Hi everyone. Has anyone ever used Mirror Strike to good effect much in the same way that Swift Sparrow has? I'm thinking of inheriting the skill to either my Cecilia and Deirdre. My Cecilia runs the popular blade tome setup but I'm missing a reliable A skill (I have Attack +3 as her A skill). I don't have enough resources at the moment to give my Cecilia a better skill (Death Blow) and am wondering if Mirror Strike would be a good alternative.
Meanwhile, my Deirdre, which unfortunately for me has a +Spd/-Res IV could use a bit of help. I want to be able to make better use of her Res. I gave her the Resistance +2 (I lack the Coins for the last upgrade) to alleviate her low Res, but I still feel she's missing something. I have Swift Sparrow as her A skill but the results have been mixed. I have considered giving her Mirror Strike. I would love to hear everyone's thoughts.
Do you only have one Mirror Strike available? No Olivers laying about? I would personally try Mirror Strike on Deirdre and see how that works in that situation, but that's with the understanding that it might not have the results I desire. Still, I feel it might do the job better on her than on Cecilia.
I would suggest trying Fury, but I know that Deirdre's health stat is absolutely awful, so you can just ignore my whole post if you want lol.
Well, res could sort of work for Deirdre if she was dedicated to mages, especially since she is almost always going to be doubled with her low speed. A mage killer Deirdre would make her tome pointless, and pose serveral other issues on the flip side... and she has that res bane...
Yeah, mirror strike is almost never the way to go but if it's what you have it's what you have.
LnD would make Deirdre a bit of a glass cannon since it would cut into her one redeeming stat via res and she already has low health as it is, but that would probably work best if you could reposition her out afterwards. 38 speed might get you some doubles.
Swift Sparrow has long been a part of my Deirdre's arsenal. However, I'm getting mixed results with Swift Sparrow when I face Dragon Emblem and I would (hopefully) like to get into Tier 19 someday. Fury, Life and Death are really good skills on her but they put her at risk - which I can't have. Plus, I want to give her Res Ploy as well.
The unfortunate thing about Mirror Strike is you want skills like that on player phase units that will be initiating combat a lot, and those units really only care about resistance if it helps them land ploy skills. That's why most people will never recommend anything other than Death Blow, Swift Sparrow, or Darting Blow for offensive units.
That said, Deirdre is probably better off with Swift Sparrow. She gets 35 speed on initiation, add in buffs and you should be able to double some units with middling speed. Of course, if she's using a Watersweep build, Swift Sparrow is the best A skill you can have. Mirror Strike will be marginally better than Attack +3 on Cecilia. If you've got Mirror Strike fodder to spare, go ahead, but if you're thinking about killing your only Sonya for this, it's probably not worth it.
I've never been lucky enough to add Sonya. However, I do have Oliver. As of now, I lack the resources to give Deirdre skills equal to Swift Sparrow. I suggested Mirror Strike for Deirdre because I would like to give her Res Ploy someday - I am fully aware of how niche Mirror Strike is. I've armed Deirdre with Swift Sparrow a long while ago but it doesn't always do the job for me when I attempt to break into the higher Arena tiers (I'm currently at Tier 18) and try for deathless runs.
I also suggested Mirror Strike for Cecilia because her Spd is already low (mine is 22 with no merges - yet). Also, like my Deirdre I also want to be able to run Ploys - if possible.
My Deirdre is the exact opposite IV +Res/-Spd. I put Mirror Strike onto her in order to help her with Iceberg and extra survivability. Depending on what you’re think of doing, you may want to use a different A skill.
If you’re trying to give her a ploy then giving her a skill to directly raise her res would serve better. If you want to do an enemy phase unit then warding stance (if you have it) would be the better option. Replacing her Spd Ploy with Speed smoke and giving her Swift Sparrow would work better if you wanted a player phase unit.
No, Ploy skills activate at the beginning of the turn, so giving her mirror stroke would not help activate the Ploy skill. That’s why a straight stat boost skill (like Fury) could help, but giving her a smoke and making her offensive in order to combat the low res would be better
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