Caeda

• Preferred IV: +ATK / -HP
• Weapon: Wing Sword (Eff+)
• Assist: Reposition
• Special: Iceberg / Moonbow / Aether
• Passive A: Fury / Swift Sparrow
• Passive B: Desperation
• Passive C: Fortify Fliers / Spd Ploy
• Sacred Seal: Def Ploy / Atk +3

Wing Sword grants Caeda a specialization in eliminating Cavalry/Armored units, and so this build aims to capitalize on that niche. Her unique Flashing Blade refine is the upgrade of choice, allowing her to frequently use her Special against opponents.

The choice of Special depends on your playstyle. Iceberg gives her more damage on her first initiation, with an additional 17 damage at neutral- assuming her Speed is high enough to double her opponent. Otherwise, Moonbow will be effective if she is within Desperation range, as it will activate every time she initiates (again, as long as she is faster than her opponent).

Fury is the the optimal choice with this set. Aside from appreciating the extra stats Fury grants, it allows her to enter Desperation range safely thanks to the recoil damage. The increase in Resistance also makes her more reliable in utilizing Ploy skills efficiently. If reliability is required, Swift Sparrow can be taken instead for the guaranteed offensive boosts.

As for B skill, Desperation is preferred above all else, as Caeda’s physical bulk is too fragile to realistically survive multiple engagements without some form of healing. Her C skill is based on whether you decide to field her in a flier team. Caeda’s native Fortify Fliers is perfect to provide her fliers with bulk, helping them tank powerful physical units such as lances that Caeda will inevitably struggle against. Outside of a Flier team, Spd Ploy is taken to ensure that she doubles her opponents, as well as providing more Flashing Blade charges.

Def Ploy should always be taken for her sacred seal slot. This helps patch up her poor Attack, and provides utility for other units to take advantage of. If being able to reliably land Ploys isn’t a feasible option, a simple Atk seal will suffice.

• Preferred IV: +ATK / -HP of DEF
• Weapon: Wing Sword (Eff+)
• Assist: Reposition
• Special: Iceberg / Aether
• Passive A: Distant Counter
• Passive B: Quick Riposte / Guard
• Passive C:  Fortify Fliers / Spd Ploy
• Sacred Seal: Def Ploy / Distant Def

Taking advantage of Caeda’s excellent Resistance, this set aim to handle mages on top of the usual Cavalry/Armored enemies. This build is more reliant on Flier Emblem support to truly shine, but the payoff allows her to diversify the amount of units she can counter easily. Distant Counter is self explanatory, allowing Caeda to bait and kill mages on enemy phase. Iceberg is her preferred Special, as it will proc with Quick Riposte when combined with Caeda's natural Flashing Blade skill.  However, Aether can also be taken to make her more sustainable, as repeated blows from mages will undoubtably wear her down over time.

As for B skill, Quick Riposte is the preferred special of choice, ensuring a follow up attack against speedy mages such as SM!Eirika. Guard is another option that will stop mages such as Ophelia, Reinhardt, and Lewyn from activating Specials that would otherwise do serious damage to her. This is additionally helpful against armored units who Caeda can hit with effective damage- however, be aware that Guard's high HP requirement makes it difficult to maintain.

To aid in tanking magical hits, Distant Def can be considered in her Sacred Seal slot. Otherwise Def Ploy is recommended once again to hit her foes harder if it manages to land.

• Preferred IV: +ATK / -HP
• Weapon: Wing Sword (Eff+)
• Assist: Rally Up Atk+ / Rally Spd/Def+
• Special: Aether / Blue Flame
• Passive A: R Duel Flying
• Passive B: Chill Def / Chill Atk / Chill Spd
• Passive C:  Atk Ploy / Res Ploy
• Sacred Seal: Spd Ploy / Atk Ploy

Note that this is a build based purely around the current Arena mechanics, in which Caeda is designed to be a core member of a F2P (or minimal investment) player's high-scoring Arena team.

Because the current scoring method in the Arena utilizes Bonus Unit mechanics, where the bonus unit must obtain kills for additional score, many units who are built for ORKOs find that they are less viable for high scores because they 'take' kills from bonus units. In response, this Caeda build is wholly supportive, utilizing her strengths (high Resistance, Prf weapon) in order to assist her teammate in obtaining kills.

Caeda is now one of the units capable of scoring highest in the arena, due to her Wing Sword and ability to inherit R Duel Flying. With this, the imperative then becomes to give her skills that will continue to push her score cap higher, while still offering utility to her team. Rally Up Atk+ or Rally Spd/Def+ are both excellent options for her Assist slot, as both of these cap out at 400 SP, while also allowing her to buff her bonus unit teammate in order to secure kills.

In addition, because she already has a high Speed stat, she can utilize Chill Def in her B slot in order to further debuff her opponent. Caeda is still able to double her opponents despite not using Quick Riposte, though her sustainability will suffer somewhat due to not taking Desperation- in order to offset this, you can pick up Aether, which helps her to use her opponent's Defense against them and heal her back up.

Any of the Chill skills will work in her B slot, but be sure that you use one that has no overlap with her C and S slot Ploys. At +10, Caeda has 38 Resistance with which to Ploy her opponents, allowing her to land Ploys even against many +10 armored units. She can inherit Atk Ploy from Julius or Oliver, and Chill Def from Walhart, while Seals require no orbs to upgrade. Therefore, the only 5 star units you would need to summon for this build would be Laegjarn for R Duel Flying and a unit for a 400 SP Assist skill.

All in all, this Caeda will be able to debuff an opponent by -5/-5/-7/-0, while buffing her ally by +6 to Attack or to Speed and Defense. In addition, she can still utilize her effective weapon and above-average Speed and Resistance stats to counter dragons, armors, and cavaliers you may come across if necessary.