Destiny Hero

If you feed your V-Ike to a chonker like Arden, then you need to turn in your queer card. It's written here in the 2019 1st quarter edition of the gay agenda, section Husbandos, subsection JPEG Twunks.

Oh, golly. So I'm looking into this BS, and apparently Legendary Lyn and a whole bunch of 3* units got most of their votes because the Where's Walhart game was not randomized, so whoever was on the default screen got picked by the casuals. And then Duma wins because he is the newest unit. After going real easy on the previous Laguz, NY, winter, and two legendary summons, and getting lucky with Ike and Soren, I'll probably have 400 orbs by the end of the month. I just haven't been eager to screwed on these newest offerings.

Try committing to Wary Fighter first. Getting doubled will wear you down, especially when it means taking Moonbows. Vengeful Fighter will make the second and third enemies likely to kill. Cecilia herself is already getting most of her kills in two hits, or one hit with Iceberg, With 49 47 ATK and a dagger she isn't that weak. Remember that Cecilia's #1 job is to survive. She's not desperate for kills.

I love the art style--did anyone else notice that Link's appearance here is taken directly from his chibi style in the photography spots in the original game? That said, I'm not thrilled about it reusing the ALBW engine. The gameplay looks slower and easier. It doesn't seem like this game was meant to be challenging to series veterans, so I'll be sitting out.

With enough bulk, it's usually enough just to activate the enemy's forces and/or clog them up. One of many reasons why I think high ATK is overrated.

Listening to that hammy guy trying to narrate the dramatic trailers... just stop. Go home. Nintendo, you have other people. And that entire Dragon Quest trailer was the most pompous and masturbatory video game announcement I've ever seen. I thought it was summarizing this generic JRPG prince for a Smash reveal, but nope--it was just the developers splooging all over my computer screen for five minutes.

Here's my take on Three Houses: The reveal trailer was pure gibberish, a steaming heap of crap that showed a failure to understand some of the most basic rules of even the simplest forms of storytelling. And now, even with this extended second look, there is no plot. There are no stakes, there are no antagonists, there is no story. Three Houses is making Fates look like The Great Gatsby. And then from a gameplay perspective, it's straying way too far from what made Fire Emblem successful in the first place--its simplicity. You're given units which only grow in one or two directions, so while the strategies are all up to you, you always know what pieces you're dealing with. You're given freedom, but not so much that you feel lost and overwhelmed. With this newest game especially, unit growth looks totally open-ended, at which point you may as well be playing any other game. Three Houses is not going to capture new or wide audiences like previous Fire Emblem games have. I am not excited to crawl through an endless swamp of battle prep sub-menus having no idea of whether I'm moving in the right direction. Those are the parts where I give up on playthroughs. Ability to check Lilina, Ophelia, Lucina, Reinhardt, Brave Lyn, and Eir, and not individually either. Doing this with a color will give you a hole that backup dancers will punch right through. Ranged wall, Galeforce tank, Loki, and Aversa. Those are the only ways I know of for beating AR cancer.

Niles has single-handedly pulled me through almost every battle, ever. At least, with full +6 buffs, which you can get even without Legendary Azura. One solid unit with near-full investment in their ranged defenses plus good speed, preferably colorless, will probably be easier and more consistent than praying you can get Galeforce shenanigans off. One or two users of Atk Ploy will be a godsend, and Panic Ploy is almost always useful. I've had a level 4 offensive fortress for a long time now because I haven't gone for the level 4 defensive, and it sure is useful for me. Are you not tanking your way through the world with a stack of Ward Dragons? At least go for high-scoring teams during Light weeks. It's just the off-season tier 18-19+ weeks where you've got no hope of getting to the next tier. But also, don't fret at all if you're like me and you're just going to endlessly hoard all of your grails and feathers anyway.

you know that feeling when a new announcements presentation is about to drop so you go about your next few hours clearing up whatever you can and getting a nice snack ready and oh it's tomorrow never mind everything is ruined

I took two hours today to build what I thought would be the optimal Ike+Soren duo. Took it through the New years/Hot Springs Chain Challenge and got destroyed. Maybe that one's just extra difficult because of the torrent of debuffs. I don't know. I thought this would make me happy, but it only made my day worse. V-Ike (+Res) W: Heart's Blade (+res) (also considering Barrier Blade) A: Swap S: Radiant Aether a: Distant Counter b: Special Fighter c: Even Speed Wave s: Armored Boots V-Soren (+S/-D) W: Blarblade A: Draw Back S: Iceberg a: Atk/Res Bond b: Atk/Res Link c: Spur Def/Res s: Heavy Blade (not sure what goes here) Having a red for your tank and a blue for your glass cannon is bad. You want the tank to be the unit who has to duel their own color. Armors and cavs also have no synergy. But I did the best I could. They have to be supported by a green who can handle ranged blues, and a way to get Soren out of range. For me, that was Young Azura with Wings of Mercy. You also need an ally with Def Tactic. Took forever to finish Soren because his entire kit needs to be replaced no matter what you do with him. Too frail for anything but Blade, but I couldn't reliably get his attack high enough. This was my first time seriously using a Blade tome and... ugh. He was so unreliable. And Ike was getting wrecked even with Def Tactic, Heart's Blade, and ally support getting him up to 46.

You wanted ROY!? You utter madman. I've never gotten attached to my H-Mia because I've been anticipating a Legendary Elincia, but she can be very nifty. A flying healer packs lots of versatility.

An extra Spring Camilla with little use, followed by a Bridal Tharja. At least that means Veronica gets Atk/Spd Bond to replace Speed +3. It's just hard to get excited about an event where I was more likely to walk away with nothing than anything. But I'm having a really great time with my Valentine's couple. Even if V-Soren doesn't actually synergize well with Ike and is mostly a worse L'Arachel, it just makes me happy.

The new merge system makes a second Ike worth shooting for if you've got the orbs. As for Ike Emblem, it does sound more fun than it is.

In 200 orbs I got a +SPD/-DEF Soren and two Ikes. Neither Ike is optimal, but I think I'll try taking the +RES over the +HP. If I give him a RES-refined Barrier Blade, I can bring his RES from the usual 19 up to 33! Or even 39 with a buff, making him the tank I was hoping for. Happy pity breaker story: I've had Ephraim since release and use him every now and then for fun teams. But he was -ATK, and now I have a +DEF merge for him! It took me forever to get a playable unit above 50 ATK. I now have a bench of 100 5-stars at level 1, so now I can take my 620,000 feathers and go on another merging/inheritence spree.

Yep. Right now there are 343 Veronica's Ordeals. Tomorrow's new seasonals will bump that up to 348.