AR Offence
Not my best performance in AR. The extra defence unit in Tier 19 is such a challenge and makes a big difference. Before today, I had two losses and one game with -20 Offence lift. Today, I lost two matches and I missed out on pots that would have allowed one more run tomorrow. Should have abused that rematch glitch. Also, picnic Flora is actually really annoying. Good thing she won't be a bonus unit for long.
Major issues I faced this week:
Lack of mixed tank: Lukas saw little use, and when I did use him I failed. I have no idea what I can do or the units that make up a good omega tank.
Firesweep Trap: A really difficult thing for me to deal with. My unit/tank gets lunged into a lightning trap and gets sniped by somebody else in range. I feel as if I now need a powerful mixed tank with Null C-Disrupt (thank goodness I pulled another Nailah) to beat out a Firesweep.
Flier Emblem: I'm at a loss at how to beat one of these. They are defensive with Ward Fliers, have superior movement due to Flier Formation/Guidance, and have both magic, physical, and dagger units. I don't have a mixed tank, and I can't even use an armoured unit because they all lead with an Est with some ridiculous armour slaying, double attack effect.
Lack of resources: I only have level 1 structures, and a level 3 offence fortress. Every fight I had this week had at least a level 4 defence fortress... I was always at a disadvantage. I don't even have 250 Aether... perhaps if I did I could have advanced to tier 20 this week. I don't know why people invest in defence. You have 80 lift at stake in a defence each day. You have potentially hundreds of lift a day on offence.
Not using blessing: I've still been stingy with blessings. My Faye has light blessing but it's not very useful this season.
Pots: I have lost a unit trying to get pots once or twice. Probably wasn't worth it.
AR Defence
I'm pretty happy with my AR defence this week. I had a level 2+1 fortress and only one success so far. Infantry pulse team performing better than my old team.
Results:
1) Failure, 3 foes defeated, -20 lift. Not the best run. I swapped into the cavalry school and it got placed in the middle of the map randomly. I didn't think to move it somewhere else. Level 4+1 offence fortress. No pots broken.
2) Failure, 3 foes defeated. Fixed the cavalry school. Level 4 fortress. No pots broken.
3) Success, 5 foes defeated, 0 lift loss. Opponent played an enemy phase style with no bulky units at all? Level 4 fortress. No pots broken.
4) Failure, 1 foe defeated, -60 lift. Opponent had very bulky armour units. My units couldn't survive the counterattack. Lilina got a 1-hit KO. Level 4+1 fortress. No pots broken.
5) Failure, 3 foes defeated. Level 3+1 fortress. No pots broken.
6) Failure, 4 foes defeated, 0 lift loss.. Would have been a success if L!Azura danced instead of attacked. Oh well, I'm happy with no lift loss. Level 4+1 fortress. No pots broken.
7) Failure, 4 foes defeated. 1 HP or RES away from a success. Wish I had merged my Sothe a little more. Level 4 fortress. No pots broken.
8) Failure, 3 foes defeated, -20 lift. Confirmed that Surtr should never enemy phase my team. All of my units should be able to beat him in one round. Fjorm completely cleared all my units. Level 4+1 fortress. No pot broken.
9) Failure, 1 foe defeated. Opponent cleared my map the best way which is to clear my offensive units. I only have three. Level 4+1 fortress. No pots broken.
10) Failure, 4 foes defeated, 0 lift loss. Would have been 2 foes defeated if they put in a cavalry school Level 5 fortress. No pots broken.
11) Failure, 3 foes defeated. Level 4+1 fortress. No pots broken.
Thoughts
I feel people have a much easier time with AR than I do... but this is probably because I lack the patience that most players have. I upgraded my pots early on when I didn't really understand how fortresses worked. So I do have 70 Aether regen a day and a cap of 200 Aether. Because of this though, I only have a level 3 O fortress and level 2 D fortress which hurts
On Friday next week, I should have enough for a level 4 fortress. Finally, I'll be able to fight a little more easily for a while... if my luck holds.
I'm thinking of building vantage Ares. I do have a Velouria that synergizes with him perfectly. Hope this works out.