Thread: Spare Gold: AW Fodder, CR Fodder, or Rainbow Crystals?

Right, so as the title so helpfully implies, I've got a small number of extra gold units and I was wondering which would be more beneficial. Using them to Awaken Units, to Cost Reduce same units, or to just cash them in for coin and Rainbow Crystals.

I recall everyone saying using spare silver units to Evolve/CC was the better option than Cost Reduction, but I'm not sure it was equivalent here, since I could theoretically get other spare silver units to fulfill the AW cost needs. Any opinion is appreciated in this inquiry.

NEVER use golds as awakening fodder. As for whether use them for SU/CR or trade them for RC - it's up to you to decide, if unit is useful to you, then you'll want CR him (or even try to mincost), if not - just sell him for RC.

Originally Posted by Koshka

NEVER use golds as awakening fodder. As for whether use them for SU/CR or trade them for RC - it's up to you to decide, if unit is useful to you, then you'll want CR him (or even try to mincost), if not - just sell him for RC.

You underestimate the cash some guys are willing to burn. I'll say if you have >2000 rainbow crystals and have no use of those gold units anymore, AW fodder is perfectly acceptable.

For the rest of us, its mostly :

Is that gold unit worth CCing? Eg. Will I use it often enough? Will reducing cost matter? Is she my waifu?
If the answer is no to those questions then turn them to RC.

Step 2 -

Well, judging by that "I've got a small number of extra gold units" part, I guess it's safe to say that he isn't one of those people, who's ready to spend a sum, comparable to a budget of a small African country just to get a bunch of units (besides, such people can't possibly have a problem with silver fodder). And for normal players it's a common rule - to get the most of what you can from the what you can get.

Well, as the above exchange should tell you, it depends on:

Are you willing to spend money on this game?

If so, gold units will end up being expendable in the long run. If not, it's recommended to hang on to them.

Assuming you are NOT going whale (big spender), it also depends on what gold unit. Bernice and Iris are mainstay gold units that are worth CR due to the fact they are highly useful and used often. Anemone is a great gold if you did not score Sabinne (the fact you're asking makes me pretty sure you don't have Horace) let alone Sybilla, since ranged magic attack has its uses. Julian is a more offensive alternative to Katie (higher attack, lower defense, same skill but easier to CR) and if you do CR/SU him he becomes preferable for the primary role of soldiers if you don't have Jerome (plat soldier). Kerry is a solid UP ramp if you don't have Dahlia, Thetis or Clissa. If you missed Belinda and haven't scored Adele or Despara, Yuyu is fantastic (even if you have all 3 of those, she has her uses). Zola is great for AoE physical damage, and Mehlis is a good mage (doesn't match up to the plat and black ones besides cost, obviously).

Ultimately, the biggest question is: Will I use this unit a lot? Most gold units are great for non-spenders but even spenders will get mileage out of Iris and Bernice, but some are just plain used more often than others, and some you might have alternatives for already. Did you pull Thetis? Kerry just got a lot more expendable. Got Jerome? Julian can hit the hay. Sasha/Garania? Not much use for the gold mages.

Also, the most common classes for AW fodder are soldiers (Gold: Julian, not counting Katie because she's currently unique), witches (Gold: Yuyu, Cloris is unique), Valkyries (Gold: Kerry), Healers (Gold: Iris, Fedora), Heavy Armor (Gold: Bernice, Garret) and Mage (Gold: Barbastroff, Mehlis, Cyrus). Out of those, the more "expendable" gold units are Fedora (generally outclassed by Iris as a healer), Garret (totally outclassed by Bernice for the job of a HA) and both male gold mages (Mehlis outperforms both under most circumstances).


Regardless of what you do, make sure you have units that can fill the role of the gold you're discharging or using as AW fodder. Last thing you need is to use your only Iris as AW fodder and be stuck with silver healers, for example.

Ok, so never awakening and from there choose at your discretion. I guess combining once just to get that guaranteed reduction and skill level is fine. Though I can't imagine Rainbow Crystals being a common thing for me... hmm.

I'm guessing RC will be used for something other than trying to get that Dark Knight unit? Anyone have a link or something to the units that we can use RC to get?