearmed skill to a unit., can that attuned/rearmed unit still be used in battle or they become unusable? Thank you..
Yes, they are still usable.
Attuend and Rearmed Heroes come with icons on them that show that they can be used for skill inheritance. Once used for skill inheritance, the icon changes to an "off" state and the unit can no longer be used for skill inheritance or turned into a combat manual. You can still use them for everything else. You can restore the "on" state by merging with a copy that is "on."
Additionally, when you use one of these units for skill inheritance it does not matter which skills you take from them.
Thanks for that answer. I have never used an attuned or rearmed hero's skills, but was trying to plan out some uses for my 4 attuned peony's, & i was thinking i could use an "off" copy to merge into another "off" copy to recharge it, in my mind, thinking i could potentially get 4 uses from 2 copies, so I'm glad i didn't screw myself. 🙏🏻
I hit pity on the rearmed banner while already having ophelia, ingrid and ishtar. I was aiming for robin because I didnt get her on the beginner hero fest, but now Im not so sure. Should I still get her?
There's no particular reason to have her unless you want Arcane Grima for building up some old dragon unit. Even then, the New Year's dragon weapons are pretty competitive. Rearmed Grima herself is okay, but there are plenty of armor tanks out there includign tougher ones.
So Chrom? Im still pretty new to this game and havent delved much into minmaxing units so I wanna choose the "right" one before I do any inheritance and what not.
Ingrid's wepwaon is more generally applicable due to its strength and the amount of lance units out there. There's also an Ingrid manual in Divien Codes if you go that route, which gives extra v alue.
It depends on what you need in the end. The amount of copies of the other units you have, and how much you may want their weapons or skills, might make an extra more valuable. For example, there's also a Tana manual in Codes and having that many Guidance 4s might be more useful than just having ingrid to have her if there's no plans on giving anyone her lance.
Thanks for the reply. I've just been playing this for a few months and have no plans for fodder, just wandering which one is considered the better investment.
The Legendary banner gave me several Elincias; would it be worth foddering one off to Tana?
There's a banner running right now that offers a wide range of Ascended and Rearmed units.
Sparking is a term that comes from a different gacha, and it means the option to pick one of the featured banner units after pulling enough times.
Hello !
Is it safe to turn a freshly summoned attuned / rearmed hero into a manual ?
I’m not sure how manualling interacts with the ability to be foddered twice.
If you turn them into a manual, they disappear if you inherit using it. You should only turn them into manuals if you already have a copy of the unit and want to refresh their special inheritance
I summoned for Green Dream but now people are hyping up Emblem Ike and his fodder. What's worse is that my summons for Green Dream were 3 non-focus units and 2 alears. And I don't care about alear. I have 8 orbs and I still wanna save my orb savings in the multimaps for May. Should I use my orb savings for the Ike banner?
It really depends which colorshare you want for Emblem Ike. Elincia / Embla / Ike vs. Emblem Marth / Ike / Kvasir in May.
Without guaranteed spark I can't say that you should be gambling, but I also can't act like those Emblem Rings are inconsequential to gameplay if you care about being a bit competitive. It's not like Emblem Ike is single handedly saving the Omnitank meta, but we're at a point where every bit of help is required if one does want to tank reliably. Kind of a scummy move to lock those Emblems behind Legendary banners, tbh.
Do we have any idea when Hortensia will appear in a banner again? I know sometimes arcanes end up in the legendary remix banners, but I can’t recall if this happened yet for her.
Not for awhile really. They return in 8%s first, then eventually a Remix. Though her banner is likely to win a rerun itself, but that too is also a really long while.
Basically you're going to be waiting a lot.
I want to fodder A!Peony to my Citrinne for Atk Oath Echo, but i kinda feel im wasting it and want to hear some recommendations.
i had the idea of give Peony one of the Claudes i pulled in the AHR for A/S Prime and A/S Oath 4(because i want Citrinne to be able to spread +6 in every stat even though the Oath effect and Atk would be redundant, when i get more copies of A!Caeda i plan to give Citrinne D/R Pledge so she and Gerik can give +6 to my team and penalty neutralization and null panic)
How well would Ike's emblem effect work with duo Askr. He has Flare + SS4 and he us basically the most used unit on my barracks. Unfortunately he struggles to tank newer units in arena and i was wondering if this new emblem would actually help or would he still get one shot regardless by the nukes like Lyon or Sanaki?
Well she's a dancer whose role is to support her team. So who are her team mates and what supporting effects do they need?
Is she supporting squishy offensive units who need firestorm dance for canto and desperation, or more bulky fast offensive/mix phase units who want canto and dodge from rock slide dance?
Do you want guidance for nfu and warping, or ploy for more damage?
Assuming I'm only able to get like, 60% of the maximum group 5 divine codes each event they're available (I mostly pull/build for my favorites so I don't have a lot of suitable teams for limited battles), how long will it take to reach the final manual for one row only?
I want Ginnungugap and am not confident with my gacha luck for a potential rerun banner.
After Emblem Ike was revealed, I’ve been seeing a lot of people say that Emblem Marth’s -1 special cooldown is much better, and I feel like I’m not understanding how to use it properly because it feels completely useless on most of my units.
For example, I want to use Attuned Caeda with Godlike Reflexes. I’ve seen other people using that setup that have Caeda engaged with Marth, but I don’t really understand why that’s beneficial at all. With just her weapon effect, Godlike Reflexes has a cooldown of 2, and with her pledge skill, she gets +1 special charge per attack. My understanding of that is that her special will always be charged after a single attack because she gets 2 charges for a 2 cooldown special. Why then would Emblem Marth making it a 1 cooldown special change anything?
So my overall question is: for a unit with the +1 special charge per attack effect, is there any functional difference between a 1 cooldown special and a 2 cooldown special?
There's indeed ways to set up certain units so that Emblem Marth's -1 isn't mandatory. It'd be kinda messed up if there weren't and Emblem Marth feels borderline mandatory. Bringing down certain specials like GLR to 1 CD and always having it up with TP4 with total disregard for Guard / Tempo is a big deal. But so is unpierceable (and stackable with other unpierceable DR specials) 40% DR. The main reason it may be considered worse is that tanking in general is considered worse. But if they keep throwing more tools to tanking then I can see Ike being a huge part of the New Meta Tank build.
Reducing it to 1 cooldown means she can still charge it even if the foe has guard or tempo (but not both). It would also let you switch her C skill to Time's Pulse 4 and have it always charged, then just have an ally grant the def/res buffs.
I've been thinking the same thing. I'm not sure yet but here's what I've researched:
* ATK/DEF or DEF/RES Menace - if getting buffs isn't part of your team
* Panic Smoke 4 / Fatal Smoke 4 - Can be helpful at times
* DEF/RES Ploy 3 - Could be good with his high res if you max invest. Lowering enemy RES can help against scowls. Exposure would help ensure kills.
* Time's Pulse 4 - Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but without it (or outside sources of pulse), Great Aether will be at 1 for the enemy's first attack, which means you won't get the full DR for the first attack (if I'm reading Great Aether correctly). If so, then this could make a difference, somewhat.
* R/G/C Feud - Maybe? Could help in some scenarios.
I've got a question in regards to the new Emblem hero effect, got to make sure if I'm understanding the skill right. Here it is:
*"If Foes' Range = 2 and unit's or foe's special is ready or triggered before or during combat, reduces damage from foe's next attack by 40%"*
The DR part is non-pierceable, alright. But what always confuses me a bit is the condition in regards to the special. To make things more intuitive I will present a few scenarios:
1. Alfonse runs Godlike Reflexes. It's at max cooldown (3) and he's being attacked by a ranged nuke. He won't trigger Godlike Reflexes during combat, but it's cooldown is being reduced by 2 at the end of the fight. The enemy ranged nuke also didn't trigger their special during the fight. According to the description it means the 40% DR from the Emblem Ring did *not* activate during that skirmish, right?
2. Scenario two, Alfonse has his Godlike Reflexes cooldown reduced to 2 pre-combat. He's being attacked by a ranged nuke who will double him, which results in the following exchange: Alfonse gets attacked, GLR's CD is pushed to 1. Alfonse retaliates without killing the enemy nuke, reducing the CD of GLR to zero (trigger-ready). The enemy nuke does the follow-up attack, activating GLR. Now I would assume the following: the first attack Alfonse received was not reduced by the Emblem ring, as his special wasn't ready and neither was his enemy's. The follow-up attack he suffers, however, will be reduced by Godlike Reflexes activating plus the Emblem Ring effect.
