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Florina - Lovely Flier

3-4

Obtainable as a 3 - 4 only

Hero Stats

Max Avg Total Stats at Lvl 40
157
HP 42
ATK 29
SPD 27
DEF 25
RES 34

Stat Variations

Level 1 Stat Variation
5★
4★
3★
HP ATK SPD DEF RES
Low 17 6 7 5 7
Middle 18 7 8 6 8
High 19 8 9 7 9

Level 40 Stat Variations
5★
4★
3★
HP ATK SPD DEF RES
Low 39 25 24 22 31
Middle 42 29 27 25 34
High 45 32 31 29 37

IV Sets

Key stats worth increasing through nature if possible.
Complementary stats that matter, but not to the point of picking them over key stats for nature increase.
Relatively worthless stat that can safely be decreased through nature.
HPATKSPDDEFRES

Skill Sets

Dream Of A Butterfly (Defensive)

Build by Wecondo12
Recommended
Guard Lance+ (+Res)
Alternate: Allied Lance+ (+Res)
A Distant Stance
Alternate: Distant Counter
Positional Assist B Guard Bearing 3
Alternate: Quick Riposte 3
Iceberg
Alternate: Glacies
C Atk/Def Rein 3
Alternate: Atk Smoke 4
IVs

+ATK or +DEF or +RES or +SPD

(Prioritize having an Attack Asset as one of the chosen assets if using a Floret.)

SMirror Stance 2
Alternate: Close Def 3

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Weapon: Guard Lance+ (+Res or +Def) / Florina’s Lance (+Eff) / Slaying Lance+ (+Res or +Def) / Allied Lance+ (+Res or +Def) / Courtly Candle+ (+Res or +Def) / Piercing Tribute+ (+Spd) / Springy Lance+ (+Spd)

Assist: Positional Assist / Preference

Special: Iceberg / Glacies

Passive A: Distant Stance / Distant Counter / Close Def 4 / Mirror Stance 3 / Sturdy Stance 3

Passive B: Guard Bearing / Quick Riposte 3

Passive C: Atk/Def Rein 3 / Atk Smoke 4 / Preference

Sacred Seal: Mirror Stance / Close Def / Kestrel Stance / Distant Def / Quick Riposte
 

  • In the past, Florina was well renowned as one of the worst lance fliers available due to her poor statline and lack of an exclusive weapon. However, in spite of her exclusive weapon not being a great option (As it’s simply a Slaying Spear with an omnistance effect), the new array of inheritable lances released in the time since then, coupled with her access to a resplendent (if you’re enough of a whale enough to want it that is), make her far more workable than she was in the past, but still not the greatest of units overall. That being said, she can still perform decently as an enemy phase unit when given enough investment.
  • Florina’s exclusive lance is fairly underwhelming due to it merely being a Slaying Spear with an added +4 boost to her stats during enemy phase against melee foes, which does little to help her poor matchup against most armored units unless she invests greatly into her Defense stat. Florina’s statline is much better suited to taking on magic using foes thanks to her hefty HP and Resistance, and as such a Resistance refine on any weapon she takes is an excellent option unless one wishes to invest in her Speed or Defense instead.
  • Distant Stance (Or Distant Counter, depending on availability) allows Florina to serve as a good counter to magic based ranged foes as they both give her the ability to counterattack them on Enemy Phase. However she can also opt for a more melee specialist build while a Far Save unit covers for her matchups against bow users she has little hope of defeating: In this case skills such as Close Def 4 and Stance 3 skills will be her best options.
  • The Guard Lance, Slaying Lance, and Allied Lance are all great weapon options for Florina, although the Guard Lance should not be used alongside Stance skills if one opts for a primarily close range tanking build to avoid overlapping Guard effects. For investing in her Speed, the Piercing Tribute is her best option by far as it allows her to negate effects that guarantee the foe’s follow-up attacks, although the Springy Lance is a decent alternative.
  • Guard Bearing gives Florina 50% damage reduction against the first attack that hits her during enemy phase, which greatly improves her durability against foes that would normally be able to take a large chunk of her HP off with one strike. Quick Riposte is a good alternative as it always is for slower Enemy Phase units.
  • Besides Quick Riposte, typical defensive sacred seals will work just fine for Florina: Examples being Mirror Stance, Close Def, and Distant Def.

