Work In Progress Fire Emblem Heroes: Finally found Forrest, MIA since 2017

[Erureido]

New Feh Channel:

Let's see here:

• Turns out that new Líf from the recent Tempest Trials+ is not Ascended Líf, but the first of a new type of heroes known as Rearmed Heroes. Rearmed Heroes' main gimmick is that they can pass down their Prf-weapons (known as "Arcane Weapons") to other units, and they do not get used up after the Skill Inheritance. In-game notifications confirmed that Arcane Weapons cannot be ran alongside Prf-skills, so you cannot combine something like an Arcane Sword with Legendary Seliph's unique skill. From what it looks like, Arcane Weapons will be another tool to help older units catch up to newer units.
• The next New Heroes banner will focus on Three Hopes, the recent Fire Emblem Warriors game. Since that game was focused on Three Houses, I think is technically the new Three Houses banner. The featured units in this banner are Monica, Male Shez, Ascended Hilda (based on her Three Hopes outfit), Rearmed Líf. Female Shez can be initially obtained from quests, while Holst is the GHB.
• A few new updates to some of the game modes:
  • There will now be Hall of Forms revivals with new banners alongside them. Future Hall of Forms revivals will be decided from Twitter polls.
  • Binding Worlds will get a new update where you can view information on the past Heroes from others you utilized and send friend requests to those Summoners in a back log fashion.
  • A score increase to Favor Battles for Summoner Battles on weekends.

Rearmed Líf also got a fancy new trailer:

And here is the New Heroes trailer for the upcoming Three Hopes banner:

Taking a closer look at the featured units:

• Male Shez is an infantry sword user. His Crimson Blades are his unique Brave weapon that give him an automatic +5 Spd boost and an automatic Def/Res debuff of 5 on his foe. The weapon can also gain a few handy effects depending on his HP: when his HP is 20% or higher, he gains a +1 Special cooldown charge per attack, and when his HP is 40% or higher, the foe's first attack has its damage reduced by 40%. His base skill kit also has Moonbow, the new Spd/Def Bullwark 3 skill, and Atk/Spd Oath 4.
• Monica is a blue infantry tome user whose Wind Genesis tome with a slaying effect, a +6 Atk/Spd boost along with Desperation when her HP is 25% or higher, and an additional +6 Atk/Spd boost during combat along with a penalty effect on the foe's Spd/Res stats based on their Special cooldown charge as long as the same HP requirements apply. She also Glimmer, Atk/Spd Ideal 4, and the new Spd/Res Tempo 3 skill in her base skill kit.
• Ascended Hilda is an axe infantry user. Her Fuming Freikugel can function as both a support weapon and as a good combat weapon. The support effects are that it provides a +3 boost to all stats and damage reduction on the first attack from the foe by 20% to allies that either have more Def than she does or when she has not entered combat. The combat effects are that when she is solo or is not near an ally with more Def than her, she gains a +6 boost to her Atk/Spd during combat, damage reduction on the first attack from the foe by 40%, and true damage based on her Spd when her Special triggers. She also has Luna, Atk/Spd Solo 4, the new Velocity 3 B-skill (which looks to be a new variation of the dodge skills), and Joint Drive Spd. Seems like she makes good skill fodder as well.
• Rearmed Líf is much like what he was when he fought him in the recent Tempest Trials+ chapter. His Arcane Éljuônir functions much like before, and his base skill kit has his signature Open the Future Special, the new Atk/Def Clash 4 skill (the Atk/Def variation of the Clash skill Brave Seliph introduced), his signature Deadly Balance B-skill, and Atk/Def Menace 4.
• Holst is the GHB and appears to be an infantry sword user whose base skill kit includes a new Prf-weapon called Warrior's Sword, Blazing Light, Atk/Spd Ideal 3, and Atk/Spd Oath 3.
• Not much is known about Female Shez other than she is infantry axe user.

Not bad for our first Rearmed Heroes banner.

 

[Ivander]

OMG......I just saw a post by someone who suggested the idea that Rearmed Lif, and other Rearmed Heroes, could be used as a Premium Skill Giver and after looking at it, if that idea actually works, than good lord.

