#axe unit

Inktober 2018 day 29 - Anna

Quick overview

Who knew I would be blessed by  Marth for my bday, ironically his Nendoroid caused me huge discomfort on the 18th bday but anyway this beautiful man, this gorgeous boy, this blueberry should be treasured. Not only is he a rare green tempest unit but comes with a solid weapon and skill set. He’s a solid choice for anyone’s groom or team.

Base kit

Marth comes with ardent service which grants +4atk to him and adjacent allies at the start of the turn. This effectively makes it a 18mt weapon. This effectively means it can outclass a lot of weapons. Wings of Mercy is a solid skill, and while Marth won’t need it due to an amazing move type, it’s nice to have. Drive attack is one of the best C skills in the game allowing many units to pick up KO’s, and for all the fodder people out there yes he has it at 4*s meaning you can have beautiful 5 star man and the fodder too. But finally Marth comes with Rally spd/def which is one of the better rallies out there, and if run with a foritfy res seal, Marth can buff all 4 stats of an Ally.

As for A slots, Fury is a clear choice to buff Marths overall effectiveness, while atk/def bond also has its uses. The newly added brazen atk/def in the 4 star pool is also a highly coveted option for defensive sets.

Pros + Cons

+Amazing weapon

+Solid defence stat to boot

+Free tempest unit

-Needs at least 1 ally on the field to get his free +4 atk

-Lack of ivs and merges hurts

-Low res is never nice

Partners

The best enviroment for Marth is typically horse emblem or at least another horse unit to stick close to him due to similar move, though  if using something like vantage or desperations dancers and WOM support is nice.  Marth needs protection from red units though so strong blue units like Effie, Shiro, Lukas, Oboro are all solid partners, while legendary Ephraim can dispose of a threat and Marth follow insuit to provide the buff.

Suggested set(s)

Hanna Marthana

Suggested ivs: n/a

Ardent service+, reposition, Bonfire

Slot A = Fury

Slot B = desperation/vantage

Slot C = drive atk, def smoke

Sacred seals: def tactic, buff skills or any c skill

Weapon Refinery: +spd helps him the most and pushes his speed to a nice and comfy 42 before any buffs.

A best of both worlds” set and relies on Marth using furys hp loss to his advantage. Vantage is the best option for this skill letting him strike first enemy phase, but desperation can be taken to sweep teams if on a horse emblem team, though it maybe advised to change his weapon then. A slaying axe is ideally the best option, while having the giant spoon can add extra firepower.

Oh Marth God, he got an alt

Suggested ivs: N/a

Ardent service +,  reposition, bonfire/draconic aura

Slot A = brazen atk/def, sturdy stance

Slot B = quick riposte, axe breaker, renewal, guard

Slot C = drive attack

Sacred seals: spd+3, atk+3, close defence

Weapon Refinery: +spd for this set, he wants to secure as many doubles as he can naturally.

Quick overview

Legendary Hector quite frankly makes the other Hectors jealous and then some. The best stat spread with a base 40 atk, and solid weapon and highly optimised bas skill set, make L Hector something to be feared. It's also worth noting Hector emblem will be a thing soon, and this Hector will probably be the star of the team, along with something like Beard Armards I hope.

Base kit

Thunder Armads is a very good but gimmicky weapon. Basically its wary fighter if the allies around Hector outnumber the foes around Hector in 2 Spaces. Basically it's a "Freindship weapon" It also never limits Hector making the double, though he won't naturally due to his speed, so in general it's pretty solid, it does mean though the easiest way to counter Hector is to pick of his team mates first. Vengeful fighter synergises nicely with his weapon allowing him to double with increased specials, which combined with draconic aura means he'll always proc it. Ostia's Pulse is esentially a tactic version of infantry pulse for all movement types, meaning this skill shines in mixed teams. A lot of units make good use of this if Hectors on the team but if running in armour emblem you probably want something else. Oh and there's distant counter which as we all know is b-u-s-t-e-d.

As for assist pivot, swap and reposition are your main movement options for armours, though Pivot is probably the best.

Pros + Cons

+ Amazing attack

+Solid defensive line

+Comes with a stellar base kit to wreck havoc

-One movement hurts a fair bit with armour march support

-If his team goes down, he's a lot easier to KO

-Arguably too similar to other Hectors to warrant a pull.

Partners

Linde and Dealtha are the first Pics which come to mind thanks to dark aura and giving +6 atk to Hector while also blowing red out the water. Tana is another solid choice for that reason but instead of the atk boost she provides guidance support. L Ryoma is a solid partner thanks to being red and covering other greens while Hector covers the blue weakness. Plus Tyoma can give Hector Guidance support and together provide units +4 to def and +2 atk. Along with that hp boost.

