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Re: Fire Emblem Heroes Topic: You knew this was coming!
« Reply #350 on: August 08, 2017, 10:14:33 PM »
Still running the same ol' primary team as ever. Arena's easy these days, arena assault though seems like it'll be more tricky since you need up to 28 reasonably competent people.

Some of the later chain challenges have been rather brutal, namely C9-10 and C11-12 Lunatic. Infernal difficulty GHBs have also been tricky but thus far I've beaten all of them save Legion's, which is going to be coming back soon so hopefully I'll be able to beat it then.

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Re: Fire Emblem Heroes Topic: You knew this was coming!
« Reply #351 on: August 08, 2017, 10:17:45 PM »
Yeah I can't really complain about a lack of things to do anymore. And Infernal is no joke. I haven't cleared a bunch since I wasn't putting all that much attention into it.
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Re: Fire Emblem Heroes Topic: You knew this was coming!
« Reply #352 on: August 09, 2017, 06:09:29 AM »
Arena Assault isn't that tricky I guess if you just want feathers? My test run of all Beginner fights yielded 4,162 points and ~37k ranking (Good for 1,400 feathers). All the teams were mostly 30-38 with a few 40's. I have... 17 5* 40's, 3 5*'s near 40, and 4 4* 40's. I just had to use a couple ~33-35 3-4* scrubs mixed in there. My biggest issue is that I just don't have many + units. We'll see what an Intermediate run yields.

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Re: Fire Emblem Heroes Topic: You knew this was coming!
« Reply #353 on: August 09, 2017, 06:28:00 AM »
Yeah arena of all forms is always gonna be only as difficult as you make it. I was thinking of 7-streak deathless on the highest difficulty, though the items once you stockpile them seem like they'll be a big help there. (Haven't had much time to play around with it yet.)

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Re: Fire Emblem Heroes Topic: You knew this was coming!
« Reply #354 on: August 10, 2017, 09:43:37 PM »
Lilina/Cecilia Infernal -

This one is pretty tough because there's less room than normal to manuever, and any opening turn puts you in range of multiple enemies. My setup:

-Tharja with Triangle Adept, Red Tomebreaker, Reposition, HP+3 seal
-Olwen with 48 Attack (+Atk, +1, Atk+1 seal, Death Blow 2, Eirika buff), Lancebreaker, Luna, Spur Res 3
-Eirika with Fortify Res seal
-I also had Spring Camilla but she ended up irrelevant, so a dancer would have been a better choice probably.

48 attack is key, however it is achieved. Olwen can barely ORKO both the lance pegasus knight and the added red mage (with a wolf tome) at this figure. She can also ORKO the brave lance cavalier. Reinhardt can pull this off much more easily, since Olwen's speed isn't necessary to this strategy. Tharja can be replaced by another red mage, one with more res would be nice (although most of those lack the raw power of Raudrblade).

1. Destroy the first wall, get in position for buffs etc.
2. Olwen ORKOs the lance peg.
3. Tharja repositions Olwen out of trouble, remains in danger of both Lilina and Cecilia.
4. Lilina and Ceclia both attack. With Triangle Adept, +6 res from Fortify/Spur, and +3 HP, Tharja can barely survive both. Red Tomebreaker is needed or Lilina's own Red Tomebreaker will wreck. Lilina barely survives, Cecilia does not. Meanwhile, the archer acts like an idiot and moves away to destroy the second wall.
5. Olwen ORKOs the lance knight, Tharja finishes Lilina.
6. Olwen ORKOs the red mage, reposition/etc. to avoid the archer.
7. Kill the archer with whoever.

Tharja's not one of my main squad but she seems to often end up as one of the centrepiece to my GHB strategies. (Berkut's battle had a similar situation where a powerful red TA mage was valuable.)

