Arena Discussion Thread (inc. Assault)

[DLNarshen]

Season 100 Results:

Score: 3,738
Defense: 608
Rank: Tier 20 --> GS

Happy Season 100 folks.  I think the last time I did this was Season 84, when I used Narcian to maintain GS tier during his bonus cycle.  Narcian is back once more to commemorate the 100th season and his 10th and final merge.  It felt good putting those green numbers on his stat sheet.  I actually forgot Est got a new Prf weapon after the run was completed, hence still using the Slaying Spear.  Either way, securing 20/20 kills with her was child's play compared to most of the other bonus units in recent memory...

Arena Assault:

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Rank: 3,769

Previous Season Results:

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Season 12: 4,678 | 284 | 25,513
Season 13: 4,740 | 0 | 19,082
Season 14: 4,794 | 289 | 6,331
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1.3.0 Update
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Season 15: 4,820 | 576 | 15 --> 17
Season 16: 4,788 | 568 | 17 --> 16
Season 17: 4,719 | 568 | 16 --> 17
Season 18: 4,776 | 0 | 17 --> 18
Season 19: 4,780 | 0 | 18 --> 17
Season 20: 4,796 | 578 | 17 --> 18
Season 21: 4,806 | 594 | 18 --> 19
Season 22: 4,792 | 560 | 19 --> 18
Season 23: 4,836 | 288 | 18 --> 19
Season 24: 4,828 | 288 | 19 --> 20
Season 25: 4,838 | 582 | 20 --> 19
Season 26: 4,822 | 578 | 19 --> 20
Season 27: 4,808 | 580 | 20 -->19
Season 28: 4,792 | 580 | 19 --> 18
Season 29: 4,830 | 582 | 18 --> 19
Season 30: 4,822 | 582 | 19 --> 20
Season 31: 4,806 | 584 | 20 --> 19
Season 32: 4,820 | 584 | 19 --> 20
Season 33: 4,812 | 582 | 20 --> 19
Season 34: 4,836 | 582 | 19 --> 20
Season 35: 4,822 | 582 | 20 --> 19
Season 36: 4,838 | 578 | 19 --> 20
Season 37: 4,788 | 580 | 20 --> 19
Season 38: 4,854 | 580 | 19 --> 20
Season 39: 4,830 | 582 | 20 --> 19
Season 40: 4,908 | 0 | 19 --> 20
Season 41: 4,920 | 580 | 20 --> 19
Season 42: 4,922 | 580 | 19 --> 20
Season 43: 4,914 | 582 | 20 --> 19
Season 44: 4,966 | 582 | 19 --> 20
Season 45: 5,006 | 600 | 20 --> 20
Season 46: 5,016 | 600 | 20 --> 20
Season 47: 4,976 | 596 | 20 --> 19
Season 48: 4,972 | 596 | 19 --> 20
Season 49: 4,988 | 600 | 20 --> 19
Season 50: 4,984 | 598 | 19 --> 20
Season 51: 5012 | 604 | 20 --> 19
Season 52: 4,990 | 598 | 19 --> 20
Season 53: 4,848 | 600 | 20 --> 19
Season 54: 4,994 | 602 | 19 --> 20
Season 55: 5,002 | 600 | 20 --> 19
Season 56: 5,050 | 606 | 19 --> 20
Season 57: 5,016 | 608 | 20 --> 19
Season 58: 5,014 | 608 | 19 --> 20
Season 59: 5,052 | 608 | 20 --> 20
Season 60: 5,064 | 612 | 20 --> 20
Season 61: 5,066 | 618 | 20 --> 20
Season 62: 5,088 | 614 | 20 --> 20
Season 63: 5,100 | 610 | 20 --> 20
Season 64: 5,070 | 610 | 20 --> 20
Season 65: 5,068 | 618 | 20 --> 20
Season 66: 5,086 | 309 | 20 --> 20
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2.5.0 Update
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Season 67: 3,642 | 606 | 20 --> 20
Season 68: 3,648 | 614 | 20 --> 20
Season 69: 3,646 | 612 | 20 --> 20
Season 70: 3,668 | 604 | 20 --> 20
Season 71: 3,672 | 618 | 20 --> 20
Season 72: 3,654 | 312 | 20 --> 20
Season 73: 3,658 | 307 | 20 --> 20
Season 74: 3,652 | 616 | 20 --> 20
Season 75: 3,654 | 614 | 20 --> 20
Season 76: 3,654 | 0 | 20 --> 20
Season 77: 3,682 | 616 | 20 --> 20
Season 78: 3,674 | 614 | 20 -- > 20
Season 79: 3,672 | 305 | 20 --> 20
Season 80: 3,678 | 608 | 20 --> 20
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2.8.0 Update
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Season 81: 3,720 | 606 | 20 --> GS
Season 82: 3,681 | 612 | GS --> 20
Season 83: 3,742 | 614 | 20 --> GS
Season 84: 3,786 | 614 | GS --> GS
Season 85: 3,650 | 0 | GS --> 20 | AA: 5,203 (#3,271)