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1. Okay, so to give the idea, you give Lif the needed premium skills like the Distant Counter skills, things like Swift Sparrow 3, Fury 4, basically any big premium fodder. Once he has what you want to give, you then use him to give whatever to any unit you want to give Premium skills to. It doesn't have to be Sword units with his Rearmed weapon, it can be used for any character you want to give Premium stuff too.
2. Once you give a character whatever with Arcane Inheritance, when you get another Rearmed Lif, you merged the "used" Lif into the Lif who's Arcane Inheritance has not been used. Because of how merging works, any Premium skills you gave to the old Lif should be passed onto the new Lif. And then you can use the new Lif's Arcane Inheritance to give any of those skills and/or his weapon to another character.
3. In other words, if this works, you can use Lif as a Premium skill giver(for skills he can inherit) not just to Sword users, but to practically any character you want anytime you get a new copy of him and you merged the "used" Lif into the "unused" Lif, as long as , or any Rearmed Hero, are not restricted

This may be the reason why Rearmed Lif is not part of the Summoning Pool after the Banner because if you were to pull him as part of the Summoning Pool, you can and would be practically pulling a free Premium Skill List for any of your characters anytime you get him. But even then, if it works, that is amazing for F2P players who roll for him or other Rearmed Heroes they want to get.

 

[chocolatejr9]

New Legendary Hero:

 

[Erureido]

New Legendary Hero:

Legendary Ninian being Green was not too surprising, but being a cavalry dancer? Now that's a surprise. Also nice to see Brianna Knickerbocker return to voice Ninian again.

Her weapon and dance skill make her to be a supportive and offensive dancer, and quite a potent one at that. Faithful Breath provides a +3 Atk boost to herself, a -6 Def/Res debuff on the nearest foes to her and the target ally of her dance, a +6 boost to her Atk/Spd when her HP is 40% or higher, the offensive half of Null Follow-Up 3 if she initiates combat, and she can negate the foe's counterattack when she initiates combat and has weapon triangle advantage or a Penalty is active on the foe. Wow! Dragon's Dance essentially functions as the Dance version of To Change Fate! With her kit, you are making her both dance and be a strong attacker on the next action.

The rest of her base skill kit has Atk/Spd Catch 4, S/R Near Trace 3, and Blue Feud 3. For skill fodder, she is alright. She seems more worthwhile as a unit to use, especially with her being a Dancer.

The other units to pull in this banner are Legendary Lilina, Reginn, Fallen Lilith, Legendary Female Byleth, Nótt, Fallen Ninian, Legendary Male Byleth, Legendary Xander, Mila, Tine, and Ascended Florina.

Green definitely looks like the best color in this banner, so that's what I'll snipe for.

 

[Troykv]

New Legendary Hero:

I like the beams, it's funny how Ninian has very weak attacks in Heroes so in order to sell this as the Ninian that Solos Dragons, they made her breath attack go EXTRA, with the power of Bramimond and co.

 

[chocolatejr9]

It is the SPOOKY MONTH!

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[Erureido]

It is the SPOOKY MONTH!

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Draco-Halloween again, but it sure is a surprise to see a character like Naga be the 4-star demote. Also, this is probably just me, but the way how Duma is drawn in that Halloween art reminded me of Eren Yeager; Duma gave off a very Eren-like to me. Anyways:

• Female Corrin is a blue infantry manakete. Her Moonlight Stone grants her a slaying effect, Shield's Pulse both with even more damage reduction, Spectrum +5 during the enemy phase or if the foe has at least 75% HP or higher, CD acceleration per hit combined with Guard. She is also the first unit to have a whole range of Tier 4 skills in her base skill kit: hers has the new Atk/Spd Finish 4 skill (the Atk/Spd version of the new A-skill Brave Adult Tiki introduced), Dragon's Wrath 4, and Joint Drive Atk. Her special is also the same as her Legendary alt.
• Male Corrin is a green infantry manakete. His Starlight Stone has a slaying effect combined with a Lull Atk effect during the enemy phase or if the foe has 75% HP or higher, Guard, healing per hit, and 1st hit damage reduction when the foe can double. His base skill kit also has Moonbow, Distance Stance (1st unit to have this upgraded DC skill since Legendary Fae who introduced some time ago), and Dragon's Ire 4.
• Naga is a colorless flier manakete. Her Serenity Breath+ is a new inheritable weapon for other manaketes that applies a -5 Atk/Res debuff and follow-up attack negation on foes under the same conditions like the two Halloween Corrins have. The rest of her base skill kit has Rally Up Atk+, Atk/Res Catch 3, and Atk/Res Rein 3.
• Duma+Naga are the Duo unit of the banner and are a red armored manakete. Their Ghostly Lanterns has a slaying effect, a Lull Atk effect when they have 25% or more HP, the defensive half of NFU, and a similar kind of Guard effect Brave Tiki has. Their base skill kit includes Glimmer, the new Distant Ferocity A-skill that is the Atk-boosting power creep version of DC, Dragon Wall 3, and Woeful Upheaval. Woeful Upheavel is their exclusive C-skill that functions as an upgraded version of normal Duma's special C-skill of the same name, only this one has damage reduction and a Far Save Savior effect packed into it.
  • Their Duo skill restores 30 HP and applies both penalty neutralization and foes' bonus neutralization for themselves and their allies.
• Nils will also be the TT reward unit and a green infantry manakete.

