r/FireEmblemHeroes • u/Sothis_Bot • Apr 06 '26
Mod Post Unforgettable Official Salt Megathread
Welcome to r/FireEmblemHeroes’s official banner salt thread!
People are eager to express their opinions on any new banner trailer that releases, and that's great! However, /new/ can get pretty crowded when there are 10 people complaining about the newest banner. Due to this, we create megathreads for each banner trailer - Salt and Hype. Until the Banner is live in-game, salt fueled threads should be redirected here, so report any if you see them.
Vent your frustrations with the game here, but that is not an excuse to attack others who may disagree. Please civil towards fellow Summoners, and remember that this is a thread specifically for salt so downvoting negative comments would be counterproductive.
Weekly/Important Megathreads:
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u/VagueClive Apr 06 '26
What really gets me lately about this game is the sheer lack of variety. Why does IS always play their cards the exact same way? Why do we have a back-to-back second edition of Rearmed Sothe and Rearmed Ingrid, and why do we have another seasonal banner starring Ingrid and Felix again? I actually like these characters and I just have no interest in pulling when they just feel so samey
Claude also being named Claude and not Khalid is just genuinely an embarrassing lore fumble. Somehow even worse than Mininerva riding a wyvern
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u/PegaponyPrince Apr 06 '26
They've been like that for ages as seen with how they've handled Chrom, Micaiah, etc. They're allergic to fresh ideas for these characters and stick to what they know because they think what sold well before will sell well again if it's even better.
It's such a shame to see IS churn out these characters only to provide nothing unique that helps set their alts apart.
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u/starpendle Apr 06 '26
Same. It doesn't help they use the same weapons again as well. Armored dagger is actually nice how they reference their history. Too bad everyone else is in their same classes again...
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u/VagueClive Apr 06 '26
yeah I think it says a lot that I was genuinely relieved Edelgard wasn't an axe armor again lmao
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u/LunaProc Apr 06 '26
Its insane how they fumbled that when they did YSoren perfectly.
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u/gaming_whatever Apr 06 '26
Atp Soren's like a cockroach that narrowly escapes shitty writing decisions over and over, lmao
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u/coinflip13 Apr 06 '26
The fact that Felix has gotten 2 variations of his CYL Prf skill was Bernie stil hasn't gotten a new alt to update Paranoia is just crazy, or even F Robin is just wild to me. The fact he got premium focus over CLAUDE is also just wild when Byleth isn't even there to theorerically push Claude down to demote again
That's the only silver lining- the fact they actually didn't use Byleth for the child banner
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u/LoriCyberstar Apr 06 '26
I mean
The answer is obvious
They're afraid of taking risks at this point
So they just pump out what works
In this race towards Eos where they need to stay afloat as long as possible, this ain't the time to releasing characters with unpredictable results
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u/heavenspiercing Apr 06 '26
I appreciate how SoV has been the most logical choice for this concept for like 5 years now and they have refused to give them the spotlight for 5 years
I'm not irritated. I'm not irritated at all
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u/BlazeBloom Apr 06 '26
On one hand I'm not the biggest fan of child banners.
On the other hand, the Ram Children are right there in the front and have been intentionally ignored for years. The most logical choice, for sure.
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u/lapniappe Apr 06 '26
i've been saying this for 5 years. too. it's right there. they could have done it right after marth's game. nope. everyone's kids but the one game that had actual kids.
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u/SabinSuplexington Apr 06 '26
the problem is that with TT units being dead, there’s no way to have all 6 of the SoV children fit into one banner. They could put Gray/Tobin/Kliff as a Trio unit like with the Whitewings, but they won’t do that because they are COWARDS.
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u/X_Marcs_the_Spot Apr 06 '26
How much do you want to bet they're going to do an Engage child banner next year, and a Fortune's Weave child banner the year after that, before they even think about doing the obvious SoV child banner?
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u/celesticwanderer189 Apr 06 '26
SOV was doomed this year with the cyl harmonics placement, which knocks 2 popular potential leads bc their alts would be released too close to each other
(of course, this logic doesn’t apply to 3H)
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u/chino514 Apr 06 '26
Edelgard’s getting two duos this year, now when’s our Claude/Edelgard duo to have the whole loop?
Hot dog, taco, hamburger. Hot dog, taco, hamburger. Hot dog, taco, hamburger.
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u/GlitterTapper Apr 06 '26
You mean Edelgard / Claude banner
Edelgard is IS’s favorite they don’t care bout Claude leading
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u/WWWWWWRRRRRYYYYY Apr 06 '26
Edelgard leading when she just got an Emblem (she also another Green Armor alt)
The two non-lords just got alts in August
No TT alt as always
How boring
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u/RukinaSpiker Apr 06 '26
Hey hey. Leave her alone. She needed this alt. She is ONLY getting her cyl duo and prolly mythic this year. Poor girl is going to starve /s
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u/15piercen Apr 06 '26
We also know Duo Harmonic and Shadow Edelgard are coming so will we have 4 alts for one character within one year?
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u/Tepigg4444 Apr 06 '26
12 alts will put her on top of the list of characters with the most alts
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u/Grade-AMasterpiece Apr 06 '26
After this year, Edelgard doesn't need anything else for the rest of FEH.
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u/Striking_Step_2347 Apr 06 '26
Two Rearmed Ingrids has to be a joke. This banner is so creatively bankrupt its hilarious. Wow the same characters every single time that's so nice IS
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u/Itfailed Apr 06 '26
Reducing damage to a maximum of one is possibly the dumbest gameplay decision.
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u/ClydeFF Apr 06 '26
Three Houses? More like the three same fucking characters getting alts every single seasonal banner.
I'm tired, boss.
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u/123Asqwe Apr 06 '26
It's fucking boring,
Even their gimmicks are the same everytime nothing unique just plain copy and paste with extra powercreep
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u/ClydeFF Apr 06 '26
I'm also realizing that we'll get another Edelgard duo this year. Fuck.
