Oscar

• Preferred IV: +SPD / -RES
• Weapon: Firesweep Lance+
• Assist: Reposition / Rally Spd/Def
• Special: Luna / Moonbow
• Passive A: Swift Sparrow / Life and Death
• Passive B: Drag Back / Cancel Affinity
• Passive C: Spur Spd/Def / Hone Cavalry / Flexible
• Sacred Seal: Speed +3 / Attack +3 / Quickened Pulse

With a base offensive spread of 33/34 attack and speed, Oscar is currently the strongest offensively-oriented lance cavalry unit. These offenses lend themselves very well to an all-out offensive build with Firesweep Lance. This build works best with horse buff support, such as Hone Cavalry.

Firesweep Lance is immensely powerful for Oscar, as its staggering 15 Mt results in Oscar dealing heavy damage with each attack, while also preventing the enemy from being able to counterattack. You want to maximize speed for a Firesweep build, as doubling is vitally important in order to secure kills.

Because Firesweep builds work in a similar fashion to Brave builds, a 3-charge special like Luna works great, as each combat usually ends after two attacks, causing Luna to activate on the second combat. Moonbow can be chosen if combined with Quickened Pulse, allowing for a special activation on the first combat.

Swift Sparrow is ideal as Attack and Speed are the most important stats for a Firesweep build, along with only needing them on initiation since Firesweep prevents Oscar from counterattacking. Life and Death is also a good option, but the decreased bulk can potentially cause issues if Oscar ever needs to take a hit in a pinch.

Drag Back is a safe option, as pulling back after combat helps keep Oscar away from enemies to avoid being attacked. Cancel Affinity works well with Firesweep, as the added safety of avoiding counterattacks allows him to forgo Drag Back in order to punish Triangle Adept or Emerald Axe green units.

• Preferred IV: +SPD / -RES
• Weapon: Harmonic Lance+ (+Spd) / Slaying Lance+ (+Spd) / Sapphire Lance+
• Assist: Reposition / Rally Spd/Def
• Special: Moonbow / Luna
• Passive A: Fury / Swift Sparrow
• Passive B: Desperation / Lancebreaker / Swordbreaker
• Passive C: Spur Spd/Def / Flexible
• Sacred Seal: Heavy Blade / Close Def / Speed +3 / Attack +3

Oscar has a fantastic base kit, really only needing an A slot and Special to be complete. A refined Harmonic Lance or Slaying Lance has better general performance than a Sapphire Lance, but his base Sapphire Lance functions perfectly if you only need him to handle reds and the occasional blue.

Harmonic Lance and Slaying Lance both provide a boost to Oscar’s Specials, granting him a great source of additional damage. Harmonic Lance and Moonbow generally deals more damage than Slaying Lance and Luna unless fighting an enemy with absurdly high Defense (50 is where they break even).

Oscar’s base Lancebreaker offers him fantastic matchups versus other lance units, but Swordbreaker is worth considering to guarantee that he can completely shut down other sword units, as units like Ayra and Mia can be a pain to deal with, even with Sapphire Lance. Renewal is an option to offset the recoil damage from Fury, and allow Oscar to handle multiple engagements.

If running an offensive set with Harmonic Lance or Slaying Lance, then Heavy Blade allows for a Special activation every combat assuming that Oscar can double - make sure to run him with cavalry buffs, namely Hone Cavalry. Close Def seal offers Oscar an excellent boost to his defenses during Enemy Phase, but Speed+3 and Attack+3 seals are also acceptable choices.

• Preferred IV: +SPD or +ATK / -RES
• Weapon: Brave Lance+
• Assist: Reposition / Rally Spd/Def
• Special: Luna / Moonbow
• Passive A: Swift Sparrow / Life and Death / Death Blow
• Passive B: Desperation / Drag Back / Swordbreaker / Lancebreaker
• Passive C: Spur Spd/Def / Hone Cavalry / Flexible
• Sacred Seal: Speed +3 / Attack +3 / Quickened Pulse

Brave Lance is an alternative option to Firesweep, as Oscar’s offensive stats are sufficient enough to also run it to great effect. A +Speed Oscar will want to go for a quad build with a Brave Lance, requiring either Swift Sparrow or Life and Death, while a +Attack Oscar will likely want to focus on the first two hits only, pairing well with Death Blow.

Desperation is intended only to be used alongside a quad build, meaning +Speed IV Oscar with either Swift Sparrow or Life and Death. Otherwise, Drag Back is the best option. Swordbreaker or Lancebreaker can be used if you absolutely, positively want to make sure that tankier units such as Black Knight, Xander, Tana, or Effie are killed.