Thread: plat units = to blacks

You really have no idea what you're talking about, lolix.

Gellius is for tanking. He happens to be very good at it, and no one here has been discounting his abilities. But he does no DPS. Tanking is all he does.

Nadia is a high-end duelist. She's for trashing especially dangerous enemies and also happens to be good for shredding through waves due to her large AoE. She does a truck load of DPS and can tank very large hits herself. Because dragon riders all have fantastic core stats, MR aside, and have stronger passives and skills than average, they come at a premium to deploy.

These are two different functionalities and are compatible together. Nadia shredding mobs with a blocker like Gellius behind her will stop any mob combination that isn't full of high-end golems. If you don't understand why Nadia is great after watching exk's demo there's really not much hope for you, speaking so decisively about a unit/unit class you've never used.

Other than that, why are you being so damn defensive about something as inane as being 'best plat unit'? Gellius is a great plat, exceptional even, and not many people will disagree. That does not make Nadia, or any other plat unit, 'not great'.

Gellius, on the other hand stops 4 (5) on their tracks.
And if you say "Just put somebody behind Nadia", then how it is different from deploying Gellius with mage support?

Unless the mobs have absolutely insane defense(like golem-tier), Nadia's area damage will out-dps three-four mage units at once. Her ASPD is nearly x3 as fast and AWS puts her above 2k damage. It's just better. 40 cost and one space is definitely better than 100ish cost and three spots.



My picks for high-tier plat units, in no particular order, for the DMM version. This is not to say other plat units aren't good, but these ones are most notable imo for sheer power reasons:

Nadia (huge stats, AWS makes her an ideal sweeper in higher difficulty stages, combos amazingly with 3+ block units)
Gellius (best defensive HA)
Jerome (automatic AWS allows lazy play and is a great deploy and forget unit; passive effectively cr's him by 2)
Rachel (AWS gives her over 400 range, fast attack speed and 1400+ attack; extremely strong after buffs)
Anelia (one of the earliest multi-target units, now deals magic damage, and has also benefited from the ASPD buffs as Rachel)
Saria (rapid healing AoE AWS is ridiculous)
Elizabeth (DPS is comparable to Nanaly)
Sherry (hits 5 targets at once at 250 range for large damage; very strong, differentiates herself from the blacks unlike other princesses)
Marle (her skill is very strong, too; not quite as good as Saria)
Lyla (20s low cooldown AoE that provides over 3k attack)
Uzume (passive and skill are both really strong)
Flamel (her buffs have made her surpass Serra for best warrior priest; very reliable unit in a class that is kind of broken)
Sabine (long-term ranged true damage; 280 range)
Patra (large attack multiplier with burst all heal on a low cooldown; best plat bishop)
Mole (large attack multiplier on a mage; best plat mage presently)
Thetis (cc immunity and powerful automatic AWS with low downtime)

honorable mentions: Marnie, Waltz (not generically useful like most of above, but excellent in the right teams...)