Defensive Effie

Well you set it was a defensive Effie so normally I would go death blow but hey its defensive but I wouldn't recommend fury on the build as she doesn't really benefit from speed and yeah wary fighter needs Hp.

Well you set it was a defensive Effie so normally I would go death blow but hey its defensive but I wouldn't recommend fury on the build as she doesn't really benefit from speed and yeah wary fighter needs Hp.

there are lots of different ways to run a defensive effie.
i personally think that brazen def is better than fury, if you have it.
one method i like is a +def slaying lance and bonfire. deliberately not choose wary fighter, because it’s based on the enemy attacking you twice and allowing you to proc bonfire. this is a more enemy phase setup.
btw if you want a “full tank” you probably want berkut’s lance.

I wouldn't recommend Brave Lance with a defensive build. Slaying Lance refined with Def would be better - you could still bait and then retaliate with Bonfire on your next attack. Would also not recommend Fury since she wants to keep her HP above the Wary Fighter threshold.

Brazen Atk/Def would be better than Def/Res with that framework. If you want to use Brazen Def/Res I would recommend a Res boon and Res refine on her weapon to make her a mixed tank - however using Brazen means that she won't have Distant Counter which makes a mixed tank build a little less effective since she can't retaliate against mages when they attack. I guess it depends on what resources you have available and how much you really want to invest in Effie, but keep in mind that Hector will be on his BHB banner in early July, so DC fodder is just around the corner!

Based on your strategy, I would suggest either the QP seal or a 2-cooldown special (moonbow will net you the most KOs at 51atk, but glimmer might be better if she receives an atk+4 or atk+6 from a teammate or if you go with any brazen skill that boosts atk). That way, even if she gets hit by a ranged unit, she's going to destroy someone on her turn.

I do think you're better with a brazen skill. Brazen def/res as a way of surviving when wary fighter is down seems dubious to me, because you have less than 25HP and 30 res and everybody's going to double you. Any mage or dragon with at least 42 atk (i.e. all of them) will down her. Nor does it make sense as a way of trying to keep wary fighter up, because in the absolute best case scenario you have 40HP (brazen activates) and 30 res, and you can take 15 damage before wary fighter breaks down, so your attacker needs to have 45atk (56 if red), which any blue or green mage or dragon can do. And that's in the absolute best possible scenario; most of the time your HP will be less than 40. So unless you want to switch to a Berkut's lance (which might not enable you to bust your opponent when it's your turn, but has its own advantages because if you refine it for res then she has 34 res on enemy phase even before brazen def/res activates), I would tend to go with brazen atk/def (which is now available in the 4* summoning pool).

The other option you can go for is slaying lance + glimmer, but since you've already set up with brave lance, you would have to sacrifice another 5* and probably unnecessarily, since this build probably does the job just fine.