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These Guys are Underrated

Hana - 35/36 Offense (same as Linde), natural access to LnD
M-Corrin - 32/32 Offense, while having a decent 42/28 physical bulk and a mythical weapon w/ Darting Blow 2
Lukas - A powerful (35 Atk) Physically defensive wall (45/38) without being armored - meaning 2 Mov and no armorslayer
Cain - Yes, Cain. A horse unit with 32/32 Offense, capable of wielding the Brave sword naturally, extremely potent if LnD'd, Ridiculously powerful in Horse Emblem (From experience)
FRobin - Can do the EXACT same job as MRobin, and is F2P

There are more, but this is already long enough

Asked by DaYotam1 year 4 months ago
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by Zylo 1 year 4 months ago

I'd be genuinely interested in what other units you can think of, actually. There's this one guy on Reddit, Kintuse, who made an absolutely admirable Jeorge build that seriously needs to be checked out. I'll post it on Q&A tomorrow as I think it should be shared with everyone, but the point is that he made this seriously strong Jeorge that has utility and strengths beyond what you'd normally expect. If all Hana has going for her is melee range assassin-like abilities than she gets compared with all the other red units, hence her being underrated.

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Honestly, I almost included Jeorge here, but didn't (IDK why). Also, I forgot to include that Hana actually has half-decent bulk, and can kinda be a mage-killing Res Wall, w/ maybe fury, or distant def. Also, could you link me to said Jeorge build? I've had one for a while with nothing to do with it

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by Guts 1 year 4 months ago

They are surely less popular, but still pretty strong with the right skills and team composition. You can say that about many other heroes.

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Hana isn't underrated. Everyone knows she is a sharpened edge but she die just as fast as she kills things. The real underrated swordmen are Ogma, Lonzu and Karel in a lesser measure.

M!Corrin isn't underrated either, he isn't a bad unit but many lords outclass him (better L!weapon and better stat spread) and even many swordusers outclass him thanks to their better stat spread, optimal to use Brave/Wo Dao/Slaughter builds (ultimately more effective than the M!Corrin+Yato build). In brief, he is good but worse that many others.

Lukas is underrated indeed, his stat spread is really effective at what it does (tanking physical damage and bursting high). Despite his terrible spd, he still can tank the very most part of physical dmg (even green but he can't damage them much). But the reason why he is underused is due to the Blue mage meta (blue mages are Top tier mages of the game), resulting in a overwhelming presence of his counters.

Cain isn't underrated, he is just very unoptimal as a unit. For instance, Luke does everything Cain does, but in better. And without that, Horse lords (eliwood, xander, eldigan) are way more effective, as they can take out a few more units, they tank a lot hits/engagements. It's due to the fact that Cain (and Luke too in a lesser measure) rely on the offensive power of Bravesword+ to kill, while the spd penalty destroy their already-low spd, making them very bad on the defensive (while Durandal, Mistyltein and Siegfried are just as good offensively and better defensively (especially Siegfried).

FRobin cannot do the exact same job as MRobin, since MRobin is blue and she is green. Blue is mostly mages and Green is quite hybrid (tank, physical and magical dd). In fact, F!Robin is a better Raventome user in the meta than M!Robin. Balanced stats are more profitable as Green than Blue, when using RavenTA. The thing is : Julia. Because the blue meta is most mages, having high Res is enough to counter the blue color (offensively and defensively) while grey units are on the decline and you can handle them with any physical tank or initiative dd (damage dealer). The difference is : Julia destroy most green units (mages with GTbreaker and high Res, and she can tank a hit of physical, like Hector, then double and kill him) when F!Robin can't.

So in the end, you are right for F!Robin, she is even more suited for RavenTA than M!Robin, but she is overshadowed by Julia's potency and popularity. So she might be underrated, like D-tier instead of B-tier.

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I agree on Lukas and M-Corrin. In general, people don't seem to have Darting Blow on their radar as much as Death Blow, mainly due to people loving Brave Weapons way more than they deserve.

In regards to Lukas, there is Kagerou to counter Infantry though (even though I haven't seen her in ages, but still more common than people using armorslayers right?). The new Infantry Pulse might actually add to turn 1 ignus Tactics, especially since he comes with a Killer Lance already.

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I'd say Henry is one of them. With just a +DEF -SPD spread (meaning he has no skill inheritance at all), he can live a fully built, Atk +1 seal, +ATK Quad-Bridelia with 4 HP remaining. If she's in Desperation range when she initiates, Henry will kill her upon retaliation with Ignis.

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I second this having actually built one with Triangle Adept myself, and currently running a Triangle Adept (+ATK/-HP) Sophia as a main part of my team. Will trade for a (+ATK/-SPD)...

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I don't think Hanna and M!Corrin are underrated as much as overshadowed. There's a lot of competition among Red sword wielders - while these two are strong they are about a dozen that are just a bit stronger.

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