This is a stacked banner in both superbly viable units as well as top tier skill fodder all around. No doubt I will be pulling from this banner at some point.

 

[Ivander]

The designs look really great. Also interesting to note that this F!Corrin was not done by Sencha who did all F!Corrins after Summer Corrin. That said, ever since Rearmed Heroes were introduced, all I've been looking at mainly is upcoming fodder for the Melee Infantry Rearmed Hero that happens at some point. And this Banner has some really good fodder options, like ATK/SPD Finish 4 and the DC skills.

 

[chocolatejr9]

Well, at least Awakening can still get a FEW more banners (unless they update CYL again):

 

[cashregister9]

Well, at least Awakening can still get a FEW more banners (unless they update CYL again):

They are also adding the glorious stache as a GHB

 

[Ivander]

Well, at least Awakening can still get a FEW more banners (unless they update CYL again):

Just like A!Tiki, CYL7 will have M!Robin and F!Robin win because of people wanting IS to release some normal M!Robin and F!Robin alts rather than another Grima Alt.

Also, ironic how "Grima" is an Arcane weapon now and can be used by divine dragons like Naga, Tiki, Nowi, etc. That said, RA!F!Grima is an Armoured unit, meaning that Armored Units now have access to a Rearmed Hero that can give them skills. Combined with the fact that F!Grima already comes with Hardy Fighter 3 and A/S Near Save, Armored units are eating well.
I believe she also gets access to Dragon skills, like the new Dragon's Ire 4 or Dragon's Wrath 4 from both Halloween Corrins, so Dragon units will really like her for inheritance too.

 

[ssbashworld]

Know it can be debated as intentional to still not have Kellam but after seeing Gregor & later Ricken was hoping to finally get him as we have every other gen 1 unit (besides Vaike?), is cool though to final get a playable phila though, still surprised she wasnt added alongside other bonus (spotpass?) characters in awakening.

 

[Erureido]

Well, at least Awakening can still get a FEW more banners (unless they update CYL again):

Wasn't expecting them to add another new Awakening within the same book. I also was thinking that new Ymir was going to be a Rearmed Hero to capitalize on the new trend, but she really is a new Ascended Hero. I should've known the "Ascended" in her title pointed to being an Ascended Hero.

We also now live in a world where Grima has more alts than normal Robin. Weird.

• Rearmed Robin is a colorless dragon armor unit. Her Arcane Grima is a new Arcane weapon for dragons that provides Spectrum +5, guaranteed follow-up attack, and true damage based on 15% of her Atk when her HP is 25% or higher. The weapon also heals the user after combat and has a slaying effect. The rest of her base skill kit has Pavise, Dragonhide (essentially the armored version of Legendary Robin's A-skill that negates armor effective damage on her along with -a -8 debuff to all of the foe's stats and a Special charge +1 to herself), Hardy Fighter, and the new A/S Near Save 3 skill. That new C-skill will be handy for armored units built with lots of Atk and Spd.
• Gregor is an infantry sword user. His Blade of Favors has a strong semi-Lull effect for all stats, inflicts an additional penalty on all of the foe's stats minus Res based on the foe's current penalties, and damage reduction by 40%. His base skill kit also has Bonfire, the new Solid Ground 4 that works as the Def-based version of Still Water, and Inf. Null Follow-Up 3.
• Phila makes a surprising addition to her Heroes for someone who was a relatively minor NPC in the initial chapters of Awakening, but interesting to see since she could be fleshed out in the Bond conversations in Heroes. As an infantry lance flier and the 4-star demote of the banner, her base skill introduces the Rein Lance+, Iceberg, Brazen Atk/Res 3, and the Pegasus Flight 3 skill (the first time we see this on a 4-star demote).
• Ascended Eir is a green dagger cavalier. Her Ymir, Everliving largely functions like it did from the recent Tempest Trials+ chapter. The rest of her base skill kit also has Draconic Aura, Atk/Spd Catch 4, the new Mystic Boost 4 skill (which adds a -5 Atk debuff on the foe and negates Dazzling Staff effects, and Sparkling Boost.
• Ricken is another 4-star demote who is initially obtained through Quests. His art looks really good for a first glance, reminding me of his portrait arts from Awakening. He is also an infantry green mage.
• Cervantes (a.k.a. Massena's future ascendant) is the next GHB. I'm guessing he will be an armored lance user.

I'm very glad that Gregor is finally in the game, and Phila's inclusion is weird but is something I'm warming up to. Seeing Ricken added gives me hope the next Fates banner will finally bring Hayato to Heroes.

Despite all of that, not sure if I will actually pull from this banner right away. Rearmed Robin, Grima, and Ascended Ymir are certainly tempting, but I think I'll continue to pull from the Halloween banner for now.

