Jaffar

• Preferred IV: +ATK or +SPD / -RES

• Weapon: Deathly Dagger (+Eff)

• Assist: Reposition

• Special: Moonbow / Luna

• Passive A: Life and Death / Swift Sparrow

• Passive B: Chill Def / Desperation

• Passive C: Odd Atk Wave / Spd Smoke / Atk Smoke / Flexible

• Sacred Seal: Spd Smoke / Atk Smoke / Attack +3 / Speed +3

This set aims to focus primarily on Jaffar’s combat potential with some aspects of team utility. Both Attack and Speed make for a great choice of boon for boosting his offensive prowess. A boon in Speed makes for a particularly effective option against ranged units; namely tome users, as Jaffar will most likely require a follow-up attack for a chance to take them out in a single round of combat.

For his Special, Moonbow is chosen over Glimmer as a much more consistent and reliable option. This is due to Jaffar’s Attack being too low to make effective use out of the damage scaling property of Glimmer. Alternatively, one can also choose to run Luna instead of Moonbow for an even more powerful Special activation at the cost of one additional cooldown.

Jaffar’s native Life and Death makes for a fantastic choice of A skill, as it grants him a significant boost to both Attack and Speed. While it may take away from his overall bulk considerably, Jaffar rarely needs to worry about taking magic damage thanks to Deathly Dagger’s refinement preventing tome users from counterattacking upon his initiation. However, this effect does not work on dragonstone or staff users meaning one should still be careful when targeting them with Jaffar. For a more stable option, Swift Sparrow provides a slightly weaker offensive boost without taking away from his overall bulk.

As for B skills, Chill Def is a great choice for increasing both Jaffar’s damage output as well as the overall support he can provide to his team. While Chill Def can massively increase physical damage against the affected target, it is not always consistent. This is due to it targeting the unit with the highest Defense and not necessarily the unit with highest physical bulk. Although Desperation can make for a suitable budget alternative, Jaffar generally fails to defeat non-mages in a single round of combat due to them having higher physical bulk on average.

Odd Atk Wave makes for a great choice of C skill thanks to the strong offensive boost it provides on odd numbered turns. Another good choice is a Smoke skill such as Atk Smoke or Spd Smoke, both of which synergize extremely well with Deathly Dagger by hitting stats that aren’t already being targeted by the weapon itself. By utilizing both the C slot and Sacred Seal slot, Jaffar can potentially hit multiple enemies with a devastating debuff to all four stats after combat. Aside from that, both Speed +3 and Attack +3 make for good picks in order to give Jaffar a solid offensive stat boost.

• Preferred IV: +SPD or +ATK / -RES or -DEF or -HP

• Weapon: Deathly Dagger (+Eff)

• Assist: Reposition

• Special: Luna / Moonbow

• Passive A: Life and Death

• Passive B: Windsweep

• Passive C: Savage Blow / Spd Smoke / Atk Smoke

• Sacred Seal: Savage Blow / Atk Smoke / Spd Smoke / Phantom Spd

At the expense of raw offensive power, this build has Jaffar take a page out of a staff user’s book by focusing on providing support through indirect damage and debuffing while avoiding counterattacks. By running Deathly Dagger together with Windsweep, Jaffar can potentially prevent counterattacks from any opponent barring staff and dragonstone users.

For his Special, Luna makes for a strong choice with Deathly Dagger, as it will be ready to activate every other round of combat assuming Jaffar is able to double his opponent. However, preventing counterattacks using Windsweep lets Jaffar attack only a single time. At the cost of a stronger Special, one can choose to run Moonbow for a more consistent activation rate. Once again, Life and Death makes for a perfect choice of A skill with this playstyle. Since Jaffar is avoiding most counterattacks, he can forego his bulk in favor of maximizing his offensive power. In addition to this, the significant Speed boost provided by Life and Death actually keeps Jaffar safer by helping with the activation of Windsweep.

Deathly Dagger refined for its unique effect has the potential to cripple an entire team. Not only will it provide a free 10 post -combat damage to Jaffar’s target, but also to opponents within two spaces of said target. This pairs exceptionally well with Savage Blow (Both C and Sacred Seal slot) by giving him the potential to do a staggering 24 points of after-combat damage to opponents around his target. Not only does this deal massive indirect damage, but it knocks opponents out of high HP skill thresholds such as Quick Riposte and Guard.

Alternatively, one can choose to expand upon the debuffs inflicted by Deathly Dagger rather than the after-combat damage. By utilizing Atk Smoke and/or Spd Smoke in his C and Sacred Seal slots, Jaffar can inflict a staggering -7 debuff to three or even all four of the enemy team’s stats. Last but not least, although Phantom Speed does not improve upon Jaffar’s ability to double his opponent, it does factor into the activation of Windsweep, making it a phenomenal choice of Sacred Seal.