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Y!Tiki question

So, in the last b8% banner i pulled a Y!Tiki with pretty strange IVs to work with (-Spd +Res). Initially i had a build in mind for her that used Water Breath+ from a Kana (M) that i was gonna fodder off (still unsure on the refine i would have given). But, with this patch, Tiki received a very unique Breath weapon that it's basically a Falchion made for dragon usage. Now, my question is: should i discard the Water Breath+ build completely? Or should i forget using Tiki's personal breath? I made a side by side comparison so that you can see what i have in mind (i might tweak things such as the C skill and the special)

Asked by Remnant6 months 3 weeks ago

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I'd probably go breath of fog for her to give her an interesting, niche roll as a dragon slayer dragon. Ultimately, a water breath young tiki with DC is going to be outperformed by a Lightning Breath Adult Tiki since the -spd takes away from the biggest distinction between them. Plus res is nice vs adult tiki's middling res, but the enemy phase bait roll fits adult better imo. Breath of fog's healing effect should compensate for the slight additional damage you receive, and the added res makes her even better at baiting fellow manaketes. Breath of Fog has sparked more than its share of debates among my friends and I with it's lack of DC, but I think it works better on Y Tiki. If you're willing to lose the DC effect, a steady breath aether would suit the BoF build nicely. You could always cover that roll with other dragons (if available) to bait distant attackers. That's just how I've done it, but mostly because I knew my adult tiki wouldn't use it well, so I built them both separately. I also have a +Spd Y Tiki, so my impressions may differ on how it performs.

I don't like the new weapon for a -spd Y.Tiki. If she scores a double then any dragon is screwed (possibly including TA3 Nowi), but I don't see her doubling most dragons with -spd. If aiming for OHKO, then I'd go with A.Tiki because you dump spd anyways and A.Tiki hits harder (which multiplies if effective damage is in play).

Also, the DC water breath was interesting but I don't like it with aether because it's just too slow and bonfire would be extremely deadly. (On 47 atk, I'd recommend the QR bonfire, otherwise you're definitely opening up the door for WoM dancers.) If you like mixed bulk I'd go lightning breath +res and steady breath or lightning breath +def and warding breath. A bit cookie-cutter, but the combo really is quite effective. On 45? atk it's quite good because you cut down their res (or def if against a squishy mage) and you've left them some HP so you can heal off of it. You'll drop 4 points in one defensive stat, but if you like aether I'm pretty sure that's what you should do.