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    L'Arachel reacted to Chrom in Fire Emblem Cipher: Series 14   
    They finally remembered Tokyo Mirage Sessions is in this set! This is great support for Itsuki to keep up with the TCG. The new Itsuki helps maintain Mirage presence or level them up to use different skills, and he can help shuffle the player's hand around with new cards whenever TMS units defeat enemies. Chrom's two promotions are different options for Itsuki to utilize when either one of them are on the field. Great Lord is very similar to Itsuki's ST card by being able to pull enemies closer and also lock them down for a guaranteed hit, while Conqueror significantly buffs Itsuki's attack power if he wants to smash the enemy leader.
     
    I'm really excited to play with these cards and have already been theorycrafting new deck ideas.
     
    Also, good news! Tetsu Kurosawa created a Tumblr and has started uploading their FE Cipher works on it today. Everything isn't there yet, but presumably they will be eventually. This is a big deal since this means he's now publishing various illustrations which have never been posted online in full before.
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    L'Arachel reacted to Chrom in Fire Emblem Cipher: Series 14   
    The last card of the week is...Leo SR! Even though the set is focused on Birthright, this is based on him assuming the role of Nohr's ruler at the end of the campaign, you can even see he wields Xander's sword Siegfried. The card itself functions very heavily against enemy mages, as he can destroy them all at once and delay their deployment for a turn, which is really nasty in certain matchups. What's more is that he boosts his attack by +30 for a turn as a result of any enemy being destroyed (including by his aforementioned skill), so even without the mage advantage he has a decent way to hit really hard. Really neat card in my opinion.
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    It is so perfectly fitting for Owain, too.
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    L'Arachel reacted to Chrom in Fire Emblem Cipher: Series 14   
    New cards for Owain! They gave him an Awakening Skill that suits the kind of existing playstyle he's had with his past cards, where he breaks extra orbs for according to how many cards he has underneath. By nature of AS skills only working on promotion, Owain will always break two when it works, but it can be more if he's been promoting to other cards before then. He can also basically "Galeforce" multiple times when he destroys anyone who isn't the enemy leader. It isn't really compatible with his Awakening Skill but it does give him some second purpose after the first turn (since AS skills no longer become active after the turn they promote).
     
    Also like the fun detail with the card quote on the R+, I've never seen so much flavor text on a card before.
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    L'Arachel reacted to Chrom in Dragalia Lost - Nintendo's new IP created exclusively for mobile (Sept. 27th)   
    I think the concern about stamina is valid, because there are indeed games which genuinely take much of the fun out of enjoying them casually due to aggressive stamina costs.
     
    However,  there's Nintendo's own Fire Emblem Heroes which Dragalia Lost shares many similarities with where stamina may as well not exist, because the game has taken many efforts to minimalize the importance of stamina as a resource over time. Since launch, they've doubled the stamina bar from 50 to 99, reduced stamina costs for various maps (with certain types being completely free now), and started several regularly held events which give out stamina potions like candy, on top of the regular quest rewards and log-in bonuses. I personally play FE Heroes a little bit every day and am sitting on 400+ stamina potions which I don't think I'll ever exhaust, and it's a great feeling that I think many other players appreciate a lot as well.
     
    For what it's worth, Cygames is responsible for the very popular Granblue Fantasy which employs stamina as well, and I've never gotten the impression it's been a problem there either, going off my friends who regularly play it. Cygames's success with Granblue Fantasy and Nintendo's history with FE Heroes gives me good hope Dragalia Lost will be fine and live up to the promise of this collaboration.
     
    I'm not suggesting we should assume that Dragalia Lost will take after how well FE Heroes treats its players with regards to stamina (it's entirely possible it may not), but I'm pretty sure FE Heroes basically redefining the perception of stamina for a lot of players plays a big part of why the stigma over it isn't really part of the conversation surrounding Dragalia Lost, as far as I've seen. Disagree with me if you wish, but I'd just like to say I don't believe it's necessarily a bad thing that Dragalia Lost has a stamina system.
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    L'Arachel reacted to Chrom in Fire Emblem Cipher: Series 14   
    New cards for Hinoka! They're illustrated by Fumi, who will be credited by their full name Fumi Hasumi moving forward, they confirmed on their Twitter earlier it's them.
     
