Lilina

• Preferred IV: +ATK or +SPD / -HP or -DEF
• Weapon: Forblaze (+EFF Refine) / Rauðrblade
• Assist: Draw Back / Reposition
• Special: Draconic Aura / Iceberg / Glacies
• Passive A: Death Blow / Fury / Life and Death
• Passive B: Swordbreaker / R Tomebreaker / Quick Riposte
• Passive C: Fortify Def / Res Ploy / Varies on Team
• Sacred Seal: Attack +3 / Speed +3 / Attack Ploy

With a massive attack stat to her name, Lilina is one of the best units to run a oneshot build, which can now be achieved either through Rauðrblade or her legendary tome, Forblaze. Forblaze adds what is essentially +13 damage to her attacks, provided that she is attacking the opponent that is currently under the effect of her tome's built-in Chill Res.  This means that she does 14 more damage than an unbuffed Rauðrblade, without the drawback of increasing her special cooldown.  A Lilina with Rauðrblade can outdamage a Forblaze Lilina with a +6 Attack buff from a Tactic skill and a +3 or better buff to another stat, or a +4 Attack buff, a +4 buff and a +3 buff or better.  This means that the cap of damage is higher on Rauðrblade, but it requires one or more buffing partners, more careful positioning, and still comes with the demerit of increasing her special charge.  Conversely, Forblaze loses 7 damage if not attacking her Chill Res target, but still comes with an added Death Blow and higher mt.

No matter which weapon you use on her, the rest of her build would still look very similar.

An offensive Lilina can be built one of two ways- you can make an attempt to salvage her speed with a superboon, Life and Death, Speed Seal, and an ally with Hone Speed to get her up to 41. This will allow her to double slower units, while Swordbreaker can help her double the speedier Arena threats. Through this, Lilina can apply her devastating Attack stat twice, though it makes her exceptionally frail and you’d want to be careful when putting her in any situation that may cause her to take damage.

A more conventional offensive build focuses solely on pumping up her Attack to strike only once and puts all the resources available into ensuring that the single blow is a KO. This is done through a +ATK  boon, Death Blow, an Attack seal, and weaponizing her Resistance via Res Ploy or utilizing Forblaze's Chill Res.  Through this, Lilina can typically use her 31 RES to debuff her target before attacking them with a base 62 unbuffed attack with Rauðrblade, 69 with Forblaze. Her damage can be increased exponentially through buffing, until she reaches her cap of 82 damage with Rauðrblade, 73 with Forblaze (assuming all stats have +4 buffs).

This is also why Draconic Aura is preferred over Iceberg. They begin on roughly equal additional damage, but the more Lilina’s Attack scales with her buffs, the more damage Draconic Aura does.  Iceberg or Glacies should only be chosen if you run a +RES Lilina for additional tanking or utilizing Ploy skills.

Her B slot is more flexible. One can never go wrong with Quick Riposte in order to utilize her more effectively in the Enemy Phase, but for a more offensive Lilina, a Breaker skill is more advantageous. R Tomebreaker comes with the advantage of shutting down Winter Tharja’s Vengeful Fighter, though Swordbreaker has more practical application in dealing with more DC units, such as Ayra or Ryoma.  Be careful when relying on Swordbreaker though- it only takes 51 neutral attack to oneshot a -Def or -HP Lilina on counterattack.

A Lilina running Forblaze likely does not need to concern herself with running Res Ploy, which frees up her C slot to buff her team or support them via Ploy debuffing the enemy units.  With Rauðrblade, she may want to consider Res Ploy, as it will further add to the amount of damage she can do.

• Preferred IV: +RES  / -SPD or -DEF 
• Weapon: Candelabra+ (+RES forge)
• Assist: Draw Back / Swap / Reposition
• Special: Iceberg / Glacies
• Passive A: Atk Res Bond / Close Counter / Fury
• Passive B: Quick Riposte / Renewal
• Passive C: Res Ploy / Atk Ploy
• Sacred Seal: Distant Defense / Atk Ploy / Quick Riposte

Lilina’s potential 34 Res stat shows up in a big way with this set, which functions entirely during the Enemy Phase.  She should ideally be used as a bait unit next to an ally, somewhere where you can set up her Ploys to debuff the enemy before attacking her.  Thanks to Atk Res Bond, Candelabra’s effect and forge, and Distant Defense, Lilina can reach a potential of 50 Resistance with which to tank two attacks with and retaliate with an effective 56 attack, plus a +25 damage Iceberg proc on the second attack. This should be enough to wipe any magic user off the map.

If dragons are giving you trouble, Lilina can eliminate them in Enemy Phase easily with Close Counter.  Myrrh in particular cannot even scratch Lilina- and while Lilina can’t double her in turn due to her low defenses, she has the potential to burst the green dragon down faster than most other non-Falchion units.

As always, be careful of physical attackers with this build- Lilina is heavily stacked toward tanking magic, but a single arrow from a 51 Attack archer can bring her to her knees.