Community Posts with Keyword Gwendolyn
Table of Contents
Tier Rating
- Default
- Attack
- Special
- Injured
| Gwendolyn - Adorable Knight |
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Hero Stats
Stat Variations
| HP | ATK | SPD | DEF | RES | |
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| Low | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 5 |
| Middle | 23 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 6 |
| High | 24 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 7 |
| HP | ATK | SPD | DEF | RES | |
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| Low | 46 | 26 | 21 | 35 | 24 |
| Middle | 49 | 30 | 24 | 38 | 28 |
| High | 52 | 33 | 28 | 41 | 31 |
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 |
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Boons
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+DEF: Gwendolyn has incredibly high Defense which is particularly useful as a blue unit due to the abundance of powerful red sword threats in Arena. A +DEF boon turns her into an incredibly solid physical wall.
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+ATK: Thanks to her huge Defense, Gwendolyn can make up for her middling Attack with exceptionally powerful Specials. However, a +ATK boon can help make up for her relative lack of damage without a Special. This may be more valuable than a +DEF boon since it is easily possible for Gwendolyn to boost her Defense to overkill levels.
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+RES: Gwendolyn’s base 28 Resistance is workable, and a boon can make her into a fairly strong mixed tank.
Banes
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-SPD: Gwendolyn’s Speed is easily her worst stat, and is therefore easily dumped. As an armored unit, she has access to skills that allow her to completely circumvent the need for a Speed stat.
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If building Gwendolyn for maximum Arena scoring purposes, then a +SPD boon is the way to go due to it being a superboon (+4 to the stat). Pair it with a -HP bane in order to boost Gwendolyn’s BST to 170, increasing her bin and overall scoring potential.
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- -HP: This isn’t nearly as good as -SPD due to directly impacting Gwendolyn’s bulk, but overall doesn’t have a massive impact on her performance and is the only option available if running +SPD for scoring.
Skill Sets
Knight of Ostia (Defensive Tank)
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Slaying Lance+ (+Def) Alternate: Reprisal Lance+ (+Def) |
A | Distant Counter |
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Swap | B | Special Fighter 3 |
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Bonfire Alternate: Aether |
C | Ward Armor |
| SP | 1635 | S | Quick Riposte 3 |
- Preferred IV: +DEF or +ATK or +RES / -SPD
- Weapon: Slaying Lance+ (+Def) or (+Res) / Reprisal Lance+ (+Def) or (+Res)
- Assist: Swap
- Special: Bonfire / Aether / Ignis
- Passive A: Distant Counter
- Passive B: Special Fighter
- Passive C: Ward Armor / Flexible
- Sacred Seal: Quick Riposte
One of the biggest consequences of the Special Fighter skill is that now any armor can mimic one of the greatest strengths of the Steady Breath/Distant Counter combo, which is to be able to maintain a 1-2 range for counterattacks combined with an accelerated Special charge rate. For Gwendolyn, this means that she is now an even more effective defensive powerhouse due to now being able to instantly activate Bonfire on every counterattack while maintaining Distant Counter. It also allows her to mimic the Steady Breath/Distant Counter/Aether combo that used to be unique to dragons and units with built-in Distant Counter. For all of Gwendolyn’s weapons, either a +Def or +Res refine is acceptable; +Def doubles down on her massive physical bulk (and also boosts her Bonfire/Ignis damage) while +Res helps make her a better mixed tank.
A Slaying Lance is the weapon of choice to allow Gwendolyn to instantly activate Bonfire on every counterattack thanks to Special Fighter. Alternatively, a Reprisal Lance can work well if looking for a higher charge Special like Ignis or Aether. Reprisal Lance is recommended here as a higher damage alternative; Gwendolyn is flexible enough that she can utilize pretty much any lance effectively.
Ward Armor works great for Gwendolyn’s C skill since she’s at her best in an armor team, but can be freely replaced by any other C skill to suit the team. The Quick Riposte Seal is vital for this build, as otherwise Gwendolyn will not be able to make follow-up attacks against most enemies due to her poor Speed.
Lean, Mean, Orange Machine (Mixed Phase)
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Slaying Lance+ (+Def) | A | Distant Counter Alternate: Steady Breath |
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Swap | B | Bold Fighter 3 |
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Ignis Alternate: Bonfire |
C | Armor March 3 Alternate: Ward Armor |
| SP | 1695 | S | Quick Riposte 3 |
- Preferred IV: +DEF or +ATK / -SPD
- Weapon: Slaying Lance+ (+Def/Res)
- Assist: Swap
- Special: Ignis / Bonfire
- Passive A: Distant Counter / Steady Breath / Warding Breath
- Passive B: Bold Fighter
- Passive C: Armor March / Def Ploy / Ward Armor / Flexible
- Sacred Seal: Quick Riposte
This is a standard mixed phase setup for armored units. The combination of Bold Fighter and the Quick Riposte seal means that Gwendolyn will always be able to double, regardless of phase. Furthermore, the increased Special charge from Bold Fighter means that she will always be able to activate her Special on either phase, though she needs to be doubled on Enemy Phase for her Special to activate.
