:notes: Shut Up and Dance with Me :notes:

Welcome, welcome! Today I found time for something resembling an informational shitpost! (thanks, cancelled class :sunglasses: )

As everybody knows, there was a bit of a trend of “pushing a unit(s) to their max” in the unit builder, but the person who got me most interested was my beloved twin and partner in crime for all but ten minutes of my life, Eluceus. She did it with the lords, so I decided I’m going to do it with dancers!

To make it clear, this will ONLY be units with the Dance skill. Some people say dancer even if the unit has Sing, myself included, since it’s the same thing anyways. Units with the Sing skill might eventually be made into a separate post. Another important note is that I will only include one variant per unit: so I will only be using one of the three Olivias and one of the two Ninians. The dancers will be listed in the order of the regions, exactly like how the Catalogue of Heroes in FEH is sorted.

Also, not all builds will be perfect, and there WILL be Bond, Form, t, and Oath abuse. Yes, all builds WILL include Dance even if it’s usually considered better to use something else, like in the case of Ishtar. These will also mostly be OFFENSIVE dancer builds rather than ive, since the aim is to push THEM to their limits rather than how far they can push others. This does not mean based preferred weapons will be excluded from builds, though. These builds will also be assessed under the assumption of what you’d normally find in FEH.

Warning: All build names are song lyrics (as is the title), and I have memed the daylights out of a few unfortunate souls. Ninian unfortunately wasn’t safe. However, there are some song lyrics I used sheerly because of how fitting they are, even though most of the memes are also fitting. Feel free to guess the songs I used down below! There are 16 lyrics from 16 songs (17 including the title), and all by different artists with a large variety of genres.

Now, let’s look at the Dancers of FEH!

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”Make Him the Cutest That I’ve Ever Seen BUM BUM BUM BUM”

We are starting off strong with none other than Phina, one of the newer additions to FEH! The point of this build was to essentially make her have 50 in everybody stats with the buffs in place (except Res), and Fury 4 is in place help chip her HP faster. This is largely so her Rapier can get into the built-in vantage range, and essentially just makes her that much harder to kill once she’s in it. The main threat to this build would be a mage since her Res is her most vulnerable stat and she can’t hit back, not to mention it could be used to bait Fury 4 damage so another ranged unit could potentially sweep in for the kill.

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”Say Goodbye, As We Dance With the Devil Tonight”

A fan favorite, Berkut! Love him or hate him, there is no denying he’s popular. The idea of this build was exactly what it looks like: make him a mixed tank nightmare with a competent attack stat. He has Quick Riposte so he can double on EP, even though he will likely get doubled a lot, particularly since he’ll fight a lot of the speedy red units FEH is plagued with. The main issue Berkut will have is special damage, and I say this instead of being limited to one range because he shouldn’t be taking enough damage to particularly worry anyways. If a special like Moonbow or Luna goes off? Y I K E S.

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”Heart Beats Fast, Colors and Promises”

She took way too long to get in for how popular she is. Anyways, this is actually the exact build I’m currently working on, minus the summoner . I basically have everything on her but t Hone Speed. The point of this build is for her to basically be a ranged EP tank, since I largely prefer tank Rinea to offensive Rinea due to her lower attack stat. The main problem she’ll have is tanking MELEE physical damage, which she should not be tanking in the first place. However, 36 defense and 51 HP isn’t the end of the world, so I’ll argue that her main problem will actually be dealing damage back due to her lower offenses, since I personally found it more worthwhile to invest in her defenses.

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”I’m On Tonight, You Know My Hips Don’t Lie”

I personally ship her with Lewyn, but take your pick between Silvia and Erinys. Anyways, this is mostly standard for a Silvia build, I’d say, with the exception of Oath instead of Infantry Pulse in the C slot. I personally opted for Oath because it compliments the rest of the build, and once again, this is to push HER to her limit, so Oath is slightly better for that. Her main issue will be melee damage... but uh, she should be able to live a a few hits with 63 HP. Just a hunch.

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”I Might Hate Myself Tomorrow But I’m On My Way Tonight”

My second favorite dancer, believe it or not. She’s pure EP, and that bonfire will hurt. A lot. She is essentially the opposite of her mother in of which defense was focused on, but with a vastly different build. The main issue will be being hit by blue and particular red mages, or a special. 36 Resistance isn’t terrible to be hit on without being able to hit back, but still something resembling a problem. Special damage will likely hurt no matter what, so yeah. Basically the golden rule of this: don’t mess with magic, kids.

