Fae is quite relevant at the moment as an anti-meta unit as she can check both Brave Lyn and Reinhardt with the right set-up. +Def might help her against Lyn but she deffo needs a Lightning Breath+ inherit from Nowi or Tiki.

Lukas is cool, I really like mine. He wants QR2 from Subaki and a special like Bonfire or Ignis so he can park in front of blue and red melee units and demolish them in return. I don't even know what nature mine is but really like him, he's a decent pick.

New banners are... hmmmmmm. So many decisions! At the moment I think I'm gonna pull green and colourless on Legendary Heroes. Only unit I'm not particularly keen for is Genny but maybe she'll rise up further with staff user buffs. Another B!Lyn would be nice but I'd really like a good infantry archer, too, as I have decent tools to build up Bride Cordelia and also no chance to be ruined by junk staff or dagger users.

Next TT is gonna be super fun with all Brave units. Lyn is already maxed on HM but the other three still have a way to go. I need to build both Roy and Lucina, actually, as they just have their base kits at the moment. Just not sure which direction to take them in!

I have only a single Nowi so it'll have to depend on when Tiki gets it as I rather not SI singles :p, granted so far I've perfered to keep most units weapons they start with.

Who knows though with weapon forging/upgrades comming if afew units will have upgrades that act like SI weapon preferences or get around the bad IV issues on that note. When seeing the examples of Feh Channel ( the fact a silver lance can be given +Def or +spd) it makes me wonder if you can slap a spd upgrade on a spd baned unit for example to at lest soften the blow and have them act like a spd neutral at best.

I have Brave Roy and Lyn so they will defantly help in the TT, the Legendary Heros I want to try Bunny camella or Bunny Xander as I joined Heros long after the easter Banner and it would make me fell better to finally own one.

Other consilations for me would be Genny, normal Lyn, Julia's mother, and the bridal units ( Only Bridal unit I got isn't either of the ones returning in this banner)

If I get spares i'll see who I can SI them to....might be tempted to feed a spare Hector to my +spd Raven, I know he lacks bulk but he duos and quads dispite the Brave Ax+'s speed penalty.

Speeking of Raven......any ideas on what to do with a spare 5* of him >_>, he broke my pitty right before Fae did.

I upgraded a Barst to feed my new Cherche a Brave Axe+, so that's an option if you have a decent one (I think I remember that you did?). I've kitted my +Atk one out with Death Blow 3, Bonfire and Hit and Run for sheer player phase destruction. Fliers really benefit from goods mobility skills, so my current core of Elincia/Cordelia/Cherche all carry Reposition so they can snipe out single foes and retreat to safety. That's probably the best use! I can't think of many other units crying out for Brave Axes tbh. Otherwise just merge him up!

I did, hence she was the first Green I promoted as I lack a lack back then. Ironically Narcian has had more screen time then her lately as he's got more bulk. This is why I'm glad Michalias is returning >_<, I need a spare to feed Iote's Shield to Narcian. I just hope I can do the quest to get the spare :p ( promoted Michalis and 2/3 of the Askar trio in advance for this)

I'll think it over though, I've been more willing to keep Cherche's hammer to keep her armor killer status ( something she has over my other two green flyers) but the last time that was suggested I didn't have a Brave Ax + unit to feed.

She is really great with the Brave Axe+, I do recommend it! I had to promote a Bartre for Death Blow 3 but it's all worth it imo, she's even adept at killing reds under the right circumstances. Hit and Run or Drag Back really support the play style too.

edit: omg finally beat Squad Assault 4. I've been using the lull in content (kinda caught up with SP training n stuff) to catch up with stuff. Did the Paralogue 13 & 14 Lunatic Chain Challenges yesterday and progressed onto the assault. It was so hard! I actually struggled with the first map a couple of times before refining it down to Nino + Dancer haha. The second one is really tricky and took me a lot of retries. You basically have to tank a hit from Roderick while the foes swarm in on you. Ended up using Cherche to tank coupled with Elincia, Azura and Nowi to tank the archer. Managed to struggle through 3 and 4 from there then used Horse Emblem to clean up map 5, which was pretty painless with Reinhardt, B!Lyn, Sigurd and Olivia. Happy to see the back of it! Going to go through Infernal Hinoka and Takumi now then maaaybe see if I can do Lunatic 11 & 12 Chain Challenge, which is the definition of hellish.

So I finally got one of the Farfetched Heros today. It's Dorcas...but man what a odd IV combo.

+spd/-hp o_0

I think +Spd is good on slower heroes, personally, because being double is basically the worst thing possible. Nobody wants to receive two lots of damage, even with QR to counter-attack. Plus bonus unit for the Tempest Trials! He'll be a beast with the stat boost.

