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DC on quickened pulse Ares?

So very recently I pulled a +atk -hp Ares on the Draconic Aura banner!
Really happy since I wanted him for a long time so I gave him my summoner support

Right now I use the standard draconic aura/brazen atk def/vantage set and also gave him quickened pulse as his sacred seal so he can fire off his special after the first enemy attacks!

Now I thought about giving him distant counter even though I know he has pretty low res
I have two normal hectors to fodder off

I plan to use him alongside LA Roy, Spring Catria and Gunntrhá with fortify and hone cavalry buffs ( +wind blessing!)

I also want to +10 him if I ever get enough copies

Like I said his res is pretty low but with fortify+wind blessing + summoner support he'll have 30 res which should be enough to survive a magical hit?
And thanks to quickened pulse he'll have draconic auto ready and the fragile mage will get destroyed ( hopefully)
Then he's in vantage range

This doesn't sound too bad to me but what are your thoughts on this?
I want to make sure because it's a pretty high investment :)

Edit: Added a picture of his current build and his stats! The language is german but I'm sure you can tell what skills those are from the icons

Asked by Unit Londa4 months 2 weeks ago
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by Makina 4 months 2 weeks ago

DC is pretty much the norm for Melee units nowadays, every unit can use it some better than others though "better" can be defined differently and in Ares' case he's one of the "better" units to have DC(You want an example? OG Xander he has pretty low res and he was really really strong back in the day).

If you want a unit that can couter attack despite of distance or cause of arena scoring or both then sure go ahead and he will do good with it, though is it the best build? probably not since he can kill more/survive better with other builds.

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The reason why DC is strong on him isn't because he has the ability to counter things like mages from a distance, but because when hit into vantage range and after he's fired off a DA, no mage will be taking the hit lightly. Unless they're a bulky blue mage, they will more than likely be OHKOed from Vantage&DA.

So the plan is to get him into combat with a strong physical unit and have them get Ares into vantage to then take care of any mages left on the field.

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