A FEH Channel before the announcement of Choose Your Legends is quite expected for most people, as part of the so-called Summer Celebration. We've gotten some decent rewards as well as a teaser for the upcoming Special Heroes, in which their details should be revealed tomorrow.
So, without further ado, let's jump into the topics that are covered.
Summer Celebration Rewards
The cumulative rewards are decent at best, even though we get the same amount of orbs like last year. We're also getting a free Forma soul, which is a saving grace when it comes to getting highly-invested builds at a lower cost.
One of the rewards that should be taken note of is that we're getting double the amount of tickets for the 4* Special Heroes Special Rate Banner compared to last year, and as usual, via beating the Special Hero Maps. Trying to fill in the catalog, huh?
After all, I'd like it better if they could just shove in more units into the pool, given that we're getting refines for such heroes at an alarmingly slow pace.
GHB Revivals
They only cover the first part of Book 8, but some of these heroes are very strong when under high investment, such as Validar and Fallen Lloyd. It's a good opportunity for getting an extra copy of one of your favorites, saving you a ton of Heroic Grails.
Skill Focus Revivals
Another celebration, another set of useless skill banners, in which we typically don't care for. After all, most of the focus heroes have either mediocre fodder or just straight up feathers.
STACKED HERO FEST
Here it comes, the new Hero Fest banner, the one we're all waiting for, and what a pretty stacked banner it is! Most of the units shown are holding up quite well in today's meta, and I would definitely encourage new players to summon a copy of each, if you want to delve into today's competitive standards.
Firstly, Valentine's Lyon's appearance is a shocker to us all, and if it's not because of BOL 4, this could have been a must-summon for all new players. His end-action gimmick is still terrifying after combat, followed by his Duo button. I would give him a Miracle build (w/Magic Gambit & Marth's ring) for that niche alone so that he survives, and inflicts that end-turn status effect. He may eventually fall off in the future, but I don't have words for that gimmick alone, which would make other newbies quit.
Then, we have Winter Edelgard, who is what I would call, your thoughtless fun-to-use unit for PvE. In terms of PvP however, she's still solid for Galeforce strategies in AR-Offense, yet it's hard to use Galeforce nowadays. Let's not forget that she suffers from intense powercreep like her Summer counterpart, as she struggles to kill certain units like Emblem Ike & Heiðrún because of their Flat DR.
Attuned Triandra is here as a representative of how refreshers have evolved up to this point. Being an Attuned unit gives new players some insight on duplicating fodder, yet her Attuned skill isn't the best Echo skill, now that we have so many other options. Because of BOL 4, her burn damage support is rendered useless, yet she's still a decent refresher.
Finally, Gullveig seems to be the weakest of the batch. She's not that good of a Defense Mythic for Anima Season, nor her fodder ages the best, again due to BOL 4 (how many do I have to mention that monstrosity?).
HOSHIDAN SUMMER IS BACK
After 6 years of hiatus since the last banner, Hoshidan Summer has finally returned, and I can't be happier than that. This time, we're getting more attention to some Tellius favorites, followed by two of the Fates royals.
Mia looks pretty excited for the fireworks, and she holds a gigantic cotton candy that I find it hilarious. She's an axe flier this time, with a lot of bulk, and she has built-in Distant Counter & Iote's Shield. Better be a call for more omni-tank fliers!
Next in line, we have Lucia with her waist-length hair, as in Path of Radiance. Her artwork looks stunning as do Suzuki Rika's other works, and she appears to be a lance infantry though. Expect this a side-upgrade of her base version, while we're looking forward to her base kit.
Leo fans must be enjoying their cheery moments, as they're getting another alt back-to-back. He's going to be the demote of this batch, with an inheritable colorless tome, that means another demote I don't care in general.
Then, we have the quote-on-quote star of this banner, Nephenee! Oh boy, her fans must be screaming their lungs out already, as it's been 5 years since her actual alt, and I can't deny that she truly deserves it. She's a Harmonized red tome flier, with...Sakura? Why? What does she do that makes her backpacked twice? It feels so wrong.
