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(Arden) Deflect Magic vs Brash Assault Seals

So I've been playing around with Arden a lot and I would like to know your opinions on what seal he should posses?
Deflect Magic allows him to live longer and Brash Assault allows him to always 4x, even when his health is below that of Follow-up Ring.
(pic of my Arden for aesthetics)

Asked by tyleto1 year 1 month ago

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I'd recommend sticking with Brash Assault, but that's partially because I gave mine Aegis to let him survive a mage hit and revenge kill, but this is running in an Armor Emblem team who can give him 2 Ward Armors. If your aim is overall survivability, then yes, go Deflect Magic.

The other reason I don't give my Arden Deflect Magic is because that's in use by my Hector so he can act as a Reinhardt Counter in Arena Assault without having to Panic Ploy Reinhardt or Fortify and Spur res Hector.

Yeah I can support the Aegis selection. I gave mine Galeforce because of all the 2 turn potential he has. I figured I would stay with Brash Assault because if he can't quad then his Galeforce loses its usability.

I don't think Brash Assault is that useful on him. He has 60 HP to start with, so he has to take a boatload of damage to get below 50%. Whereas with the defensive seal, he becomes almost impossible to ORKO.

Yes, it does take a lot of damage to get Arden below 50%, but mages are really common in the meta and that's his main weakness. he doesn't get ORKO'd to all that many mages, he just falls really low on health, meaning his follow-up ring becomes useless. He has no issues with melee units for the most part.
Deflect magic does save him from about 18 more mages, but he's still low enough on health that follow-up ring doesn't work anymore thus rendering him a little useless, since a big part of his damage relies on his ability to quad (unless he's running death blow).