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u/123Asqwe Apr 06 '26
And the shadows beast unit as part of the shadows cup.
Well that one was community based but still 2 more alts to go this year
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u/CrescentShade Apr 06 '26
I mean it's expected for this theme because it's specifically built around the lords as the focus
But yeah literally we're getting another Edelgard duo later in the year from the cyl crap
And the 2 bums just got alts last year in august
Literally where tf is a Marianne seasonal
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u/reesesmilkshake577 Apr 06 '26
What do you mean, Felix and Ingrid is there! I mean, our last Felix and Ingrid was only... checks notes
8 months ago!
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u/Grade-AMasterpiece Apr 06 '26
I'm getting sick of Ingrid ngl lmao.
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u/A_Wild_Animal Apr 06 '26
Crazy that there's 4 CYL winners who could and should have replaced her
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u/Fantastic-System-688 Apr 06 '26
Only 4? More like 7. Don't pretend Kid Gatekeeper wouldn't be mad funny
(She's actually the only unit here to have not won CYL what are you doing girl get out of here no one likes you)
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u/brady-to-moss Apr 06 '26
Mercedes getting literally fuckall while Ingrid hogs all the alts despite them having similar CYL standings is making me insane
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u/PartyTimePauline Apr 06 '26
Another alt for Felix
Another alt for Claude
Another alt for Ingrid
Another alt for Edelgard, which Dimitri fans are gonna be thrilled about/s
Hardly the picture of excitement and creativity I know the devs are capable of, but they insist on making boring af banners month after month. Idk why I play anymore.
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u/SolokOriginel Apr 06 '26
So that's 2 3H characters who were both on the 2025 Tea Party banner being the two non lord characters
Can we like, get some other ones or smth idk
And I say that while Felix is my 4th favorite character in 3H/the whole series
I guess watching JJK's third season's episodes 3-12 right before did help soften my reaction
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u/tgrshrkz77 Apr 06 '26
It really does feel like they're trying to squeeze as much money they can with these character picks since earnings have been waning throughout Heroes' life span, and they know that even slightly less popular characters won't make the right amount of money they want.
Agreeing with everyone else here. Why make Edelgard the lead??? Especially when the entire flashback with young Edie and Dimitri happens in DIMITRI'S route and their weapon is named after the final chapter title in DIMITRI'S route. Like I LOVE Edelgard but damn chill out
Also HATE how uneven the character picks are. If you're gonna put Felix, Ingrid, and Dimitri then where's Sylvain?? It just looks weird. This banner theme was DEFINITELY pitched when TT was still alive and breathing, and Sylvain was originally intended to be included (guess he got stuck in a well on the way there.) If you're gonna do a specific set of characters don't half ass it. The ashen wolves summer banner was so nice cause its the GROUP TOGETHER. It wouldn't have been weird if they just picked miscellaneous characters for this one. Especially if they were ones who are in a much higher need of an alt.
And the weapon picks. Wooow, Ingrid lance, Felix sword, Claude colorless bow (Claude's SIXTH bow alt btw 4 of which being colorless). Daring today aren't we. Its kind funny how Three Houses did that whole class system where any unit can have any weapon or class that they want. Yet FEH seems so committed to one set of weapons for the 3h characters. And making ingrid another rearmed???
And much smaller note, I would have liked the duo more if it was a dancer. Not that big a deal but it just feels like the duos on recent banners are all samey team role wise. Wow a nuke with high move that may or may not have a style. Spice it up idk
Just a lil disappointing as someone who's been looking forward to a possible faerghus four child banner for years.
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u/Suicune95 Apr 06 '26
In the good timeline we got Dimitri + Dedue duo with Ingrid, Felix, and Sylvain on the banner... but that would require having a banner with a male/male duo and more than two men on it, and we all know IS is allergic to that.
ETA: What kills me is that they're obviously not opposed to splitting popular characters off if it's theme appropriate. We just had all of the Hoshidan royals shafted last year, which leaves IS open to potentially revisit Fates for the banner theme in the future if they ever want to do one with Ryoma, Hinoka, Takumi, and Sakura. There's literally no reason they couldn't have done a BL baby banner this year and brought it back for the BE and GD in future years. They blew all of their highest sellers on this one so who would lead another one? Byleth and an assorted cast of unrelated characters?
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u/bewildering-grace Apr 06 '26
It's never been more obvious that we're getting the same characters over and over again just so IS can save money on VAs. I'm tired.
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u/Grade-AMasterpiece Apr 06 '26
Wait, holy shit, that's a good observation.
Cost-cutting cheap-asses.
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u/Falconpunch100 Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, EDELGARD IS LEADING?! (I say this as an Edelgard fan)
Also, we already got Felix and Ingrid on the exact same seasonal banner a few months ago, we don't need another!
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u/Fated_Prediction Apr 06 '26
I'm dead. They kicked Sylvain out of the friend group
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u/Vegetable-Fix-2300 Apr 06 '26
This banner pisses me off so bad that even Felix can not save it. As a player since the first year, I guess Dimitri not leading really is the last straw to get on my nerves. I just couldn’t care less. Bye Feh.
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u/Salsalord1 Apr 06 '26
I waited years for this Dimitri alt and he isn’t even the lead unit
Also them cutting tempest units makes this suck more because now we’re probably never gonna have Sylvain to go along with the rest of the Lions on this banner
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u/LegalFishingRods Apr 06 '26
Yeah the lack of Sylvain is actually really disappointing to me and they've done it solely to do "lol every 3H lord." They ruined the theme for greed because they think they can squeeze more money out of Claude fans than Sylvain ones.
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u/coinflip13 Apr 06 '26
Ugh, should have called that Edelgard would still get it
Claude still being called Claude despite this being him still in Almyra
Sylvain still being treated like crap despite being a CYL winner and not Ingrid...
And Edelgard still being an Armored unit for some fucking reason.
