Lugh

Weapon: Tome of Reason (+Eff)

Assist: Positional Assist 

Special: Glimmer 

Passive A: Atk/Spd Unity / Atk/Spd Ideal / Bonus Doubler 

Passive B: Null Follow-Up 

Passive C: Atk/Spd Menace / Atk/Spd Oath 

Sacred Seal: Atk/Spd Solo / Blade Session 

• Tome of Reason’s effective +8/8/21/21 makes Lugh a powerful Player Phase unit that can typically afford to skip out on Desperation, a B Slot that allows him to perform a follow-up attack before an enemy counterattack if his HP is ≤ 75%. Lugh can sacrifice this circumvention of bulk for Null Follow-Up, neutralizing guaranteed enemy follow-ups and effects that prevent Lugh’s follow-up; this indirectly provides bulk anyway, effectively halving the damage Lugh takes against enemies that would have had a guaranteed follow-up.
• Generally, Atk/Spd Boosting A Slots are good choices, but there are some standout ones:
  • Granting +5 Atk/Spd and reversing visible Atk/Spd debuffs and panicked buffs if Lugh is within 2 spaces of an ally, Atk/Spd Unity is a fantastic choice. At worst, it still grants +5 Atk/Spd, and at best, it can grant much, much more.
  • If Lugh’s HP is 100% or he has visible buffs (which Tome of Reason grants), he gains +7 Atk/Spd (or +9 Atk/Spd if both conditions are fulfilled) with Atk/Spd Ideal.
  • In combination with visible Atk/Spd buffs from allies or C Slots such as Atk/Spd Menace and Atk/Spd Oath, Bonus Doubler can be a jack-of-all-trades pick, doubling Lugh’s visible buffs during combat.
• Likewise, notable Atk/Spd Boosting S Slots include Atk/Spd Solo and Blade Session, with the former granting +6 if Lugh is not adjacent to an ally and the latter granting +3 if no allies have moved, +6 if 1 has, and +9 if ≥ 2 have.

Weapon: Tome of Reason (+Eff) 

Assist: Rally Atk/Spd+ / Positional Assist 

Special: Glimmer 

Passive A: Atk/Spd Boosting A Slot 

Passive B: Ruse Skills / Null Follow-Up / Desperation / Link Skills

Passive C: Atk/Spd Menace / Atk Tactic 

Sacred Seal: Atk/Spd Solo / Spd Tactic

• Because Tome of Reason grants +6 Def/Res to Lugh and allies within 2 spaces at the start of the turn, he can play a somewhat unorthodox role of a hybrid between a buff-bot and a combat unit.
• The cornerstone of this set is how Lugh grants Atk/Spd buffs to his allies: this can be done via Rally Atk/Spd+, Atk/Spd Link with a positional Assist, or Atk Tactic + Spd Tactic in his C and S Slots.
  • If using the formermost or lattermost options, Lugh has a free B Slot to work with. With Rally Atk/Spd+, Ruse Skills are powerful options, inflicting -5 to 2 stats and Guard on enemies within cardinal directions of Lugh and his Rally target (or Lugh and his Rally ally). With either Rally Atk/Spd+ or Tactics, Lugh can use combative B Slots such as Null Follow-Up and Desperation, with the former neutralizing guaranteed/prevented follow-ups and the latter allowing Lugh to perform a follow-up attack before an enemy counterattack if his HP is ≤ 75%.
• Atk/Spd Boosting A and S Slots maximize Lugh’s damage output, making them premier choices. Special mention goes to Atk/Spd Unity, granting +5 Atk/Spd and reversing visible Atk/Spd debuffs and panicked buffs during combat. This synergizes well with Atk/Spd Menace, which Lugh can use in his C Slot if not using Tactics; inflicting -6 Atk/Spd on the nearest enemies within 4 spaces and granting +6 Atk/Spd to himself at the start of the turn, Lugh will always have high Atk/Spd buffs to elevate his damage.
• If desired, Life and Death or Fury in Lugh’s A and S Slots can be chosen so he can soak visible debuffs for allies. Notable visible debuffs include Chill Atk, Chill Spd, and the Bright Shrine in Aether Raids.

Weapon: Tome of Reason (+Eff) 

Assist: Positional Assist 

Special: Noontime / Glimmer 

Passive A: Atk/Res Unity / Close Countering A Slot / Distant Def 4

Passive B: Null Follow-Up

Passive C: Joint Drive Atk / Pulse Smoke 

Sacred Seal: Form Skills / Solo Skills / Mystic Boost

• With Tome of Reason effectively granting Lugh +8/8/21/21 during combat, he can be an extremely proficient Enemy Phase unit. Ideally, Lugh is paired with a Near Save Armored ally so he can focus on handling specifically ranged enemies; this allows him to use powerful A Slots such as Atk/Res Unity, which can reverse Atk/Res debuffs and panicked buffs, and Distant Def 4, granting +8 Def/Res against ranged enemies and neutralizing their visible buffs. However, giving him a close-countering A Slot such as Close Reversal (+5 Defense), Close Foil (+5 Atk/Def, but no counterattack against Dragons), or Close Counter (no in-combat stat buffs) is a viable choice as well, as it allows him to counterattack against both melee and ranged enemies.
  • For a specialist ranged tank set with a Near Save ally, Form Skills such as Atk/Spd Form and Spd/Res Form are strong choices, as Lugh will likely be within 2 spaces of 3 allies to gain +7 to his stats. For a close-countering set, Lugh is less likely to be adjacent to any allies (let alone within 2 spaces of 3 allies), making Solo Skills strong choices for +6 to 2 stats. For both sets, Mystic Boost’s 6 HP healing after combat is very valuable, though the prevalence of Deep Wounds makes this seal potentially useless.
• Special acceleration from allies such as Thorr and Duo Hilda allows Lugh to activate 2-cooldown Specials such as Noontime (healing for 30% of damage) and Glimmer (1.5x damage) on his first counterattack, making these Specials strong choices. Glimmer is chosen over Moonbow because Tome of Reason inflicts a Resistance debuff on the enemy during combat.
• Null Follow-Up continues to be a much-desired effect, neutralizing effects that prevent Lugh’s follow-up attack (which would halve his damage) or guarantees the enemy’s follow-up attack (which would double his damage taken). The same logic applies for desired C Slots; Joint Drive Atk boosts Lugh and allies’ damage output via +4 Attack, while Pulse Smoke improves their survivability via inflicting Special cooldown on enemies within 2 spaces after combat (removing dangerous pre-charged Specials such as Deadeye and Luna from the equation).