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Heavily merged Eliwood

So I eventually want to make a +10 4* Eliwood but I'm not completely sure how I want to go about it (specifically with skills and ivs). I already have a +spd -hp Eliwood at lv 3* and I think he's who I want to use as the base, but I was wondering if +atk would be better. I'm very fortunate in that I have Death Blow 3 fodder and Swift Sparrow 2 fodder and the choice between +atk and +spd boons. What do you all think would be better? +atk with death blow or +spd with swift sparrow (and yes, I'll be 5*ing one for Durandal).

Asked by pol1 year 3 months ago

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the one important thing to note is that when comparing 4 to 5-star Eliwood is that he loses 3 points (instead of the usual 2) for both his HP, and his Attack. So at +10, you'd only have 1 point higher in those over an unmerged 5-star (instead of the usual 2 over).

If HP is a bane, it's only 2 difference from the 2 versions but otherwise, I'll give you the build I recommend for normal 5-star Eliwood
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Eliwood
+Spd/-HP
Durandal
Reposition
Moonbow/Draconic Aura
Fury3
Swordbreaker 3
Def Ploy 3/Threaten Def 3
Atk Ploy 1 seal

he hits the following for stats as a 5-star

HP: 35
Atk: 50 (54 if attacking)
Spd: 36
Def: 26
Res: 35 (important for ploy skills to trigger on nearly everything)

The Swordbreaker lets him double and 1 round almost every sword user that isn't Zephiel or Draug so he can safely bait kill your enemy team sword users with ease. The 36 speed keeps him safe from doubles without 41 speed and the only melee threat is +Spd Fury 3 Swordbreaker Eirika (who usually runs TA with breaker instead) and his speed lets him double neutral Swordbreaker Ike as well.

Def Ploy 3 adds 5-10 damage to all targets and Atk Ploy seal can reduce damage taken by 3 and sometimes 6 if they're fast.

If you have no hope for Def Ploy being available again, a Res bane can be taken and it would still have 32 res for if you do get these skills later and you wont suffer a hit to his health/durability. It will reduce victims of your Atk Ploy seal as well but still will trigger on the majority of meta opponents you face in Arena.

Fortify Cavalry will bypass the need for more res in most cases as well and Hone Cavalry gives him 56 attack (60 on attack) and 42 speed.

Another funny combination is Darting Blow/Desperation on a speed boon as at 5-stars neutral, that's 39 speed and Hone Cavalry sets it to 45 with plenty of power to spare still.