Slaying Lance is important for this build, as the reduced cooldown allows Gwendolyn to run higher damage Specials like Ignis or Bonfire. The choice of refine is mostly up to preference; +Def is generally better due to physical damage threats being significantly more abundant (particularly amongst red units), but +Res is a good option to help round out Gwendolyn’s defenses to improve her matchups against magical threats. Keep in mind that +Def will also increase Gwendolyn’s Special damage in addition to increasing her physical bulk.
The choice of Special is tied to the choice of A skill: run Bonfire only if using Steady Breath or Warding Breath to allow Gwendolyn to activate her Special on every counterattack. Otherwise, Ignis is the best choice.
Distant Counter is important to allow Gwendolyn to take on all types of threats on either phase. However, Steady Breath or Warding Breath can be used instead if ranged threats aren’t an issue.
Armor March is an important skill to have, as the increased mobility makes it much easier for Gwendolyn to close the distance to an enemy in order to engage them on Player Phase. If unavailable or unneeded, then Def Ploy is a good option to help Gwendolyn increase her damage output against enemies with low Resistance or simply to provide support for her team. Ward Armor is always a good choice if running Gwendolyn in an armor team. Her C skill slot can be easily replaced as needed to suit the team.
Great Wall of Ostia (Defensive Tank)
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Berkut’s Lance+ (+Def) Alternate: Slaying Lance+ (+Def) |
A | Distant Counter Alternate: Steady Breath |
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Swap | B | Vengeful Fighter 3 Alternate: Guard 3 |
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Ignis Alternate: Bonfire |
C | Ward Armor |
| SP | 1635 | S | Close Def 3 |
- Preferred IV: +ATK or +DEF / -SPD
- Weapon: Berkut’s Lance+ (+Def/Res) / Slaying Lance+ (+Def/Res)
- Assist: Swap
- Special: Ignis / Aether / Bonfire
- Passive A: Distant Counter / Steady Breath / Warding Breath
- Passive B: Vengeful Fighter / Guard / Quick Riposte
- Passive C: Ward Armor / Flexible
- Sacred Seal: Close Def / Distant Def / Quick Riposte / Flexible
This build is oriented purely toward Enemy Phase prowess, and plays to many of Gwendolyn’s strengths. There are several factors that can drastically change how the build plays out, though the basic premise generally stays the same. The first choice to be made is preferred choice of Special: Ignis will offer by far the best damage output, but Aether offers far superior scoring in Arena and a bit of sustain. Bonfire is only recommended as a Special if paired with Steady Breath or Warding Breath and a Slaying Lance to allow Gwendolyn to activate her Special on every counterattack.
If running Vengeful Fighter with Ignis and an A skill other than Steady Breath or Warding Breath, then basically any lance can be utilized. Berkut’s Lance is recommended due to it giving a large boost to Gwendolyn’s Resistance, rounding out her defenses, but it can easily be replaced with any other lance such as Tannenboom!, Harmonic Lance, Carrot Lance, or Slaying Spear. The choice is entirely up to preference. If running Aether, then Slaying Lance is a must to ensure that Gwendolyn can activate it every combat that she gets doubled thanks to Vengeful Fighter giving an extra Special charge on counterattacks.
Pairing Steady Breath or Warding Breath with Vengeful Fighter is somewhat inefficient due to the increased Special charge gain not stacking, but it is still worthwhile since Vengeful Fighter will not give extra Special charges on enemy attacks as well as having a larger HP threshold than Quick Riposte. If Vengeful Fighter is unavailable, then Guard is a great option for protecting Gwendolyn from enemy Specials, greatly enhancing her survivability. If running Guard, then pairing it with the Quick Riposte seal is a must to ensure that Gwendolyn can still double. Otherwise, running Quick Riposte as a B skill is acceptable despite being strictly inferior to Vengeful Fighter.
If not running the Quick Riposte seal (due to running Vengeful Fighter or Quick Riposte as a B skill), then Close Def and Distant Def are both good choices for simply increasing Gwendolyn’s tankiness. Neither are particularly necessary, however, and can be swapped as needed.
