New Year Camilla

• Preferred IV: +SPD / -HP or -RES
• Weapon: Wo Dao (+Spd) / Slaying Edge (+Spd)
• Assist: Reposition
• Special: Moonbow / Bonfire
• Passive A: Fury / Swift Sparrow / Life and Death
• Passive B: Desperation / Chill Speed / Swordbreaker
• Passive C: Threaten Spd / Ward Fliers / Guidance
• Sacred Seal: Spd +3 / Atk +3 / Def +3

Camilla crashes the Hoshidan New Year festival with excellent Attack, Speed, and Defense stats and makes use of them by running this build more effectively than any other red flier.

With a focus in Speed, Camilla can hit 47 Speed without an ally buff, which is generally enough to double most units in the game, save for a few sword units. She can take Chill Speed or Swordbreaker to double them instead, but Desperation typically gives her more utility later on in the fight.

The idea of this build is to consistently double opponents through Speed stacking, which has different outcomes based on how much HP Camilla currently has. On the first initiation, she will proc a Wo Dao-amplified Moonbow on her second attack for an additional (1/3rd of enemy Defense+10) damage and will take 6 after combat damage from Fury.  Keep in mind that a Slaying Edge and Bonfire combination will out-damage Wo Dao/Moonbow if the enemy’s Defense is below 21.

She’s able to repeat this process over and over again until her HP is under the threshold for Desperation to proc. Once activated, Desperation turns Camilla into a pseudo-brave unit with 50 damage per strike and continued sizeable Moonbow procs. This keeps her safe to initiate during Player Phase when her HP gets too low for her to tank an enemy hit, while also allowing her to maintain combat utility no matter how much damage she’s taken.

Camilla doesn’t necessarily need to start off an engagement by initiating. With  74 effective HP + Defense (70 if taking a bane in HP), Camilla is more than able to bait out a unit’s offensive attack and retaliate, typically with a Bonfire-activating double.  Her flexibility during the first few turns of combat allows her to meet the many demands of a red unit in the current meta, and her ability to be a red nuke after her HP drops ensures that she can always find a use on the battlefield.

• Preferred IV: +SPD / -HP or -RES
• Weapon: Firesweep Sword
• Assist: Reposition
• Special: Moonbow
• Passive A: Life and Death / Swift Sparrow
• Passive B: Chill Speed / Hit and Run
• Passive C: Ward Fliers / Threaten Def / Threaten Spd
• Sacred Seal: Heavy Blade / Quickened Pulse / Spd + 3

Due to her appreciable Attack and Speed stats, Camilla is also capable of functioning as an untouchable sweeper with a Firesweep set. While she loses a bit of Speed due to the lack of forge options on Firesweep weapons and running Heavy Blade, Camilla gains it back and then some with a combination of Life and Death and Chill Speed.

Because her defenses don’t particularly matter when she’s not going to be countered, Camilla is able to take Life and Death to generously increase both her Attack and Speed, granting her an offensive statline of 53/43.  If she takes advantage of Chill Speed, she can attack a unit with 45 Speed and double them without any buffs of her own.

It generally is recommended to run Camilla with some semblance of buffs, however- even a teammate with Goad Fliers would increase her chances of both doubling and activating Heavy Blade immensely, while keeping the flexibility of not necessarily having to be adjacent all the time.

The goal is for Heavy Blade to activate on her 53 (plus buff) Attack stat, while simultaneously doubling on her 43 (plus buff/debuff) Speed stat, in order to activate Moonbow on every initiation she makes, furthering her overall damage output.

Without Chill Speed, Camilla can run a more reserved offense by equipping Hit and Run (or Drag Back) instead, which draws her away from the enemy’s range and allows for safer positioning: something which is very important when running a Firesweep build

Her C slot is flexible. She can attempt to run Threaten Speed or Threaten Defense, but they  require riskier positioning and may not activate as often as it seems. She can instead give her fellow teammates Ward or Fortify buffs, as she has no use for defensive buffs herself.

• Preferred IV: +DEF / -HP or -RES
• Weapon: Slaying Edge (+Def) / Wo Dao (+Def)
• Assist: Reposition
• Special: Bonfire
• Passive A: Sturdy Stance / Steady Stance / Close Defense / Spd Def Bond
• Passive B: Quick Riposte / Chill Speed / Swordbreaker
• Passive C: Goad Fliers / Ward Fliers / Threaten Def
• Sacred Seal: Close Defense / Quick Riposte

Unlike the previous two sets, this one allows Camilla to tank in the Enemy Phase, utilizing her Speed to avoid doubles from her opponent and ensuring doubles herself with Quick Riposte.  With all of the enhancements in the proposed build, her Defense grows to 48, enabling her to tank a myriad of threats from the enemy team.

Slaying Edge will help her proc Bonfire earlier, turning that 48 Defense into an additional 24 damage which is guaranteed to activate in her first combat.  Conversely, Wo Dao pushes the proc up to 34 damage, but lacks the speedy first turn activation that Slaying Edge has over it.

This set is fairly standard when it comes to Enemy Phase. Camilla can utilize her native Spd Def Bond as a cheap alternative to any of the more expensive options in order to further prevent doubles, though the Bond skills require more thought put into positioning for them to work properly.  Still, it’s generally easier to position properly for Bond skills when your unit is strictly bait/Enemy Phase oriented.

Chill Speed and Swordbreaker can also be used to prevent doubles and help Camilla to secure her own, though without using Spd Def bond, securing her own doubles may be difficult as she will only have 35 Speed.  If not using Quick Riposte in her B slot, it may be necessary to run it as her Sacred Seal. Otherwise, Close Defense is the most prominent choice as it boosts her most relevant stat to the build.