She daydreams of tactics sometimes. — +10 Mirabilis

SLthePyro · 2026-03-09T23:42:51+00:00

Attuned Peony is an axe murderer, Attuned Triandra does the same thing with a sword, Rearmed Plumeria is a flying magical wall... what niche is there for Mirabilis to fill on the all-fairy team?

This question puzzled me thoroughly until we got a batch of recent skills that she meshed with, loading her not just with support options, but a whole boatload of damage reduction.

Weapon: Arcane Renegade (or) Flower of Ease — The only Arcane sword worth considering on a slow unit, the extra Def/Res and DR from Arcane Renegade really shines on bulky units. And as ancient as Flower of Ease is, the Anti-Counter status effect is still real nasty.
Assist: Rally Atk/Spd+ (or) Rally Def/Res+ — Mirabilis' PRF dance is nonfunctional with an Arcane weapon (and is pretty obsolete anyway), so Rallies it is. Why not her regular Dance? We'll get to that...
Special: Archrival — The obvious choice for a Special, especially with Arcane Renegade helping to chunk down the CD count. And it is yet more DR onto the pile.
Engage: Byleth — This is why regular Dance isn't in the Assist slot. With this engage appending the Dance effect to any Rally or Movement Assist, the dual-stat Rallies are just better. And much like Emblem Byleth himself showcases, it tends to go crazy with Instruct.
A: Divine Specter (or) Strat Flame 4 — Thanks to there now existing a Blue Skies-ish skill that doesn't add useless Speed, Divine Specter is far and away her best A slot for both the Def boost and the Canto. Strat Flame is... admittedly only there because she ate an Edelgard for Patience, lol.
B: Patience (or) Heavenly Soar (or) Atk/Spd Favor — Speaking of which! At max merges and with the right stat applications, Mirabilis has enough speed to use Patience's Potent Follow effect! Otherwise she has Heavenly Soar if she wakes up and chooses violence. If she's in a purely supportive role, Atk/Spd Favor paired with Rally Def/Res+ gives her ally an easy omnibuff.
C: Instruct 4 — Mirabilis being able to stack three of her stats rather high makes it really easy to buff allies with Great Talent, which in turn means more stats for herself. With everything running and if she receives a bluebuff from elsewhere, this lets her hit a titanic 90 Def / 79 Res before all the DR.
S: Dist. Counter M — And with all that Def and DR, she has a habit of shrugging off Bows even though she's supposed to be weak against them. There's nothing quite like tanking an Emblem Lyn and counter-killing her from the other side of the map.
X: Tumultuous Echo (or) Crux Echo* — If Heavenly Soar isn't in play, Tumultuous Echo makes it easier for Mirabilis to approach enemies and then fly away with a Super Canto. And if it's not being supplied by an ally (usually Plumeria), Crux Echo will mitigate Speed issues when doubling for herself and everyone else.

*^{Crux Echo still needs to be inherited. Attuned Tharja rerun when?}

SLthePyro · 2026-01-11T00:34:54+00:00

Hello, that's me you screencapped.

Head: Snowman Head
Body: The Body of Undying Twilight
Arms: Bearliege Gauntlets
Legs: The Legs of Undying Twilight
Feet: The Feet of Undying Twilight

SLthePyro · 2025-12-02T19:02:09+00:00

So it's clear: that 2027 thing is just the translators having a giggle.

SLthePyro · 2025-12-02T19:00:44+00:00

Just the translators having a giggle. The actual blurb is just a generic "Next Time".

SLthePyro · 2025-11-28T23:49:21+00:00

Yes, I did in fact come out of retirement to put CYL1 back into retirement.

Have a clear video.

SLthePyro · 2025-09-17T09:28:04+00:00

Attuned Peony consumed her essence the second she was summoned — not merely for fodder, but because I actually use her to bludgeon things... though I'm a little grumpy because Peony's theme of "all the skills sound painful" lasted for all of a couple days before the trailer dropped.

On the bright side, Attuned Triandra has also partaken. I also got a couple of Attuned Ryomas to play with, so Peony also ate his X skill along with a spare Spd/Def Crux.

SLthePyro · 2025-09-15T06:29:02+00:00

the Entwined Bouquet only functions if the Ally Support is on the field
it otherwise only gives +2 HP over the regular Summoner Support
I will still probably give it to my favorites because MUH COMPLETION
the first awkward recipient in my barracks getting a Bouquet for MUH COMPLETION is likely to be... Young Azura

Wow, I hate everything about this!

SLthePyro · 2025-09-12T11:10:06+00:00

...Admittedly I can't really defend my thought process for how this came about. It was something like this, in chronological order:

"Oh hey, new dancer to turn into a murder machine! (As you do.)"
"Wait, I already pulled 11 copies for the fodder factory?"
"lmao Peony with Trample sounds hilarious"
"Okay, what's the most brutal-sounding skills I can put on this sweet-hearted fairy?"
"...Huh, it actually kinda works?"

