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This Anna can tank a Quad-hit Brave sword!

I ran some calculations with This Anna against a World of Thracia Reinhardt and here are the results...

Reinhardt: Lv.40 +10 with +atk IVs and Deathblow, and Hone Cavalry buffs = 59 Atk

Anna: Lv. 40 with Pavise, Flashing Blade, Slaying Axe+ (Def), Fire Blessing with Ephraim, and Deflect Melee Sacred Seal = 30 Def with 46 HP

Here is the scenario, Anna's Pavise is ready, and the Reinhardt is running Desperation-Brash Assault.

59 Atk x 1.2 (Weapon Triangle advantage) = 70.8 --> 71 Atk - Anna's 30 Def = 41x4 from the combat prediction banner.
Here is what actually happens though...
First hit 41--> 21 because Pavise, Second and Third Hits 41--> 8 and 8 because Deflect Melee Seal, and Fourth Hit, Pavise Activates again, so 41--> 4 Damage. Total, thats 21+8+8+4 = 41 Damage... Anna survives this with 5 HP.

So the 41x4 would have been 164 damage, that was reduced to 41 Damage.

Any thoughts on this?

Asked by Wintuwa5 months 1 week ago

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That could ruin the day of some random people at the arena, and for that I tip my hat. Well done, fellow.

IMO that's a nice build, but you said +def refine and she has a speed refine on the image.

Oops. Lol, that was my bad. I based it off of my current Anna and forgot to swap it. It is supposed to be Def refine.

Expensive and niche build those are my thoughts when i look at it.
Dont get me wrong it is nice idea and build but i dislike unit choice for two reasons:
1) Anna cant do damage like this, so you've got infantry Sheena who can tank but nothing else.
2) Hp here is her main "tanking" resource wich is unreliable.
But i like idea behind it and skill choice.
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Looked through list of infatry axe wielders and i think Legion will suit this build much better due to having same def, more hp atk at the cost of less spd and res, Raven is another nice fit for this build but i doubt if its worth using this setup on him instead of refined Basilikos.

Legion is better to this build(look to my aswer below), he sacrifices Res to more HP and Atk, and if Anna is not using the Res to activate Iceberg/Glacies the extra Res is useless to a niche build like that.

I thought as much

Will you survive?
No.

Does look interesting though.

Deflect melee (or missile ou magic) + vantage on slow units is a great combo. Pretty effective on tanky units (Michalis !).

Pavise helps, but it works better on other units

Legion can do the same with your build, but better AND he can have merges.

Btw, he don't need the Def Refinement, the Blessing or Flashing Blade, and you can use LnD too and he will survive.

The build below is more cheap too.

Always loved Anna. Others might do it better but we talking about Anna.

I love fun Askr projects like this. Issue though is Pavise has to be primed to survive. Shield Pulse will prime it on turn one though and reduce additional damage. :)

Slight miscalculation. Always round down. I think 70.8 should be 70 atk. Every hp counts.