Beruka

An optinal ways to handle against current armor team, Beruka nautral high def can able to stand a hit from other scary armor opponent. Combine in a flier team can actually gain much better advantage.

This build is more of a niche and I needed something to counter Camus back in the summer of 2017. Didn’t have Lot’s shield then but I do now. So basically you will need a +def boon and preferably a -Spd (I’m stuck with -hp) Her role here is to tank all lance units. With lot’s shield she doubles as an arrow shield takumi and lyn having trouble taking her down 1 on 1 (unless retribution is activated +vantage at the same time) Having the + def IV makes ignis much more affective. Death blow 3 plus her ok strength can lead to damage output of 35 or over on a lot of different units that aren’t even lance based. Having swap allows her to take the place of a unit in enemy range. This works best if you have a red unit in range of a blue. Or someone in range of an archer. This build will probably cost more feathers than orbs to get everything since most of her skills here can be obtained through the most common green unit summons like Hawkeye and Arthur and robin is common enough for you to get ignis from.

Preferred IV spread: +Atk or +Def / -Spd

This set emphasizes Beruka's insane amount of defense, both defensively through weapon refinery, A slot and seal, as well as offensively through Ignis.

If she is of +def nature, she reaches 56 effective defense on EP without buffs from allies. She is EP-based, which is further complimented with Quick Riposte 3 as her B slot.

When running this set, having allies with Ward or Fortify Fliers additionally helps out. When it comes to potential stacking of defensive buffs on her, it is at that point that she can, in many cases, ignore the weapon triangle, as her defensive stats just shoot through the roof.

She is a powerful asset to the flier emblem teams, as she can take on physical units all by herself, should the rest of the team composition allow her to do so.

There is also the possibility of running an Iote's Shield seal to ease the bow paranoia, but the expense of losing Close Def 3 in that slot is most of the time too major. As such, it is best to keep her safely away from bows and let her focus on physical units with the range of 1.

Being of +def nature and being under an effect of a single Ward Fliers brings her effective defense to 60 on the EP, which translates to 48 additional damage when Ignis activates. So, offense shouldn't be of concern. If normal attacks aren't dealing much or any damage at all, simply wait for the special to charge and gloriously tank every hit incoming your way until then.

Resident Flying Fortress defending the skies from literally anything physical and bringing forth the gift of pain. simply with a fortify flier buff she can tank close to anything with an effective 58 def on defense and an additional 45-46 damage when ignis procts, very few things can survive. Guard 3 ensures that she isn't going to be killed by any specials as long as she is still near full health and the opponent doesn't already have a special charged.

Beruka: Monster Tank

Prefered IVs: +Def, -Spd (-Res)

Weapon: Slaying Axe+ (+Def)
Assist: Repostion
Special: Ignis (Bonfire)

A Skill: Fortress Def 3 (Earth Boost, Close Defense)
B Skill: Guard
C Skill: Atk Smoke 3 (Threaten Atk)
Seal: Iote's Shield

This is the infamous super tank Beruka set that have been seen by the public eye on YouTube. Taking literally 0 Damage from any initiation by foes, expect for Magical attacks (Mages and Dragons).

This set focuses on her already high defense stat to another level. Literally trying to put her defense as high as possible to tank everything and use her high defense stat in use of Ignis to finish her enemy.

This set is pretty straight forward.
Tank every physical damage and counter her enemy.

Fortress Def is to build her defense stat higher without thinking about her attack because Ignis will be enough to kill off any enemy. If not, a round 2 can easily be taken. Earth Boost and Close Defense are also good to use, but it makes Ignis less powerful, since it only becomes powerful when you counterattack.

Guard 3 is to secure her safety from any potential damaging Specials, such as Black Knight's Black Luna and any Specials focusing on decreasing Beruka's defense. Basically trying to not take any damage at all from Specials.

Atk Smoke 3 is to take away foes attack stat. Making Beruka even tankier, so no enemy can make any scratch on her. Threaten Atk is also recommended since it serves the same purpose, and it's generally easier and cheaper to use.

Iote's Shield is highly recommended to avoid effectiveness from bow units. If not Iote's Shield, then Distant Def 3 must be used instead, but it won't be as useful and cheap to use as Iote's Shield.

Slaying Axe (+Def) is self explanatory. It boosts Ignis' charge and helps Beruka's defense to reach even higher.

Repostion is recommended to take other units to safety. If not, Swap is also a great choice since it kind of does the same, but not as handy.

Ignis is Beruka's main key to kill other units. Using her super high defense to cover up her offensive part.

"They can't win if you can't be beaten."