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Brave Lucina Ranking

So i was just looking through the tier lists and noticed B! Lucina (Blucina) is ranked 2. Why exactly? She's probably the best lance unit in the game. High speed, nice defence, nice health, good legendary weapon. She can be an attacker or a support unit, heck i have her set up to be both! Why is she stuck in tier 2?

Asked by Cosmeonic10 months ago
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I think the main problem, and not trying to be a prick, is that you're looking at tier lists. They aren't always reliable, let alone not based on YOUR opinion.

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Tier lists help with rerolling and seeing who's currently powerful and popular in Arena. There's also a bit of who had good base kits that factors in, I believe.

Any unit is viable with investment. Sheena would be in Tier 1 if she came with Distant Counter.

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Sheena is arguably better than Hector in every way. The only thing he has over her is the ability to run a double QR/wary fighter build. If Sheena came with DC in her base kit, Hector would be an afterthought.

Edit: fuck the haters, I stand by what I said. A dead Hector is a bad Hector. And mages rip him to shreds. Sheena can tank and kill mages, dragons, and can even tank TA users.

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I wouldn't go THAT far to say, I agree Shenna's a better DC user than Hector due to having better bulk, but not only does Hector have Armads he also has more attack over Sheena, where she for the most part has to rely on a special to deal considerable damage.

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I’d take a unit who takes single digit damage from mages and physical threats alike over a unit with a few more points of attack. What good is Hector when he’s DEAD?

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by TG15 10 months 1 week ago

Tier lists aren’t always the best idea for deciding who is best. Hell, ask anyone who has seen my Michalis build. He’s a tier 3 unit and I’ve built him like a God. He can reliably tank and kill any tier 1 unit.

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Because a large part of the tier one criteria just seems to be "Distant Counter Yes/No?", and failing that being overwhelmingly strong in some aspect that isn't easy to counter.

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Tier lists are very subjective to opinion, most of them are a general consensus of where each character should be placed to their stats, best skill sets, matchups, and how they fare when compared to other characters with similar roles. At the end of the day though, tier lists could be considered as a glorified opinion from a person/group of people.

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Its because of her legendary weapon doesnt allow her to specialize. Her stats say sweeper but her weapon says support. The reason hector(s) so good is because the EFFECT of his weapon is so good

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Honestly, this is one of the best tier lists. It seems balanced between multiple site admins compared to the Gamepedia one, which is clearly handled by a biased whale, singlehandedly.

Nephenee, in my opinion, is amazing. Why? I got her with +Spd and she comes with Slaying Lance and Wrath, and now I've gotten her to +4 and given her DC and Attack Smoke. She's nigh unkillable, yet listed at Tier 3. Why? She's a bit older of a unit, lacks the increased BST as of late, and the low Atk scares some. It's really about what works for you, the Tier Lists just give the best idea of characters that can easily be used with success (Tier 1), characters that are usually popular choices (Tier 2), characters that aren't as common, but have strong potential (Tier 3), characters that are rare and require effort to use effectively (Tier 4), and then the others being units you usually want to shy away from.

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