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A Xander among gods?!

Personally I think Xander is too low ranked in the inheritance tier (btw Tier 3). Like Takumi in the beginning he can be a total game changer and it is ridiculous what low amounts of Damage he takes. And I don't even run him in a horse emblem team.
Haven't used him much in Arena yet but for PVE he was essential during the last few events & special fights.
Am I wrong or would you agree?

Asked by Dunras Thul1 year 5 months ago

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I agree. I never got to use him because I was rerolling during his GHB but I really want him... He can reach defense higher than armored units with horse buffs and he has DC built in his weapon. Amazing unit

Yes xander maybe good but still he is not the very best around.(Yes still the Better sword cav with his weapon). He can Tank many physical damage and give much (still he hasn't Attack around), but he has big flawl especially his Speed while he can d'un Quick resposte or vantage he still get doubled easily and his res dosen't give him much to rely on It. True he can Tank very well axes,bow and sword and can Tank some its form lances, many units however have swordbreaker and due many blu unit is Easy to counter him (i use nowi even without ta i kill him easily). While he can counter at distance which is good against mages which have usually low def he usually dosen't kill them unless Green and he would be killed instead. True with horse emblem he Shine like Blade tome mage but without It, he is not that relyable as Better sword unit like lucina,Ryoma,ike. Because of that unless you run horse emblem he is not the best sword unit around he is like a armor with mobility and less stats. Neverless he is not bad especially on horse emblem but without It, he is not that good, even Thought he has big defence and distant counter. In other world he is low in tier because tier list takes in account horse buff, so as unit itself is not that amazing.

Disagree huge here. He is Hector on a mount. You should not compare him with Dmg Dealer like Lucina and Ryoma. He is a Tank that can move 3 fields.
He is the best Hyper defense Lure Hero in Game for now thx to have Distant Counter high def and 3 movements and even still good atk and can attack kill lure most green Tomes thx to Triangle Advantage(ofc his life drop very low but still enough to kill Hector should he example lure Nino and then start fight with Hector in Team and with that Xander is your MVP if he kills 2 alone)
Ryoma struggle huge vs Nino and Hector he must run Desperation or he can´t kill Hector if he has eaten a Buffed Nino dmg. Ofc here depends how player play but most in time you must eat dmg first from Nino and then can start a fight vs Hector. Most player tend to run Vantage yes ofc he one hit Nino but the problem is to lose life in the beginning still depends on enemy team how to lure and more.

It is ridicilous how he well fight out of Horse Emblem.
He still can Flank and finish enemys off thx to movements ofc do not except that he makes Follow up in offense with his low spd.
Overall i must say rating Xander =Ryoma > Ike
Simple reason Ike is to much allround not a real tank not a real spd dmg dealer. Ryoma is faster not more his power is to stop follow ups and must say in a spd Meta he will do only rare follow ups too. +spd Ryoma and lets say Fury reach only 41 spd. This is not enough anymore vs enemys that have most in time 40spd.
And should Xander getting Horse buff then it is Clear Xander >Ryoma >Ike

Let's see...
First, as a standalone unit, Xander would be inferior than all the lords, Athena and Ogma at the player phase, however he is much better as a defensive unit at the enemy phase (providing he's using Quick Riposte) At that he's only comparable to Ike and Ryoma (and probably just inferior to Ike, due to Ike's access to Aether)
As a team unit, since he can get around 6, 10 or 14 bonus stats all around, he becomes a literal monster, he can take every green and non colored physical units with 0 damage, and most red units also with 0 damage. The only units that can kill him are the fastest blue mages and Celica (while he's buffed with Ward and Fortify cavalry)

I've been training him and building him for a horse emblem team and I can't totally agree with your impression.

He is very strong indeed, very tanky also. With reposition and some horse emblem buffs he is pretty nice.
Problem is double

* abysmal speed. Everything out there doubles him, including red Tikis

* abysmal resistance.
Any magical unit out there eats him alive. Even with built in distant counter he can't stand more than two hits, one if the adversary has colour advantage.

For PVE he is a solid unit but I've noticed a hard pattern of using for the Tempest Trials, Grand Hero Battles or other game modes units very buffed compared to player ones. He has trouble surviving for a long time in those game modes.

Hell Celica from Tempest Lunatic one shots him !

I guess that's why he is so low ranked ?

Could not agree more. He's abysmally low res really hurts his potential to do much at all. In my horse emblem team, he fills mainly one roles really: as a source of hone cavalry. Very occasionally, he's also required to kill some of the more powerful green meta characters (Hector, Minerva, Nino, Julia...) and even then, with the right buffs, many red mages can still walk over him like its nothing.

Then you really does not understand game mechanic sry.
If you let your Xanders attack Tiki(lol must actually say she is rare in Arena and even in random events) ofc you die, Dragons attacking res not def.
With that you said with spd then Hector must be the worst Hero in game he is not.
His def is insane you deny Physical dmg. What bring a Red physical Enemy to double vs you if they deal only 17-30(max highest if they are total glass cannon) dmg with 2 hits from red? Nothing they die after Xanders counter back because he has charge special rdy and one shot them. Green Heroes with 55atk(+atk Hector) dealing Xander only 7dmg.

How you can Compare Tempest Luantic where stats are over Powerd to normal? The Heck Ryoma/Ike dies too if they have no spd boon buffs and they should not fight vs her. Is like saying oh look my green Hector dies vs Blue Tome Reinhardt man Hector sucks.

GHB Hector and Xander are insane they are doing maps 70% clear alone.

High Bulk Heroes become even more terrifying if played right with defensiv ground. Example Physical attack from Green get totally denied vs Xander. They need 61atk(insane high atk that normally nobody reach) green Hero example to deal Xanders atleast 1 dmg! Yes 1 dmg.
Red/Neutral physical Heroes with 53 atk(standart strong red atk have arround 50-55atk) dealing for example only 5dmg.

Amen, my horse team wouldn't know what to use without him (F2P)

just need a way to turn my ryoma to a horse unit for that duo XD

I would definitely agree. He was my first 5* horse and I can say with complete confidence that he is a monster. Just about the only thing that can kill him in one round is a really fast/strong brave lance user and blue mages, and the mages will take a lot of damage in the process unless they have desperation, in which case, RIP Xandy