Season 86: 3,721 | 604 | 20 --> GS | AA: 5,216 (#2,805)

Season 87: 3,675 |602 | GS --> 20 | AA: 5,196 (#3,676)

Season 88: 3,719 | 612 | 20 --> 20 | AA: 5,215 (#3,068)

Season 89: 3,706 | 608 | 20 --> 20 | AA: 5,195 (#4,156)

Season 90: 3,726 | 602 | 20 --> 20 | AA: 5,217 (#2,964)

Season 91: 3,725 | 610 | 20 --> 20 | AA: 5,207 (#3,642)

Season 92: 3,732 | 610 | 20 --> GS | AA: 5,206 (#3,466)

Season 93: 3,721 | 612 | GS --> 20 | AA: 5,221 (#2,970)

Season 94: 3,735 | 614 | 20 --> GS | AA: 5,222 (#2,733)

Season 95: 3,742 | 612 | GS --> 20 | AA: 5,222 (#2,957)

Season 96: 3,745 | 608 | 20 --> GS | AA: 5,232 (#2,465)

Season 97: 3,731 | 608 | GS --> 20 | AA: 5,230 (#2,502)

Season 98: 3,745 | 612 | 20 --> GS | AA: 5,088 (#10,007)

Season 99: 3,608 | 616 | GS --> 20 | AA: 5,216 (#3,376)

 

[daisy jane]

:) I squeaked back into tier 19! 
(so. i'll be back at 18 next week heh). 

i think this week my goal is gonna try to do advanced runs in arena assault and see how i do. 

[DarkAlf]

@DLNarshen Congrats on that final merge for Narcian!  I guess we're going to bounce back and forth in arena together!

@daisy jane You made it back to T19!  That extra orb has to feel good!  Congrats!

@Maaka I regret not going to Top 3K in AA with this weak water/wind combo; I probably could've done it if I got 5,214+ like I've been getting the last 2 weeks.  I only got 5,208.

Anyway, back to T21 I go in arena with a 3,730, rank 1,896/16,787.  W!Cecilia with Atk/Res Bond and Atk/Def Bond did a lot better than I thought she would.  No defense wins again, though.

[Maaka]

28 minutes ago, DarkAlf said:

@Maaka I regret not going to Top 3K in AA with this weak water/wind combo; I probably could've done it if I got 5,214+ like I've been getting the last 2 weeks.  I only got 5,208.

Anyway, back to T21 I go in arena with a 3,730, rank 1,896/16,787.  W!Cecilia with Atk/Res Bond and Atk/Def Bond did a lot better than I thought she would.  No defense wins again, though.

Agh, that’s too bad about AA, but congrats on T21 again! W!Cecilia is super good with the bonus stats and her weapon. Throw the bonds in and she can tank so much. Just hurts that she’s a range unit and can’t EP most armors.

[Zelgius]

21 hours ago, Azuris said:

Thanks a lot. That's what I get for reading over it too quick.

