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Draug IV

Howdy,

I managed to pull my 8th Draug, so I intend to merge him up to +7. However, this new pull has a great IV, +spd-HP.

The build I use on him is Slaying Edge, Aether, DC, Special Fighter and Armored March. He is a part of my water Arena core, so he gets a speed (and HP) boost from Fjorm. I also often use Panic Ploy seal on him (he currently has 61 HP with water blessing).

Current IV is +atk-res. He reaches 37 speed, 40 with Water blessing (42 at max merges). With a (dual) rally, he'll hit 43 (45), which seems like a good spot to be in. Attack is at 49 (51 at max merge).

My dilemma is that his attack is mediocre, so the attack boon is great. Res is also a great bane, because dragons and mages can't double him so he even survives things like Nowi. HP seems like a worse bane because I use him for Panic Ploy and it reduces his physical bulk also.

Still, I wonder if the higher speed may be useful. In arena, there are some insanely speedy units, and higher attack doesn't matter too much because you don't want to kill your target (bonus unit arena meta sucks). In Abyssal maps, units can have higher speed then you anticipate (like 'slower' units hitting 40+).

I appreciate your opinions on this guys!

Asked by Cygnus3 weeks 6 days ago

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That's a tough one but I think +Atk/Res is ultimately better. He doesn't have much of a Res stat anyways and he'll be less of a noodle with 51+ Atk. Not to mention an HP bane takes away from his solid Defense bulk and his Panic functionality.

The main magic threats in arena are the Dragon trio (M!Grima/L!Tiki/H!Myrrh). Special Fighter should help him win or preferably survive an encounter with Grima. He should never be engaging with Tiki and Fjorm/someone else can handle Myrrh.

Since he doesn't have a prf Weapon atm, won't need to run DC in arena (unless the bonus unit is an Armor and you want to run an Armor buff in the C slot. Then use DC and that skill.). You can swap in Brazen Atk/Def in its place.

BTW: For PVE maps, you can run DC/Wary Fighter/QR and he should double foes on enemy phase. I do that with my Sheena sometimes. In that case, +Spd/-HP would be better but that's up to you. Stick with +Atk/-Res if you care more for Arena/ having Fire Power.

Left is your current build with Brazen, Right is something to consider and the visible buffs are what his stats would be like with Brazen active.

Hope this helps!

This is really one of the best replies I've ever seen, very well thought out. Thanks for taking the time!

And I was actually arriving at a similar conslusion. I love the insane HP stat he's got for Panic Ploy, and his Attack is mediocre when he has the boon. It's also easier to reach overspeed (the point where additional speed doesn't matter), especially considering the Arena meta is slow (and doubles are guarantueed in other ways).

Your build picture with Darting Stance though. Wth, never thought of that. Great idea!