Know it can be debated as intentional to still not have Kellam but after seeing Gregor & later Ricken was hoping to finally get him as we have every other gen 1 unit (besides Vaike?), is cool though to final get a playable phila though, still surprised she wasnt added alongside other bonus (spotpass?) characters in awakening.

Yeah, Kellam and Vaike are the only Gen 1 Awakening characters that still haven't been added to the game yet.

Gen 2 Awakening still has more characters that are yet to be added: notably Laurent, Noire (still only a summer alt so far), Severa (not counting Selena), and Inigo (not counting Laslow, still only has those dancer and Easter alts so far).

You could make an entire banner dedicated to the remaining Gen 2 characters at this point, while Gen 1 could easily sneak in another New Heroes banner with both of the dudes, a new Rearmed Hero, and a new Ascended Hero (probably would make the latter two popular Awakening females to sell the waifus).

Both banners could use Excellus and Validar as the GHBs, the two notable remaining Awakening villains that still haven't been added to Heroes yet.

 

[Ivander]

We also now live in a world where Grima has more alts than normal Robin. Weird.

No, they're tied. In terms of F!Grima, we have normal F!Robin, Summer Robin and Valentine Robin which ties with F!Grima, Halloween F!Grima and now Rearmed Grima. As for M!Grima, M!Grima only has the Fallen form and Halloween alt while M!Robin has himself, Winter Robin and being part of Duo Chrom. So yeah, Grima is tied with Robin for the most part if you don't count M!Robin with Duo Chrom or count him as a 0.5 for M!Robin alts rather than a full alt.

Both banners could use Excellus and Validar as the GHBs, the two notable remaining Awakening villains that still haven't been added to Heroes yet.

I've seen alot of people actually asking for Pheros to appear, because of her conversation with Chrom in Awakening.

 

[WeirdChillFever]

The most iconic thing they could do now is add Kellam to the pool as a 5* exclusive despite not being in the trailer or on the banner as a focus unit

 

[chocolatejr9]

So I checked the Fire Emblem Wiki just to make sure, and by the looks of it, the only Awakening characters NOT in the game (based on CYL) are Vaike, Kellam, Validar, Excellus, Laurent, and the OG versions of Inigo, Severa, and Noire. Unless they update CYL, we have less than 10 characters left (literally only 5 if you don't count the alts). That's... kinda crazy to think about.

 

[Troykv]

So I checked the Fire Emblem Wiki just to make sure, and by the looks of it, the only Awakening characters NOT in the game (based on CYL) are Vaike, Kellam, Validar, Excellus, Laurent, and the OG versions of Inigo, Severa, and Noire. Unless they update CYL, we have less than 10 characters left (literally only 5 if you don't count the alts). That's... kinda crazy to think about.

Yeah, it's wild to think that Awakening is so close to getting every character a base version, is arriving to the same territory that Echoes where they only some characters that are Alt only and a few old guys are the only characters left.

 

[Erureido]

No, they're tied. In terms of F!Grima, we have normal F!Robin, Summer Robin and Valentine Robin which ties with F!Grima, Halloween F!Grima and now Rearmed Grima. As for M!Grima, M!Grima only has the Fallen form and Halloween alt while M!Robin has himself, Winter Robin and being part of Duo Chrom. So yeah, Grima is tied with Robin for the most part if you don't count M!Robin with Duo Chrom or count him as a 0.5 for M!Robin alts rather than a full alt.

Yeah, I was too lazy to actually count and went off a comment on SerenesForest where someone incorrectly said that Grima now has more alts than Robin. >_>

So I checked the Fire Emblem Wiki just to make sure, and by the looks of it, the only Awakening characters NOT in the game (based on CYL) are Vaike, Kellam, Validar, Excellus, Laurent, and the OG versions of Inigo, Severa, and Noire. Unless they update CYL, we have less than 10 characters left (literally only 5 if you don't count the alts). That's... kinda crazy to think about.

Shadows of Valentia is also really close to having its entire cast being added to Heroes. The only major remaining characters from SoV's playable non-DLC cast yet to be added are Mycen, Deen (not counting his Hatari alt that was his first appearance in Heroes earlier this year), Jesse, and Nomah.

For the villains, the only major antagonists from SoV who aren't in Heroes yet are Rudolf (not counting his Valentine alt), Judah, Slayde, Desaix, Grieth, and Nuibaba.

It'll be tough to fit all of the remaining SoV villains into Heroes unless they find a way to make more SoV banners after the addition of the 4 non-DLC characters into the game. The only way I could see them continuing to add more SoV banners are if they add the Cipher DLC characters as their own banner along with the Alm Villagers as Rearmed Heroes (with Faye being a Pegasus Knight while Tobin being an Archer).