    First Hinoka is a traditional flier card used to move allies around. I like that she kills a Faceless in the art, I actually really want to see a proper card for it. Promoting to her new Falcon Knight card makes use of the new Dragon Blood gimmick, where she or other DB users can move to the rear for free whether before or after attacking. She's also got a cheap pull option to help pick off weak enemies, which might be helpful in disrupting anything the opponent may be trying to set up by the time you play this card.
     

     
    Then they also gave a proper look at the new male Corrin SR! I like how the illustration represents the unity between Corrin and the other Hoshidan royals. In gameplay it's like that too. Since each member has their own DB skill to pass off to others, they become more powerful as more members are played. Corrin's DB skill gives him +10 during his own turn (and characters like Ryoma and Hinoka would gain this effect too). Corrin's also got a way to help field white colored allies, which helps him doubly so if they're the royals because then that would help set up DB skills to play. I'm hoping Takumi and Sakura's will be worthwhile too, we haven't seen theirs yet.
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    L'Arachel reacted to Ephraim in Fire Emblem Heroes   
    Recorded my Abyssal Grima clear for those interested:
     
     
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    L'Arachel reacted to Chrom in Fire Emblem Cipher: Series 14   
    More new cards! Mayo gets to draw another triple set of the brothers Rolf, Boyd, and Oscar like in Series 3, and they work pretty similarly as they did back then. Set them all out for a stronger play in the form of a "Triangle Attack". Previously it was relegated to a single attack, but these new cards can all still fight while boosting each other. Boyd's able to wind up for an attack that breaks an extra orb on the enemy leader, Oscar can heal a card for Rolf or Boyd, and Rolf can make his attacks unavoidable against non-leaders. I think they're pretty much better than their old ones though they don't completely outclass them.
     

     
    They've also shown off the Gawain SR which debuted at this past weekend's livestream.
     
    I have to be honest, this is actually my favorite card of the set so far. It's really cool. What's great about him is how easily he can chip away at the opponent's orbs, and at endgame he just blows up the field for free. The requirement for having a stack of five cards is very daunting, but they've already showcased cards which are designed to alleviate this issue, such as Titania SR and the new cost 2 Soren. I have a good feeling a lot of people will be playing Gawain after the set comes out; he's already got a lot of card support.
     
    Also wanted to share earlier that the official product page for Series 14 was updated a while ago.
     
    The new takeaways from this are:
     
    - Takumi and Azura will be in the booster
    - Itsuki has at least one other new card
    - Preview promos of Marth or Leif are included, for Series 15
    - Either one of the 3rd anniversary reprints of the Commander Anna or Alfonse promos are included as well
    - Awakening or New Mystery card sleeves for early buyers
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    L'Arachel reacted to Chrom in Fire Emblem Cipher: Series 14   
    The official Twitter's shared a handful of cards. I think they were actually backed up and meant to share some the other day, but oh well. I'd like to take the time to go over them in the meantime.
     

     
    For today, they shared the cards of Cordelia and Severa which go together. Not just art-wise, but mechanically as well. They both share a healing skill which lets them draw in a blue flier card of other characters into the player's hand (such as Sumia, Cynthia, Gerome, etc.), which is a nice way to improve a character's consistency in performance as well as help set up class changes.
     
    Cordelia's meant to be a beater, but the +20 passive bonus she gets when she promotes into her card only applies during her turn. Severa's a good card to play in flier focused decks because she can get that same bonus as Cordelia without needing a promotion, she just needs other adjacent flier allies for it.
     

     
    Lucina's cards which were also posted. They chronicle her struggles in another timeline.
     
    The cost 1 emphasizes class changing other allies to boost Lucina's attack. The cost 3 Paladin card relies on the same thing, but in order to have Lucina heal herself; it's a good bridge to promote into a future card. Like her last one here.
     
    As a parallel to the Exalt Chrom card, Exalt Lucina is a powerful endgame card. She's one of the new cards that introduces the Awakening Skill, a type of ability triggered by class changing and its effect multiplies by the number of cards underneath the unit when they promoted, but it only lasts for that turn. In this case, Exalt Lucina instantly buffs all other allies by 10 for each card under her when she promotes into this card (the more she had already promoted, the bigger the bonus). She is also the first card with an X class change cost, meaning its value is a variable. For Lucina, the number of bonds needed to promote into Exalt is just the number of orbs the opponent currently has (so from zero to five). This is huge because it means she can be played with little to no resources near the end of the game. Lastly, she lets you draw cards whenever a class changed ally defeats an enemy, which is a nice bonus.
     