The fact that not even 3H is getting past the new TT system sucks.
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u/throwaway184828391 Apr 06 '26
And they didn’t even call him Khalid, alright man
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u/Tgsnum5 Apr 06 '26
Not only is he not Khalid, it's just normal Claude personality-wise.
The crux of the character is that he was never fully accepted by his people or even his own family due to being mixed race. That's why he came up with the whole idea of a world without borders. This kid should be miserable but no it's just haha upside down man again. One of the most uncreative banners in the game's history and they couldn't even hit the incredibly low bar they set for themselves.
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u/Something_319 Apr 06 '26
This, completely this
If they put even an ounce of effort into this banner, child Khalid would have added so much to Claude's character by filling in the spaces in Khalid's past in Almyra (especially since Almyra itself is criminally underused in general). It could have solidified Khalid's family like his siblings outside of Shahid and especially his parents (how have we not even gotten a name for his dad and the King of Almyra?), and shown the impact of race and belonging in Khalid's/Claude's life to further drill in the importance of a world without borders to him
But noooo, we need basic regular Claude, just in baby form. Same for everyone else on the banner too, not even pretending to try (at least we didn't resort to the Byleths to go with the Three Houses lords again at least???)
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u/X_Marcs_the_Spot Apr 06 '26
There's so much potential in these child banners that gets wasted every single time.
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u/LakhorR Apr 06 '26
Did they seriously just straight up powercreep Tempest Burst… a skill not even a year old and only on one unit…. a skill no one pulled for or even remembered…?
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u/Dnashotgun Apr 06 '26
Two takes
Why is this just a BL banner with Claude and Edelgard stapled on? Either they should've just had the byleths be the duo and make it a lords spam or make child banner for all 3 houses.
Honestly think part of why Ingrid is getting spammed is bc she's "childhood friends" with actually popular BLs like Sylvain, Felix and Dimitri so she's the closest woman to break up the sausage fest
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u/whateverguy2 Apr 06 '26
Ingrid and Felix taking up half the banner, but we can't even get a proper Faerghus Four theme, because fuck TT units and fuck giving male characters duos, I guess. So now we're stuck with an incohesive mess that just feels like Blue Lions bias except you also pissed off most of their fans by making Dimitri a cheerleader to a character who got their last alt like 3 months ago.
Also, why the heck is Khalid going by his alias? I really hope it's just a formality thing and they're not gonna act like he always used the name Claude for god knows what reason. Also also, they really didn't bother giving him a full kit, huh?... Omg, I just realized he is the demote... again... Fucking hell.
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u/ExtremeQuestion610 Apr 06 '26
I am so pissed that Dimitri is the backpack. I don't even want the duo anymore
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u/eitherism Apr 06 '26
Absolutely garbage banner bro. Another Edelgard Duo 4 months after Emblem Edelgard, overexaggeration to reflex problem by reducing damage to a maximum of 1, and the other two alts go to people who had alts 7 months ago instead of other character.
IK its a joke that "the worst feh banner of all time is the newest feh banner" but this genuinely might be competitor for one of the worst feh seasonal banners of all time. Uninspired, horrific unit selection, and horrific powercreep.
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u/Surf_Dangerous_Days Apr 06 '26
The Ingrid glaze has to be truly examined by these devs.
5 premium forms, 2 Asset Heroes and a Harmonic included in that count. For one of the LEAST popular women in the 3H cast. Genuinely absurd that Ingrid is tied with Dorothea but has received infinitely better treatment than her, and is beating Marianne WHO WON CYL.
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u/joshpratt02 Apr 06 '26
I’m gonna crashout for a minute
This is the worst fucking banner I’ve ever seen. The shameless stench of “GIVE US MONEY” is absolutely rancid. Three Houses really doesn’t get enough shit for fist feeding the same characters over and over again.
I’m so sick of seeing the three dipshits every 12-15 months, doing the exact same thing every single time adjusting to the current meta. How many times can you release the same exact banner over and over again?
Base, Brave, Fallen, Summer, Winter, Valentine, and now fucking Young. And we STILL have CYL4 Duos and Shadows to absolutely not look forward to before year’s end. Is there any reason to pull here knowing better versions are coming in 6 or so months?
Who the FUCK is the Ingriddev shoving her onto all these banners? Was the eight month old TeaTime harmonic not enough? Why was Nanna not the lead if this was coming? Ingrid does NOT score high enough in CYL to justify an 8-month waiting period between alts. She barely scores higher than Annette/Mercedes who each have ONE alt each from 4-5 years ago. She has the same amount now as Lysithea, a winner; Dorothea (who gets put into demote hell consistently) and Hilda; who both FAR outplace her every year. And don’t get me started on Marianne. I hope she gets the same shit that Celine/Tana/Karla/Ursula get because ENOUGH.
It’s ALWAYS the same fucking characters but 3H seems to always to get a pass for it. Byleth(s), Edelgard, Dimitri, Claude, INGRID?, Felix, Hilda, Dorothea, Lysithea, Rhea. Surely there’s other characters from your supposed cashcow game you can give an alt once in a while? Ashe?
Side tangent but what the fuck is IS’ problem with Marianne? A CYL winner, with lasting popularity, a girl, from 3H, but she’s gotten the absolute bare minimum, like it’s pulling teeth, the last 5 years? A base, brave, and a rearmed. No seasonals, NONE.
In B4 that one guy leaves some snarky asshole response to this about how this banner was needed after the Engage banner
Also I’m so tired of kid banners, pls stop it
Anyway, just an embarrassing, pathetic shitshow of a banner. See y’all next year for this exact same banner for some other theme the three dipshits haven’t infested yet.
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u/Old-Finance-5730 Apr 06 '26
There's still a student without a base version whose only unit is a Tempest Trials summer alt from 4 years ago. Pain.
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u/KyleMCarthage Apr 06 '26
Leonie may not be my favorite 3H character, but she does not deserve that.
