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FINALLY got b!lyn

Would you suggest firesweep bow or brave bow?

Asked by elanbme10 months 3 weeks ago
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Learn them all and choose your favorite. When I first got my B!Lyn I used her so much getting SP was a breeze. Mine is currently equipped with a +Spd Guard Bow for those awkward mage baits.

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Here is my idea of perfect badass build if I ever pull Faye and Mathilda:

Firesweep Bow
A:Swift Sparrow
B:Cancel Affinity
C:Savage Blow 3
S:Poison Strike 3 or Savage Blow 3
Special: Draconic Aura
Assist: Draw back

All Brave Lyn needs is a dancer to hone her attack and speed. So, she starts standing next to dancer, then attacks with boosted stats, then after being danced she draws back the dancer out of enemy reach. Then repeat. The out of combat damage skills are taken so she can wear down tanky foes with 17-14 damage.

I really want a firesweep bow

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Thing is, the only tanky foes that really want you to have Cancel Affinity to deal with are T-Adept Raven Armors, maybe T-Adept Keen Wolf armors. I don't think I've ever seen either combo. Lyn can safely hit DC tanky units with Sacae's Blessing.

On top of that, she's not really oriented for chip damage at all; that's something that Elise does a hell of a lot better with Pain+, splatting everybody in the area with large stacks of damage just by attacking and letting her have her Seal slot free. With a Firesweep Bow, it's easier for Lyn to simply punch gigantic holes in enemies, rather than simply chip at the enemy. Besides, if you've got a dancer there boosting her, why not just punch straight through the enemy? You've still got two more units there with you to get the Dancer and Lyn to safety, and I'm fairly sure that there aren't many things that would survive four hits from a buffed Firesweep Lyn, especially with a quick-charge special like Moonbow.

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Here's the thing about B!Lyn.

There is no bad options on her. The ideal options are Mulagir (her unique bow), Brave and Firesweep; though I've seen Guard is pretty dangerous.

Lyn doesn't really use Silver, Slaying or any of the limited-edition bows very often; though theoretically she can use them all really well, they don't really offer her anything really impressive. Once they give us a Bow Dao, maybe that'll change.

Her personal bow gives her more speed and counters any attempts to set up a tome user by simply ignoring the fact that they've been buffed when they fight, making her a brilliant counter to Blade tomes and a decent counter for horse/armor/flyer buffed emblem mages. Neutral and +Spd B!Lyn love it.

Brave Bow gives her the maximum damage output, but also makes her incredibly frail in my experience, so her enemy phase relies on her being protected. Also works best on a +Atk Lyn.

Firesweep Bow is a great option if you don't want to risk the little speed drop from the Brave Bow. It's also safer for player phase, and pretty much dead weight enemy phase, like all Firesweepers. Again, +Spd loves it.

Guard Bow makes her surprisingly defensive, able to tank hits from enemy archers and dagger users better as well as her natural ranged enemy, the Wolf tomes. Probably best suited to a +Def or Res Lyn.

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I mean, possibly. She might need Distant Defense or +Def refinement to deal with some of the outlier Archers in performance (Jeorge, enemy B!Lyn, etc), but it doesn't lose out too much compared to Firesweep, plus it's a lot easier to get Guard from Setsuna.

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