Tailtiu

• Preferred IVs: +SPD / -RES
• Weapon: Blárblade+
• Assist: Reposition / Ardent Sacrifice
• Special: Glimmer / Draconic Aura
• Passive A: Fury / Swift Sparrow / Life and Death / Brazen Atk/Spd
• Passive B: Desperation
• Passive C: Drive Spd / Varies with Team
• Sacred Seal: Speed +3 / Heavy Blade

This is a standard Blade tome offensive set. Tailtiu comes with the proper tome in her base kit, making this a rather cheap build to create. As with all Blade tome setups, Tailtiu will require support from her team in the form of buffs in order to maximize her damage output with her tome.

Glimmer and Draconic Aura are both great Specials to pair with a Blade tome, as they both gain additional scaling from the bonus damage of the Blade tome’s effect. Draconic Aura does more consistent damage, but its higher cooldown can make it difficult to utilize without the Heavy Blade seal. Otherwise, run Glimmer with a Speed +3 seal.

Fury, Swift Sparrow, Life and Death, and Brazen Atk/Spd are all options for Tailtiu’s A skill, as they all provide a strong boost to her offensive stats. Fury is recommended as the optimal choice, as it minimizes the chance of Tailtiu getting KO’d in one hit while also granting a good boost to her stats. The post-combat recoil damage can also help land Tailtiu safely into Desperation range. Swift Sparrow offers slightly more offensive stats, but has a significant trade-off of not granting stats on Enemy Phase, as well as no additional defensive stats.

Brazen Atk/Spd is by far the most expensive option, as well as requiring significant setup. Because it has no effect when Tailtiu is above the HP threshold, Brazen Atk/Spd necessitates the use of Ardent Sacrifice to drop Tailtiu’s HP to the required level; however, this is rewarded with the largest possible boost to her offenses, as well as simultaneously pushing her into Desperation range. Life and Death will work at all HP levels, but will have a significant impact on Tailtiu’s bulk; it’s a good idea to run Ardent Sacrifice with Life and Death to prevent Tailtiu from getting KO’d in one hit (this can be mitigated to a certain extent with full buffs - including Defense and Resistance).

• Preferred IV: +ATK or +SPD or +DEF / -RES or -HP
• Weapon: Blárraven+
• Assist: Reposition
• Special: Moonbow
• Passive A: Triangle Adept
• Passive B: Bowbreaker / Quick Riposte / Swordbreaker
• Passive C: Drive Spd / Varies with Team
• Sacred Seal: Distant Def / Deflect Missile

Despite her poor defenses, Tailtiu is actually capable of running a Raven tome set, mostly thanks to the Distant Def seal. She is capable of tanking and taking out even the strongest archers and most red threats, but will need to be mindful of anyone running Cancel Affinity.

Bowbreaker is taken mainly to prevent Tailtiu from getting run over by archers like Brave Lyn and Halloween Jakob, as both are easily capable of potentially landing a quad strike on her. Quick Riposte provides better coverage, though she does run the risk of getting overpowered by stronger enemies. Swordbreaker can help break through the high Speed of many sword units, but keep in mind that attacking certain sword units like Ayra and Zelgius can result in an incredibly potent retaliation that Tailtiu cannot handle, even with Triangle Adept.

Distant Def is vitally important to increase Tailtiu’s defenses enough to allow her to feasibly survive the stronger ranged threats this build is designed to tackle. Deflect Missile is a bit more niche than Distant Def, but can work great if not running Bowbreaker as it goes a long way to protect Tailtiu from quad strikes.