Halloween Sothis

Default
Attack
Special
Injured

Blue Dragon

Analysis by raelet

Halloween Sothis - Bound-Spirit Duo
5 Obtainable as a 5 only

Related Heroes

Hero Stats

Max Avg Total Stats at Lvl 40

183

HP 40

ATK 36

SPD 42

DEF 31

RES 34

Stat Variations

Level 1 Stat Variation

Weapon

5★

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	17 17 19 19	5 21 7 23	8 8 10 10	6 6 8 8	3 3 5 5
Middle	18 18 20 20	6 22 8 24	9 9 11 11	7 7 9 9	4 4 6 6
High	19 19 21 21	7 23 9 25	10 10 12 12	8 8 10 10	5 5 7 7

Level 40 Stat Variations

Weapon

5★

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	36 36 38 38	33 49 35 51	38 38 40 40	28 28 30 30	31 31 33 33
Middle	40 40 42 42	36 52 38 54	42 42 44 44	31 31 33 33	34 34 36 36
High	43 43 45 45	40 56 42 58	45 45 47 47	34 34 36 36	38 38 40 40

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
Worst	Best	Best	Average	Average

Skill Sets

Both Sides Of Time (Generalist)

Build by raelet

Recommended

	Eerie Scripture	A	Atk/Spd Solo 4 Alternate: Atk/Spd Boosting A Slot
	Positional Assist	B	Dragon's Wrath 3
	Sirius	C	Spd/Res Rein 3 Alternate: Atk/Res Menace
IVs	+ATK or +SPD / -HP	S	Atk/Spd Solo 3 Alternate: Iote's Shield

Show Explanation/Analysis

Weapon: Eerie Scripture (+EFF)

Assist: Positional Assist

Special: Sirius

Passive A: Atk/Spd Solo / Atk/Spd Boosting A Slot

Passive B: Dragon's Wrath

Passive C: Spd/Res Rein / Atk/Res Menace

Sacred Seal: Atk/Spd Solo / Iote's Shield / Mystic Boost / Blade Session

Sothis' kit leaves little room for improvement, save for the curious case of her C slot, which should optimally be swapped for Spd/Res Rein or Atk/Res Menace. Not only does a Res Rein skill directly increase the damage she does by decreasing her opponent's Res, it also contributes to adding an extra point of damage via her B slot.
Atk/Res Menace is similar, though the damage it adds is even better - but this comes with the caveat of reducing her effective Speed and relying on positioning to get on-field buffs.
This all works to synergize her kit more with her powerful B slot, Dragon's Wrath, which is essentially a damage reduction and damage amplifier all in one.
This just leaves her seal slot. Sothis can take an Atk/Spd enhancer like Atk/Spd Solo, which synergizes with her base kit A slot to grant even more power, or Iote's Shield if you intend on using her against archers. Mystic Boost grants her even more healing in addition to Sirius, which can potentially also prevent archers from chipping her too much, as long as they don't one shot her through her damage reduction.
With this build, Sothis hopes to outspeed her opponent with her Null Follow-Up duo skill active, tank their initial hit, and then oneshot them with a Sirius on her follow-up attack, healing herself back up and getting ready to do the same for further opponents. Due to this, it's crucial that her Speed be invested in as much as possible, as long as you can do it without sacrificing too much damage.

Strengths

Excellent Flier Support

With her Duo skill, Halloween Sothis grants fliers support that they are sorely lacking in - namely, Null Follow-Up and cooldown acceleration. Since fliers cannot learn Flashing Blade, it has been difficult for fliers with middling Attack to have access to crucial cooldown acceleration for strategies like Galeforce.

Null Follow-Up is a different matter altogether and not being able to inherit it is a huge reason why fliers gravitate toward the bottom of our tier list, due to many popular units denying follow-ups as part of their kit. With the ability to grant this skill on a Duo skill (which can be refreshed every other turn, no less), Sothis becomes an excellent support unit for almost every flier in the game.

Stacked Kit

Halloween Sothis' kit is ridiculously stacked, with a Slaying weapon that neutralizes dragon effectiveness, Distant Counter, adaptive damage, +5 to all stats, damage reduction, healing, speed-based damage, and additional damage based on a generous stat differentials. A better question is: what can't she do?

