Performing Shigure

IVs: +Def -Spd

Given Shigure's lack of speed, and no monstrous attack to nuke with bladetomes like the likes of Sanaki and Lilina, this is his next best bet.

Blárraven+'s effectiveness gainst colourless combined with weapon triangle advantage being increased to 40% via Triangle Adept 3 allows him to inflict meaningful amounts of damage to colorless and red targets, while taking much less, if any, in return. This artificially increases his damage and damage soak, giving him a niche as a dancer. If Shigure opts for a Defense boon, he can even survive a brave bow B!Lyn assault, for example.

The rest of his kit is standard: Sing for utility, Moonbow for the low cooldown since his stats aren't high enough to effectively use non-Luna 3 cd specials.

Shigure also has other options should this bulky raven build be chosen. If cancel affinity becomes a problem, Shigure can opt for distant defense instead as an alternative to take on colorless. For B slots, Shigure has numerous options such as Quick Riposte to increase his offensive presence when baiting, and Poison Strike to chip at targets, though Swordbreaker will often be the preferred choice simply to guarantee ko's on the numerous swordsmen in the meta such as Xander, Black Knight and Ryoma.

As for Shigure's C slot skill, essentially anything can be run due to it's flexibility, and can suit whatever his team needs. The Distant Def 3 seal is taken to further boost Shigure's tanking abilities, especially against colorless such as Brave Lyn, as he greatly appreciates the additional +6 to his otherwise underwhelming defenses.

A defensive support build. Fury boosts his overall stats. Geyser Dance helps him buff allies defensively when singing. Spur Def and the Spur Res seal help him buff allies when not dancing. They can be flipped, but they cannot be exchanged for Fortify Def/Res due to Geyser Dance being a Hone Type buff. Dancer's Score helps him heal allies. Moonbow helps you him get frequent damage bursts.

The ultimate support Shigure. Rule number 1 of this build. Shigure shouldn’t ever ever initiate in combat unless they are against green foes who CANNOT counter and are killable.

Dancer’s Score is kept becuase in case he does initiate combat, this tome can heal your teammates by 7 which is a lot.

Sing is used for obvious reasons.

Miracle might not be the first skill you think of right now but I’ll tell you why in a sec. His stats are poor, so using anything other than Miracle, Pasive, Aegis, or Moonbow is a poor decision.

Defiant speed is used becuase he’s slow and that can help him. I know what you’re saying. “But Shigure will die from any attack before he reaches less than 50% hp becuase he has poor defense and resistance!” That’s why we’ll need a MIRACLE to prevent him from dying. Yes refer back to the previous paragraph if you don’t get it. Aegis or Pavise only work on physical or magical attacks. Miracle is more rounded and despite its high cooldown, it’s worth not dying.

Geyser Dance is used becuase I’ve only told you how to keep Shigure alive. This is the support part. Sure you say that “Fortify Def or Fortify Res is better”, but if you use those skills, you can only use one becuase they’re C slot skills. However, this skill buffs both Def and Res at the same time. This also allows you to add a hone Attack or Speed for the C slot. Score! Wings of Mercy is also a good alternative if you don’t like to use this skill.

Hone spd is chosen to support his teammates in the speed category. Sure Atk is important, but speed is a bit more important. You can also use Breath of Life, but 14 hp is almost excessive and the breath of life is very situational becuase he’ll rarely initiate combat.

Breath of Life 1 sacred seal because all the other skills are worthless on him. Spur Def might be good but Breath of Life brings his healing potential to 10 hp. If you decide to use Breath of Life 3, then this is definitely reccomended as it’ll bring his healing potential to 17 hp which is mad.

My first hero build, but I wanna help others that may have him and these exact IVs.

So first his weapon, a Raven tome will help him take out colorless, but this boy is lacking severely in many stats and even still Lyn will be a task, but this Owl tome build can tank and kill Reins! So there is that.

Blarowl+. We aren't getting rid of Shigure's support skills. He is, first and foremost, a singer unit and should be used as such and in doing so should be next to allies which can give him a nice stat boost of +6 to all stats in a "T" formation.

Life and Death 3 (Budget LnD2) will give him +5 to ATK and SPD. His speed is really lacking if you have a -SPD build and Darting Blow is only active on player phase. This really helps him have innate SPD on top of a possible +6 from Owl tome. That's 11 SPD right there putting you at 37 w/o hones or spurs. Should, hopefully, be enough to not get doubled all the time. The reduction of DEF/RES can be negated from Owl tome usage so you only taking reduction if you're using Shigure by himself. (something I don't advise)

You could use Fury here, but his low HP just means you're killing your support unit faster which I don't think anyone should be doing, but it does add to all stats!

Geyser Dance 2. You could add so many skills here, but why would you give up his Def/Res buff for your units? Still use him as support!

Hone Speed. I was considering Threaten speed here to help his speed stat, but again he's support! Always, support! With this he can provide 3/4 buffs!

Seal is spur def just because more coverage and even better for blade tomes honestly (which is a great function!). Until they make an attack seal then he can be the all-in-one package of singing and buffing all stats!

Moonbow is the advised special because he shouldn't be in combat long to have anything else charged so slap the usual Moonbow.

Ending notes here to say is that he can honestly tank a full on Rein with this build. Sure, I could have more without LnD, but this is trying to patch ALL SKILLS to functional levels as any build is gonna be kinda meh. I hope this helps users looking for Shigure builds with this IV. His speed sucks, but you can work around that with Owl tome and LnD!

Build Name: Panic! At the Dancehall

IV's: +HP/-Spd or -Atk
Weapon: Blarraven+ (Budget Blarraven/Dancer's Score+)
Support Skill: Sing
Special: Moonbow (Maybe Reprisal?)
Passive A: HP+5
Passive B: Bowbreaker 3 / Renewal 3
Passive C: Panic Ploy 3 (This is integral)
Seal: HP+3 or Squad Ace 1

Ok this build spawned from the terrible pull I got on my Shigure (+HP/-Spd) so I gave it some thought and it dawned on me that Shigure can have some useage as a panic ploy user. This build is entirely based on the fact that most Bladetome units run a -HP bane and the biggest player phase meta threats (Reinhardt and Brave!Lyn) hit a maximum of 41 HP with an HP boon (Which I've never really seen) but I'm just accounting for it cuz why not. Regardless, this build allows Shigure to provide Dancer support as well as destroy teams that rely on buffs to hold themselves together.

The HP+5 skill is really the only A skill I can find that gives the further boost to max hp that you need for the build to function reliably. The B skill is kind of interchangable depending on what you have in your team with Shigure. If you have a check to Brave Lyn already then run Renewal 3 to make sure his health stays up, if not then run Bowbreaker 3. With everything put together, Shigure can actually survive an attack from Brave Lyn and kill her as long as he has Bowbreaker. Finally the C skill will almost have to be Panic Ploy 3, its the entire point of the build. Unless you want to live dangerously, then you can run Panic Ploy 1 Sacred Seal and use something else in the C skill slot, like possibly Breath of Life 3 along with Shigure's default weapon can make him also function as a decent healer, however he'll lose out on his ability to counter Brave Lyn without Blarraven so choose wisely.

The Sacred Seal is dependent on how reliable you want Shigure's Panic Ploy to activate, less reliable, run Panic Ploy 1, more reliable run HP+3.