Fire Emblem Heroes: Like Fire Emblem But It's Chibi And It Lives In Your Phone

[Edible]

Lyn really isn't a fire-and-forget character, yeah.  She needs some support and a lot of planning to use Galeforce effectively, but between that and Sol Katti's bonus, she's got a fantastic sweep mechanic - just hope that she can get out of combat at least once without getting oneshot.

[Mеа]

I'd like to take a moment to appreciate just how awesome the name Sol Katti is

[OverlordChirei]

Fun fact: Lyn is the first(?) Fire Emblem character to receive jiggle physics when she upgrades to the Sol Katti in her original game.

[commandercool]

Oh man, remember Great Lord Lyn's critical hit animations? I want a chibi version of those in Heroes.

[Zengar Zombolt]

Screw animations, why can't the sword of seals shoot fire like the original? Ranged Roy or Riot!

[commandercool]

I mean, the real answer to that is that the low movement means the devs have decided that weapons that can hit at any range are overpowered. Hence the nerfed magic. And to be fair they're probably right.

[Edible]

Yeah, after playing the game for a bit I totally agree with the decision to limit close attacks for ranged unit, but on the other hand that just makes the characters with that sort of option (Takumi, Hector, etc.) all the more powerful.

Dumped 40 orbs on this banner, mostly got stuff I'll never use but I did manage to snag a 5-star Fae.  I wanted a manakete and wasn't totally satisfied with my other main green option (Cecilia), so it works out quite well.  That she's horribly adorable is a nice bonus.

[Chaore]

Oh dang, new characters so soon? Not bad. Hopefully we get some more characters from these games later along, but I'm impressed by how quick this was.

I'd imagine they have resources for quite a few people stored away for a slow burn, really. Don't get surprised if there's quite a few new characters in focii for a while (I recall E/E were even shown in previews at some point.)

The fact that they only hucked 4 in means they're trying to be conservative.

[Edible]

I'd imagine they have resources for quite a few people stored away for a slow burn, really. Don't get surprised if there's quite a few new characters in focii for a while (I recall E/E were even shown in previews at some point.)

The fact that they only hucked 4 in means they're trying to be conservative.

The steady drip approach is an agreeable one for me.  It'll probably keep interest in the game longer than, say... I dunno, Pokemon Go :V

[Chaore]

The steady drip approach is an agreeable one for me.  It'll probably keep interest in the game longer than, say... I dunno, Pokemon Go :V

I mean, if they provide it with actual content alongside 4 characters that are fairly similar to existing... sure, maybe.

Otherwise: I give it a month more, tops.

[commandercool]

God damn, I keep fucking up my arena streaks on the last battle by bringing the wrong team. I set up stupid teams for quests and then forget to go back to my normal one.

On the plus side, my current streak is going super well with no units lost in the first three rounds, so if I don't run into anything super crazy or pick the wrong team at the last second yet again my score should be pretty good. Amd I'm guaranteed exactly enough feathers to get to 20k next rotation anyway if I finish this round (hard)  of arena quests. 

Edit: As for the longevity of the game, so far I'm finding that PVP is keeping me logging in, and occasionally pulling new characters from the free stones the game gives me that I'll then need to level up will give me something to do with my stamina sometimes.

Throw in co-op to fill that conspicuous blank slot on the battle menu and I'm pleasantly engaged. Not to PAD levels, but enough to make things interesting for a while I think.

[OverlordChirei]

well that was fast



takumi more like dietomi

Dumped 40 orbs on this banner, mostly got stuff I'll never use but I did manage to snag a 5-star Fae.  I wanted a manakete and wasn't totally satisfied with my other main green option (Cecilia), so it works out quite well.  That she's horribly adorable is a nice bonus.

fae is great and draw back is great and you should abuse the fuck out of it

[commandercool]

The Takumi you killed is better than the Takumi I killed.

Really wish replays or at least team compositions were available for defenses. Would love to know how my team is beating people since it's pretty far from ideal. Just raw Takumi power I guess?

Speaking of which, has anyone found a reliable budget four-star Takumi counter? I'm guessing a mounted unit with a brave weapon would be the pretty handy, or maybe some kind of knife-user.

[Mеа]

yeah really wish there were replays that's a great idea

setsuna's bowbreaker might be a good option, just reading through the list of skills. Seems like a good first turn play to initiate with

[OverlordChirei]

Really wish replays or at least team compositions were available for defenses. Would love to know how my team is beating people since it's pretty far from ideal. Just raw Takumi power I guess?

Any one of your 5* can take out a takumi alone probably

first attack brave axe is a kill
lyn can probably double takumi with 33 spd
depending on which takumi strikes first, one kills the other with vengeance

i'm just going to assume felicia killed takumi because that is the only acceptable outcome

[commandercool]

Any one of your 5* can take out a takumi alone probably

first attack brave axe is a kill
lyn can probably double takumi with 33 spd
depending on which takumi strikes first, one kills the other with vengeance

i'm just going to assume felicia killed takumi because that is the only acceptable outcome

My best guess for how I won that defense is bad play on the part of my opponent coupled with the fact that my team is probably pretty good at punishing mistakes. Lyn can double most Takumis and should be able to one-round-kill him, although if they're playing correctly the human player has a huge advantage in Takumi-versus-Takumi battles since he's easy to bait. Camilla actually can't beat him one-one-one though, at least not usually. She can quadruple strike him, but under normal circumstances he doesn't die from the first two hits and kills her before the last two. She is handy for chipping him down to let my Takumi one-shot some opposing Takumis with Savage Blow though.