    Overall, I think Exalt Lucina is a very solid card for her. I've already come up with a particular game plan on how to use her with Chrom's cards because his recent ones go really well with Lucina and feel like they were meant to be used with her.
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    L'Arachel reacted to Tyranogre in Fire Emblem Heroes   
    Legendary Tiki with an A-Skill that neutralizes bonus damage against dragons.
     
    Please, IS?
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    L'Arachel reacted to Chrom in Fire Emblem Cipher: Series 14   
    Okay, so I'm mildly disappointed that it's not more than what it actually is (I blame the long wait for it), but I'm still pretty pleased with what it turned out to be because I think it makes sense for the game and they can still potentially cool things with it.
     
    Mugen is apparently just an out of play area, I've seen it most compared to the lost zone in the Pokémon TCG. They've showcased two cards so far (Gunter and Elise) which go to mugen instead of retreat (the discard pile) like they normally would if they were destroyed. There is a common thread of permanent loss with the theme of each card (Gunter's fall and Elise's death), so I'm not thinking there may necessarily be ways in the future to retrieve cards from mugen, but we don't know all the specifics as to how it works at this time. For now, due to the fact that there isn't a known way to retrieve cards back from mugen to the deck or hand, it can be understood that mugen cards become unusable for the rest of the game.
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    L'Arachel reacted to Chrom in Fire Emblem Cipher: Series 14   
    I'm sorry, I lied. Maybe this will be my last post.
     
     
    FE Cipher livestreams are being broadcast on YouTube now! I think this will be really great for accessibility in watching them, and giving their official YouTube channel some extra mileage.
     
    They also teased artwork for Legion from New Mystery just now. I'm really curious how he'll play in the TCG because in the original game his gimmick involved having clones of himself. I suspect they might have it so that you're allowed to have multiple Legions fielded at the same time, similar to Anna or monster enemies like Risen.
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    L'Arachel reacted to Chrom in Fire Emblem Cipher: Series 14   
    Wanted to talk about this briefly before the next time I get a chance to by the end of the day. That is almost certainly artwork of Exalt Lucina they're teasing in the tweet, going by the design of her crown which is very similar to Chrom's. I can't see this not being an SR. Binding Blade is mentioned in the tweet because Corrin's voice actor is apparently a fan of the game, so they plan to ask him about it. 
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    L'Arachel reacted to Chrom in Fire Emblem Cipher: Series 14   
    Yeah sure. I actually won't be able to watch it live but I will remember look/ask around to see who else may have learned what they said about it, if they do say anything.
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    L'Arachel reacted to Chrom in Fire Emblem Cipher: Series 14   
    Titania is the last daily of the week, who gets her first SR!
     
    Her cost 1's not too special other than that it benefits a lot from being supported by Greil, I think the Gawain card is her best option to include.
     
    Titania SR is really cool, since she can instantly unlock the ability to use LvS skills of other allies without the necessary stack of cards to use them for a short period of time. Because card stacking is a process which takes place over the course of many turns, being able to use LvS skills right away lets you achieve some strategies much sooner than otherwise. Titania is also able to reposition all of her allies around at will if she has at least three cards in her own stack (or if she uses the aforementioned skill to use any LvS skills immediately if she doesn't).
     
    Tomorrow, there will be another livestream, and I'm looking forward to learning more. I really hope they talk about the Mugen Area in detail.
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    L'Arachel reacted to Elemental Hero in OOT vs MM vs BOTW - Your Favorite Poll   
    > peaceful
    > children everywhere
     
    Pick one.
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    L'Arachel reacted to Elemental Hero in Fire Emblem Heroes   
    I've decided to train up a Brave Celica since I've made it this far without a speedy sword lord. Then I took Veronica as an early free summon because I know I'll want her regardless.
     
    And I gotta say, I haven't enjoyed FEH this much in a long time.
     
    I trained up Celica and Veronica by beating each final stage of every chapter in Part 1, using just the two of them. Took on a bunch of other challenges as well, including a Tempest Trial duo. FEH is always so much better when you take an unconventional team through set challenges, training them up along the way. Hopefully we'll get a new mode that reflects this--maybe a new Arena, because in its current state that mode is the single worst experience FEH has ever conjured.
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    L'Arachel reacted to Chrom in Fire Emblem Heroes   
    If I had another Celica I'd probably give the DB4 to my Elincia. She's a lot more fun to use than Reinhardt in my opinion.
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    L'Arachel reacted to Chrom in Fire Emblem Cipher: Series 14   
    For the lead character of the green cards in this set, it's Ike. The main focus of the cards is supposed to be on the Greil Mercenaries, so naturally Ike will be here.
     
