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which A spassive skill for Xander ?

I'm building a horse emblem team and I am wondering which A passive Xander should run with quick riposte (I don't really want to use fury since it would not be great with QR). I would love to use distant def on him but I don't have any Celica.
So what A passive do any of you think would be better for him ? I intend to use him as a tank as he could get 47 def and 27 res with my horse buffs.

Asked by Elemire1 year 4 months ago

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What's your team? With TA he becomes a great green check, taking only 7 damage from Neutral Julia. If you have a strong blue presence or Reinhardt he runs great with TA.

As you said, Distant Defence is great and Fury is honestly a really good option with QR for Arena since sustainability is no issue in there and he only needs QR once (although he should still be able to get 3 QRs off if he takes 0 damage when trading with his high defence and defence tiles).

Another option is Brave Ike's new Steady Breath. Makes him quite the God tank.

I'm using Camus (fury + vantage) as my blue unit, blade tome Cecilia and Brave Lyn. Unfortunately I don't have any Reinhardt (I gave up on him a while ago since he doesn't seem to want to be part of my team)

I was thinking of Steady breath also. If he's also able to inherit Aether then he'll always activate it in a short time.

Elemire*
With that team TA shouldn't be needed since Cecilia and Lyn can handle greens with no problem, but it can be ran if you need Xander to check red mages better. In this case, unfortunately Distant Defence and Steady Breath are your best options.

Riccochet*
It's quite the investment and it's too early too call it now, but you're right, with Aether he is basically red Brave Ike on a Horse with DC. On the other hand, Bonfire and especially Ignis will make him capable of OHKOing anyone it procs on. With this build he can even potentially run Guard instead of QR to become an untouchable physical Tank.

TA is the best for him imo.

Def+3 is also a workable budget option and you could consider Earth Boost of running the HP +3 seal.

Fury is the best you can get for Xander. but if you don't want that. Sturdy Blow is your best bet. Otherwise Swift Sparrow. And if all else fails. Death blow.

I strongly recommend Earth Boost. His HP is great and with +1 merge it will activate against most units even without HP+3 seal. If you put Ignus on him, he can survive and kill an attacking Camus, as well as pretty much every other Lancer that is fast enough to double him, including Sapphire Lance Azura or the new Brave Lucina.

I've made a video explaining and showing this build in detail here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggBf-WG052I

Thanks for the help, I only have a +Def/-spd Boey so I'm a little sad to feed him to Xander but as I don't have Steady Breath I have no other choice. Great video btw.

You can give him atk +3 if you are in need of a budget choice. That tiny bit of attack helps quite a bit. But if you have a Roy to spare, Triangle Adept 3 is better.