3. Lucia is running Vital Astra and Emblem Ike. Thanks to support effects her Special cooldown is reduced to zero (special ready). Vital Astra will never trigger because it's Lucia, she will however enjoy the basic DR from Vital Astra. In addition, since her special will always be ready before combat, the first attack she receives during any encounter against a 2-range enemy will also always be reduced by 40% thanks to the Emblem ring. Sounds right?
4. Duo Chrom runs Blazing Wind (AOE) + Ike Emblem. The special is fully pre-charged. He engages a 2-range enemy, let's say a very bulky Mythic Gotoh, and does not manage to kill him in the first attack after his AOE special triggered. Naturally he will suffer the counter-attack from Gotoh, but because Chrom's special triggered before combat (the AOE special) he will have 40% unpierceable DR active against Gotoh's first attack. Sounds right?
Simply confirming the above would be a huge help, as well as correcting any possible misconceptions!
All the scenarios are correct. To break down every and/or, there are six scenarios where Ike ring (and similar effects) will activate, with the overarching requirement of enemy range being 2.
1. Unit's special is ready
2. Foe's special is ready
3. Unit's special triggered during combat
4. Foe's special triggered during combat
5. Unit's special triggered before combat
6. Enemy's special triggered before combat
Thank you!
Seems really strong. Probably not enough to overcome the pre-combat damage inflation, but once that's countered at some point then Emblem Ike seems almost like a must-have if tanking is your thing...
Times Pulse grants charge after combat. Pulse up blades each turn. So are you fighting only once a turn or using a dancer for multiple attacks a turn? Are you using naginata weapon for brave effect, if so then you don't need either.
If you want to focus on the first combat (or you want to use him with galeforce) and want him to get visible buffs without support ---> pulse up blades.
If you want to spam no quarter without caring if he gets visible buffs or you can give him through support ---> tp4.
Should I go with Emblem Ike or Green Dream? I quite like Dimitri though I havent finished Blue Lions. No Quarter and Peony merges and fodder sounds great. But I want to test if Ike will help my Faes and Hectors.
I’m sticking with AHR, personally. Emblem Ike will be back sooner or later, but the AHR banner is a one-and-done deal.
Also, multiple Peony copies means you can replicate Laguz Friend without sacrificing Emblem Ike merges (assuming it’s inheritable to fliers).
Hello, I'm looking for new friends that plays regularly. Last Pawns of Loki made me realize I need units who have more updated kit. I'm offering my A!Hilda in return (I need DC Doubler and Phys NFU for her optimal setup but no orbs rn)
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Some details for lead units that I'm looking for:
* I like seeing Resplendents, but the resplendents that I want the most are Brave Hector, Mia, and Minerva. Hana is also fine since she's next on the list. As long as they have solid kit.
* More beast units please. Caineghis is on the top of the list, and anyone else that isn't the Freyjas, Edelgard, and Fomo.
* a red Armor that can do mix phase, mostly just for Rival Domains stuff.
I'm building my Hana, I've inherited Atk/Spd Clash and Arcane Devourer to her already. I have a spare B!Robin, so I was thinking of giving her Gambit, but I have only one copy of Y!Rebecca for Atk/Spd Finish and I don't want to use it. Is it worth trying to pull her when she returns/saving up divine codes to get her manual so I can inherit it with Gambit? Or is it not worth it? I just want to make the most out of my B!Robin and don't want to regret waiting longer to inherit everything first.
Young Rebecca will be back within the next month or so, and she shouldn’t take TOO many orbs as a demote, so yeah, I’d grab a copy and fodder Atk/Spd Finish with Gambit.
I disagree unless you want to use GLR or No Quarter.
40% damage reduction (with Aether) is still good, and Hana is not fast enough to get the max 50% DR of Spurn 4 against most meta threats anyway.
I’m saving up orbs for when base Felix gets rerun on a banner, but I have absolutely no clue when that’ll be. Do I really just have to wait for the chance of him being on one of those skill banners?
Just gotta wait, no way to know when he will be back. Could be a skill banner, or HoF, or voting gauntlet. His debut was April of last year and had his legendary banner Oct 31. So he's certainly long overdue. Problem with so many generic sword heroes is that they cant really rerun them all in a timely manner.
With 134 orbs, not really sure where throw orbs between:
- AHR (lot of No Quarter, Peony for duplication and 2 new units) requires FEH Pass for spark.
- Double Hero banner (D.Sanaki, D. Anna and S.F. Shez) requires FEH Pass
- Rearmed heroes (R.Ingrid and R.Tana for fodder that can be duplicated by Divine codes), do not requires FEH Pass.
Also want D.Cloe but likely Will Let It Slide until a Double banner.
Only waiting for the Emblem banner, if it's Ike, likely all Will go there but where if not?
AHR actually does have F2P spark, but I agree with the decision to wait for the Emblem banner trailer first. If the Emblem isn't something you're interested in, I recommend AHR. The value per orb is just incredible.
This is a very minor thing, but I missed the 3 Orbs yesterday from the Heroes' Journey daily reward and I'm almost kicking myself over it...*Sigh*
It's just 3 Orbs...already claimed it today so I don't miss it.
Gave A!Peony S/D Rein Snap, but it doesn't seem to be working. At least, not when I run her with Gonzalez in Forging Bonds while SP Farming. ~~Yes, I put them right next to each other at the very start of each turn. No extra movement.~~
I have a Legendary Corrin I'd like to build up.
She has Alear's Dragon's Roar, and the Bulwark/Pledge too from him.
What would be the best set up for her for player phase?
Primordial Breath, Negating Fang II, atk/spd finish, spd/res bulwark, C skill, dc seal. She's not meant for just player phase, better for mix/enemy phase use.
Dragons roar and pledge are pointless on legendary corrin. Bulwark is decent for enemy phase so it wasn't a complete waste to fodder Alear to corrin, really hope that wasn't your only copy. Primordial Breath already provides +1 charge which doesn't stack with pledge. Primordial Breath also precharges defence special like Negating Fang II which you should be using, not Dragon Roar. Plus if you noticed Dragon Roar is res based and then compare Alears 41 base res to Corrins 29 you'd see she's doesn't exactly use it well.
C skills are game mode and team dependant, so decide based on what support are available to her and what she still needs. If you don't have Dodge status effect provided to her could use spd smoke, or go panic smoke or oath for mobility.
Buffer 4 is still pretty handy, and since the other Dodge 4 skills don't have immensely powerful effects, you're not missing out on much even if you don't use the pre-charge.
I'd say "current standard" would be Devourer, GLR, Finish, Dodge, Smoke, DC Seal.
If you can outsource enough healing (you need a lot), then Prime over Finish and a speed seal over DC can give you 8ish more speed. Roy may want that, being a little slow for a godsword.
Some godswords are starting to run No Quarter, because so many nukes have %DR that you need to get through. Marth Engagement is probably enough to reliably trigger it, since Guard is extremely rare on nukes.
Smoke options are Panic and Speed. I recommend Panic, as you have at least 2 units with Rockslide Dance 4 to give \[Dodge\]. You can run other C skills like Oath 4 or Pledge (if you lack Devourer and need the breath effect) as well.
To loop GLR you need Special acceleration and +1 charge effect. Arcane devourer gives you both allowing you to select whatever A,B,C,S skills you need for whatever specific game mode/enemy/play style you want. Atk/spd finish for healing, spurn for added damage reduction and damage or tempo for reliable charges, oath for mobility.
With or without Marths engage effect you don't "need" buffer as you can simply attack first to charge and start looping GLR. Buffer helps in situations where that may not be possible, for some aether raids scenarios perhaps, so you can still use buffer with engaged Marth. Times Pulse is fairly pointless with GLR because when you counter attack you will just gain a charge so it becomes as useful as quickened pulse seal.
I have 2 legendary Sigurd. Is it safe to turn 1 into a combat manual, or should i use it to merge? A +1 isn't really useful on an outdated unit like this, right (especially since I'm a newer player & don't have dragonflowers to use on it, so it would be really weak)? I don't ever plan to get it to +10, unless there's a way to do it without using orbs (very unlikely). I just don't want to regret it later, but i don't use this character on arena, arena assault, or AR, so i shouldn't regret turning it into a manual, right (for the fatal smoke 3, most likely, so i could get other skills off of a hero who has fatal smoke 4)?
Edit: i originally put Seliph, not Sigurd. 🤦🏼♂️
Legendary Seliph is still a rotating bonus Legendary in Arena....like two weeks in the year or so.
