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Would this be a good build for Alphonse?

I've had Alphonse sitting as an unbuilt 5 star for months now. So I thought of a different kind of build than the standard triple Brazen. Does it look like it could work?

Barrier Sword (Res)
Swap
Bonfire/Iceberg
DC
Def/Res Link
Def, Atk, or Res Odd/Even Wave
Quick Riposte

It's pretty god damn expensive. But if I got the resources, could it be viable?

Asked by ShieldOfWind1 week 1 day ago

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I doubt it.
The best way to use Alfonse is to make use out of his weapon. Him with a generic sword really just makes him worse than other mergable units.

IF you want to use DC, you can go for a dual brazen + vantage build. Something like this.
That's 65 atk when in brazen range

For a build like this Athena is an option.
There's quite a bit of flexibility with her defences (both def and res are superboons) and the B+seal
I would make sure that she gets ether a buff or skill for spd though, 38 is just a tad short of save doubles.

Uuuugh, but the typical builds are booooring :P

Being serious, I don't know what it is about me. But if it's a build that literally everyone uses on that unit, I don't like using it. It just feels so predictable and bland at that point. I like uniqueness and originally. I'm not knocking the build, I'm sure it works. But its just a thing with me in using builds that are the norm.

Here's the thing, you gotta go with a character that can run something 'wierd'

Like using Lukas with berkut's lance and fortress def/res 2.

Alfonse's roles are: Defence, Brash assault+desperation offence, vantage brazen.

Yeah I guess it is true he can only run so many builds. I just like uniqueness.

Most people only use Alfy as an arena bonus unit, which the brazen build is better at. DC isn't that useful in high-tier arena because you won't fight many ranged units and the big atk and def boosts from the brazens help him take on the whole enemy team to get those bonus kill points.

If you just want to use him generally as a mixed tank it seems like it could work. Though it does kind of look like a worse version of L!Ike.