Effie

Default
Attack
Special
Injured

Blue Lance

Analysis by raelet

Effie - Army of One
3-4 Obtainable as a 3 - 4 only

Hero Stats

Max Avg Total Stats at Lvl 40

168

HP 50

ATK 40

SPD 22

DEF 33

RES 23

Stat Variations

Level 1 Stat Variation

Weapon

5★

4★

3★

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	21 21 23 23	11 27 13 29	4 4 6 6	10 10 12 12	3 3 5 5
Middle	22 22 24 24	12 28 14 30	5 5 7 7	11 11 13 13	4 4 6 6
High	23 23 25 25	13 29 15 31	6 6 8 8	12 12 14 14	5 5 7 7

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	20 20 22 22	11 22 13 24	3 3 5 5	10 10 12 12	2 2 4 4
Middle	21 21 23 23	12 23 14 13	4 4 6 2	11 11 13 13	3 3 5 5
High	22 22 24 24	13 24 15 26	5 5 7 7	12 12 14 14	4 4 6 6

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	20 20 22 22	10 18 12 20	3 3 5 5	9 9 11 11	2 2 4 4
Middle	21 21 23 23	11 19 13 21	4 4 6 6	10 10 12 12	3 3 5 5
High	22 22 24 24	12 20 14 22	5 5 7 7	11 11 13 13	4 4 6 6

Level 40 Stat Variations

Weapon

5★

4★

3★

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	47 47 49 49	37 53 39 55	19 19 21 21	29 29 31 31	20 20 22 22
Middle	50 50 52 52	40 56 42 58	22 22 24 24	33 33 35 35	23 23 25 25
High	53 53 55 55	43 59 45 61	25 25 27 27	36 36 38 38	27 27 29 29

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	44 44 46 46	35 46 37 48	17 17 19 19	28 28 30 30	18 18 20 20
Middle	47 47 49 49	38 49 40 51	20 20 22 22	31 31 33 33	21 21 23 23
High	50 50 52 52	41 52 43 54	23 23 25 25	34 34 36 36	24 24 26 26

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	43 43 45 45	33 41 35 43	16 16 18 18	26 26 28 28	17 17 19 19
Middle	46 46 48 48	36 44 38 46	19 19 21 21	29 29 31 31	20 20 22 22
High	49 49 51 51	39 47 41 49	22 22 24 24	32 32 34 34	23 23 25 25

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.

HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Average	Best	Worst	Best	Best

Skill Sets

Enemy Phase Bruiser

Build by raelet

Recommended

	Effie's Lance (+Eff) Alternate: Courtly Candle+ (+Res)	A	Distant Counter Alternate: Distant Foil
	Swap	B	Vengeful Fighter 3 Alternate: Slick Fighter 3
	Noontime Alternate: Aether	C	Pulse Smoke 3 Alternate: Atk Smoke 3
IVs	+ATK / -SPD	S	Atk/Def Solo 3 Alternate: Spd/Res Solo 3

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Preferred IV: +ATK / -SPD

Weapon: Effie's Lance (+EFF) / Courtly Candle (+Def) or (+Res)

Assist: Swap

Special: Noontime / Aether

Passive A: Distant Counter / Distant Foil

Passive B: Vengeful Fighter / Slick Fighter

Passive C: Pulse Smoke / Atk Smoke

Sacred Seal: Atk/Def Solo / Spd/Res Solo

Effie's Lance neutralizes all of her foe's field buffs during combat, but only in the first combat of each phase. If you foresee Effie being used as more of an omnitank (such as in a game mode like Aether Raids) and taking on multiple foes per phase, then Courtly Candle is actually more useful, as the buffs remain on her and she gets a hefty -50% damage reduction in the first attack.
The rest of this set is straightforward - Vengeful Fighter helps Effie to set up Noontime procs, or even Aether procs if you're able to tank both of her enemy attacks, though the heal from Aether will likely be minimal since it'll come on the second hit of her attack.
The rest is simply about what you'd like her to do: she can enhance her Res stat via a boon, refine, and Spd/Res Solo seal to be more of an omnitank, or she can enhance her Defense further via Distant Foil and Atk/Def Solo in order to be a physical damage specialist.

