Why Can't we have More Builds like This?

Looks like the most cookie-cutter attempt to spam SP on a unit that was merged before armours became all the rage

I would probably respect the build more if it used atk ploy and a more appropriate special, and maybe if the def stat was higher.

So we are calling bad builds "creative" now?
Sorry bud, but if your character has a great attack stat, a ridiculous speed stat, and a tome that adds your buffs as extra attack, with the drawback of having absolute garbage defenses, not using that isn't creative, its inefficient at best, and dumb at worst.
Besides, i have seen this build a lot of times, its not even new, its just trying to get more scoring for arena.
It should have started with a double rally tho, at least thats somewhat useful.

Flashing Blade would probably be pretty good for this Nino in the hands of the player, but give this unit Close Defense seal for a defense team and she'll be a handful. A base 65 defensive bulk (more with adjacent allies) is quite the stat line, and a 1-shot isn't a guarantee for all arena teams. Throw her on a tactics team and she'd be an absolute monster.

That said, you could also run CC and her typical Blade tome too, especially if you're relying on the AI.

I'm not sure what all the flack is about with some of these replies. Sure, this Nino may not be 'optimal' as a stand alone, but if you take into consideration all the support she could receive from her teammates, she has a lot of potential to catch people off guard. Run this Nino with Titania (another person who has been maligned for having a 'bad' refine) and some Infantry/Ostia's Pulse and now you're looking at a 3-charge Aether with formidable bulk for a mage.

This is actually a really good build you found. I'm planning on building my Nino like this--minus Close Counter because I don't want to fodder my spare Takumi--since she makes a surprisingly good Ranged tank with this set-up.

Though, I think that this is going to be much better in the player's hands than it is under AI control.

How funny to see disagree comments get downvotes.

Not too new either useful except Arena score as everyone knows. A semi-tank close counter with IV of bladetome +spd/-hp, not to mention desperation - player phase skill with Owl tome which requires all teammates to stay adjacent as enemy phase units

And next time Delthia, Katarina, Linde close counter ; Henry, Julia, Lilina bladetome will be considered "creative".
P/s: you see that build amazing, but to find it effective or not, you gotta have her+10 and try first in 5-7 deathless runs arena.

We don't see many builds like this cause it's really only used by people who actually care about getting to and staying in Tier 20. It's a very common build for people who just want as many points in Arena as possible, it's not actually all that great by any standard, aside from maybe being able to tank dragon units to avoid the Quick Riposte almost all of them have, but normal Bladetome Nino can often just kill those same dragon units on player phase and suffer the exact same damage anyways, which is all around better.

Don't get me wrong, I like interesting builds, I run atk and spd smoke on my +10 Jaffar with Swift Sparrow instead of LnD so his bulk stays intact, then with +spd IV I have Desperation on him. Sure, he may be better off just running double Savage and Poison Strike to accentuate the effects of his unique dagger, but I prefer running him as an offensive mage assassin with incredible debuff potential instead.

The key though, is that it's actually a unique build in that not many people do it, where as this Nino owl build is as I mentioned earlier a common point-grab build for Arena, and is actually just as cookie-cutter as the Bladetome builds but less effective.

Why can’t we?
Because everyone on gamepress loves to bash every build ever... lol