Arden

A set for four attacks despite his ridiculous speed!
A Brave Sword + to allow him to attack twice in the player phase. Combined with the Follow-up ring, he will be able to attack four times.
For the enemy phase, the Quick Ripost seal is there to ensure the role of the Brave Sword as long as the HP is above 75%.
Sol is there to allow him to heal, which he will do almost every fight.
With its demented PV, the Panic Ploy is sure to be activated.
Other possibilities:
Weapon: Wo Dao + (Atk +) for a boost of HP and Attacks, plus additional damage for Sol, but blocks the set of X4 attacks to the enemy phase.
A: Svalinn Shield for anti-armor weapons.

Ideally it should be surrounded by:
A trainer with Kindled-Fire Balm and Drive Atk,
-A green flying unit with Guidance and the Iote's Shield seal. Personally, I took Myrrh, so that it can be done all blue, especially anti armor.
- A blue wizard with a lot of Res, mine is Bridal Ninian, who is given Blue Tomebreaker to take charge of the Blue tomes (bigger threats of Arden) and red. Can also take care of Falchion (If she to Fury)

The remaining threats are the Green Mages. If Arden can tank Julia and Deirdre quietly, Nino, Lewin and others hurt her a lot. If the healer is well mounted, he can serve as a tank Res, although it is risky. As long as it's not Naga or Divine Naga, Myrrh can serve as a green Tomebreaker.
Falchion can be blocked by the blue mage.
Remains the anti-armor swords but the Blue Mage can also take care of it and / or weakened by the healer.

One of the units who I find fun to use is Arden. What I like about this guy is his humongous hp and defense. Making it hard for physical attackers and even some lance users to try and dent him. This build has skills that makes use of his very very VERY high hp.

For his sword I prefer to keep brave sword as with his follow up ring he can quad. Plus he won’t mind about the -5 spd as his spd is already pitifully low.

For his assist skill I prefer pivot to slightly improve his mobility.

For his special pavise was a bit of an overkill because he is already bulky enough to take less damage from physical attackers, so I switched it to ignis to make use of his sky high defense. He will deal bursting nuke damage when he has this ready.

For his A skill I prefer fire boost. Unlike death blow, fire boost will activate even in enemy phase, making it useful. It will increase his damage output.

For his B skill I prefer to keep follow up ring as it makes up for his pitiful spd. It’s basically a combination of quick riposte and brash assault but needs to stay above hp in order to use its effects. Although it has became obsolete with the existence of some skills like bold fighter or vengeful fighter, the skill still has its uses.

Last for the C skill I prefer panic ploy. I had a bad iv Luke so I disposed him to Arden. Arden having extremely high hp means he’s the best user of panic ploy. With it he can turn buffs on foe into debuffs. The only problem is that because of his low mobility, he will usually have trouble using it depending on the map. Still a pretty good skill regardless.

For the sacred seal I prefer atk/def. It gives him a basic boost to attack and defense which are two of his important stats.

Overall I think Arden is an awesome bulky unit. It’s insane that he has 60 base hp and 41 def. Not saying it’s a problem but it’s crazy. In my opinion he’s better than Zephiel.

This build is really just a generic Arden build safeguard def refine, bonfire, butnthe main part of tis buld is the synergising of Arden-t Sacrifice and Brazen AtkDef. Arden-t Sacrifice reduces Ardens hp by 10 every time so making him a bit of a healer tank

Aren't you tired of all those generic builds? Maybe you want something that can do more than just armor skills. Well, have an Arden build that's sure to tickle your fancy.

Arden is already unique with his extremely high HP and Defense, with Follow-Up Ring giving him offensive power on both phases. Barrier Blade can now be used as a means of circumventing his main weakness: magic.

With a res refined Barrier Blade, Warding Breath and Close Defense, Arden reaches upwards of 37 Resistance before buffs, making him an effective mixed wall on enemy phase, being guaranteed to activate Ignis in the process via Warding Breath. Combined with Panic Ploy, Arden can take hits from dragons that are honed with little effort, and can still do the same with mages; however, it should be mentioned that he can't counter against them, and unless he runs a seal like Fortress Res, he will only have 31 resistance rather than the full 37. His HP and Panic Ploy can still fill up that gap fairly reliably, and he will have Ignis ready to go.

Follow-up Ring also grants Arden the option of eliminating his 2 often frail range opponents before even being attacked, allowing him flexibility against multiple enemies, magical or physical.

This is a defensive build for Arden to get the best out of his great defense First starting off with safeguard(def) This boosts
Not only his defense but also his attack from 44 to 50 thanks to it’s might of 14 but back to defenses, With regular safeguard + giving a +7 defense boost and then with the refine adding 3 more defense that makes +10 defense adding that to his base 41 defense Makes 51 defense and it doesn’t stop there, now Earth boost is best thanks to Arden’s huge amount of hp this makes him get a boost of +6 defense when earth boost is in effect adding that to the total of 51 to 57 and close def giving him +6 def in effect during combat if the foe initiates the fight,that brings the total from 57 all the way to 63 def during enemy phase, he’ll be able to tank out all sorts of units, such as
Hardin,zelgius,Arya,nephnee,etc.
His only flaw is his resistance so keep him away from mages and clerics and dragons.