That will also be really good for Zelgius, so you might be happy about that.

The extra points will be nice to have, and it's also good because my Zelgius is -HP, which means he'll have 50 HP. That's a nice number to have, especially for Panic Ploy. 

[Chrom-ulent]

I thought it was too late for Est, but I refined her anyway. Good to see it's one more week of her as bonus. I am using a flying team of Caeda (Windsweep ensures she chips Surtr so Est can poke through), Olivia, and Myrrh to support her.

First run: Laughed at enemy Est with only one flier ally. Cried when the other two were Merric and Soren, Merric being able to one-round any of my team. Second run was much better.

I've only maintained 20, never promoting, since stepping back from spending. But, this may be my chance to return to 21 if I merge Est instead of Soren this week. The merge patches the Def flaw, which may help her in Assault in the future.

...And I remembered I always sent her home and had no spare copies. I went to the Legendary, buying the little packs to chip away circles with more blues than I had orbs for. Mission accomplished, and I am now grinding out the Tenth Stratum for the orbs and SP.

Edited January 1, 2019 by Chrom-ulent

[DLNarshen]

20 hours ago, DarkAlf said:

Congrats on that final merge for Narcian!  I guess we're going to bounce back and forth in arena together!

Thanks!  It certainly seems that way!  It's nice to have an off week in between arena seasons. 

[Chrom-ulent]

The highlight of my run this time: Est surviving an enemy Clarisse that got guided into her face - without Iote's Shield. Good old Desperation and Galeforce let her beat the rest of the team down.

[Maaka]

Bit early, but here are my weekly scores:

T21 score: 3802 - Rank 585/1456 (/4854)

AA score: 5290 - Rank 448

Now that I have a +5 L!Azura, my scores on water weeks will likely be much better than before. Hopefully I can save up a ton of orbs for March when she returns to +10 her.

[Diovani Bressan]

I just did my five arena battles, and I got a Score of 3.738. Right now I am on Rank 190, and to be promoted to Tier 21 is 1~966. I believe I will get my 8th crown at the end of this season.

The bonus unit I am using is Linus, with Basilikos (no refinement) / Reposition / Luna / Brazen Atk/Spd 3 / Vanatge 3 / Threaten Def 3 / Close Def 3 Seal.

[mampfoid]

Might change to Linus as well. I just burned 70 crests all afternoon and didn't get a deathless streak with Sharena (much fishing involved). She killed a +10 Sutr even, but I died to other armors or ranged units. 

[Javi Blizz]

3702 with Sharena. I'm not sure if that will even serve to stay in T20 -.-

Last week I stayed with 3718, but I was in promotion to T21 until the last day. Not sure if I want to re-do arena today or tomorrow, though

[Syllabear]

Did my run and got 3662. It's enough to get me into T20 so I'm done. A bit early but I was too excited to use my newly built Sharena! Only missed a kill on the last map. Here she is in the full glory, fully buffed in my tactic team. And that's excluding in-combat buff! 

 

[mampfoid]

6 hours ago, Syllabear said:

Did my run and got 3662. It's enough to get me into T20 so I'm done. A bit early but I was too excited to use my newly built Sharena! Only missed a kill on the last map. Here she is in the full glory, fully buffed in my tactic team. And that's excluding in-combat buff! 

Triple Bond is great, right? I gave my Sharena the special refine, SPD/DEF on A and plus ATK/DEF seal. She tanked a L!Azura and a Cherche (+10) on the same map. No healing (M!Marth needed to tank a Lilina) and no defense tiles involved. 

Renewal is actually a good idea, perhaps I'll give her ATK smoke on top of that.  

After burning so many crests yesterday, I finally got my streak done. 3,727 is a little low, but perhaps it's enough to get me another crown. 

[Syllabear]

@mampfoid No joke, she somehow tanked a double from Aether charged Hector. And yeah, Renewal is really useful just in case I have to stale the game and because she does all the tanking most of the time.

Do you find Spd a bit too much? Mine could reach 55+ Spd with ally support and Marth's Falchion buff. Either Atk/Def or Res Bond on slot A should do I think?

