Halloween Sakura build. thoughts?

- Chill def is more for supporting teammates than for her own combat. It rarely hits mages.
- With that amount of spd, I think you're all in on OHKO. Fast mages will double her and probably win. So I would keep the kitty paddle and probably switch to death blow.
- If you decide to switch out the kitty paddle, I'd say refine the weapon for res, use spd ploy, use an A-skill that grants spd like spd/res bond, and use QR.
- The trouble with death blow is that you can't always go running into the enemy, especially if they are cavaliers, especially if there are multiple of them and/or if there's a dancer. But it's not a good idea to give up player phase. Atk/res solo would be ideal but it's rare. Atk+3 is...oddly enough, actually a decent option. Some mages sit right around 60 physical bulk (usually due to merges) but more than 64 and we're into the realm of mages with more def than res.
- In which case you could go for def ploy. But res wave is fine too.

Really nice. Why a boon in HP ?

I would give her the SPD refine for her weapon at that point.

Your thoughts are similar to my build. I decided to go with Barb Shuriken+ route for utility and the speed refine (refine not pictured) to give her a total of 43 speed and the slaying effect that Barb has. Once she gets into desperation range, she'll be hitting for 61 attack and 47 res twice. Glimmer might be a better choice but I haven't tried it out.

I've noticed that most foes tend to chase her due to her low hp nonexistent defense. Having her hide behind a tank allows her to make great use of her defense ploy. It also allows me to easily manipulate the AI's movement. Unfortunately 43 speed is rather low for a +10 so her desperation won't always kick in, and she wins different important matchups with both guard and cancel affinity as well. For arena runs I've been forced to rely on her Kitty Paddle to handle annoying mages, in the event they appear.

If you have and are willing, you could try running Starfish+. This lets you run desperation and either guard or cancel affinity at the same time.

Hopefully I pull my last one and don't end up stuck at +9 hell.