One Woman Army (Player Phase)

Build by raelet

Recommended

	Slaying Lance+ (+Atk) Alternate: Slaying Lance+ (+Def)	A	Death Blow (3 or 4) Alternate: Atk/Def Solo 4
	Swap	B	Bold Fighter 3
	Galeforce Alternate: Ignis	C	Armor March 3 Alternate: Armored Stride 3
IVs	+ATK / -DEF	S	Death Blow 3 Alternate: Atk/Def Solo 3

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Preferred IV: +ATK / -SPD

Weapon: Slaying Lance+ (+Atk/Def)

Assist: Swap

Special: Galeforce / Ignis

Passive A: Death Blow / Atk/Def Solo

Passive B: Bold Fighter

Passive C: Armor March / Armored Stride

Sacred Seal: Death Blow / Atk/Def Solo

Due to Effie's high Attack and armor inheritance, she can fit right in on an Armored Galeforce team thanks to the synergy between Bold Fighter, Slaying Lance, and Galeforce. Bold Fighter grants her two guaranteed hits with cooldown reduction on each hit, while Slaying Lance reduces the Special Cooldown of Galeforce to 4.
This means that as long as Effie strikes twice and her opponent does not have a Guard effect, Effie will activate Galeforce and be able to attack another opponent.
This allows Effie to be used well in Aether Raids Offense, where she can KO several units at a time.
Death Blow and Atk/Def Solo are interchangeable here, though if you're concerned about her getting oneshot in return, you may want to use a Resistance boosting skill in her A or S slot, such as Warding Blow or Mirror Strike.

Strengths

High Attack

With a boon that grants her 40 base Attack, Effie is a hard hitter. Her access to skills like Bold Fighter and Vengeful Fighter means that she can leverage her Attack by hitting multiple times.

Armor Inheritance

Armors have access to very strong skills like Bold Fighter and Slick Fighter, which helps Effie overcome her poor mobility in combat.

Weaknesses

Poor mobility

Despite its strengths, being an armor unit has its disadvantages as well. Namely, poor mobility - Effie can only move one space per turn. This can be mitigated via Armor March, but even that carries the opportunity cost of taking the skill, as well as forcing positioning requirements.

Anti-Armor weapons

As an armor unit, Effie shares a weakness to anti-armor weapons such as Hammer. Technically she could easily mitigate this with Svalinn Shield, but it severely limits her potential to not be able to run another A skill like Distant Counter.

User Submitted Builds

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Effie build by Banandana 04-09

	First Bite+ (+Res)	A	Sturdy Blow 2
	Swap	B	Wary Fighter 3
	Aether	C	Hone Armor
S	Heavy Blade 3

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SS: Varies, usually Heavy Blade or Armored Boots.
Experimenting between Swap and Pivot as assists.

Work in progress.

Desired build:
IV ... +Atk -Spd
Weapon: First Bite (+Res)
Assist: Swap or Pivot
Special: Aether
A) Sturdy Blow
B) Bold Fighter
C) Ward or Goad Armor
SS) Heavy Blade

Effie build by suyanomi 05-02

	Gilt Fork+ (+Res)	A	Distant Counter
	Reposition	B	Bold Fighter 3
	Ignis	C	Panic Ploy 3
S	Quick Riposte 3

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I gave Effie Gilt Fork+ because of the bonuses granted by the weapon and because it will remove any debuff on her atk/DEF, you can also give er Berkut's Lance+ with the res refine so she has 38 res (if you have a +res Effie then she'll have 42 res)

Effie build by TheEleh 12-25

	Silver Lance+ (+Def)	A	Death Blow 4
	Rally Spd/Def	B	Bold Fighter 3
	Galeforce	C	Odd Def Wave 3
S	Armored Boots

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Another of my +10 Arena core. The main idea was to make Effie into a sweeper- a really deadly one, at that. She can actually punch through just about anything that isn't hard catered to physical defense, or anything that isn't green.

