#CYL5

[three-o-clock-things]

idk if it’s just me becoming jaded with feh but it feels like each year the cyl outfits get less and less exciting. like both 3h ones this year weren’t even unique designs, they’re outfits already in 3h. alfonse barely looks different. robin looks like m!robin. idk i just. remember when they gave lucina a lance and different armour? remember when veronica got an alternate universe look? remember when micaiah had god leaning over her shoulder?

[emily-mooon]

Since I’m so out of the loop of FEH (aka fire emblem heroes for my moots and followers who have no idea what I’m talking about cause I know most of you won’t) I forgot about choose your legends 8 and missed out on the voting period :’]

All I need to know is what place my boy Ashe Ubert got. I need to know if he cracked the top twenty this year.

[the-priestess-of-dawn]

Love to see my beloved fell dragon appreciated

[emblemxeno]

Fire Emblem Heroes-CYL Bonus Quotes + My Ideas for the Ones Who Don't Have Them

Choose Your Legends Winners have bonus quotes when they are on a team you enter a map with and playing with English voices (only the English voices have these quotes actually)! These are popular or funny quotes from their home games or other appearances, like Smash Bros.

CYL1

"The future is *not* written."-Lucina's victory quote in Smash Bros.

"Roy's our boy!"-Roy's crowd chant in Smash Bros.

"I'll be your peerless warrior!"-Lyn's promising words to Mark at the end of FE7 prologue

"You... like Ike?"-Ike's crowd chant in Smash Bros.

CYL2

"Take me with you!"-Veronica... I think she says this once to Bruno, but I can't find where specificailly

"Together, we will always stay."-Ephraim's A Support with Eirika

"Nothing will ever come between us."-Celica to Alm as kids during Echoes' opening movie

"I just gotta be me, y'know?"-Hector's A Support with Lyn

CYL5

"Let's go rescue my brother!"-Eirika to her troops at the end of FE8 chapter 6

"Caeda, what's wrong!?"-Marth to Caeda in FE1 chapter 1

"Please forgive me, Goddess..."-A constant sentiment of Marianne's character, and said verbatim once she slays her first enemy in FE16 chapter 2

"There was something to report, wasn't there?"-A staple of Gatekeeper's dialogue, said verbatim in FE16 chapter 5

CYL6

"I am *no* chatterbox."-Reference to Hapi's nickname for Byleth

"There is more than one truth."-What Sigurd's ghost says to Seliph, after Seliph lands the finishing blow on Arvis and waits next to the beach in FE4 chapter 10

"My... autograph?"-Tiki's C Support with Anna

"You are yourself."-Chrom's consoling words to Robin in FE13 chapter 13

CYL8

"Now... what was so damned important?"-F!Robin's B Support with Chrom

"You must be joking."-Felix during his Goddess Tower event in FE16 chapter 9

"One day... I'll be left alone."-A reference to the correct response to one of her advice box questions during FE16's war phase (this one I'm not 100% on, if anyone has corrections let me know in the replies)

"I'm going to kill you, too."-Alfonse to Letizia during Book 6, Chapter 5, Part 5: I Killed Him

However, the winners of CYL3 (2019), CYL4 (2020), and CYL7 (2023) don't have these bonus quotes. The reasons, if the directors or higher ups of the localization team forgot or they weren't too high priority for the time, are unknown. So I thought I'd take a stab at what I think they'd be for those winners.

CYL3

"I'll have their heads on a platter!"-Camilla at the of FE14 chapter 3

"I'm proud I took your hand."-Eliwood's A support with Hector

"I have finally found my purpose."-Micaiah at the end of FE10 chapter 3-F

"This isn't where things end for us!"-Alm to Celica before returning to face Duma together in Echoes Act 5

CYL4

"You think I'm special?"-Lysithea's A support with Claude

"We'll scale the walls between us!"-Claude during Verdant Wind's final cutscene

"Take your first step!"-Edelgard to the Black Eagles after escaping the Holy Tomb

"I am finally home again..."-Dimitri at the end of Azure Moon chapter 18

CYL7

"Remember where you came from."-Mikoto to Corrin at the end of FE14 Revelation chapter 24

"My only wish was to see you again."-Soren to Ike in their base conversation in FE10 Endgame 5

"A gift of revelation..."-Seiðr to the Summoner, Book 7, Chapter 5, Part 1: Goddess's Descent

"Get eaten by a bear. I don't give a damn."-M!Robin's B support with Aversa

[midnight--capricorn]

That has to have been the most dogshit CYL I have ever seen. And I was here for CYL5.

