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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nHer final promotion is a base 70 3-cost\/5-deploy with two different effects. First, by exhausting herself, Hilda can deploy one other [brown] unit from the player\u2019s hand to the front line, as long as it has a power value of 70 or more.<\/p>\n
Her second ability is a continuous effect that\u2019s only active during the player\u2019s turn, where she gains +30 power as long as she has 3 or less cards in hand.<\/p>\n
The deployment effect is what you\u2019ll typically want to build Hilda around, as just hitting big numbers really isn\u2019t all that impressive when it\u2019s limited to just the player\u2019s turn, and Hilda\u2019s deployment effect is one of the easiest in the game to do consistently. She\u2019s limited to other Three Houses units for her options, but there are more than enough of those that she\u2019s not exactly low on them.<\/p>\n
The +30 boost is more of a game ender than anything. Hilda can\u2019t really recover her hand after using her effect, and only a handful of her deployable targets have effects that restock for her. The boost itself is a very cute nod to her broken growth rate in her game of origin, but it also serves as a way to try and finish your opponent off after your options have started to run low.<\/p>\n
Hilda\u2019s bridge is a 2-cost\/3-deploy base 70 that also has two different effects.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nFirst, when she attacks and enemy, she can move herself to the backline after combat by flipping one bond over.<\/p>\n
Then, while she\u2019s in the backline during the player\u2019s turn. All of her frontline allies gain +10 attack.<\/p>\n
This one is a very mixed bag. You absolutely want to run it, because 2-cost 70s are extremely rare to see, and also extremely hard to get over. The downside is that this version of Hilda only has 10 for her support value, compared to the 30s her final promotion and base do. This version of Hilda can also make for a very solid ender, depending on the situation. If your opponent is low on both cards and orbs while you have an established field, it\u2019s often beneficial to promote into Barbarian Hilda, swing, move her back, and then let the other units in your front row take advantage of the +10 boost to help them secure hits or dodges.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nHilda\u2019s 1-cost is a base 30 that comes with a movement skill limited to [brown] cards. She also has a rescue support effect, but lacks the typical flier typing associated with these particular stats and effects. There\u2019s not much to say about this one other than you don\u2019t want to be sitting on her for too long. The quicker Hilda moves up the ranks of her promotions, the safer she\u2019ll be. Hilda\u2019s general time to shine is in the mid-game when she can push ahead of most other decks. She\u2019s very susceptible rush without proper defensive cards to help her out, and you typically want to always mull your hand with Hilda if you don\u2019t open with any promotion copies of her.<\/p>\n
So, what cards do you want to run in Hilda? Mostly high costs. Hilda doesn\u2019t really tempo in the same way most decks do. Depending on what kind of build you go with will determine your choices, but expect to run a healthy amount of high-cost cards since you\u2019ll ideally be throwing them out early through Hilda\u2019s effect.<\/p>\n
A few good staples Include the following:<\/p>\n
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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nSeiros, for being a base-80 that just destroys any non-MC enemy unit on play. She also has an orb recovery effect, but it\u2019s so costly that you shouldn\u2019t really plan on using much, if ever at all.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nSet 18 Byleth is able to turn himself into a ranged attacker for the cost of one brown bond, and gives a board-wide +10 boost to everything as long as he\u2019s in the frontline. He can also give a +30 boost to one unit that last throughout both player\u2019s turns via his Crest Power. This gives Hilda a solid defense choice early on if you don\u2019t see any promotion.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nSet 19 Edelgarde for being able to refresh herself for the cost of one bond, as well as having a crest power that lets you destroy non-MC enemies on the field. In a proper combo, you can get 4 attacks against an enemy with Just Hilda, Edelgarde, and a Sothis that\u2019s used her Crest Power ability.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nSet 19 Seteth, because he can freely move ALL ally and enemy units around when he\u2019s deployed, disrupting\u00a0 your opponent’s strategies\u00a0 while being able to move Hilda out of harm\u2019s way. If he survives through the enemy\u2019s turn, he can then return to hand and tag out with a different high-cost brown unit before getting played again. He\u2019s also a flier, so he comes with a nice 30 support in combat.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nAnd finally, Set 18 Calude, as he can pull whatever game-ending card Hilda needs and can either be deployed by her effect up front, or naturally into the backline. 5-cost is a bit pricey, but when most of your deck is 5 or more, he kind of fits right in. I really can\u2019t understate how powerful his search ability is, since he can grab any card from the player\u2019s deck for 2 bonds. He lets you get away with running lower numbers of situational plays like Sothis, or guarantees you\u2019ll have an Edelgarde or Byleth in Hand should the situation require it.<\/p>\n
I feel that regardless of whatever other cards you choose to run in Hilda, these 5 should be included in some capacity. They all provide incredibly strong effects and are almost always good choices to deploy.<\/p>\n
Now, if we\u2019re going to talk about more unique options, then here are a few deck lists to try. This particular list is one I was running during the last few months of the game. It mostly revolves around Using set 19 Byleth to deploy cheaper 2-costs and then hopefully hit their higher-cost promotions through her effects. In a perfect combo, you can go from a field of only Hilda to 4 units, 3 of them with 70 power or more, on turn 3. At worst, you\u2019ll just end up with Hilda, Byleth, and some kind of utility 2-cost.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nYou can float around with your 2 costs, but Lysithea is invaluable since she helps with a lot of Hilda\u2019s weaknesses. Her 2-cost allows the player to move enemies that are deployed through effects, forcing your opponent into awkward setups if they\u2019re running an effect-heavy deck. Her promoted form also has multiple great effects. Such as letting you flip one [brown] bond at the end of each player\u2019s turn to draw a card, and having a Crest power that let\u2019s you discard her to blow up any non-MC unit while you control a Lysithea in the field.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nLysithea can\u2019t be deployed via Hilda\u2019s effect, but you probably shouldn\u2019t be putting a squishy mage up front in the first place.<\/p>\n
Dimitri also makes for an incredibly powerful deploy off Byleth. His 2-cost Arena promo destroys two orbs instead of one on the turn he\u2019s played, and can flip a bond to gain +20 until the end of the turn. He also has several incredibly strong final promotions that Byleth can pull, or Hilda can play, that make him a great beater. In particular, his set 21 can destroy additional enemy units via his battle effect, and he also gives the player a costless draw if they have equal or more orbs than their opponent.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nHilda typically doesn\u2019t want to color splash, since her main gimmick is rooted within [brown]. That\u2019s not to say she can\u2019t, but you\u2019ll want to be using smaller engines that either aren\u2019t color reliant or don\u2019t care about being deployed from the hand. She does gain benefits from a lot of colorless staples. Much like with Zephiel, Wrys can really help out early on for Hilda by giving her a fighting chance. His +20 boost can keep Hilda above 1-cost threats, and his heal effect can set up either Hilda for her promotion, or grab back a unit to deploy with her. Hilda can also benefit off a lot of the elf units to pick up her slack in some areas. Plumeria is an excellent 2-cost option that can destroy annoying low-cost units and stall out deploys on higher ones, Freyer gives access to ramp, and can potentially lockdown MCs with 80 or more power, and Peony gives extra draw power. Hilda doesn\u2019t need to flip bonds for her key skill, so chances are the 3 face-up requirement for Peony will be live when you\u2019d be able to play her.<\/p>\n
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