Legendary Dimitri

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Blue Lance

Analysis by raelet

Legendary Dimitri - Savior King
5 Obtainable as a 5 only

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Hero Stats

Max Avg Total Stats at Lvl 40

177

HP 40

ATK 41

SPD 41

DEF 37

RES 18

Stat Variations

Level 1 Stat Variation

Weapon

5★

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	17 17 19 19	10 26 12 28	7 7 9 9	10 10 12 12	4 4 6 6
Middle	18 18 20 20	11 27 13 29	8 8 10 10	11 11 13 13	5 5 7 7
High	19 19 21 21	12 28 14 30	9 9 11 11	12 12 14 14	6 6 8 8

Level 40 Stat Variations

Weapon

5★

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	36 36 38 38	38 54 40 56	37 37 39 39	34 34 36 36	14 14 16 16
Middle	40 40 42 42	41 57 43 59	41 41 43 43	37 37 39 39	18 18 20 20
High	43 43 45 45	45 61 47 63	44 44 46 46	40 40 42 42	21 21 23 23

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

Every Last One Of Them

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	Areadbhar	A	Distant Counter Alternate: Distant Foil
	Positional Assist	B	Atrocity Alternate: Null Follow-Up 3
	Noontime Alternate: Moonbow	C	Joint Drive Spd Alternate: Panic Smoke 3
IVs	+SPD or +ATK / -HP	S	Spd/Res Solo 3 Alternate: Atk/Def Solo 3

Show Explanation/Analysis

Weapon: Areadbhar

Assist: Positional Assist

Special: Noontime / Moonbow

Passive A: Distant Counter / Distant Foil

Passive B: Atrocity / Null Follow-Up

Passive C: Joint Drive Spd / Joint Drive Atk / Panic Smoke / Pulse Smoke

Seal: Spd/Res Solo / Atk/Def Solo

By giving Dimitri Distant Counter in his A slot and increasing his Speed, he can become a formidable tank on either phase. With Areadbhar granting him Speed-based damage reduction, Dimitri's best option is to raise his Speed stat by as much as possible to reduce his Enemy Phase damage so that he can heal back up with a potent Noontime, enhanced by the damage from his Atrocity B slot.
While Atrocity is a potent skill, a particularly deadly Legendary Dimitri will instead equip Null Follow-Up to prevent opponents from doubling him via their skills. This makes improving his Speed even more lethal, as he can survive single hits from enemies like Yune or Bramimond or, appropriately, Brave Edelgard once he is sure that they won't double him. The ability to take Null Follow-Up is the main advantage that Legendary Dimitri has over Brave Dimitri.
Odd Tempest is an interesting skill, but does not directly affect his single combat potential, and so his C slot is free to take a Joint Drive skill, which can buff his Speed or Attack even further. Conversely, if swapping out Atrocity for Null Follow-Up, then Pulse Smoke is the obvious C slot of choice.

Azure Skies (Galeforce)

Build by raelet

	Areadbhar	A	Atk/Spd Solo (3 or 4) Alternate: Distant Counter
	Positional Assist	B	Atrocity Alternate: Null Follow-Up 3
	Galeforce	C	Odd Tempest 3 Alternate: Time's Pulse 3
IVs	+ATK or +SPD / -HP	S	Heavy Blade 3 / Flashing Blade 3 Alternate: Atk/Spd Solo 3

Show Explanation/Analysis

Weapon: Areadbhar

Assist: Positional Assist

Special: Galeforce

Passive A: Atk/Spd Solo / Distant Counter

Passive B: Atrocity / Null Follow-Up

Passive C: Odd Tempest / Time's Pulse

Seal: Heavy Blade or Flashing Blade / Atk/Spd Solo

Legendary Dimitri comes right out of the box with a few tools to give him a lethal Galeforce build. The most obvious is his default Odd Tempest, which grants him unparalleled 3 tile movement and allows him to move through forest tiles, so long as the turn counter is at an odd number. This works similarly to Duo Ephraim's Duo Skill and allows Dimitri to close gaps between his foes.
Atrocity takes this a step further by debuffing the opponents around his target, which allows Dimitri to pick up a second kill. However, Atrocity's damage output may actually prevent Dimitri from activating Galeforce by overkilling his foe, leaving Dimitri open and unable to move throughout the enemy turn. Luckily, the debuffs he inflicts with Atrocity can help him tank during the Enemy Phase, but you may want to consider inheriting Distant Counter into his A slot just for a little more defense if this happens often.
Alternatively, you can replace Atrocity with Null Follow-Up, which reduces Dimitri's damage output slightly in order to ensure that he he won't be blocked by follow-up denial.
Atk/Spd Solo is another fantastic skill for his A slot - since he'll be moving around the battlefield between Galeforce activations, Dimitri will likely be isolated and have the full effects of the buffs, further enabling him to reach the stat checks necessary for Heavy or Flashing Blade.
Because Areadbhar has a Slaying effect, Dimitri only needs to activate Heavy or Flashing Blade in two hits in order to activate Galeforce. If he takes Time's Pulse in his C slot, the Special is reduced to 3, which means that Dimitri can take Atk/Spd Solo in his seal slot if he then attacks a foe who can retaliate and defeats them on the second hit.

