Pent

Weapon: Tome of Reglay 

Assist: No Assist / Rally Assist

Special: Luna / Glimmer / Dragon Fang

Passive A: Atk/Spd Push 4 / G Duel Infantry 4 / Sturdy Impact / Triangle Adept

Passive B: Lull Atk/Res / Null Follow-Up / Lancebreaker

Passive C: Time’s Pulse / Infantry Pulse 

Sacred Seal: Quickened Pulse / Swift Sparrow / HP-increasing Sacred Seal / Steady Blow

• Tome of Reglay grants -1 Special cooldown to Pent and magic allies within 2 spaces if their Special is at its maximum cooldown; this allows Pent to charge the Specials of his ally mage nukes in addition to himself, an extremely valuable support option. Its flat +3 Attack and +6 Atk/Spd during combat if the enemy’s HP is ≥ 75% allows Pent to become a hard-hitter himself, especially considering his 38/39 offenses and his ability to charge his own Special. The combination of Tome of Reglay, Time’s Pulse, and Quickened Pulse allows Pent to ready a 3-cooldown Special such as Luna or Draconic Aura on turn 1; he can even use Dragon Fang, a 4-cooldown Special, with an Infantry Pulse buff from an additional ally.
• Typically, units that are meant to be in combat use Rally Assists to extend their ranges or no Assist to receive a refresh from units such as Duo Peony, Mirabilis, and Triandra. While Pent’s main draw is his support, his combat is impressive as well, so receiving a refresh would likely be beneficial regardless.
• Atk/Spd Push 4 and Lull Atk/Res are excellent A and B slots respectively for maximizing Pent’s offensive capabilities, with the former granting +7 Atk/Spd if Pent’s HP is ≥ 25% and the latter inflicting -3 Atk/Res on the enemy and neutralizing their visible Atk/Res buffs during combat. Sturdy Impact is a strong alternative A slot if players wish to maximize Pent’s survivability, as it grants +6 Attack, +10 Defense, and follow-up prevention on initiation. Null Follow-Up is a great alternative B slot, as it neutralizes effects that prevent Pent’s follow-up attack or guarantee the enemy’s follow-up attack, increasing his offensive and defensive consistencies.
  • The classic Triangle Adept + Lancebreaker combination can also be chosen for players that wish to punish Brave Hector and Kris (F) users as much as possible, though this makes Pent’s damage output against non-Blue/non-Lance units substantially worse.
• If using Infantry Pulse rather than Time’s Pulse, Pent’s native G Duel Infantry 4 can ensure that he provides the -1 Special cooldown buff to as many Infantry allies as possible, as he can only provide it to Infantry allies with less HP than him. Players can also replace Quickened Pulse with an HP-increasing Sacred Seal to further secure Infantry Pulse’s buff or with an offense-increasing Sacred Seal such as Swift Sparrow to improve Pent’s general offense.
• Special notes about HP IVs:
  • +HP may be necessary for Pent if he uses Infantry Pulse and depending on his allies.
  • On the flip side, -HP may instead be necessary for Pent if he plans to receive Special cooldown reductions from allies’ Infantry Pulses.

Weapon: Tome of Reglay 

Assist: Positional Assist

Special: Draconic Aura / Dragon Fang / Luna

Passive A: Atk/Spd Push 4 / Fury (3 or 4)

