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Vanguard Ike build idea

Since I've only pulled one copy of him... out of 420~ orbs or so, I'm thinking the creative way to make a suitable build would be the following:

Weapon: Ragnell
Assist: Reposition
Special: Radiant Aether
A: Warding Breath
B: Quick Riposte 3
C: Threaten Def 3 / Def Tactic 3 / Flexible
S: Distant Def 3 / Close Def 3

The way this build works is that if your Vanguard Ike comes with a Res boon because of RNG, then you can opt to try this out. 24 Res is still not impressive, but with Warding Breath it will push it to a decent 28 Res. With one of the two seals, Close and Distant Def, this pushes it further up to 34 Res. Allowing him to take abuse from magic users more comfortably.

With Distant Def seal, he can check many Green Tome, Dagger and Bow users. He can check certain amount of Red Tome users, but definitely not Blue Tomes. Of course, this won't stop Brave Lyn and it doesn't make him immune to Poison Dagger+, but the latter will still sting a bit.

With Close Def seal, he becomes a great physical wall. Having this seal equipped also means that he can mitigate damage from Breath users not named Nowi. Myrrh and Fae might run into issues with dealing this variant of Ike because of his natural asset.

And even if he doesn't come with a Res boon, a neutral Res can still work. If he has a Res bane but has a boon elsewhere like Attack, Speed or Def, then you can forget about this build and replace Warding Breath with Steady Breath as soon as you're able.

Asked by TheSeunger11 months ago
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