{"id":3812,"date":"2023-07-05T14:00:54","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T22:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/?p=3812"},"modified":"2023-07-08T22:28:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T06:28:40","slug":"spending-1800-orbs-summoning-for-veronica-fire-emblem-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/05\/spending-1800-orbs-summoning-for-veronica-fire-emblem-heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"Spending 1800 orbs summoning on Veronica &#8211; Fire Emblem: Heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary Veronica and Yuri are on this banner, so you know what that means. It&#8217;s the long awaited summoning session that&#8217;s supposed to be this year&#8217;s replacement for this year&#8217;s A Hero Rises event.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m really hoping that I have enough orbs saved up. I&#8217;ve been saving orbs since late last year, but I have also pulled on some banners here and there for units such as Rearmed Ingrid (see <a href=\"https:\/\/sirknightj.com\/blog\/?p=3760\">this post<\/a>) and Legendary Hinoka (see <a href=\"https:\/\/sirknightj.com\/blog\/?p=3830\">this post<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h4>My Goals for this summoning session<\/h4>\n<h5>High-Priority<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>10 Copies of Legendary Yuri, since I already have 1 copy (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/?p=3653\">this post<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>8 Copies of Legendary Veronica, since I already have 3 copies (see <a href=\"https:\/\/sirknightj.com\/blog\/?p=3706\">this post<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Medium-Priority<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>11 Copies of Alear<\/li>\n<li>9 Copies of Askr<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Nice-to-have<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>1 Legendary Guinivere, so that I don&#8217;t need to fish for high-scoring opponents this month in the Arena<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h4>Summoning Video<\/h4>\n<div class=\"su-youtube su-u-responsive-media-yes\"><iframe width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YZ0h9DbIFJY?\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture\" title=\"Spending 1,800 Orbs On Legendary Veronica \u2022 Fire Emblem Heroes\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>After the video ended, I decided to check up on my Google Opinion Rewards balance, and it turns out I had $11.45 in there. I redeemed the FEH pass with the free money that I&#8217;ve been earning.<\/p>\n<p>I used the Spark on Askr, then spent the rest of my orbs still sniping red orbs. The FEH pass also gave me 5 orbs from the extra quests. From these remaining 172+5 orbs, I got 4 more five-star units (excluding the spark).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sirknightj-back-to-0-orb-balance.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3820\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sirknightj-back-to-0-orb-balance-498x1024.jpg\" alt=\"sirknightj-back-to-0-orb-balance\" width=\"300\" height=\"617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sirknightj-back-to-0-orb-balance-498x1024.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sirknightj-back-to-0-orb-balance-146x300.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sirknightj-back-to-0-orb-balance-768x1579.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sirknightj-back-to-0-orb-balance-747x1536.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sirknightj-back-to-0-orb-balance-996x2048.jpg 996w, https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sirknightj-back-to-0-orb-balance.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Heroes Obtained<\/h4>\n<p>Here is a list of all of the 5-star heroes I got during this massive summoning session.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>Heroes Obtained List<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ol>\n<li>Alear (-Atk\/+Spd)<\/li>\n<li>Askr (+Spd\/-Res)<\/li>\n<li>Saber (-HP\/+Def)<\/li>\n<li>Alear (-HP\/+Atk)<\/li>\n<li>Legendary Veronica (-Atk\/+Def)<\/li>\n<li>Askr (Neutral)<\/li>\n<li>Legendary Veronica (-HP\/+Atk)<\/li>\n<li>Brave Celica (-HP\/+Spd)<\/li>\n<li>Askr (+Spd\/-Res)<\/li>\n<li>Legendary Yuri (-Spd\/+Res)<\/li>\n<li>Legendary Guinivere (+Spd\/-Res)<\/li>\n<li>Alear (-HP\/+Atk)<\/li>\n<li>Adrift Camilla (-Atk\/+Spd)<\/li>\n<li>Alear (-Spd\/+Def)<\/li>\n<li>Legendary Guinivere (+HP\/-Def)<\/li>\n<li>Velouria (+Spd\/-Def)<\/li>\n<li>Ayra (+Spd\/-HP)<\/li>\n<li>Askr (-Spd\/+Res)<\/li>\n<li>Legendary Yuri (+HP\/-Spd)<\/li>\n<li>Sacred Memories Eirika (+Atk\/-Res)<\/li>\n<li>Alear (+HP\/-Spd)<\/li>\n<li>Legendary Yuri (-Spd\/+Res)<\/li>\n<li>Legendary Veronica (+Atk\/-Spd)<\/li>\n<li>Legendary Guinivere (-HP\/+Res)<\/li>\n<li>Alear (+Atk\/-Def)<\/li>\n<li>Phina (-Spd\/+Res)<\/li>\n<li>Legendary Veronica (+HP\/-Res)<\/li>\n<li>Legendary Veronica (-Atk\/+Spd)<\/li>\n<li>Alear (Neutral)<\/li>\n<li>Legendary Veronica (+Atk\/-Res)<\/li>\n<li>Legendary Guinivere (Neutral)<\/li>\n<li>Alear (-Spd\/+Def)<\/li>\n<li>Legendary Veronica (+Atk\/-Spd)<\/li>\n<li>Legendary Yuri (-Atk\/+Def)<\/li>\n<li>Alear (-Spd\/+Def)<\/li>\n<li>Young Tiki (-HP\/+Res)<\/li>\n<li>Exalt Chrom (Neutral)<\/li>\n<li>Legendary Veronica (+Atk\/-Spd)<\/li>\n<li>Alear (+HP\/-Def)<\/li>\n<li>Fallen Julia (-HP\/+Res)<\/li>\n<li>Legendary Veronica (-HP\/+Res)<\/li>\n<li>Zelgius (-Atk\/+Spd)<\/li>\n<li>Alear (-Atk\/+Spd)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This is after I stopped recording and purchased the FEH pass:<\/p>\n<ol start=\"44\">\n<li>Yuri (neutral)<\/li>\n<li>Askr (-Atk\/+Res)<\/li>\n<li>Sigurd (-Atk\/+Res)<\/li>\n<li>Askr (-HP\/+Def)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>And, Askr (Neutral) from the spark.