Florina

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.

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.