[silverdrive92]

"Guinevere is a NPC, how did she get a legendary alt?" - FEH Players who have never touched Binding Blade but probably voted for Gatekeeper in CYL5

[ajentmm]

Despair and Hope Refine Theorycraft

Hey, I'm back. Here's a theorycarft of the weapons of the heroes from the Despair and Hope banner. This banner came after CYL4, so these guys are Gen 4, and we are starting to get the uniformity in these banners. I.S. knows what works, what sells, and a Path of Radiance banner, which we haven't gotten in years, what a good choice after the success of a unanimous praised Three Houses banner (there was also a Genealogy Special banner with all dancers before this but whatever). But now, can these heroes compete with CYL4's new refines, or even CYL5's?

Gatrie : Armored Amour

Lvl. 40 5 ☆  47/42/17/44/35       Max Invest: 56/51/25/53/43

Spirited Spear+: If [Bonus] is active on unit, grants Atk/Def+4 and Special cooldown charge +1 per foe's attack during combat. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack. Special cooldown charge granted even if foe's attack deals 0 damage.)

Moonbow – Fort. Def/Res 3 – Crafty Fighter 3

Gatrie is our second Gen-4 armored unit, and he’s not to far off from B!Edegard in terms of stats. Aside from that, he has a normal banner version of a special inheritable weapon, and it’s no where as good as Arcane Qiang.

Amorous Lance: At the start of turn, if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Def+6 to unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit for 1 turn. At the start of combat, if [Bonus] is active on unit or unit’s HP >50%, grants Atk/Def/Res+X (X = 5 + highest bonus on each stat between unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit; calculates each stat bonus independently) and Special cooldown charge +1 per attack during combat. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)

So, as an upgraded Spirited Spear, Gatrie will grant himself and allies bonuses to trigger the effect. Then, he gets Bonus Doubler (excluding Spd) on top of Special Charges. Since Armored units don’t get Oath skills or Bonus Doubler, this makes him very unique just with his base effect.

At start of combat for allies within 3 spaces of unit, if the ally has Def < unit's Def - 5, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+3 and "reduces damage from foe's first attack by 30%" to those allies during combat. At start of unit's combat, if unit is within 3 spaces of any allies with Def < unit's Def - 5, grants Atk/Def/Res+5 to unit during combat, reduces damage from foe's first attack by X% (if foe can make a follow-up attack, X = 60; otherwise, X = 30) and deals damage = Y% of unit's Def when Special triggers. (Y = unit's max Special cooldown count value × 10, + 20; excludes area-of-effect Specials)

Now, seeing as Gatrie is a womanizer, I thought of him having a gender swapped version on Hilda’s two axes. This would buff “women” (allies with less Def then Gatrie) and buff Gatrie when “women” were around. Obviously, Gatrie has a lot of Def. He’s tied for 5th highest Def and 3rd highest Def at max investment and is made even higher with Fort. Def/Res 3. Because it’s an almost useless condition, I made it so he needs to out Def his allies by 5. No it’s not, “don’t put another tank on your team,” just make sure there is a least one ally with less than 45 Def. Is that too had? Anyway, he gets DR similar to Weaving Fighter, just 10 lower, and more damage Def% TD on his Special, based on his cooldown. Also, while you are likely to give him a save skill, the 3 tile radius buff to allies would just be an player phase effect, unless they are out of range.

Ilyana: Hungering Mage

Lvl. 40 5 ☆  39/38/32/17/40       Resplendent + Max Invest: 50/49/42/27/51

Blárfox+: If unit initiates combat, inflicts Atk/Spd/Def/Res-4 on foe during combat.

Iceberg - Mirror Strike 2 - Res Ploy 3

Ilyana is a 3-4 star blue mage and our newest released hero to get a resplendent version. Wow. She is now sitting alongside Cyril, Valantine! Faye, Resplendent! Sigurd, and Resplendent! Surtr for highest BST in their respective BST class, at max investment. What are you going to do with all that HP and Res, Ilyana? Res Ploy? Initiate combat with a Fox tome and Mirror Strike? Die to a stray dagger? Go hungry? So many options. Anyway, I forgot what Phenoixmaster’s made up tome for her was going to be, so here’s mine.