Strengths

Offensive Statline

Dimitri's offensive statline rests at 41 Attack and 41 Speed, competing with the best of his unit and move type. With a sky-high Attack and impressive Speed, he's able to double foes often and avoid being doubled in turn.

Legendary Dimitri fits right into the new high Speed meta, with built-in Speed-based damage reduction in his weapon and an impressive Attack stat to back it up.

Prf Weapon and Skills

The Areadbhar is Dimitri's prf lance and suits him very well - as a Slaying weapon an all-stat +5, it carries a Speed-based damage reduction, making Dimitri hit hard with flexible skill slots, as well as being tanky and difficult to kill.

But that isn't all: Dimitri also comes with the Atrocity B slot, which increases his damage even further based off of his Attack value, while also inflicting an "omni-smoke" on all enemies in an AoE. This is an absurdly strong skill which combines with Areadbhar to grant Dimitri a +10 stat swing after the first combat in either phase.

Weaknesses

Low Resistance

Dimitri's base Resistance is markedly poor at 18. Because his damage reduction scales off of Speed rather than Defense like his Brave Version, he will have a hard time getting the full damage reduction against speedy mages like Lysithea, despite his high Speed stat, meaning that he will still take a lot of damage from fast mages on the field.

If he had given just a few of his Defense points into Resistance, he might have been more formidable. As it is, he has a clear weakness that players can use against him in PvP modes such as Arena or Aether Raids.

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 ★ Unlocks at 2 ★ Lance Users Only	100	1	8
Silver Lance Learns by default at 4 ★ Unlocks at 3 ★ Lance Users Only	200	1	11
Areadbhar Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 during combat, and also, if unit's Spd > foe's Spd, reduces damage from attacks during combat and from area-of-effect Specials (excluding Røkkr area-of-effect Specials) by percentage = difference between stats × 4 (max 40%). Learns by default at 5 ★ Unlocks at 5 ★ Non-Inheritable skill.	400	1	16

Available Rearmed Weapons
Arcane Qiang (+Res)
Arcane Qiang (+Def)
Arcane Qiang (+Atk)
Arcane Qiang (+Spd)
Arcane Qiang

Weapon Evolution

Weapon Upgrades

Special Skills

Special Skills	SP	Turns
Rising Wind Before combat this unit initiates, foes in an area near target take damage equal to (unit's Atk minus foe's Def or Res). Learns by default at 4 ★ Unlocks at 3 ★ Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units.	150	4
Blazing Wind Before combat this unit initiates, foes in an area near target take damage equal to 1.5x (unit's Atk minus foe's Def or Res). Unlocks at 4 ★ Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units.	300	4

Passive Skills

Passive Skills	SP	Slot
Death Blow 1 If unit initiates combat, grants Atk+2 during combat. Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units. Unlocks at 2 ★	50	A
Sturdy Blow 1 If unit initiates combat, unit granted Atk/Def+2 during battle. Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units. Unlocks at 3 ★	120	A
Sturdy Blow 2 If unit initiates combat, unit granted Atk/Def+4 during battle. Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units. Unlocks at 4 ★	240	A
Sturdy Impact If unit initiates combat, grants Atk+6, Def+10 during combat and foe cannot make a follow-up attack. Excludes Armor, Cavalry, and Staff Units Unlocks at 5 ★	300	A
Atrocity At start of combat, if foe's HP ≥ 50%, boosts damage by 25% of unit's Atk, and after combat, inflicts Atk/Spd/Def/Res-5 and Special cooldown count+1 on target and foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions. (No effect on Special cooldown counts already at maximum.) Non-Inheritable skill. Unlocks at 5 ★	300	B
Odd Tempest 1 At start of odd-numbered turns, if unit's HP = 100%, unit can move 1 extra space. (That turn only. Does not stack.) Infantry & Flying Units Only Unlocks at 3 ★	60	C
Odd Tempest 2 At start of odd-numbered turns, if unit's HP ≥ 50%, unit can move 1 extra space. (That turn only. Does not stack.) Infantry & Flying Units Only Unlocks at 4 ★	120	C
Odd Tempest 3 At start of odd-numbered turns, unit can move 1 extra space. (That turn only. Does not stack.) Melee Infantry & Melee Flying Units Only Unlocks at 5 ★	240	C