Introduction
As far as armor units go, Gwendolyn excels at being an excellent full-time tank. While she struggles to keep up with the more recently released armors (such as Fallen Hardin), she has a saving grace in that she is available to summon as a 3-4 star unit. This means that she is one of the easiest armored units to obtain ideal IVs and merges for, only competing with Effie in that regard amongst blues.
Gwendolyn’s high Defense is quite useful due to physical units being significantly more prevalent than magical units, particularly amongst reds. This allows her to function as a physical tank quite effectively. However, her middling Attack can make it a bit difficult to secure KOs, though this isn’t much of a problem if she can activate a high-powered Special like Ignis.
While Gwendolyn suffers from typical armored unit problems like poor mobility and a weakness to anti-armor weapons in addition to her shortcomings in her stats, she is still quite a powerful unit simply due to her access to unique armor skills like Bold Fighter. While her best builds require significant investment, she is still fully capable of being a great asset to a team even with a more budget build.
Strengths
Fantastic Defense
Gwendolyn’s strongest stat is her Defense. At 38 base, she is incredibly resilient against physical threats and can leverage this in her favor via powerful Specials to help make up for her middling Attack.
Armor Unit
As an armor, Gwendolyn enjoys access to the armor-exclusive skills Bold Fighter, Vengeful Fighter, and armor buffs (like Ward Armor), as well as a big boost to her BST.
Low Speed
One of the biggest perks of being an armored unit is that Gwendolyn has access to skills like Bold Fighter that allow her to completely circumvent the need for Speed. This means that Gwendolyn can use her low Speed to her advantage by emphasizing her other stats and allowing enemies to double her to more easily activate her Specials.
Great Availability
As a unit available in the 3-4 star summoning pool, Gwendolyn is a fantastic choice for someone looking for an accessible option for long-term potential. Combined with her high BST (and potential to increase further with a +SPD superboon), Gwendolyn is a great unit to bring into Arena for scoring purposes.
Weaknesses
Anti-Armor Weapons
As an armor unit, Gwendolyn shares a weakness to anti-armor weapons such as Armorslayer. Technically she could easily mitigate this with Svalinn Shield, but it severely limits her potential to not be able to run another skill like Distant Counter.
Poor Mobility
As an armored unit, Gwendolyn has very low movement; this can be mitigated with Armor March (or potentially the Armored Boots seal), but that is sacrificing a skill or Seal slot that could otherwise be used for something else.
Low Speed
The downside to having low Speed is that enemies will also be able to charge their Specials much more quickly in addition to dealing more damage if they can break through Gwendolyn’s defenses. This can be mitigated with Guard, but a lot of Gwendolyn’s tankiness can be brushed aside by units with exceptionally powerful Specials.
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Slaying Lance+ (+Def) | A | Steady Breath |
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Rally Spd/Def | B | Renewal 3 |
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Aether | C | Hone Armor |
| S | Quick Riposte 3 | ||
~Large and Orange~ (merged +7) [WIP]
Arena tank almost maxed out, though build is currently for bonus kills rather than support. Thinking to give Atk Smoke to finish score, and perhaps Spd or Res refine if it helps against greater variety of enemies. Waiting on merge update score changes to maybe switch to Atk/Def/Res boon but will most likely keep as is.
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Reprisal Lance+ (+Atk) | A | Distant Counter |
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Reciprocal Aid | B | Vengeful Fighter 3 |
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Ignis | C | Threaten Atk 3 |
| S | Distant Def 3 | ||
The main goal of this build is to maximize Gwendolyn's great defense, while still boosting her lacking resistance and, more importantly, her attack. The +6 attack from her weapon during combat gives her attack which surpasses the black knight in attack, in addition to her having far better resistance.
Keep in mind, this is still a work in progress. In fact, Gwendolyn is missing a few of these skills currently. The stats I've placed are the stats she currently has, which is why it may contradict with my skill choices.
(also indecisive on if i want to use Berkut's lance instead or not.)
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Berkut’s Lance+ (+Def) | A | Warding Breath |
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Rally Spd/Res | B | Bold Fighter 3 |
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Aether | C | Atk Smoke 3 |
| S | Quick Riposte 3 | ||
First of all, this is a heavy investments build as you can see, but it pays itself off. If you're asking yourself "why those IV?" it's because with this she has a superboon(+4 instead of +3) on the SPD stat and a normal bane on the HP stat, which with a BST of 169 makes her jump to 170, which is the next bin and therefore gives you more points in Arena.
