It’s that time of year again. We get one random seasonal unit released within this past year. Very good for someone like me who’s been skipping a lot of the more recent banners as I save for the A Hero Rises event.
Which units can we get?
Thanks to u/Luis_lara12345 in this Reddit post, we have a chart showing which units are available for summoning.
How does the summoning work?
For this special summon, the game will present you with a regular summoning circle, except only the above heroes are in the pool. That means, it is possible to get none of a certain orb color, or all four of your orbs are one color.
To be on the safe side, before entering the summoning circle, I would recommend preparing your backup color to choose, in case the primary color doesn’t appear.
Here are the total possibilities:
- Red orb: 64% chance of 5*, 36% chance of 4*. 29% chance of duo or harmonic.
- Blue orb: 77% chance of 5*, 23% chance of 4*. 23% chance of duo.
- Green orb: 86% chance of 5*, 14% chance of 4*. 14% chance of harmonic.
- Colorless orb: 82% chance of 5*, 18% chance of 4*. 36% chance of duo or harmonic.
For the vast majority of players, we do not want the 4* seasonal, only the 5-star one, and probably the duo or harmonic ones as those are generally much stronger than the other 5-star units. This makes red the riskiest color to choose, as there is a decent chance that you could get a 4*.
Who did I choose?
My plan was to go for blue, then green if no blues. My reasoning for this is because I didn’t have any of the units there. For reference, here is a list of the heroes I do have grouped by color:
- Red: Harmonic Linde, Duo Ayra, Summer Fjorm
- Blue: None
- Green: None
- Colorless: Duo Elise, Duo Ymir
As you can see from the above, I don’t actually have a lot of seasonal units. My main focus this year has gone into Legendary or Mythic banners, so I skipped on most of the seasonal banners.
My reasoning for placing blue first, then green, is because of the A Hero Rises 2024 event. I saw the interim results and it looks like Green would most likely win. I went with blue on this to avoid getting a duplicate. I also wanted to get Winter Edelgard and Duo Seidr much more than Harmonic Karla, Duo Anna, and Wind Tribe Claude.
Here are the Interim results, for reference:
Who did I end up getting?
Time to summon!
Luckily, I got exactly one blue orb, so I didn’t need to choose between two and wonder what the other one was.
Here’s who I got:
I was so happy when I got Duo Seidr. Out of all the previous years’ random A Hero Rises events, this one is my best pull yet.