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I'm not sure who I'm going to support. The lineup is meh, especially with Dmitri v.s Edelgard. Unless Team Micaiah gets lucky, she'll likely lose to Seiros. It's a shame because we could have gotten three colorless heroes as the focus units. I already have Seiros, Duo Micaiah, and Edelgard, who IMO don't have the best fodder. At the very least, there's only one brave hero and not two. Otherwise, I'd have to consider which brave hero to knock out. Next year, they should categorize the heroes alphabetically and not by taps.

Legendary Hero Banner +ATK/-HP Yune who was my second pull from my first summon. +HP/-RES Halloween Mia --> great for dealing with vantage units and armored units that HF!Micaiah has trouble dealing with. +HP/-DEF Eir --> might merge into my +RES/-HP copy. +DEF/-ATK B!Lyn --> fodder. +SPD/-HP L!Lucina --> have all the wind legendary heroes now and future vision is fun to play around with. +ATK/-SPD H!Myrrh --> merge into my first +ATK/-SPD copy. +HP/-ATK H!Myrrh --> merge or fodder. Surprised that I even managed to get Yune because green orbs rarely ever appeared during my summoning sessions. Out of Galla Free pull was *4 +ATK/-SPD Eirika First summon ticket was +DEF/-SPD Caineghis. I didn't expect to get him but I'm relieved that I don't have to rely on L!Lyn, Seth or Sharena for the next arena season. Didn't build the latter two up and L!Lyn would likely struggle against DC armors and dragons.

After 100+ orbs of sniping reds, greens and blue sometimes. I don't know why but at the beginning, there were hardly any red orbs. Desire sensor maybe. A!Corrin (F): -ATK/+RES. A!Corrin (F): +ATK/-DEF. Surtr: +DEF/-SPD. L!Roy: Neutral. He was actually my first pull after my free summon. I wished that I was this lucky when pulling for L!Marth. L!Roy: +HP/-DEF. Save him for fodder or merge purposes later. HS!Micaiah: +ATK/-RES. Would have liked higher RES for ploys but she could run some buffs instead. L!Hrid: +HP/-ATK. I guess I could fodder him off for DC but I don't know who to give it to. I'm glad that I managed to get HS!Micaiah before I ran out of orbs. Orb count is too low to try and gun down for Duma so I'll save for L!Marth's return.

Red: L!Roy: I'll wait to see his stats. Otherwise, not interested. HS!Micaiah: Top priority because I don't have her and she'll be useful for AR. Her gorgeous art is a bonus. Hrid: Already have a +ATK/-HP nature. Not that interested in getting another copy but DC is useful. Blue: L!Ephraim: Already have a +DEF/-HP nature. Not interested in getting another copy because his SI is lackluster. A!Corrin (M): Already have a +HP/-RES nature. Another copy or two might be useful so I can give another unit Null Follow Up besides L!Marth when he decides to show up. H!Niles: Not interested in getting him although ATK/SPD Link might be useful. Green: Gunnthra: Already have a +ATK/-HP nature. Not interested in getting another copy. Surtr: No interest in getting him despite how good he is. Most likely would fodder him or just use him for AR, AS and Heroic Ordeals. A!Corrin (F): Already have a neutral nature. She has good IS so don't mind getting her. Colorless: L!Robin (F): Already have a +2 +ATK/-RES. She's a decent unit but has meh SI. HS!Xander: Uninterested in getting him already having more than 7 dancers. A!Mikoto: Low priority in getting and that's solely for her art. Would have skipped this banner in favor of trying to pull for Duma or saving orbs for L!Marth's return. Very few of the units on this banner are appealing to me and I have 2/3 of the units for each color except colorless. I'll be prioritizing red and blue, maybe pulling for green and avoid colorless. Hopefully, I can get HS!Micaiah quickly and leave.

Free pull was H!Myrrh (+ATK/-SPD). Finally have Armor March I guess. Spent about 200 orbs sniping blue or colorless. Leanne (+SPD/-HP). L!Azura (+HP/-SPD) L!Azura (+ATK/-DEF). I wouldn't mind trying to pull for Duma but I'd like to see the units for Feb. Legendary Hero Banner. Don't care for Roy but I want to pull for HS!Micaiah. It's possible that she won't be on this month's legendary banner but I want to be sure.

All my free summons were red sword fliers. Special Hero Summon was Hrid (+SPD/-DEF). Terrible IVs but I could fodder him off. Hopefully, I can get HS!Micaiah on the next legendary banner. After over a year and spending 200+ orbs on her debut banner (getting pity broken 3 times and no focus units), Elincia has finally come home. Best of all, she's +ATK/-HP. TT free summon was *3 Caeda (+HP/-RES).

Cool banner. Gad that PoR is getting proper representation for seasonal banners. Maybe SoV and Judgral can get seasonal banners later on. Mist looks much better than her original version. Overall, her face is better proportioned. Her eyes are now smaller, slightly more width and less height. Don’t know why Miwabe Sakura rendered the eyes differently as they have a similar angle but in opposing directions. Her dress is lovely as well. Ike looks cool. I guess capes are now in the similar vein of bikinis in that they're very heavy. Passing. I need orbs for either the legendary banner or a Hero Rises banner.

