Narcian

• Weapon: Handbell+ (+Res) / Slaying Axe+ (+Res)

• Assist: Draw Back / Reposition

• Special: Moonbow / Luna

• Passive A: Distant Counter

• Passive B: Quick Riposte / Vantage

• Passive C: Goad Fliers / Hone Fliers

• Sacred Seal: Distant Def / Iote’s Shield

Thanks to his Resistance, Narcian can become a decently successful magical tank with the right skills. This set gives Narcian the ability to handle mages who attack from range. He can counter key threats like Reinhardt while providing buff and mobility support to his allies.

Distant Counter is the most important part of this build, being the element that lets Narcian counterattack ranged attackers. Since his Resistance is not particularly high, Distant Def goes a long way to making Narcian a viable tank. A Resistance refine on his Handbell also gives him a considerable boost. Quick Riposte lets him hit back twice against mages, but helps more against the occasional melee units Narcian will fight. Vantage is a great alternative that can let him preemptively KO some units who would attack him.

Moonbow is the best choice of Special, as it hits mages very hard on their low Defense and gives Narcian the ability to OHKO many of them. Luna makes Narcian stronger against tanks, but the charge time is long unless a Slaying Axe is used. Using a Slaying Axe with Moonbow will waste a Special charge, however. Narcian should be used on a Flier team with either Goad Fliers or Hone Fliers to support his team-mates. Draw Back is great for pulling allies out of danger but Reposition also works well.

As a final note, Narcian has the option of running Iote’s Shield which allows him to counter and beat out many archers. However he cannot beat the two most prominent archers, Halloween Jakob and Brave Lyn. Iote’s is a great option for PvE modes but the lack of Distant Def makes it much harder for him to reliably tank units like Reinhardt.

• Weapon: Handbell+ (+Def)

• Assist: Draw Back / Reposition

• Special: Bonfire / Ignis

• Passive A: Fury / Close Def

• Passive B: Quick Riposte

• Passive C: Goad Fliers / Hone Fliers / Atk Smoke

• Sacred Seal: Close Def / Quickened Pulse

Narcian is a capable tank who can support flier teams through his bulk. However he is not limited to Flier teams as he requires no real support from them to do his job. This set makes Narcian extremely tough to defeat by melee units, and gifts him a powerful special which he can use to annihilate his enemies.

Handbell is a great weapon for tanks, and with a refine it provides an effective boost of 6 to his Defense. Fury is both cheap and performs excellently, but if the HP loss is undesirable, Close Def is the next best thing. Quick Riposte ensures Narcian can double with his mediocre Speed to charge his Special and deal more damage.

Bonfire is the best choice of Special, but Quickened Pulse can be taken if Ignis is preferred. Narcian has a very powerful Ignis with this build, but this variant loses him the Close Def seal which makes him much harder to KO.

Narcian’s C slot skill and Assist skill depend mainly on his teammates. If Narcian is being used outside of a Flier team, Reposition and Atk Smoke are the best choices for these slots. Otherwise, Draw Back is great for bringing Firesweep Fliers out of danger. Goad Fliers is better for melee teammates while Hone Fliers is essential if mage Fliers are on Narcian’s team.