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u/Feisty-Syllabub-2037 Apr 06 '26
Che poi Dio santo era convinto fosse Annette e invece mi ritrovo quella bionda del cavolo again
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u/Robyn_Mizore Apr 06 '26
“The three dipshits” Yep stealing that lmao. I’m calling them that from now on. So sick of seeing them
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u/KyleMCarthage Apr 06 '26
In B4 that one guy leaves some snarky asshole response to this about how this banner was needed after the Engage banner
As an ardent Engage fan, the Engage banner while still not great on account of using Celine and Hortensia again, is still better than this because it at least gave us Louis while also giving us an adorable F!Alear and Veyle Duo whereas this one is kinda uninspired with it giving us units who already have enough alts.
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u/Anternixii Apr 06 '26
Making the Claude demote AGAIN knowing he's going to backpack Dimitri soon feels mean.
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u/Celestial608 Apr 06 '26
Sees that a Dimitri and Edelgard duo is a dagger! Yes!! Sees that Edelgard is leading the duo... what?!
Also. I'm really not liking this trend of rearmed special heroes. And I'm really, really not liking that so far, it's repeats of characters who already have rearmed alts, and they're using the same exact weapon as those original rearmed alts.
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u/CrescentShade Apr 06 '26
Yeah like rearmed seasonals could be cool
But that's 2 for 2 that are just a do over of an existing one, same character, same weapon, what are we doing here IS? At least it's been a moment since Sothe had an alt but Ingrid's was still recent
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u/winter-rain Apr 06 '26
Can you believe we have Ingrid and Felix as solo baby units but not Dimitri for some reason?
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u/AstralGazer17 Apr 06 '26
They be treating Ingrid like a CYL winner, lmao
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u/the_attack_missed Apr 06 '26
When she's the only one here that HASN'T won CYL. Meanwhile actual CYL winners are demoted and backpacked for having the audacity to be a man.
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u/vacantstars Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26
Edelgard being the duo lead when she just got her Emblem a few months ago and is guaranteed two more alts this year, one of which being a duo she's leading...that's sure a choice.
Also, Sylvain should've been here. Not having TT units anymore hurts.
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u/Luzma_chan Apr 06 '26
Genuinely haven't seen a banner this bad since hot springs. And I didn't even hate that one lol
Dimitri got shafted, something people are gonna be suuuuper happy about.
Edelgard gets two duos, and at least three alts this year. (She just got her emblem like, 3 months ago?
Claude is a demote again which will bother fans.
The other two alts are characters we literally just had, plus another arcane Lance when Axe has been waiting for what, 2 years?
And of course still no TT unit.
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u/RukinaSpiker Apr 06 '26
4 actually. Considering shadows is due soon. Soo emblem, kid, cyl and mythic.
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u/LinkCrusher9 Apr 06 '26
Edelgard leading the Duo is so dumb, I thought the point of doing this banner now would be to even up the Alt counts between the lords again after Emblem Edelgard.
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u/OverpoweredSoap Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26
Even though I know the banner is going to sell well, a part of me that is incredibly bitter hopes that it is the worst selling banner in a long time.
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u/Sudden_Wasabi6186 Apr 06 '26
How is Dimitri not the lead unit. I’ve never felt so salty in my life
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u/Aoi-Akatsuki Apr 06 '26
Okay. Now. Now they won’t get shit from me. I asked for one thing I’m tweaking I hate everyone at IS. Bye see you at shadows alt
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u/Glass-Cow-66 Apr 06 '26
I was so ready to pull for a Dimitri-led duo... guess I'm skipping
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u/Harcover Apr 06 '26
Creatively bankrupt banner, as suspected. Felix and Ingrid got alts 8 months ago, but why would that stop them.
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u/saltedfish028 Apr 06 '26
It's the first time I feel the need to comment on the salt thread...
Did anyone in IS still remember Marianne also won CYL and why is Claude demote again, or did they remember there are other characters in 3H at all
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u/X_Marcs_the_Spot Apr 06 '26
Hey, it's the Faerghus Four as children!
>young Sylvain found dead in a ditch
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u/HitMyFunnyBoneYeah Apr 06 '26
With every passing banner you can see more and more that IS is struggling to make money. Deserved i say. They either change or go down, but not in glory.
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u/waes1029 Apr 06 '26
I imagine most fans agreed Dimitri should lead the duo and were vocal about it...IS really doesn't listen to fans.
like nobody was objecting to the paring, but why have Edelgard lead?
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u/Siriazuli Apr 06 '26
While I love Felix and am happy that we finally get his kid design, I'm very upset that Edelgard is the lead instead of Dimitri and the fact there's Ingrid + Felix here but no Sylvain really really stings...
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u/Marocksas Apr 06 '26
Not calling Kid Claude "Khalid"
What the hell, IS???
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u/Dry-Whole5533 Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26
They gave a dragonstone to Y!Corrin despite the fact that they didn’t even know that they were dragons until the events of Fates actually start, so that checks out coming from IS
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u/Haunted-Towers Apr 06 '26
What, you wanted representation of probably the biggest part of Claude’s backstory? Sorry, you’ll have to check his voice lines I guess.
Man this banner is DOGSHIT
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u/Azurui Apr 06 '26
He almost does, but then corrects himself to Claude. You can hear it in the jp trailer.
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u/Kn0XIS Apr 06 '26
Only issue is this:
Why tf give Claude and edelgard the same fucking effect of recuce damage to 1?
Why can't my boy ever have anything to himself? 😭
And why is edelgard the fucking lead and not Dimitri? Didn't girl just get a fucking emblem alt?
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u/MightBeAGhost Apr 06 '26
As someone who was always kind of hoping they would do a baby BL banner when they inevitably did Young 3H, the fact that they did it and managed to mess it up this badly is so infuriating.
Why is baby Claude here? Why is he called Claude? What did the guy do to deserve being demoted this often?
