User blog:Nauibotics/Heroes Impressions

So I've been playing Heroes for sometime now and I've amassed a pretty decent army at this point. Based on the ones I've obtained, I've gotten a good sense of how they operate, especially the ones i use mostly. I will list my impressions of the Units that I used in game, their strengths and their weaknesses.

Rating
So, for the most part, these units are my 4-5 Star heroes that I've obtained and had a good amount of time to train and used in PvP. Keep in mind that these are subjective and should be considered with the highest amount of digression that I can recommend. Also, I'm only focusing on the units I have obtained thus far. I've experienced most of the other commonly talked about before to know how they work, but I'm just giving my impressions of the characters that I have used and maxed.

Units

 * Lucina - She was my very first 5 Star Pull from my first 5 Orb purchase. She is an extremely useful unit, especially at 5-Star rarity. Her Falchion is great for taking out Manaketes, especially Fae and both versions of Tiki. Though her Aether takes a bit of time to charge, its still a reliable attacking skill. She serves great for support too thanks to her Spur Attack skill. Her main weakness is her low defenses, especially her Resistance, that makes her extremely weak to Blue Mages like Robin and Sonia. She can deal with Blue Dragons Nowi, Ninian, and Corrin (F), but she still will take a decent chunk of damage from them. Nevertheless, she is one of the units I highly recommend you starter reroll to obtain. She is a great investment in the long run.
 * Robing (M) - Robin was actually obtained right after Lucina and is another one of my primary used units. He destroys colorless units thanks to Blarraven+ and Bonfire is a reliable attack skill. He has Spur Defense to help allies near him and is good for also dealing with Sword Knight units. Overall, hes a pretty well rounded character, though like most Mage characters, he needs to avoid direct combat, especially from huge threats like Camilla and Hector who can destroy him if he is not protected. He's worth having as an early character and an initial mage.
 * Nowi - While not a character I desired to have, Nowi is a pretty useful character overall. Her Manakete Status makes her an incredibly powerful character and her base Weapon Lightning Breath+ gives her an innate Distance Counter skill. While this makes her powerful, it is also a skill worth transferring to another breath unit. She also has Rally Defense to help out allies who may be fragile. If she can inherit an Attacking Skill, Nowi is a very powerful unit, though not exactly one that you will commonly see on other player's teams. She is hard countered by Julia in particular thanks to her Book of Naga and while she may not be too threatened by Lucina, Chrom, or Marth, their Falchion still can deal major damage to her if they do manage to survive her attacks.
 * Alfonse - The first of the Heroes original characters, Alfonse is pretty boring in my opinion. He requires that you raise him to Rarity 5 to make him viable in the meta and obtain his signature weapon Fólkvangr, which boosts his Attack when he's under 50%. It makes him a good unit to use when his health is low and can sync well if you can give him other dire health skills like Vantage. He does have Sol in his set, so he is perfectly capable to heal himself. At the very least, he can help if you do not have a good Sword unit in your army, which is very hard considering the massive amount of them in the meta. Otherwise, he's very average. Not bad, but not very good IMO.
 * 'Takumi - Takumi is a GOD tier character. I think just about every player team I've ever faced that has him in their army is using him, and for a good reason. He has Close Counter, allowing him to counter attack at close range. This makes Takumi dangerous to deal with as there is no way for anyone to attack him without suffering some form or retaliation. Secondly, he has Vengeance, which makes him deal more damage when he has suffered damage himself. He eliminates a majority of the non-Iote Shield flying meta including Camilla and Cordelia. Along with Lucina, he is one of the characters I highly recommend you starter reroll for, especially if you are coming in the game late.
 * Azura - While she is my second refreshing unit, the first being Olivia, she is the first 5-Star refresher and she is my preferred blue unit, even after using Robin pretty extensively. Her ability to refresh units. If your opponents are favoring a particular color, you can use her to refresh your units who have an advantage over them for some good results. She is also no slouch offensively as a moderately powerful Blue unit and can easily dispose of Red Units as her Sapphire Lances+ makes her incredibly deadly against Red Units, especially considering that Swords are pretty common in the Arena. She is incredibly fragile, so handling her with care is a must. While any Green unit bascially can decimate her if they reach her, Blue units can be lethal to her. Despite my short time using her, she has become an essential for my Arena team.