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This team was built with the rotation of bonus heroes in mind. Each week, there are three guaranteed bonus heroes. One of which is an Askrian, the other two are heroes that can be won from the rotating daily special quests. As such this will list which ones I substitute in which scenarios.

For those wondering, the rotation of guaranteed bonus heroes is as follows
Alphonso/Subaki/Wrys
Sharena/Donnel/Olivia
Anna/Stahl/Lissa
Alphonso/Gunter/Sophia
Sharena/Virion/Cecilia
Anna/Hana/Felicia

On all weeks except the Sharena/Virion/Cecilia weeks, my first three units are as follows.

Fae(+def/-hp)(+10 merge eventually)
Light Breath, refined for speed
Repo
Bonfire(yes, her def is higher than her res after the refinement)
TA3
QR2(will replace with 3 when possible
Fortify Dragons(replaced by spur res on Sharena/Virion/Cecilia week)
Panic Ploy Seal
Her role is dueling all lancers

Nowi(+def/-Res) (+2 merge and growing as I get more)
Lightning breath refined for Defense
Repo
Bonfire
TA3
QR2(replace with 3 when able)
Fortify dragons
Close Defense seal(replaced by spur res on Anna/Hana/Felicia weeks)
Her role is blocking all swords, Falchion especially, and taking out all Archers(even a Brave Lyn built for maximum atk can’t bring her down now)

H!Sakura(+Spd/-Def)(+5 merge)(S summoner support)
Kitty paddle
Rally def/Res
Glaciers
Warding stance
CA3
Spur Def 2(will replace with Atk Ploy should I ever get it)
Distant Defense Seal)
No surprise, her job is mages. Not even optimal QP Moonbow Reinhardt can take her down

Now to the rotating bonus heroes

Alphonso(run on Alf/Gunter/Sophie week until I make a good +10 4 star Sophie and on Alf/Subaki/Wrys week always)
Legendary weapon(though with Fae being +10, I am considering giving him Silver Sword or Slaying Edge instead)
Repo
Luna
DB3
Axebreaker
Spur atk 3
Spur atk 3 Seal
Obviously his role is killing axes

Olivia(+atk/-HP)(4 star max merge)(run on Sharen/Donny/Oliv weeks)
Wo Dao refined for speed
Dance
Moonbow
Fury
WoM
Hone Atk
Spd+3
Her role should be obvious

Stahl(+atk/-HP)(torn between 4 star super merge and just settling for 5 star)
Ruby Sword +
Swap
Bonfire
Fury
Axebreaker
Spur res
Hp+4 Seal

Hana(+Spd/-HP)(4 star max merge)(Run on Anna/Hana/Felicia week)
Slaying edge refined for def(yes, def)
Repo
Bonfire
TA3
Swordbreaker
Spur res
Close Defense Seal
Yes I know this set looks nuts, but when you drop LnD, add the refinement, and count close Def, she has 37 Def as a 4 star max merge(41 with rally def) yeah, a Hana with as much Def as Hector and Xander, with more speed and res and more base atk(edges Hector out by 1)

On the Sharena/Virion/Cecilia weeks, Nowi unfortunately hits the bench, and Sharena steps in her place
Legendary weapon(very strongly considering Slaying Lance refined for atk)
Repo
Moonbow(thinking Luna if I go Slaying Lance)
Fury
Swordbreaker
Fortify def
Close Defense Seal

On these weeks, my team’s 4th is
Sigurd(neutral, +5 merge)
Default weapon
Rally def/Res
Bonfire
DC
Crusaders ward(to withstand Brave Bows)
Spd Smoke
Atk+3 Seal

Some of these I still need to build. Let me know what you think of getting Slaying Edge/Lance for Alph and his sister for the weeks they get used, as well as which refinements you think are best for them.

Asked by kratos109871 year 1 month ago

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A team with both Fae and Nowi would be pretty solid in offense and defense since it would take care of many of common threats such as Reinhardt, B!Lyn and common melee units. H!Sakura can indeed add a bit to the comp by sniping the mages, especially Julia and Deirdre, which would otherwise hardcounter your team core.