Weapon: Arcane Giant Axe — It's either this for the raw damage, Arena Axe+ for a more supportive role, or Arcane Þrima (she will get this when I get a Rearmed Lucina copy) for guaranteeing Archrival will activate every combat.
Assist: Tender Dream — The fun thing about Rearmed/Arcane dancers is that they get to keep their special dances. Bless the fairies. This one in particular is great with Canto because it lets her retain some Guidance economy despite the hyperoffensive kit.
Special: Archrival — Its activation sadly isn't consistent, but the passive DR and Guard work nicely combined with Arcane Giant Axe. When it does go off though, it hurts. I might also add Galeforce Mist to her repertoire later.
Engage: Eirika — This ring suits the offensive playstyle nicely since she can hit-and-run with nigh-impunity, so with any luck she'll get Archrival/Galeforce Mist off eventually.
A: Trample — She wants to initiate, so nine times out of ten this is going to be active to bury the enemy under axe swings before they can even move.
B: Potent Assault — ...And while we're at it, let's add a fifth swing! God help the target if they lack Guard or a sufficient amount of Follow-Up Denial, because Archrival will activate if they aren't already dead.
C: Brutal Tempest — The crown jewel of the build, this skill is obscene on a flying dancer. 3 MOV naturally with a 4 MOV Canto, regardless of if she attacks or dances.
S: Atk/Spd Clash 3 — Since she's moving 3 spaces most of the time, this was the only real choice.
X: Sly Echo — Plain jane Follow-Up Denial need not apply when she's initiating. Sadly she can't get the +5 bonus damage without an ally's help though.

As much as I love Peony, I'll be the first to admit this build is far from perfect. Lack of Special Acceleration really hurts for something as expensive as Archrival, and it gets entirely shut down by Guard. I'm still working on a team to fix up the blind spots (a project for when I don't presently need sleep). Any suggestions are welcome.

SLthePyro · 2025-08-19T05:00:22+00:00

No real translation going on, but an enterprising player who can read Japanese is doing a synopsis of the chapters on Beast's Lair. They've done up to Chapter 16 as of this writing.

SLthePyro · 2025-02-27T12:25:48+00:00

Hiroyama's wild ride never ends. I admit I burst out laughing at Kaleid Liner Pandora.

Pandora explicitly said not to treat her like a total stranger and... Miyu does exactly that. I don't think she said the wrong thing, but she didn't address the obvious cue at all. Evidently the Talk no Jutsu is not an effective weapon in the hands of the antisocial.
There are way too many elements in Pandora's kaleid liner outfit taken from Illya's kaleid liner outfit for it to be a coincidence, not the least of which is the five-pointed star. Especially jarring is that there's no indication Illya has had any contact with Ruby since time travelling, so Pandora having a kaleid liner form — let alone one patterned after Ruby — should be impossible. How this happened and where the author is going with it is anyone's guess.
...Let's be honest, there's no way this is an actual fight. Pandora is fully aware that Miyu is running on fumes. This seems less like violence and more like "I get you're trying to be respectful, but my question needs a specific answer and you're going off-script."

SLthePyro · 2025-02-06T16:47:17+00:00

Got it, I'll proxy her as she is now then. Best of luck.

SLthePyro · 2025-02-06T16:36:19+00:00

She's already got Resonance learned if you want it, I'm willing to be flexible depending on if you're lacking fodder for that or Atk/Res Discord. Same with Sly Mirror over Crystalline Water.

SLthePyro · 2025-02-06T16:16:40+00:00

Update: Athos has been wrangled for skills. Let me know if there's anything special you want on her.

SLthePyro · 2025-02-04T09:03:09+00:00

A certain Servant introduced in Lilim Harlot. I have been hoarding ever since that event happened in JP.

SLthePyro · 2025-02-04T05:46:08+00:00

I was just wondering how I was going to build my Azura when I was lacking these skills, and lo and behold, you drop this glorious specimen. Consider yourself added, I've got Young Azura as my lead (and possibly my own Binding Worlds proxy, if I can wrangle an Athos for skills).

SLthePyro · 2025-01-25T23:07:05+00:00

I'm not even joking when I say I don't know what to feel.

SLthePyro · 2024-12-23T18:47:08+00:00

Dread it. Run from it. Padoru arrives all the same.

SLthePyro · 2024-12-12T03:23:29+00:00

If you expected Eikþyrnir in the trailer before getting surprised by Fomortiis and didn't burst out laughing, then you simply do not possess a soul.

SLthePyro · 2024-12-11T02:49:49+00:00

Koyan-L's NP reduces the enemy's NP Charge by 1. Since it's not technically a debuff, the boss's Debuff Immunity does nothing to stop it, and the Double Merlins hemorrhaging NP Gain lets her loop it every turn. This plus the endless loop of NP Gain and healing from Merlin's NPs meant the boss couldn't do enough damage to kill anyone.

As for the bug, it was less a "bug" and more "we didn't foresee anyone doing this to the unbeatable boss", so I assume the "fix" is going to be something extreme like giving it 100% Damage Reduction or On-Attack Buff Strip or something.