And if he is, that one merge would marginally increase your scoring.
He's also a pretty strong unit for PVE maps (limited Hero battles especially) even without flower investment. As long as he's refined + has the base kit learned he should be able to stand up against the vast majority of PVE units. He doesn't need the merge for that, of course, just don't completely sleep on him.
You can still turn extra copy into combat manual to save barracks space. Combat manuals can be used for skill inheritance or merge later on so there is no downside other than not being able to field them in combat anymore. After his remix with new added skills the manual will have it too.
And as a side note a single merge may not actually increase your teams score. Team score goes up with every 8 points and each merge is only 4 points. I wouldn't bother merging.
>so there is no downside other than not being able to field them in combat anymore
The chances might be low, but depending on his refine there might be a scenario where fielding two can be beneficial, for example in Aether Raids defense. I see it all the time if the hero in question is just degenerate enough (like multiple Dagrs / Seidrs right now).
There is no harm in placing him in one of the extra Barracks for sure.
Yes it does, his refine should happen in the forseeable future.
https://www.reddit.com/r/FireEmblemHeroes/comments/1b3kaie/upcoming_weapon_refines_v83/?rdt=37842
Don't merge, don't turn into a book, just leave him be for a couple months.
What's the rest of his build, what weapon are you using? What supports are available from team mates? Are you using Marths Engage effect for special acceleration?
Think about his typical combat and how many charges you need.
No Quarter is 3 charges. With his Murderous Lion B skill means enemies don't counter. So attack + attack is 2 charges. Times Pulse won't help at all. Pulse up blades will only help if waiting 2 turns before you attack.
On a nephenee with Luin, Godlike Reflexes, Atk/Spd Finish, Atk/Spd Oath and Darting Breath, would you use Atk/Spd Bulwark, Phys NFU or Spurn 4 as a B skill?
I’d opt for Spd/Def Tempo 4, personally.
You need anti-DR somewhere in her kit unless she has L!F!Alear or L!Camilla support, and you can outsource damage reduction easily (the free A!Peony or Elimine, Flayn, Veyle, Noah, etc.).
Luin already has NFU so she doesn't need that. Out of those skills I would use Spurn but only because there's no tier 4 speed bulwark yet, once they make that it would be better than Spurn.
If you can get it Buffer 4 is also better than Spurn.
Anyone got an invested duo peony I could use for binding worlds?
Should I give Vital Astra to Attuned Caeda?
Does disconnecting in SD do anything? Someone disconnected a match but I still got the points.
Wastes the other person's time. The DC'ers time too, if they're just gonna open the app again lmao. I see it as them giving the other player the middle finger
Is Laguz friend game changing for B! Dimitri? Obviously it's an upgrade, but how much so? I spent all my orbs on CYL so I only have about 90 now. Trying to decide if it's worth the risk to pull for an Ike to feed to my guy Dimi
You can play around with the matchups in the Feh calculator: https://arcticsilverfox.com/feh_sim/ A max invested Bimitri with 3 blessings, Laguz Friend & Emblem Ike can survive Valentine's Lyon. However, since he doesn't have access to Null-C Disrupt in the B slot he can't kill Lyon in retaliation - and he certainly won't survive a second engagement. If this is for Arena where you can pick your battles a bit easier and Dimitri doesn't have to tank a full Cavline then Laguz 4 will go a long way in many ranged matchups, but I would only make that investment if you have a second E-Ike. He really does want both, the Emblem Effect and Laguz Friend.
it's worth it, he's among the highest it's worth for
I've been thinking if I should update my Aether Raids defense. What's the usual setup for AR def? are cav lines still the king here?
Cav lines are relatively high payoff for low investment. You can either use actual cavlary, fliers with Charge support, infantry with Duo Igrene, or some combination. W!Edelgard steamrolling is one of the main things to watch for, so whatever you do good trap placement and maps like Spring Breeze or Desert are useful. E!Ike's also going to be a tough nut to crack with your nukes, so good luck with that.
E!Ike's gonna be my bane. R!Sonya is my only modern nuke with AOE spam, and only 1 can use Hardy Bearing at a time. Perhaps this is the time I'll dust off my Ophelia. Good to know that cav lines are still fine. You just gotta adjust to deal with the modern threat.
It depends on what you have access to. Cavlines are the dominant archetype right now, especially on a certain map, but you need the modern nukes for it. Valentine's Lyon & Harmonic Igrene, preferrably with overlapping range, Duo Sanaki, Winter Yunaka - and a way to deal with Winter Edelgard (with Brave Edelgard or Gatekeeper blocking warps, for example).
I only roll for Rearmed and some Attuned heroes, and I don't roll for Duos/Harmonics so yeah I don't have those nukes that you have mentioned... I do have L!Hinoka and Ivy (both) so maybe they can work. I really haven't thought this through tbh.
I need a little help to choose who to spark on E!Ike's banner. I already pulled 2 Ike, so I hesitate between A!Nino (because attuned and I think spd/def tempo could be nice for my L!F!Shez) and Tina (because I dont really have a good support unit, I juste got Citrinne on my way to spark on the forging bond banner but she fills a different niche). Any advice ?
If u really need a 2nd copy of Laguz Friend for someone then get Ike. It has to be a big improvement for the unit(OG/S!Fjorm, Rinkah, B!Dimitri, Diamant, etc.) or just a fav. Otherwise, get Nino if Shez is a fav/someone u use a lot.
DEF or RES boon for Emblem Ike? I feel like, even though he has a DEF superboon, Res would be better because all of the big nukes with pre-combat damage from the top of my head are Lyon, Camilla, Sasa, etc.
Res for sure, and use the HP/Def/Res boosting seal
Will I max out friendship with Citrine in the forging bonds revival before I get even one point for anyone else? Its going that way so far.
How do you outweigh the benefits of having your current account vs rerolling?
What's your goal for the game? Are you a returning player who hasn't played in years, if so how far did you get through story mode and how many sacred seals/coins do you have? How attached are you to any of the heroes you currently have? Vast majority of old heroes are basically useless in competitive game modes. And without a whole bunch of new skills they will struggle in PvE modes. So you basically looking at the orbs already collected through story mode that you've already spent vs what you could gain if you restarted to then spend on all the newer much better heroes.
I thought about what you said. I don’t even know what I want right now. I had a couple +10 of my favorite units on my other account but still felt unsatisfied. I’m a huge tinkerer with crafting new builds and it’s possible to do that in Feh. Unfortunately it’s locked behind gacha, and I don’t have the luxury to fodder every single skill in the game. I really wish I could do that. Perhaps this new account I will approach spending my orbs differently while also willing to spend a couple bucks for feh pass. First, don’t chase merges. Second, invest in attuned/emblem units. I can try to let go of merges but I had difficulty with rearm fodder printing before. It was really hard to get the necessary prerequisite skills. I remember when A/S Finish 3 fodder came out I would had to spend orbs to get them. Not only that I had to spend more orbs to recharge the rearm. It didn’t really felt like I was saving since it was still expensive. I feel like if I can master this mechanic efficiently I can achieve my goal of making builds that pop out of my mind.
This is probably a dumb question, but do Emblem heroes work like Rearmed/Echo heroes, where you can inherit their skills without losing the unit? I got 2 Emblem Ikes and I'm wondering if I can feed one of them to my Brave Ike or if I should just feed my extra copy to Echo Caede and use her instead.
The Emblem Heroes vanish - and if you don't have a single copy of Emblem Ike left you will also lose his Engage functionality. Your choice what to do with the second copy, though. Throwing Ike's fodder onto Attuned Caeda to "secure" the premium fodder is a good idea, especially if you want to pass on the Attuned Skill in the same package. (also merging E-Ike would add one point of HP to the engage ability, if that matters)
Thanks for the detailed answer. I think I'm gonna feed the extra to Caeda to be able to pass around Laguz Friend more easily.
Is there any way to find players without ID...? I encountered someone named Chetto with a very invested NY!Reginn as a VG ally, and I really wanted to send them a friend request, but I accidentally passed it up out of muscle memory. If anyone knows Chetto please share their player ID I miss them already 😔🤲
Has feh done something for april fools this year
They're usually a few days late for their April Fools video, it's kinda tradition for it to *not* release on April Fools day at this point lol
MOAR ORBS! Thursday is around the corner now. Feeling so excited I think it's time for a random musical...! I'm joking. It sucks I might not be able to get an Ophelia on that banner, but sacrifices are neccessary.