Now let's talk about the build, I made this because I was lacking Steady Breath for the one I was aiming for, but it turned out just as good for me. With a base def of 38 and a base Res of 28 she can tank pretty well if built like this, both for Physical and Magical enemies. If SS is given to her she reaches 30 Res and 40 Def, which Berkut's Lance(+Def) and a Warding Breath transform it in a better 41 Res while being attacked(still 44 def tho, which is pretty solid for a +0 unit), then with a +10(which isn't hard to obtain since she can be found at both 3 and 4 star rarity) she reaches 48 Def and 45 Res while being attacked, which is more than enough to tank Dragons(which usually shouldn't double her), most lances and all the swords.
Bold fighter is there both for points and because it's a broken ability to give to an Armored unit, having Aether charge faster both in Enemy and Player Phase is pretty good.
The QR seal is there to let her double in Enemy Phase too, which with Warding Breath means that she's gonna have Aether charged instantly if foe doubles, and if he doesn't it will still be ready for the next turn.
You surely know why Aether is there, but since this is somewhat of a guide to this build I'll say it anyway; it gives you EVERYTHING you lack off, an heal to help her tank more and bring her back into QR range if she ever falls off of it, a 50% Def reduction to enemy which fixes her somewhat low Att Stat and a lot of points to boost your Arena score even more.
Finally, a last advice, if you're gonna play her with this build you should play her with a Tactics team, letting her take the Def and Res buff to boost her defensive stats to 54 Def and 51 Res, and with either an armored unit with Armor March or a flyer unit with Guidance, to help her to reposition herself and move more easily.
That's all, thanks for reading all of this and surviving my bad English :P, btw if you want to add me in game my friend code is 0577984974, I don't have a lot of space left in my friend list, but I'll surely make it for those with interesting/useful builds, I have Gwendy builded like you just saw as my first team unit, so it's up to you.
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Slaying Lance+ (+Def) | A | Earth Boost 3 |
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Draw Back | B | Renewal 3 |
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Ignis | C | Hone Armor |
| S | Quick Riposte 3 | ||
This build focuses entirely on buffing defense to make a great physical wall as well as boost the power of Ignis to an additional 40+ damage. The extra defense comes from the Slaying Lance+ refine, as well as Earth Boost. Renewal is optional, but is recommended to keep Gwendolyn within the Earth Boost range. The -SPD nature contributes well when combined with her poor base speed as well as the Quick Riposte seal and the Slaying Lance+. With this build, Gwendolyn will likely be doubled, but due to Quick Riposte will be able to strike back twice and activate Ignis on the second hit, which will almost certainly defeat or put a large dent in the opposition.
Overall, this build makes Gwendolyn a great defensive wall with the power to defeat most physical units that attack her.
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Slaying Lance+ (+Def) | A | Earth Boost 3 |
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Pivot | B | Wary Fighter 3 |
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Bonfire | C | Hone Armor |
| S | Close Def 3 | ||
Capitalizes on her strong stats, and elevates her defenses to create a solid front-line melee tank. Earth Boost mitigates the defense bane due to her high HP pool, and Panic Ploy works as a good Sacred Seal alternative.
Weapon Skills
| Weapons | SP | Rng. | Mt. |
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Steel LanceLearns by default at 3 ★ Lance Users Only
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100 | 1 | 8 |
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Killer LanceAccelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1).
Learns by default at 4 ★ Unlocks at 3 ★ Lance Users Only
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200 | 1 | 7 |
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Killer Lance+Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1).
Unlocks at 5 ★ Lance Users Only
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300 | 1 | 11 |
Special Skills
| Special Skills | SP | Turns |
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| BucklerReduces damage inflicted by attacks from adjacent foes by 30%. Learns by default at 4 ★ Unlocks at 3 ★ Restricted to melee units.
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100 | 3 |
| EscutcheonReduces damage inflicted by attacks from adjacent foes by 30%.
Unlocks at 4 ★ Restricted to melee units.
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200 | 2 |
Passive Skills
| Passive Skills | SP | Slot |
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Drag BackIf unit initiates attack, the unit moves 1 space away after combat. Foe moves into unit's previous space.
Non-Inheritable by Mages and Ranged units.
Unlocks at 3 ★ |
150 | B |
Hone Atk 1Grants adjacent allies Atk+2 through their next actions at the start of each turn.
Inheritable by all units.
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50 | C |
Hone Atk 2Grants adjacent allies Atk+3 through their next actions at the start of each turn.
Inheritable by all units.
Unlocks at 3 ★ |
100 | C |
Hone ArmorGrants adjacent armored allies Atk/Spd+6 through their next actions at the start of each turn.
Requires Hone Atk 2 or Hone Spd 2.
Only inheritable by armor units.
Unlocks at 4 ★ |
200 | C |
Other Info
| Origin |
Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade
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