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Thoughts on Merric(just use Boey!)

Honestly I think Merric is pretty garbage. His stats are pretty underwhelming, highest stat being a rather low 32 speed. His attack is pitiful at 26 and with a boon it will boost it to 30 which is ok but then you'll have a defensive unit with 30 atk, 32 Spd, and 28 def. At that point why not just use Boey? Boey understands he's a defensive Raven tome user and has a respectable 32 def with 29 atk, 32 with boon. You'll probably run both as a Raven tome user since Excalibur effect is pretty underwhelming as well, so Boey just looks like the better option. 32 base speed untouched is pretty much nothing you'll still be double by basically everything so having 27 speed (Boey) is not really changing anything. Boey has his stats at the right place while Merric just seems like a mess of a character. Boey can run Raven TA better, and can run a CC set better than Merric. I see no use for him as long as Boey is a thing

Asked by Zahir1 year 3 months ago

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This is also making me start to think if +Spd is best for M!Robin. Any thoughts on that? I have one ready to be a 5 star but I'm not sure if that's the best way to go now

+spd is only good if you are going for an Owl tome imho (which is a super viable and underused option actually).

Hm that's something I never thought about. Might try it out if I ever get a Mae. Robin will be a real tanky beast with all them buffs

Merric's main selling point is his tome which, let's be honest, is more useful than most would like give credit. His stats are pretty mediocre, yes, but he's a character that requires investment like many others like him and with a good boon/bane and a support from someone else, he starts to be a very solid unit.

...that said, his base kit is garbage and he's not a good "core" teammate. Have him as a sort of damage support.

Really? I feel Raven tomes are better imo. For 3 less attack it has a more meta effect. Plus since most flyers are Lance units, and as a Raven tome user you are probably running TA, you will probably take care care of flyers with ease and Lance breaker is always an option. You're also checking colorless units which are becoming more relevant (Archers)

All very true. And it is definitely important to counter archers these days (almost imperative with all the rampant Lyn) but a flat bonus across all flier types really shouldn't be disregarded, especially on a green mage and sometimes even if his role is better filled. Also with an Atk boon and fury he reaches 47/35/31/21 Atk/Spd/Def/Res which is surprisingly useful against even the likes of Rein and Linde who outside of whaling or extreme investment will either fall or stop dead in their tracks. He's the the kind of dude to fill the fourth slot when you're stuck in team building, keep him to helping others do their thing with buffs or savage blow/breath of life and he might clutch out a match or two, defending or otherwise.
'Course this could be a bit biased what with me having him on most teams, but I don't think people have really given him a chance beyond the damage calculator. So take from that what you will.

Imo, +atk Blade Boey can do wonders too, pair it with TA and some breaker/renewal and you have decent monster, which easily covers blue spectrum of the game.

Yeah I got my +atk -hp Boey ready to become a 5 star. When he initially came out I didn't really like him(hell I didn't really like him in echoes) but now it feels like he's really good after the release of Brave!Lyn and more better archers in general like Innes. I think they have been releasing really good archers as of recently and I think they'll just keep on getting better

Right now im planing to make him my team quasi healer, with renewal and aid.

In my team Raven TA3 SB3 Sanaki covers swords, green and colourless, Reinhardt lances and any red. All i need is cover for blue mages rly, and +atk Boey with TA3 and Blade (he goes up to effective 81 atk with only atk and lets say res buff, and ofc TA3, and my Sanaki is already running hone atk, while my Ninian is fortifying res) will kill them easily. So he can easily be my team healer and anti-blue nuke.

But thats my personal circumstances. And he was my first 5*, same pull as my 5* Kagero, so he holds special place in my dead-cold heart.

I just need one freaking unit with aid, goddammit...

EDIT: ofc i will replace him as soon as i get Julia with decent IV, coz she is sooooo freaking cute, but i think i will w8 looong for her to appear.

Oh my. This thread makes me want to optimize Merric...I have other projects going but I like running underused units and finding a niche for them. Since Boey does TA/Raven better there must be something else for Merric... Off the top of my head, he has higher speed so perhaps he could pull off Owl/Close Counter better than Boey? Well, that's something I'll play with on another day. I have all the green mages except S!Camilla so I've been thinking of developing all of them.

But also, on the F2P side of things, people might never pull Boey...or they might pull a Boey with bad IVs and a +ATK Merric. If you assume limitless resources then, sure, Boey is better in the TA/Raven role but for most players Merric can fill in well enough.