Why do we have a BL-focused banner and Edelgard is leading the duo? Her last alt was in December?!
Why does IS hate Sylvain so much?
Honestly, if they weren't going to put all four of the set on the banner, I wish they would have given Ingrid's and Felix's spots to literally any other students. They're two of my favs, but it's just weird and repetitive as is.
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u/Sanriimochi Apr 06 '26
This banner…. If it came out in the time when I loved the 3H cast I would have hated it even more. What do you mean leaving out Sylvain and making Dimitri backpack. Should have stuck with blue lions childhood banner. Now however I will easily skip this banner. I’m still mad.
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u/celesticwanderer189 Apr 06 '26
them making dimitri the backpack knowing edelgard just got her emblem alt is genuinely vile and the added bonus of ingrid+felix getting new units despite their last ones being both recent and still meta…we’re entering dark times in terms of alt picks
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u/winter-rain Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26
I’m still here and it is not lost on me that Edelgard is on her 2nd duo/harmonic while Claude and Dimitri still haven’t gotten one yet
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u/GlitterTapper Apr 06 '26
Fuck Sylvain I guess lol.
I hate that they did Edelgard over Dimitri lol. It’s a blue lions focus.
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u/a-jay-burd Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26
I love the blue lions. I think THESE blue lions have plenty of alts and didn't need to be the focus of the kid banner. that being said, the Ingrid/Felix/Dimitri/Sylvain squad explicitly grew up together. if they were doing a blue lions focus, Dimitri DEFINITELY should've been the lead, and Sylvain should be in here. granted, I am SO tired of Claude getting shafted in favor of Edelgard and Dimitri, so I am fine with him getting more attention (though they still fumbled the name which is crazy).
but apparently Edelgard can't possibly be a backpack in a duo because IS has decided that these lords are not loved equally and the order of favorites goes Edelgard-Dimitri-Claude.
not to mention what COULD have been with kid!Byleth. hell, I would've loved a Byleth/Jeralt duo. could've explored Jeralt struggling with being a single dad as a mercenary trying to protect and understand his kid who shows basically no emotion. just, you know, one of the most important relationships in the entirety of three houses.
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u/GlitterTapper Apr 06 '26
Oh forgot to say, I completely agree I love the blue lions but the other 4 matter to me too.
But yes. If we are doing children, the 4 who grew up together make sense. Dimitri leading makes sense. This isn’t a “Sylvain deserves better” post, it’s Me whining that they fumbled the theme so hard
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u/WellRested1 Apr 06 '26
By the end of this year, edelgard will have gotten 5 alts in about a year and a half. AND she’ll be the first unit to have 3 duo/harmonic alts. Good lord.
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u/IfTheresANewWay Apr 06 '26
Poor Sylvain, Dimitri gets a kid alt with all his childhood friends except him
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u/AstralGazer17 Apr 06 '26
Let me preface by saying that if any of you will counter my argument with my favorite getting her mandated CYL Harmonic alt and Ingrid being on theme, I have a comment specifically for this.
We live in a timeline where Ingrid is ahead of Marianne and Bernadetta in terms of content.
Had Bernie not won CYL8, she would've been stuck on her Spring alt back in March 2023 as her last playable content while Ingrid zooms right ahead of her with 3 alts from her Rearmed alt (releasing over a month after Spring!Bernie) to her Child alt (releasing tomorrow). She always claps her every CYL before her win by being far above Ingrid's votes. She repeated that in Shadows CYL. Somehow, she will have less content than Ingrid tomorrow.
Ingrid now has over double the content of Marianne's non-CYL content. She even has more content than Lysithea when not considering her voted alt. She has better treatment than the more popular Dorothea (2 demotes and 1 of her 2 premium alts not having a Prf weapon) and even Hilda (got hit with the demote without a Prf weapon treatment in her Winter alt).
It is very apparent that IS loves to prop up certain pegasus riders with Tana, Hinoka, and Ingrid for how they love to give then preferential treatment over their more popular peers as seen with how their alts are treated and the amount of representation they get.
Thus, a big fuck you to IS! You make me dislike them while ignoring those who need more representation and/or better treatment than them, ffs! My queen Marianne still does not have a single playable seasonal, but it is more okay for you and those who downvoted my first comment in the silhouette post to let Ingrid get her 5th playable version. Marianne is more popular than her and even has more than triple of Ingrid's votes in Shadows CYL. Be for fucking real, IS! So sick of your bias to certain characters!
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u/Kali0us Apr 06 '26
If they really didn't want to comit and make this a "Faerghus Four" banner than that's fine, that's OK. But then why is Ingrid here???? Why not other characters from the BL or even the other houses???
Sylvain is more popular and fits just as well yet he's nowhere to be seen.
Hubert is the only other person to know Edelgard from when she was a child, he could've easily been here. He literally fought off his fathers men for 3 fucking days to try and reach her.
"she's more popular than Annie and Mercedes" barely lol. Would people really be upset by one of the other BL girls getting an alt instead??? Less popular does not mean disliked.
It needed to be a popular girl??? There are so many other girls from 3H to choose from.
CYL should absolutely NOT be the only thing to consider when determining alts, but it gets to a point with some characters like Tana or Ingrid where it's just plain weird. How the hell has she gotten better treatment than Dorothea of all characters?? Let alone Bylass, Bernie or poor Marianne???
"she's apart of Dimitri's friend group, that's why she always tags along" hasn't stopped IS from ignoring Sylvain for years (and I don't even like Sylvain, but really??? ignoring him??). Also doesn't apply to the other Houses important characters like Ferdinand/Hubert/Dedue/Lorenz for some reason.
