Robin (F)

SS: Atk/Spd Bond
5*+3 • Dragonflower +6

Used as a buffer + colorless defense. B skill rotates between G Tomebreaker and Daggerbreaker.

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Part of my fun-yet-oddly-effective Chrobin Family team:

Lucina - the obligatory speedy sword lord
F!Robin - the family buffer and colorless defense
F!Morgan - terrifying teleporting blade mage. Gets buffs from Robin, then teleports herself and her family around with Guidance and Aerobatics. Also an excellent magic tank.
W!Chrom - armored distant counter tank

Works best when you keep everyone close to each other. Their bonds give them strength.

【 FRONTLINE GENERAL 】

Robin wants to do more than just yell orders across the battlefield with this build, which capitalizes on her Def stat to try to make her useful as a damage dealer — though you'll likely have to significantly invest in merges and Dragonflowers to make her truly viable. Ultimately, there are a lot more units who can do this kind of build better, but if Robin's a favourite of yours, you can now let her loose on the front lines.

【 Weapon 】
• Tactical Gale (+Def) is still Robin's best weapon, but now with a Def refine to boost her Def from okay-ish to decent, giving her greater sustain and a stronger Bonfire.
• Tactical Gale (+Eff) is also an option if you want Robin to still be able to support her teammates, though she takes a hit to her potential Def for it.

【 Assist 】
• Reposition is Robin's assist of choice, as she doesn't need to worry about falling in the path of melee units; in fact, she'd prefer it that way.

【 Special 】
• Bonfire makes use of Robin's Def, scaling on it to hopefully inflict enough damage to make up for her low Atk.
• Moonbow has a shorter cooldown than Bonfire and scales off the enemy's Def/Res, which could make it a more potent option against bulkier enemies that Robin would otherwise struggle to significantly damage.

【 A Skill 】
• Close Foil is Robin's best choice for her A skill (although the build page doesn't have it as an option yet). Robin certainly needs to retaliate against melee enemies as her build is based around her Def stat, which all but one type of melee attacks, and Close Foil grants her Atk/Def+5 against all physical attackers.
• Close Counter is easier to come by, so it's the optimal second choice if you don't have the fodder for the much rarer Close Foil.

【 B Skill 】
• Quick Riposte 3 is Robin's first choice of B skill due to her middling speed, and with her low attack she'll need two strikes to cause significant damage or score a KO.
• Lull Atk/Res 3 is an option if you feel like you haven't foddered enough rare units to her — and to be fair, it will help her damage-dealing potential. Just usually not as much as Quick Riposte, although with the number of skills/weapons popping up that negate guaranteed follow up skills, Lull Atk/Res might be better in some situations. It also doesn't require a certain health threshold to work, so in longer engagements Robin will get more use out of it than Quick Riposte.

【 C Skill 】
• Res Smoke 3 cuts the Res of any nearby enemies after one round of combat against one of their buddies, which is a boost to Robin's damage potential that she sorely needs.
• Rouse Atk/Def 3 allows Robin to achieve a visible boost to her Atk/Def so long as she starts the turn non-adjacent to her allies, which synergizes well with Atk/Def Solo as her Seal.
• Even Atk Wave 3 or Odd Atk Wave 3 are inexpensive and are just a straight boost to Robin's Atk every other turn, which she'll find very helpful when attempting to take down foes.

【 Sacred Seal 】
• Atk/Def Solo 3 is Robin's best choice of Seal, although it too is not available on the build page yet. Atk/Def Solo gives her Atk/Def+6 as long as she's not adjacent to her allies, but she can still give them her Tactical Gale (+Eff) boost should you be using that refine as long as she remains no more than one space away, giving the best of both worlds. And if you're not using that refine, then she can go wherever she wants. Well, as long as she doesn't want to be right next to someone.

Pretty much just a spectrum-Tactic-buffer, with extra speed-granting XD
Tactical Gale itself is a Raven-effect tome, making her in this manner be super effective against Colorless and Blue, and be good at combatting Green tomes like herself (whom would target her lower resistance)... Harsh Command is just there because I like the stat-swapping feeling very tactical, and Ignis because it's cheap.

