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DC inheritance in theory

Ok, since Hector is probably gonna be summoned by many people today, it kind of made me think about units that desperately need it, or rather units that can't be built effectively without the DC A-skill.

The thing is, you can have a variety of builds on your characters and even though the 'optimal' build on gamepress uses DC, you can still make a top tier unit without it.

With that said, is there a non-Hector hero in FEH that 100% needs DC to achieve greatness?

Asked by Guts5 months 3 weeks ago
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Berkut makes great synergy with his weapon and mixed bulk, Zephiel loves it with his refinement, and Myrrh is monstrous with her weapon and bulk. That's just a few off he top of my head but I'm sure there's more

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Ares becomes a lot stronger with DC. Amelia is another axe armor that is pretty much a straight upgrade to Hector imo. Effie also becomes a lot better with DC if you don’t want to inherit a brave lance. I think the reason you don’t need really need DC to make a great unit, especially in high level arena, is because there aren’t really any ranged units up there anyway. You could run steady or warding breath instead and potentially get better results. DC is worth a little more in sp cost but is basically useless if you only fight at melee range anyway...

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Yeah, I guess it pretty much comes to armored units primarily then, since they have both defensive stats pretty good (usually). I also tend to agree with not needing DC in higher tier arena (or at least the higher scoring arena). I tend to get between 725 - 740 (depending on the current bonus hero) and in that score range I either encounter only all-dragon teams or all armor teams who either have DC weapons or include armor mages (or Jakob), so almost no actual DC A skills.

Other movement types are also really good with DC, but if I can give my DC Soleil (gave her DC for arena scoring) as an example, she kills everything, but she would be just as good without it, because I could have just put a specialized range counter in my team instead of trying to come up with one solution for everything.

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Fae is a great option for range counter. I run fae, catria, flyzura and a bonus unit and get about the same score as you. You can make fae decently fast, especially with summoner supports, and she has great mixed bulk with steady breath. I don’t have a nowi but she can probably fill the role too (although in my experience there arent really any red mages in arena besides the rare wtharja) and she can also counter ayra and zelgius. But yeah the point is that range counters are pretty good and u should probably make one as soon as u can.

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The rest of my team (along with Soleil) is Nowi and Soren, so I have it pretty much all covered.

I was also thinking of going for Fae when I was looking for a green hero to merge and even though Fae has a higher score potential and is most likely even much stronger than Soren, I didn't want to have more steady breath dragons in my team.

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Well I got a free one earlier and still thinking who to give DC to: Titania (if her new weapon desires it), +Atk -Spd Ares (the untouchable build), Breath of Fog A!Tiki, and Soleil (originally build for player phase).

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I wouldn't give her DC since she already has Lightning Breath, so Steady Breath would be a better option. The only one that would be affected by Fog of Breath+DC would be Julius, but he rarely appears in arena(for me at least.)

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I thought of it earlier. Yeah you're right. The fact that Steady Breath only is needed because: I use lightning breath on arena tiers with mages, and I use breath of fog for High scoring arena.

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Hawkeye is pretty amazing with it, as well as Titania, though if I only had one copy and everything else was even I'd say Hawk needs it more. He's basically an armor unit, but he's infantry. Great defenses, poor speed, and good attack if you build him right.

Pretty much any unit with good res, or lower speed but balanced defenses. Units like Fir and Joshua appreciate it, as well as all the melee armors really like it, unless going a Brave/Bold combo.

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Hawkeye has a really interesting statline in this regard, comparable to Dorcas actually. It's a shame he isn't used that often, or at least I never saw him in arena.

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Myrrh needs DC to reach her potential which is pretty damned huge. Great Flame prevents pretty much every mage from doubling her so DC makes her a great mage counter with breaths hitting the weakest stat, twice if she has QR.

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Almost would have forgotten about her. Yeah, she's probably one of the few non-armored units who really get enabled thanks to DC. Most other units have it as a slight benefit, but Myrrh can actually really use it.

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Sheena, Wendy, and Effie are good with it due to good mixed bulk. Effie and Wendy especially become magic tanks with Berkut’s Lance and DC.

Eirika can become good with DC if +Spd, 5*+10, and on a team with Spd Tactics. She can easily reach around 51 spd, which is enough to cancel the Ninos of tier 20 arena

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