Legendary Tiki (Young)

• Preferred IV: +ATK / -HP
• Weapon: Divine Mist
• Assist: Swap / Flexible
• Special: Bonfire / Aether / Glimmer / Moonbow
• Passive A: Fierce Breath / Death Blow / Warding Breath / Steady Breath
• Passive B: Bold Fighter
• Passive C: With Everyone! / Odd Atk Wave / Armor March / Flexible
• Sacred Seal: Quick Riposte

Legendary Tiki’s impressive BST grants her impressive offensive and defensive stats. In addition to both Fierce Breath and Bold Fighter; two of the best Enemy Phase and Player Phase skills available, Tiki is the perfect candidate for a mixed phase build. Tiki’s skills with this set are largely down to her role within the team, as she can put an emphasis on either phase.

The first variable skill is her Special skill: Aether provides considerable sustain, and as Tiki will be running Bold Fighter she has an improved means of charging the long cooldown. Alternatively, Bonfire or Moonbow can offer greater damage at the cost of the Aether’s healing effect. If Tiki will be playing a significant role in defeating multiple enemy heroes per map, Aether is the more appealing choice. With that said, Bonfire and Moonbow also make for fine budget alternatives.

Secondly, Tiki’s A slot will be affected by her role. Fierce Breath comes as a part of her base kit and offers Special cooldown charge and increased Attack during the Enemy Phase: two effects that greatly improve Tiki’s combat potential. With that said, Death Blow offers a fine alternative for those looking to use Tiki more offensively.

Tiki’s C and S slot skills are difficult to pass up: ‘With Everyone!’ offers an enormous defensive boost with a lax activation requirement. As a part of her base kit, it’s difficult to recommend a replacement for this powerful skill. With that said, Odd Atk Wave is a possible alternative for those looking for offensive options, though the activation effects of both of these skills allow Tiki to benefit from both boosts if she finds herself alongside the right partner. Armor March is worth considering as well, but this skill is better suited for Tiki’s ally.

Divine Mist has no strong competitor, and the dragon effectiveness is particularly useful in Arena. Swap is useful for improved maneuverability, but as always, Assist skills are flexible and team dependent.

• Preferred IV: +ATK or +SPD / -HP
• Weapon: Divine Mist
• Assist: Swap / Flexible
• Special: Aether / Blue Flame / Ignis / Bonfire / Glimmer
• Passive A: Fort. Def/Res 3 / Atk/Spd Bond / Atk/Def Bond / Fury / Kestral Stance / Fierce Stance
• Passive B: Special Fighter
• Passive C: With Everyone!
• Sacred Seal: Quick Riposte / Close Defense / Distant Def

Tiki’s solid Speed allows her to take advantage of Special Fighter, particularly as Divine Mist enables her to retaliate from range without sacrificing her A slot for Distant Counter. The greatest advantage of Breath skills - the Special cooldown reduction - is mitigated by Special Fighter, so a powerful defensive skill like Fort. Def/Res 3, Bond skills such as Atk/Spd Bond and Atk/Def Bond, or Stance skills like Kestral Stance and Fierce Stance are Tiki’s strong choices. A strong budget alternative is Fury, which offers Tiki beneficial boosts to her defensive stats as well, though the poor synergy with Quick Riposte makes this a weaker option if Tiki faces prolonged bouts of combat each map.

Aether vs Blue Flame is debatable, but the improved Special cooldown granted by Special Fighter makes Aether an appealing option considering the extra sustain it grants. Blue Flame is a solid alternative for those looking to do more damage, in addition to Ignis, Bonfire and Glimmer.

The only other contentious part of Tiki’s build is the Seal slot. Quick Riposte ensures Tiki can make two attacks on the Enemy Phase, but with +SPD and Atk/Spd Bond, Tiki will often have enough Speed to ensure follow-up attacks. In this case, Close Defense or Distant Def make for better alternatives.

• Preferred IV: +ATK, +DEF or +RES / -HP or -SPD
• Weapon: Divine Mist
• Assist: Swap / Flexible
• Special: Aether / Bonfire / Ignis / Moonbow
• Passive A: Warding Breath / Fierce Breath / Steady Breath
• Passive B: Vengeful Fighter / Quick Riposte / Guard / Wrath
• Passive C: With Everyone! / Flexible
• Sacred Seal: Close Defense / Distant Def / Quick Riposte

Tiki’s impressive base 37 Defense and workable base 29 Resistance allow Tiki to become one of the strongest defensive heroes in the game, rivaling and even surpassing her competition in Fallen Hardin and Brave Hector. Her optimal boon for this build is very flexible: +ATK is always beneficial on an Enemy Phase set, but +DEF or +RES will provide a welcome boost to her defensive stats. On the flip side, Tiki’s banes are equally debatable: -HP is arguably the best choice, but against slower heroes -SPD may have more value, as Vengeful Fighter ensures that Tiki can make two attacks on the Enemy Phase. Any extra Speed would only benefit Tiki in avoiding follow-up attacks or making follow-up attacks herself against slow enemy heroes.

Tiki undoubtedly wants a Breath skill in her A slot, but this too is relatively flexible. Warding Breath offers a nice boost to Tiki’s middling Resistance stat, putting her at a respectable 33, or 36 if she is +RES. Fierce Breath is a budget alternative, and arguably superior for those satisfied with Tiki’s Resistance stat. Steady Breath offers a more defensive focus but remains the weakest of Tiki’s choices.

Vengeful Fighter is well-suited to Tiki’s playstyle, offering improved Special cooldown charge and ensuring that she can make two attacks on the Enemy Phase. This grants her more value from Special skills with longer cooldowns, like Aether or Ignis. For those running Quick Riposte in the seal slot instead, Wrath or Guard are the best alternatives.

Tiki’s unique C slot skill is a must-have for defensive builds, and either Close Defense or Distant Def provide a helpful defensive boost from the S slot. Assuming Tiki is benefitting from Warding Breath, ‘With Everyone!’, and Close Defense, the Legendary Dragon with a Resistance boon will wield an absurd defensive spread of 48/47 against melee attackers on the Enemy Phase. With +ATK instead, this drops to 48/44, but with Tiki’s boosted Attack stat sitting at an impressive 53 instead of 50.

• Preferred IV: +ATK or +SPD / -HP
• Weapon: Divine Mist /
• Assist: Swap / Flexible
• Special: Bonfire / Moonbow
• Passive A: Death Blow
• Passive B: Bold Fighter
• Passive C: Odd Atk Wave / With Everyone!
• Sacred Seal: Attack +3

Tiki’s Attack isn’t the greatest among armored heroes, but with access to Bold Fighter, she can run a powerful Player Phase build. Death Blow is a must, as is Bold Fighter, though both of these skills are easy enough to acquire. Tiki’s Special skill is relatively flexible, but Bonfire provides a powerful static damage boost thanks to Tiki’s high Defense.

Odd Atk Wave is an expensive option, but ultimately remains the best choice for offensive C slot skills. If this effect can be provided by a teammate, however, Tiki is better off using ‘With Everyone!’. Attack +3 is the best offensive choice for a seal.