Lucius

-HP kind of interferes with being a miracle user, would have preferred -Res since he'll survive magic attacks anyway. +Def means he can actually take a physical attacks, as long as he isn't killed before Miracle charges. Swordbreaker 3 and Wrathful Pain+ allows Lucius to kill and survive swords, while the Pain+ and double Save Blow weaken everything else.

A bit of a tweak to the suggested EP build. Moves QR from B to S, losing DD, but gains protection against blade mages instead.

40 Res is enough to tank QP/Moonbow Rein, and Dull Ranged will act just like DD if he's buffed (but is much more powerful than DD against bladetomes).

There's a bit of a mistake in the write-up, when they say that Pain can't kill. The in-combat damage certainly can kill, and Pain+ has 10 might (while Fear+ and Slow+ have 12). It's only the post-combat Pain effect that's non-lethal.

The Pain effect lets him tank a mage on EP, then finish off someone else on PP. The 10 point hit essentially gives him the equivalent of 45 base Atk against anyone that was affected. But of course other staves can work as well, depending on the team. The extra 4 points of damage (from QR with a 12 point Staff) can swing some matchups, particularly against tough, high-res, Mages.

Martyr+ provides some self-healing, since there's no room for L2S in this build, and Miracle can be activated by a single round of QR combat (if Lucius is doubled), followed by healing an ally (and himself).

I've included Spd Ploy here to counter L&D Lilina/Sanaki. They're usually thought of as slow, but they have Spd superboons, and can hit 37/38 when built for Speed. They don't depend on buffs for damage, so Dull Ranged is useless against them (but if Lucius has his own Spd buffs, he can ignore any they might have).

He can't survive two hits (certainly not after getting hit by Forblaze's chill Res, which would kill him even with DD), so he needs to gain his own Speed boost.

(Note that if Lilina has Spd buffs, Dull Ranged and Spd Ploy will not stack. Lucius must gain more Spd of his own. Thus the alternative fixes.)

An alternative might be changing the A slot to Atk/Spd Bond, and running Atk Ploy in C.

Or stick with Res Ploy in C, but grab a S. Kagero for Spd/Res Bond. This makes him pretty much invincible, as I don't think there's anyone out there with 40 unbuffed Spd, and 59 unbuffed Atk.

Of course, if he has Spd support from his team, this is much less relevant, but I thought I'd put it out there, for those with spare Deirdres, (or -Atk Kageros they'd like to get rid of).

This Build uses the power of Dazzling Pain+ and Savage blow 3! Using this Build makes Lucius amazing at wearing down multiple enemys hp at the players turn! Using Wings of mercy is amazing on any healer so it's a must for our delicate flower! Attack +3 is so he can do decent damage however you can do whatever you like! Miracle is an amazing ability that saves Lucius in a pinch. However to get the most out of this build a dancer/singer is needed for Lucius to wear down the enemys hp the most and to help him get behind a tank after attacking.

• Preferred Nature: +Speed or +Resistance/ -Defense
• Weapon: Dazzling Pain+
• Assist: Recover+ / Martyr+
• Special: Miracle
• A Slot: HP +5
• B Slot: Live to Serve 3
• C Slot: Savage Blow 3
• Seal: Savage Blow 3
The goal of this build is to avoid damage while leaving a gigantic dent in the enemy teams health. Dazzling Pain+ will allow you to hit your opponent without fear of dieing, so that you will be able to hit again. Miracle, HP +5, and Live to Serve 3 is there to help increase Lucius with his chance of survivability, making him very difficult to kill as long as he has an ally to heal.
Now the true purpose of this monster is the dual Savage Blow 3. With these on top of Dazzling Pain+, Lucius will be doing a whopping 24 damage to anyone 2 spaces away from your target, and 10 extra damage to that target! This is great for weakening the enemy team and allow your allies to finish the job.

This build completely revolves around attacking into a cluster of enemies so that the entire enemy team gets hit by post combat AOE damage. In the process, Lucius should take a hit or two, putting him into vantage range. Ideally, he attacks the cluster of enemies twice via dancer support, so the speed boon and miracle are taken so that he can survive those two engagements. If you can pull that off, the 48 post combat AOE damage (2*24) will put the overwhelming majority of the cast at 1 HP. You now have a situation where Lucius is in vantage range, close counter lets him hit anyone that attacks him, and the entire enemy team is at 1 HP and in range to attack him. Reposition your dancer outta there, end your turn, and watch the entire enemy team suicide into our golden haired boy!