 

[chocolatejr9]

New Mythic Hero:

 

[Erureido]

New Mythic Hero:

IS continues to ride on the Three Hopes hype train it seems.

Arval is a colorless infantry tome user. Their Rite of Souls has a Slaying effect and inflicts a Guard effect on foes in cross range that have less Res than their's, and Spectrum +5 when they are near an ally or initiate combat along with true damage and follow-up attack negation on the foe. They have a unique A-skill called Duality that gives them a Weapon Triangle advantage over colored foes (minus colorless), negates Triangle Adept effects, and provides a follow-up attack for them. They also have Glacies, Atk/Res Tempo 3, and the new Atk/Res Oath 4 skill.

The other units in the banner are Líf, Mirabilis, Plumeria, Legendary Chrom, Sain, Valentian Est, Ótr, Eitri, Letizia, Elimine, and Askr.

I'll probably pass on this banner.

 

[Troykv]

IS continues to ride on the Three Hopes hype train it seems.

Arval is a colorless infantry tome user. Their Rite of Souls has a Slaying effect and inflicts a Guard effect on foes in cross range that have less Res than their's, and Spectrum +5 when they are near an ally or initiate combat along with true damage and follow-up attack negation on the foe. They have a unique A-skill called Duality that gives them a Weapon Triangle advantage over colored foes (minus colorless), negates Triangle Adept effects, and provides a follow-up attack for them. They also have Glacies, Atk/Res Tempo 3, and the new Atk/Res Oath 4 skill.

The other units in the banner are Líf, Mirabilis, Plumeria, Legendary Chrom, Sain, Valentian Est, Ótr, Eitri, Letizia, Elimine, and Askr.

I'll probably pass on this banner.

I want to know when Askr re-runs after this banner, because I want to get a copy of him, there are a few other characters it could be nice to get, but Askr (and Arval) are the ones that could be priorities, I guess I should just avoid Blue xD

 

[ssbashworld]

Had a kind of random idea upon seeing the teaser for the next banner.

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particularly after seeing we might be getting more awakening characters with what looks like Cherche's silhouette

Another good way to add Kellam could be to make him a duo unit with someone else that is not really referenced in dialog & is at least partially blocked off by the other character in the artwork similar to awakening's boxart.

 

[Erureido]

And here it is: our ninja banner for this year!

A variety of different FE titles are represented here: Camilla from Fates, Cherche from Awakening (we all guessed it), Heath from Blazing Sword as the 4-star demote, Laegjarn+Fjorm as the Duo unit, and Haar from the Telius games as the TT unit.

The ninja weapons for this banner all share the effect of promoting an automatic +5 boost to the unit's Def/Res while providing the usual Brave effect. This banner also features the upgraded version of the Seal B-skills: Seal 4 B-skills apply an automatic debuff of 4 on the targeted stat along with an additional penalty when there is no effect neutralizing penalties on the foe's targeted stat. They also apply a Guard effect if the penalty on the stat is active and a debuff of 7 on that same stat during the foe's next actions.

• First we have Camilla, a flying red tome user. Her Flowery Scroll has a slaying effect along with a Vantage when her Res is greater than the foe's when the foe initiates combat. Her base skill set also has Glimmer, Close Salvo, Seal Res 4, and Atk/Res Hold.
• Cherche is an axe flier much like her normal counterpart. Her Wyvern Ono applies both true damage on the foe and damage reduction on herself based around Def. She has also Ignis, A/D Near Trace 3, and the new Atk/Def Hold C-skill in her base skill kit.
• Heath is a colorless archer flier whose Wyvern Yumi+ is an inheritable version of the ninja weapons for this year. He also Bonfire, Atk/Def Catch 3, and Pulse Smoke in his base skill kit, the last of which will make him good skill fodder to pull for.
• Laegjarn+Fjorm are the Duo unit of the banner and a blue archer flier. Their Flamefrost Bow has a Slaying effect and can grant Spectrum bonuses based on the highest value of the total bonuses of the target and a nearby ally. They also have Moonbow, Atk/Res Catch 4, Seal Def 4, and Atk Smoke 4 in their base skill kit. Like past Duo units from the ninja banners, their Duo skill grants them a 2nd action.
• Haar is a sword flier and will be the TT unit of the banner. Judging by the weapon theme of the banner, his weapon will likely be the sword version of the Wyvern Yumi+.

Honestly, this banner doesn't interest me too much other Laegjarn+Fjorm for Atk Smoke 4, so it looks like this will give me the chance to replenish some orbs before the next New Heroes banner arrives.

 

[Ivander]

The theme is interesting. Wyvern Rider characters becoming Ninjas. Cherche gets her very first Alt and Haar is the first Grail character to get a second Grail unit. That said, why keep the Ninja theme and not the Pirate theme?

