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Tempest Trials - A Gift of Peace

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Event Overview

This special event contains a series of maps you must fight your way through from beginning to end. Losing does not mean game over, as you can retry with a second team. At the end of each round, points are received based on clear speed, survivability and bonus units. Your total points are tallied and used to unlock various rewards, many of which are exclusive to the Tempest Trials. Additionally, there is a player ranking with large feather rewards given to those with the highest scores.

Other Rules

  • Bonus allies gain significant stat boosts (HP+10, +4 other stats).
  • Bonus allies gain double EXP and SP.
  • Your first two runs per day earn triple points.

Notable Rewards

Threaten Spd 1 seal (12,000 Score)

  • This Sacred Seal provides a -5 speed debuff to all enemies within two spaces of the unit. Threaten skills have long been viable C slot skill choices, and now it is possible for many units to debuff two stats at the same time.

Iote's Shield seal (20,000 Score)

  • Previously only available on the Grand Hero Battle unit Michalis, Iote's Shield prevents flying-type units from receiving bonus damage from effective weapons such as bows or Excalibur. As an added bonus, this seal requires no enhancement as it provides the full effects at base level.

Water Blessing (25,000 Score)

  • Blessings are a new type of item released with the 2.0 update. Using them on a unit provides them with permanent effects such as double SP gain, and stat boosts when paired with the appropriate Legendary Hero (in this case, Fjorm). Blessings are rare items, so take the chance to pick this one up for free!

5★ Masked Marth (30,000 Score)

  • Hailing from Fire Emblem: Awakening, Masked Marth is a strong red sword boasting excellent offensive stats for a melee unit. She's been offered as a bonus unit in the past, but is still a great reward and one of the easiest merge candidates for free players.

Heavy Blade 1 seal (40,000 Score)

  • Heavy Blade is an A slot skill which accelerates special charge when hitting with more attack than the enemy. Now that it exists as a seal, it is compatible with attack-boosting A slot skills such as Fury and Life and Death. This makes it easier to activate. Combine it with the fact that it was only previously available on Ike, makes this a hugely valuable reward for all players.

Orbs, feathers and crystals are awarded up to 100,000 score. Sacred Coins are also available, with the highest tier being 27,500 score.

Team Building

Without further ado, let us jump into the team-building part of the guide. Instead of talking about just completed teams, I’ll be talking about the elements that make those teams successful, so that players with varying boxes can construct viable teams. Unless otherwise stated, all units from here on out are assumed to be running their recommended builds. A team with the best chance of success will have the following:

  • As many bonus units as possible.
  • Source of healing.
  • Strategy for the final map.
  • A unit to combat each colour (As the actual units within each map can vary greatly).

Bonus Units

The first units you’ll want to think about using are of course, the bonus units. With their huge stat bonuses (+10 HP, +4 to all other stats) They will punch far above their normal weight. All bonus units receive the same stat boost.

This time around all of the 40% units are armored, making armor a viable strategy for clearing the trials! All of them are defensively inclined, but can run offensive sets when equipped with skills such as Bold Fighter and Armor March. Their status as bonus units combined with their huge raw stats make them very strong, even with default builds.

However, there is much more variation in the 20% units. Lucina and Masked Marth have identical statlines, and can run offensive or defensive sets. They are both very handy with Falchion healer builds, able to sustain over long periods of time. Nowi is an all-round fantastic enemy phase unit, and she can be used effectively even with a default build. Frederick is the offensive-leaning option, but really wants a Brave Axe to maximise his damage. Both Nowi and Frederick are easily available at four stars and form a nice color trio with Masked Marth or Lucina.

Healers

Thanks to the 2.0 update and forging, Staff-users are stronger than ever and are highly recommended for all kinds of teams. Their raw healing output is significantly higher than unofficial healers, and can also provide strong chip damage to neutralize strong threats. However they are not the only option on the table.

There are a few types of builds which can be used to heal teams without using a dedicated healer. The first of these is the “Renewal Medic”, a build type which relies on healing from Renewal and the legendary weapon Falchion. Reciprocal Aid is a must-have skill to ensure clean transferral of health to allies. Masked Marth and Lucina can both run this kind of build, and are strong due to being bonus units.

Breath of Life is another great skill capable of turning a unit into a substitute healer. With the skill itself and the fully upgraded seal, it’s possible to heal 14 health to allies every attack. Dagger-users have access to a dagger to provide further healing, as does Linde with her unique tome Aura. Reciprocal Aid is a must here too, to ensure that Linde herself can remain sustained. Remember that a dancer can potentially double this healing output. Lastly, there is the "sustain tank" build recently popularized with the addition of the Steady Breath skill. With a cooldown -1 weapon, Steady Breath, Quick Riposte and Aether, a unit can charge and fire off their special every round of combat, keeping their health topped up over a long time. Winter Robin, Winter Chrom and Winter Lissa all make excellent tanks with these builds.

Dancers

These are some of the most potent allies for Tempest Trials, offering both safety and speed to your run. In short, they are great for all the usual reasons, but are affected by their low combat stats, which can hold them back. Due to team limitations, if you choose to field a dancer they must be a respectable combat unit in their own right, with either a full build or something close. However, none are featured as bonus units this time. Performing Olivia is a special exception, able to provide strong healing with her dagger in addition to her dancer capabilities.

Sweepers

One of the easiest ways to clear the Tempest Trials is with a powerful ranged attacker wielding a Brave bow or Blade tome. Combined with a buffer or dancer, they can destroy most units in the trials with ease once they are under the Desperation threshold. Nino, Linde, Tharja, Katarina, Ursula, Brave Lyn and Reinhardt are all common choices. Winter Tharja is exceptionally strong with a Blade tome and armor class buffs, although her movement is somewhat limited without Armor March support.

