Fire Emblem Heroes: Choose Your Legends!

I was busy all day today.  When I first logged in i saw that the Aether Raids season had ended.  I still had 199/200 aether and my free play.  That's irritating.  I've squandered so many of my chances to play and I'm rank 77,XXX something. It's a bummer. 

 
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I was busy all day today. When I first logged in i saw that the Aether Raids season had ended. I still had 199/200 aether and my free play. That's irritating. I've squandered so many of my chances to play and I'm rank 77,XXX something. It's a bummer.
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Speaking of Aether Raids, how are you guys using, or planning to use your Heroic Grails? I can’t decide on a merge project to use them for.
 
Well, I pretty much just had the worst possible start for AR this season. I won the first one and got both aether (hence no gain since I'm maxed). Then proceeded to get facerolled by two sets of double dancer/double savage blow horse healers.

Not having the extra fortress level is a pain too. Oh well, I made a holiday themed keep for fun. I hope we get a Christmas tree.
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Since we won't get a new banner for a few days, I decided to spend 9 on Laegjarn and got a pleasant consolation prize. I pulled my first Young Tiki.

To celebrate, here's this:
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Got a third Laegjarn today, so now I need to decide which IV to go with. If you guys would like to help, I'd appreciate any input.
1)-HP/+Res: The original unit I had

2)+Atk/-Spd: 35atk/33spd doesn't really seem better than the neutral 32/36. So, I guess the question is if a pseudo-neutral IV would be best.

3)+Def/-Res: This one seems like the clear front-runner. My only concern is the super bane in Res. Her Res is bad, but this one would be 4-7 points lower than the other two. Will those extra points make a significant enough difference? With fury and Summoner support it's 18 vs 22 vs 25
 
roger watersmelon said:
Got a third Laegjarn today, so now I need to decide which IV to go with. If you guys would like to help, I'd appreciate any input.
1)-HP/+Res: The original unit I had
2)+Atk/-Spd: 35atk/33spd doesn't really seem better than the neutral 32/36. So, I guess the question is if a pseudo-neutral IV would be best.
3)+Def/-Res: This one seems like the clear front-runner. My only concern is the super bane in Res. Her Res is bad, but this one would be 4-7 points lower than the other two. Will those extra points make a significant enough difference? With fury and Summoner support it's 18 vs 22 vs 25
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Personally, I would go -Res. Like you said, her Res is so low that she needs to avoid mages/dragons anyway. +Def makes her a pretty good tank for a flyer.
 
I'd keep the +Def -Res.  It's not close really.  Defense is her strong suit and you don't want to lower her speed.  Like most instances, not having a bad bane is more important than having a good boon. 

 
The rates on these two-unit focus banners are insane.  It basically doubles your focus returns when color sniping, also effectively halves your chance of a non-focus breaking your pity rate.  I was able to pull a +spd -def Laegjarn with my last 13 orbs minutes before the banner ended so that was cool. 

 
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The rates on these two-unit focus banners are insane. It basically doubles your focus returns when color sniping, also effectively halves your chance of a non-focus breaking your pity rate. I was able to pull a +spd -def Laegjarn with my last 13 orbs minutes before the banner ended so that was cool.
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I really hope IS continues to put out 2 unit banners. It’s crazy that a lot of people on Reddit were complaining about them.
 
My first thought was "only two?" but after seeing all the Surtrs and getting a couple Laegjarns I saw what the deal was.

3.0 stuff seems interesting. The only bad thing is that I now have to decide between Christmas units and confirmed Beast unit banner.
 
Yeah the focus rate remains at 3.00% but since there's only two of them total, on say the Surtr banner the green and blue orbs you pull are much more closer to 6.00% chance to actually turn out to be one of the focus units.  Because the system pulls the random orbs to determine if they are 5star units first.  So the blue and green orbs shown will pop focus more frequently.  If blues and greens pop up from that banner, they are like twice as likely to have a focus than when there's four focus units total. It's doubly good because if your pity is being broken its like a 2/3s chance to be a focus instead of another 5star from that color too.  i.e blue orbs are closer to being 6.00% focus once they are revealed, and will only be another blue 5* 3.00% of the time. 

 
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Ugh I need more orbs for the Beast units! I really hope the Christmas units are skippable, but you know they will probably be OP AF since IS knows people want to save orbs for the Beasts. At least the Hero Fest units aren’t very tempting to me.

I like the way the story is going in Ch 3 so far. These new characters have some great artwork.

Edit: Wow I got Loki on my free pull and Legault with my free ticket pull thing. I never get 5 stars with free pulls.
 