A Lone Prayer (Support)

Build by Wecondo12
Recommended
Allied Lance+ (+Res) A Still Water 4
Alternate: Fort. Def/Res 3
Positional Assist B Sabotage Spd 3
Alternate: Sudden Panic 3
Iceberg
Alternate: Glacies
C Joint Drive Atk
Alternate: Stall Ploy 3
IVs

+ATK or +RES

SDrive Atk 2
Alternate: Panic Ploy 3

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Weapon: Allied Lance+ (+Res)

Assist: Positional Assist / Preference

Special: Iceberg / Glacies

Passive A: Still Water 4 / Fort Def/Res 3 / Fortress Res 3 / B Duel Flying 4

Passive B: Sabotage Atk 3 / Sabotage Def 3 / Sudden Panic 3

Passive C: Joint Drive Atk / Stall Ploy / Preference

Sacred Seal: Drive Atk / Panic Ploy / Drive Def

  • Florina’s solid Resistance and HP make her a decent option for a support unit, as she can easily make use of both Sabotage skills and Sudden Panic, in addition to Stall Ploy if desired.
  • A Resistance-refined Allied Lance both raises her HP and Resistance further while also letting her buff the Attack and Defense of allies within 2 spaces, with the helpful upside of also buffing her own Attack and Defense as long she’s within 2 spaces of an ally herself.
  • Still Water and Fort Def/Res both significantly increase Florina’s visible Resistance, and by extension the effectiveness of her Resistance based debuffing skills: Namely Sabotages and Ploys. For arena use, one can also opt for B Duel Flying to both increase her scoring and her HP, making her use of Panic inducing skills more effective.
  • Sabotages and Sudden Panic both allow her to inflict debuffs to any foes with less Resistance than her own, or less HP in the case of Sudden Panic. Which of these debuffing skills is used is largely due to preference.
  • Besides other Ploys, Drive skills are also good options for Florina’s C slot and sacred seal, as they let her significantly buff nearby allies Attack coupled with the Allied Lance’s effects.

Strengths

Great HP and Resistance

With a surprisingly high base 42 HP and 34 Res (Increased to 44 and 36 with Resplendent), Florina can take more hits than one would expect from magic using foes, and even physical foes as she has her vast HP pool to soak hits with.

Not a Ranged Flier

Being a melee flier actually means Florina has access to some decent B slot options: Namely Guard Bearing and Near Trace skills (Although without significant investment she won’t have the offensive capabilities necessary to use Traces well. But hey, at least the option’s there!)

Weaknesses

Poor Stats Besides HP and Resistance

With base 29 Attack, 27 Speed, and 25 Defense, Florina’s other stats are quite weak, and while her Resplendent can shore this up some, her other stats are still quite underwhelming overall.

High Investment

For a 4* available unit, Florina will take a considerable amount of investment to get off the ground due to her cripplingly low stats besides her HP and Resistance. While she has the tools available to improve her performance to a reasonable level in the form of inheritable lances and powerful skills, obtaining all these is a significant investment that may or may not be worth it depending on if you like Florina. I +10’d her though no guilt.

Bow Weakness

A bow weakness coupled with her terrible Defense and Speed make Florina easy target practice for basically any archer with a Speed stat. Oftentimes, it’s not even worthwhile trying to cover for this weakness using Iote’s Shield, as many bow users tend to hit so hard they simply KO her with or without the weakness active.

Weapon Skills

Weapons SP Rng. Mt.
Steel Lance
Learns by default at 3 ★
Lance Users Only
100 1 8
Heavy Spear

Effective against armored units.

Learns by default at 4 ★
Unlocks at 3 ★
Lance Users Only
200 1 8
Heavy Spear+

Effective against armored units.

Unlocks at 5 ★
Lance Users Only
300 1 12
Florina's Lance

Effective against armored foes.

Unlocks at 5 ★
Non-Inheritable skill.
400 1 16
Weapon Evolution
Weapon Upgrades
Weapon Upgrades

Support Skills

Support Skills Rng. SP
Ardent Sacrifice

Heals adjacent ally 10 HP. Unit loses 10HP (but cannot reach 0 this way)

Learns by default at 4 ★
1 150

Passive Skills

Passive Skills SP Slot
Darting Blow 1

If unit initiates combat, grants Spd+2 during combat.

Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units.
50
A
Darting Blow 2

If unit initiates combat, grants Spd+4 during combat.

Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units.
Unlocks at 3 ★
100
A
Darting Blow 3

If unit initiates combat, grants Spd+6 during combat.

Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units.
Unlocks at 4 ★
200
A
Breath of Life 1

If unit initiates attack, adjacent allies recover 3 HP after combat.

Inheritable by all units.
Unlocks at 3 ★
50
C
Breath of Life 2

If unit initiates attack, adjacent allies recover 5 HP after combat.

Inheritable by all units.
Unlocks at 4 ★
100
C
Breath of Life 3

If unit initiates attack, adjacent allies recover 7 HP after combat.

Inheritable by all units.
Unlocks at 5 ★
200
C

Other Info

Origin
Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

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