Last but not least, we have Takumi as the next Grail unit, which brings up to two Takumi options for F2P.
Nephenee seems to have a built-in Sweep effect as well as a status that bypasses Scowl effects, which are quite strong. She may be an enticing pick, but we'll have to wait for the trailer and see if she's as crazy as it seems. I'm looking forward to hearing more from these units!
Miscellaneous Updates:
These are shown to be part of the next version update, and it brings some tweaks to certain events.
We're getting more Arena Maps, and they're quite a hustle to play with. As usual, they are unfriendly towards cavs because why not? Besides, both teams are positioned at the top and bottom corners like Summoner Duels, and it's getting harder to position your units because of Emblem Celica. Great! You're now making Arena even worse than before.
Next is United Warfront, which now adds the Abyssal difficulty to round up the difficulty lineup for Legendary & Mythic Hero Battles.
Next, Heroes' Journey is getting easier to play, as we get twice the Memento Events, and that we only need 10 Memory Fragments to unlock one event. It's a nice change with less grinding, and perhaps FEH's trying to entice us to play more of this event.
Legendary & Mythic Hero Remixes (RANT INCOMING)
Now, let's talk about the awaited Remix batch, and I want to reiterate that we've come to the point where Legendary & Mythic heroes are getting refines faster than before. Heck, we're already reaching Book 6 at this point, and they're still so many other older Normal & Special Heroes from Books 4 to 5 who haven't received their refines yet. In fact, to think that CYL6 is next in line of getting their refines, it's so preposterous!
I know these heroes from Otr to Nanna are outdated on their own, but do they really have to give them refines faster, and they end up useless again in the long term? After all, they seriously need to do something with the Remix pool, now that it's getting bloated than ever after these unnecessary additions.
Otherwise, STOP TREATING THOSE F****** SEASONALS LIKE SOME SPOILED CHILDREN AND GIVE REFINES TO MORE OTHER HEROES!! The state of Remix banners is just maddening, the more I think about them, like seriously, will we ever get a refine for Ninjorrin or S!Edelgard before the Emblems or even worse, end of service?
Now, let's take some nice deep breaths, as we're getting into Claude and Ullr's remixes this month.
Legendary Claude has Fallen Star II which now works like Deep Star, but better. It grants him Flat DMG & Flat DR depending on the no. of Bonus effects on himself as well as Penalty effects on his foe. Additionally, the 80% DR now works for Brave hits.
What's more, he now has Guidance 4 in his C slot which is great, especially for those who saved up their Claude manuals can now have easy access to this skill, and that they can duplicate it via their favorite Rearmed/Attuned units.
Ullr's is getting some decent treatment as well, with Yngvi Ascendant+ granting Potent and full NFU. She also gets Atk/Spd Oath 4 as her alternative C skill, which implies that she may have built-in Time's Pulse in her weapon.
Hopefully Claude gets better as he once was, and Ullr may get the short end of the stick for being combat-oriented.
4* Special Bloat Ain't Over
It's the only change to the pool I can accept, as we don't have to worry about these units breaking our pity rate anymore. On the other hand, the 4* Special Rate pool is becoming more like a huge gashapon that would soon break the Guinness World Record for having the hardest pool to pull from for a specific unit. Good luck for trying to get that one Ascendant Floret!
Last but not least, everyone can spark on Weekly Revival banners. It's a nice implementation, but I wish they could expand this mechanic to Special Hero Revivals too. It's the closest we'll ever get to a QOL update on summoning this year.
Conclusion
Overall, I have polarizing opinions about this FEH Channel, because of my dissatisfaction with the constant bloating of Legendary & Mythic Remix banners, before Normals & Special would get their refines. Other than that, I'm expecting more for QOL updates on summoning, and I can't wait to find out what does Hoshidan Summer have in store.
It's quite a long one to complete, like the rest of my posts on FEH Channel, so thank you for taking the time to read my thoughts on this not-so great FEH Channel. Be sure to save your orbs!
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