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”I Was Right Beside You When You Went to Hell and Back Again”

My current second favorite character in the series, and I was of course satisfied by this alt. Now, why not just keep Swift Sparrow 3? Because I find that using my own (lesser merged one) that she’s a bit of a fish out of water on EP. Granted, she doesn’t want to be hit in the first place, but Form and Bond just gives her a bit more mobility than Atk/Spd Bond 4. Atk/Spd Push 4 would also work to help put her in Desperation range, but I decided against it because once her HP falls below 25%, she loses it. So I went with Form. As for the Glimmer over Moonbow, I personally for some reason just prefer Glimmer on her, mentally switch it to Moonbow if you need to. Her biggest issue will be taking any kind of hit, especially from any physical enemy.

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”We Were Both Young When I First Saw You”

Reinhardt got hit hard in of the meme titles, and I apologize. Honestly? I don’t have much to say about him. It’s a pretty standard sort of Reinhardt build, so I’m not going to sell it as anything else. I gave him Oath and not Ishtar since Rein has able defenses and can take a hit or two, where Ishtar just doesn’t want to be hit at all. His main issue will be bows and melee hits, but you all knew that one.

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”Briiiiing Meeee Baaaack toooo Liiiife... WAKE ME UP”

Obviously my favorite dancer, and my favorite character in the entire franchise in case you’ve never seen my profile. Anyways, this is the exact Ninian I’m currently working towards, so yeah. This makes her a very effective mixed tank and helps patch up her pitifully low attack stat. Mystic Boost works FANTASTIC with this, which makes sense since it is amongst one of the most versatile skills in the game, and yeah. Lots of people also like to give her Infantry Pulse, but I didn’t for the same reasons as Silvia. Her main threat will be the haters screaming “24 bAsE aTtAcK”

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”Who Says, Who Says You’re Not Perfect?”

The newest addition to Askr... that, like Python, has demote written all over her. If she does demote, and I wager they will for this reason, we will finally have a 4* colorless dancer... so she’ll certainly make colorless hell more lively, eh? The point of this build is exactly what it looks like: infinite Moonbow abuse. Her Atk is pretty low, with a base of only 27 (PA!Olivia had 28, but significantly lower defensive stats). Tethy’s BST mainly lies in her Speed and Resistance stats, and so it’s easy to prioritize on her attack while further nurturing the two stats. So yeah... just abuse that Ouch Pouch+, Special Spiral, and Moonbow combo until everything drops dead. Her main issue will obviously be her defense, and it’s likely she’ll sustain a bit of damage if the Moonbow doesn’t kill in one hit, which obviously won’t work 100% of the time.

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”It’s a Small World After Alllllll”

Look, it’s infantry Brave Micaiah! It’s Surtr’s nightmare fuel! It’s a girl with a birb! Dear lord, if it ain’t broke... don’t fix it. Like Reinhardt, I don’t really have much to say because this is fairly standard for a Micaiah build... just... amped up to an eleven. I personally would not want to see this anywhere. Anyways, her main issues are in her low defense and speed... just make sure she hits first if it’s a melee, and chances are she’ll one-shot them. So yeah... just... don’t do anything stupid like make her EP a sword or lance, and she’ll basically destroy most of what’s in her path.

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”We Were All Meant to Fly, Spread Your Wings Across the Universe”

While not the best of dancers, I am fond of this Elincia. This build I used Form over push because I feel like Elincia shouldn’t have too big of an issue taking a single hit to get in Desperation and Brazen range. I also wanted to have her use a Poison Dagger+ rather than a Broadleaf Fan+ or Starfish+ sheerly because I like the infantry effectiveness on this build. Her main issue will reliably be getting into that Brazen/Desperation Range, which would best be done baiting a blue or green mage or attacking it first. Her defenses aren’t stellar, but Oath does help her Resistance out.

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”Where Did You Come From, Where Did You Go?”

While I’m not exactly the largest Nephenee fan, I knew messing with a decked out version of her dancer variant would be fun, and I wasn’t wrong. I had a blast making this one. This build is essentially just meant to ruin everybody’s day, truly. She’ll likely teeter in and out of Vantage range a lot with Sol and the damage from the Candlewax Bow+, and Sol is there to help prolong her lifespan/time pestering the enemy. Her main issue is... uh. Yeah. Just... beware of special damage, I guess?

