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So, A!Tiki

I'm curious how you guys rate DC + Fog versus LB++ SB This would be in either a full dragon infantry team (nowi+fae+ninian) where 2 others have breath skills aether and either IP, tactics or Wave skills (figure it out later) this is my idea to build for an A!tiki, the idea being you want to 1shot SB dragons like grima or Fae, even other tikis and then double the archers/ninjas/melee units using QR3
Which is better? Standard set or something that requires more investment but gets really busted really quick?

Asked by edo59906 months ago

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All-dragon teams need careful planning to avoid losing with colour advantage against Falchion and Naga, and I haven't figured out my recommendation for dragon teams to deal with Falchion, so consider that as you look at the rest of my response.

If you're going to play BoF on A.Tiki and aim for high-tier arena, I think steady breath + aether is the better play. It even scores better than DC+bonfire, and I'm not convinced about aether without steady breath. She tends to lose vs either version of the Naga tome unless she OHKOs back, in which case you may as well initiate on the green mage yourself. BoF helps in this regard with 5 extra atk, which is 6 against greens. In any case, I'm told that you won't see many ranged units in the highest levels of arena anyways, so the biggest threats to her are Nowi (except -spd +def Nowi, which loses, somewhat ironically. -spd A.Tiki can safely bait this Nowi and KO her unless Nowi has spd buffs and Tiki doesn't) and enemy BoF.

As for daggers and archers, leave those to Nowi, and leave the green mages to Fae, who has the highest natural resistance of the three. In a team of A.Tiki, Nowi, and Fae, my opinion is that Fae should invest in her resistance and beat green and blue mages and possibly slow red mages, though stuff like Lilina and W.Tharja might be too much for her.

If your goal is tier 20 arena, there are almost no distant attackers in the higher point ranges thus Breath of Fog is the superior option. But in almost all other content Lightning Breath and Steady Breath is a nearly broken combo.