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Setting up a Dragon team

I got lucky enough to pull a +def/-hp Myrrh last night and I already have a Ninian (that's never used due to mediocre ivs) and a +atk/-hp Nowi.

I want to make a pure dragon team, but for now I am forgoing that and will use a 4th undetermined unit, preferably red (A!Tiki is my only red dragon choice anyways and her res doesn't seem high enough, I may be wrong though). Joshua seems like a good pick due to his high res. Arvis is also another option due to him acting as a pseudo-healer and keeping Myrrh in QR range.

Myrrh build:
Wep: Great Flame
Special: Bonfire (Maybe Aether in the future?)
A: ? (Most likely Steady Stance)
B: QR 3
C: Hone Dragons
S: Iotes Shield

Nowi (+atk/-hp):
Wep: Lightning Breath+ (def refinement)
Special: Noontime
A: ?
B: Swordbreaker 3 (to eat red falchions)
C: Threaten Res 3 (Hone Dragons should I magically pull a spare)
S: Close Def 3 (temporary?)

Ninian - TA 3. Her only purpose is fortify dragons and dancing. DD3 seal for a respectable 36 res (will replace with Deflect Magic 3 in the future).

For now I have a Wrathful Painful+(dazzling refinement) Genny with Savage Blow 6 as a filler for the 4th unit.

Asked by Fiel10 months 3 weeks ago

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I would recommend you use that A!Tiki, she is absolutely fantastic right now! You are correct that her Res is not that great, but Nowi and Ninian have you covered as far as tanking magic attacks, and if you give A!Tiki DD3 seal and she receives the Fortify Dragons buff, she takes non-blue magic totally fine. Mainly she will be your Def tank, much better for that than Nowi imo, and absolutely eats archers alive so that you can run Heavy Blade seal on Myrrh instead of Iote's Shield. A!Tiki is the best enemy phase unit in my barracks so I definitely recommend you try her out! She naturally has Lightning Breath so you don't need that much investment to make her good, but she will pay you back and more if you do invest in her.

Agreed, A!Tiki is definitely worth investing into. I've had mine for a while and liked her so much I gave her Steady Breath and QR3. She works very well and is an excellent B!Lyn check. DD3 is probably the best seal for her and is extremely useful.

I guess it is too much of a pipe dream for having a red dragon unit to suitably tank a Naga blow outside of full health. But after some thought, Dance + reposition + Myyrh's reach should be more than enough to kill foes guarding Deidre/Julia (they often employ Draw Back on the unit in front of them), forcing Naga users to come into range.

My only concern with running either Tiki is that dragons attack the enemy's res upon initiation, and Juila and Deidre tend to have extremely high res. An optimal Tiki with Hone Dragons and TA3 should be more than enough to compensate though, since the two Naga users have low hp. Off to the damage calculator we go!

Your dragon team's a good choice and, in general, dragons are incredibly strong right now.
If you're using Nowi, I'd run distant defense seal with Steady Breath, Ignis, and Quick Riposte. This combination gives her absurd damage and she triggers her special every fighting when attacked (assuming she's doubled). This also makes her able to tank and kill both B!Lyn and Reinhardt, and just about everything that is not green. This makes it unnecessary for Myrrh to run Iotes shield as Nowi unfailingly kills all archers.
Myrrh has a lot of option for A passives Atk/Def bond from from Fjorm makes her really strong, though, and it's quite cheap. DC's a good choice too.
With a dragon team, one of your greatest weaknesses will be naga tomes. This makes red an important color to counter units, like Julia. You don't have to go all out dragons but if you do, I prefer young Tiki over Adult tiki, but they both work. Considering the fact that Nowi and Myrrh will struggly to take down Julia and will take absurd damage while trying to fight her, I'd honestly run Triangle Adept on your red dragon to ensure someone can tank a hit from her and kill her on the counter with Lightning Breath.
In general, Ninian won't be seeing much action but you can use her as a general tank in a pinch. Because of that, I would take Fury over TA especially considering the fact that Nowi destroys reds. Rather that DD seal (which should go to Nowi), I'd give her something like Drive Def to buff the rest of the team since she won't be seeing much combat.

Steady Breath is a pretty tempting option for Nowi since I recently pulled a Brave Ike, but unfortunately he is also my only brave Ike.

I'll definitely consider using triangle adept on Adult Tiki (once I pull one that's better than my neutral one or if Young Tiki comes out again) since I have a Swordbreaker on Nowi to handle standard Falchion threats. Like you mentioned, my greatest fear for my team at the moment are Naga, and specifically Divine Naga tomes, hence my desire for a high res red unit. As for the Drive Defense seal, I hadn't even thought of that because it's so new, and it really is an excellent choice for her.

What's this? You're worried A!Tiki's Res is too low?
A Legendary Ike would put a stop to that!

(Aka Warding Breath would fix that up no problem)