[mampfoid]

6 hours ago, Syllabear said:

@mampfoid No joke, she somehow tanked a double from Aether charged Hector. 

Oh wow, that guy knows how to hit as well.

6 hours ago, Syllabear said:

Do you find Spd a bit too much? Mine could reach 55+ Spd with ally support and Marth's Falchion buff. Either Atk/Def or Res Bond on slot A should do I think?

I usually like my units speedy (can't be too fast), but I thought DEF was more important to add for her. 

Also I had not much choice, NY!Camilla was my only ever Bond fodder. A DEF/RES Bond would be perfect on A, but never got a winter Fae. 

Was running Swordbreaker on B to not worry about speedy swords. 

[Chrom-ulent]

This makes two days in a row where I've taken a casualty on the first battle of Assault. That little ball of stats, H!Myrrh, was always the cause.

About the only thing keeping her off the shit-list for me is that I had to use my (unmerged and therefore not a ball of stats) copy to beat L!Azura Abyssal.

[Usana]

L!Azura is really beginning to tick me off. The extra move is annoying enough, but the bigger issue for me has been that I am using NY!Laegjarn as my bonus and for some reason Azura will absolutely refuse to attack anything on my team except Laegjarn so even on map where I should be able to separate her I can not because she will not take any bait. She doesn't care if the unit is a DC-less red or not. Laegjarn is the only one whose blood she is after. I guess regular Eirika and Armored Myrrh just have too much res to be a valid target? But yeah her absolute refusal to take any kind of bait is really grinding my gears.

[Zelgius]

I finally got round to properly building up Sharena with her refine for Arena, so far I've not had to do that but she is my highest scoring unit for this season so now is as good a time as any. I won't be able to maintain tier 21, but I think she might be able to score enough to go back to 21 next season. I still have to properly build Alfonse but that depends on what other bonus units will be in use when his bonus time comes along.

[XRay]

Yeah, VS!Azura is annoying; I have been retrying Arena Assault at least twenty times now. Hopefully they release Chill Null Dance/Sing to disable Dance/Sing.

[LordFrigid]

15 minutes ago, XRay said:

Yeah, VS!Azura is annoying; I have been retrying Arena Assault at least twenty times now. Hopefully they release Chill Null Dance/Sing to disable Dance/Sing.

Thunderous Shout 3: Deafens opponents, and makes the ground quake (or Pegasi jitter) just enough to throw off enemy dancers’ rhythm.

[XRay]

I am finally done with Arena Assault and got 5,088. Maybe it would have been easier if I ran some counters instead of my Blessed units.

[Stroud]

Score is 3,694. It is the first week I give up and fall back to T19. Forcing TT Laegjarn through this one is just downright furstrating, all enemy teams feel like counterpicks. Sometimes I even have 3 green enemies. 
Will be a missed opportunity, because I could stay T21 for 2 seasons with Athena. But I'd rather keep my duellcrests and be a bit more relaxed. Next week has Athena, which means it will be payback time.

[Diovani Bressan]

Right now, I am on Rank 837, with a score of 3.738, and using Linus as my bonus unit. Tier 21, here I go... again.

On AA, I am on Rank 9.338, with a score of 4.933. I never dedicated myself to this mode, so I don't care about my score in AA.

[Ice Dragon]

On 1/12/2019 at 11:10 AM, Usana said:

L!Azura is really beginning to tick me off. The extra move is annoying enough, but the bigger issue for me has been that I am using NY!Laegjarn as my bonus and for some reason Azura will absolutely refuse to attack anything on my team except Laegjarn so even on map where I should be able to separate her I can not because she will not take any bait. She doesn't care if the unit is a DC-less red or not. Laegjarn is the only one whose blood she is after. I guess regular Eirika and Armored Myrrh just have too much res to be a valid target? But yeah her absolute refusal to take any kind of bait is really grinding my gears.

Dancers will prioritize dancing if they can't do enough damage to any unit in range.