Hungry Tome: If any foes within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on unit have Res < unit's Res+5, inflicts Spd/Res-7 and [Sabotage] on those foes through their next actions. If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, inflict Atk/Spd/Res-4, and also, if the foe has [Sabotage] inflict Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.) and inflicts penalty on foe's Spd/Res during combat = current bonus on each of foe's stats × 2, (Example: if foe has +7 bonus to Spd, inflicts Spd-19, for a net penalty of Spd-12.) Calculates each stat penalty independently.

At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflict Atk/Spd/Res-4 on foe, grant bonus to unit’s Atk = total penalties on foe during combat, and restores 7 HP to unit after combat.

It’s the tome version of the Carrot Bow that Spring! Linhardt got, but it inflicts Spd, Res, and [Sabotage] + Guard and Panic Spd/Res if [Sabotage] is on the foe + Dominance + healing after combat. So I heard that Thorn in Telius’s games is bad, too much weight for it’s might. And since she’s most likely to use it, might as well not give it NFU or guaranteed follow-up. But, she relatively fast, and an infantry unit that would like Mag. NFU, so this tome just helps in the Spd diff. Beside, she’s going to nuke with 36 effective Atk. Oh, and she has nothing to lower the attack or protect herself aside from Atk-8 and Guard. Remote Mirror would be a necessary inherit to not get nuked back.

Jill: Fiery Dracoknight

Lvl. 40 5 ☆  40/39/40/36/17               Max Invest: 49/47/49/45/25

Talregan Axe: Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). If unit initiates combat or if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd+6 during combat. If unit initiates combat, unit can make a follow-up attack before foe can counterattack.

Moonbow - Atk/Spd Push 4 - Chill Atk/Spd 2 - Spd/Def Rein 3

As expected Jill did not face the same fate as her father, or any of the other wyvern riders after him, because her is waifu. This 5 star flyer has a perf that has accelerates special and guarantee’s her a Desperation, like the Dive-Bomb skill. She also has the Player Phase standard condition for Atk/Spd+6. So, what can she do now?

Talregan Axe: Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). If unit initiates combat or if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd+6, Def/Res+4 during combat and neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks and effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks during combat. If unit initiates combat, unit can make a follow-up attack before foe can counterattack.

I added NFU. This is necessary as she would need a flow skill to use her desperation effect. Def/Res+4 is also there for more bulk on counterattacks.

At the start of turn, if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd+6 to unit, [Canto (1)], and “Unit can move to a space within 2 spaces of any ally within 2 spaces.” At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk/Spd/ Def/Res+5 during combat, neutralized effects that inflict “Special Cooldown charge -X” on unit, and deal damage = 20% of unit’s Spd.

I mentioned before that her kit works like Dive-Bomb. Well, Dive-Bomb got an upgrade in Aerial Maneuvers, which grants warping power. This just gives her warping power, like the Oath Skills, along with [Canto (1)], like the Alarm skills, giving her two bonuses to use with Atk/Spd Prime if you wish. Along with that, she has NFU, Null-Guard, and True damage based on Spd. All this is to ensure that her second attack will be a special that hurts.

Shinon: Scathing Archer

Lvl. 40 5 ☆  40/38/42/27/24              Max Invest: 49/47/51/35/32

Double Bow: Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Effective against flying foes. If unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 during combat and unit can counterattack regardless of foe's range.

Deadeye - Atk/Def Solo 4 - Lull Atk/Spd 3 - Time's Pulse 3

The edge lord archer that introduced Deadeye, the first new premium Specials restricted to certain classes. He arrived with the worst bow in Tellius, but a great bow in FEH, for having Close Counter. Inscribed Tome technically has Close Foil and Naga and Virtuous Naga has Close Ward, so it is really the only one. It does have the condition that he must be solo, which fits his personality. Now, the issue comes, do we drop the conditional necessary for this effect? Are we ready for a world where a character from 4 years ago gets Close Counter in their weapon unconditional? No. I’m afraid we have to wait for a new hero to have this. Until then, did you see they have Close Counter mixed with Bonus Doubler now?

Double Bow: Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Effective against flying foes. If unit initiates combat or if the number of allies adjacent to unit is ≤ 1, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 during combat, neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks and effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks. If unit is not adjacent to an ally unit can counterattack regardless of foe's range.

So, I kept the solo condition, but separated it from the rest of his effect, including NFU.

