Sharena

IV: Neutral (Starting Character)

This is my in game Sharena. I don't use her much unless I absolutely need too. She is not bad though. This is a great versatile build with good bulk, offensive, and support abilities.

Physical Tank/Debuffer
Boon/Bane: Neutral by Default

Sharena, Princess of Askr boasts the greatest viability of the three original members of the Order of Heroes. Her HP pool is among the highest for infantry units at 43, as well as a respectable offensive 32/32 ATK and SPD. Her DEF, while not incredible, is decent enough to act somewhat tanky when coupled with her HP. However, her SPD allows for her to avoid being doubled by many units naturally, and follow by weakening them and doing enough damage to allow for a clean sweep by another unit, if not by Sharena herself. Though her DEF is not as comparable to other lance infantry units, her SPD is much better, making her a more optimal and reliable choice. Furthermore, Sharena not only has a high BST for infantry units, but her status as a story line character makes her a great unit for boosting arena scores every few seasons.

For starters, Sharena's original kit weapon Fensalir works well as a debuffer through its innate Threaten ATK 2 skill, increasing her tanking abilities by decreasing enemy ATK by 4.

For her A-slot, Earth Boost further boosts Sharena's ability to tank physical assaults by boosting her DEF by 6, so long as she has 3 more HP than her opponent. To bolster her likelihood of activating this skill a HP +3 sacred seal, allowing for her to gain its benefits against anyone with 43 HP or lower. Of metagame note, this includes Lucina, Luke, Raven, Ike, Erika, and other non HP boosted Sharenas. Earth Boost is only taken over Close Defense because of availability. However, if you have a spare Summer Tiki lying around feel free to make her into fodder for this build, as Close Defense provides the same bonus with fewer strings attached.

Sharena's B-slot is fairly versatile. As a more offensive defender Quick Riposte works well, and deters opponents from attacking haphazardly. Vantage works well at low HP to get in another hit before being KO'd, as well as also punishing unwary opponents. Renewal keeps Sharena at fuller HP, and makes Earth Boost last longer, but may be outshined by the prior two skills in the current low turn count meta. These skills can be switched with Drag Back for arena defense teams, and catch unknowing opponents off guard.

C-slot can be filled with any threaten skill, with SPD favored over others. If triggered, this allows no unit to double her without aid, bar +SPD Lon'qu. Though useful to boost damage against opponents, there is little reason to use Threaten DEF over SPD; the SPD debuff finds both offensive and defensive use, by preventing doubles against higher SPD opponents while doubling those of lower.

Like with most support skills, Sharena really can use most anything. This skill set uses Swap, as it allows for her to take on a defensive position in place of an ally without being restricted by map terrain as infantry units find sometimes. However, Pivot also works to put herself in front of ranged allies to keep away melee opponents, and Reposition helps to put melee units behind her to keep them away from ranged attackers.

Lastly for her special, Escutcheon is used to further decrease incoming melee damage, and has a more usable cooldown timer than Pavise.

For supporting units, Sharena does well with status buffers such as Erica, Ephraim, Roderic and Summer Elise who can buff stats, especially when given DEF buffing skills. Furthermore, Sharena also requires the help of a red unit, preferably one with decent bulk, to deal with Hector and other green units. Units such as Selena, Lucina, both dragon Tikis, and Olivia fair well in these rolls, with the addition of Olivia providing dancer support.