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Having trouble deciding who to upgrade. Several options...

So, I'm sitting on 23k feathers and some change. I have some heroes I can send home, too. So I can pretty easily upgrade some units.

I have a 3* (m)Robin, but also a Nowi I've been enjoying a lot. My main, and original team, has been
5* Camilla
5* Tharja
4* Nowi
4* Maria

This team has wrecked pretty well for me. I also pulled Eirika in the last event. She's up to 37 now, and I've been using her in place of Nowi in offensive arena (keeping my original team on defense, since they seem to get me max defense feathers consistently, how, I don't know, but I won't complain. People messing up hard, I guess? I know my team is pretty fast blasting for offense, but there are way beefier characters.)

I have adult Tiki 3*, and Fae 3*. They're both also tempting. There is also a 3* Clarine. She could replace Maria. I would score higher in offensive arena.

So, should I rank Clarine up to 4*, and Nowi up to 5*? It just doesn't seem like she's getting a huge boost. Sure, a way better weapon skill, but, is it worth 20k feathers? (Badges aren't an issue. I did those stupid, awful Mastery quests to make sure of that. Fuckin' spear one with my subpar selection was a horrible time. Axes.. I just had Camilla carry a bunch of lvl 1s. Hah)

OR should I make Robin a 5*, use him as my blue and ranged magic, take Tharja out and sub Eirika in for red? Then keep Camilla, and use Maria until, in a week, I have another 2k feathers and can rank Clarine up to 4*?

Trouble is there are so many characters, and they all interact with such varying synergy. I can upload some screencaps of my list, if that is helpful. Because there's also a 5* Minerva that could replace Camilla, maybe? They're so close.

Asked by GC1 year 10 months ago

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And I guess the thing that I haven't paid attention to really, has been a very important one: Mixing team members with synergistic abilities, like, someone that nerfs enemy attack 2 spaces out while someone else, or the same person, buffs def and/or res of adjacent allies. So far, I've just been playing a glass cannon team, taking hits here and there, but mostly relying on the color triangle and double attack OHKOs and some Maria debuffing/+10 healing. Clarine's martyr and mobility is Really good, though.

I would either make Robin a 4* and Tiki a 5* or make Robin a 5*. The difference will depend on a couple things. First make sure your Robin isn't the nerfed attack Robin, if he is don't make him a 5*. The second question concerns your Nowi, is she performing well enough as a 4* to survive missing the healer? If yes to both make Robin the 5* else Nowi. Finally, is Takumi giving you grief? Robin is a hard counter to Takumi, so if yes level Robin, unless he is the nerfed att version.

Trying to use the IV calculator on Robin, but he doesn't show up on the 3* list, lol. He's level 21, with atk 21, spd 14, def 11, res 13... So actually I think he has pretty dang good attack? He might indeed be worth ranking up. At least to 4*. So, I'll do that and...oh badass:
I haven't confirmed his upgrade yet, but his level 1 4* stats will be HP 18, atk 13, spd 7, def 5, res 4. So... shit. High/low/med/low/med. Not worth 5*.

Here are the ratings for other options:
Nowi 5* base stats- HP 17, atk 13, spd 4, def 8, res 6. Full of banes? I will attach a picture, because apparently the IV calc here doesn't even go as low as her atk and spd are. Yikes. As for how well she's performing... well, she does alright. Normally, I kind of use her as a meat shield for strong, non-falchion wielding red lords until Tharja can nuke them, because norrmally Tharja is spending the previous turn nuking some other red lord.

Tiki adult 3* base stats, two options- HP 16, atk 15, spd 5, def 8, res 6... OR ...HP 18, atk 14, spd 5, def 7, res 6. I prefer the former of the two, but now I'm questioning if any of my possibilities have good stats. Damn.

Are you suggeting9 a double dragon style team with Tharja, Nowi, Tiki, and Robin? Or was I misunderstanding when you asked if I thought Nowi is doing well enough at 4* to lose some heals?

Finally, Takumi (I keep wanting to call him Tanuki), isn't posing a problem for me. I do have to keep Camilla back ubtil he's close, but, generally, I just blast him with Tharja, heal her with Maria, and let Nowi eat the blow from whatever melee character Takumi was humping up to the front line. I have, however, had trouble with him when he has a pocket dancer. Just requires much more focused planning.

(Edit: The "badass" was realizing I could essentially preview the stats from the upgrade section, and not have to commit the feathers just to see I do or don't indeed have a dud. So long as the character is 20+, that is.)

Your Nowi appears to be - att and - speed, with +def and +res. Not a top of the line model, but she seems to be fine at your level of arena play. Check your Robin if the speed is 8 at 4* lvl 1 and the att is at least 14, the Robin may be the better option for 5*. But your Nowi will work will as a wall for your Robin either way. You can check for 4* or (3*) using this sites VI calculator.

Unfortunately Robin's lvl 1 4* atk is only 13. :/ He is definitely nerfed atk Robin, so I'm actually wondering if I should just hope for a better model and save the 2k feathers. I mean, sure, in a week of arena I can get anywhere from 2k-3.6k feathers fairly easily.. but it still seems like a lot to blow on an unfortunate dud.

You think any Robin 4*+ is better than no Robin?