Olwen

• Preferred IV: +SPD or +ATK / -HP or -DEF

• Weapon: Blarblade+

• Assist: Ardent Sacrifice / Reposition

• Special: Glimmer / Moonbow

• Passive A: Swift Sparrow / Life and Death  / Fury

• Passive B: Desperation

• Passive C: Spd Ploy / Res Ploy  / Hone Cavalry / Flexible

• Sacred Seal: Res Ploy / Heavy Blade / Speed +3 / Attack +3

As with most Blade Tome users, Speed is Olwen’s most important stat. This makes a boon in it the choice nature that Olwen can take in order to maximize her damage output by securing additional follow-up attacks. A boon in Attack also makes for a suitable choice, as it increases her raw damage output. This makes it a more effective choice against slower bulkier opponents. In particular, this can be the deciding factor in her matchup against Fallen MRobin.

For her Assist, Ardent Sacrifice has great synergy with Desperation. Olwen’s poor physical bulk of 54 makes her susceptible to getting killed in only one hit; by dropping her HP without the need to engage in combat, Olwen can safely get into Desperation’s 75% HP threshold. Otherwise, any choice of movement skill such as Reposition will make for a suitable Assist.

Glimmer is a great choice of Special on any Blade Tome user, as it scales with the additional damage received from Hone/Fortify buffs and activates within a reasonable timeframe despite the cooldown penalty tied to Blade tomes. Alternatively, Moonbow can be used as a more effective option against opponents with extraordinarily high Resistance such as Lute and Lyn (LA).

Moving on to main skills, Swift Sparrow is the premium choice of A skill by providing a strong boost to her offensive stats on initiation without losing anything else. A higher risk higher reward option is Life and Death, as it boosts her offensive stats even higher at the cost of severely damaging her overall bulk. This makes her even more susceptible to getting OHKO’d by both physical and magic damage alike. Fury makes for another solid choice by making it easier to get into Desperation range through both the 6 damage recoil taken after combat as well as by increasing her overall bulk at the cost of a marginally weaker offense. In addition to this, the boost in Resistance improves her ability to utilize Ploy skills.

Desperation is the key to any glass cannon mage; once in the HP range, Olwen will be able to safely perform follow-up attacks without the risk of getting killed on the counterattack. As for C skills, Olwen’s relatively high base Resistance of 30 allows her to effectively utilize Ploys. In particular, the Res Ploy increases Olwen’s overall damage output while Spd Ploy secures her additional follow-up attacks should they land. A more team-synergetic option is Hone Cavalry, as it allows Olwen to be a benefactor on a cavalry-centric team which she is most effective on. Otherwise, the C slot can be replaced with whatever will accommodate her team.

Last but not least, Olwen has several options for Sacred Seals. If she isn’t already utilizing Res Ploy in his C slot, it can also be run in the Sacred Seal slot. Heavy Blade is another option with a consistent activation thanks to the damage scaling property of Blade tomes. This allows Olwen to activate her Special more frequently. Finally, both Speed +3 and Attack +3 make for good picks in order to give Olwen a solid offensive stat boost.

• Preferred IV: +SPD or +ATK / -HP or -DEF

• Weapon: Dire Thunder

• Assist: Ardent Sacrifice / Reposition

• Special: Luna

• Passive A: Life and Death / Swift Sparrow  / Fury

• Passive B: Desperation

• Passive C: Hone Cavalry / Spd Ploy / Res Ploy / Flexible

• Sacred Seal: Speed +3 / Attack +3 / Res Ploy

This set aims to make effective use out of Olwen’s native tome, Dire Thunder. Although not as consistent of a user as her brother, Reinhardt, due to her significantly lower Attack, she makes up for it with her high Speed. This allows her to perform quad-attack against her opponents. Ardent Sacrifice remains applicable with this purely offensive style of play in order to safely get into the HP range for Desperation. As for her Special, Luna makes for a potent and cooldown-efficient option by activating on every fourth hit during a quad attack.

Life and Death makes for a fantastic A skill, as it completely mitigates the Speed penalty tied to Dire Thunder as well as giving her a sizable boost to her Attack that can potentially translate into an additional 20 damage on a quad-initiation. If one wants to retain Olwen’s ability to effectively use Ploy skills, both Swift Sparrow and Fury make for suitable alternatives at the cost of a slightly weaker offense. Desperation is once again the core of the build, as it allows Olwen to hit four times and activate her Special without the risk of getting killed on the counterattack.

Should one choose to not run Life and Death, Olwen remains a suitable user of Ploy skills in both her C and Sacred Seal slot. Spd Ploy and Res Ploy are particularly good choices in accentuating the damage output of both Olwen and her teammates against the affected targets. Last but not least, Attack +3 and Speed +3 both remain great Sacred Seal options if one desires to further increase Olwen’s damage output.