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[EDIT: it doesn't work due to class restrictions] Latest in Shield Pulse Builds: Est

It was a good idea, but I learned after that shield pulse is not available to fliers and cavalry. Seems like they really intended to make this skill inaccessible for all the units that need it most.

Est has kind of a weird statline for a melee unit with good res and atk but mediocre spd and def. She has just enough spd that you can give most dragons a really hard time if you invest in it just a little (weapon refine, A-skill, and have a buff ready, for instance), but I've found a different way to do things using shield pulse.

Est +atk -def
Slaying lance +atk or +spd
Pavise
Heavy blade
Shield pulse
Def ploy or atk ploy
Quick riposte

32 res is not high for a ploy, but her targets are swords, axes, and lances, which means one of two things:
- It will land (OR)
- They probably don't have much def anyways (ex: Fir, Caeda, Clair, Eliwood) and, with the exception of Eliwood, their atk isn't that high so you probably don't need it to get the heavy blade off.

Quick riposte is to make sure the shield goes back up if she gets doubled and to help secure KOs. If you don't mind giving it up, heavy blade can go in the seal and she can grab extra attack with life & death. Cutting enemy offense by 50%+5 more than makes up for the defense penalty, as Raven's shield pulse build abundantly demonstrates.

Now the only things she can't tank are arrows and super high-firepower mages

This build also works on Peri, though with slightly less effectiveness due to lower atk.

I would note that this is probably not the most ambitious build for Est. If you count spd ploy as 5 points to her spd, she has 35/35 base offensive stats. She will fail to ploy the Fir/Caeda/Clair types, but those are the minority. So with boon IV, +spd weapon, and swift sparrow, she's already at 40 spd, now add spd ploy and just one goad fliers and she's at 49.

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Wow, you must have a fetish for Shield Pulse. XD

Still, I love the creativeness you've been showing between the Karla build and the (attempted) Aegis Shield Pulse builds. It's really amazing.

I like this idea for Est, but I just don't know if it's worth it. Her stats don't seem high enough to run this without support, and even though she's likely going to be run on Flier Emblem, I'm just not sure it's worth the investment or the Lance spot on a flier team, one which is very coveted. Like you said, it's not the most ambitious set for Est.

With that said, I love the build and creativeness. I just wish that this were with my favorite whitewing...

EDIT: Just realized this Shield Pulse is not inheritable to Flier or Calvary units... Sorry. Still, a unit with a similar stat line could do the same thing. Maybe this could work on B!Charlotte?

Another restriction I overlooked. Thanks for pointing it out.

It's not that I'm obsessed with shield pulse; it's that someone asked a question a while back and I've been trying to figure out what to do with this skill ever since.

It's an amazing skill though. I think it's a bit underrated. It also doesn't score the greatest in Arena, because, even though the skill itself actually scores really well, the Special it is paired with doesn't unless you're Fjorm.

I'm less enamoured. 30%+5 is not enough unless your defensive stat is decent (like, not good, but a few points behind) to begin with, in which case it really isn't an efficient use of stat points. I don't know how this skill is supposed to be good with so many restrictions on it.

If you have a Special accelerating weapon, it's 50% + 5 (Pavise). That's a lot. Instead of doing 40 dmg they're doing 15. 10 dmg and below they're doing nothing. My Raven is amazing with it, and I much prefer it to his Galeforce set.

Think about it this way:

Take a +10, +atk -res Summoner Supported Raven with LnD 6 and a Shield Pulse/Pavise setup. Then take the strongest Sword Unit you can find, +10, +atk Soleil, give her Slaying Edge+ (+atk), Death Blow, Odd Attack Wave, Quickened Pulse, Chill Def which is enabled on Raven, and finally Glimmer.

That's literally the max attack red unit you can get in this game without help from allies.

Think about it, that's 11 def on Raven after Chill Def. 73 atk on Soleil thanks to DB and Odd Attack Wave. Color Advantage. Glimmer Proc. Who wins?

Raven. And he kills Soleil in retaliation. Soleil literally attacks for 109 damage, and yet Raven lives with 1HP. That's some serious bullshit if you ask me.

With a cooldown-accelerating weapon, yes, but your example is best case scenario: I have no defenses at all and good HP; I use all my stat points to atk because I now have no special to grant extra damage. Very few units have a statline to pull off such a thing.

Yeah... Basically Raven. To be fair, though, it was actually the worst case scenario. I paired Raven against literally his worst nightmare. Raven just super unique in that sense thanks to his weapon.

Ah yes, the matchup is definitely worst case scenario, but I meant the statline and weapon for using shield pulse.

#raventier1 #loveformyboiraven #betterthantier2 #screwweapontriangle #11def

This got me thinking....so I made up some builds. Tho, Chrom wears it best I guess.

Thanks for sharing. I like Fir better than I thought I would. Interesting idea if someone wants to go 4+10 on her and want to get rid of an extra Saber or something and want to save dew. I don't think I want my QR seal on a 4+10 though.

Chrom I think should probably use heavy blade to make sure he gets it back up for the second hit. That's the more important one because any specials that will usually hit on the follow-up.

Ephraim I admittedly don't understand.

Nephenee...yeah maybe? I think QR is in order there to get her shield back up.

Does Nameless Blade work with Pavise? I didn't think you'd get the +10 damage, but I could be wrong.

Sweet builds btw! We've been going for a min maxed unit with paper thin defenses, but using Shield Pulse to make an already tanky unit unkillable is really smart. I like it! The only problem is the lack of a special. On someone like Chrom it'll probably work best because he already has monstrous attack. I would say that QR is probably best on him, because, unlike Raven, Chrom doesn't actually need to have Pavise active every single time to be effective, and QR will help him have Aegis ready as often as possible.

I had one more look through the list. This might actually work on Azura.
Slaying lance +spd, +res, or +def
Pavise
Warding breath
Shield pulse
Buffs for the team, or if you want...
Deflect melee to counter brave weapons/desperation or deflect missile to cover her low def at range, or deflect magic

She isn't likely to kill anything, but bold fighters and Ayra can have fun getting their big specials blunted by 50%+5

you should really consider giving her the armored boots seal

And flashing instead of heavy blade