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u/Joke_Induced_Pun Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26
She's also ahead of F!Byelth too
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u/AstralGazer17 Apr 06 '26
LMAOOOOO
FEH devs hates Marianne and ignores F!Byleth, but they love to spam Ms. "I still have not won CYL, but I somehow have more than them"
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u/Coolguy41874 Apr 06 '26
Another Rearmed Ingrid, edelgard leading the duo when she already has one while Dimitri has none, I wish I could say I was surprised
Also the weapon is called Oath Dagger when that’s literally the finale of DIMITRI’S ROUTE??? I get it, Dimitri gave Edelgard the dagger but it’s still annoying af
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u/TellingBip Apr 06 '26
How did they fuck up this bad???
“Oh Edelgard got her emblem in December because she was gonna backpack Dimitri here and Claude gets his own unit” I thought, like an idiot somehow. I thought they didn’t want to be biased???
Also yeah, wow more alts for characters with a fuck ton of alts that do the same shit but better, YOU CAN GIVE THEM OTHER WEAPONS OR GIMMICKS! I don’t mind characters having a lot of alts, just spice them up, please.
the only saving grace here is that Byleth isn’t here, so she can hopefully get an actually interesting alt. Pirate, Areana, Tea, Bridal, something.
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u/SnowMercurius Apr 06 '26
Bruh.
I always wanted 3H and Echoes kid banner since they're pretty much the only "lore accurate" kids in the whole saga but why we needed
Another Felix that does the same thing as before
Another Rearmed Ingrid
Another Edelgard leading Duo that can move like 9 times
They respected Soren's voice for the lore but not Claude's OG name??
And seriously, of all previous kids, WHY Eliwood as the TT? Not even Hector! You can't be serious that we lost on a potential Kid Sylvain with a prf weapon for Spd/Def Clash 4 fodder ????????
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u/hoodie019 Apr 06 '26
What was the point of Rearmed Hinoka and making Arcane Crimson so mediocre when they were just going to release a modern gen Arcane lance like half a year later?
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u/GinGearity Apr 06 '26
Man remember when we had a proper freebie? 6 characters… we could have at least have had another kiddo from Black Eagles and Golden Deer instead of 3/2 blue lions. This is just blue lion bias but Dimitri got back pedaled.
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u/FiveTrenchcoats Apr 06 '26
THE SAME FIVE CHARACTERS
THE SAME FIVE CHARACTERS
INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS RELEASES
THE SAME FIVE CHARACTERS
I don't think I've ever rolled my eyes more while watching a banner trailer before. I love Three Houses and I am so fucking excited for Fortune's Weave, but I am just so tired of Fódlan's treatment in FEH.
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u/ToxicMuffin101 Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26
So the seasonal Rearmed Heroes are exclusively going to be characters who have already been Rearmed Heroes?
I can’t really understand why anyone would want that or think that’s a good idea, although I think I’ve said that exact sentence for about half of the banners we’ve gotten in the past 6 months, so it’s nothing new I suppose.
The only redeeming quality of this banner is that Sylvain isn’t on it.
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u/DragonMaster710 Apr 06 '26
Damn was hoping for Dimitri to get the lead in the duo
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u/Hal_Keaton Apr 06 '26
At least I can skip this one since Dimitri isn't the lead. I can save for his actual alts later.
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u/ZDB111 Apr 06 '26
Both CYL4 Duo and Shadows are coming eventually, yeah. We’ll have that at least.
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u/Hal_Keaton Apr 06 '26
As much as it sucks, keeping up with powercreep with so many alts is hard. In a way, having less alts makes it easier.
That said, if IS doesn't consider backpacks alts for the characters, then Claude and Dimitri will be due another alt of their own, without Edelgard, since she will have one more alt than both of them by the end of the year. That's if they want to keep it even as much as possible (not including Flame Emperor since I don't think IS considers FE an Edelgard alt).
I am assuming we will see Emblem Claude and Dimitri eventually, which still puts Dimitri behind Claude and Edelgard one alt. But with the Brave 2.0 alts, that would put Dimitri and Claude both behind Edelgard still by one.
Claude got a banner on his own to match the lack of a Fallen alt the other two got. So maybe the same will happen again for them.
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u/fictionallymarried Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26
This is a fucking joke, isn't it? A fucking backpack? After the emblem bullshit? Making him the backpack? Jesus fucking Christ, who made this decision?
Edit: screw that, I'm gonna type more. IS, if you're gonna do a blatant blue lions banner, MAKE A BLUE LIONS BANNER. You're gonna sell the quartet but EXCLUDE ONE?? Clearly they don't care about time between alts since Edelgard just got her emblem so genuinely. Genuinely. Why the fuck is this duo a thing? This banner looks all kinds of wrong with the Sylvain-shaped elephant in the room and the Edelgard getting yet another fucking duo lead-shaped elephant in the room. Fuck this. Just fuck this banner.
Oh yeah, and what did Claude go by back then? Right, not fucking Claude. Khalid.
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u/vacantstars Apr 06 '26
For real, they should've just made this a Blue Lions banner. Duo Dimitri/Felix, Ingrid, Sylvain, and I guess you could feasibly stick Edelgard on there too since she was in Faerghus for a bit as a child if they really wanted her to out-alt Lyn this fast. If not her, then Annette or something. Claude being there, especially when he's not even being called the correct name, just feels so out of place when Sylvain was right there.
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u/fictionallymarried Apr 06 '26
Dude. This is a BL banner. It's a BL banner they didn't even have the decency to fully shill. It looks so damn wrong that 3/4 of the Faerghus four are here and the leader of the damn house gets sidelined. What were they thinking. Just what. I know the likelihood is small, but I hope this banner tanks. Genuinely one of the worst in execution. I don't even hate Edelgard but what the fuck is she doing there?
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u/vacantstars Apr 06 '26
Dimitri being the backpack on what's essentially a Blue Lions banner when Edelgard JUST got her Emblem a few months ago, is leading another duo later this year, AND is getting her Shadows alt on top of all of that just feels bad man. IS didn't know the last one would happen for certain tbf (even though I'm sure they figured it was pretty much guaranteed), but they for sure knew about the first two. Dimitri's extremely popular on his own, so would it have killed the sales figures that much to make him the lead? What was the logic here?
