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Does one new unit always get demoted?

I've seen people talking about which character in a banner full of new characters will get demoted as if it's a definite thing. Is this something that happens every time there's a new batch of (non-seasonal) units?

I'm hoping that Owain or possibly Kliff might become more readily available soon, since I don't want to pull on that banner while I'm still trying for Halloween units. (Also hoping to +10 Owain, which I can't really try for unless I can get them at 4-star.)

Asked by KAAAZEEEEE2 months ago

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Well, on normal banners it's pretty much always.
Like the banner with Silas or Silvia

But with special banners; CYL. Farfetched heroes, fallen heroes, Muspel ect, they often don't do it.
It's often easy to spot if someone is going to get a demotion, just compare Silas with the rest of the banner.

"It's often easy to spot if someone is going to get a demotion, just compare Silas with the rest of the banner."

How so? Silas has a pretty great skill at 4-star, so I'm not sure if you mean based on their skills or what. I couldn't really see anything from that batch that made him the obvious choice for demotion. I also can't see what made the Farfetched banner special.

If I'm not mistaken, Silas was the only unit with a generic weapon (although that BY ITSELF isn't always a sign) and with a 4 skill set. The others had personal weapons and 5 skills.

Edit: Nina had a generic weapon too, but it was at least a new one.

Ah. Okay, that makes sense. I guess I didn't look at them closely enough.

Still kinda strange her weapon has no refine

Who, Nina? Her bow can be refined.

One thing to note about characters like Nina is that so far Valor skills have been indicative of not getting demoted (not sure why, as SP farming really only costs a player time, since you can do so on the free stamina maps).

Must have remembered that wrong then.. Wierd.
Maybe I should train the one I've got. (-spd +res though)
Got her off focus right after the banner ended.

Yeah, Valor skills work wierd for IS.
I have never tried to get a unit just for that anyway.

I did with S!Y!Tiki... Got burned really bad on that too.

Farfetched is basicly a semi-CYL
They make the fan favorite units quite strong, at the cost of them being 5*

I should be more specific, it's usually a unit with either a assist or special, not both. And only 2 passives. A non unique weapon isn't needed (see Ares) but it does make it more likely.
Usually they're designed to bring some skills in the pool that are good but not premium, like Steady/darting stance or Brazen Atk/def. It's quite likely we'll see skills like bonds in demoted units in the future

It happens with most non-seasonal banners, but there are certain special exceptions. IF I'm not missing some banner, the only non-seasonal banners that haven't gotten a demotion are both Brave/CYL banners, the Fallen Heroes banner, the Farfetched Heroes banner and the Generals of Muspell banner.

The Brave Redux banner is an equivalent of the Farfetched Heroes from last year, so there won't be any demotions, although that becomes quite obvious by looking at the heroes.