Makes sense.

This banner is an easy skip for me. This is an odd theme. How does one fight wearing only robes/towels? Then again, the same question could be posed about fighting in swimsuits. At the very least, Camilla alts have variations unlike some other units (Hector). I'll give her that. If she's a money maker for IS, why is she the free unit? IS had no problems featuring her as a banner unit for NY despite not being Hoshidan. No reason to change that. Camilla's art is a downgrade from Adrift. Her art from that banner looked elegant and had better proportions. Her head looks too small and her face is just off. Her mouth is too low, eyes too off to the side and I guess she had her chin altered? It looks like she had a bust size increase. That or her previous outfits somehow flattened her chest somewhat. Her legs are fine but her arms in her idle pose look a little too thin. I think her damaged art looks better. Her proportions look a bit better. As for how she's able to fight without her towel falling off... I'm guessing double sided tape if it exists in the FE universe. Maybe she became a Malig Knight to learn a spell to solve the issues of lower back pain.

The aesthetics for some of the new characters are nice. I like flying units so I'm glad that Eir is the free unit. No idea who the guy in black/dark blue and the woman beside him are. I guess Bruno went MIA again. Or he probably just died or plotting to overthrow some unknown kingdom off screen. The metal music seems out of place but then again, metal is associated with Norway. Maybe they'll have some metal soundtracks for Book III. As for story, I don't expect much and don't care. Never played the game for the story and just skipped all the dialogue. I'm wondering how they'll incorporate the beast units into the game and how they'll be different from manaketes. Will there be weapons effective against them? Tickets are a cool addition. Shame they can't be used on other banners. Mythic heroes... I guess some other FE lords have a shot at having a special variant. Hopefully the update has more content than presented.

Unlike the Ice and Fire Banner, there were a lot of green orbs. Desire sensor maybe. My summons were: B!Hector: +SPD/-RES (merged with +RES/-DEF) Hrid: +ATK/-HP (Didn't expect to get him) L!Ryouma: +DEF/-RES (merged with my -SPD/+RES L!Ryoma) F!Grima: +DEF/RES/-SPD (merged with my +ATK/-RES F!Grima) I'm looking forward to when F!Grima isn't on any of the legendary banners.

I'm glad that I decided against my decision to spend a few orbs on the Legendary Banner. My luck may have increased but I don't think I'll ever escape the RNG only wanting to give me copies of certain characters. As of now, luckiest banner for me. Shame I didn't save even more orbs. *5 M!Grima: +ATK/-RES *5 M!Grima: +RES/-HP *5 M!Grima: +SPD/-DEF *5 F!Grima: +ATK/-RES (better IVs than my -RES/+HP one) *5 L! Ephraim: +DEF/-HP (didn't expect to get him but the IVs are nice) *5 B! Ninian: +ATK/-RES *5 B! Ninian: +DEF/-RES (21 defense is very impressive) *5 S! Tana: Neutral (not the best but not bad though) Adrift Banner My free summon was *5 F! Adrift Corrin who has a neutral nature.

This banner is underwhelming and an easy pass for me. Wouldn't be surprised if there's going to be no demotes on this banner. The art is nicely done. Mikoto is gorgeous and I like the detached sleeves. Camilla is pretty and looks elegant. If she does end up getting another alt, I'd like her outfit to be something like this (regal but more battle practical). M!Corrin is alright but I would have preferred if they picked a different artist. F!Corrin is decent. I like their attack poses with the exception of F!Corrin's (hers is meh) and Camilla's to an extent (it's fine but kind of boring). In terms of art (IMO) in descending order: #4 F!Corrin, #3 M!Corrin, #2 Camilla and #1 Mikoto with M!Corrin and Camilla's places being interchangeable.

I'm glad that I chose Celica as my free summon instead of Hector. Ended up summoning him twice. B!Hector: +HP/-ATK B!Hector: +RES/-DEF I think I'm done with CYL!2 banner.

I'll go with either Celica (favorite out of the four) or Hector (need more blue armors). I prefer the brave hero art from last year. As much as I like Sachiko Wada's work, Ephraim looks off to me especially his neutral art and color palette. Celica's art is a disappointment as it looks ugly and bland. Even more so when she could have had her Rigain outfit.

I'm slightly concerned that I have better chances of my free pull being Ninian than summoning more than 2 heroes on legendary banners (lately). This is the 3rd time it happened but more merges are never bad. Her nature was +RES/-HP.

Agreed with @Arthur97. Currently, no one has offered a legitimate counterargument (data) against the data he provided. Furthermore, isn't dismissing his arguments as "mansplaining" talking him down? People wanting to defend themselves isn't always because they're unwilling to listen. There's the possibility that someone is mislabelling them and/or making inaccurate accusations about them or their actions. Neither of those women provided statistical data to back their claim and counter his. Both of them have failed to consider the issues fans had with Lyn/Lucina or the differences behind the circumstances of their alts vs other characters. It's disingenuous to ignore those valid issues and label fans as "sexist".

