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Flier Team building help

So I'm attempting to make 2 flier emblem teams: 1 with Goad melee units and the other with hone fliers mages.

The units i have in reserve:

+HP/-Atk H! nowi (access to rauorblade+)
+spd/-def S! corrin w/ Blarblade+
+Def/-spd Hinoka
+Def/-hp Tana
Neutral Elincia
+HP/-res Subaki w/ Iotes Shield
+res/-Atk Caeda
+spd/-atk Minerva
+atk/-res 4*+7 Cherche w/ Brave Axe+
4* Michalis (wouldnt be against promoting him if he's that necessary)
+spd/-hp 4* Palla

The team i've been running lately has been:
Elincia, S! corrin, Tana (Fury Hit&run), and Cherche

What two teams would make the most sense with these units?

I've considered running:
both blade mages, Hinoka, and Michalis/Minerva on one team
while having team 2 be Elincia, Cherche Tana & Subaki/Caeda/Palla

Would really appreciate any feedback or suggestions on what compositions to run, before i fully invest in these units.

Asked by DingusKhan1 year 1 month ago
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I don't have any of the mages, so I can only talk about the melee version (struggles with B!Ike and other such physical tanks.)
I'm using a pseudo goad stack with Cherche(SP farming), Hinoka (hone), Cordelia(goad) and Elincia(goad).

My Elincia is +Spd, and under Hone reaches an impressive 52/43 offence, allowing her to run DeathB3. A neutral Elincia reaches 52/40 under hone so may prefer DartB3 instead. This all depends on how well you position with goads. In my opinion, Elincia is the pinnacle of Flier Emblem melee, having reasonable bulk and an incredible stat line. Definitely use her.

Having a hone available to boost your units is a must have, even on goad stacking teams. So naturally, Hinoka comes as well.

Green Fliers aren't a neccecity, but having a unit that can handle lances is important (duh). Elincia can sometimes turn the tables on blues when desperate, but Cherche gives some Opponent Phase viability to your team. Additionally, when honed and goaded, she's not slow.

Where I have Cordelia, you can use a flier of your choice! I see your Cordelia is -Spd (same here) so you can use any of your fliers. Subaki and Caeda provide some Opponent Phase bulk (Def and Res, respectively) while Tana edges more to the offense side.

Finally, while the majority of the builds are pretty standard, it is VERY IMPORTANT to have 4 REPOSITIONS! When against Horse units or Archers (or mounted archers...) you are quite outranged. In that case, you can use reposition to fling a Flier at the troublesome mage or Archer that impedes your advance. They take out the archer, and survive the next Phase - depending on the colour, number and weapons of the enemies, consider carefully - so you can fly in and clean up for a victory. Reposition is important. Abuse that unrestricted flying power for a victory! Beware of man-made boxes ;D

Cheers!
-Chub

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I ... dont think you have the materials needed for a single, functionnal Flier emblem team.
The arena has two main threats, that often work in a pair : Mr Tiny hands and "THE ENEMY".
And you need to counter AT LEAST 1 of the 2 for your team to be viable, and by "counter", I mean you need to be able to bait the enemy and kill him on the enemy phase, while it doesn't require you to charge into the whole enemy team.
You might want to max the Deflect Magic seal to deal with Reinhardt using Summer Corrin (She is naturally way faster, so unless Reinhardt has Blue tomebreaker, you are safe), and use her along with a brave weapon user to kite threats like Archers. Another important note : Amiti Elincia loses to BIke because of Urvan+Aether.

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Reinhardt isn't as dangerous as the Reinhardt + Brave Lyn combo. Melee teams can deal with 1 of them, but it's much harder to take on both.

(I heard about a Spring Camilla that can deal with BowLyn though)

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Your flier team is similar to mine, where I run Cordelia, S!Corrin, Cherche, and Elincia.

My Cordelia (+Spd) runs Firesweep Lance+ with Heavy Blade, Hit & Run, and Galeforce. This basically makes her a safe Brave Lance user that can also apply chip damage to bulky units where it's needed, even if she can't 1RKO them, e.g. Effie, B!Ike, sometimes Black Knight.

I also include fortify fliers for S!Corrin (Blarblade+), which lets her safely bait and kill Reinhardt. I run her with the Close Counter/Vantage set, so she can easily bait and 1RKO reds, most blue mages, and can even 2RKO B!Ike if she is in Vantage range.

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