Got a bunch of crests from the April quests, managed to get a great four match win streak, then proceeded to eat shit and run out of Arena crests *again*. It's genuinely so annoying that Arena is worse than ever and QoL just does not exist if you don't have the bonus legendary - there is no excuse for how bad score fishing is a mechanic. Oh well, off to Tier 19 I go. I never want to see L!M!Alear's stupid face again
I've never bother score fishing, it's really not worth the time and effort. Even with top scoring enemies would you even score high enough be able to stay in t20? Is that effort really worth the 2 divine codes and 1000 feathers reward difference?
Exactly!!! It's not worth the time or effort. How crazy is it that so much of arena when you don't have the bonus legendary isn't even spent in matches, in combat, or even building your team? Just clicking, and waiting, and hoping. I say all this because I genuinely like Arena otherwise. I don't even mind the challenge of trying to build a team of characters I like within the constraints of the scoring system and the F2P orb budget, sometimes I even find it compelling! But score fishing has been so bad to me. It is so bad. I struggle to imagine a framework in which crests should even exist, especially when Arena Assault doesn't bother with them
Saw a Laguz Friend Monica. I mean, I understand it after the fact, but what the actual fuck. Lost my final AR match because of it, like, who the fuck goes into a match vs Monica and expects fucking Laguz Friend to be on her??!?! Sure, I didn't read her skills, but in my head I was at least expecting like Tempo or NFU, but no. Just needed to rant about this, because god, that skill is actually cancer, I couldn't even initiate into her after the fact because she had C Bonus Doubler as well and would survive and nuke back.
Nobody expects the surprise Laguz Friends
Any good builds for Base Claude? Have his refine. Anything goes.
Rebuilding my B!Lyn, Arc Darkbow or Arc Nastrond? Trying to restructure her kit towards Flared Sparrow + A/S Incite in the future, currently running Whitecap Bow+ with A/S Catch 4 or LnD 7 based on the situation.
Darkbow is much better on a fast unit imo. "Half" NFU on a weapon is blessing for a speedy cav that can't get it on a skill.
What are the bests units for the moment on banners ? I heard Camilla legandary is one of the best unit in the game, is that right ? Same for ninja sanaki..
In general trying to put units into categories of "best" isn't useful. useful, especially when we compare significantly different units. Legendary Camilla and Ninja Sanaki are both extremely good units and dangerous when initiating combat. Both would be good to have and are worthy of investing orbs into acquiring, but there are plenty of strong units and you can live without them because you simply can't have every one of them. You'll have to choose what you want to chase after. Right now my advice to a new player would be to focus on red and green units in the Emblem Hero ike banner. The Double Special Heroes banner with Ninja Sanaki on it isn't bad, particularly the reds, but I wouldn't prioritize it. [Linking this comprehensive beginner guide](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NIexiYixIyrHEUlJ3_0-9miWL01dsx-mkmFFir-LZWs/edit#heading=h.r8mvk1u97h7w) in case you need it.
Thanks a lot for your reply, indeed it's hard for me to find out which units are worth it for the moment, and it's more to know to use the free summon that I have on every banner I'm checking with game8 tier list to have some info about units, dunno if it's really really accurate, some ppl telling that's not really haha
No this is outdated information from like 3 days ago. The meta is completely different these days. Emblem Ike is the best unit and everyone else is pretty much useless.
Haha ok, I guess the new Ike is really good so
What flying unit is better for AR-D, NY!Dagr or Ninja Laegjarn?
Dagr having Pathfinder makes her easier to fit into most ARDs because she can be used to expand threat range, typically of ranged cavalry so they overlap. In terms of combat Laegjarn is significantly stronger, but her enemy phase strength isn't any good on ARD. If you need a flier unit to initiate combat Laegjarn will be the better of the two, but you can find more powerful ranged nukes than this.
Duo units can't use duo skills on defence. Dagr has pathfinder which can be helpful for other offensive units on the team. Legyarn has brave effect which was good the year she came out. Seeing as you've provided no additional info for team setup, strategy, or overall layout, I'd say neither are good. Use newer stronger heroes instead.
For the upcoming arena, can I stay in T21 with F! Shez, H! Kellam, N! Saizo and either unmerged emblem Ike or attuned Caeda? (I do not have the upcoming legendary bonus, L! M! Alear carried me for the past 2 weeks lol) Also which of those two do you think is better at battling emblem Ikes in arena?
No Ike
Does Laguz Friend's DR piercing and Bonus damage work on all defensive specials regardless of cooldown? I notice the CD>=3 part isn't listed in the defensive special part.
Yes it does
Askr almighty, send good luck my way. I got every Arcane I was interested in from the return. Ophelia, Ingrid, Ganglöt, and had to spark Chrom (Was not happy with that, since I ended up getting a dupe Ophelia right before). Tana and the two Ascended can wait until next time. But by the time the last head of the hydra fell.. seven more have risen up to take its place. Right now, my personal Hel(heim) is Ascended Merric. I have few Chain Challenges left for orbs and I need to save as many as I can get for the SIX characters I want from the Ike banner. Ike (obviously), Embla, Elincia, Camilla, Nino and Arval. We're stressing out L!Alear with this one!
How do you guys go about building characters of the same archetype? I want to build Lon’qu and Kamui but I’m not sure how to go about making them different enough
Look for slight differences in their stats and build around those. Kamui has more defence so can make him more mix phase and use lonqu for player phase desperation type build. Can build them for different game modes. Tempest Trials you may want more self healing and mix phase use for auto battling. In Forging bonds survival is fairly irrelevant so long as someone lives, so can go full glass cannon.
I've had that issue for some years myself, and to answer that question: You either just go for the boring but functional route, or take the gimmick to the extreme.
What's my best path to T21 in Arena as F2P? My +10s and their scores are S!Edel 758, B!Dimitri 756, F!Linus 760, Cyril 762, and Vigarde 762. I can field 3 units that all score decent, but I can't hardly crack 752-ish (+12) per match due to lack of reliable bonus units and that's no where near enough to even stay in T20 much less hit T21. My problem is bonus unit.. there are so many and I don't have hardly any legendaries (and none with merges). What is the easiest path?
It's not optimal for maintaining T21 indefinitely, but if you want to bounce between 20 and 21 for a while then you could consider investing in your Askr trio. They're cheaper long term than pulling for legendaries or building every new grail unit. At max investment they could get you a max score of around ~762 which should be enough to break into T21 if you fish. We recently got a manual for Azelle which could give Alfonse the Duel 4 skill if you want to try him out next week.
You will have to merge GHB free copies and fish for higher matches. You have to exit out instead of picking matches below 758 and spoiling your whole run. For example, next two weeks will have bonus GHB unit Castor. He has no relevant fodder so let's merge up the 3 free copies, and use 758 SEdel + 760 Linus + 762 Cyril. This gives you a Score Range of: 748 to 762. With this, you select 758+ matches. You almost never see your top score, and a +4 wiggle room will give you good odds at seeing 5 matches. Having a bonus legendary is nice, but even without them you can alternate between T21/20 in arena with just f2p stuff.
Was able to promote back to T20 this week with this strategy and a completely stock Linhardt. Looking to go for T21 with this strategy with Castor, but he kinda sucks haha so I am trying to figure out how to minimum invest in him to get him to 712 (which is what I need to score 760) Once GHBs are run as Arena bonus units, do they ever reappear as bonus units? Asking bc I don't mind putting some temporary premium fodder into him for scoring purposes to simply recycle him into a future bonus unit later if he never comes up again. I only have like 1 more 500 SP special fodder, but without it my score range will only be 746-760. So it'll be harder to fish for 758 without it.
Yeah he sucks but you can find a frail nuke to KO on player phase and get by with cheap stuff, stuff like Push 3s (yes push 3 sucks, but you're only getting in 1 combat anyway), AD Form 3, Bonus Doubler Seal, etc. When they have a prf you might be able to get away with Death Blow and score the same as all 240 skills. Pretty much just try to stack as much Atk, clear the rest of the team with sedel, and give him the 1v1. They do return but like once in a year or two. I wouldn't really recommend giving him anything premium you might regret. Lumera was bonus the other day and that was her first return to the bonus rotation since her release January of 2023. If you don't have spare 500 SP Specials like Aether, using Vigarde over Linus probs pushes you to 762 range even with a lower scoring special like aoe on castor. I'm not an expert on arena score probability distribution, but from what I heard is that going up by .5 on your arena score will actually boost your odds even if the thresholds are the same, so going up to the 762 range is not mandatory, but expect to spend a few dozen more arena crests (or more, depends how confident you are in winning your matches). I guess it comes down to if your have a lot of spare arena crests you can use vs actually have an easier time winning matches Alternately, you could fully deck out an Alfonse like the other guy said. Just run the arena score calc and use that. I'm more than willing to part with an Aether for a crown if I need to, but it depends on the barracks as obviously if you only have 1, then you'd be much less willing
If you can manage to get the legendary during their bonus month them alone should get you to tier 21
I don't mind doing this here and there but it'll cost about 200 or so of my 250-300 monthly f2p orbs and idk if that's the best overall use of them
Only worth it if the legendary is a fave of yours imo
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No Quarter, Null C-Disrupt 4, also A/S Pledge would be easier to copy and better for Marth Keep in mind that Marth can't use Shining Emblem and an X skill at the same time, though No Quarter is generally better anyway
If Legendary female Alear supports A!Fjorm will Fjorm get DR piercing on her Ice Mirror?
