Oh ho, this is a great surprise!
4 (5) entirely new units, more beasts, all popular. And the foxes count as cavalry! I'm a little surprised the Wolves didnt count as armors. Since they're so beefy.
The skill situation is very interesting. Only Selkie has 3 skills, which has generally been our go to guidance for who gets demoted.
-Keaton: No way. I was thrilled at first before realizing the reality. But Special Spiral 3 is, was and will probably continue to be very premium. And thats before factoring in the over importance they place on Valors.
-Velouria: Definite candidate here. Close Defense is useful, but it's definitely one of those skills I think we can all let drop down into 4*.
-Kaden: Well, Valentines Titania shows they're willing to let us have Link skills at 4* now. And another 4* green would be appreciated, and he'd effectively be another axe cav too. But Goad Beast seems generally more useful. And of course, his prf weapon is pretty dang good too but that's most prfs these days.
I'm thinking Velouria is like 95% gonna be the drop, even if I;d like Kaden a little more.
So...you know....Does anyone else think they're kind of done giving permanent units generic weapons? Between this year's permanent units and the weapon/refine combos being given out over the past year, that's the feeling I've been getting. I mean, they introduced a new beast type and all of them (even Naesala, probably Panne?) are prf weapons.