Palla

• Preferred IV: +SPD / -HP or -RES
• Weapon: Whitewing Blade (+Eff) / Whitewing Blade (+Spd)
• Assist: Reposition
• Special: Moonbow / Bonfire
• Passive A: Death Blow / Fury / Life and Death
• Passive B: Chill Def / Guard / Swordbreaker
• Passive C: Odd Atk Wave / Goad Fliers
• Sacred Seal: Quickened Pulse / Heavy Blade

While many were disappointed that Palla’s weapon refine gave her a Triangle Adept effect, it’s not nearly as bad as it seems. Given that green is undoubtably the strongest color in the game with powerhouses like Surtr, Hector, and Fallen Robin(M), having a red generalist with decent stats in Atk, Spd, Def, and Res can be extremely beneficial to your team, particularly with the added layer of protection that a Triangle Adept weapon offers.

This frees up Palla’s A slot to equip Death Blow for heavy hitting if using her in conjunction with other fliers. Death Blow, combined with Quickened Pulse and Moonbow enhances Palla’s brave effect to hit even harder on her second strike. The reason Quickened Pulse is chosen over Heavy Blade is due to the insanely high Attack of some green armors- since Palla cannot guarantee that her Attack will be higher in combat, then Quickened Pulse is generally a better option to ensure a Moonbow proc on her second strike.

Life and Death can be chosen instead if you’re less sure about being able to have fliers reinforce Palla for her additional stats and brave effect, since raising both Attack and Speed can be crucial for what she wants to do. 

This leaves Palla’s B and C slots open. While a Palla focused on 1v1 combat would take Chill Def and Odd Atk Wave, she can instead equip Guard if you’re unsure about being able to fully buff her with fliers. This will prevent units like Zelgius or M Grima from hitting her with their powerful Special attacks.  Swordbreaker is chosen for an option that makes Palla more of a generalist and more useful against units like Ayra or Owain.

• Preferred IV: +SPD / -HP or -RES
• Weapon: Armorsmasher (+Spd) / Armorsmasher (+Def)
• Assist: Reposition
• Special: Moonbow / Luna
• Passive A: Swift Sparrow / Sturdy Impact / Fury
• Passive B: Guard / Chill Def
• Passive C: Odd Atk Wave / Even Spd Wave
• Sacred Seal: Quick Riposte

Due to her balanced defensive and offensive stats and easy mergability, Palla is surprisingly adept at countering both dragon and physical armor units. She can utilize both Swift Sparrow and Quick Riposte in order to counter armor units who rely on Bold or Vengeful Fighter for their damage by engaging them in the phase where they’re disadvantaged. If you want her to be more flexible at the cost of her sustainability, Fury is also an option that will give her stats in either phase.

Guard is also key to prevent her foes from utilizing powerful Special attacks on her lower defensive stats. Instead, Palla can attack with an effective damage Armorslayer and double in Enemy Phase, while relying on her 41 unbuffed Speed to double in Player Phase (unless using Even Spd Wave). If you feel like she needs more firepower and is safe from a rogue Black Luna, you can instead run Chill Def, which is almost guaranteed to hit an enemy armor unit, if any are fielded.

Her C slot is self explanatory as she uses it to buff herself in various ways for her battles. Finally, she runs Quick Riposte in her seal slot, both to guarantee doubles against armors with higher Speed and also to cancel out Wary Fighter against low Speed armors (such as Surtr or Hector).

• Preferred IV: +SPD / -HP or -RES
• Weapon: Slaying Edge (+SPD)
• Assist: Reposition
• Special: Bonfire
• Passive A: Sturdy Impact
• Passive B: Chill Spd
• Passive C: Even Spd Wave / Goad Fliers
• Sacred Seal: Atk/Spd Bond / Spd +3

This build relies on Sturdy Impact both to keep Palla safe from the opponent’s followup attack as well as increase the power of her Special, accelerated by her Slaying Edge. The only drawback to this build is that it requires Palla to double naturally- and with 31 base Speed, that’s going to be somewhat difficult.

Still, merges can help increase her Speed stats, as can a Speed Asset, self-buffing with Speed Wave, and utilizing smart positioning to ensure Atk/Spd Bond is active- if that’s too complicated, then Spd +3 is almost as good. Finally, it’s smart to attack into the opponent who is affected by Chill Spd for even more differential between her and her opponent’s Speed stats.