I'm finding these trials the hardest since the first couple (before adjustments like permadeath for foes) because Ike is such a beast and the foe's positions are pretty unfortunate, and a few of the maps requiring active baiting. I'm using B!Ike, B!Lucina (pulled a second one today on my free summon, pretty amazing!), Celica and Inigo.

I ended up giving Celica Life and Death 3 to boost her killing power and it's not bad but I am really used to Desperation mages so she inevitably struggles against ranged units that my Nino/Linde etc would wipe. I could give it to her, but then no Renewal to buff Ragnorak. Maybe we'll get a Renewal seal down the line, she would absolutely shine with it.

Other then the nucences of a high number of red units, the trial hasn't been that rough for me, granted my team currently consists of B! Lyn, B! Roy, Serra, and Michalis being draged along for the ride.

_< Question also on that....I boosted Michalis and I think Lyn to 40 via Rase Level option, but they don't seem to be gaining any sp which is a shame as they still have skills to learn. Does TT not give sp or did my attempt to speed them up as Training Tower wasn't been kind to them result in them never being able to get any more sp?

No, they will be able to gain SP! It does depend on the level of the enemies, however, so you might have to turn up the difficulty a tad. As a rule of thumb, the foe needs to be within 5 levels of a level 40 5* unit to gain SP. It's not exact but it should help you figure things out. The first Lunatic map should work.

Just unlocked 5* Joshua earlier, so not doing too bad! Going to boost the Close Defence seal to its third tier when I unlock it, too. Already boosted Hone Speed 3 for my dancers!

Okey that explains it >_<, guess I'll have to farm Lunitic Training Tower later ( sticking to lv25 TT to save my mind).

Speeking of Michalis, can't wait for his return, just hoping the quest to get my spare will be doable. If it's beating Michalis with Michalis/Alfonse/Sheavera( typo) I'm good. If it's with Anna or a unit I don't have at 5* I'm in trouble.

The Chain Challengers are also a great source of SP, it's what I use nowadays. If you play on Normal difficulty and go through maps like Chapter 3 & 4, 5 & 6 or 9 & 10, which I use (more enemies, but a bit harder) you can gain a lot of SP. Just make sure you don't clear the final map, surrender immediately, as you get reduced SP rates in the future. It's a lot more efficient than the Training Tower!

Oh mi gosh, I've been playing this game since it came out, and totally did not realize that there is a ginormous thread dedicated to it here on subeta! butts in

- I use that trick all the time during double SP. But the most of the main units I use now have over 3k SP and nothing to spend it on.

- I only use the raise level feature on units I am sacrificing for skills. Everyone else gets trained up the slow way to ensure they get the full amount of SP they can.

I'm finding this too. The maps they've chosen for this round of Trials are tough maps to deal with (especially that last one). I've had to actually battle instead of letting the AI do it all while I do something else.

And the Michalis quest needs Anna, figures :p

Well, either I get the 4* Anna as close to lv40 as possible and hope that map in Lunatic in story mode isn't a headache or try to build up feathers like mad. I don't think I have anyone ready for Hard map Michalis ( unless Michalis himself can survive his own bow units)

Edit: Went threw heck on Lunatic but got him with Hector, Leon, Tharja, and Shigure. Now to feed that shield to Narcian :p

i've been having surprisingly few problems with the enemy ike... brave ike + prince bench can tag team him and tank him or any non-mage allies well enough. blessed prince bench, he's doing his best. my big problem is that since i'm running bike + alfonse and lukas + genny, the lack of an actual ranged attacker is kind of a pain. (though wrathful staff + pain is pretty great. can't wait for pain+ and more wrathful staff for my troubadours!)

but man, i've been running with infantry-only the past few weeks for arena and now tempest trials, and i really miss my dumb broken horse emblem team ;o; i want to go back to 3 movement!

[edit] many thanks to the people running solo unarmed michalis as their arena defense. rerolling arena assault makes those non-ghb quests virtually painless.

e/ that feeling when you spend most of a stamina pot trying to get your 4* michalis to defeat the lance fighter, only to find out arvis with fury and backup from hone atk olivia can destroy it just fine... oh well, managed infernal without a guide sooo :y

- Haha, I cheesed Infernal Michalis with horse emblem. Double brave Lyn is so broken, too bad she isn't meshing well with my Tempest team. (she even has S rank support with B!Ike and bonus stats, but these maps aren't good for her, maybe if I gave her Mulgalir back it would work better)

I don't know what to do with all these GHB units. I don't have the feathers to make them 5* and merge them, It's a waste to merge them at 4*, and I don't really want to crunch them for skills or send them home since they are limited availability. But my bench has 5 Ursula, 3 Narcian, and I'm putting off accepting the quest rewards cus another Michalis will push my box over 200 again.

Haha you found us! And we were hiding in the Games subforum all this time, who'd have thought?! ;) (to be fair, I don't frequent this corner of Subeta too often so stay subscribed to the thread so I don't miss the gossip!)

