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What units for you regret merging at 4 🌟?

Merging at 4stars - once a method of saving barrack space, now irrelevant thanks to the combat manuals.
I got lucky, the update hit exactly as I was reaching 300 units.

4 star merging costs way less feathers, but if you change your mind and want to go 5 🌟 +10, then you'll have to get another 10 copies of your units, so you'll be at the mercy of the gacha / RNG.... And that's the reason I'm scared to commit to it.
I never know whether I should promote the copy with good IVs or promote another one and merge into the 4 🌟 with perfect IVs.

Asked by Kathanay2 weeks 5 days ago

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I didn't know people merged 4 star units to +10 until about a month or two ago.

I've always promoted any unit I've thought useful to +5 to maximize their potential and get their 5 star weapons.

It's smart, even for high tier Arena(To a degree). Most people would promote a unit to 5*, then merge them onto a 4* to pass down their weapon. A 4*+10 has the same stats as a 5*+5(Fixed), and in Arena's scoring, would count just less than a 5*+5, but more than a 5*+4.

Definitely something to consider for units you'd want to build up, but don't plan on spending the feathers to +10 them as a 5*.

Edit: Yes, I understand that a 4*+10 does not have the same stats as a 5*+10. Typos, frens. Like damn, yall lurk until someone makes one mistake to pounce... Then ya just wait until another pops up to return...

>A 4*+10 has the same stats as a 5*+10
lol no

Typo, +5 stats.

How do you typo 5 into 10?

I would call it 5*+4.5 stats, it varies slightly depending on the unit. For example Olivia 4*+10 has exactly the same stats as 5*+4. Plus 4*s don't get superboons so you might be missing out on another stat point there.

Typing in 4*+10 takes a bit of time for myself as it isn't nearly as fluent as typing most other things. I zone out and that +10 sticks with me when typing 5*+5, only instead of 5 it's 10. While my mind says 5, my hands say 10.

I'll admit I've forgotten 4*s don't have super banes/boons. So any unit with IVs that'd affect the stat by 4 will be different by 1 compared to a 4*+10 and a 5*+5. Otherwise their stats should still be the same so long as you're dealing with the same weapon.

Arena still considers it the same with or without the additional point(So long as you aren't changing BST bins as a 5*).

As I said, some units have bigger stat differences between 4* & 5* than other units.

They don't have the same stats, but a 4star+10 has similar stats to a 5star+4 (that's why they score the same too)

With their 5* weapon, their stats are equal to 5*+5 when at 4*+10. Was a typo.

a 4*+10 does not at all have the same stats as a 5*+10, as an unmerged 4* is about 10-12 stats behind its 5* counterpart, the 4*10+ will end up with the stats of a 5*+4-5 ish. Arena score is punished even more harshly i think, but i can't remember the formula.

For a budget build its like 20-42k feathers(if you need the gun, and depending on using 3* and/or 4* chars) for a 4*+10 instead of using the 120-140k feathers of a 5*+5 with equal combat skill.

I regret my 4* +10 Sheena, that was such a waste. I don't regret my 4* Kageroo or 4* Olivia, very cheap and useful.

A 4* at +10 is equal to the stats of a 5* at +5 so long as they have the same weapon. Arena takes merges into account as well as rarity, and because of this the scoring is equal to 5* +4.5 despite having the stats of a 5*+5.

You can't actually put an equal sign between a 4*+10 and 5*+5, since the stat difference between 4 and 5 star max stats aren't always 10.

Kagero, but only because I had to give Dagger breaker to someone for a Legendary Hero Battle. So really I wasted 7 of her just to pass down one of her skills and only had the one at the time.

I don't think I regret merging any but none I've done have any good 4* fodder. Since combat manuals I've started keeping a minimum of one copy of every unit just in case I need something, even if all they have is Spur Spd 2 so I can get Goad Fliers and Moonbow from a single Palla.

I did get done with starting a 4* merge Camilla then deciding on her as green 5* merge, had her about 4*+5 and in 6 months since I promoted her I've had 1 copy. My way round that again is just picking one unit per weapon I want to 5* merge then all the others of that type get 4* merged in the hope of them getting a prf at some point and having a +9 ready for their new weapon.

Noone, i merge every character to 4*+10 as long as i have no intention on getting them to 5*+10 and only if they don't have valuable fodder (but if i have a bunch of them i'll still merge like i did with Barst), why should i regret it, i can always build them to be AA checks and if they get a prf i'll just promote one to unlock it.
If you're scared of changing idea then do it like i'm doing at the moment: keep the copy with the best IV, and convert every other copy into combat manuals, do it untill you have 10 copies and them start merging, this way if you plan to 5*+10 you already have the 10 needed copies ready

Funny thing is, after playing now for a year, I don't have any high merged units.
Not even 4 Star once.
My highest merged unit is Legion with +4.

Legion and Wendy, such foolishness

Merric (who I pulled a 5* on THE banner before his demotion) and Sothe. Both of these regrets are due to not levelling the 5* versions up to level 40 before merging down - I have less regret about Sothe though as I may re-5* him eventually after I finish some merge projects.

4* +10 Chrom. What's worse is that I merged a 5* Chrom that I got from a summon so that he could get Falchion and Aether. Now that combat manuals and HM farming exist, I really, really regret it. More of my units could have had Aether...

I also kind of regret 4* +8 Clarine, 4* +9 Serra, and 4* +7 Maria now that healers are actually viable in the meta now.

Cherche, as I merged my 5-star into my +8 4 star. Right before Cherche's Axe was announced.

In retrospect, it was quite foolish of me to do that, so I can only blame myself. I do plan on getting Cherche's Axe in the future, though.

Beruka. Read at least a dozen times that she was a good candidate so I was like 'oh I have 10 copies'. I should have 5* her. Almost halfway there again...someday.