Morgan (F)

A weird build I came up with. Morgan has 0 defense anyway (only reason not to take a bane in it is because it's a superbane) so dropping it further doesn't really hurt. Fortress Res patches up the resistance drop from LnD while still keeping her speed and damage intact. Blarblade is picked because blade is like the only offensive tome in the game rn, thanks IS. Chill Res the most chad skill here and cripples any possible mage tanks.

Quiet Observer (Range Tank/Support)
+Def/-Res
Weapon: Blárserpent+ (+Res/+Def) / Blárowl+ (+Res/+Def)
Support: Reposition / Rally
Special: Glacies / Iceberg / Moonbow
A: Distant Def 3 / Mirror Stance 3 / Brazen Atk/Spd 3
B: Quick Riposte 3 / Vantage 3 / Guard 3
C: Guidance 3 / Atk Ploy 3 / Spurs
S: Iote’s Shield / Distant Def 3 / Quick Riposte

As a fantastic Blade time user, I prefer to use Morgan as a ranged tank, utilizing her default weapon, to bait mages, archers, and dagger-users and punish with the nuke that is Morgan’s Glacies.

My Morgan in particular has a Def boon and a Res bane, which shifted her stats just enough to make her work well as a mixed range tank. The ideal boons for a ranged tank build for her would, in order from best to worst, would probably be Spd, Def/Res, Atk, then Hp. Banes for her are more flexible with this type of build; a Res bane doesn’t hurt too much, because Morgan already has a lot of it and she can easily make it back up with weapon refinements.

Blárserpent+ is essential to her effectively being a ranged tank. With built in Distant Def 3, she can take ranged hit better than many other ranged tanks utilizing this in combination with the rest of her skill set. Blárowl+ is also a great alternative weapon for a ranged build, as long as her team can effectively stay by her side while not getting in her way.

Reposition is a pretty standard support action that works well on most units and Morgan is not an exception. Unique to fliers, if Morgan’s not on a flier team, giving her Reposition allows her to transport allies across 1 tile gaps, single tile mountains, or Calvary across forest tiles.

Morgan has a few options for a special. I personally like Glacies the most out of the viable options for Morgan, because she’s really good at her job even without her special, so I gave her Glacies so that if my team was in a tight spot, I could have her use her Glacies to relieve some of all of the pressure. Iceberg is a great alternative special that utilizes her high Res while also working well in a counter active playstyle for Morgan. if she and her opponent only attack each other once, she’ll proc Iceberg the second time she counter attacks; since she has Quick Riposte, if her opponent doubles her, she will proc Iceberg the last attack of every battle she defends a ranged attacker. Moonbow is a great budget special that will proc the last hit of every battle if she only gets attacked once and attacks twice back due to Quick Riposte. The special in particular is pretty flexible, so the best choice should be the one that fits your playstyle and what works for the team that Morgan’s a part of.

For a ranged tank, giving Morgan Distance Def for her A skill was a no-brainer. Even without a Distant Def Seal, she has the double Distant Def combo to drastically reduce the amount of damage she takes from ranged enemies. Alternatively, if she is just a mage tank, Mirror Stance 2 is a great option for raising her Res while also helping her hit back harder than usual.

Quick Riposte 3 is practically required for Morgan to effectively kill during the enemy phase, because she won’t take much damage overall thanks to her Distant Defs and the automatic second attack allows her to double in retaliation without worrying about raising her speed as high as it’ll go. Alternatively, giving her Guard 3 will increase her survavability by shutting down the specials of units that rely on being able to proc their specials. Morgan’s Hp can easily be held above the threshold for both Quick Riposte and Guard with minimal healing as long as she stays away from melee units.

Morgan’s C skill depends on what her team needs her to do. If she’s being transport and mobility support for an infantry or armored team, Guidance 3 is probably the best way to go. If she’s on a flier team, flier buffs and flier guidance are going to be more useful. If she’s not on a flier team and she doesn’t need to help with mobility, she can easily rock spur or drive skills effectively.

For her seal, it depends on what she’s trying to effectively counter and what role she’s trying to fill. If she’s a general ranged tank, Iote’s shield is useful in removing flier effectiveness from bow units whom she will be tanking and retaliating. If she’s a pure mage tank, or you’re just a madman and/or memelord, you can give her the Distant Def 3 deal as well to give her triple Distant Def. Triple Distant Def makes her practically unkillable by any ranged unit besides units with effectiveness against her, which means she’ll be an unstoppable mage killer, but bow units can kill her just as well.

Overall, what Morgan may be lacking when compared to Micaiah, Julius, or other ranged tanks, she definitely makes up for in versatility and a more balanced stat spread.

I was gifted with a +Atk/-Spd F!Morgan and I decided to make the most of it, and I came up with this beautiful monstrosity. This set aims to fix Morgan’s subpar defense and make her a very capable sword duelist. Her Speed unfortunately takes a hit with this build so she won’t be doubling most units, but she will be tanking most red hits, be it from a range or up close.

The native Blarserpent+ allows her to still function as a ranged tank but investing the refinement into her defense gives her more frontal options as well. Her resistence being ridiculously high gives Iceberg a very good chance to shine when she takes red hits as she can usually proc after a single encounter, since she’ll probably be getting doubled.

This set is mostly reliant on Close Counter as, well, she’s not going to be hitting swords up close without it. Vantage just makes it hilarious for those sword units who think they can finish her off in the next encounter to find themselves getting blasted by an iceberg. Her native Atk Ploy can also give her more survivability in situations where she may have to fight an enemy more than once, but the C slot is pretty flexible. Her Sacred Seal should be Close Defense as this will give her the best chance of tanking close hits well.

While her speed is unimpressive with hone flier and goat flier she can reach 43 sp wich is enough, i guess, for doubling majority of her enemies, death blow can be switched for darting blow for securing doubles, while hone\ fortify fliers gives her enough fire power to kill her enemies.

A specialized build for the anti-mage blue dark flier, Female Morgan! This build calls for full team support through Goad and Ward Flier buffs along with ally support buffs.

Weapon: Blarowl+ or Blarserpent+ (both Speed refined)
Assist: Swap or Resposition
Special: Iceberg or Glacies
A Slot: Distant Defense 3 or Iote's Shield
B Slot: Quick Riposte 3
C Slot: Flier Buff (or Player's Choice)
Sacred Seal: Distant Defense 3 or Iote's Shield

The sole requirement of this build is Quick Riposte 3 in the B slot. Everything else can be swapped or changed to the player's liking.

Blarserpent and Blarowl both can be interchanged, but require different team setup to replicated similar results. Blarowl is used to allow for a more offense and speed when needed against everyone both in the enemy and player phases (with the exception of archers) whereas Blarserpent (when combined with Iote's Shield) is armed for mages and one exchange with archers in the enemy phase.

Regardless if Female Morgan gets a plus Defense IV, her defense is far to low to expect her to tank a hit from an archer even with Iote's shield equipped without sustaining considerable damage.

The power behind this build lies in her Resistance stat. Adding together the support buffs, the distant defense buffs, the weapons' buffs and flier buffs (of the player's choosing), Female Morgan's resistance will surpass 60 under the right circumstances. This means Iceberg will add around 30 her special activation and Glacies would add somewhere in mid 40's to her total damage output.

Keep in the tactician's role in her team, and watch her soar to heights unseen, even by Summer Corrin's standards.