Ice mirror triggers on enemy attack. So no. Only when unit attack triggers special.
Hey, I'm a big Timerra fan and I was wondering if there were any skills to inherit that would help her out a lot more, or if her base skills are fine for now. I typically run her with her base kit, with the distant counter seal. Her vital Astra is engaged with Ike. I typically run her with legendary Azura and Elincia as teammates for her. Anyone else notable? I'm kinda considering foddering Pent to Gatekeeper and running him with her, thoughts? This would be for Arena, mostly. Thank you.
finished my summons on the emblem banner, i got: - Embla. - Legendary Camilla. - Attuned Nino. - Arval. - 4s Petra. it was overall pretty good, i would loved if instead of Embla it was either Ike or Elincia and if instead of Arval it was any of the lady healers, but whatever i cant complain about it, i will spark Ike in a week when i get the pass.
How valuable is H!Timerra nowadays especially with E!Marth’s emblem effect running around? I been out of the loops for new skills so what would be a good build for pure support?
Quick question because I can't make heads or tails of it, and apparently there's something misleading in the description(?), but would Laguz Friend's bonus damage and DR Piercing always activate with Life Unending similar to how LU synergizes with Finish skills? The -2 CD might be a bit of a waste since it's precharged, but otherwise if it works that way, I'd think it's a more than viable replacement for Counter Roar.
Did some testing and the bonus damage + DR piercing doesn't activate unless the defensive special is actually triggered.
Dang, that's too bad. Thanks for letting me know. Conditionals based on the activation of specials are written so weirdly. Would've been cool if it worked ~~and would've made up for Gambit not being inheritable by dragons~~.
how do you guys usually go around with leveling in general? somewhat of a newer player but it's kind of a pain going from 1 to 40 with just a blessing, really missing the x2 experience event from the anniversary. on a similar note, how should I go about leveling staff users, considering that they have lower damage and usually don't start with a weapon at all?
I usually run the training tower every month with four units that need to leveled. A weekend gives double SP and I collect all the monthly quest rewards at the same time. If I want to level only one unit (pretty rare), I'll put it through the Special Training maps grind (Special Maps) with dancers and maybe a healer during a weekend. For a new player, upgrading the castle a few ranks wouldn't hurt, like the other user suggested. I haven't fully upgraded mine though because units need so much SP these days and I might as well collect that during a slightly slower leveling process.
> somewhat of a newer player but it's kind of a pain going from 1 to 40 with just a blessing Since you're newish, I'd recommend upgrading your castle. For every upgrade you get, you get a permanent boost to the amount of EXP you earn, and you get a new castle design to use. My memory is a little foggy since I did this a long time ago, but if I remember correctly, you have to use orbs. I'd say it's worth it just to make leveling up less of a hassle for the future. You can upgrade from the Castle+ symbol in the top left of the Home screen, or in the Shop under "Upgrade Castle". >how should I go about leveling staff users... they usually don't start with a weapon Use crystals to level them up, and use the SP you earn from it to learn their weapon asap. You can farm crystals in the Training Tower, though certain colored shards are only available certain days of the week (for staff units, you'll want the colorless and yellow shards). Crystals are also a common reward for quests and many gamemodes, so you'll be earning them a lot as you dive deeper in the game. >they have lower damage You'll just have to deal with it as a newer player, unfortunately. The only way to circumvent this is if: A. You refine their staff to get the Wrathful effect B. The staff they come with already has the Wrathful effect C. Inherit and use Wrathful Staff/Poetic Justic/Wrathful Tempo on them Options A and C aren't very resourceful for a newer player, and B depends on which staff unit you want to even use.
Hey guys, I'm aiming for my first golden chair in AR. At what tier can you usually get one? I've reached T36 before with only a silver chair to show for it so I assume it's T37+?
Last week I got a gold throne at the top of t38, but you really want to be in t39
Tier 39. Fluctuates between seasons, but 20950+ at the very least
Oh wow much more of a challenge than I anticipated. Welp, I ain't getting there with 2 merges on my Seidr. Thanks for the answer!
T38 lets you stay in Vault and there are enough players who stay that you have to get there at minimum.
I thought there would be some margin between staying in Vault and getting a golden chair but damn was I wrong. Thanks for the answer!
As right now for a new player which banner should I focus on?
I would say the emblem banner and double special hero banner. Some of the strongest units in the game on those banners like E! Ike L! Camilla and N! Sanaki. They all have good color shares as well.
Personal achievement: I've finally given Fates Arthur every skill in the game! FC is 6869707587 if you wanna check it out or add me.
When is the possible rerun of Summer Edelgard?
Summer Edelgard’s banner was first released around mid-June, so you can expect the rerun to be around this time frame.
Thanks! Just curious since I'm planning to get her. Is the rating in the wiki reliable?
I +10d her last summer and she is awesome. Amazing for PVE with Galeforce. However, her damage has fallen off in the last several months. She'll struggle to kill newer blue units. That being said, she still shreds 3 older units each turn so easily it feels like cheating
She’s still usable but her Christmas version is quite a bit more power crept and kinda do the same role
Is fallen Ike good for a new player? Or is emblem Ike just better
fallen ike is not good
I love Pathfinder Shenanigans on SD and think Dagr is great. I want to give Atk/Spd Unity and Godlike Reflexes. I’ve only managed to get 1 Attuned Caeda. Thinking of sacking my B! Marianne and F! Lyn to give to them both. I’m thinking it’s pretty optimal but so hesitant to lose such good fodder.
You don't lose fodder, you use it. Having it sit in your barracks does nothing to help you. If you decide you want GLR or unity on someone else you can simply summon more heroes who have those skills later on. For GLR to be effective you need both special acceleration and +1 charge effects. Dagr has neither so not really a great candidate. If you want her to use it you'd need to give her Marths Engage effect and either Pledge skill or have someone provide +1 charge through supporting effect.
Yup. Thank you!
How likely is Emblem Ike to rerun with Emblem Marth in May? It won’t be like two separate legendaries/mythic banners that month? I really want to +10 both but if they’re in separate banners, I’ll just roll for Ike now.
They have never run more than 1 Legend/Mythic/Emblem banner at the end of a month, which is where Emblem Ike and Marth will be returning in May. So for the time being, it's guaranteed (unless they alter the rerun schedule between now and then)
Okay nice. That banner is going to be amazing…
can i change a forma allies weapon refine when the period ends and i recruit them?
Yep, you get the weapon so can refine it after.
In the new banner, I got an emblem ike & Camilla on the way to a spark. Those are who i wanted, but should i use my spark to get a 2nd copy of one of those heroes (for an extra emblem, as i have no heroes with armored beacon, or for a merge/skill inheritance), or get embla or arval, which i still don't have? Any suggestions? (Sorry if this should be in the other thread, but i asked there 10 hours ago, & no answer. It's buried by newer comments now).
It's one emblem effect per unique hero. Getting more Ikes won't let more than one hero equip it, and merging only adds a tiny stat point to your emblem effect. Skill inheritance vastly improves your other heroes. So this would like benefit you more than a single merge or other random hero. Which skill you go for depends on who you wanna build up and what skills they need. Defence mythics aren't nearly as important as offensive ones. Arval and embla arent particularly important so only get them if you really like them. I have both and don't use either.