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You know what's really annoying? and it has actually happened to me three different times now.    You can pull a focus unit from a banner but actually get her as a 4*.  For instance, on the New Powers 2 banner with the three Whitewings I pulled a 4* Catria as my freebie.  bleh

 
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Yep, I'm officially over AR. I'm already tired of tryhards using the map where you can funnel everyone through
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with +X Lynn, Rein, Vero etc. It was annoying before, but now it seems like they all shove Surtr in the opposite corner surrounded by all the other structures too.

You know, so your Surtr killer can get knocked down enough that you can't beat him.
 
For me, I don't like merging free units because I like the idea of getting bailed out by f2p guides on hard content. I've had a few times where IVs change enemy AI and you can't use the guide anymore. I guess you could wait a bit and see if she doesn't get used a lot.

Plus, an extra copy of the B skill might be nice to have as a hard counter for Wrath staff.
 
roger watersmelon said:
For me, I don't like merging free units because I like the idea of getting bailed out by f2p guides on hard content. I've had a few times where IVs change enemy AI and you can't use the guide anymore. I guess you could wait a bit and see if she doesn't get used a lot.
Plus, an extra copy of the B skill might be nice to have as a hard counter for Wrath staff.
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I agree with this. I think you would be better off not merging her since Pheonixmaster is likely to include her in a lot of his f2p guides. I don’t think it would be worth it to just +1 her.

Ugh, of course they have to make the first armored healer a seasonal unit. I really want to skip this banner and save for beasts, but who knows when we will see another one. Damn it IS!
 
I think that every loss I had this season was from a heavily merged Surtr with obscene seasonal stat bonuses and sometimes distant counter.  All because you simply can't whittle down four units plus him in seven turns. 

So fucking tired of the Veronica + dancer + Surtr cancer.

Legendary Lucina is retarded as hell too.  What were they thinking?  Oh okay I guess there is one archer that can just warp across the entire map.  Sorry if you play with a single flier, healer, or mage. 

60 points off from going up an additional tier again just because of a few Surtr losses. 

 
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I was ready to rank up.  All I needed was 60 points. I can do this.  Nope. 

I zone into Surtr +5,  Veronica, Leg.Lucina, Aversa, dancer.  Some stupid pukestain formation spread all over the place, it didn't even matter.   You're fighting Surtr, Aversa is in the corner, and all your team buffs are negated.  Wherever you bait or attack you're getting hit with Veronica + Leg. Lucina no matter what.  There is no way to attack or bait.   After all that, I still could have won if there were just 1-2 more turns. 

I can't believe how many broken units they released this year and ruined the competitive game. 

 
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Minutes before the banner ended I scrounged up 20 orbs from quests and got a +atk -HP Ophelia.  That's exactly what I wanted.  The game is fun again when you finally have a good banner. 

Love herofest.  I've learned that as F2P it makes the most sense for us to spend our orbs on things like hero fest and legendary banners for the improved return rates.  Those 7 summon tickets were very nice too.   That was basically 7 free summons or multiple rounds that cost 15 orbs.  Way cool. 

Ophelia is sexy AF too.

 
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Also this is money

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Nothing371 said:
Minutes before the banner ended I scrounged up 20 orbs from quests and got a +atk -HP Ophelia. That's exactly what I wanted. The game is fun again when you finally have a good banner.

Love herofest. I've learned that as F2P it makes the most sense for us to spend our orbs on things like hero fest and legendary banners for the improved return rates. Those 7 summon tickets were very nice too. That was basically 7 free summons or multiple rounds that cost 15 orbs. Way cool.

Ophelia is sexy AF too.
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Congrats! She can be very useful with her powerful attack.

I’ve spent 60 orbs so far trying to snipe for our first armored healer. I forgot how much I HATE pulling colorless orbs. Nothing but useless garbage! I did get a W!Ephraim but I think B!Hector and Armored Tiki are still better.
 
So in case anyone is curious, here's some thoughts on Winter Eirika. As an offensive unit, she's fairly underwhelming. I'm sure if you went high investment with things like Absorb+, a fighter skill, and Miracle she could do some wacky things, but her speed keeps her from being too threatening on her own.

Her buffs however are great. With some good team planning, you can get essentially a triple tactics buff without type or position requirements.
 
So glad that I saved up 75 orbs for the Legendary banner.  This is one killer banner.  I only have 2 of the 12 units and several of them are units I want badly or need like Marth, Veronica, Flying Tiki, Flora, Lector, and of course, Azura.  I just wish that I had more orbs.  Been waiting hard for Veronica's return in addition to several others.  Might have to drop some cash on this one.