Who are your star units? And who are your favourites, your pet projects?

I ended up getting B!Lyn to 3000 Hero Merit with the previous Trials, where Sigurd formed the backbone of my team, and am still not sure how to build my B!Roy so Horse Emblem has, unfortunately, had to take a back seat for this TT. Three movement is really incredible for hit 'n' run tactics, though, which is kinda my style.

And yeah, I hear you with the GHB dilemma. At least we only get a single extra copy now when they roll back around and our barracks will be increasing by 100 spaces with the update! I have used a couple of... less useful ones for skill inheritance (Lloyd has been eaten for Iceberg, off the top of my head) but I always feel a little cagey about getting rid of them.

Welcome! I did the same for Michalis Lunatic, I beat it with a Horse Emblem team of Sigurd, Cecelia, Reinhardt and Brave Lyn.

I too tend to horde my GHB prizes. I've raised Xander and Camus to 5* and Michaelis himself is 4* level 40 (I think I want to 5* him). The rest just sit there, but I can't bear to part with them, even for fodder.

I generally use TT to raise some of my units that I have been meaning to. My team at the moment is Elincia, Lancina, BIke and Priscilla. Lancina is a beast, she is amazing to use (I've already got her to Lvl 40 and Bike is not far behind.) Elincia is doing okay but if she doesn't one-shot things she generally tends to die, her defence is shocking :/ Priscilla is a nice little healer that I picked because she's mobile.

At the moment I am about 2000 points off the Savage Blow seal, I am already thinking of who to give it too. (I am thinking it'd be nice to give to my Takumi, he already runs Savage Blow 3 on his C slot and I really like it on him. )

Was saving orbs for the 8% banner but decided to try once more with the Farfetched Banner as I would reeeeeeally like a Lute but didn't even get good fodder. Oh well, I want to keep saving for an extra Celica and also hopefully some of favourite Fates kids.

As a side note, my Summer Xander finally got to Level 40, and his confession is actually pretty touching for such a silly unit. I think it's one of my favourites.

yeah, that's what i wanted to do, but i also didn't want to replay lunatic for just the use-michalis orb quest so i kept at it haha i remembered i had partially built my ursula though, so i went back to horse emblem for arena... i missed three movement and lyn so much ;w;

i gave elincia hit and run and it helped keep her in range of my healer/dancer in mixed teams, or in range to swap with another unit during flier emblem quests. helped alleviate her squishiness a bit! mine also uses swordbreaker when it's not time for flier emblem, which is probably more useful since the devs seem to favor maps with pillars now ><; swordbreaker helped me through michalis' infernal map, in any case p:

speaking of building units, what are everyone's plans for joshua? i have so many infantry swords sitting in my barracks that i'm kind of meh about doing anything with him s:

- I have no idea what to do with Joshua, his stats are so even.

- I have Xander and Camus at 5* too, they are well worth it. I'm on the fence about Michalis and Narcian, Valtar too... my flying team only has one 5* (I have litterally the WORST summoning luck) so I struggle getting those quests. I wanted ot save my orbs for the 8% banner too, but then I tried to get nephenee from my free summon (I got 4/5 orbs blue, and I really want her!) but I got junk, TWO 3* Ests. Ugh. I really want Lute and Dorcas too, but I fear I won't have enough orbs to try before they disappear.

- My star unit hands down is Double Brave Lyn, she maxed out SP and HM like two weeks after I got her. (before her my star unit was Nowi, I still use her a lot in the arena). I'm working on making a super Ephraim cus I keep getting duplicates of him instead of getting the units I'm trying to summon. I'm also trying to make super nino and super giaus (two of my all time fav FE characters), since they are easier to summon, but I lack the feathers.

Ahh, that's a really good idea re: hit and run C: I only have one Clair though so I will have to psyche myself up to feed one of my Clive's to her!

I honestly have no plans for Joshua, I have quite a few good red units already so I'm not super desperate to use him. I am also not a fan of his art, I know that makes me shallow but if the art is sub-par it kind of puts me off.

I used Xander for literally everything, he's the only unit so far I got to 3000 HM. He's been replaced on my Horse Emblem team by Sigurd at the moment though, at least until I can (hopefully put distance defence on him. I am still building Camus.

My 4* Michalis was actually pretty OP on the lunatic GHB, and it was easy to defeat the Michalis in 9-1 with him to get the Orb - Iote's shield is a great skill!

I am sorry to hear about your summoning luck :C When I tried to pull for Brave Ike, I kept getting Soren. Soren's summoning phrase is pretty much 'Where's Ike?" and I was all "I DON'T KNOW SOREN, WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME?!?!?!". I hope Nephenee comes home soon, at least you can send the Ests home for feathers (looking for silver linings...)