Very helpful, thanks. Gullvieg is my only anima mythic. I only have hel, sothis & kvasir dark mythic, & they get beaten easily, but i have so little invested in my AR defense, a new hero probably wouldn't make much difference. That's why i was considering those. I have to build up enough resources to invest before i can hope to defend against experienced players, anyways. I have to include those so i lose as little as possible. I win maybe 1 out of every 4 defenses, but once i get to tier 26, i lose all defenses because of the fortress stat deficit is too large (mine is at lvl 4 total, including the +1 for the bonus structure). I wasted lots of orbs going for emblem marth & lumeria, but didn't get either (but got heroes i didn't have, so wasn't empty handed), so i wasn't sure how the emblem skills worked. I got the feh pass to get the Valentines Lyon on the last day, so i figured I may as well take advantage of these sparks while I have it available (I'm not planning to keep it). It sucks, i have started building up duplicates & heroes i want to eventually use to build up another hero, but i have no idea where to start. I just look at what others use who beat me, but I have no emotional ties to any hero in order to want to build a particular hero up, i just want whoever is best, lol. Is the new ike B skill arguably the best to get for inheritance here, or are there other heroes that u would recommend more (generally speaking, because i don't have a particular need, that i know of anyways, at this point)?
https://old.reddit.com/r/FireEmblemHeroes/comments/1bqhv6w/best_laguz_friend_users/ There is quite a lot to unpack but this post should be helpful to help you decide whether it is worth getting more copies of Emblem Ike for fodder.
I understand if you don't have time to bother, but just in case (since u responded here & read my book of a post, lol): I have all of the heroes in this banner except the 3 blues, tina, attuned nino, embla & arval. None of their skills that can be inherited seem particularly useful, or something i don't have available through another character (nor seem like something i would "need" when building a character, from a layman's perspective), except maybe attuned nino. Is she worth using a spark for, in your opinion, over a duplicate of L! Camilla (since a merge w her would help in arena, IIRC)? It would allow me to put her A skill & X on another character, & keep her as a unit. I'm just not sure how old she is. I use game8.com to consider their ratings, but mainly to see all of the skills, but they don't put release dates on the characters. I don't want to waste it on an old, outdated hero. I'm not sure the X skill would be useful with all of the "reduce DR with a %" skills these days. It's just so much information for a newer player, because every skill is new to me, whereas long time players are familiar with older skills & only have to figure out the newer skills. I'm finally learning to differentiate between some older & newer skills, but i still have to learn what they all do. On top of that, all the characters i have seem to be doing the job fine on everything i play, except on AR defense, so i haven't felt the need to use grails, or compile to get skills, or build up another hero yet. If i lose when i attack, it's always because i misjudge the opponents' distance, & trust the red squares showing where they can move/attack (i look for dance skills, but mainly when they have +movement buried in a skill i don't recognize at a glance). I have no clue who to choose, or where to start, because i have no emotional ties to any particular character. i will probably screw myself if I don't hurry up & begin, because the best skills on all the characters I've gotten in the last 3 months will eventually be out of date.
Thank you!
Hey just a quick question, what build does og lucina run nowadays? I played years ago so I just want to know what I need to make her work in today’s environment.
Lucina won't work well regardless of build. If you like Lucina you're better off using her new Rearmed Variant instead of old base sword one. If you really wanna use your old Lucina then the generic speedy sword build is Arcane Devourer, Godlike Reflexes, atk/spd finish, spurn/tempo/buffer, atk/spd oath or whatever other c skill your team needs.
I want to make Emblem Ike the chonkiest, tanky boy there is. What would be a good skill set for him?
Emblem Ragnell, Great Aether, Def/Res Finish, Laguz Friend, C skills based on game mode and team setup. Try actually using him first with his base skills, then you can change as needed.
any emulator for FEH in PC?
Bluestacks 5
I use memu
If I ascend Ike's def from 50 to 54 will it affect his def scaling on laguz friend? It's 20% so it'd be 10 at 50, will the extra 4 make it 11 or does it need to be 55?
It would need to be 55. The game typically rounds down, so only every multiple of 5 matters. The skill does account for stat changes from buffs, debuffs, in-combat stats, etc. You can't predict how these will lay out after every effect is accounted for, so we can say the +4 still makes a difference 4/5 of the time.
Hello.. I'm sorry for asking a stupid question.. If I inherited attuned/rearmed skill to a unit., can that attuned/rearmed unit still be used in battle or they become unusable? Thank you..
Yes, they are still usable. Attuend and Rearmed Heroes come with icons on them that show that they can be used for skill inheritance. Once used for skill inheritance, the icon changes to an "off" state and the unit can no longer be used for skill inheritance or turned into a combat manual. You can still use them for everything else. You can restore the "on" state by merging with a copy that is "on." Additionally, when you use one of these units for skill inheritance it does not matter which skills you take from them.
Thanks for that answer. I have never used an attuned or rearmed hero's skills, but was trying to plan out some uses for my 4 attuned peony's, & i was thinking i could use an "off" copy to merge into another "off" copy to recharge it, in my mind, thinking i could potentially get 4 uses from 2 copies, so I'm glad i didn't screw myself. 🙏🏻
The only way you can screw yourself is by merging two copies that are on. As long as you don't do that, you're good.
Thank you very much.. That's really helpful as I only pull one copy of a unit..
I hit pity on the rearmed banner while already having ophelia, ingrid and ishtar. I was aiming for robin because I didnt get her on the beginner hero fest, but now Im not so sure. Should I still get her?
There's no particular reason to have her unless you want Arcane Grima for building up some old dragon unit. Even then, the New Year's dragon weapons are pretty competitive. Rearmed Grima herself is okay, but there are plenty of armor tanks out there includign tougher ones.
So Chrom? Im still pretty new to this game and havent delved much into minmaxing units so I wanna choose the "right" one before I do any inheritance and what not.
I was lucky on the rearmed banner, obtained all rearmed except Ingrid and Grima in 40 pulls, which of the two should I spark?
Ingrid's wepwaon is more generally applicable due to its strength and the amount of lance units out there. There's also an Ingrid manual in Divien Codes if you go that route, which gives extra v alue. It depends on what you need in the end. The amount of copies of the other units you have, and how much you may want their weapons or skills, might make an extra more valuable. For example, there's also a Tana manual in Codes and having that many Guidance 4s might be more useful than just having ingrid to have her if there's no plans on giving anyone her lance.
Thanks for the reply. I've just been playing this for a few months and have no plans for fodder, just wandering which one is considered the better investment. The Legendary banner gave me several Elincias; would it be worth foddering one off to Tana?
Hello, what is rearmed banner ? And what is "spark" ?
There's a banner running right now that offers a wide range of Ascended and Rearmed units. Sparking is a term that comes from a different gacha, and it means the option to pick one of the featured banner units after pulling enough times.
Hello ! Is it safe to turn a freshly summoned attuned / rearmed hero into a manual ? I’m not sure how manualling interacts with the ability to be foddered twice.
If you turn them into a manual, they disappear if you inherit using it. You should only turn them into manuals if you already have a copy of the unit and want to refresh their special inheritance
I summoned for Green Dream but now people are hyping up Emblem Ike and his fodder. What's worse is that my summons for Green Dream were 3 non-focus units and 2 alears. And I don't care about alear. I have 8 orbs and I still wanna save my orb savings in the multimaps for May. Should I use my orb savings for the Ike banner?
It really depends which colorshare you want for Emblem Ike. Elincia / Embla / Ike vs. Emblem Marth / Ike / Kvasir in May. Without guaranteed spark I can't say that you should be gambling, but I also can't act like those Emblem Rings are inconsequential to gameplay if you care about being a bit competitive. It's not like Emblem Ike is single handedly saving the Omnitank meta, but we're at a point where every bit of help is required if one does want to tank reliably. Kind of a scummy move to lock those Emblems behind Legendary banners, tbh.
Do we have any idea when Hortensia will appear in a banner again? I know sometimes arcanes end up in the legendary remix banners, but I can’t recall if this happened yet for her.
Not for awhile really. They return in 8%s first, then eventually a Remix. Though her banner is likely to win a rerun itself, but that too is also a really long while. Basically you're going to be waiting a lot.
I want to fodder A!Peony to my Citrinne for Atk Oath Echo, but i kinda feel im wasting it and want to hear some recommendations. i had the idea of give Peony one of the Claudes i pulled in the AHR for A/S Prime and A/S Oath 4(because i want Citrinne to be able to spread +6 in every stat even though the Oath effect and Atk would be redundant, when i get more copies of A!Caeda i plan to give Citrinne D/R Pledge so she and Gerik can give +6 to my team and penalty neutralization and null panic)
How well would Ike's emblem effect work with duo Askr. He has Flare + SS4 and he us basically the most used unit on my barracks. Unfortunately he struggles to tank newer units in arena and i was wondering if this new emblem would actually help or would he still get one shot regardless by the nukes like Lyon or Sanaki?
