Mae

• Preferred IV: +SPD or +ATK / -DEF

• Weapon: Blárblade+

• Assist: Ardent Sacrifice / Draw Back

• Special: Glimmer / Moonbow / Iceberg

• Passive A: Atk/Spd Solo / Swift Sparrow / Fury 

• Passive B: Desperation

• Passive C: Odd Atk Wave / Even Spd Wave / Spd Ploy / Flexible

• Sacred Seal: Speed +3 / Attack +3

Thanks to her high Attack, Mae can deal immense damage when armed with a Blade tome.

Blárblade is a powerful weapon that boosts damage by the total value of bonuses received from stat bonuses . Alongside teammates who can provide Mae with a lot of boosts, she has massive damage potential with this tome. Having either an Attack or Speed boon will help to increase Mae’s offensive potential, whether that be through her raw damage output or her doubling potential. Defense is the least important stat for her, making it the optimal bane. For Assist, Ardent Sacrifice allows Mae to give 10 HP to a teammate at the cost of 10 HP herself. This allows Mae to instantly go below the HP threshold for Desperation without having to see a single round of combat. Outside of this, her default Draw Back is a solid movement Assist for mages. Glimmer is a great choice of Special that pairs well with a Blade tome. Not only does it have a low cooldown of two, Glimmer’s power is based off the damage dealt, it can provide a huge damage boost when Mae is fully buffed. Other options include Moonbow which also has a low cooldown of two and Iceberg which plays off of Mae’s good Resistance stat.

Atk/Spd Solo is a fantastic offensive A slot skill which provides a huge boost to Attack and Speed whenever Mae has no adjacent allies. A solid alternative is Swift Sparrow which provides a strong offensive boost whenever Mae initiates combat. A strong budget alternative to these two skills is Fury, which not only provides an all-around boost to stats but the damage taken after combat can help Mae with reaching the Desperation threshold. Desperation is the prime B slot choice, allowing Mae to make any follow-up attacks immediately should she be below 75% HP.

Odd Atk Wave, though expensive, allows Mae to boost her own Attack and any adjacent allies at the start of odd numbered turn. As this boost does affect the Blade tome and triggers regardless of if she has any allies nearby, this skill is a fantastic C slot for the Blade tome. For similar reasons, Even Spd Wave is also a fantastic option, buffing her Speed at the start of even numbered turns. Spd Ploy is another solid option, allowing Mae to debuff the Speed of opponents and in turn increasing her doubling potential. Out of this, her C slot is very open to Player Preference. Skills such as Hone Atk are generally safe choices, but one should consider what C slot skill would benefit their team the most. For her Sacred Seal, using either an Attack or Speed boost will help push Mae’s offensive power even further.

• Preferred IV: +ATK or +SPD / -DEF

• Weapon: Keen Blárwolf+ (+Eff)

• Assist: Draw Back / Flexible

• Special: Glimmer / Moonbow

• Passive A: Fury

• Passive B: Swordbreaker

• Passive C: Atk Ploy / Res Ploy / Flexible

• Sacred Seal: Deflect Magic / Attack +3

With cavalry being very prominent within lower Arena tiers and Aether Raids, having a unit who can deal with them very easily is a worthwhile investment. To this extent, Mae can serve as a incredibly potent anti-cavalry unit.

The weapon which allows for this is the Keen Blárwolf. This tome grants effective damage against cavalry units can also be refined to either ignore all boosts on enemy cavaliers or for a simple stat refine. Using the boost ignoring refine is recommended to allow Mae to still effectively deal with opponents boosted by skills such as Fortify Cavalry. An Attack boon is recommended to increase Mae’s damage output, though a Speed boon is also a strong option. Defense makes for the most disposable stat and in turn her best bane. The Assist slot is completely open to whatever one wants. Mae comes with Draw Back by default, making it a cheap and effective option. Glimmer makes for a fantastic Special thanks to its low cooldown and Mae’s high damage output. Moonbow is another strong option thanks to being low cooldown like Glimmer, while also helping Mae against high Resistance foes.

With Fury, Mae gets a solid boost to her stats in all areas, helping her in all rounds of combat. Swordbreaker imperatively allows her to deal with Sigurd who can survive an attack from Mae should she fail to double attack. Not only this, but Swordbreaker Mae can also deal with other common sword threats such as Legendary Ike and Zelgius.

Her C skill and Sacred Seal slot are used to allow Mae to counter two common cavalry threats on Enemy Phase: Brave Lyn and Reinhardt. Normally, Brave Lyn could OHKO Mae, but a Mae with Atk Ploy can debuff her and prevent her from defeating her in a single hit, allowing Mae to KO on retaliate. Unfortunately, Brave Bow and Firesweep Bow will still be an issue, but a Lyn with Mulagir can be prevented from obtaining the KO. Running Deflect Magic in the Sacred Seal slot will allow Mae to resist the common Quickened Pulse Moonbow combo that Reinhardt can be frequently seen using.

As alternatives, Res Ploy can help Mae to increase her damage output against anyone affected. If one does not want to run a Ploy skill, the C slot is open to player preference. Taking a simple Attack boost in the Sacred Seal slot is also a good alternative to help increase Mae’s damage output even further.