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I need help w/ mages.

okay? apparently, it is better to lower res on units with DECENT magical bulk so that they're not killed on retaliation. but? isn't that sort of counterintuitive? i mean,,, you should just focus on one weakness,,, not make another. sure, you can keep def normal, but the mages will still be killed by most DC units.

someone please help explain.

Asked by hodlen5 months 4 weeks ago

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You're gonna have to better explain what it is you're talking about. Are you meaning IVs, and if so, what unit are you referring to?

If it's a drop from like 28 to 25 you may as well drop res since it'll save you just about the same. Doesn't create another weakness as much as it just helps keep a real weakness from getting worse.
Though personally, for units like Nino and Male Morgan, I just use Def bane and it's fine

Depends on the mage. If they actually have the physical bulk to take one attack, you dump resistance so nothing can one-shot them. If it's someone who can't survive even one hit, like Delthea or Linde, you just dump defense since it's not enough either way.

Depends on which mage and what weapon and buffs they expect. If you're using fury with a blade tome, fortify def might give even a squishy mage 55-ish physical bulk as long as you don't dump their def. In the case of Linde, she's fast enough with Aura refine that she could go +def -res and already have decent survivability vs a non-green DC with fury. However, if you need their res for a ploy, you will need either to go with the conventional def bane or sacrifice some HP, in which case you may as well give up their def instead of magical soak also. You don't expect to get hit more than once anyways