Mythic Hero - Duma: "God of Strength" Review including Banner Review

Edit: Damn, thanks for the feature, guys!

It's that time of the month again, today we got our sneak-peek of our newest Mythic Hero, Duma. Let's check his art and skills, then, shall we?

Duma: "God of Strength"

I have to say, he definitely looks every bit as frightening as he should look. Now, I've only really finished Awakening, so I wouldn't know if Duma ever shows his human form in Echoes, but if not, then Yoneko managed to draw a very good representation of Duma. He might not be our first male dragon unit, but I can safely say he looks the best out of all.

As for skills, we get another Solo skill, Def and Res, alongside a new Breath weapon and C Slot.

Let's start with his weapon. It has great synergy with his C Slot, granting him Atk and Res +6 during combat and not allowing the enemy to have a follow-up attack if their HP is lower than 100%. What does this mean? Rip to all Desperation s. Again.

His C Slot, like I said, has great synergy with his weapon because it deals 7 HP to every foe at turn 1, and unless the enemy has a healer or any HP recovering skill on their units, they're in the "lower than 100%" threshold. Now, that's only one part. Just like with the A slots for Arena score, he comes with one of the most situational skills I've probably ever seen. If he's defending in Aether Raids, during Anima season, he gains the effects of a max-level Catapult.

Now, for my predictions.

HP:50

Atk (including weapon's Mt and effect):60

Spd:18

Def:34

Res:38

I imagine he'll be a very slow, but hard-hitting tank. Sort of like Grima, but based more on Player Phase rather than Enemy Phase thanks to his Bold Fighter.

Mythic Hero Banner

Red

Heroes: Legendary Ike, Legendary Eirika and Laegjarn.

Well, this is quite the batch of Heroes for this color. It has two Legendary Heroes, and although the other hero isn't Seasonal, she's still quite powerful and someone worth summoning for. Now, we did get Ike one year ago from A Hero Rises, but whether you weren't playing then, are on a merge project for him or killed him for his A Slot, now you may get him again! As for Legendary Eirika, well, she's a powerful sword cavalier and simply worth trying for, in my opinion.

This color is overall awesome, and you should try to summon on it if you need any powerful red Hero!

Blue

Heroes: Legendary Tiki, Summer Ryoma and Kliff.

Kind of ironic Legendary Tiki would show up on a banner with Duma, but, hey, it ain't Mila's child so it works. Jokes aside, she's an armored Dragon who feels like a mix of M Grima's powerful Enemy Phase and Duma's powerful Player Phase, and she does it well. Summer Ryoma is an interesting dancer, and I say that because of his weapon, which is like a Hardy Bearing seal, preventing any skills that may change the attack order, making him great for killing low HP Vantage units or maybe even some Desperation units on their own Phase. Kliff, besides having Fortress Def/Res 3, is a great mage with some interesting, more defensive than usual stats.

Not a bad set of Heroes here, either! These tend to go towards the more defensive side, as opposed to the red set of Heroes, which feel more offensive overall.

Green

Heroes: Legendary Lyn, Summer Elincia and Brave Ephraim.

Oof. I tend to generally not be scared of green units, and this translates in me not really seeing green as a good color to summon on. I can't the last time I actually wanted a green unit. I think it was Brave Ephraim...?

Anyhow, Legendary Lyn was the first colored archer, and has an interesting and powerful set of skills, but she's sadly not that scary in my opinion. Summer Elincia, despite being regarded as the worst from the Summer banner, is still a decent dancer just as much as any other! Sadly she doesn't fly and isn't a beast, but is still alright, and, at worst, good fodder for her dagger and/or A Slot. Brave Ephraim is one of the best green Heroes in my opinion, and definitely pretty high on that Armored list, too. His B Slot is more than just scary, and coupled with his weapon, he's a real threat.

Overall, unless you want any of these units or feel really lucky and get Brave Ephraim, I'd say this is the least rewarding color to summon on.

Colorless

Heroes: Duma, Summer Linde and Loki.

Finally, the featured Hero's color. Duma comes alongside Summer Linde and Loki, both being amazing units. I got Summer Linde while trying for Summer Takumi, but she's an amazing dagger cavalier! I don't know how she fares in comparison to Hot Springs Elise, who's our other only dagger cavalier, if I'm not mistaken, but I for one still enjoy using her, especially for those 10th stratum quests. Loki is an amazing healer. She might not be Veronica, but she's certainly not a Hero to joke around with. Healers are scarier than you might think (just like in any game, where to make characters more fun they make them OP), and she's no exception. She doesn't even need any inheritance, really, so you can simply use her right off the bat!

Besides being Duma's color, the other two Heroes that accompany him make this a great color to summon on, too! Probably the worst possible outcome is getting Linde, unless you want her, but even the worst outcome isn't that bad at all, so this is definitely a nice color to try on for the featured Hero.

Order of colors in of summoning

Well, if it were to my personal preference, I'd say:

1. Red; (I'd love Laegjarn or Legendary Eirika)

2. Blue; (I've been waiting for Legendary Tiki for so long ;-;)

3. Colorless; (I have Linde, don't need another healer, really and Duma is powerful, but nothing I can't live without)

4. Green. (I explained myself earlier)

But, if I am to be as objective as possible, I'd say:

1. Colorless; (Well, Duma is the Featured Hero, so he is by far an amazing choice, singlehandedly bringing this color higher)

2. Red; (2 Legendary Heroes and a great flier, easily a great choice)

3. Blue; (Despite having a Legendary, Seasonal and normal Hero, just like Green, I find the ones that are on blue to be stronger than their Green counterpart, with the exception of Kliff and Brave Ephraim)

4. Green. (Enough said)

Ending Thoughts

An amazing new Hero that probably gives quite a bit of hope for a bunch of players regarding the status of Mythic Heroes as "God-like" Heroes, as IS put them. Of course, we have to wait and see what other Mythic Heroes we'll have, but for now, the future is looking bright in this regard.

As for the banner, it has a lot of great choices, in of Legendary Heroes, Seasonal Heroes and even normal ones. Definitely worth at least a few orbs, in my opinion!

Now, excuse me while I grind to 50000 points in TT for my last tries at Leanne.