Morgan (M)

• Preferred IV: +SPD / -DEF
• Weapon: Rauðrblade
• Assist: Reposition / Ardent Sacrifice
• Special: Glimmer / Draconic Aura
• Passive A: Fury / Life and Death / Swift Sparrow / Brazen Atk/Spd
• Passive B: Desperation
• Passive C: Spur Def/Res / Flexible
• Sacred Seal: Speed +3 / Heavy Blade / Flashing Blade

Standard blade tome setup. Morgan’s base 33/34 offenses lend themselves well to a purely offensive build.

Glimmer versus Draconic Aura is mostly preference; Glimmer does less consistent damage with a lower cooldown, while Draconic Aura does more consistent damage with a higher cooldown. Both work exceptionally well due to the nature of stacking damage on a Blade tome. Draconic Aura is the superior choice if running the Heavy Blade Seal due to it not wasting Special charges once in Desperation’s HP threshold.

The decision amongst Fury, Life and Death, Swift Sparrow and Brazen Atk/Spd is dependent on a combination of the level of team support available, personal preference, and IVs. For maximum offensive potential, Brazen Atk/Spd gives the most stats at +7 Attack/Speed. However, it is both the least consistent and needs the most support due to the requisite HP threshold. Life and Death has the 2nd most offenses at +5 Attack/Speed, but comes with a -5 penalty to Defense and Resistance. This penalty can be offset by team support (which Morgan needs with this build regardless, due to the Blade tome) and becomes less detrimental with merges.

Swift Sparrow gives slightly less offensive stats than Life and Death at +4 Attack and Speed, but lacks the penalty to Morgan’s defenses. However, it only functions on Player Phase; this isn’t particularly bad, since this is a heavily offensive build that functions primarily on Player Phase anyway. Finally, Fury gives the least offensive stats at +3 Attack and Speed, but also gives +3 Defense and Resistance. This increased bulk works best at lower merges, as it allows Morgan to skirt by with less support required from his team. In addition, the increased bulk makes it much less likely for Morgan to die in a single counterattack from an enemy, allowing him to get the safest possible access to Desperation range. The added recoil damage from Fury also helps in this regard.

For Seals, Speed +3 allows Morgan to stack even more Speed to double more enemies, resulting in significantly more KOs. Alternatively, Heavy Blade or Flashing Blade allows him to charge his Specials quicker, allowing him to win losing matchups more often thanks to the power of Specials.

• Preferred IV: +SPD / -DEF
• Weapon: Grima’s Truth
• Assist: Reposition
• Special: Moonbow
• Passive A: Fury / Distant Def
• Passive B: Windsweep / Vantage / Dull Ranged
• Passive C: Spur Def/Res / Flexible
• Sacred Seal: Phantom Spd / Quick Riposte / Distant Def

The goal of this set is to maximize the supportive capabilities of Morgan’s unique tome, Grima’s Truth. This setup is functionally similar to Dark Breath/Windsweep builds; safe access to debuff on Player Phase, while retaining Enemy Phase capabilities.

Windsweep is the focus of this setup, as it allows Morgan to avoid having to worry about getting one-shot by strong physical threats while attacking them to apply the debuff from his tome (as well as buffing allies, potentially setting them up to sweep). If Windsweep is unavailable, then it’s best to go for a simple anti-ranged setup with Vantage or Morgan’s base Dull Ranged skill.

If running Windsweep, then Fury and Phantom Spd Seal are ideal to maximize Morgan’s ability to activate it. Fury can be replaced by Distant Def if Morgan has access to team support in the form of buffs or simply to trade safer debuff application for vastly superior defensive prowess. Without Windsweep, Distant Def is the superior option to go all-in on a defensive setup.

For Seals, Phantom Spd is important when  running Windsweep, as it grants a massive boost to the number of targets that Morgan can safely apply his tome’s effect on. Otherwise, Quick Riposte allows him to double even against speedy mages like Nino, while Distant Def makes him extremely resilient against ranged threats (particularly when combined with Distant Def in the A slot and Dull Ranged).

• Preferred IV: +SPD / -DEF
• Weapon: Grima’s Truth
• Assist: Reposition
• Special: Moonbow
• Passive A: Swift Sparrow / Fury / Life and Death
• Passive B: Desperation
• Passive C: Res Smoke / Spur Def/Res / Varies on Team
• Sacred Seal: Speed +3 / Heavy Blade / Flashing Blade

This build aims to make the most of Morgan’s unique tome to boost his offensive prowess. It functions best when paired with a dancer to maximize the effects. While the effect from Grima’s Truth isn’t quite as spectacular as that of Peshkatz, Sothe’s unique dagger, it still allows for Morgan to become an offensive monster when active.

Since this is almost entirely an offensive build, Swift Sparrow is ideal to avoid damaging Morgan’s defenses in order to minimize the chance he gets KO’d in a single hit. Fury is still a good option for budget, and Life and Death is acceptable with the proper team support (such as defensive buffs).

Stacking Speed is very important for Morgan, since he doesn’t have enough Attack to reliably one-shot units with decent magical bulk, so the Speed +3 Seal is a good choice. Alternatively, the simultaneous Attack buff and debuff from Grima’s Truth makes Heavy Blade quite easy to activate, given that both are active. The same applies for Flashing Blade, but with Speed instead of Attack.