I’ve *really* enjoyed Alcryst + Edelgard. She gives extra Str and Dex, and at high bond level he has access to an axe, lance, and three-range bow. Give him a Killer Bow and Brave Bow, and he goes to town!
About Alcryst, I've been thinking of giving a try a Lyn build alongside Lunar Brace and Weapon Sync from Edelgard's ring. Thanks to Lunar B, the lack of dmg Alcryst has towards endgame can be worked around, add WP Sync (which thanks to Lyn being a Bows emblem will always be active) it can act as a watered down Bow Power. Edit: It is a hella expensive build tho, and will require favoritism regarding the SP books, specially if you want the upgraded version of both inheritables.
This is EXACTLY what I did. This dude just didn’t know how to build him. Weapon sync+ and Lunar Brace + plus Luna? Talk about fixing his damage. (you use SP conversion as well to get the extra SP needed for this)
28:31 legitimate random thought but when you said Silver Blade I realized Celine would rock Lodestar rush since she’d not only deal 210% damage of the blade as a Mag attack, & if she procs Ignis, wouldn’t it use half of her magic since she’s using a physical weapon? That would be funny 🤔 Alcrest using lodestar rush with Luna chance & guaranteed poison after combat is also hilarious, man everyone is a great lodestar rush, user
everything else is kind of predictable to me, but really surprised with the boucheron build, I completely overlooked the potential of moved to tears in my runs, TIL, thanks for sharing that : )
ettie is a lot more consistent that alcryst, she is slower and doesn't have the huge luna payoffs, but always can count on her to do something (yes, on maddening), lyn is even better for her since it gives a lot of speed which is more important to her than to alcryst
I actually did a support Alear in my first playthrough, though it wasn't Maddening, and I ended up going Martial Master instead of High Priest. He was a good unit, though!
I really enjoy Veronica for back up summons & contracts, and while I see the idea, don’t you lose these features when you engage+? I really didn’t use it in my play through so I can’t remember, I also don’t know if it works with bond rings, if it does, then it gives me a good reason to actually use some, like Sorin or Liliana’s S ranks, or Dimitri’s hit & run, heck Spur attack is also just great for Alear Still, this is roughly the build I would use lol, it still feels weird giving up the sword, but honestly? I never used it lmao
Yeah that's the thing, I've never once needed or cared about Engage+. It's cool, but by the time you get it I've already got all my strats and builds locked in, so I never want to use it. I'd always rather use Veronica than Engage+ in this build scenario, for example.
Im sorry im Really Trying on Bouche but hes been kinda mid for me even with high investment, doing that much id rather do for Yunaka/Lapis,,,, I used all the dlc SP to give Yunaka str/dex+5 and it gave her that extra Smacc she needs Support Alear tho is like, a mainstay on every run for me, I rly love it
With Alcryst you can kinda do a similar thing that you did with The Bouch. Marth + Brave Bow to maximize attacks. Combine with Dex +5 and Dex/Spd +5 for maximum memes. I've gotten plenty of one shots on Generals with 0 damage reported.
I am so PUMPED that Boucheron worked out for you he and Chloe are so fun to use with Brave effects
I enjoy your builds as they show creativity and your level of thought to make fun synergies. Hope you're doing well Tom!
That's goal DS! Glad you enjoy, cause I have a lot of fun coming up with this stuff.
I’ve *really* enjoyed Alcryst + Edelgard. She gives extra Str and Dex, and at high bond level he has access to an axe, lance, and three-range bow.
Give him a Killer Bow and Brave Bow, and he goes to town!
Yeah, there's definitely things that I could do to Alcryst to make the build hum more, no doubt there.
About Alcryst, I've been thinking of giving a try a Lyn build alongside Lunar Brace and Weapon Sync from Edelgard's ring.
Thanks to Lunar B, the lack of dmg Alcryst has towards endgame can be worked around, add WP Sync (which thanks to Lyn being a Bows emblem will always be active) it can act as a watered down Bow Power.
Edit: It is a hella expensive build tho, and will require favoritism regarding the SP books, specially if you want the upgraded version of both inheritables.
This is EXACTLY what I did. This dude just didn’t know how to build him. Weapon sync+ and Lunar Brace + plus Luna? Talk about fixing his damage. (you use SP conversion as well to get the extra SP needed for this)
28:31 legitimate random thought but when you said Silver Blade I realized Celine would rock Lodestar rush since she’d not only deal 210% damage of the blade as a Mag attack, & if she procs Ignis, wouldn’t it use half of her magic since she’s using a physical weapon? That would be funny 🤔
Alcrest using lodestar rush with Luna chance & guaranteed poison after combat is also hilarious, man everyone is a great lodestar rush, user
Oh my god I think you're right, Ignis should proc on that. Oh me oh my.
everything else is kind of predictable to me, but really surprised with the boucheron build, I completely overlooked the potential of moved to tears in my runs, TIL, thanks for sharing that : )
Nobody expects the Brave King Bouche, glad you enjoyed that! 😁
Alcryst with Lyn, weapon sync+ will destroy. I love him.
Ah, weapon sync, that's a fair point.
ettie is a lot more consistent that alcryst, she is slower and doesn't have the huge luna payoffs, but always can count on her to do something (yes, on maddening), lyn is even better for her since it gives a lot of speed which is more important to her than to alcryst
Yeah, I'm highly valuing Etie's strength now. Alcryst is swingier, but there's something to be said for reliability.
I actually did a support Alear in my first playthrough, though it wasn't Maddening, and I ended up going Martial Master instead of High Priest. He was a good unit, though!
I'm telling people, support Alear is the way to go.
How to make alcryst work brave bow and lunar brace
I really enjoy Veronica for back up summons & contracts, and while I see the idea, don’t you lose these features when you engage+? I really didn’t use it in my play through so I can’t remember, I also don’t know if it works with bond rings, if it does, then it gives me a good reason to actually use some, like Sorin or Liliana’s S ranks, or Dimitri’s hit & run, heck Spur attack is also just great for Alear
Still, this is roughly the build I would use lol, it still feels weird giving up the sword, but honestly? I never used it lmao
Yeah that's the thing, I've never once needed or cared about Engage+. It's cool, but by the time you get it I've already got all my strats and builds locked in, so I never want to use it. I'd always rather use Veronica than Engage+ in this build scenario, for example.
Im sorry im Really Trying on Bouche but hes been kinda mid for me even with high investment, doing that much id rather do for Yunaka/Lapis,,,, I used all the dlc SP to give Yunaka str/dex+5 and it gave her that extra Smacc she needs
Support Alear tho is like, a mainstay on every run for me, I rly love it
Poison doesn’t work the same as a back up attack. Js
With Alcryst you can kinda do a similar thing that you did with The Bouch.
Marth + Brave Bow to maximize attacks. Combine with Dex +5 and Dex/Spd +5 for maximum memes.
I've gotten plenty of one shots on Generals with 0 damage reported.
BOUCHERON FALLS OFF!!!!
damn thats crazy bouche kinda falls off tho
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That +10 magic with Chrom is completely wasted on Bucheron. Wouldn’t recommend that. At all.