Passive B: Desperation

Passive C: Time’s Pulse

Sacred Seal: Atk/Spd Solo / Flashing Blade / Heavy Blade / Swift Sparrow

• Tome of Reglay grants Pent a flat +3 Attack and an additional +6 Atk/Spd during combat if the enemy’s HP is ≥ 75%. In combination with 38/39 offenses, Pent can become an incredibly potent Player Phase unit.
• Much of Pent’s kit is dependent on his Special:
  • If Pent chooses to use a 3-cooldown Special such as Draconic Aura or Luna, then assuming he receives the -2 Special cooldown (in total) from Tome of Reglay and Time’s Pulse, he will begin the turn with 1 cooldown. This allows Pent to activate his 3-cooldown Special on his follow-up attack assuming no Guard or follow-up prevention effects are active, even without receiving a counterattack or Special acceleration from skills such as Flashing Blade and Heavy Blade. 
  • If Pent chooses to use a 4-cooldown Special such as Dragon Fang, then assuming he receives the -2 Special cooldown (in total) from Tome of Reglay and Time’s Pulse, he will begin the turn with 2 cooldown. This allows Pent to activate his 4-cooldown Special on his follow-up attack assuming no Guard or follow-up prevention effects are active if he has Special acceleration from skills such as Flashing Blade and Heavy Blade or he receives a counterattack.
  • For 3-cooldown Special sets that use Desperation (allowing Pent to perform his follow-up attack before the enemy can counterattack if his HP is ≤ 75%), Pent does not need Flashing Blade or Heavy Blade in his A slot or Sacred Seal to activate his Special on his follow-up attack, assuming he receives the -2 Special cooldown at the start of the turn. He can instead devote his A slot and Sacred Seal to increasing his offenses with skills such as Atk/Spd Push 4, Fury, and Atk/Spd Solo; the recoil from Atk/Spd Push 4 or Fury in his A slot grants Pent additional safety when attempting to reach the HP threshold for Desperation.
  • For 4-cooldown Special sets that use Desperation, Pent needs Flashing Blade or Heavy Blade in his A slot or Sacred Seal in order to activate his Special on his follow-up attack. With Flashing or Heavy Blade in his Sacred Seal, Pent should use Atk/Spd Push 4 or Fury in his A slot for the same reasons as the 3-cooldown Special sets.

Weapon: Tome of Reglay 

Assist: Positional Assist

Special: Glimmer

Passive A: Atk/Spd Push 4 / Death Blow (3 or 4)

Passive B: Lull Atk/Res

Passive C: Time’s Pulse

Sacred Seal: Atk/Spd Solo / Atk/Def Solo / Death Blow

• In addition to effectively granting Pent +9 Attack and +6 Speed, Tome of Reglay can grant Pent -1 Special cooldown if his Special is at maximum cooldown. In combination with his native Time’s Pulse, Pent can instantly charge a 2-cooldown Special (such as his native Glimmer) and fulfill the role of a once-per-phase OHKO nuke. Glimmer is chosen over Moonbow because as it increases Pent’s damage by 50% when activated, it has a much higher damage ceiling.
• The remainder of Pent’s set should be devoted to increasing his damage output to secure as many OHKOs as possible.
  • Atk/Spd Push 4 grants Pent +7 Atk/Spd during combat if his HP is ≥ 25%, effectively increasing his damage by 10 when Glimmer is activated (7 * 1.5 = 10.5, but FEH rounds down to 10). The additional Speed can also be nice in case Pent misses an OHKO, oftentimes allowing him to perform a follow-up attack to 2HKO instead. Death Blow 4 exceeds Atk/Spd Push 4’s damage by 2 (8 * 1.5 = 12), and Death Blow 3 is a budget-friendly option that only decreases the damage from Atk/Spd Push 4 by 1 (6 * 1.5 = 9). Something to note is that Atk/Spd Push 4 functions on Enemy Phase while Death Blow does not, which is nice if Pent finds himself needing to Enemy Phase from time to time.
  • Pent’s native Lull Atk/Res is excellent for a nuking set, as he inflicts -3 Atk/Res and neutralizes the enemy’s visible Atk/Res buffs during combat. The Resistance decrease and buff neutralization help maximize Pent’s damage output, while the Attack decrease and buff neutralization can help Pent survive in case he needs to receive a counterattack as a result of failing to OHKO.
  • Atk/Spd Solo, Atk/Def Solo, and Death Blow all grant Pent +6 Attack, making them equally strong solely in terms of OHKOing. Atk/Spd Solo is still ideal, however, as Pent’s high Speed can allow him to perform a follow-up attack should he fall short of an OHKO. Atk/Def Solo grants Pent additional physical bulk in a pinch, also making it a good choice; while the Solo skills may have an arguably more difficult condition (non-adjacency to allies) than Death Blow’s simple initiation condition, they not only work on Enemy Phase if necessary, but also grant the additional +6 Speed or +6 Defense respectively.