Arena Dominance

With her trainee duo BST, her insane kit, and her support ability, Sothis will be a menace in Arena, particularly if she is highly merged. With all of her stats above 30, including both defensive stats, a high Speed stats, and a Duo skill which prevents skill-based follow-up denial, Sothis will be an easy ticket to any 5 win streak in Arena.

Weaknesses

Dragon Inheritance

Despite being an amazing support for a Galeforce team, Sothis herself cannot learn Galeforce due to being a dragon - this means that she struggles to earn a team slot on those teams in game modes with highly restricted slots.

Duo's Hinderance

Her Duo skill is shut down completely by the Duo's Hinderance tower on Aether Raids Defense, which makes her struggle even more for a slot in an Aether Raids team. Without being able to secure NFU for herself, Sothis risks not being able to double, which halves her damage.

Duo Skill

Grants【Null Follow-Up】to unit and allies within 2 spaces. If unit or any ally within 2 spaces has their Special cooldown count at its maximum value, grants them Special cooldown count-1. Once used, Duo Skill cannot be activated again right away. At start of odd-numbered turns, if Duo Skill has already been used, unit can use Duo Skill again. 【Null Follow-Up】 If unit's Spd > foe's Spd during combat, neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks and effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks for 1 turn.

Weapon Skills

Weapons	SP	Rng.	Mt.
Fire Breath Learns by default at 1 ★ Unlocks at 1 ★ Only inheritable by Dragon units.	50	1	6
Fire Breath+ Learns by default at 2 ★ Unlocks at 2 ★ Only inheritable by Dragon units.	100	1	8
Flametongue Learns by default at 4 ★ Unlocks at 3 ★ Only inheritable by Dragon units.	200	1	11
Eerie Scripture Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Neutralizes "effective against dragons" bonuses. Unit can counterattack regardless of foe's range. If foe initiates combat or if foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 to unit during combat. If foe's Range = 2, calculates damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res. Learns by default at 5 ★ Unlocks at 5 ★ Non-Inheritable skill.	400	1	16

Available Rearmed Weapons
Arcane Grima

Weapon Evolution

Weapon Upgrades

Special Skills

Special Skills	SP	Turns
Daylight Restores HP = 30% of damage dealt. Learns by default at 4 ★ Unlocks at 3 ★ Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units.	100	3
Noontime Restores HP = 30% of damage dealt. Unlocks at 4 ★ Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units.	200	2
Sirius Boost damage by 30% of unit's Spd. Restores HP = 30% Of damage dealt. Unlocks at 5 ★ Non-Inheritable skill.	500	2

Passive Skills

Passive Skills	SP	Slot
Atk/Spd Solo 1 If unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd+2 during combat. Unlocks at 2 ★	60	A
Atk/Spd Solo 2 If unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd+4 during combat. Unlocks at 3 ★	120	A
Atk/Spd Solo 3 If unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd+6 during combat. Inheritable by all units. Unlocks at 4 ★	240	A
Atk/Spd Solo 4 If unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd +7 during combat. Inheritable by all units. Unlocks at 5 ★	300	A
Dragon's Wrath 1 If foe initiates combat, reduces damage from foe's first attack by 10% during combat, and also, if unit's Atk > foe's Res, unit's first attack deals damage = 10% of unit's Atk minus foe's Res during combat. Only inheritable by Dragon units. Unlocks at 3 ★	60	B
Dragon's Wrath 2 If foe initiates combat, reduces damage from foe's first attack by 15% during combat, and also, if unit's Atk > foe's Res, unit's first attack deals damage = 15% of unit's Atk minus foe's Res during combat. Only inheritable by Dragon units. Unlocks at 4 ★	120	B
Dragon's Wrath 3 If foe initiates combat, reduces damage from foe's first attack by 20% during combat, and also, if unit's Atk > foe's Res, unit's first attack deals damage = 20% of unit's Atk minus foe's Res during combat. Only inheritable by Dragon units. Unlocks at 5 ★	240	B
Atk/Spd Rein 1 Inflicts Atk/Spd-2 on foes within 2 spaces during combat. Flying Only Unlocks at 1 ★	60	C
Atk/Spd Rein 2 Inflicts Atk/Spd-3 on foes within 2 spaces during combat. Flying Only Unlocks at 2 ★	120	C
Atk/Spd Rein 3 Inflicts Atk/Spd-4 on foes within 2 spaces during combat. Flying Only Unlocks at 4 ★	240	C