Halloween Nowi

• Preferred IV: +SPD or +ATK / -DEF

• Weapon: Rauðrblade+

• Assist: Reposition / Swap

• Special: Glimmer / Draconic Aura / Moonbow

• Passive A: Fury / Atk/Res Bond / Life and Death

• Passive B: Desperation / Swordbreaker / Vantage

• Passive C: Spd Ploy / Hone Fliers / Fortify Fliers / Flexible

• Sacred Seal: Speed +3 / Attack +3 / Brash Assault

Nowi can run a standard Blade Tome build exceedingly well given proper team support, which this build primarily relies on.

Rauðrblade+ is Nowi’s premier weapon of choice, as it will allow her to deal massive amounts of damage when she is buffed.

Nowi comes with Reposition already, the most coveted Assist skill that makes map control much easier. Swap can be taken as an option if one desires to use Nowi in a more Enemy Phase-centric style, particularly if Vantage is being run.

With the decrease of Glimmer’s cooldown from 3 to 2, it has become a much more viable skill in Blade Tome builds. When Nowi is receiving buffs from teammates, Glimmer will virtually almost always be more effective than Moonbow, and it can often deal more damage than the 3 cooldown Draconic Aura. Glimmer is less useful when attacking blue units, but ideally, Nowi should not be used to deal with enemy blues anyways.

Fury is easily Nowi’s best A skill. It will improve her Attack and Speed, increase her chances of surviving a physical hit, and allow her to proc Ploy skills on more enemies. Fury will also synergize well with Desperation and Vantage, helping her reach the <=75% HP threshold. Atk/Res Bond is a decent alternative if being used on an Enemy Phase build, but Bond skills are more difficult to utilize during Player Phase. Life and Death 3 can work too, particularly if Nowi is -RES and there is no hope of running Ploy skills regardless.

Desperation is a solid choice for the B slot. With a +SPD IV, Fury, a Speed +3 seal, and a Hone Flier buff, Nowi will hit 47 Speed, allowing Nowi to proc Desperation on all but the speediest units. Many units like Ayra will still be ridiculously fast and can avoid being doubled, so Swordbreaker is another solid choice, particularly if Nowi is +ATK. Vantage is decent for Enemy Phase Nowi, and goes well with Atk/Res Bond.

With the aforementioned skills and +SPD IV, Nowi can hit an effective 52 Speed if she procs Spd Ploy on an enemy, making it a very viable C skill choice. This should only be taken if Nowi is not -RES. If one would rather Nowi provide more team support, it’s better to run her default Hone Fliers or even Fortify Fliers if one already has a unit running Hone Fliers on their team.

Speed +3 is the most useful choice of seal overall, although Attack +3 can be taken too. Brash Assault can be run if Desperation is taken as the B slot, but it will only proc if Nowi is both <=50% of her max HP and the unit she is attacking can counterattack. Many melee units run Distant Counter in the Arena, so the second requirement is generally not as great an issue as getting Nowi into Brash Assault HP range is.

• Preferred IV: +ATK / -DEF

• Weapon: Grimoire

• Assist: Reposition / Draw Back

• Special: Moonbow / Luna

• Passive A: Fury / Atk/Res Bond

• Passive B: Swordbreaker / Renewal / Escape Route

• Passive C: Spur Atk / Spur Spd / Flexible

• Sacred Seal: Guidance / Attack +3 / Speed +3

This budget set is designed to be run in a more mixed team composition compared to the Blade Tome set.

Grimoire is a decent weapon that allows Nowi to teleport to a space adjacent to an ally within 2 spaces when her HP is >=50%. This ease of movement can be very useful in Arena.

Reposition is chosen again as the Assist due to Nowi already having access to it, but the choices are flexible.

Without flier buffs, Nowi should not be running Attack-based Specials like Glimmer or Draconic Aura but instead enemy Defense-reducing Specials like Moonbow or Luna.

Fury is still the preferred A skill for the aforementioned reasons. Atk/Res Bond is more worthwhile on this set than the Blade Tome set as Grimoire will allow for more positioning opportunities where Nowi can be next to a teammate, so running it is perfectly viable.

Without a buff from Hone Fliers, Nowi just won’t be able to double most sword units considering their generally high Speed. For this reason, Swordbreaker is taken. It should be noted that powerful sword units with Distant Counter could possibly OHKO Nowi on retaliation, so one should take care when initiating on them. Renewal is an option that can be run too to bring Nowi back up to Grimoire range after taking damage. Escape Route is an interesting option too, synergizing very well with Grimoire but limiting Nowi’s capability to deal with sword units by taking up the spot of Swordbreaker.

The C slot is ultimately up to player preference and skill availability. A Spur skill is particularly useful as Nowi will be able to teleport next to a unit, giving that unit a Spur boost during combat.

Guidance is an incredibly useful seal, especially if one is running an armored unit on their team. Unlike Grimoire, Guidance has no HP requirement when fully upgraded, allowing any infantry or armor unit within 2 spaces to move next to Nowi. The usefulness of Guidance should not be underestimated, but if one sees no use for it, the typical Attack or Speed increasing seals can be taken instead.