This build exists solely for those who want to invest in Female Robin as a favourite and use her in more than just one mode. The Tactical Gale is nice if you play Aether Raids, but there's a whole game outside of it, and with the addition of the lifesaver that is the Madness Flask, Robin can finally break out of her niche and be more self sufficient as a unit.

The Madness Flask is great, giving Robin Fury 3, playing into her jack-of-all-trades statline, and with a Res refine, giving her respectable bulk to engage enemies both up close and from afar. It also helps salvage her lower attack and speed, so, with a little team support, she can go toe-to-toe with a wider array of units, or, use her newfound power to fight back against units with middling speed she once had as well. The HP loss allows her to capitalise on lower HP dependant effects to bring out the power.

Draw Back is just a reliable and handy skill for most ranged units, and can be substituted for anything you personally like.

Bonfire plays into Robin's higher Defence, and has a lower cooldown than her native Ignis, which can be kept if desired, or if you have a skill like Infantry/Ostia's pulse active on her.

Close Counter is very self explanatory, Robin has good Defence for a mage, and with this new weapon for her, her Res won't be too bad either, letting her counter melee enemies of all stripes as well as ranged ones, expanding her options in battle for how to use her.

Vantage has great Synergy with her weapon and Close Counter, letting her strike back with lower health first, able to get the drop on initiators, especially ones she's weakened from afar already. When her special is ready, Vantage can make for a deadly get out of jail free card when used in conjunction with it.

Attack Smoke is a simple skill, helping Robin's bulk and survivability by having her debuff enemies around her after attacking an enemy, which can be great if she's engaging multiple enemies at once and doing a bit of tanking. Her C-Slot is flexible, but Smokes tend to work nicely for Close Counter ranged units overall.

The Brazen Attack/Defence Seal is more or less perfect for Robin, but can be swapped for any Brazen seal in the game you personally prefer, this one simply exists to make her a stronger physical damage tank, give her solid attack, and strengthen the power of Bonfire. It activates in a similar range to Vantage, and her weapon effect means she can reach the HP threshold with greater ease.

Overall this build is there to get the most out of Robin's mixed stats with a weapon and setup that goes all in on it. This is more of a mixed phase/tankier setup for that particular playstyle, but can also be tweaked into an offensive one. Fury weapons can breathe new life into all kinds of units and open up greater possibilities for them, and Robin is a great example of that, going from a Raven Tome unit that only sees most of her use in Aether Raids, to a generalist who can be used in all kinds of PvE and PvP modes alike. Good for fans of the character like myself who enjoy using her.

The aim of this build is for people doing high merge and Dragonflower investment into Robin. Tactical Gale's support powers are great for mixed teams, which you may find yourself running in modes like Aether Raids, and the flat +4 buff to all four stats also helps units like her, jack-of-all trades types, mixed tanks, and more duelist type units. It's also handy in Grand Conquest maps as well if you like using a wide variety of movement types from your friends and the Raven tome power lets her easily clean up bow and dagger units, and initiate strongly onto staff units as well. Draw Back is fairly standard for mages, though Swap and Reposition can work depending on preferences. Bonfire works nicely off of her decent defence stat, and is quicker to activate than her native Ignis, though this is a matter of preference. Close Defence lets Robin tap into her defence stat to bait in and punish melee units, though red units may give her trouble and are some of the most prevalent melee threats, you can still use this to bait in lance and axe units with low resistance, largely playing on Robin's utility to weaken them or even secure a kill. Quick Riposte is how Robin secures her doubles as the speed ceiling ever increases, even at full merge and flowers her speed sits to an average, so this lets her use her decent defence to bait in units. Even Defence Wave was largely chosen due to how it's readily available from Silas, though now the Odd counterpart can be gotten from Haar, it's down to preference really, and helps give her the defensive push to tank with. Eventually when they make Joint Hone Defence that will be better for her. Finally the Attack Defence Bond Seal lets her remain close to allies she's buffed, and gives her some attack power and more defenses to better tank and punish with, however Attack Speed Bond can work as well at higher merge levels if you want a better chance warding off doubles or securing some of your own on the player phase. All in all Robin can be a decent ranged attacker, can deal with colourless units fairly well, handle some physical melee and buff up the as well. Decent all-rounder, useful moreso in PvE than PvP, but can be a helpful tagalong in Aether raids.