However, with the builds you choose for your manaketes, it's quite the opposite : the core is pretty fragile. Of course, Triangle Adept is a very powerful skill on all-rounder units, particularly in the hands of a player. But it's quite unoptimal, as it doesn't help in many clutch match-ups (where Fury3 or any stats boost would) and it also make them extremely vulnerable to their weak color while their good Def/Res would normally give them some flexibility to play with.

Basically, you remove their flexibility by doing so. Another problem in their build is the use of specialized buffs "Fortify Dragon". You use 2 manaketes, so basically it can AT BEST boost 1 unit... which doesn't even really benefit from it since the new Light Breath++ provide +5 in all stats and it doesn't stack with other buffs. Another C-skill would benefit them and the team in general a lot more.

In brief, for Nowi, aim at :
Steady Breath , Swordbreaker and any C suppotive the whole team.

For Fae, you'd rather use a similar build like : Fury, Quick Ripost and same team-supportive C skill.

Mmm, the big problem there is that I then lose Archer coverage. Fae runs Light Breath, not Lightning Breath, cause it makes her a buffing goddess.

That and I’ve never summoned Ephraim.

Sorry mate, I edited just 2 minutes before your reply. I didn't pay too much attention to the builds at first glance, so after I read the whole thread, I remembered the core team and assumed they had their optimal skill set / build.

At least this way, I help you more than just saying "yeah it's good" hehe. Take a look and if you like we can discuss things further, like H!Sakura specifically or team synergy you could aim at.
The thing is, I believe it's better to play the units we like over the units that are best. But sometimes it might be OK to give up on one of the team spot to add this particular pillar unit.

While I am aware Nowi wants Steady Breath, I have only one Bike and I’d rather not lose my only one.

My only hesitation to put Fury on Nowi is that when I ran the calcs, an optimal damage output Lucina can just edge out a kill on her, leaving her completely unstoppable by any other unit on my team. I have considered Fury on my Fae, and she does have Lightning Breath from a previous build.

H!Sakura, I spent a lot to get that merge on her(plus until we get beast Morphers she’s my favorite character) so I want to keep her on the team. That was the reasoning behind Light Breath on Fae, because all mages are already checked by Nekomata, so blue mages aren’t an issue that Fae would need to face.

Edit: so I redid the calcs, and it looks like with a Hone atk, spur atk and atk+seal(or Light Breath buff and spur atk) Nowi just edges out a OHKO on a +10 +atk/-Def Lucina, making Lucina’s would-be killing follow up a moot point. This calculation assumed Lucina to be the attacker, +atk max merge with DB3 and atk + 3 Seal, and Nowi to be mine described above with Fury in place of TA, atk+ 3 in place of close Defense, and no defensive buffs. She lived with 6 HP after the Fury effect damage. So yeah, I see your point there. I ran similar numbers for Fae, keeping the build I have up there, but swapping the refinement for Def instead of Spd and throwing Fury in place of TA. The only +10 merge greens who survived her were Bike cause of Urvan and Sheena cause she’s a tank extraordinaire. In these calcs, Fae was receiving a Hone and Spur atk. The only blue to survive attacking her on the calculator was Roderick, for obvious reasons of Firesweep. So yes, I can see your argument quite clearly in testing. My Fae has Fury from a prior build, and I got a few Hinata while summoning on the legendary banner to easily give one to Nowi. I’ll try out your recommendation for my Manaketes (Sans Steady Breath) and see how it goes.

Lightbreath on Fae is totally fine, I think it's actually best. It buffs the team greatly and a second DC unit would be unnecessary ^^

I guess B!Ike are scarce. Falchion users aren't too common in arena lately and still manageable if you have any kind of buff on Nowi, including a very valuable Def boon or Def refinery.

For H!Sakura you're 100% on the right move, playing your favorite unit is what this game is all about.

I finished an edit to my previous post about 5 minutes after you posted this. Given the info from the testing, I’ll give it a shot with Fae and Nowi both having Fury QR(cause there are a few Archers Nowi will fail to KO without it)

And Nowi was also my fave character from awakening who is here(fave of all being Panne, but...)