It's time for another entry of my summoning session, and that is pulling on Legendary Shez's banner. Emblem Ike is back for his third run, so now it's my chance to snag a few copies of him. So, without further ado, let's jump right into some anticipated summons. It was a lengthy one!
Report #18
September 7th - That's what I meant by lengthy, as I was sniping only on red orbs with every last orb I saved up, in 418 orbs. Mote that I didn't subscribe to FEH pass because my strategy was to try to get a copy of Ike first, even if it went beyond the 40-pull threshold. Then, I'll re-subscribe it and take the second copy straight away.
Also, whenever there weren't any red orbs in the circle, I'll go for colorless because it has the lowest chance of getting a focus unit, making it a safe bet.
Looks like I was well-prepared for this summoning session as it seems it wasn't off to a great start. As you can see here, I reached 9.50% pity rate, which sounds devastating. None of the red focus units showed up until the 19th pull, where I got Rearmed Lumera. Back then, I was planning to get her because she's blessable, and that I can use her in Astra season for her Divine Vein support alone, so one copy is enough.
Perhaps not, as I didn't expect to get another Lumera on the 22nd pull. Now, I thought of making her a Laguz Friend 4 fodder factory this time around. Red is so good not to miss because you get so much value from the color sharing alone between Lumera & Ike. Even so, I wish this could have been Ike.
On the 30th & 31st pulls, here comes Legendary Shez, together with Karel from the 4* Special respectively. Shez is not as broken as everyone would expect, yet he's turns out to be strong with his built-in WOM & Pass, and he can trigger them after his allies' combat.
On the other hand, I did not have Karel, and I won't bother making him a manual soon.
I passed the 40th summon threshold, and yet Ike still refused to show up. It's so frustrating, but I guess this was the price I pay for all the luck I had on the previous banners. Just when I thought of securing some copies for my merge project after getting the good stuff, the RNG decided otherwise.
By the way, I lost track of how many red orbs I've pulled for by the time I got Flier Olivia, who's merely Aerobatics fodder. To make things worse, my pity rate rose back to 9.50%.
And again, Lumera kept showing up instead of Ike! It's my third copy this time around, which I feel had strongly incentivize me to turn her into a Laguz Friend fodder factory. So, after some thought. I decided to sacrifice one of my Ike copies in order to make the most of her Rearmed privilege, even if it means losing out one Ike merge.
Shortly after, I got Idunn. Not much to say here - just another unit waiting to become fodder.
Afterwards, my orbs were depleted to 89, and I reached a staggering 10.50% pity rate! I was getting really desperate: will I not secure an Ike copy within my orb budget? Feeling anxious, I pulled the last red orb in this circle and there he was, Ike at last! Finally, but just look at how much he's drained my orbs, only for a single copy! These 8% banners are such a gamble when it comes to +10 merge projects.
Now, I'm finally done with this monstrosity of a banner with an extra Ike via spark! Man, it feels like forever trying to pull for him.
Summary
The summons didn't quite go as planned, but I'd be happy to take a few copies of Lumera anyway, whom I'll be using as a fodder factory for Laguz Friend. On top of that, I also managed to snag a copy of 4* Lapis as she's my F2P merge project. Overall, I'm still grateful with my pulls, especially knowing that Fallen Lumera's value will not go to waste.
Speaking of which, I equipped Laguz Friend to Nergal and Duo Askr after this summoning session to enhance their bulk so they can work effectively as both omni-tanks and support units. I saved the third one for future use.
For the time being, I'll be saving up as much as I could for Ike's next return in December, where it's going to be tight: we're getting all four Brave units in one sitting, just like the previous December releases. The only unit I was missing is Bernadetta, whom I underestimated on release, and I bet she'll color share with this month's Emblem unit, followed by a new Legendary - likely blue because of that.
So now, I have two colors to consider, which would involve spending more orbs than before, causing my Ike merge project to become more challenging! I might consider continuing to spend on the Brave banner until I get Bernadetta, and maybe get this month's Emblem hero so that I will not struggle to choose between the colors when the time comes.
As always, be sure to save your orbs!
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