Suggested set(s)

Hector, this is the 3rd time you’ve shown Armads this week

Suggested ivs: +atk/def -res/hp/spd

Thunder armads, pivot, Bonfire/draconic aura

Slot A = Distant counter

Slot B = Vengeful fighter

Slot C = Ostias pulse or any C slot

Sacred seals: Close/distant defence

A sole enemy phase set for Hector, allows him to destroy with things in just one engagment thanks to his weapon. Ideally using Hector on a drive team is ideal to give Hector as many boosts as possible. His c skill is really dependant on the team, in mixed teams ostias pulse is broken but otherwise you'll probably want something else, ideally drive def/res to help keep team mates alive, as after all he does need them to proc his weapon.

Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie, a Armads after midnight

Suggested ivs: +Atk/def -spd/res/hp

Thunder armads, pivot, Bonfire, Ignis, Draconic aura, Dragon fang

Slot A = Distant counter

Slot B = Bold fighter

Slot C = Ostias pulse or any C slot

Sacred seals: Quickened pulse or quick riposte

Quick overview

So I’ve learnt there’s a lot of things that make you hot in life, fever’s, the british summer, computer boards you should not touchie and Linus pecs. Ho boy I’m just saying Linus.. erm back on topic, Linus’s brute show of “strength” certainly show themselves and he’s one heck of a free unit bundle, good skills, killer weapon and the looks to boot. Just wow.

Base kit

Basilikos is a terrifying axe granting a faster cooldown and life and death passive when refine. We’ve all seen Raven with it and Linus is that but with more defence and attack., oh and he has Brazen atk/spd which is well yeah….. brutal. Luna is also incredibly solid and allows him to smash tanks apart. Finally drive def aint as brutal but still nice.

Basically slapping desperation on him could be a day but wrath is a expensive option to really charge this guy up. Another option is vantage but is inferior to the other options.

Pros + Cons

+33 speed seems meh but when at the right hp Linus goes to 33> 40 > 45 with L+D in his weapon

+His attack?? 65 by the end of that

+Free unit

-He lacks ivs and merge potential as of now

-Raven

-If anything he’s limited

-Bonus -  His attack ain’t 69 it was so close

Partners

Linde and Delthea with Darka aura can provide the +6 atk boost to make him a monster, while L Lyn offers spd tactic to push him past 50 speed. Eirika and Ephraim also offer dual buffs due to their weapons, Eirika especially appreciates Linus’s ability to destroy blue units.

Suggested set(s)

Fangs of the fangs

Suggested ivs: N/A

Basilikos, reposition , draconic aura

Slot A = brazen atk/spd

Slot B = desperation

Slot C = any c skill

Sacred seals: heavy blade

Weapon refinery: life and death clearly

Yeah I really doubt you won’t be running this as your budget set, draconic aura really hurts, and thanks to desperation and heavy blade procs each round. Once you hit below 80% its hard to stop a offensive Linus.  Whats nice is he won’t have to give up defences to get spd and atk boosts which is nice,

Wrathful bite

Suggested ivs: N/A

Basilikos, reposition , draconic fang

Slot A = brazen atk/spd

Slot B = wrath

Slot C = any c slot

Sacred seals: heavy blade

Weapon refinery: life and death

Quick overview

Titania in some ways got screwed by the newest update. We were expecting something amazing but then tragedy struck when all she got was a legendary emerald axe with res tactic? Mind you res tactic is the important thing here for a lot of reasons. For a start, Titania is currently the only unit in the game able to run 3 tactic skills at once meaning she can be a deadly buff bot to the rest of the team. Still in order to do so she leaves her self wide open to reds to be careful.

Base kit

Draconic Poleaxe's name is very misleading just being a glorified emerald axe, however having res tactic as a refine is really nice for the most part so it's not all bad. Guard helps her tanking role as it stops units like Reinhardt charging their specials. Reciprocal aid is nice for healing allies though nothing ground breaking. Finally armoured blow is nice I guess? Honestly Titania is a defensive unit by nature and probably won't be needing it all that much. To round her out iceberg or glacies is suggested due to her res stat. Any C skill works but the most notable shoutout is tactic skills due to being able to apply 3 tactic skills at once.

Pros + Cons

+ A legendary emerald axe with res tactic is nice I suppose

+Killer Blue mage counter

+Being a cavalry unit means 3 move and horse buffs which is nice.

-If you use her trio tactics then you leave her wide open to red units

-Very poor attack at base

-Lacks diversity a lot of the time making her easy to plan for.

