Saias

Okay I know it looks like it won't work (and you're probably right) but I just wanted to be more creative. BEFORE EVERYTHING, KNOW THAT SAIAS SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE A FIRE BLESSING.
Anyway, this is supposed to be a defensive, anti-Manakete build. The strategy behind it is that Saias would initiate combat (he should probably be on a defensive tile when performing this action) with a Manakete without it counterattacking. You see, this is when Watersweep 3 and Phantom Speed 3 come into play (if Saias has enough speed of course). After combat Atk Smoke 3 will activate, inflicting the enemy (and other enemies within two spaces) with -7 attack. The Blessed Bouquet's effect will activate after that, giving Saias 5 points of Defense and Resistance. Enemy Phase! Manakete will attack Saias. Blessed Bouquet's effect will kind of sheild Saias and Atk Smoke 3 should soften the blow. Defensive tile helps too.

Saias is in some ways like Micaiah, except lacking in merge potential, ivs, and a incredible weapon like Thani, none the less he can preform amazingly with a dancer.
Fury is great on him, it bumps his spd base to 33, which is ok, his atk hits 50 with weapon and his res hits a titanic 37.
Desperation combos well with brash assault seal and fury as the A skill, as it allows him to bypass his disappointing spd tier and hit for massive damage.
Iceberg is his special here, though something like glacies can work to nuke the enemy if needed to.

Saias has a stat spread (and weapon) very close to Arvis. With the exception of some res and spd, they are very identical. Saias has a base speed of 30, which is below average, and can't be used very well on player phase, without a large amount of dedication to him. He has a res stat of 34, which is good for tanking mages. Combined with distant def 6 on enemy phase, he gets to 46 res, which is capable of tanking many mages (provided they don't have TA and are green). Quick Riposte is a staple in this build, providing a slow Saias with a necessary follow up attack. Due to his low speed, he will get doubled, and will be able to proc iceberg on his final attack. This is helpful in getting that final push to kill, since Saias only has 33 attack base. If this is not desired, Glacies can be used instead. Attack Smoke is optional, but if Saias has to tank more than 1 magic user, it helps to lower the attack of nearby units that would attack him next. This essentially gets him to 53 res, (34 + Distant Def 6 + -7 Atk on Foe) which is exceptionally high.

• Weapon: *Wargod's Tome*
• Assist: *Draw Back* / Reposition
• Special: *Moonbow* / Iceberg

• Passive A: *Fury 3*
• Passive B: *Watersweep 3* / B Tomebreaker 3
• Passive C: *Spd Ploy 3*
• Sacred Seal: *Def Ploy 3* / Speed +3

This debuff build focuses on using ploy skills to lower enemy Atk, Spd, Def, and Res, making good use of Saias's 37 resistance after Fury.

Moonbow will trigger in two rounds of combat, which is important as Saias will not double enemies. This makes it a better choice than the higher-charge Iceberg and Glacies, despite Saias's high resistance.

Fury ties together this entire build by boosting Saias's resistance for ploys and speed for Watersweep.

Watersweep makes use of Saias's 33 speed to prevent some enemy counterattacks, since it is not enough to double most units in arena but is high enough to trigger Watersweep. This can be replaced with B Tomebreaker if his team lacks a Reinhardt counter.

Def Ploy 3 is the best seal for further debuffs, allowing your physical units to clean up the remaining enemies. Speed +3 is also acceptable when used alongside Watersweep.

Self explanatory build and he's summoner supported S rank and fury 3 for maximum stat increase.Since he's prettymuch a blue arvis you'll want to maximize his resistance to make him a master ploy user in order to debuffs units stats for your team to have a better advantage against them.Iceberg is chosen special because of lower cool down time and practicality when in combat,his assist is meant to help other allies and give them a little bit of an edge in combat to possibly ko an opponent.He keeps his default b skill in order to teleport around the map when helping out allies in battle and possibly finish off an opponent if he survives combat and help out his allies if he happens to be far away,you run a mixed team and so on.Even just fighting a few times will allow him to get into escape routes hp thresh hold.Not the most practical of builds in my opinion, but this is how I intend to build my Saias and he will serve you well even out of the box.If you want to throw utility out of the window and swap out his tome for lets say shine+ he'll have a higher resistance stat of 42 to be a blue wall against other blue and red mages but will easily die to green mages(obviously).
His stats work out to 41 hp 52 attack 35 speed 23 def and 39 res respectably with my build and his default tome
This is my first submission when it comes to this and l hope you enjoy my build for Saias ^-^. Swan~Princess