That said, this build has some very obvious flaws, but it's definitely fun. I may eventually go for a build that's more defensively oriented, but this has worked for me for now.

Effie build by Nobutora 09-03

	Carrot Lance+ (+Res)	A	Distant Counter
	Rally Spd/Res	B	Bold Fighter 3
	Galeforce	C	Drive Spd 2
S	Panic Ploy 3

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~Big Eater Effie~ (merged +10, DF +5)

Arena support turned offensive generalist. Massive Atk makes Bold Fighter Galeforce extremely reliable for netting kills. DC projects Effie's Atk at range and only works due to her massive HP to survive at least one round. Many weapons (Slaying Lance, Slaying Spear, Wagasa, Vanguard and similar) and seals (Brazen Atk/Res, Armor Boots, Distant Def, QR) are all useful variations, I just find Carrot Lance+ on her hilarious.

Just need Dual Rally for score and Armor March for utility.

Effie build by Galaxia9 05-14

	Slaying Lance+ (+Def)	A	Distant Counter
	Swap	B	Bold Fighter 3
	Galeforce	C	Ward Armor
S	Quick Riposte 3

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With Slaying Lance reducing Galeforce to 4 cooldown, Bold Fighter means Effie can initiate on anything and, assuming the target survives her first hit, she'll activate her special.

Weapon Skills

Weapons	SP	Rng.	Mt.
Iron Lance Learns by default at 1 ★ Unlocks at 1 ★ Lance Users Only	50	1	6
Steel Lance Learns by default at 3 ★ Lance Users Only	100	1	8
Silver Lance Learns by default at 4 ★ Unlocks at 3 ★ Lance Users Only	200	1	11
Silver Lance+ Learns by default at 5 ★ Unlocks at 5 ★ Lance Users Only	300	1	15
Effie's LanceAt start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 50%, grants Atk+6 during combat. Learns by default at 5 ★ Unlocks at 5 ★ Non-Inheritable skill.	400	1	16

Weapon Evolution

Weapon Upgrades

Weapons	HP	SP	Rng.	Mt.
Silver Lance+ (+Atk)	+5	350	1	18
Silver Lance+ (+Res) +4	+5	350	1	16
Silver Lance+ (+Def) +4	+5	350	1	16
Silver Lance+ (+Spd) +3	+5	350	1	16
Effie's Lance (+Eff) At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 50%, grants Atk+6 during combat. During unit's first combat in player phase or enemy phase, inflicts Atk/Def-5 on foe and neutralizes foe's bonuses to Atk/Def (from skills like Fortify, Rally, etc.) during combat.	+3	400	1	16
Effie's Lance (+Atk) At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 50%, grants Atk+6 during combat.	+5	400	1	18
Effie's Lance (+Spd) +3At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 50%, grants Atk+6 during combat.	+5	400	1	16
Effie's Lance (+Def) +4 At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 50%, grants Atk+6 during combat.	+5	400	1	16
Effie's Lance (+Res) +4 At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 50%, grants Atk+6 during combat.	+5	400	1	16

Support Skills

Support Skills	Rng.	SP
SmitePush adjacent ally 2 spaces farther away. Learns by default at 4 ★	1	150

Passive Skills

Passive Skills	SP	Slot
Death Blow 1Grants Atk+2 if unit initiates combat. Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units. Unlocks at 3 ★	50	A
Death Blow 2Grants Atk+4 if unit initiates combat. Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units. Unlocks at 4 ★	100	A
Death Blow 3Grants Atk+6 if unit initiates combat. Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units. Unlocks at 5 ★	200	A
Wary Fighter 1Prevents follow up attack in combat from unit and foes if unit's HP ≥ 90% Only inheritable by armor units.	60	B
Wary Fighter 2Prevents follow up attack in combat from unit and foes if unit's HP ≥ 70% Only inheritable by armor units. Unlocks at 3 ★	120	B
Wary Fighter 3Prevents follow up attack in combat from unit and foes if unit's HP ≥ 50% Only inheritable by armor units. Unlocks at 4 ★	240	B