Partners

So there is one unit in the game who heavily benefits and synergises so well with Titania. And that unit is Eirika. Because of Titanias triple tactic skills she guarantees Eirika at least +6 in 3 stats on her self and then +6 from her weapons effect, effectively putting her at +12 in all stats, not to mention Eirika able to give Titania buffs as well. Whats more Titania thanks to her legendary weapon's main passive can demolish blue units who oppose Eirika. Overall She's the best team mate Eirika could hope for. Outside of that any mixed team or horse emblem team is glad to have her, units like Camilla who can give buffs to horse units while not themselves a horse unit are also enjoyed.

Suggested set(s)

Tactina

Suggested ivs: +atk/spd -hp

Draconic poleaxe, reposition, iceberg

Slot A = Distant counter, fury, fierce stance, close defence

Slot B = Guard

Slot C = tactic skill, ploys or any c skill

Sacred seals: def tactic, drive skills.

Weapon refinery: In this set we're abusing her tactic refine, however if you don't plan to run tactics then go with something like +spd or +res

Titania is the only unit able to use triple tactics as of now and thats part of the main reason to use her, with def tactic as a seal she can pick either the spd or atk tactic in the C slot, with atk tactic being the more prefered choice, while someone units may enjoy the spd to prevent doubles.Guard allows her to stop units breaking through her and thus stop her providing buffs, while you could use QR she's generally speedy as is. As for her A lot, DC is a no brainer and she's still up there pick wise however fury is a nice budget option or stance skills.

Dual phase, green bean machine

Suggested ivs: +atk/spd -hp/def

Slaying axe+, reposition, iceberg

Slot A = Fury, distant counter

Slot B = desperation, green tome breaker

Slot C = ploys or any c slot

Sacred seals: spd +3, atk+3, ploys

Weapon refinery: Go +spd or +res, +res more so if using DC or ploys.

Quick overview

So we’ve come full circle, for anyone here from the beginning you’ll know Tiki was the first guide I posted, and I think I was lowkey mad at everyone saying she was the worst summer unit when she’s actually one of the better ones. While no longer an actual dragon, She comes with a pretty good base kit and the ability to deal tons of damage both offensively and defensively. Overall I think Tiki is one of my favourite special units in terms of usability and her art as well. Plus this guide can hopefully do her more justice now.

Base kit

So Tiki comes with the melon crusher, a weapon which grants +2 to all stats if at 100% but then takes -2 damage after combat. It’s essentially a free mini fury when at full and considering Tikis defences you can always heal back up with something like renewal if you gave it to her. The weapon stacks beautifully with her A slot, close defence which grants +6 to both defences when attacked. This overall when attacked at full hp puts her at 40 defence when attacked. Sol isn’t the best skill out there but at least she can use it to heal back up to full. Finally axe valour has no arena use but its a good training skill.

If you want to maximise her defensive options, quick riposte or renewal should be considered with her base kit, one allows for more doubles, while the other increases her longevity. Reposition and swap are also valid options for a defensive playstyle.

Pros + Cons

+Amazing attack stat, 36 at base is amazing

+Amazing defence as well, 32 can let her be a wall

+Solid base skills make her somewhat easy to build.

-Her speed is in the no mans lands where increasing does help but not enough to survive higher tier threats.

-Being limited means you never know when she’s available

-Lowish res means she’ll find it hard to live even blue mages.

Partners

Tiki mainly cares about attack, so Linde and Delthea are the go to options thanks to dark aura, they can provide a +6 buff and another buff as well. This means Tiki with +atk can reach as high as 59 on initiation with a brave axe. Other atk buffers like Sanaki, Siegbert and V Lilina are also solid choices to boost the team. You can also use defence tactic users like L Ike and Shiro to help bolster her defence for defensive sets.

Suggested set(s)

BURN BABY BURN

Suggested ivs: +atk -hp/res/spd

Brave axe+, reposition, bonfire/draconic aura

Slot A = Death blow

Slot B = Axe breaker, desperation*

Slot C = Any C skill

Sacred seals: Atk+3,  brash assault*

The basic brave axe set does wonders, she can hit nearly as hard as a unboosted Cherce and thanks to tactic skills can now receive +6 atk buffs herself.  The main choice you have to make is the B slot, you can argue that brash assault and desperation make a great combo which they do but in general axe breaker is a safe option which allows you to deal with units like Hector, Sheena, C Lissa and Amelia and you can tank a hit at full most of the time.

Beached Dragon

Suggested ivs: +atk/def-res/hp

Melon Crusher/Slaying Axe/ Sack o’gifts / Giant spoon/ Handbell+,  reposition, bonfire/ignis

Slot A = Close defence, steady breath

Slot B = Wrath, quick riposte

Slot C = Any C skill

Sacred seals: close defence

Weapon refinery: Across all the weapons +def is probably enjoyed the most but +spd and +atk can change certain match ups.