Also, the speculation has already started with the Rearmed Hero being a Bow because of Heath. Before we got Rearmed Lif, we got Flame Tribe Rinkah, a Sword Demote Banner unit. Then just before we got Rearmed Grima, we got Halloween Naga, a Colorless Dragon Demote Banner unit that didn't get a PRF weapon or Skill compared to Summer Claude.
Now with Heath being a Bow Demote Banner Unit, people are wondering if third time's the charm and already, the popular choices for a Bow Rearmed Hero are Takumi and Sakura:

1. Both are due for a new Alt, with Takumi's last Alt being in Year 2 while Sakura's last alt was around the start of Year 3.
2. Fates has not gotten a normal Banner this year yet and their last Banner was July 2021, meaning Fates is long overdue for a normal Banner.
3. There are plenty of Hoshido characters not yet added, so many are expecting a Hoshido Fates Banner.

With Fates due for a Banner and Heath possibly hinting at a Bow Rearmed Hero, Takumi and Sakura are both very popular picks for the Rearmed Hero, with the majority thinking Takumi could be the Rearmed Hero. The sinister nature of Arcane Weapons hinted by Tharsir in her conversation with RA!F!Robin/Grima also makes Takumi a good target, as not only is Skadi a valid target for the sinister Arcane Weapon trend, but would also connect Takumi to Anankos, connecting Anankos' power to the Arcane weapons much like how Grima and his power got connected to them.
A corrupted Arcane Fujin Yumi or Pursuer/Zanshin that was held by the reanimated Mikoto in her battle in Revelations are also possible.

 

[Erureido]

Also, the speculation has already started with the Rearmed Hero being a Bow because of Heath. Before we got Rearmed Lif, we got Flame Tribe Rinkah, a Sword Demote Banner unit. Then just before we got Rearmed Grima, we got Halloween Naga, a Colorless Dragon Demote Banner unit that didn't get a PRF weapon or Skill compared to Summer Claude.
Now with Heath being a Bow Demote Banner Unit, people are wondering if third time's the charm and already, the popular choices for a Bow Rearmed Hero are Takumi and Sakura:

1. Both are due for a new Alt, with Takumi's last Alt being in Year 2 while Sakura's last alt was around the start of Year 3.
2. Fates has not gotten a normal Banner this year yet and their last Banner was July 2021, meaning Fates is long overdue for a normal Banner.
3. There are plenty of Hoshido characters not yet added, so many are expecting a Hoshido Fates Banner.

With Fates due for a Banner and Heath possibly hinting at a Bow Rearmed Hero, Takumi and Sakura are both very popular picks for the Rearmed Hero, with the majority thinking Takumi could be the Rearmed Hero. The sinister nature of Arcane Weapons hinted by Tharsir in her conversation with RA!F!Robin/Grima also makes Takumi a good target, as not only is Skadi a valid target for the sinister Arcane Weapon trend, but would also connect Takumi to Anankos, connecting Anankos' power to the Arcane weapons much like how Grima and his power got connected to them.
A corrupted Arcane Fujin Yumi or Pursuer/Zanshin that was held by the reanimated Mikoto in her battle in Revelations are also possible.

I've been awaiting a Takumi a new Takumi alt for quite a while now. I've been wanting him to be a new Legendary Hero or a new Ascended Hero where he could wield a much stronger Fuji Yumi and have a unique A-skill that acts as a stronger Close Counter that would be unique to him (to reference him being the OG Close Counter user like how Brave Hector had a unique DC skill to reference him being the OG Distant Counter user), on top of having the higher BST fitting of modern infantry units.

But with the introduction of Rearmed Heroes, I'm down to seeing a Rearmed Takumi as well. I overlooked the part that Arcane weapons are generally sinister in nature, so the return of Possessed Takumi as his Rearmed version certainly sounds plausible. He'd certainly be a good choice for a a Hoshido-themed banner.

Speaking of Hoshido, Hayato is the only remaining Hoshidan of the main Gen 1 Fates characters yet to be in Heroes. He could definitely be added alongside Fuga (possibly as the new GHB) since they are both from the Wind Tribe. For the children, Kiragi is notably the only remaining Fates royal child yet to be in Heroes, so he is long overdue to appear. Not sure how they could him alongside a possible Rearmed Takumi/Sakura if the latter wields bows unless they make one of them a different colored bow. Other Hoshidans yet to be in Heroes are Miitama, Caeldori, and Asugi, the latter two are fair game with Rhajat being in Heroes for some time, and the "adult" characters still yet to be added are Reina, Yukimura, Scarlet (Nohrian character who is basically a Birthright-exclusive character), Izana, and Shura.

