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High end Effie build?

She's gonna be part of my arena core(soon to be +10 5 star) and I want to do something a little different from the normal DC Berkut's Lance, so here's what I'm thinking.
+res/-Spd
Slaying Lance/Slaying Spear(refined for Res)
Pivot
Aether
Close Defense 3
Vengeful Fighter
Panic Ploy/Threaten def(Armor March when I can use an Armored bonus hero)
Close Defense 3 seal.
That's 37/35 base Def Res, with those numbers spiking to 49/47 when she's on the defensive. Slaying Lance guarantees an Aether on her second counter strike, while Slaying Lance allows for easier destruction of problematic armors. I know with Berkut's Lance, she has more res against dragons, but she doesn't need that much against blue and res dragons, and green dragons are handles by Fae and Sigurd. So, which weapon sounds better?

Asked by kratos109878 months 1 week ago

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Berkut's lance and Slaying Lance are 2 possibility based on your playstyle :
Do you want to be tanky as hell or rekt the shit out of the ennemy?

I actually think Slaying lance is better because berkut is really for a DC build for rekt thoses annoying mages and take near 0 dmg.
But for a normal unit without DC, Berkut will only help vs dragons (so only 8 units, although all top tier or near but only 8 unit) for 7 more res, but with 47 res (with slaying lance), she is more than capped for taking close to nothing.
Nowi +10 with atk boon and fury have 55 atk, so 7dmg per hit, 14dmg for a round... I don't talk about fae/myrrh and F!Robin 'cause you don't want to tank them, and for other dragon.... ninian have no dmg without TA and Tiki (A! and Y!) have weapon disavantage and less atk than nowi.

But with Berkut's lance, Aether will be charged for the player phase, so possibly use on a unit full life for more regen, because the 2nd attack of effie with slaying lance (aether proc) will hit a target low life (only great physical walls will not be low life), so it's not a good option for general healing.

A quick summary :
Berkut = more (potential) regen with aether and more bulk vs dragon/ mage (taking no dmg vs nowi atk boon fury without buff)
Slaying spear = a bit less bulky vs dragons, less regen with aether but the insurance of killing the ennemy who have engaged you (bulky or not)

Hope it will be usefull

If you're using Distant Counter, then Berkut's lance would be your best option.

If not running DC, then Slaying Lance would be your best bet, as the +7 res will only help against dragons.