How many 5* ? (F2P players)

Well, im one of those with 30+, 33 to be accurate, and of those, around 8 or 9 were upgraded with feathers (sharena, anna, 3 ninos, 2 eirikas and a F!Corrin I think) and im also counting the masked marth, so i pulled arround 23 5*.
Other than that, i never pull unless i have more than 100 orbs to spend on the same banner, since you need a rate of 4.25%+ to get a 5 star (unless you are lucky)

total 5* 17 and from these 13 pulled from banner. rather unlucky & also playing from the beginning. No SS tier unit either but I think I am strong enough due intense builds. btw out of those 13 4 of them were in the last weeks (Bridal banner: Blyn & Genny / Summer banner: STiki & Linde) so maybe I am getting luckier xD

I have pulled 25 5* and mostly due to insane luck. I have shitty luck in all other gatcha games though, so it balances out.

Im F2P from week 1 and Im currently holding 30 5* units (31 if I use up my last 20k feathers). (To be fair, it should be noted, I have a duplicates for Genny, Ogma and Leo). So on a scale from super lucky to unlucky, I sit somewhere on the middle end of lucky I guess.
To be honest, its just luck, every few weeks, a new banner appears, and I drop approximately 60-100 orbs into it, and for some reason, I always guarantee myself a 5* unit. E.G. for the summer banner, I dropped the most orbs into it (around 100-120 orbs, I forget), and got out Y! Tiki, Clair and another Leo. And the one before that I got Karel and perfect IV Reinhardt from just 60 orbs, so it fluctuates.
I say just focus on ONE banner until you get a 5* unit from it and to plan out your days so then you can pull from a banner a well good few times well before it disappears forever... goodbye hero fest :(
But like I said, its literally just luck. Also, how did you only promote 4 units? Ive promoted 6-7 units already.

F2P from week 1
21 5* heroes = 18 pulled + 4 upgraded - 1 merged
I have 80k feathers right now,so I could add 4 more.
I would say it s not that important how many heroes you got, but their IVs, one player getting 15 heroes with two perfect high tier heroes (Hector/Nowi/Effie) is more lucky than one getting 25-35 heroes with average/bad IVs imo. Squad Assault can be won using 4* heroes (I used 15 5*and 5 4* for it).

It is all luck. Whenever, i get 5 orbs-I usually just summon before whenever i want something from a banner. I started when FEH was released and have amassed 36 5*-2 of them were sacrificed for SI so now i have 34. 10 of those were upgraded from 4 to 5 star. When you summon, just stick to whatever colors the focus units in that banner or just try to summon a specific unit you want.

I have 14 5* since release, with eight of them being promoted. (Cordelia, Michalis, Anna, Robin, A!Tiki, Marth, Hana, and M!Corrin.) The game can easily fuck you over if you have bad luck like me.

I believe i've pulled 23 5* units as of 2 days ago, but ive also made ~9 5* units. There really is no trick to being able to pull more, its just luck at that point. Making 5* units however, you can speed up by being really active in the arena and investing feathers/skills on good units, as quality>quantity in this game. I have some units that ive sacrificed 2-3 5* units into for skills, and it proves useful in the arena. Ive been in the range of tier 18-20 since they were available.

While you cant increase drop rates (besides by summoning more), focus on the colors of the units who are the focus - better yet, focus on the best unit of the set. In the summer banner, even if there was only one blue, i would simply summon that blue and back out. Select summoning is key for good units (And yes, i got a +spd/-hp S Robin a few days ago)

I must have gotten close to 25 total by now, but I've either skill inherited or sent home a couple of them for feathers.

I only started playing late summer and I have 33 five-star units, 34 if I didn't merge NY Corrin.

I got 26 from summoning and 2(?) from unlocking. The rest were Tempest Trials units.

Previously when I summoned, I would also use up all 5 of the summoning stones. I've recently run out of barrack space (and do not wish to purchase more space), so I've been sniping.

I got more 5* units when I summoned on all five stones compared to sniping. Sniping does not improve the pity rate. So if you are sniping then it may improve your chances to summon on all five stones.

If you are already doing that...bad luck?

(I'm aware this is an old question, but newer players might be wondering the same thing as you.)