Summer Elise

• Preferred IV: +ATK or +SPD / -DEF

• Weapon: Gronnblade+ / Gronnblade

• Assist: Ardent Sacrifice / Reposition

• Special: Glimmer / Moonbow

• Passive A: Atk/Spd Solo / Fury / Swift Sparrow 

• Passive B: Desperation

• Passive C: Odd Atk Wave / Flexible

• Sacred Seal: Speed +3 / Attack +3

Thanks to her high Attack and Speed, Summer Elise can perform extremely well with a Blade tome.

Elise will preferably want either an Attack or Speed boon in order to increase her offensive potential. Gronnblade is a powerful tome that adds total value of bonuses on the user into their damage dealt. If Elise can be provided with multiple Hone or Fortify buffs, her damage out can be increased drastically. If one does not want to promote a Nino for the plus variant, the base Gronnblade can also work.

Ardent Sacrifice allows Elise to give 10 HP to an ally at the cost of 10 HP herself. More importantly, this allows her to be instantly dropped into the activation range of Desperation. Reposition is an alternative Assist that offers good utility and allows Elise to support in unit positioning when she doesn’t need to fight. Glimmer is a strong Special for Blade tomes since the power of Glimmer is based on damage dealt. Moonbow is another strong choice which cuts the enemies defenses. Overall, both make for powerful choices thanks to their low cooldown.

Atk/Spd Solo, Fury, and Swift Sparrow all make for great A slots for Blade tome users. Atk/Spd Solo is the strongest in terms of raw effect, granting a huge offensive boost whenever Summer Elise has no adjacent allies. Fury grants a nice buff to all stats while the post-combat damage helps lower Summer Elise into Desperation range. Swift Sparrow provides a strong offensive boost that's higher than Fury, though only when attacking. Desperation is the primary choice for any Blade tome user, allowing the user to perform any follow-up attack immediately should they be below 75% HP.

Odd Atk Wave will boost Summer Elise and adjacent allies by six Attack at the start of odd numbered turns. Not only is this a good support skill, but the ability to boost herself really shines with the Blade tome. Outside of this, what C slot will be most beneficial overall depends on team composition. The Hone and Fortify skills are often safe picks, allowing Summer Elise to buff adjacent teammates at the start of the turn. Finally, a Speed or Attack Sacred Seal will provide a nice buff to either stat, helping Summer Elise with either her doubling potential or damage output.

• Preferred IV: +ATK or +SPD / -DEF

• Weapon: Hibiscus Tome+ (+Spd/Atk)

• Assist: Rally Atk/Res / Reposition

• Special: Draconic Aura / Moonbow

• Passive A: Fury

• Passive B: Desperation / G Tomebreaker

• Passive C: Drive Spd / Drive Atk  

• Sacred Seal: Drive Def / Spur passives

This set gives Summer Elise a nice balance of offensive and support potential.

An Attack or Speed boon will help with Elise’s offensive potential. Her default weapon, Hibiscus Tome, provides anyone with 2 spaces of her with one Attack and Speed. While this is not a large buff by any means, it is still a buff regardless. Forging the Hibiscus Tome for either Speed or Attack will help to boost Elise’s offensive potential even further. Her default Assist, Rally Atk/Res, will allow Elise to buff the Attack and Resistance of her target. A movement Assist such as Reposition is also a nice option which allows Elise to assist with unit positioning. Draconic Aura is a powerful Special that is based on Elise’s attack stat, giving her a significant damage boost whenever it activates. Moonbow is another solid choice thanks to its low cooldown.

Fury provides Elise with an overall boost to all her stats, helping her both offensively and defensively. Desperation allows for Elise to make any follow-up attack immediately should she be below 75% HP. G Tomebreaker is another option that allows Elise to perform a guaranteed double attack against any green mage while also preventing them from performing a double attack. If both Elise and the opposing green mage are using G Tomebreaker, the usual Speed check for doubling will be performed.

For the C slot, any of the Drive skills synergize well with the Hibiscus tome. Drive Spd in particular can be obtained from a four star hero and provides a boost of three Speed, stacking with the Hibiscus Tome to grant four Speed overall. Drive Def is the only Drive skill available as a Sacred Seal, boosting allies within two spaces by three Defense. Alternatively, any of the Spur skills also help Elise to support her teammates, though do note that Spur skills require Elise to be adjacent to whoever wants the buff.