 

[Ivander]

Speaking of Hoshido, Hayato is the only remaining Hoshidan of the main Gen 1 Fates characters yet to be in Heroes. He could definitely be added alongside Fuga (possibly as the new GHB) since they are both from the Wind Tribe. For the children, Kiragi is notably the only remaining Fates royal child yet to be in Heroes, so he is long overdue to appear. Not sure how they could him alongside a possible Rearmed Takumi/Sakura if the latter wields bows unless they make one of them a different colored bow. Other Hoshidans yet to be in Heroes are Miitama, Caeldori, and Asugi, the latter two are fair game with Rhajat being in Heroes for some time, and the "adult" characters still yet to be added are Reina, Yukimura, Scarlet (Nohrian character who is basically a Birthright-exclusive character), Izana, and Shura.

Poor Hisame being forgotten. Also, Mozu has yet to be added too. Heck, there's still technically enough for a Conquest-themed Banner as Ignautius, Percy and Sophie are not in Heroes yet.

But yeah, there are still plenty of Fates characters yet to appear and with Rearmed Heroes and Ascended Heroes happening for the Banners now, the repeats are going to be plentiful and the new characters are going to start going slow.

 

[chocolatejr9]

Already the end of the chapter:

 

[Ivander]

Already the end of the chapter:

Man, someone at IS was not happy about Adult Tiki winning CYL6.

That aside, I'm surprised Ganglot doesn't have a PRF skill to go with her weapon, but she does come with some great fodder, and she is Infantry meaning she can inherit and hold alot of Infantry-only skills for Skill foddering.

 

[Erureido]

Already the end of the chapter:

Guess the next New Heroes banner for Fates won't happen until the start of Book VII. Oh well, at least this new Shadow Dragon banner finally brings Hardin's regular alt, Nyna, and Elice's regular alts to the game, with Matthis as the next GHB. Ascended Tiki feels like an unfortunate waste of a slot that could have been spent for another Shadow Dragon character that could've used it.

• Ganglöt is the new Rearmed Hero for the banner who functions much like she did from the recent Tempest Trials+ chapter. She has a strong base skill kit as well with Iceberg, Distance Stance, Quick Riposte 4, and Joint Dist. Guard. Quick Riposte 4 is the Tier 4 version of the skill with the same name, this time expanding the skill's use for a unit to use it when their HP is 25% or higher along with damage reduction by 25% for the first attack.
• Hardin is lance cavalier whose Coyote's Lance has a number of useful effects. Along with a Slaying effect, the weapon can give him a +6 boost to his Atk/Spd and a guaranteed follow-up attack for himself and nearby cavalry allies when he is three spaces from an ally. If he is at least 2 spaces away from an ally, he gains the same boost to his Atk/Spd along with damage reduction from the foe's first attack and a Clash skill for true damage. The rest of his base skill kit has Draconic Aura, Surge Sparrow, and the new A/S Near Trace 3 skill.
• Nyna is the 4-star demote of the banner and an infantry staff user. She has an inheritable weapon called Respite+ that gives allies a +2 boost to their Def/Res and a Slaying effect. The rest of her base skill kit has Physic+, Miracle, Sabotage Spd 3, and Drive Def 3. No doubt she will make good skill fodder for that B-skill.
• Ascended Tiki is a red infantry manakete. Her Awoken Breath has a Slaying effect along with dragon-effective damage, and it gives her a number of handy effects when she is near an ally: Spectrum +5, Guard, bonus neutralization on the foe, and a Guard on the foe when she has more Res than the foe and when the foe triggers their Special. The rest of her base skill kit has Iceberg, the new Spd/Res Finish 4 and Spd/Res Bulwark 3 skills, and a new personal C-skill called All Together! that provides Spectrum +4 to all allies near her while also gaining Spectrum +4 along with damage reduction from area-of-effect Specials and from the foe's first Attack when she is near an ally.
• Elice is another 4-star infantry staff user. More on her is yet to be seen.
• Matthis will be the GHB and is confirmed to be another lance cavalier.

Well, at least this banner will help me save for a future Fates banner, but I am tempted to pull for Ganglöt.

 

[Troykv]

Man, someone at IS was not happy about Adult Tiki winning CYL6.

That aside, I'm surprised Ganglot doesn't have a PRF skill to go with her weapon, but she does come with some great fodder, and she is Infantry meaning she can inherit and hold alot of Infantry-only skills for Skill foddering.

I imagine Tiki getting more alts is kinda of inevitable because the Archanea cast is iconic, but only a few of the characters are actually popular.

Also, Elice is here! Yay!

If Nino wins CYL7 wishful thinking, I'm gonna start voting for Elice next year, just because I'm obsessed with an aspect of Elice.

 

[chocolatejr9]

I imagine Tiki getting more alts is kinda of inevitable because the Archanea cast is iconic, but only a few of the characters are actually popular.

Also, Elice is here! Yay!