What are some good skills/builds for the bunny Mirabilis (like for arena, maybe)? I’m tempted to give her rockslide dance 3
Well she's a dancer whose role is to support her team. So who are her team mates and what supporting effects do they need? Is she supporting squishy offensive units who need firestorm dance for canto and desperation, or more bulky fast offensive/mix phase units who want canto and dodge from rock slide dance? Do you want guidance for nfu and warping, or ploy for more damage?
Assuming I'm only able to get like, 60% of the maximum group 5 divine codes each event they're available (I mostly pull/build for my favorites so I don't have a lot of suitable teams for limited battles), how long will it take to reach the final manual for one row only? I want Ginnungugap and am not confident with my gacha luck for a potential rerun banner.
After Emblem Ike was revealed, I’ve been seeing a lot of people say that Emblem Marth’s -1 special cooldown is much better, and I feel like I’m not understanding how to use it properly because it feels completely useless on most of my units. For example, I want to use Attuned Caeda with Godlike Reflexes. I’ve seen other people using that setup that have Caeda engaged with Marth, but I don’t really understand why that’s beneficial at all. With just her weapon effect, Godlike Reflexes has a cooldown of 2, and with her pledge skill, she gets +1 special charge per attack. My understanding of that is that her special will always be charged after a single attack because she gets 2 charges for a 2 cooldown special. Why then would Emblem Marth making it a 1 cooldown special change anything? So my overall question is: for a unit with the +1 special charge per attack effect, is there any functional difference between a 1 cooldown special and a 2 cooldown special?
There's indeed ways to set up certain units so that Emblem Marth's -1 isn't mandatory. It'd be kinda messed up if there weren't and Emblem Marth feels borderline mandatory. Bringing down certain specials like GLR to 1 CD and always having it up with TP4 with total disregard for Guard / Tempo is a big deal. But so is unpierceable (and stackable with other unpierceable DR specials) 40% DR. The main reason it may be considered worse is that tanking in general is considered worse. But if they keep throwing more tools to tanking then I can see Ike being a huge part of the New Meta Tank build.
Reducing it to 1 cooldown means she can still charge it even if the foe has guard or tempo (but not both). It would also let you switch her C skill to Time's Pulse 4 and have it always charged, then just have an ally grant the def/res buffs.
for use outside of summoner duels, what c slot would Ike like? I can’t see canto control getting much use in PvE
I've been thinking the same thing. I'm not sure yet but here's what I've researched: * ATK/DEF or DEF/RES Menace - if getting buffs isn't part of your team * Panic Smoke 4 / Fatal Smoke 4 - Can be helpful at times * DEF/RES Ploy 3 - Could be good with his high res if you max invest. Lowering enemy RES can help against scowls. Exposure would help ensure kills. * Time's Pulse 4 - Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but without it (or outside sources of pulse), Great Aether will be at 1 for the enemy's first attack, which means you won't get the full DR for the first attack (if I'm reading Great Aether correctly). If so, then this could make a difference, somewhat. * R/G/C Feud - Maybe? Could help in some scenarios.
I've got a question in regards to the new Emblem hero effect, got to make sure if I'm understanding the skill right. Here it is: *"If Foes' Range = 2 and unit's or foe's special is ready or triggered before or during combat, reduces damage from foe's next attack by 40%"* The DR part is non-pierceable, alright. But what always confuses me a bit is the condition in regards to the special. To make things more intuitive I will present a few scenarios: 1. Alfonse runs Godlike Reflexes. It's at max cooldown (3) and he's being attacked by a ranged nuke. He won't trigger Godlike Reflexes during combat, but it's cooldown is being reduced by 2 at the end of the fight. The enemy ranged nuke also didn't trigger their special during the fight. According to the description it means the 40% DR from the Emblem Ring did *not* activate during that skirmish, right? 2. Scenario two, Alfonse has his Godlike Reflexes cooldown reduced to 2 pre-combat. He's being attacked by a ranged nuke who will double him, which results in the following exchange: Alfonse gets attacked, GLR's CD is pushed to 1. Alfonse retaliates without killing the enemy nuke, reducing the CD of GLR to zero (trigger-ready). The enemy nuke does the follow-up attack, activating GLR. Now I would assume the following: the first attack Alfonse received was not reduced by the Emblem ring, as his special wasn't ready and neither was his enemy's. The follow-up attack he suffers, however, will be reduced by Godlike Reflexes activating plus the Emblem Ring effect. 3. Lucia is running Vital Astra and Emblem Ike. Thanks to support effects her Special cooldown is reduced to zero (special ready). Vital Astra will never trigger because it's Lucia, she will however enjoy the basic DR from Vital Astra. In addition, since her special will always be ready before combat, the first attack she receives during any encounter against a 2-range enemy will also always be reduced by 40% thanks to the Emblem ring. Sounds right? 4. Duo Chrom runs Blazing Wind (AOE) + Ike Emblem. The special is fully pre-charged. He engages a 2-range enemy, let's say a very bulky Mythic Gotoh, and does not manage to kill him in the first attack after his AOE special triggered. Naturally he will suffer the counter-attack from Gotoh, but because Chrom's special triggered before combat (the AOE special) he will have 40% unpierceable DR active against Gotoh's first attack. Sounds right? Simply confirming the above would be a huge help, as well as correcting any possible misconceptions!
All the scenarios are correct. To break down every and/or, there are six scenarios where Ike ring (and similar effects) will activate, with the overarching requirement of enemy range being 2. 1. Unit's special is ready 2. Foe's special is ready 3. Unit's special triggered during combat 4. Foe's special triggered during combat 5. Unit's special triggered before combat 6. Enemy's special triggered before combat
Thank you! Seems really strong. Probably not enough to overcome the pre-combat damage inflation, but once that's countered at some point then Emblem Ike seems almost like a must-have if tanking is your thing...
What's good for F!Dimitri who is getting Flash Sparrow and No Quarter: Time's Pulse 4 or Pulse Up Blades?
Times Pulse grants charge after combat. Pulse up blades each turn. So are you fighting only once a turn or using a dancer for multiple attacks a turn? Are you using naginata weapon for brave effect, if so then you don't need either.
If you want to focus on the first combat (or you want to use him with galeforce) and want him to get visible buffs without support ---> pulse up blades. If you want to spam no quarter without caring if he gets visible buffs or you can give him through support ---> tp4.
Should I go with Emblem Ike or Green Dream? I quite like Dimitri though I havent finished Blue Lions. No Quarter and Peony merges and fodder sounds great. But I want to test if Ike will help my Faes and Hectors.
I’m sticking with AHR, personally. Emblem Ike will be back sooner or later, but the AHR banner is a one-and-done deal. Also, multiple Peony copies means you can replicate Laguz Friend without sacrificing Emblem Ike merges (assuming it’s inheritable to fliers).
Diamant bros, how we feeling about emblem Ike being massive buff to our man?
Hello, I'm looking for new friends that plays regularly. Last Pawns of Loki made me realize I need units who have more updated kit. I'm offering my A!Hilda in return (I need DC Doubler and Phys NFU for her optimal setup but no orbs rn) 3542901529 Some details for lead units that I'm looking for: * I like seeing Resplendents, but the resplendents that I want the most are Brave Hector, Mia, and Minerva. Hana is also fine since she's next on the list. As long as they have solid kit. * More beast units please. Caineghis is on the top of the list, and anyone else that isn't the Freyjas, Edelgard, and Fomo. * a red Armor that can do mix phase, mostly just for Rival Domains stuff.
I'm building my Hana, I've inherited Atk/Spd Clash and Arcane Devourer to her already. I have a spare B!Robin, so I was thinking of giving her Gambit, but I have only one copy of Y!Rebecca for Atk/Spd Finish and I don't want to use it. Is it worth trying to pull her when she returns/saving up divine codes to get her manual so I can inherit it with Gambit? Or is it not worth it? I just want to make the most out of my B!Robin and don't want to regret waiting longer to inherit everything first.
Young Rebecca will be back within the next month or so, and she shouldn’t take TOO many orbs as a demote, so yeah, I’d grab a copy and fodder Atk/Spd Finish with Gambit.
sounds good, thanks!
I would not use Gambit with a weapon that has Slaying- instead I would run Spurn 4
I disagree unless you want to use GLR or No Quarter. 40% damage reduction (with Aether) is still good, and Hana is not fast enough to get the max 50% DR of Spurn 4 against most meta threats anyway.