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Re: Fire Emblem Heroes Topic: You knew this was coming!
« Reply #355 on: August 11, 2017, 03:54:54 PM »
I've dipped my toe back in thanks mainly to the first-pull-free thing (since paying 5 orbs to even see what you might get from a pull was kinda bullshit) and might keep it up? I dropped the game mainly because arena got so monotonous, but with Tempest Trials and chain fights being an ongoing thing it looks like there's decent single player content, plus I pulled a +SPD/-RES Ike (and then a Soren, so for once his summoning quote was actually appropriate!) from the hero fest banner.
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Re: Fire Emblem Heroes Topic: You knew this was coming!
« Reply #356 on: August 12, 2017, 01:18:16 AM »
So I pulled six Ikes from Hero Fest.  No money spent. Just saved up over 200 orbs since I didn't really want to pull anything from the wedding or summer banners and I already have Celica.  Three Gennys too.  Also I picked up Lyn, making Takumi the only launch character I do not own.

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Re: Fire Emblem Heroes Topic: You knew this was coming!
« Reply #357 on: August 13, 2017, 04:42:59 AM »
I got a second Klein. My life. If not for the fact I got the two three Summer characters I wanted, I would be more pissed.

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Re: Fire Emblem Heroes Topic: You knew this was coming!
« Reply #358 on: August 15, 2017, 08:36:46 AM »
So I just pulled a second 5* unit in a row on my free pull. On the Hero Fest banner I got a 5* Marth, now I got a 5* Catria. Nice.

Also pulled a 4* Camilla, which I'm thinking of sending Savage Blow over to Clarisse to turn her into a goddamn one woman artillery barrage.

Deathblow 3 onto attack, Poison Strike 3 adding 10 damage to target itself, -5 Atk/Spd Debuff AND 7 damage to everyone in 2 spaces all from one attack. Not sure how it'll work in practice, but the fireworks should be fun at least.

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Re: Fire Emblem Heroes Topic: You knew this was coming!
« Reply #359 on: August 15, 2017, 12:05:54 PM »
The Sacred Stones banner is insane.

Seth, probably one of the best units in the game, possibly in the series is a mediorce all rounder you can sum up as "basically a slightly better Stahl" in Heroes
Amelia, one unit you don't even bother with in SS because level 1 unit at the halfway mark is the highest BST in Heroes with an armor mobility skill that makes your Hectors and Effies go fast.
Innes stole Rennac's godlike RES and reverses triangle advantage as if Robin wasn't already garbage enough already
Tana can warp Effie or Hector right next to her and smash someone in the face.  heh nothing personal.

Japanese mobile game powercreep at its finest.

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Re: Fire Emblem Heroes Topic: You knew this was coming!
« Reply #360 on: August 15, 2017, 02:46:28 PM »
Both Tana and especially Amelia are an effort to make armour units more relevant; they're really weak at the moment as anyone who does the monthly armour quests probably knows. They pretty much need Distant Counter which remains a rare skill that only one of them gets innately.

Innes, similarly, is redressing the fact that archers are currently seriously underpowered; as a 2-range unit who hits defence one of their niches is to bait mages and Innes is obviously designed around that. Cancel Affinity already existed but it always felt intended for archers to me, now one actually starts with it instead of needing to eat a Mathilda.

Seth I agree is a bit underwhelming. That said it's hardly the first time someone in FEH isn't as good as their original game equivalent. You can comisserate with Florina fans.

I wonder if Vidofnir stacks with Close Def. +Def Tana with Close Def 3 will have 42 defence (and 31 res) against melee, while still having good attack and speed. Pretty silly.

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Re: Fire Emblem Heroes Topic: You knew this was coming!
« Reply #361 on: August 15, 2017, 03:39:52 PM »
Also, I remember Amelia as the dodge-tanking murder general who could have soloed the last quarter of Sacred Stones had I let her, so I was somewhat less surprised that they made her ridiculous in Heroes.
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Re: Fire Emblem Heroes Topic: You knew this was coming!
« Reply #362 on: August 16, 2017, 10:09:31 PM »
Beat Infernal Legion, probably the hardest Infernal map.