I think Setsuna seems like a decent counter, although I'd have to take a closer look to see how the actual stats match up. It's worth noting that enemy teams with both Setsuna and Takumi are relatively common in my experience, so maybe people are already doing that.

[qMyon]

Finally got a couple more 5-stars. Now my team is pretty much Tiki and the Glass Cannons - Y.Tiki+Jeorge+Linde+Camilla. I've been trying to stick Effie in there somewhere, but she's just sooooo slooooowww.

[commandercool]

I don't know about anybody else, but I'm having a blast with PVP right now. I realize I'm very lucky in that I have a super usable if not perfectly optimal team which not everyone has, but the tension of trying to get perfect sweeps every round and trying not to break streaks is a lot of fun for me. Really scratches my Fire Emblem itch.

Still totally getting my ass kicked by Azura though. Gotta get good at using her against her team by making them split up when they shouldn't, but the computer tends to move her in weird ways that make setting up situations like that unpredictable. I've seen her very low on tier lists, which is insane. Just like Fates Azura was always low on the tier lists of people who don't know how to play Fire Emblem, she deserves much much better. Not sure I'm quite willing to call her the best character in Heroes like I do for her in Fates, but she's honestly close. She's definitely my main/possibly only want right now. Although I do like the idea of playing a Camilla theme team with Camilla/Beruka/Selena/Corrin and I don't own Beruka or Selena, so they're up there too.

[Mеа]

Are you talking about sing/dance characters in general, or azura in particular? don't know what her other skills are actually

I pulled a four-star Caeda, so my hinoka and camilla could potentially get another buff-er (and seeing camilla with +6 on all stats is hilarious) I don't whether I should take out marth for that or my somewhat floating felicia. Marth is my only non-flying tanky character on the team so I would have reservations against that. Felicia's my only debuff ranged user so taking her out would be a little ehh. I guess she would be the one to go if I haad to chose between the two.

[OverlordChirei]

Are you talking about sing/dance characters in general, or azura in particular? don't know what her other skills are actually

azura's skills are stab the shit out of you with a spear and it hurts really bad

[commandercool]

Are you talking about sing/dance characters in general, or azura in particular? don't know what her other skills are actually

I pulled a four-star Caeda, so my hinoka and camilla could potentially get another buff-er (and seeing camilla with +6 on all stats is hilarious) I don't whether I should take out marth for that or my somewhat floating felicia. Marth is my only non-flying tanky character on the team so I would have reservations against that. Felicia's my only debuff ranged user so taking her out would be a little ehh. I guess she would be the one to go if I haad to chose between the two.

Azura specifically, since she's actually a really good character as well as having Sing, so you basically get a full team AND sing. And as I've said before blue is the best-placed color by a long shot right now, so she can get a ton of work done.

[commandercool]

FINALLY beat 9-2 on lunatic. It's, uh, super difficult so I had been struggling with it. Now I just have the last chapter on lunatic left to go. No idea how tricky it is, I haven't even looked at it yet.

[OverlordChirei]

(9-4 Lunatic)

FREEZE this is the police



you have the right to remain topless

Now I just have the last chapter on lunatic left to go. No idea how tricky it is, I haven't even looked at it yet.

prepare to be utterly ruined if you don't have someone blue that hits res

[commandercool]

I do but it's Corrin and she's a four-star until next week. I'll wait to do it then I guess.

[OverlordChirei]

I do but it's Corrin and she's a four-star until next week. I'll wait to do it then I guess.

I used 3*Lv40 corrin 4* is fine

[BT]

FINALLY beat 9-2 on lunatic. It's, uh, super difficult so I had been struggling with it. Now I just have the last chapter on lunatic left to go. No idea how tricky it is, I haven't even looked at it yet.

9-2 was the easiest for me because of Tiki and Effie. I had to cheese the rest with the res item. Used two of those fuckers on The Unknown.

I got Cordelia, Nowi and Merric at 4* recently. Especially happy about Merric because I really needed a green mage. Not Nino, though...

[MatsuriSakuragi]

"I guess I'll try the gacha again for some more units to use"

*FLASHY ANIMATION, VOICE CLIP OF ROBIN*

"ah nice I almost have a full team's worth of 5*s"

*3* Robin*

why


it's like the good old days of PAD where you rolled a gold egg but it was just an evolved healer girl or something

[commandercool]

Unlike in PAD though, you can plausibly make that a 5* if you want to. I'm doing it. You could too.

[commandercool]

Gave 9-5 a shot on Lunatic. Yeah, I think it's pretty doable, but it's going to take some shuffling. There are a handful of unfortunate instances of enemies hitting EXACTLY hard enough to one-shot my guys in different matchups that I really shouldn't lose outright.

[Conqueror]

My current arena team has 3 physical reds and a Takumi, so my entire team is countered by a single Robin, RIP.



I've been training up a Robin from 3* to deal with enemy Takumis, but in retrospect I've never had any trouble with Takumi since he's easy to take down with Olivia's support. What I really need is a green power hitter to rip through the tanky blues I have trouble with. Immediate thoughts are Gunter, Cherche, or Raven, but they're all somewhat on the slow side. Raven can probably guarantee a kill on blue squishies with his Brave Axe, Cherche's hammer makes Effies into snacktime for Minerva, and Gunther has great attack buffing and counters debuffs. The biggest problem though is that I just wouldn't know who to replace on my team. Maaaaybe Lyn because she's not a Nowi-killer or anti-everything-that-flies or the amazing utility that is Dance, but she's amazing when under half health. I guess I'll just keep trying to bruce force Robins by running up to him and hitting him with my entire team at close quarters.

Unrelated, but my Clarine now has 600+ extra SP from all the healing she does. I wonder if they'll give us a way to spend SP in the future aside from just getting skills.