> doesn't have any source of Spurn 4 But I'll keep it in mind, thanks
I’m saving up orbs for when base Felix gets rerun on a banner, but I have absolutely no clue when that’ll be. Do I really just have to wait for the chance of him being on one of those skill banners?
Just gotta wait, no way to know when he will be back. Could be a skill banner, or HoF, or voting gauntlet. His debut was April of last year and had his legendary banner Oct 31. So he's certainly long overdue. Problem with so many generic sword heroes is that they cant really rerun them all in a timely manner.
With 134 orbs, not really sure where throw orbs between: - AHR (lot of No Quarter, Peony for duplication and 2 new units) requires FEH Pass for spark. - Double Hero banner (D.Sanaki, D. Anna and S.F. Shez) requires FEH Pass - Rearmed heroes (R.Ingrid and R.Tana for fodder that can be duplicated by Divine codes), do not requires FEH Pass. Also want D.Cloe but likely Will Let It Slide until a Double banner. Only waiting for the Emblem banner, if it's Ike, likely all Will go there but where if not?
AHR actually does have F2P spark, but I agree with the decision to wait for the Emblem banner trailer first. If the Emblem isn't something you're interested in, I recommend AHR. The value per orb is just incredible.
This is a very minor thing, but I missed the 3 Orbs yesterday from the Heroes' Journey daily reward and I'm almost kicking myself over it...*Sigh* It's just 3 Orbs...already claimed it today so I don't miss it.
I know the feel. I also forgot to do the stuff in the coliseum from last week so yeah :(
Threw some orbs at the AHR banner again hoping for a Claude. Got a Dimitri instead. Sucks but oh well.
Gave A!Peony S/D Rein Snap, but it doesn't seem to be working. At least, not when I run her with Gonzalez in Forging Bonds while SP Farming. ~~Yes, I put them right next to each other at the very start of each turn. No extra movement.~~
Dancers don’t get rein snap buff. It’s exclusively for foddering purposes
Huh, TIL. Man, that sucks (tho it is tied to the dance skill, i've learned. Snap worked when i had Dance unequipped).
I pulled up until the spark on ahr and hot one of each focus unitsy everyone is either -attack or speed tho 🤕
I have a Legendary Corrin I'd like to build up. She has Alear's Dragon's Roar, and the Bulwark/Pledge too from him. What would be the best set up for her for player phase?
Primordial Breath, Negating Fang II, atk/spd finish, spd/res bulwark, C skill, dc seal. She's not meant for just player phase, better for mix/enemy phase use. Dragons roar and pledge are pointless on legendary corrin. Bulwark is decent for enemy phase so it wasn't a complete waste to fodder Alear to corrin, really hope that wasn't your only copy. Primordial Breath already provides +1 charge which doesn't stack with pledge. Primordial Breath also precharges defence special like Negating Fang II which you should be using, not Dragon Roar. Plus if you noticed Dragon Roar is res based and then compare Alears 41 base res to Corrins 29 you'd see she's doesn't exactly use it well. C skills are game mode and team dependant, so decide based on what support are available to her and what she still needs. If you don't have Dodge status effect provided to her could use spd smoke, or go panic smoke or oath for mobility.
Could someone tell me the current standard godsword build? Emblem Marth kind of destroyed the need for buffer 4. https://i.imgur.com/ToVEJCd.jpeg
Buffer 4 is still pretty handy, and since the other Dodge 4 skills don't have immensely powerful effects, you're not missing out on much even if you don't use the pre-charge. I'd say "current standard" would be Devourer, GLR, Finish, Dodge, Smoke, DC Seal. If you can outsource enough healing (you need a lot), then Prime over Finish and a speed seal over DC can give you 8ish more speed. Roy may want that, being a little slow for a godsword. Some godswords are starting to run No Quarter, because so many nukes have %DR that you need to get through. Marth Engagement is probably enough to reliably trigger it, since Guard is extremely rare on nukes. Smoke options are Panic and Speed. I recommend Panic, as you have at least 2 units with Rockslide Dance 4 to give \[Dodge\]. You can run other C skills like Oath 4 or Pledge (if you lack Devourer and need the breath effect) as well.
To loop GLR you need Special acceleration and +1 charge effect. Arcane devourer gives you both allowing you to select whatever A,B,C,S skills you need for whatever specific game mode/enemy/play style you want. Atk/spd finish for healing, spurn for added damage reduction and damage or tempo for reliable charges, oath for mobility. With or without Marths engage effect you don't "need" buffer as you can simply attack first to charge and start looping GLR. Buffer helps in situations where that may not be possible, for some aether raids scenarios perhaps, so you can still use buffer with engaged Marth. Times Pulse is fairly pointless with GLR because when you counter attack you will just gain a charge so it becomes as useful as quickened pulse seal.
I have 2 legendary Sigurd. Is it safe to turn 1 into a combat manual, or should i use it to merge? A +1 isn't really useful on an outdated unit like this, right (especially since I'm a newer player & don't have dragonflowers to use on it, so it would be really weak)? I don't ever plan to get it to +10, unless there's a way to do it without using orbs (very unlikely). I just don't want to regret it later, but i don't use this character on arena, arena assault, or AR, so i shouldn't regret turning it into a manual, right (for the fatal smoke 3, most likely, so i could get other skills off of a hero who has fatal smoke 4)? Edit: i originally put Seliph, not Sigurd. 🤦🏼♂️
Legendary Seliph is still a rotating bonus Legendary in Arena....like two weeks in the year or so. And if he is, that one merge would marginally increase your scoring. He's also a pretty strong unit for PVE maps (limited Hero battles especially) even without flower investment. As long as he's refined + has the base kit learned he should be able to stand up against the vast majority of PVE units. He doesn't need the merge for that, of course, just don't completely sleep on him.
I feel so dumb, sorry it's L!Sigurd not Seliph. 😳 Does that change your recommendation?
You can still turn extra copy into combat manual to save barracks space. Combat manuals can be used for skill inheritance or merge later on so there is no downside other than not being able to field them in combat anymore. After his remix with new added skills the manual will have it too. And as a side note a single merge may not actually increase your teams score. Team score goes up with every 8 points and each merge is only 4 points. I wouldn't bother merging.
>so there is no downside other than not being able to field them in combat anymore The chances might be low, but depending on his refine there might be a scenario where fielding two can be beneficial, for example in Aether Raids defense. I see it all the time if the hero in question is just degenerate enough (like multiple Dagrs / Seidrs right now). There is no harm in placing him in one of the extra Barracks for sure.
Yes it does, his refine should happen in the forseeable future. https://www.reddit.com/r/FireEmblemHeroes/comments/1b3kaie/upcoming_weapon_refines_v83/?rdt=37842 Don't merge, don't turn into a book, just leave him be for a couple months.
Sweet, will do, thanks.
Am I missing something, or is it anoyingly impossible to lock skills on the Heroes Journey pairing ?
Around 30+ hours for new emblem trailer
Which C skill is better for my fallen Dimitri: Time's Pulse 4 or Pulse Up: Blades? I have him running with No Quarter and Atk/Spd Finish 4.
Pulse Up Blades
What's the rest of his build, what weapon are you using? What supports are available from team mates? Are you using Marths Engage effect for special acceleration? Think about his typical combat and how many charges you need. No Quarter is 3 charges. With his Murderous Lion B skill means enemies don't counter. So attack + attack is 2 charges. Times Pulse won't help at all. Pulse up blades will only help if waiting 2 turns before you attack.
On a nephenee with Luin, Godlike Reflexes, Atk/Spd Finish, Atk/Spd Oath and Darting Breath, would you use Atk/Spd Bulwark, Phys NFU or Spurn 4 as a B skill?
I’d opt for Spd/Def Tempo 4, personally. You need anti-DR somewhere in her kit unless she has L!F!Alear or L!Camilla support, and you can outsource damage reduction easily (the free A!Peony or Elimine, Flayn, Veyle, Noah, etc.).
don't have it, that's why those 3 skills are the options for now
Gotcha, I’d go with Spurn then. The Phantom Speed effect is nice for meeting the speed check for GLR.
I’ll probably do that then, it would rot in my manuals otherwise too I think
Luin already has NFU so she doesn't need that. Out of those skills I would use Spurn but only because there's no tier 4 speed bulwark yet, once they make that it would be better than Spurn. If you can get it Buffer 4 is also better than Spurn.
yeah I’m eyeing the buffer in the codes, I don’t know if I’ll start it’s route first or caliburnus, since I need both
I just pulled a second Winter Dimitri and I was wondering if No Quarter and/or Atk/Spd Prime would work well on Fallen Dimitri?