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h4>Summoning Results<\/h4>\n<p>I&#8217;m very glad I pulled for Legendary Veronica on the A Hero Rises banner earlier this year &#8211; otherwise I would not have been able to get her to +10.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, I spent 1,701 orbs and got 43 five-star units. Therefore, it cost me 39.56 orbs per five-star.<\/p>\n<p>After the video ended, I used the remaining 172+5 orbs to get 4 five-star units (excluding the spark). Therefore, it cost me 44.25 orbs per five-star.<\/p>\n<p>In total, I spent 1,878 orbs and got 47 five-star units (excluding the Spark). This means the cost per five-star is 39.96 orbs. From some calculations done <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/11\/feh-summoner-how-lucky-are-you\/\">a while back<\/a>, the average cost per five-star should be slightly above 40 orbs. Looking at the graph for 600 orbs on the legendary banner, the average five-star count was about 16. Since I spent 1,878 orbs, I would expect to have gotten 48 five-stars. However, that calculation was done when four-star specials did not exist. So, I would expect to have gotten about 48 focus units. During this summoning session, I got 36 focus five-star units and 11 four-star special heroes.<\/p>\n<p>This means, it cost me on average 52.17 orbs per focus five-star, and puts me between the 75th and 90th percentile to get Alear or Veronica. The graph below was made by <a href=\"https:\/\/fullyconcentrated.net\/fehstatsim\/index.html\">https:\/\/fullyconcentrated.net\/fehstatsim\/index.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In theory, if I were at the 50th percentile, I could have obtained <em>one<\/em> of these by the 1300 orbs mark, which I unfortunately did not. However, the cost for me to get+10 Yuri is going to be well over 2,000 orbs, since I already spent some during his original debut banner for one copy. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sirknightj_legendary_veronica_results.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3822\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sirknightj_legendary_veronica_results.png\" alt=\"sirknightj_legendary_veronica_results\" width=\"500\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sirknightj_legendary_veronica_results.png 674w, https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sirknightj_legendary_veronica_results-284x300.png 284w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Overall thoughts<\/h4>\n<p>In summary, the summoning session could have went better. I am a bit disappointed that I wasn&#8217;t able to +10 all the units I wanted, and my luck this time seems to be much worse than average. I seem to usually get unlucky when doing these large summoning sessions. For instance, my Legendary Azura summons (700+ orbs) was below average, last year&#8217;s A Hero Rises summons (1300+ orbs) were below average, and this (1800+ orbs) was way below average.<\/p>\n<p>If I didn&#8217;t summon earlier to grab 3 extra copies of Legendary Veronica during A Hero Rises, I wouldn&#8217;t have gotten her to +10 during this summoning session. You can check out that summoning session <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/21\/ahr-2023-summons\/\">here<\/a>. Getting lucky is part of the game, however, when dealing with large amounts of orbs like this, getting unlucky will set your account back by a lot. We only get around 250 orbs per month, so being in the top 1% vs the bottom 1% is a huge difference.<\/p>\n<p>For the previous year&#8217;s all-green A Hero Rises event, I spent 1300+ orbs, and got 40 5-star units. Even then, I was slightly worse than average. You can check out those results <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/25\/ahr-2022-huge-summoning-session\/\">here<\/a>. Overall, I&#8217;ve been on the unlucky side when I go to spend huge amounts of orbs. Even still, I&#8217;m still able to score well in Arena, and with my highly-merged Askr, I can now score much higher in Aether raids.<\/p>\n<p>On the bright side, at least I got one +10 wind legendary unit my the Wind season has improved, and I got a tanky unit which I&#8217;ve been wanting for some time now, since all of my +10 units are pretty squishy nukes. Alear has speed-based damage reduction in her weapon, B-skill, and C-skill after combat. If I redeem Flame Tribe Lyn or Ascended Mareeta from the divine codes, I can get an additional layer of damage reduction. Plus, I was able to get a ton of merges on Askr.<\/p>\n<h4>Future Goals<\/h4>\n<p>Now that my orb balance is back to 0, it&#8217;s time for me to start saving again.<\/p>\n<p>My goals now are to get two copies of Askr so that I can get him to +10, and think about whether I want to obtain 5 more copies of Legendary Yuri. For Astra mythics, my highest-merged one is Elimine at +4, then Thorr at +2. Perhaps what I can hope for next is for a red astra mythic to color share when Legendary Yuri comes back next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary Veronica and Yuri are on this banner, so you know what that means. It&#8217;s the long awaited summoning session that&#8217;s supposed to be this year&#8217;s replacement for this year&#8217;s A Hero Rises event. I&#8217;m really hoping that I have enough orbs saved up. I&#8217;ve been saving orbs since late last year, but I have &#8230; <a title=\"Spending 1800 orbs summoning on Veronica &#8211; Fire Emblem: Heroes\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/05\/spending-1800-orbs-summoning-for-veronica-fire-emblem-heroes\/\" aria-label=\"More on Spending 1800 orbs summoning on Veronica &#8211; Fire Emblem: Heroes\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[19,55],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3812"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3812"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3849,"href":"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3812\/revisions\/3849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}