Flora

• Preferred IV: +ATK / -SPD

• Weapon: Hoarfrost Knife

• Assist: Draw Back / Reposition / Swap

• Special: Iceberg / Glacies

• Passive A: Atk/Res Solo / Sturdy Blow / Fury

• Passive B: Special Spiral / Quick Riposte / Desperation

• Passive C: Def Ploy / Atk Ploy  / Attack Smoke / Spd Smoke / Flexible

• Sacred Seal: Quickened Pulse / Attack/Def / Atk Ploy / Distant Def / Quick Riposte

A fiery build aimed to make Flora a very effective offensive unit.

Flora will want to take an Attack boon to maximize her damage output and a Speed bane as her Speed is largely useless already.

The Hoarfrost Knife is a very interesting and effective weapon. Firstly, the simple -1 reduction in Special cooldown is always appreciated and works wonders on a unit like Flora who can make great use of Iceberg/Glacies thanks to her ridiculous base Resistance. On top of this, it allows Flora to achieve guaranteed follow-up attacks against melee units that can counterattack, which make up a good portion of the arena meta. With the additional +20 to Defense during combat when initiating on melee units that can counter, Flora doesn't have to worry about getting OHKO'd on the counterattack nearly as much as she'd have to without the boost.

Draw Back and Reposition are always appreciated as Assist skills, although Swap can also be useful for positioning Flora to bait enemy mages.

Iceberg will deal a solid amount of damage thanks to Flora’s ridiculous base Resistance. With Hoarfrost Knife, Iceberg will have a low cooldown of 2, allowing it to be immediately activated every time after combat if one decides to run Special Spiral on Flora. Glacies is a great option as well that will deal even more damage, and could be considered if one decides to run Quickened Pulse.

Atk/Res Solo works perfectly for Flora, giving Flora a significant boost in Attack and Resistance, her two most important stats for an offensive build. The boost in Resistance will work great for Flora, not only increasing her magical bulk but increasing the damage Iceberg/Glacies will be dealing as well. The only condition for the skill, not being adjacent to any teammates, isn’t particularly difficult to pull off. Sturdy Blow is another good option, giving a boost to Flora’s Defense instead of Resistance on initiation. Fury is another option that can be taken instead, increasing Flora’s stats all around while also making it easier for her to activate Ploy skills. Fury will synergize particularly well with Desperation if one decides to run that on Flora.

Special Spiral will work wonderfully with Iceberg, allowing Iceberg to be immediately ready for activation once Flora manages to activate Iceberg normally once. Special Spiral is by no means necessary for Flora to shine, however, and Quick Riposte is still a good budget option that will allow her to retaliate and eliminate enemy mages that initiate into her with ease. Desperation can also be a decent choice, although it is reliant on Flora both matching the HP requirement and attacking melee units that can counter her in order to work. Forgoing Quick Riposte will also significantly hinder Flora’s combat potential on Enemy Phase, and is recommended to be taken as the seal if not taken as the B slot if Special Spiral is also not being run.

Given that Flora has the highest base Resistance stat in the game, she can run any Ploy skills in the C slot with confidence she’ll be activating them virtually all the time. Attack Smoke or Speed Smoke are also good options that can be taken instead that synergize well with her Defense and Resistance debuffs from Hoarfrost Knife.

Quickened Pulse allows Flora to initially activate Iceberg more easily before Special Spiral takes effect. Alternatively, Quickened Pulse can be paired with Glacies instead to allow for a massive Special proc. Flora could also opt for running a Ploy seal to match Def Ploy in the C slot. A simple stat boosting skill such as Atk/Def can be appreciated as well. Distant Defense will also work nicely on Flora, making mages have a very hard time to deal any damage to her on Enemy Phase while also increasing the damage Iceberg/Glacies will be dealing on the counterattack.

• Preferred IV: +ATK / -SPD

• Weapon: Sky Maiougi+ (+Atk) / Cloud Maiougi (+Atk) / Dusk Uchiwa+ (+Atk) / Kitty Paddle+

• Assist: Draw Back / Reposition / Swap

• Special: Iceberg / Moonbow

• Passive A: Death Blow 4 / Atk/Res Solo / Death Blow 3

• Passive B: Guard / Vantage / Quick Riposte

• Passive C: Def Ploy / Atk Ploy / Flexible

• Sacred Seal: Attack +3

An alternative build utilizing daggers with effective damage against different unit types.

Flora still prefers +ATK -SPD as her IVs, as with this build she will be aiming to OHKO units if possible.

The Hoshidan Summer weapons (Sky Maiougi, Cloud Maiougi, Dusk Uchiwa) make for good choices for Flora, allowing her to deal effective damage against different types of enemies (armored, dragon, and cavalry, respectively). What separates Flora from the other daggers with slightly higher Attack than her (Hoshidan Summer Xander, Sothe, Kagero, Spring Kagero) is the fact that Flora is not a colorless dagger, but a red dagger instead. This will mean Flora will be dealing more damage against green units than the other daggers will be able to, at the cost of having a weapon triangle weakness to blue units. Ideally though, another teammate should be dealing with enemy blue threats anyways. An Attack refine is preferred on all weapons as it will scale well with effectiveness, providing more than just the base +1 to Attack that it may give on first impression.

Death Blow is preferred for the A slot to maximize Flora’s damage on initiation, but as Atk/Res Solo already gives a very good +6 boost to Attack, it is by no means necessary unless one is willing to invest heavily into Flora. Atk/Res Solo will also work on Enemy Phase, so one should keep that in mind if deciding to run an Enemy Phase oriented skill such as Vantage.

Guard is a good option for the B slot, as it will prevent Flora from reducing the enemy’s Special cooldown if she is unable to OHKO them. Vantage is another good option, allowing Flora to counter-attack and kill often if she is being attacked by a unit her weapon is powerful against.

As Flora’s base Resistance is already so high, she can continue to run Def Ploy with ease without needing any sort of boon in Resistance or a Resistance-increasing skill.

Attack +3 is the preferred choice of seal to maximize Flora’s damage, and it will scale well with weapon effectiveness.