Khadein Ursula

Weapon: Crow’s Crystal

Assist: Positional Assist

Special: Moonbow / Ruptured Sky / Luna

A Passive: Atk/Spd Catch 4 / Atk/Spd Boosting A Slot

B Passive: Chill Spd/Res 3 / Lull Spd/Res / S/R Far Trace

C Passive: Panic Smoke 4 / Atk/Spd Menace / Spd/Res Menace

Sacred Seal: Blade Session / Atk/Spd Solo / Heavy Blade

• Crow’s Crystal is quite the weapon, especially in tandem with Khadein Ursula’s statline, as there’s very little reason to believe she will struggle to double, let alone output a fair amount of damage, thanks to her Null Follow-Up effect, innate Desperation, Slaying, and Dominance effect. Even with instances of penalty neutralization, Khadein Ursula has a fantastic offensive statline and, in addition to the extra Atk and Spd built into Crow’s Crystal, she’ll rarely not deal damage. As far as Player Phase kits are concerned, it’s relatively limited due to her archetype, but she does have everything she needs to function to a high degree. As such, this build will mainly be used as a means of building upon what she already has, with a few bits of optimization here or there.
   
• Low-cooldown Specials such as Moonbow and Ruptured Sky are great fits for Ursula thanks to her innate Slaying and Desperation. She’ll want the ability to get off Specials as quickly as possible to ensure that she can live to see another combat. You could also attempt to run Luna with Heavy Blade in tow as a means of securing more damage output. However, she will either need to run Heavy Blade or have external support that can allow her to charge it as fast, whether that’s from Nah’s refined Oracle’s Breath or Thorr / Summer Thorr with Worldbreaker.
   
• While it’s unfortunate that she doesn’t come innately with an A Passive, there are a fair amount of accessible options at her disposal. The best option would be Atk/Spd Catch since the stat swing is quite large at a staggering +9. However, given how expensive the skill is, you could simply run any other A Passive that boosts her Atk and Spd so long as it not only fits her playstyle but also doesn’t chip away at her health as Crow’s Crystal does have an HP condition.
   
• Khadein Ursula’s innate Chill Spd/Res 3 works well enough since it’s an easy means of debuffing opponents and gaining additional damage from her Dominance effect. However, if you would rather optimize her damage output, you can always run a support unit that can debuff foes for potentially even more stats and run a different B Passive altogether whether that’s Lull Spd/Res or S/R Far Trace, the former securing a consistent amount of damage output, and the latter allowing her to potentially move after combat and be positioned to safety.
   
• As far as C Passives are concerned, her innate Panic Smoke 4 is a fantastic option, both for her and allies that are in range post-combat. For Khadein Ursula to get the most out of Panic Smoke 4, she will have to act multiple times in a single turn as the skill does require an initial combat to set up. That being said, if you would rather run something with more immediate results, she can either run Atk/Spd Menace or Spd/Res Menace, the former generally being preferred as it also helps with Heavy Blade checks. However, it’s worth noting that, at the time of this article, Spd/Res Unity doesn’t exist, so in instances where the foe can reverse debuffs with a Unity, they’ll only be able to reverse one at most.
   
• Lastly, given her status as a Player Phase unit that heavily leans into her Atk and Spd, the best thing you can do when it comes to her Sacred Seal is run anything that boosts Atk and Spd, whether that’s Blade Session or Atk/Spd Solo, the former granting up to +9 Atk and Spd in the Player Phase, and the latter granting a flat +6 Atk and Spd immediately. However, as previously mentioned, she can also run Heavy Blade, in tandem with Atk/Spd Menace, so that she can potentially output even more damage with a three-cooldown Special.

Weapon: Crow’s Crystal

Assist: Positional Assist

Special: Moonbow / Ruptured Sky

A Passive: Atk/Spd Catch 4 / Atk/Spd Boosting A Slot

B Passive: Windsweep / Watersweep

C Passive: Atk/Spd Menace / Panic Smoke 4 / Spd/Res Menace

Sacred Seal: Blade Session / Atk/Spd Solo / Hardy Bearing

• The second set in question is mainly an alternative approach to the first build as Khadein Ursula is quite limited in her playstyle options. That being said, due to her innate half Null Follow-Up, she can afford to run other B Passives, including Windsweep and Watersweep, and still double as long as she meets a Spd check. Most of the skills won’t change comparatively to the first build, but there are a couple of alternative options worth considering if you do decide to run either Windsweep or Watersweep.
   
• The A Passive should only be used to boost her Atk and Spd as meeting Spd checks is the most important aspect. I sincerely fail to see scenarios where she won’t double in most instances, but it’s not worth bolstering other stats because of it since her Def and Res are unsalvagable as well as the fact that you can stack two stats simultaneously. Just make sure to prioritize skills that fit her playstyle and don’t put arbitrary limitations on her.
   
• While Panic Smoke 4 is a fantastic skill in most scenarios, it won’t add any immediate benefit to her combat as it requires an initial combat to set up. As such, it is much more recommended that she swaps it for Atk/Spd Menace so that she can gain the immediate benefits of a stat swing. Panic Smoke 4 works well enough if she does enter more than one combat in a single phase but otherwise, attempt to swap it out if possible. Spd/Res Menace is also a notable option as both debuffs cannot be reversed at this current time.
   
• The Sacred Seal options are generally going to stay the same apart from one additional option: Hardy Bearing. It may seem like a poor decision given that it clashes with her Desperation effect. However, this is more for the chance that you have to counter any form of Vantage as Khadein Ursula cannot cover both Windsweep and Watersweep threats. Preferably, Watersweep would be the better go-to option when running Hardy Bearing as a majority of Vantage threats don’t tend to have a good amount of Res or are too low in the health department to take a singular hit from Ursula, even with Damage Reduction effects. Of course, there are exceptions that can help bypass that whether that’s Altina with Ashera’s Chosen+ granting Dragon Wall as well as having a high Res stat or units that can grant Damage Reduction externally such as Flayn or Elimine. However, when it comes to the majority of the time, this won’t be the case. Regardless, Watersweep covers what could arguably be the biggest threat in the Vantage department, and even with Hardy Bearing clashing with Desperation, the Sweep effect, regardless of which one you take, already makes her Desperation effect moot. However, if you would much rather run skills that bolster her Atk and Spd, either go with Blade Session or Atk/Spd Solo, the former granting up to +9 Atk/Spd, and the latter having an immediate flat +6 Atk/Spd.