All about Autobattle

For those looking to save time, the autobattle feature lets you quickly gain tempest points with minimal effort. When creating an autobattle team, there are a few considerations:

Difficulty

  • Hard (5 Battles) is the most suitable difficulty for most players, assuming you can use a whole team of five star characters. With enough bonus units or merges, it may be possible to do the lower infernal difficulty.

Team Building

  • Team building considerations are mostly the same for manual teams. The AI tends to play recklessly, making tanky units with well-rounded statlines and Distant Counter fare the best. A dedicated healer is nearly always better unless you have multiple units with Aether or other healing. If you choose a dedicated healer, don’t forget to un-equip their weapon. Otherwise, the AI will treat them like a ranged attacker, and play aggressively with them. 

Examples

  • DC Units: Nowi, Dorcas, Hector, Ike, Ryoma, Black Knight, Young Tiki
  • Sustain Tanks: Nowi, Winter Chrom, Winter Robin, Winter Lissa, Brave Ike, Ike
  • Dedicated Healers: Any staff-user!
  • Other Healers: Masked Marth/Lucina, Chrom, Arvis, Fae, Linde, Performing Olivia
  • Sweepers: Winter Tharja, Frederick, Brave Lyn, Lute, Reinhardt, Ursula, Nino, Delthea, Celica, Bridal Cordelia

Triangle Adept/Gem Weapons

  • Enemies with gem weapons can prove troublesome, as the AI will rush forth headlong into them if you’re in range. Your own units will most likely decimate foes they are strong against, and thanks to the AI, will have many disadvantageous matchups.

Don’t sweat it!

  • At the end of the day, losing a team or two does not affect score by a large margin. Speed is much more important, so building slightly riskier (but much faster) teams is a good idea.

Enemy 1: Ranged Infantry

Enemy 2: Melee Infantry

Enemy 3: Melee Infantry Units

Enemy 3: Melee Armored

Enemy 4: Melee Cavalry

Map Enemies

  • Normal
  • Hard
  • Lunatic
HP ATK SPD DEF RES
23 17 11 11 8
Weapon Elthunder A
Support B
Special C
HP ATK SPD DEF RES
26 21 14 14 11
Weapon Elthunder A Defiant Spd 1
Support B
Special Glowing Ember C Spur Def 1
HP ATK SPD DEF RES
33 27 19 18 15
Weapon Blárraven A Defiant Spd 1
Support B
Special Glowing Ember C Spur Def 2
HP ATK SPD DEF RES
37 31 22 22 18
Weapon Blárraven A Defiant Spd 2
Support B
Special Bonfire C Spur Def 3
HP ATK SPD DEF RES
48 40 28 28 23
Weapon Blárraven A Defiant Spd 3
Support B Quick Riposte 2
Special Bonfire C Spur Def 3
HP ATK SPD DEF RES
52 44 31 31 25
Weapon Blárraven A Defiant Spd 3
Support B Quick Riposte 3
Special Bonfire C Spur Def 3
HP ATK SPD DEF RES
64 48 35 34 27
Weapon Blárraven A Defiant Spd 3
Support B Quick Riposte 3
Special Bonfire C Spur Def 3

User Submitted Teams

Fliers + F!Marth
12-26
Submitted by Azulito
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Link: https://youtu.be/sSfxZKZOmCY
Palla +6: +ATK -RES
Wo Dao+ +spd, Reposition, Life & Death, Atk +3 seal.
Cordelia +4: +RES -HP
Reposition, Darting Blow, Wings of Mercy, Goad Fliers, Speed +3 Seal.
Cherche +6: +SPD -HP
Brave Axe, Reposition, Ignis, Death Blow, Wings of Mercy, Goad Fliers, Deflect Magic 3 Seal.
Masked Lucina +1:
Reciprocal Aid, Luna, Darting Blow, Renewal, Breath of Life

Ring in the slaying belles
12-26
Submitted by SapphireSea
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No 40%? No problem!

* Lucina runs her reciprocal aid renewal setup. She could be replaced with Masked Marth with a similar setup.
* Nowi is a dedicated DC tank.
* Any green mage that can take on Robin would work. Using Nino, but Sonya, Cecilia, and Soren are also good alternatives.
* Slot 4 is a freebie; just fill with whatever is needed. Using Eirika to power up Nino's Gronnblade.

Huzzah, the cavalry is here!
12-26
Submitted by Gwynnbeidd
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Quite the contrasting team combination, which still checks out. The contrast being the high mobility of the cavalry and the one movement of my sweet, sweet Winter Thotja...-pardon- Tharja.

Normally, I'd use Xander instead of our skimpy heavy mage, but eh, she is good enough. With Candelabra+, she gets almost the same armour count as Xander and by far more resistance, which is practical since this TT seems to teem with mages. (at least to me).
Cecilia is the go to counter to bowmen and other pesky blue units, while Smilehardt -might his magnificence light up your day - takes care of lance units and all reds.
The last part is the wrathfull loli herself - Priszilla, who heals, deals heavy damage to the non-high-res units and buffs Cecilia.

The team is a bit wacky, but as sais, it checks out.

-Cecilia +3atk seal
Gronnraven
Reposition
Draconic Gaze
T.A.3
G.T.breaker 3
Hone Cav
-Reinhardt QP seal
Dire thunder
Reposition
Glimmer
Db3
Lance breaker3
goad cav
-Priscilla Spur def3 seal
wrathfull panic
Rehabilitate+
Heavenly light
Hp5
WoM3
Hone cav
-Thotja deflect magic 3 seal
Candelabra+
Reposition
Iceberg
C.C
Vengefull Fighter3
Spur atk