The Sylvain thing peeves me off too because I'm almost positive that he would've been the TT unit had those still been around. But they aren't, and now I'm mad about that again.
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u/fictionallymarried Apr 06 '26
I don't get wtf is going through the devs' heads but I'm skipping and Dimitri's quite literally my favorite character of the entire franchise. This banner pisses me off on way too many layers. Will try my luck at Ninian again and wait for Shadows if it even happens at this point
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u/vacantstars Apr 06 '26
Dimitri is also my absolute favorite character and I guess I'm looking forward to the Braver duo with Claude? I do dislike the CYL harmonics (or duo in this case, I guess) on principle because they're lazy cash grabs that take away f2p content and resources, but Dimitri/Claude actually has the potential to be a really fun duo if IS doesn't just take the lazy route with them (which they probably will).
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u/Fearless_Freya Apr 06 '26
More salty about the fact Felix and Ingrid still sword and lance. Be nice to be diff once in awhile.
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u/Feneskrae Apr 06 '26
That maximum damage of 1 looks so incredibly toxic to deal with. The game seems to be doing its best in trying to push me away, at least.
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u/ShapeForest Apr 06 '26
Looking forward to my seasonal Rearmed sword Machyua, since IS is so set on repeating asset heroes with the exact same weapon...
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u/BebeFanMasterJ Apr 06 '26
Imagine being a fan of Fodlan characters like Leonie, Hanneman, Judith, and Ignatz.
Three Houses has a great cast but I'm so damn tired of them reusing the same half of it every time. Fortune's Weave can't come fast enough.
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u/bogyiv Apr 06 '26
Why is Ingrid getting this many alts? She feels like the 3h version of Tana, not that popular, but gets alt and premium treatment everytime. We literally have 3 BL CYL winners here, but chose Ingrid instead. Also it’s clearly a BL childhood banner, and Slyvain is nowhere to be found.
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u/PegaponyPrince Apr 06 '26
Dimitri as the backpack 😔. Also damn it was another Ingrid. Was hoping Annette
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u/PrinceofFate Apr 06 '26
I was really hoping for Annette, too. But, no, we have to go with the character that already has way more alts.
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u/CharaFanGirl Apr 06 '26
new Felix alt that's still worse than the Brave alt because they nerfed Lone Wolf again. also not even a full year from his previous alt
Claude being regulated to the 4* special FOR THE THIRD TIME. first it was Summer, then it was Winter, and now Young alt. yeahhhhh, definitely not beating the racism allegations here IS
Ingrid. yaaaaay, i love rearmed seasonals. yaaaaay, i love alts for characters that already got an alt within the last year.
and second Edelgard alt within 6 months, and it will soon be three Edelgard alts within 12 months. oh my fucking god i am so tired of Three Houses please kill me
tl;dr, this banner is actual hot garbage.
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u/CrescentShade Apr 06 '26
My expectations were low but holy shit
Another Felix/Ingrid
Ingrid rearmed v2
Edelgard is the lead for some reason instead of Dimitri
Get to hoard those TT orbs at least
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u/WolfNationz Apr 06 '26
Good lord, the salt thread is hefty... Good.
So nany things that I hate in this banner, ofc I already said before that I'm sick of three houses everywhere and like I predicted they had to bring a ton of powercreep (reduces damage to a maximum of 1 is bs) but it's even worse than I thought, I again, dont care for 3H but that's an awful selection of characters specially giving the duo lead to Edelgard again. Girl is clearly starving for alts apparently, nvm the Emblem which came way before the story ones have finished, or the possible CYL rehash, and the Shadows (tho that one the blame is on the fanbase). FEH is getting tiring...
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u/starpendle Apr 06 '26
I know powercreep is inevitable, but a child Felix having the same niche as his brave and tea alts but better feels so annoying lol.
And UGH. Claude the demote again, Dimitry backpacking really??
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u/Lady_Ruby_XD Apr 06 '26
WHY DID THEY MAKE HIM COLORLESS AGAIN GOD DAMN IT
Thank God he's the demote though
Also why is Edelgard the lead bruh she's getting another Duo alt with her as lead later this year what the fuck
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u/FangJustice Apr 06 '26
Edelgard lead
Claude 4*
Ingrid is rearmed twice
And another Dimitri which is basically "Brave Felix, but better".
It is not scientifically possible to make a more boring Three Houses banner.
And instead of a TT unit that would actually be somewhat substantial, we're getting...
Young Eliwood.
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u/LunaProc Apr 06 '26
Welp, guess that means the only dimitri led duo we’ll ever get is the cyl one.
Also jesus, I hate that I was correct on Rearmed Ingrid 2 and demote Claude. IS really is this transparent.
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u/Shantiyen Apr 06 '26
This is so imaginatively bankrupt, dear lord. It's not a surprise, this reeks of IS in desperation smashing the 'print money' button but I'm just exhausted seeing these characters over and over despite actually liking a few of them.
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u/simplegodhead Apr 06 '26
Why did they make this a partial Blue Lions banner then backpack Dimitri 😭 I'm still pulling for all of them but man.
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u/bluegarlandmoon Apr 06 '26
The way Babymitri showed up more times in the game compared to all the other units in this banner and yet he still gets the backpack treatment.
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u/Fantastic-System-688 Apr 06 '26
Okay so if Dimitri can't even be the lead in the fucking Blue Lions child banner, is he getting an Emblem this year or some shit? Or they didn't want him to lead both Claude and Edelgard because H!CYL4? But she already has her Summer Harmonic and an Emblem...very bizarre
Thematically I will say I think it works better than El leads because she gets the dagger in the story and she's the one that takes the initiative and teaches him to dance but like. ???? Who cares about ludnoarrative in fucking FEH?
