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How do you build units with -Atk?

Welp, I recently got Zelgius from a yolo pull and he's +HP, -atk. Any ideas to work with -atk units in general?

Asked by kent675511 months 2 weeks ago
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Since I actually ran a Zelgius with those same IVs before merging him into a Def+/Res- version, he's still viable despite the Attack bane if used primarily for enemy phase. Because he has Fierce Stance Zelgius reaches an Attack of 55 during the enemy phase, still very respectable.

His HP with the boon reaches 49, which is the same amount you get from a +1 merged Black Knight, which can help him take advantage of his default Panic Ploy skill. I think he can run an Earth Boost if you so desired since his HP is high, though it falls short when compared to Arden whose naturally high HP allows him to run such a skill.

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Vantage if he's taken some hits, allowing him to at least either do some damage before falling or killing his attacker outright.

Quick Riposte helps secure kills during enemy phase, though once the threshold is passed he's a sitting duck.

While Fierce Stance works, if you're going for QR he might benefit from Winter Chrom's Brazen Atk/Def to at least ensure he can stay in QR range if he's already got some hits done to him yet still manageable to not lose QR range.

Hope it helps somewhat.

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Thanks with your input, alas, I'm out of Subaki fodder for QR and I can't sacrifice my Winter Chrom as he's a seasonal. I'll be content with my pull and experiment with various skills.

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If you got 4-star Lon'qu or Reinhardt, Vantage can work. It's helped my Black Knight before he inherited one of my spare Winter Tharjas' Vengeful Fighter. My Zelgius is running Vantage as well, though I might give him Quick Riposte since I got a spare 3-star Subaki I can train up.

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It depends on the character, but in genral you can patch up the loss in attack with a atk+3 seal or by using an attack increasing A slot. There are some character that are afected by the iv, character like brave roy who has heavy blade in the weapon is the one who is most afected by this, while other will be less afected, in your case zelgius won't lose that much since he can still reach a considerable amount of attack with fierce stance and he has black luna.
Normally if i pull a -atk character i won't invest much resources untill i find one with better ivs

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I just build the -atk unit as I would any other one and just hope I get a another one with better IVs in the future. If Idon't then I just end up with a worse version of what could be a better unit but that's fine, I just don't it as much as I would like.

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