-Tharja with Axebreaker - any suitably strong red mage probably will do. I ran Triangle Adept for the turns that I wouldn't have access to any hone/fortify buffs but this is probably a mistake since it means the lance cav can one-shot her.
-Spring Camilla with Gronnraven+ and Blue Tomebreaker - any suitably strong green mage probably will do. The archer is a big threat but my other two mages ended up dealing with it as it turned out.
-Usual Olwen setup
-Olivia (mine is 4*, so... yeah)

Opening turn is to have Tharja ORKO the Legion on the right then Reposition/Dance so that only Camilla is in range of the blue mage cav, thus taking both of them out. Then it's just spamming dance and the three mages to burn everything. The archer as mentioned is the biggest threat because he has a Brave Bow, Death Blow, and a pre-charged Moonbow which wrecks almost everyone, but I was able to kite him and then hit him with Tharja + finish with someone else.

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Re: Fire Emblem Heroes Topic: You knew this was coming!
« Reply #363 on: August 23, 2017, 02:26:19 PM »
i burned entirely too much of laggy's money on not getting summer xander

But at least i got summer corrin

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Re: Fire Emblem Heroes Topic: You knew this was coming!
« Reply #364 on: August 23, 2017, 06:59:40 PM »
It's okay, Ciato. There is still regular Xander, Easter Xander, Sideshow Xander, Malibu Xander, Xander Lionheart, Tartar Control Xander, and Searing Gas Pain Xander

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« Reply #365 on: August 23, 2017, 07:06:45 PM »
Rolls Royce Xander? Fabergé Egg Xander? Honus Wagner Card Xander?!?

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« Reply #366 on: August 23, 2017, 07:23:12 PM »
Nicely played

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Re: Fire Emblem Heroes Topic: You knew this was coming!
« Reply #367 on: August 24, 2017, 02:07:47 AM »
Is now a bad time to show off my latest pulls?




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Re: Fire Emblem Heroes Topic: You knew this was coming!
« Reply #368 on: August 24, 2017, 05:50:54 AM »
This still wins.


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« Reply #369 on: August 28, 2017, 02:55:27 PM »
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« Reply #370 on: August 28, 2017, 04:54:13 PM »
“They really did a good job of keeping this game fresh, maybe I'll start playing arena again and really get back into i--” *80 orbs on Sacred Stones banner, zero 5-star characters* “aaaaaaaaaaand maybe not.”
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« Reply #371 on: August 28, 2017, 07:13:13 PM »
Well I got Tana. (+HP, -Spd). Makes up for the bad weather...and hopefully goes well with the CYL on Thurs.

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« Reply #372 on: August 29, 2017, 10:24:10 AM »
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« Reply #373 on: August 29, 2017, 07:44:10 PM »
Freakin' finally. Blitzed Paralogues and monthly quests for a last set of 20 orbs, got Tana and a 5* Seliph. I was hoping for Amelia, but Tana still enables  mobility shenanigans.
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« Reply #374 on: August 29, 2017, 08:10:24 PM »
“They really did a good job of keeping this game fresh, maybe I'll start playing arena again and really get back into i--” *80 orbs on Sacred Stones banner, zero 5-star characters* “aaaaaaaaaaand maybe not.”

Just for the record this is not unexpected. You will typically get around one 5-star character per 60-something orbs (specifics depending on whether you do full draws or snipe one or two colours).

Anyway I've been drawing from the Nohr summer all month and have since done a bunch from the Sacred Stones banner too and I still don't have any banner characters, though I did get a couple other random 5* along the way (one of whom, Delthea, is quite cool/unique even if her art makes me kinda unhappy) and several 4* I'd never managed to get before.

There's gonna be a free draw from the next set of new units (alternate forms for Ike, Lucina, Lyn, and Roy). I haven't decided whether I'll get "first horse archer, it's about damn time" Lyn or "innate Drive Atk/Spd for all physical allies" Lucina.

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