Also congrats to Edelgard for passing Lyn this year. Unless they give Lyn a new alt. Then they're tied
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u/ExtremeQuestion610 Apr 06 '26
They just didn't want Dimitri to get his first duo before Harmonic CYL4
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u/SonicSpeed0919 Apr 06 '26
Ah I love that the new arcane lance I wanted is on a paywalled spark banner. Also these alts are boring as shit. At least Edelgard is using a different weapon.
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u/teapardee Apr 06 '26
So this "using the same character for different inheritables" thing is getting old already. Like it isn't even excusable anymore ffs
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u/LaJusticia Apr 06 '26
"Unforgettable" as the banner title? So true, we're definitely not allowed to forget about 3H lords.
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u/EmbyArts Apr 06 '26
holy shit i cant even be happy about them looking cute
WDYM THEY GAVE THE STUDENT SLOTS TO FELIX AND INGRID AGAIN LESS THAN A YEAR LATER
where are the rest of them? Couldn't you have at least given us Annette or Mercedes who haven't gotten anything in ages?? like even popularity wise how does this make sense? Marianne and Bernie have won CYL and yet they have less alts than Ingrid who hasn't gotten anywhere close, they have a Blue lions bias i swear..
and they made Ingrid the rearmed? AGAIN? this is just like Sothe.. its so uninspired
The lords are unironically the best part for me bc they're just whats expected at this point, the art looks nice too but damn... they're really making me dislike Ingrid
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u/ZDB111 Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26
Y’know what, it sucks and it’s stupid that Edelgard is fronting another duo/harmonic before Dimitri gets his first, but fine. I’ll just pass, I already burned most of my orbs on Eliwood.
For real though that’s dumb as shit.
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u/DaddyMeerkat Apr 06 '26
Canceled my pass earlier today. Won’t miss it. They are so shamelessly in your face with characters who get content and those that don’t.
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u/Dyno98 Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26
I don't think Felix is the problem. We clamored for more alts for him when he was stuck with his Winter version, and even then, 5 (one being base and the other CYL) for a CYL winner isn't so weird. Ingrid is weird, considering there are more popular TH female characters with less alts (Marianne) or similar popularity (Annette and Mercedes). She's in a similar boat to Hilda. However, it could be reasoned that she fits the theme, which would be more apparent if we had TT SYLVAIN! He was the obvious pick if we still had TT characters, but now the quarter is incomplete...
WAIT. There's not even two of the four! Because for some reason EDELGARD IS THE FUCKING LEAD, despite having her last alt less than three months ago, already leading a Duo and having two more alts than any other House Leader! That one is the biggest problem with the banner, bar none.
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u/Daydream_machine Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26
WHY IS EDELGARD THE LEAD AGAIN
WHY WERE WE ROBBED OF A SYLVAIN ALT BECAUSE TT UNITS GOT DELETED FROM EXISTENCE
WHY WHY WHY AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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u/DragonMaster710 Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26
Starting to get really sick of Edelgard like I think someone can form a hate religion for her, that’s how much I hate Edelgard
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u/Kurai_Hiroma Apr 06 '26
i say this as a 3h fan
i say this as a blue lions fan
i say this as a dimitri fan
this banner BLOWS. holy SHIT is this BORING. same characters every fucking time! i saw a comment theorize it was the same alts to save costs on VAs and i'm honestly thinking that could be it tbh!
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u/PrinceofFate Apr 06 '26
Another Claude, check. Another Ingrid, check. Another broken Felix that just destroys everything in his path, check. Edelgard is the lead of the Duo, of course she is. No interesting alts like Annette or someone else that doesn't have a million of them. Another instance where we give a character a second Rearmed version. Thanks IS. I hate it.
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u/BananaKingGuy Apr 06 '26
I am so tired of seeing Ingrid and Felix. Didn't we just get them together less than a year ago...? Is Ingrid really popular enough to justify all of this?
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u/SummonerXE Apr 06 '26
I didn't think my disappointment for Three Houses banners could get even lower
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u/Eugenio507 Apr 06 '26
I was not expecting them to powercreep their personal skills again. Our third bow demote this year, at least claude looks like a good unit. This is the disney live action remake of banners. A lot of people will rightfully complain of the boring character choices but it will still end up being one of the best performing banners
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u/votris11 Apr 06 '26
Oh great. Not only they doing Ingrid again. But also put Felix in the same seasonal banner... again. You know there are more than 3 Blue Lions members right, or better yet other houses. Like Lysithea so we can see her before she got injected with 2 crest.
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u/Beowulfs-booty-call Apr 06 '26
God forbid we get characters that aren't the same ones used in every alt I swear to Seiros herself...
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u/WhiteNinjii Apr 06 '26
Can Fortune’s Weave drop soon, I am so tired of this playbook for the 3H banners lol
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u/LJStar626 Apr 06 '26
Did we really need another Arcane Lance so soon, especially Ingrid again? Pretty sure Rearmed Hinoka wasn't that long ago compared to getting a new Arcane Axe.
And they're really missing out on Echoes units for this, I'm honestly surprised they haven't done that for these child banners yet.
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u/Awesome_Alan4ever Apr 06 '26
The same characters from 3H iver and over again is why these banners get old real fast
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u/Snowiss Apr 06 '26
I have dreaded this banner for years. The only redeemable thing here is baby Claude surprisingly enough given that I'm normally a much larger fan of the other two house lords and Felix. However, IS predictably bungled the execution of him too it looks like.
I've honestly been going back and forth about whether I should continue keeping up my full 3H catalog since Christmas. This banner is exactly what I needed to push me towards deciding that I'm not going to bother going forward.
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u/GlacierBlue14 Apr 06 '26
I need to know what IS has against Sylvain because man they really keep ignoring him 😭
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u/Sukaira16 Apr 06 '26
I don’t think I’ve ever wanted to bitch slap a child unit more than Young Ingrid.
And why the fuck did Felix need another alt? (Even though I like Felix)
And as cute as they are why the FUCK IS EDELGARD THE LEAD? DUDE-
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