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Number 68

It is true Rutger have rather balanced stat lines allowing for many ways to be built. However, he is not a very stand when you consider Solei is present in the 3/4* pool, among other Sword s, who can cover all of the bases Rutger can with potentially more options if you delve into those who have refines. Rutger lacking a unique role the higher ranked Sword Infantry Grail units have with their preferred weapons does not help his case as well. Sword Infantry units being a very uncommon demote has helped Rutger not seem as irrelevant as other generic units in the grail, though he is likely to age even poorly if more Sword demotes become a thing. It is worth mentioning that following the introduction of IVs, Ruttger can make use of a +Speed IV to be one of the fastests free to play friendly units a player can ask for, making him a potent of the speed reduction skills.

Number 69

Dark Royal Spear is a perfect weapon for an enemy phase cavalry like Berkut. By having Lull Atk/Def as the effect refine allows Berkut all the benefits of a Lull by negating enemy buffs while freeing up his B slot. The debuffs it puts onto the enemy makes Dark Royal Spear essentially Reprisal Lance +, Vanguard +, and Berkut’s/Barrier Lance + all rolled into one weapon offering an effective +8 to Berkut’s Attack, Defense and Resistance. Those boosts make Berkut an ideal enemy phase tank with just an okay player phase due Dark Royal Spear having an additional way to activate via the enemy being at full HP. Better to have that additional condition than to not have it but it is much better to capitalize on his enemy phase whether you choose to use Distant Counter or opt for any other bulk oriented skill.

Number 70

Despite many fans eagerly waiting for Lyon’s Naglfar to receive a refine, that refine did not live up to expectation of many when compared to the quality received by other Grand Hero Battle Refines. All Lyon amounts to post refine is being a Sophia with a free B slot due to a refined Naglfar having what many refer to as Quick Riposte 5. To that comparison’s credit it means Lyon can perform well as an anti-cavline or anti-ranged unit much like Sophia has performed.

Number 71

Balanced stat line that improves when merged making him superior to Nowi, but not by a great enough degree to be placed any higher. There is also the dragon weakness and while he has the color advantage over Falchion s, if he encounters a team with Naga then it’s possible for everyone to be effective against him making him much less of a threat. When compared to Nowi and Female Corrin, Kana lacks that improvements/niches Purifying Breath and Gloom Breath give Nowi and Corrin respectively. Nowi especially makes a case for Kana very rough as long he exists without a refine of his own as Purifying Breath offers Distant Counter, extra stats, and penalty neutralizing all in 1 package while Kana with an inheritable breath can only hope to achieve 1 or 2 at a time.

Number 72

Sword Fliers are not very common and Fiora possess a lead in Attack over Caeda and a lead in Speed over Palla. Caeda’s higher Resistance is the only notable thing that beats out Fiora state wise. With Fiora now able to get IVs, her Attack and Speed spread cannot be matched by Palla who is only capable of matching one of the two stats depending on her IVs. However, nothing about Fiora necessarily makes her a must have unit as Palla can, more often than not, be used in whatever situation than Fiora and Caeda has the utility offered by her Wing Sword.

Number 73

A much more stat inflated version of the likes of Laslow and Seliph. But lacks the unique utility their refines offer. He also has poor speed and resistance so a solid magic unit just obliterates him. His primary selling point is his naturally high scoring which no 3/4* can achieve without a duel skill but at the same time you’re better off putting grails towards Itsuki, Astram, or Nemesis.

Number 74

Hauteclere definitely lets Michalis nuke when his specials are ready. Being a flier, he does not have as many ways to keep his special at the ready. Having the low to middling speed he possesses means he’ll rack up a lot of damage trying to ready an Ignis for his max nuking potential. While he can perform a pretty solid tank build with Distant Counter and Noontime, he’ll still get doubled plenty of times.

Number 75 + Number 76

In this day an age a Staff Cavalry can be an immensely useful unit to invest in for Aether Raids Defense, though to that extent every option that is not locked behind are generic options leaving an individual’s stats to be the deciding factor as to whether you wish to invest in one. Both Ethlyn and Silque are among the highest HP of non 5* locked Staff Cavalries, which can be helpful if you aim for them to avoid offense building with HP checks but more importantly they can potentially avoid Isolation from Bridal Fjroms if that is something you concern yourself with. Otherwise, for Staff units, Ethlyn boasts an impressive offensive spread while Silque trades in the points for Speed to increase her bulk which can catch people off guard if they can’t break through her. With Cav Lines and Restore traps being popular setups for a people to build for Aether Raids defense, Ethlyn and Silque can certainly do said roles just as well as any other generic Staff unit. Though you can easily spring for a unit like Nanna or Forrest and find yourself at little loss. Ethlyn and Silque also drop in value if you don’t need a unit like them for Aether Raids or lack any interest in the mode.

Number 77

Being our 4th free to play friendly Axe Cavalry unit in less than half a year, players were rather burned out to see Zelot come into the game with little to be desired when everything you could’ve wanted an Axe Cavalry for can be fulfilled by Lex, Plegian Kris, or Saleh. Lex especially makes it difficult to objectively say Zelot would be a worthwhile investment as even without Goddess Axe being taken into their stat spread are way too similar with their very prominent Attack and Defense. While Zelot is arguably better off than say the likes of Fredrick, Gunter, and Walhart, he’s not THAT much better than them to justify the cost to +10 him.

Number 78

She has access to all of the utility daggers and can use her default dagger Temari+ to great effect for ing. While flying dagger units are very good, due to being a colored dagger New Years Eir loses the neutrality that her normal self and Bath Camilla have. Not helping is that. the Red color is not the best choice a colored dagger/bow would like. The color only possesses relevance for a dagger if they use Pegasus Carrot, but there is still Sky Maiougi so every dagger unit is capable of armor slaying anyway. If she was colorless, she would tie with Bath Camilla.

Number 79

Conrad has fantastic bulk but no means of preventing follow-up attacks meaning he’ll take extra damage regardless and charge up opponents specials allowing them to do even more damage on him unless he uses Guard Lance or tier 4 Stance skill. His player phase is also very poor as he has subpar Attack when compared to Berkut or Death Knight. Even if his bulk is superior depending on the weapon he wields, he ultimately is restricted to enemy phase scenarios.