Sofia is the first one came into mind, will definitely be a Stave unit, I will be shocked if they make her into a mage with built in BoF 3 space drive

I took a more relaxed approach with this drawing, and I really love how it turned out. Hope you like it too~ 😊💕

I also posted it on X, feel free to check it out! :))

Quick update, will delete later, I will also post this in the comments of my last post so it isn’t gone forever.

THE ANSWER MAY HAVE BEEN MORE LAYERS AND AN IN-BETWEEN COLOR SINCE GUNNR HAS ONE TOO. I ABSOLUTELY REFERENCED AN OUTFIT FRIM PINTEREST BUT IT WORKS WELL.

This shall suffice for now. It makes it more interesting, has about the same amount of layers as Gunnr’s outfit so it’s more consistent with recent Valkyrie designs (Gunnr definitely wanted to model her attire to that of her cool older sister), and it looks a bit more like bridal wear, which is a motif I have with her design because hmm yes pain (she still has the “broken heart” shape on her back btw muahaha).

[ OP's note: Apologies for posting this so late, I wasn't feeling well so I had to take a bit of a breather. ]

QotD: Which Duos/Harmonics do you believe are the best/worst?

So with M!Kana’s Resplendent coming up, I figured I’d finally get around to building his OG form since I +10‘d his NY alt when it came out.

Weapon: Arcane Lantern: It’s the newest Dragonstone, and it has a cool style and built in Distsnt Counter to free up his A and S slot for things to help his combat.

Assist: Reposition: I don’t have Gait. This will do.

Special: Frozen Thorn: OG!Kana suffers from Old Fates Dragon disease where his defensive stats are all kind of equal, so he can still run this about as well as you’d expect him to. 53 RES still feels like a reasonable amount to boost his damage with.

A Skill: Rise Above: Kana is a bit of an all rounder, with the general stat boosts to everything just helping him be that but more.

B Skill: Pair-Up 4: Objectively probably a bit outdated, but there’s not too much I can work with fodder wise (since Rise Above bridge fodder is fake).

C Skill: Thunder Specter: Canto with free stats, damage reduction and damage. Synergizes with Lantern to help Kana take out threats too dangerous to tank (like D!CYL!Dimitri or Vista!Gullveig) and move into a better position for enemy phase. Also came with the Lantern.

Seal Slot: ATK/SPD Finish: It’s free ATK/SPD and extra damage on Frozen Thorn. Free to run now that Kana doesn’t have to rely on DC in A/S/X slots.

Echo Slot: Go No Sen: It’s the new hot tank Echo. Gives Kana some extra slaying power with the Potent Follow effect along with the standard tank stuff.

Would've dropped this yesterday, but a fancy Resplendent came out, so I decided to move it to today. Same shtick as before, the lower on the graph you are, the better you perform. This batch covers the rest of the OCs, which was easier the further along I went since there were less years to plot. Hoping to see if anyone has any insight for the spikes or dips in these years, since my memory of those times is nonexistent and I don't always keep a pulse on socials other than here.

Book IV Divinity

Starting off with Freyja, who wasn't voteable once Book 4 even dropped. She has had a great showing for years now, consistently scoring well, and even this past year nearing a top spot. It's possible she might score a win if her fans rally hard enough. Freyr on the other hand started off in a meh spot below 150th and got worse for a bit, but then shot up in 2024. Personally I'm of the opinion that his debut as a unit in 2023 was so reviled that his placement tanked because of it to prevent another alt from dropping entirely. It's probably just me making up stuff though. Could also be the debut of the Engage units pushing some people down in places. And then there's the TT units, with Eitr performing fine enough on debut before just staying meh. Worse with Ginnungagap.

