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Aether Raids needs “dishonorable” units.

Just a thought I got while playing my 2 Aether matches today.
surprise surprise.. I lost a unit
on both matches because of Brave Veronica getting danced, no matter which strat I used.
So I thought about the bonus units, how Surtr will jump out of it next season etc, but what if IS would make a new bracket of anti-bonus units?
Every season they could have 4 units that dominates the meta right now, and using these units in your team would result in a -20 lift penalty in offensive and grant a free 20 lift to the attacker in defense (even if they lose).
You think this could be balanced? or would it just piss off Veronica spammers?

Asked by TastyBrush2 days 3 hours ago
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That's how i would fix it
https://fireemblem.gamepress.gg/q-a/way-fix-ar-problem

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I don't think that would work, at least I think the offensive penalty is uncalled for. Sure, attackers can reduce my Lift by winning but I would believe most of us only really care about the defensive teams we attack ourselves.

I'd also say getting 20 free Lift just for trying seems very silly. I could take a unit loss compensation if you do manage to win though.

Then again, I don't think this in itself is necessary. We can prepare 5 raiding parties, maybe we should just study more how to deal with the cheapest threats (which people are already doing with different shenanigans) and prepare units for that.

I personally even enjoy facing Brave Veronica many times (depends on the situation, obviously) since my units are usually tanky enough to entertain her while I kill the other units and destroy their resources before finishing her off.

I could be wrong though.

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Veronica isn't the problem. Veronica would be replaced by another high-speed, high-attack staff wielder on horseback.

The only reason people notice Veronica is because she is a free to play unit, that no one in their right mind would pass up-- for the simple fact that it is SO hard to actually build a unit like her from scratch.

All your idea would accomplish amounts to hampering f2p players.

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Uhm. No. It's actually near, if not flat out impossible, to build any other unit to function the same way Veronica does.

Her staff comes with Peshkatz's effect, has Dazzling Staff built in, and she comes with Wrathful Staff. No other healer can produce the same results she can, and the closest person to be able to do what she does is, what, Sothe?

The reason she was picked by lots of people - her base staff is absolutely ridiculous.

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Instead of giving more points, I'd be okay with a reverse bonus unit list alongside the bonus units. Players could vote on 3-5 units to get stat penalties each season.

I guess the top 3 units would be Reinhardt, Veronica, and Brave Lyn.

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