Ok, so I'm going to reach 45K feathers again when the Voting Gauntlet ends and I have a few units that I want to spend these hard earned feathers on.
Now, I'm not asking how I should spend my feathers since that's a question only I can answer, but rather about which one is the most worth while investment, most efficient use of feathers, and/or whether the investment itself is actually worth it or not.
So, without blabbing way too much, here you are:
First, promoting a Roderick to give a +Spd/-Def Summer Robin Firesweep Lance+. Now, I don't have a crazy amount of blues, but they are all quality units meaning S!Robin has a lot of competition even though she also has good IVs. And if I ever get +Spd Cordelia, she will be my main designated Lance user instead. Is it still worth?
Second, I have a +HP/-Res Brave Ike and I'm planning to just run his default set. Since I don't have Infantry Pulse, I am planning to give him Panic Ploy to pick off the biggest threat and still have Beorc for Arena weighting and to deal with the Emblem units that didn't get Panicked.
But since I don't have Luke, a Valter will need to be promoted and sacrificed. I also won't be planning to merge any potential Ike's I get in the future, but if I do get -Spd, he will be merged even if the new one doesn't have +HP. Is it still worth?
Lastly, I'm short on good, reliable green units and happen to have a +Atk/-Spd Fae and a +Def/-HP (my ideal IV) Fae. Right now, I am missing Lightning Breath for her but I will give it to her as soon as I do get it. This will cost me 40K feathers. Is it worth to do it right now even without Lightning Breath or wait till I do?
And if yes, which one? I am planning to run TA on her, so should I pick my theoretical ideal IV or pick the known 'optimal' one?
Edit: Oh right, I also have Anna at 4 star with every skill she needs except Fury, should I invest in her over all the others even though I don't have Fury ATM? Also have a +Spd/-HP Olivia, is Wo Dao+ or Ruby Sword+ worth giving?
It's a fairly long read (like most of my posts unfortunately), so I want to say I appreciate any feedback I get, and thank whoever does reply in advance.
Cheers guys.
Fae with the defense bane and quick riposte 2 is great and she murders Reinhardt on the bait. Plus she's cute and fluffy. But yea it needing to burn an a slot for distant counter bs brave Ike makes her more efficient and a much better mage tank overall. Firynis a good alternate skill for a slot too
I have a 5 star +def/-hp Fae with fury 3 and QR2 and she's really great! She can deal with any blue unit in the game, and can even tank Reinhardt with cavalry buffs and moonbow ready. Of course, this all only works if you can give her Lightning Breath+ but I would say it's well worth it.
This build allows her to also kill greens with low res (Hector for example) and she can tank and kill a lot of bow users.
As for Ike, since he's +HP, I think that it would be enough to give him panic ploy 2 and a +HP seal, so I wouldn't spend 20k feathers on that.
Awesome, good to hear the experience from someone using the IV set I wanted for her.
As for Lightning Breath, that's where my Dilemma is, whether I should wait for it to promote or do it now.
I think in the case for Ike, I wanted Panic Ploy mainly because it also gives slightly more Arena weighting, which is why I run him actually. Otherwise without the third tier, Threaten Atk and Def seem like better choices since he's a tank.
I mean, Fae is a 40k feather investment, if you have a Nowi or Adult Tiki with bad banes, you can get them to 5 star and get lightning breath+ off them. That's what I did. I would recommend levelling Fae to 40 as a 4 star first, as it takes a lot of SP to get her to full build.
That's my problem haha, second week since launch and no Nowi yet. Only had 2 A!Tiki and she's long be foddered off.
My Fae's sitting at 40 right now, I just don't know whether I should do it now or invest in the others and wait for Lightning Breath since Light Breath is quite useless, and feathers come fast enough anyways.
Fae might actually be a core unit for me since she does the whole checking blue and magic better than Ike (unless he has DC, which I don't intend to give him). So I definitely will invest in her, I just don't know whether I should do it now or wait for Lightning Breath.
Brave Ike does give me like 40 extra points in Arena though and is a monster unit, that's why I'm happy to invest in him for the long run. I just don't know whether 20 grand feathers and a limited unit is worth it for one skill, even though he also has easier access to Threaten Def and Atk too.
Yeah, it is probably not very cost-efficient to use so many feathers to just give a c-slot skill to Brave Ike. His native skill set is excellent already, and I doubt panic ploy will make a huge difference on him.
The other thing about Brave Ike is that due to his high arena weight, you might start running into different arena opponents and that DC might not be needed anymore.
You're right about the diversity, after I crafted a new team for Brave Ike I run mainly into heavily merged Blade Tomes and Mages with Dancers, and Armour teams rather than the typical Ponies I used to get.
So unlike your guess, DC might very surprisingly be better against these guys. It's also why I'm asking about Panic Ploy, to remove the big threats and mages that Beorc doesn't help against, and still have Beorc to counter the weaker ones I couldn't debuff (and rating of course).
I see. In that case, DC is a must-have. The reason I speculated the opposite was based on my own experience. I started running into full armor emblem after using Brave Ike, but now it is clear that it's due to my other teammates being highly merged and weighted as well. Arena is at its hardest when you're right in the upper 75% where a variety of highly merged units exist.
Panic Ploy is definitely more encompassing than Beorc, and it allows Brave Ike to run a different b-skill. So if you find it necessary based on your arena experience, then definitely go for it!
Can't really talk about the others, but I CAN talk about Olivia. They're the same as what I use, with those IVs being (IMO) the best option for the Ruby build. However, whether you give her that is a question of "do you need a hard green counter"? I don't know how many Hector counters you have, but she works wonders with FuryRuby. I'd expect Wo Dao to work with those IVs perfectly fine as well if you want her as a more general offensive presence, but I'd personally work with a +Atk/Spd -Res one. Given how frequent she is, I'd say to keep on pulling in that case.
Oh and Fae's good too I guess, others have said all I could.
I actually have a +1 Ryoma with +Res/-Def, +Atk Ike, and Xander at 5 stars, and Olivia is still actually my most reliable unit, even the 4 star version I had before was good for everything except Arena (Xander still best pair up bot for Reinhardt though).
As for green check, the greens I do run; Brave Axe Cherche, Brave Ike, and eventually Fae can and should all handle greens without too big a hassle.
I'm personally always thought of running Ruby Sword as my main option for Olivia, but she actually handles greens with very little problem on my team even with Silver+. So I was just wondering whether I should stick with Ruby or go with Wo Dao so she can be more than a support on my team (and whether I should do it over the other ones).
Since she's also at 5 star anyways, and as you said, we get quite a lot of her, so I could always promote another when the time comes since I do plan to merge her for the long run anyways. So I'm not quite sure.
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