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Good units for Flashing Blade

Got a spare Mia benched for a while now.
Flashing blade feels too premium to pass on, but I'm not sure whom to give it to.
Was thinking of Kaze or Legault (if he'll be a 4*) but not really sure.
What kind of units could I use it on?
For me it feels that the skill is in a wierd limbo of 'premium, but not good enough'

Asked by Sir of Coffee6 months 2 weeks ago

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The problem is that it sorta requires the use of something like L&D or Brazen Atk/Spd, which it takes the slot of. Basically you'll need buffs, but also either a refinable weapon or one that gives extra speed. Some of the speedier blue mages (Linde, Bridal Caeda) or really fast Red Swords, (Karla, Lon'qu) and also +Spd +Eff Basilikos Raven are decent users of it.

I think most of those would have an easier time with heavy blade.

Ishtar possibly, due to her tome effect?

Ishtar might be good!
Her high speed often feels like overkill, but it might work here.

One-round glacies/dragon fang on repeated engagements. Impressive.

Or iceberg/draconic aura even in desperation mode

Legault is definitely a good candidate but Kaze not so much.

some budget options are Athena and Lon'Qu

Legendary Ryoma isnt a bad option because of his base 39 spd and access to flier buffs as well as vantage, sacrificing bushido. with phantom spd and something like moonbow, he can bait a squishy red or green with vantage and thanks to flashing blade and phantom spd (if he OHKOs // doesnt die) then he'll have a fully charged moonbow ready for the next bait or attack.

flashing blade is in a really awkward place where you have to have a LOT of spd to really make use of it while sacrificing your A slot. Fast units usually run desperation but without the A slot, they fall short on a lot of doubles so desperation wont matter so much.

With that in mind, Karla is actually the best candidate for flashing blade because she reaches 44 spd with a boon and her weapon was made to be run with phantom spd. phantom spd also combos with flashing blade and she comes with wrath so she can potentially become an incredible nuke but lacks desperation or vantage which hinders her longevity but longevity doesnt matter in arena.

I like Legault over Kaze, but what makes the giant difference? Legault has just 2 more speed and with iceberg, Kaze could nuke a lot.
Fliers like L!Ryoma can't use flashing blade, sadly.

I'd say Ishtar, her overkill speed is perfect for the job, and you can run Luna too, as her Killer Tome grants her an additional -1 cooldown on her Special.

I use a flashing blade on my Fir +spd with desperation for a guaranteed iceberg proc. The same idea might also work with a +spd Lucina with a sealed falchion too but I haven't tried it.