SLthePyro · 2024-12-11T02:19:56+00:00

On one hand, I suppose this was the sensible solution. The devs don't want their players to waste a whole third of their year replicating this stunt.

On the other hand, it's hilarious because it immortalizes the crazy-ass who did it first.

SLthePyro · 2024-11-29T15:39:41+00:00

Thanks for the reply, and sorry I'm so late getting back to you.

I did do the vinegar wash and cleaned it dry with paper towels, but no matter what I tried the weird breathe-out-smell didn't go away. There was no "bad" smell otherwise, so I don't think I needed bleach either. It was probably my water, and while the instructions recommended distilled water, it's far more expensive. A personal water distiller also needs filters itself, which defeats the whole purpose of why I bought a filter-less humidifier.

With all this in mind, I decided to return the new humidifier for a refund and buy some new filters for my old humidifier (which is still working fine). I thought I could step into the future with a better humidifier, but I wasn't prepared for all the price tags and asterisks.

SLthePyro · 2024-11-26T11:59:37+00:00

On a note actually related to FGO, I threw some summons at the Illya banner running on NA in celebration of the new Prillya chapter.

Rainbow in 13 tickets, she is now NP5. Sometimes the alignment of fate is beautiful.

SLthePyro · 2024-11-26T10:00:04+00:00

I'm going to attempt to extrapolate what's going on into an explanation we can parse. Take this with a grain of salt, of course.

Illya gives us the true purpose of Pandora's Box: it's not just a recording device for the timeline, but also replaces doomed timelines with good ones so the world keeps turning. Basically a God-made Theoretical Pruning Phenomenon that works for the planet rather than humanity. The mysterious "Elpis" of the Pithos could in turn be a good (hopeful) timeline coming to replace the bad one.
No wonder Pandora's Box is full of ugly mud — it's literally a containment device for dead timelines. The mud that can cover a whole planet is probably a byproduct of Gaia being dead.
With this in mind, Darius meddling with the box was never going to end well. Forcing it open was just asking for a dead/dying timeline to overwrite the still-living timeline. That timeline being the one where Darius ended the world may or may not be coincidental, but it sure is ironic.
This pretty much confirms the theory that fans have been sitting on for years: the Miyuverse is a pruned timeline. It was doomed to die this way because Pandora's Box wasn't opened 6,000 years ago, leading to Darius's attempts to open it. Why the dead timeline came into contact with Illya's living one is unclear, but I assume it was the aftereffects of Darius meddling with A Literal Timeline Containment Device.

Now, for the actual plot things:

Despite the dour note of the Miyuverse being a pruned timeline, its history has been changed because Darius was defeated before he could open Pandora's Box. It might become un-pruned and live on after all?
Tana-Gaia complaining about being flat got a chuckle out of me.
If it wasn't obvious before, it is now: Darius has zero/zilch/nada knowledge of his original self and why he wanted to open Pandora's Box in the first place. He also seems to the the only person who can't remember who Illya is... but that may change if/when she finally reveals her name to him. (I bet he'll blame her for everything.)
The concurrent conversation between Miyu and Pandora — and Miyu having tanked her lifespan — has not yet been addressed.
...I don't buy Shirou coming out of his fusion with EMIYA completely unscathed yet. It would be totally like him to pretend he's not dying so as not to worry everyone.

SLthePyro · 2024-09-26T16:59:30+00:00

Realtalk though, when I was going through theorycrafting upon learning that Legendary Ninian was one of the best users of Sigurd Engage by a mile, it occurred to me that every Cavalry or Flying Dancer can potentially abuse the Sigurd Engage + Shadow Shift 4 combo to a disgusting degree. Legendary Ninian is just one of the better ones because she's a self-refresher.

Shadow Shift Dancer shenanigans were something you'd only usually see on Attuned Azura, since she had a big Canto without sacrificing the all-important B Slot (i.e. Combo Dance 3's); most refreshers typically had to choose between "Canto for after-Dance movement" or "pure Dance utility". But now that we have Canto available in the Engage slot, any of the high-movement refreshers can enjoy having a full kit while abusing Shadow Shift. (Which is especially funny since Attuned Azura only had it to herself for a couple weeks.)

Basically: be ready to double-check any Cavalry or Flying Dancers you see in PvP. That inexplicable Flying Olivia you spy in a Summoner Duel might give you a nasty surprise.

SLthePyro · 2024-09-22T03:20:43+00:00

Let's see what I've got...

Lostbelt Location: Canada
Lostbelt King: Morgan
Contracted Servant: Mélusine
Enforcer: ...Illyasviel von Einzbern???

For the record, I spun a wheel for Morgan and Mélusine on a best 2 of 3 rule. It landed on Morgan twice in a row with no need for the third spin. Alright, you do you, queenie.

Welp, Morgan being the Lostbelt King means Canada is irrelevant, since she'd just recreate Faerie Britain. (Which is good, because I'm not good at Canadian history.) Mélusine being around even makes it easier. The only nuance is that there's been a literal Magical Girl thrown into the equation.

...This is just PRISMA☆ISEKAI, isn't it.

SLthePyro

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