At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk/Spd/ Def/Res+5 during combat, neutralized effects that grant “Special cooldown +X” to foe or inflict “Special Cooldown charge -X” on unit, reduces damage from foe's first attack by 30%, and deals damage = X% of unit's Spd when Special triggers. (X = unit's max Special cooldown count value × 10, + 20; excludes area-of-effect Specials)

Next, he has more stats, Tempo, Damage reduction, and adding more Spd based True Damage to his Deadeye. So, yeah. That’s pretty good.

Petrine: Icy Flame-Lancer

Lvl. 40 5 ☆ 42/35/37/30/24              Max Invest: 51/44/46/38/32

Flame Lance: Effective against beast foes. Grants Spd+3. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 50%, calculates damage using foe's Res, and inflicts Spd/Res-5 on foe during combat.

Ignis – Atk/Spd Push 3 – Threat. Atk/Def 2

Petrine, one of Daein's Four Riders, wields the Flame Lance (not to be confused with the Firesweep Lance) with a “callous disdain for those around her”. This here description in game. I got nothing else about her other than she’s a bad bitch. *snaps fingers on left, then right side* She does have one of the few weapons effective against beast, and it calculates damage base specifically on the foe’s Res rather than Def or having adaptive damage. Well, now that everyone is getting “Hexblade”, might as well buff that. Aside from that, we can make her weapon purely offensive. With a character description like that, she could inflict damage on her allies like Fallen Berkut, but let’s just have the downside be having nothing defensive.

Flame Lance: Effective against beast foes. Grants Spd+3. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, calculates damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res, inflicts Spd/Def/Res-5 on foe during combat, and also, if unit or foe initiates combat after moving to a different space, grant unit a guaranteed follow-up attack.

Adaptive damage? Check. Guaranteed follow-up? Well, she has three effects already so, we can put this in the clash condition, like Arcane Qiang.

If unit initiates combat or if the number of allies adjacent to unit is ≤ 2, inflict Spd/Def/Res-5 on foe, unit's first attack deals damage = 15% of foe's Def during combat. If unit initiates combat after moving 2 or more spaces, reduces the percentage of foe's non-Special "reduce damage by X%" skills by 50% during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials) and foe cannot counterattack.

Next, more solo condition? Sure. Bonus damage on the first hit, taking the foe’s Def like how Rhea takes the foe’s Res, like a mini Moonbow. That would be helpful against the high Def Beast, let’s do it. And we’ll have another clash condition that will pierce through the DR of Cavalry beasts or Beast exclusive passives, while having it so the foe cannot counterattack, like the Firesweept lance. It does have a notable 2 spaces to move for this, but it hopefully, it will help to get past the fact she has block damage. She is basically helpless on enemy phase.

This is the one I would like some critique on, before her refine is scheduled in May. I would like the critique on the rest too. Gimmie the comments!

[celie-celeste]

imma be more of a hater for a sec here

If you consider cyl4 or gatekeeper in cyl5 better than the other cyls or miss that shit then you got 0 taste

I love fe3h. It's a good fe game. But I hate that game when it comes to cyl voting. Nothing interesting ever comes from their winners. It's just their ts designs in expected advanced classes. Gatekeeper was a shitty vote for a meme that wasn't even that funny when it came out and his brave was boring as fuck sans yamada's art

saying cyl9 has bad / uninteresting results is wild when cyl 4 & 5 exist lmao

cyl4 was entirely predictable (and the braves were just their timeskip promoted classes sans Lysithea), cyl 5 had long overdue Marth + the non-character that is Gatekeeper.

I haven't been this excited for cyl results since cyl3 so I wish we get more out of left field picks for any cyls going onward.

[duskwitch]

[jadesnapart]

i am obsessed with brave eirika actually

[obsmiechujek]

I require a new Ephraim alt to match Brave Eirika

[diadoesart]

Lyon found dead in Renais thank you miss Wada

[indigo-inks]

cyl5 really is a trip and a half huh

[angierosem]

Maybe next year Chrom... 😭

[jsunnyart]

2/2/21 

CONGRATULATIONS EIRIKA ON FINALLY GETTING IN CYL TT_T_T__T__TT_TT_T 💖💖💖💖💖💖🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[the-emblem-of-fire]

I was hoping for a Fates banner but FINALLY NYNA!!!! The only one of my last CYL votes to finally get in!!! 😭 I’m so happy! And Elice too!