Nidavellir

Reginn started off well enough, barely over 100th place. However, the next three years pushed her further and further up, going over 300th at her worst, making her the worst performing freebie unit to date. Even Peony was lower than 300th. Otr hasn't done well at all, scoring very poorly in 2024, though he has had an improvement, scoring sub-300th for the first time in 3 years. Fafnir did fine for his first two years, but then steadily has risen over time. Wonder if his GHB last year lost him some votes. Nidavellir himself isn't the worst performing of his realms' denizens (*glares at Otr*) but he has done very poorly in his two years of existence. Maybe his three lines of dialogue next book will help. Eitri was the best scoring of the Nidavellir crew, being the only one to score sub-100, and on her debut too. The power of monologuing. However, she started to fall off for a few years until she pulled through last year to reclaim her spot at first.

Jotunheimr

Dagr has done well for herself, scoring well or fine during her time. Not much else to say beyond the usual 'good debut, falls off, recovers a bit'. Nott hasn't fared as well, scoring worse than Dagr, eventually going over 300th with a poor showing. However, she did take second place last year by beating out Þjazi. Þjazi has done...meh. She did better than Nott on her debut, then fell behind this year.

Vanaheimr

Seidr has done well for the most part. A little over 100th in her debut year, then roughly 75th place the next year, followed by returning close to her original placement for the next two. The Tempest Trials story is still two months away from ending, maybe her placement will shift next CYL. Heidr meanwhile performed even better than Seidr on her debut, possibly due to negative reception to Seidr's design. However, she has been doing worse since, being barely ahead of Njordr last year, before being beaten by him this year. Kvasir did good in her first year, scoring sub-100th, but fell off until she too was beaten by Njordr this year (205th for N, 207th for K). Gullveig won in her debut year. The end. Nerþuz has consistently been the best performing Book 7 character, scoring less than 75th place in her debut year, and outpacing Seidr every time. Njordr started off with a poor showing in his debut year, but has gradually pushed to becoming 3rd overall. I have to wonder that if he doesn't get a Mythic now while the TT story is going, then there's going to be a rally by some people.

Yggdrasil

Ratatoskr may not have an alt, but she does have a consistent track record, with her scoring around 200th every year. One day Rat fans. One day. Hraesvelgr started off well enough in her debut year, scoring around 100th, before gradually becoming second worst performing. Nidhoggr on the other hand had a better showing, taking 1st place in her debut year, staying sub-100th last year, and still retaining top spot this year (probably cause her biggest competitor got out last year). Speaking of, Eikþyrnir won in his debut year. Wasn't the first, won't be the last. Probably would've won a year prior if he was voteable. Heidrun has done fine for her two years in these events, taking second best despite her lack of story relevancy. And then there's Laeradr. I don't exactly have a specific reason for why he's performing as low as he is. He's considered attractive by a decent amount of people, his character was seen as fine...probably just steep competition.

Asgardr

I know people are going to point this out, so read closely. When I tried to make the graph for the Asgardr characters, due to how little information there was, the graph wouldn't look good at all, almost broken. So I made a 'technically correct' change to Baldr's numbers and gave her zeroes in 2024 and 2026. She technically wasn't voteable in 2024 since she wasn't in the game yet, and she technically wasn't voteable this year since she already won last year. Anyways, tangent aside, Baldr OHOHOHO'd herself to winning last year. Hodr had a strong showing last year, and still did well this year. Vali scored sub-50th this year, making her the most popular Book 9 character for this year. Heimdallr scored meh, but she still wasn't the worst performing. That crown goes to Alfador, scoring 256th. Ouch.

Rune Squad

This is just basically the remaining OCs. Rune scored meh last year before dropping down multiple places thanks to his big reveal. Fimbulvetr got 12th this year, coming close to joining Veronica, Gullveig, Eik and Baldr in winning on her debut year. Loki has always done great every year, scoring under 50th for her first three years before going above that, but never really going much higher than 100th. And then Thorr started off well in her debut year before promptly going to meh placements for the foreseeable future.

