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PSA: Report on Upcoming Ward Banner

Not really a question, but to clear up some confusion:

According to reputable sources on Serenes Forest, in the original Japanese schedule, the term for 'Ward' used in the description of "Heroes with Ward Skills" does not refer to Ward skills such as Ward Armor and Ward Dragons. Instead, it refers to the term used in the titles for unique skills such as Beorc's Blessing, Sacae's Blessing and Crusader's Ward. This would mean that the expected focuses will be Brave Ike, Brave Lyn and Sigurd.

EDIT: Being a fan site doesn't mean it's inaccurate. SF has very dedicated users who do a lot of research on Heroes and often compare the original to the international translation.

To quote the comments on it:
"Apparently, the “Ward” used in the name of the banner is the same word as used in the names of those three skills."

"The Japanese schedule uses the word "加護" (kago) as the skill type, and this word is only used by Sigurd's Crusader's Ward (聖騎士の加護, seikishi no kago), Lyn's Sacae's Blessing (サカの加護, Sacae no kago), and Ike's Beorc's Blessing (ベオクの加護, Beorc no kago)."

"The "Ward" skills they're referencing are Crusader's Ward, Sacae's Blessing, and Beorc's Blessing. Unlike in English, they do share a common naming scheme in Japanese."

EDIT 2: Now with a visual comparison, including a professional af edit for clarity.

Asked by Kuribabylon521 month 2 weeks ago

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Big Doubt. Im sure the banners this month are all in effort to sell Grima on the Ward banner and Ishtar/Swordhardt on the Vantage Banner

That's a pretty stacked banner. It's a shame I won't be summoning for more Steady Breath because my summoning priorities for December are the Legendary Banner (for another chance at Legendary Marth) and the Winter's Envoy rerun (wasn't able to get Winter Robin last year or on the Legendary Banner).

Doubt

This exists and every new player can summon on it.

I heard there was one with hector instead ?
wow that must be heaven.

The very first had Ryoma, Azura, Hector, and Takumi. The strongest of each color at the time of release.

Doubt aside, I wouldn't consider Hero Fest banners a reliable source of Heroes since we've only had a grand total of 3 of them, with the last one being 9 months ago.

Appreciate the PSA regardless of whether it happens or not

I'll likely skip the banner either way. Nobody with Ward X tempts me, and I'm not going crazy for the other ward either.

Yeah no. I trust official translators (who communicate directly with the game's creators and publishers) than a fan website.

As if translators never made misstakes in the past...

You can verify for yourself the names all of the names of the skills offered at the bottom of the OP where it reproduces material from Serenes Forest. At this point you're basically saying that you would rather believe that the Japanese schedule says 加護 and that the banner will come out with three heroes with skills that read 紋章 instead.

But usually these sorts of banners would feature a skill that is inheritable. AFAIK, they've never featured a banner with skills that are exclusive to the focus units.

Not always. For example, the Healing Skills banner from late August this year included Leif, whose healing skill is non-inheritable and late last year had a "Powerful Specials" banner that included Sonya, whose weapons is similarly not inheritable. It's not an often occurrence, but these regular focus banners don't always include inheritable skills/weapons.