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Nooo it's that Boey!!!

Hey there,

I decided to give another shot to the cooldown banner in hopes of Steady Breath and wow, I got a 5* off the green... but it's this boi. :(

Ok, so apparently he has the best IVs (+Atk -HP) but I'm still not very much sold. Funny enough not too long ago I got pity broken by Mae (with terrible IVs +Res -Spd) so I suppose I could soldier it and team them up.
I can't think anyone I'd have at the drop of a hat that would want either Owltome (no armored mages), they don't seem very popular options in general.

So all suggestions are welcome, and if it helps other Green mages I have are: Merric (way too many), Rhajat, Gunny, Nino, Soren (really lame IVs), F!Robin & Cecilia. Blues: Tailtiu, Olwen (-Atk +Res ;_;), L'Arachel, F!Morgan, Saias, Oliver, M!Robin, TinyHandsMan, Ursula and Odin but he doesn't count.

Thanks for your time!

Asked by ihriel8 months 1 week ago

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Boey has the highest defense of any green mage in game, so people tend to take advantage of that by giving him Close Counter.

You'd want something to increase his attack as well as defense (something like Fury) and give him Bonfire/Ignis (probably the former).

Quick Riposte is usually the preferred B slot since his speed is so awful, and C slot is flexible, same with S slot, although you can give him Close/Distant Defense so he can survive more attacks... or Def +3... Or any other Def raising skill. lol

True that and I guess I should make lemonade as they say, pair the kids up and give Boey Bonfire (I've suitable donors lying around) and up a Hinata for that Fury, keep Renewal then slap a Spur Res and have him carry the QR seal when seeing use. Sadly I don't have CC fodder so that's out of question for now.

What to do with Mae is a bit trickier, that Spd bane is awful but Res boon helps with co-op. I guess Iceberg/Glacies, a Spur and... uh, something. Anyways, thanks for the comment!

Omg I also got pitybroken with a boey on that banner, fml.

Love the character but that attack stat is just too loooow.

I am hoping to pull a Halloween Henry on the next legendary who can inherit his gronnowl, and if not I will make the Mae Boey Genny team I’ve always dreamed about and wait to pluck the new Celica from the CYL round 2 when they show up.

Comrade! I don't have a Genny (and if I had she'd hand over that Wrathful Staff to Clarine) so can't do that full team but you go ahead, though of course good luck to your Vampy Henry pulls!

Thanks for the comment!

Sadness... he's an atrocious unit tbh, even worst than Merric! The only thing he is good for is a Robin kinda build, very niche and able to tank bow users. Give him gronraven, TA and bowbreaker/QR and he'll be usefull on arena assault. The biggest mistake you can do is give him close counter, mages hasve bad stats so his tankyness will not even be good with his stats, plus he'll hit not hard at all and only rely on special for kills.

Boey
43 HP - 29 ATK - 27 SPD - 32 DEF - 18 RES

Merric
43 HP - 26 ATK - 32 SPD - 28 DEF - 19 RES

Boey has more attack, more defense (He has the 2nd highest defense of ALL mages, tied with Henry), and one less resistance. Close Counter lets Boey take advantage of his higher-than-normal-for-a-mage defenses against melee attackers.

"...plus he'll hit not hard at all and only rely on special for kills." -So... you mean like how Felicia was... or Fir...?

And how is Boey worse than Merric? Speed shouldn't be a problem because Boey is mostly an Enemy Phase unit, so you can use Quick Riposte along with Close Defense (or Distant Defense, depending on who you're trying to counter), not to mention he can do some serious damage with Gronnowl+ with a defense refinement and decent positioning.

Merric and Boey usually fulfill completely different roles, so saying Boey is flat-out worse than Merric is, in my opinion, completely false.

Interesting discussion and I've tried earlier to make Merric work as he was one of my first 5* pulls on this account. Talk about lucky stars! Unsurprising, Merric hasn't been a top player.

Anyways, I guess I'll try to go with an Owl team of my pity breakers, low investment, so no Raven build for now though I do see the merit.

Thanks for your input too!

Gave mine with the same IVs Close Counter. So far Ove only regretted giving him TA3+Raven+, I never use them so it was a waste of feathers.

I dont use him as explicitly as I used to, but he still sees tons of use in the new Rival Domains mode. I'd recommend only investing into one of his builds and stop after that.

Thanks for the advice Dad, I'll try him with Fury and stuff for starters and if I come across Takumis I'll consider the CC option. He's not a top priority though so I'll be careful not to pour too much resources there.