If Nino wins CYL7 wishful thinking, I'm gonna start voting for Elice next year, just because I'm obsessed with an aspect of Elice.

Bernadetta's my main want for CYL7, but I'm one of those people who likes to vote for different characters each day. Makes it more fair, y'know?

 

[Troykv]

Bernadetta's my main want for CYL7, but I'm one of those people who likes to vote for different characters each day. Makes it more fair, y'know?

I suppose it does, seeing Bernadetta win could be very cool, in fact, I was thinking voting for Bernadetta if she is a runner up again, and needs extra support to win.

 

[ssbashworld]

I mostly vote for a different character each day although will throw an extra vote or 2 for the character i want most.

Bernadetta has been one of those characters who has been getting my extra vote the last past couple of years, has a decent chance although ive thought the same the last two CYL as well & if Engage characters are part of this CYL that could effect things quite a bit.

 

[chocolatejr9]

I mostly vote for a different character each day although will throw an extra vote or 2 for the character i want most.

Bernadetta has been one of those characters who has been getting my extra vote the last past couple of years, has a decent chance although ive thought the same the last two CYL as well & if Engage characters are part of this CYL that could effect things quite a bit.

Speaking of Engage, you guys think they'll add Alear as a promo unit, like they did Byleth?

 

[Erureido]

Now that Chrom finally got a Brave alt and Conrad's chances of getting a Brave alt won't happen anytime soon, my future CYL votes will go toward Takumi. He still makes the Top 20 of the CYL votes, so I'll just keep voting for him until he gets a Brave alt.

Bernadetta has been one of those characters who has been getting my extra vote the last past couple of years, has a decent chance although ive thought the same the last two CYL as well & if Engage characters are part of this CYL that could effect things quite a bit.

My wishful thinking theory is that Engage will not be in CYL7 because the game releases in January IIRC, so if its characters end up on the CYL7 voting weeks after, the Engage characters will dominant the Top 10-20, probably even more then what Three Houses did to CYL in its launch year because Engage's release date will be much closer to the CYL voting. Basically, the recency bias would be way too high in January, and while the recency bias will still be around by CYL8, it won't be as high as in it potentially showing up in CYL7.

Speaking of Engage, you guys think they'll add Alear as a promo unit, like they did Byleth?

They probably will. One of the Alears will be summonable in the first Engage New Heroes banner while the other one will be a promo unit gained through some kind of special award (either quests or maybe tied to a launch code when you buy the new game like what they did with Male Byleth and Three Houses).

 

[chocolatejr9]

And with that, Book 6 is over:

 

[Troykv]

And with that, Book 6 is over:

It's a very cute way of ending, it's like a nice call back to how this story started almost 6 years ago, and now it's original conflict is resolved for good.

 

[Erureido]

And with that, Book 6 is over:

I wish it covered what truly happened to Ash and Elm at the end of the Book, but at least they remembered Sharena exists.

 

[chocolatejr9]

RIP OG Veronica:

 

[Erureido]

RIP OG Veronica:

At this point, Legendary Veronica is fine because she is aged up, and she has much stronger stats than what the OG version would have had.

RIP Bruno and Elm getting the Legendary and Mythic treatment respectively though. Guess we probably won't see them as proper summonable units until Tempest Trials+ covers Book 6 where one or both could inevitably introduce the next Heroes archetype.

Going back to the banner, there isn't much to note on Legendary Veronica and Embla since their weapons largely function the same as their story counterparts, but they do come with a few goodies.

• Legendary Veronica's unique Special is called Enclosure that boosts the Special's by 25% of her Atk. It also cancels damage reduction effects from the foe's non-Special skills when her Special triggers and negates Guard effects on her. Her base skill kit has Atk/Spd Catch 4, S/R Far Trace 3, and Panic Smoke 4, the Tier 4 version of said skill that additionally applies a debuff of 4 on all stats and the new Foe Penalty Doubler effect, which is basically the Penalty version of Bonus Doubler.
• Embla's base skill has Draconic Aura, Atk/Spd Clash 4, the new Beast Agility B-skill, and a unique C-skill called Severance. Beast Agility notably removes the condition for a beast unit to transform and has the player bonuses of NFU; the former effect will make Embla a highly valuable skill fodder unit for many beast units. Severance notably introduces the Undefended effect, finally offering a way to bypass Savior skills, and the Feud effect from the C-skills that introduced it. She also negates any penalties on herself and gains doge from said C-skill. No doubt Embla will make a great unit for countering most of the current Armor meta now.

The other units to pull in the banner are Legendary Nanna, Legendary Caeda, Legendary Deirdre, Seiros, Hel, Dagr, Ymir, Legendary Micaiah, Brammimond, and Ascended Celica.

No doubt red is the best color of the banner with the return of Legendary Nanna.