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”I am Unwritten, Can’t Read My Mind, I’m Undefined”

Ah, yes, the very first dancer I was introduced to in a Fire Emblem game. Yes, I started as part of the Awakening train. Some of you are probably surprised to see I went with OG Olivia, others are probably more surprised at the build. Basically, there’s just a lot going on. I actually make this a while ago, I just had to add Summoner , and it’s basically just to make her a pest. Debuffs, buffs, there’s a lot going on here. Pretty sure I went with Threaten Res for basically debuffs. Her main issue will be magical damage since her resistance will typically be her lowest stat. However, it’s certainly nothing to scoff at and will allow her to take a few magical hits. Yes, this is definitely a strange build.

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”Dancing Queen, Young and Sweet”

He’s a Queen to me and nobody can convince me otherwise. Typically run with a Triangle Adept Raven build due to his slightly lower stats, I decided to have a bit of fun now that his stats were higher and keep him defensive. Sol also could have worked, but I decided to not since he has Mystic Boost and instead favor Blue Flame to combo nicely with the double Bond and t skills he has going on. Overall, his main issue will be getting melee’d into submission, since he of course doesn’t have any way to fight back.

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”It Wasn’t A Rock, It Was A Rock Lobster”

I had to with the lyrics, guys. I had to. So basically this is a standard Starfish+ build used to generally bring the pain. His defenses are also presentable thanks to Fortress, so he should have no issues with taking a hit to get into Starfish+ range, and then that allows every round of combat past the first Blue Flame Trigger to have another trigger without worry of him having to take damage. His main issue will be not getting called Lobster Lord.

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”So Cling to What You Know, and Never Let Go”

We end with my Fates husbando! I actually kept a lot of integrity from his base kit, just found the Rogue Dagger+ to be more appropriate. I also decided to really boost his Resistance to try to round it out so he isn’t so screwed when it comes to magic. He still has his close counter, and has Null C-Disrupt to punish Veronica’s and Firesweepers. Quick Riposte is there for him to double. His issue is going to be the fact that he’s going to constantly get doubled, and that his Resistance stat isn’t stellar and still needs to be watched.

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SURPRISE BONUS ROUND:

:fire: ”Now is Our Time, Now is Our Turn, to Burn Baby Burn Baby” :fire:

BY SPECIAL REQUEST OF ELU WE HAVE ONE MORE! The explanation of this build is rather simple. As you can see, this is the only one with a blessing because it’s as bright as her ion. The double Fire Boost is just too stronk for me to even consider anything else... why would I???? After all, she has to stay warm and toasty :triumph: The Spoopy Censor+ is there because she relates to it on a spiritual level. Bonfire was deemed a perfect special over Ignis since Berkut took the liberty to throw her in one to establish it’s her home. Blaze Dance is there because her and Fernand shared a lovely dance in the firelight, but Clive was rude and interrupted like a scoundrel! FINALLY, we have Pulse Smoke because her Pulse stopped as the Smoke started. The main issue she’ll run into is she might put herself out in Berkut’s tears.

Elu begged me to do a fire Rinea to this song :sob:

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That was a whole lot of dancers!

So there was a whole lot of Bond, Oath, Form, and t like I said, and believe me, I don’t think I can use any of them ever again.

What was the point of doing this? Easy. One, it was a whole lot of fun to mess with these units. Two, dancers are my favorite type of unit in the entire franchise because what I value is versatility, and there is no unit more versatile than a dancer. A lot of people see a dancer as pure , and while there is absolutely nothing wrong with that, keep in mind dancers can be made into equally as powerful units with the of who THEY ! Mutual ! Dancers thrive in tight formations, and to taking advantage is far easier than people think. Now, obviously NO dancer needs these levels of investment... but that begs the question... does any unit? I don’t think so, so what’s the point in asking “Why do this to a dancer?”. You can invest as much as want into any unit of this game; that’s the beauty of it. If you chose to invest in the offensively or ively is up to you. Heck, Marth and Male Corrin are two of the most ive units in the game, yet they’re not treated as any less of a combative unit. The food for thought I wanted to give by making this post of exaggerated dancers is that dancers are no different than any other unit, they just have an extra option in of utility. So next time you hear “Dancers aren’t supposed to fight”, I’d say think about it. I use a LOT of dancers with very various levels of investment, from F2P friendly builds to whale builds, and they all excel. Will the whale units have an easier time? Yes, but that goes for any units. So basically, I’m not saying to build some super expensive dancer, I’m saying to try to play around a bit with what isn’t typical on dancers, like what I did here. Happy dancing!

Just please don’t break your wallet if you do a crazy dancer build.