Thread: Today i rolled...

Originally Posted by IvanLedah21

You wouldn't AW a Valkyrie just because you want a Valkyrie, you'd AW her because you want the:
1) early UP ramp that's "free" (100% UP refund on withdrawal when AW)
2) decent lightning rod (Valkyries have MR)
3) decent duelist (Valkyries are a poor-man's princess against physical units and better damage against mages due to those enemies have MR to reduce princess' magic damage)

The first note is in particular the reason you'd use Valkyries at all if you have a Princess above Themis. If not, Valkyries can fill in for them as per note 3. For note 2, the only other option readily available (read: not premium summon-based) is bandits (higher HP, no MR) unless you got Claudia during her event (if you have Karma you've been playing long enough to likely have a plethora of options if you didn't take a break)

I'm still rather new so have missed most of the flashey event units, still have a good team base that I don't really need valks to stand in as a duelist. Though I still use valks from time to time and I guess they become most useful during subjugation type events.

So I would mainly be using the likes of Kerry and Emilia for option one and possibly two if need be, I do have other more powerful stand ins.

So who of the two would stand better at option one i wonder? If just someone had AW Kerry to tell us if the decreased atk speed actualy hinders her at early ramping if enemys approach fast.

I'm afraid the answer can only be summarized as "It depends" given the variability of map spawns. Post Awakening Kerry has the same attack speed as bandits but has a bit weaker attack power than Eunice or Mortimer outside of skill activation. That makes her strong enough to mash a basic goblin in one shot but not much else. Emilia needs outside support or her skill to 1 shot but she's considerably faster and her skill's initial timer is only 12.5-14.5 seconds depending on rank, so with the right placement she could plausibly have it up by the time the early packs have walked to her on many maps. It's a tough comparison because if the trickle of units is slow enough you might just want Call Reinforcements instead anyway. The whole thing makes me happy I have Thetis and can largely skip worrying about it.

Yeah i wish i had Dhalia so i wouldnt have to think about it haha. She also makes for a better duelist vs mr targets then my sherry. But i got Garania on my pulls instat of her so i have to worry :'P
But with what ur saying i will propably just go with my min cost 4/5 emilia and call it a day.

Had enough to roll once. Was hoping for Yuyu.

Rolled Flamel!

Given my need for good healers (I'm relying on Iris, Alyssa and Awakened Sophie right now) its an awesome gain