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Neutral Ephraim A-Skill?

Hey everyone, I'm building a neutral IV'd Ephraim with his refined Siegmund and I'm wondering what A-Skill you guys reckon would be best for him.
I'm planning to run his typical quad-buff build with Renewal on his B-Slot whilst running Rally Def/Res in the Assist slot for a potential Sacred Seal option.
My main choices are between Death Blow, Triangle Adept, and Sturdy Blow (No Steady or DC shenanigans). Personally I find Sturdy Blow to be quite attractive as it synergises well with Siegmund and provides him with some extra Arena weighting, however I already have a (fairly rare) Triangle Adept 3 on him from the pre-refinement days which also sounds quite tempting since it works better as a supportive option IMO and synergises better with a potential Quick-Reposte Sacred Seal.

I'd love to hear what you guys think and very much appreciate any help you have to offer. Cheers everyone.

And as a bonus question, what's your preference between running a multi-target Fortify Seal or a Dual Rally + Flexible Sacred Seal?

Asked by InFinite11 months ago

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I use Death Blow. It helps because it gives you the highest chance of one shotting blue mages and lancers without having to be countered at all.

^^Believe her, she is a Goddess.

Also Ephraim is really fun with heavy blade, so heaving the extra atk compared to sturdy blow helps.

Hmm Death Blow is clear best dps varriant.
Triangle Adept just shredder red and help him to better tank them still green want to destroy what can be actually be a advantage too because you can manip enemy AI.
Sturdy Blow is actually a good option too like you said and give him dmg incrase and defense.

Short said actually all 3 are great and depends on situation nothing wrong with them would stay with actually Ta cause of enemy AI manip.

Dual Rally give more Points but yeah losing a good mobility assist is your choose still it should be maybe the best choice if you have a blade in team!

If you've got a spare Fjorm I'd highly recommend Atk/Def bond. As a buffer it suites Ephraim perfectly, plus it boosts his two best stats on both phases. I like how it pairs with Vantage too as anyone needs to either one-shot him or face 3 strikes from him.

If a spare Fjorm is not available I think Sturdy Blow is the next best since it gives more scoring over Death Blow. You only lose out on 2 points of damage while potentially gaining 4-8 points of HP.

Personally I hate the TA builds for Ephraim, it changes him from front line duelist to red-only nuker and blade-buffer.

His A slot is his toughest as Fury, the go-to for 90% of everyone, kinda sucks on him. You've got the rest of this build down. I particularly like how you use Renewal, keeping his 90% healthy and scoring higher than my build''s Vantage.