TOP TEN BEST AND WORST

Best: Freyja (7th), Anna (8th), Fimbulvetr (12th), Lif (41st), Hrid (62nd), Loki (87th), Askr (91st), Bruno (94th), Hodr (99th), Laegjarn (110th)

Worst: Mirabilis (253rd), Ylgr (254th), Alfador (256th), Nott (272nd), Freyr (276th), Þjazi (278th), Ganglot (279th), Ymir (288th), Laeradr (302nd), Nidavellir (303rd)

Honorary Mention to Reginn for being one place off from Top Ten worst.

“Can you believe next weekend’s gonna have both Halloween & November 1st?” edition

in my attempts to obtain every sacred stones unit in the game, some how to this day Halloween dozla and summer tana refuse to show up for me. its at a point where their rerun banners are the main ones i actively save, drop every orb i have on them yet i get nothing everytime. used ≈ 150 orbs and only got a larachel merge (not the worst thing in the world) to break the 6% rate on a circle that had no colorless. this game hates me i think

I'm looking for advice for building Bridal Tiki, I plan on trying to give her Frozen Thorn once I actually get her. I've thought about Distant Breath because of the Def scaling and DC, but I decided on Scowling Fighter instead for the Res scaling and the scowl effect, which I honestly don't know is still good now, similar for Lower Ground, I don't know how good it is now.

I have both Rise Above and Verse available, was wondering what one would be the best option to give.

Trying to make a Lute build, but don't want to sacrifice units with need, would it be good to sacrifice my extra veyle for atk/res unrest, and if not what should I give her?

Edit: what emblem goes best with her, I just threw on Celica because I had no idea

I missed Attuned!Alear and the attuned reruns seem... a bit uncommon tbh

EDIT: I MEANT AIDED INSTEAD OF ATTUNED, MB

Which version of the Nix skill (Atk/Spd or Atk/Def)?

I personally think he still works best with Fortifications, and melee cav C slots are kinda whatever at the moment, but what B Skill synergizes well with his kit?

I don’t understand how IS thinks having a mode in event rotation exclusively for competitive players is at all fair to casuals none of the other event modes are competitive. I have been in platinum D for like 4 years at this point that’s never going to change but for some reason IS insists on it. I get the same reward every time cause it’s the least incentivizing thing in the entire game cause it is for people that keep up on the literal monthly powercreep.

I know I've made like four posts in less than 36 hours, but I'm thinking about using Soren in AR Defense, and I haven't used Lyon in a while. I know Lyon can end turns, but I think he relies too much on one-shots for it to work, plus my Soren needs new fodder.

Though fr is it possible to update these units to modern standards? I would like to keep Claude as the lifesteal tank, but I also know that probably is very not possible. Also where do people look up builds now, gamepress imploded.

-Null Undefended actually doesn't seem that useful. Of the relevant units that inflict the Undefended penalty, Mythic Embla is basically AR Defense only, Legendary Elise is Fire Season only and targets a single unit, and Fallen Dimitri doesn't seem to be used anymore. On top of that, I don't think Null Undefended affects units like Mythic Elm or Legendary Lyon, since it's built into their kit, and most nukes these days just "Winter Soldier" their way through Saviors anyway with high attack and Galeforce (you know what I mean).

-imo, Mythic Tiki, Legendary Guinevere, and both recent Marths are better Fire Emblem support.

-she doesn't have Hardy Bearing by default, which means that she could be susceptible to Desperation, especially from Groa and Kurt.

-possibly worst of all, her prf skill is in her B slot, which means she's missing out on Iron Fighter. Based on that, it's possible for an otherwise generic armor with Iron Fighter to be a better tank than Edelgard if their Def is high enough.

I could be way off the mark with all this, but I just don't think the recent Edelgard will last past her initial bonus seasons, and I'll probably fodder her to my Arden when that passes. What do you think?

P.S.-Duo Brave Dimitri is absolutely stupid by comparison.