 
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So glad that I saved up 75 orbs for the Legendary banner. This is one killer banner. I only have 2 of the 12 units and several of them are units I want badly or need like Marth, Veronica, Flying Tiki, Flora, Lector, and of course, Azura. I just wish that I had more orbs. Been waiting hard for Veronica's return in addition to several others. Might have to drop some cash on this one.
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Yeah there are some great units on this one. Most of them i either already have, or have an alternative option for, so I think I’ll just snipe for Azura since I don’t have a flying dancer yet. She seems like she will be very useful. Hopefully she comes home quickly since the beasts are right around the corner!
 
The new changes to merging in February are awesome.   Check the notifications board if you haven't already.   Banes and boons are now noted as "assets and flaws".  You can eliminate a flaw by +1'ing your hero.  The first merge gives +3-4 in your characters bane stat in addition to two more stat points.   Every merge beyond that gives two stat points. 

So the first merge has become very valuable!  Kiss goodbye to never using all those +atk -spd or +spd -atk characters.  Once you draw a duplicate of a unit, now all that matters is having a good "asset"!  This is such a wonderful and welcome change.  I'm just trying to remember which -atk or -spd characters I have gotten rid of in 2018.  There were def a couple.

 
Oh and my first summon circle I got a +atk -def Leg. Marth!  Then my pity rate went to 9.50% with no other units and I'm all outta orbs again.  I have to do some more investigating, but Azura's Prayer Wheel and Marth's Exalted Falchion appear to be a deadly combination!

I love legendary banners.

 
The changes to merging look great. I also really like that they didn't just shaft neutral IVs and are giving them an extra 3 points. I assume it will end up being an extra hp and then +1 in their top 2 stats (essentially 1.5 merges). This will be especially good for ghb/tt units (assuming they aren't excluded).

And although a +10 Surtr doesn't really need 3 more stat points, I'll be very glad to merge my -atk Swordhardt, -def Ares, and -spd Ishtar just to name a few.
 
Just saw the New Years orb packs.  Good god they are selling 5* heroes now.  I think this should probably be a lesson that we need to learn. 

Three banners, TONS of good heroes.  What are you supposed to do, throw money at it?

 
Nothing- said:
Just saw the New Years orb packs. Good god they are selling 5* heroes now. I think this should probably be a lesson that we need to learn.

Three banners, TONS of good heroes. What are you supposed to do, throw money at it?
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All I see when I look at the $75 price tag is inevitable regret when the unit is powercrept/outclassed within a few months. I suppose it’s fine for Whales who plan to spend that money anyway, but no chance I’m spending $75 on it. I’m actually glad they didn’t price it at a point that may be more tempting for me.
 
Yeah, if I didn't already have a couple options for that role I'd be more excited. On a side note, I thought about foddering off his sword and Hone Atk 4, but every sword unit I care about has a sword that I don't want to replace (or already has chill atk skill). :D

I'm not sure if you guys do the same, but I usually use Tempest Trials to experiment/build lv 40 units I haven't done much with. Well, I added Xmas Eirika and the stat boosts are pretty wacky. Xmas Fae is a monster with 52 def and 59 res just counting those two units and a bond seal. So I think Eirika will be a permanent TT fixture for me.
 
I got the L Azura, I'm just missing the new years Azura now and I have all the others.

Didn't check her stats but I don't know what to do with her.

My main Dancers are Regular Ninian and P Azura.

Any tips for her or Brial Ninian to i have that does nothing.

 
Azura's base kit is pretty much all you need, slap some stat booster, or even the flyer shield, on the A slot and use her on a mixed team. If you want some more premium skills, hone atk 4 lets her do the same thing without the tactic restriction. She also works well with other wave units, as she can use their C skill to boost them.

As for Bridal Ninian, mine is just base kit+Darting Blow. As a whole though, I find that most of my units have low-mid tier investment in SI. A move I'm actually glad about now with the new merge system as those extra units are still in my barracks.
 
welp I spent close to 200 f2p orbs and came away with Leg.Marth, Flying Nino, Helbindi, and Summer Takumi.   Not bad getting four new characters but I didn't get Veronica, Lector, or Azura which were the units I needed most.

The $74.99 orb packs with bonus hero taught me that I shoudln't spend any money on this game.  I believe that those orb packs had the reverse, unintended effect on sales for IS. 

 
So, Sturdy Impact is going to be a thing as well as three movement dancers. I'm glad they went with the beast leaders, but am a bit disappointed about no Lethe or Mordecai
 
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