    Both cards of his tailor him for his typical role of a front line beater. His new cost 1 mostly outclasses his original one from the third set where can get extra power if he's stacked with at least one card underneath. His promoted Lord card has him wield Urvan, something which isn't possible in Path of Radiance. With the axe, his attacks deal more damage against the enemy leader, and defeating an enemy can forcibly pull all other enemies closer within ally range. Overall both are very solid cards mechanically. I really like how the art looks for the second card, I assume the signature is of his voice actor's.
     

     
    Also, the latest issue of Nintendo Dream this week revealed that next month's issue will have a new male Robin promo. He can be used to reveal the top card of both players' decks. Here's an Amazon link for it, it comes out September 21.
     
    I checked around for anything on Dengeki Nintendo. Technically there is already known to be FE Cipher content within the issue, but it has to do with the Tetsu Kurosawa illustration thing from before. I think they're supposed to be announcing who want what he drew of Elise/Sakura/Tsubasa or something, but that's all I've seen.
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    L'Arachel reacted to Chrom in Fire Emblem Cipher: Series 14   
    For today, they showed off two cards for male Corrin, the main character of this story of FE Fates Birthright.
     
    His new cost 1 has been out for a while already as a promo, but to touch on it briefly, I think it's a decent upgrade on his old one from the second set. Just play a Hoshidan sibling and he'll be rallied to be a bit stronger
     
    His cost 2 nicely translates the moment in the original game in which he inadvertently becomes a Feral Dragon. By playing the card (either fielding it or leveling it up from a cost 1 Corrin), you're offered great value since cost 2 cards aren't normally as strong as having base 70 attack. But the catch is that Corrin is super susceptible to taking damage: he automatically self-destructs at the end of each turn with an Azura fielded and he isn't able to evade attacks. In other words, the Feral Dragon Corrin is powerful, but very reckless.
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    L'Arachel reacted to Chrom in Fire Emblem Cipher: Series 14   
    The official Twitter has shared the first three cards of the new set: those of Chrom, male Robin, and female Robin.
     
    I'd like to preface this by saying I immediately noticed that the cards do not have their card numbers as they used to on their sample images. This started happening last set and I guessed it was because they wanted to keep things secret and more of a surprise with their reveals. Then later on I wondered if it had anything to do with the season icon that also started showing up, but I'm thinking that if it's still happening now, that can't be why. Mildly disappointed personally as I preferred seeing the card numbers, but I can understand why they're temporarily omitted.
     
    Chrom's new card doesn't provide him with any options to boost his own attack, instead it doubles as a healer card, with the only drawback being that the card has to be a cost 1 (healers typically don't have this specific restriction, or if they do it's something else). I think it's perfectly fine with what they're trying to do with it, it's supposed to support other cards while being viable enough in its own right.
     
    Male and female Robin work similarly. They're not as strong as Chrom but they have magic granting them extra range. If they support in battle, they can move a different enemy unit to a more favorable position. What sets them apart is that male Robin is more aggressive, he can get more copies of himself as he defeats enemies, while female Robin is further suited for moving enemies and is able to move anyone else at will.
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    L'Arachel reacted to Ephraim in Pokémon GO Discussion Thread | 🌎Comm. Day - March 16th ⚡👻 Rotom (limited time)   
    1/1 on Regirock, as is @L'Arachel
     
    honestly really unexcited for this following month, i'm not even bothering to spend my daily passes on random raids for rare candy
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    L'Arachel reacted to Chrom in Fire Emblem Cipher: Series 13   
    They're releasing additional new markers from the latest set of Hector, Caeda, Fjorm, and Laevatein!
     
    The fourth and final Summer Party event is this weekend, then news about the next set should be coming in soon after.
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    L'Arachel reacted to Chrom in Fire Emblem Cipher: Series 13   
    The Hiroshima event is over! Kotaro Yamada was invited and sketched a cool piece with Roy and Zephiel.
     

     
    And it turned out I was mistaken! They did show off exactly one entirely new piece at the exhibit, female Corrin. Her appearance is based on the FE Fates Crown of Nibelung manga. I haven't read it personally, but conversations I've read in response to this tell me that the outfit she wears comes directly from the manga, and the art style is unmistakably that of the same illustrator. It'll be another tourney promo for October, just like Bunny Lucina.
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