Generics are defined as units that do not have access to a unique weapon. Unless it can be proven that being a ranged flier is not a problem in the modern meta, we believe that the demotion to Tier 4 is justified. While all these justify a demotion, the question might be, why Tier 4 specifically? This is unfortunately where the ranged flier problems seep in weaknesses to bows mean either an opportunity cost to the seal slot or just falling flat to the matchup, and the dead horse that we had constantly beat over and over again with their lack of competitive skill access. The amount of units he is able to take out in the enemy phase is also increasingly less and less due to either a firepower increase such as the likes of Triangle Attack compositions involving Bridal Catria, or just pure brute force from the likes of Valentine's Lif and Winter Lysithea. ![]() As Far Save is becoming ever-increasingly common on the defense teams, it is much harder for the likes of Brave Claude to be able to convincingly take down any of the common Far Save options outside of relying on external factors such as the Bolt Tower. In the modern era, however, his circumstances make it difficult to do any of the above. ![]() In the past, Brave Claude likes to be able to snipe his problematic foes from afar and take on the opponents using Wind Parthia's healing. While the big elephant in the room is, of course, Fatal Smoke, it is not his only issue. We also decided to give Yuri the red-eye treatment over Legendary Sigurd to reflect this consensus. We decided to promote Eitri, as she still hits hard while having some defensive properties in her Divine Recreation. The team had the majority consensus that Yuri is simply not on the same plane as most of the units in the game. Lastly, New Year Kaden simply is not doing enough compared to modern cavalry nukes, as most of them either have a guaranteed follow-up or Null Follow-Up.Īdmittedly, we were a little too harsh on Eitri with the Yuri comparison. As such, we adjusted her tier accordingly while removing her Defense icon in the process. We also felt that Brave Edelgard is no longer performing as well on Defense due to recent units being able to take her out with relative ease (Ninja Corrin and Winter Lysithea being the 2 biggest culprits). Winter Bernadetta is mainly used for HP manipulation for HP threshold Skills such as Desperation, Brash Assault, and Wings of Mercy, and Sonya is a capable Area-of-Effect user that could be used in conjunction with Safety Fence. We also removed some Defense icons and made defensive adjustments. Most of the Null Follow-Up mages in Tier 1 were adjusted down, with the only exception being Legendary Byleth (M) due to Sublime Heaven. As such, it is important to re-evaluate units that were relying on Windsweep as their main gimmick, the main ones being those who have Null Follow-Up in their weapon. The same could be said for Windsweep the existence of Ascendant Fjorm also created a sweeping (heh) effect in the utility of said Skill for ranged units. Lastly, while Eleonora is not a generic, she also suffers from the same problems stated above. We also felt that other generic bows such as Leonie and Rolf should be adjusted downwards for the same reasons. This effect is similar to how armor effectiveness faded due to Brave Hector. We felt that it is about time to adjust them downwards their main method of disruption, Firesweep, is no longer a reliable option due to the rather extreme presence of Ascendant Fjorm in the state of the offensive metagame. Many concerns were brought up by Astrid’s placement in light of the other generic bow unit placements, such as Sedgar and Python. Lastly, while Brave Ephraim is not a single tank, his performance in recent times is more hit-or-miss due to an increased abundance of Null Follow-Up melee nukes such as Brave Eirika and Brave Alm. While Scion Larcei and Brave Ike technically could be used as melee specialists, we do not think they bring enough to the table in that role for them to be considered for Tier 1. We adjusted all the remaining prominent pure tanks downwards in light of this observation. In the current state of the game, it is abundantly clear that the age of single tanks is pretty much over, as they are superseded by Saves. ![]() As per usual, the team is all ears with any constructive feedback regarding the tier list, so keep them coming. We also have more drastic tier list changes lined up in the next couple of updates, but this one is largely here to address all the concerns that were brought up in the previous update. In the previous update, we received your feedback regarding the general stance of summoner duels, and the team is planning to do something regarding the mode sometime in the near future.
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