I think it's because of several reasons. 1. Lyn and Lucina have the most amount of alts and both have five. Currently, Hector has two less. 2. Lucina is one of the most prominent representative of 3DS FE. 3. Gameplay wise, Hector is one of the best legendary heroes. He's min maxed, good personal weapon, armor unit, gen 2 BST and unique skill making him good for arena play. Sure, Lyn and Lucina may be more unique but they won't score as high as him due to lower BST, can't abuse VF/BF and steady breath. I don't think any of these reasons are adequate justifications for the lack of creativity behind Legendary!Hector. After all, he had Wolf Berg and at the very least, Lyn and Lucina offer something new to the table. Hector could become controversial if his CYL!Hector still has Armands and he gets another alt (maybe?). At this point, I think Hector is overly attached to Armands. It wouldn't hurt him to utilize another weapon for an occasion.

I question his reasoning. Didn't Reinhardt raise Ishtar? Most likely she would view him as a brother or mentor figure than a potential lover. Wouldn't he be concerned about more important matters such as the liberation army, getting more children and/or crushing rebellions? It seems like a case of screwed priorities.

Alright then. I still would have preferred a different line but fair enough. I guess it's like with Nino's "Do my best line" which was also presented out of context. Thanks for informing me about that.

It's mainly because it's not just her who has a voice line about Reinhardt but also Julius. Unlike her, Reinhardt isn't important to Julius besides him disliking him. That point isn't that important to the story, his character or arc. It just seems like IS is trying to include/increase Reinhardt's presence due to his popularity despite not making sense for said character IMO. I would have preferred a line about her family as that has more of a role in her character/arc from what I can remember of FE5.

L! Lucina has some interesting skills and seems to be a very mobile character. Despite my dislike for Yamada Kotaro, Lucina's art is well done. However, I won't be disappointed if I don't summon her. Red: L! Ryoma: I could use a better nature as my one is +RES/-SPD. NY! Camilla: I have no interest in summoning her despite her gen 2 BST as I already have a *5 +5 Caeda who's part of my arena core and my armor/cavalry check. Paladin!Chrom: Although a dragon check and his weapon is nice, I don't need him. Blue: L! Lucina: Apathetic towards her. Ishtar: Like Azura, I wouldn't mind if I summoned her. I don't need her as I have enough mages already and her art doesn't win me over. As petty as it is, I dislike that one of her voice lines is about Reinhardt (same with Julius). Azura: I wouldn't mind summoning her because dancers will always be useful. However, I'd rather summon other characters. Green: L! Lyn: She's the unit I want the most because I love her art and would like to get SPD Tactics. Hopefully I'll get good or workable IVs. LA! Lilina: Similar to Ishtar, I don't need her. W! Lissia: I would like to summon her to help out my armor team which lacks armor march. Her artwork is an upgrade from her regular version which helps. Colorless: Grima: I already have her but I wouldn't mind more merges. Hopefully I can get a +SPD nature. B!Lyn: The Swift Sparrow fodder would be nice but I'm not aiming to get her. Knishi!Hinoka: I'd rather summon her than her brother or Camilla because of her artwork and she has a cool weapon. Hopefully Alm could be our red bow legendary hero which would suit him. He has canonical access to bows and lacks any alt at all.I know that a lot of people would like Hrid to be the next red legendary hero but I'd prefer Alm for the above reasons. Considering Gunthra's unceremonious treatment, I wouldn't put it past IS to not utilize him properly and dispose of him suddenly. While the FE fanbase is bad, I don't think it's the worst. In my opinion, the Steven Universe fanbase is the worst with Voltron being a close contender for second base. As far as I'm aware, FE fans haven't threaten actors, accused them of pedophilla or enablers of that, harassed other fans/actors and are possibly going to riot over a ship. To add, FE fans haven't almost got the game/show cancelled because of legality reasons. Nor have they harassed a fan artist to attempting to commit suicide over fan art. The above is most what the Voltron fanbase did except for the last which was Steven Universe.

Overall, mixed. The music is quite nice as well as the voice acting (so far). While the CGI animations aren’t the best, they’re nice. The premise seems interesting. The map of the continent is also nice. The character designs and portraits seem more appropriate for a Persona game rather than a Fire Emblem game. I don’t like the female lead’s outfit design or her name. Not fond of the battle animations.

Thankfully this banner wasn’t stingy with green orbs. My free pull was: Dorcas: +ATK/-RES (maybe my -ATK streak is reaching to its’ conclusion) Didnt expect to get him but can’t complain about having a new hero in my barracks.

Didn't think about Galeforce and its' cool down activation. Thanks for bringing that up though. That could work since I have Caeda who can reposition her without being limited by map structures. Thanks for the advice.