Sara

Default
Attack
Special
Injured

Infantry

Gray Staff

Analysis by Naz

Sara - Lady of Loptr
5 Obtainable as a 5 only

Hero Stats

Max Avg Total Stats at Lvl 40

165

HP 35

ATK 40

SPD 37

DEF 16

RES 37

Stat Variations

Level 1 Stat Variation

Weapon

5★

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	15 15 17 17	9 23 11 25	8 8 10 10	2 2 4 4	10 10 12 12
Middle	16 16 18 18	10 24 12 26	9 9 11 11	3 3 5 5	11 11 13 13
High	17 17 19 19	11 25 13 27	10 10 12 12	4 4 6 6	12 12 14 14

Level 40 Stat Variations

Weapon

5★

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	32 32 34 34	37 51 39 53	34 34 36 36	12 12 14 14	34 34 36 36
Middle	35 35 37 37	40 54 42 56	37 37 39 39	16 16 18 18	37 37 39 39
High	39 39 41 41	44 58 46 60	40 40 42 42	19 19 21 21	40 40 42 42

IV Sets

	Key stats worth increasing through nature if possible.
	Complementary stats that matter, but not to the point of picking them over key stats for nature increase.
	Relatively worthless stat that can safely be decreased through nature.

HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Worst	Best	Best	Worst	Average

Skill Sets

Sobriety (AR-D Support)

Build by Naz

Recommended

	Kia Staff	A	Atk/Spd Ideal 4 Alternate: Atk/Spd Push 4
	Return+	B	Dazzling Staff 3 Alternate: Wings of Mercy 3
	Windfire Balm+ Alternate: Miracle	C	Canto Control 3 Alternate: Odd Recovery 3
IVs	+ATK or +SPD	S	Chill Res 3 Alternate: Quickened Pulse

Show Explanation/Analysis

Preferred IV: +ATK or +SPD

Assets in Attack or Speed add to Sara’s offensive power.

Weapon: Kia Staff

Kia Staff should be used with the HP condition in mind in order to clear Isolation and other debuffs/status effects from your other units.

Assist: Return+ / None

Movement-based healing Assists such as Return and Rescue allow for very unique AI interactions. For example, they can be used to activate a team’s movement without the need for the opponent to enter enemy range.
If you’re not using the aforementioned Return/Rescue trap strategy, it’s more practical to simply not use any Assist skill at all so that units are moved out of position.

Special: Balm+ / Miracle

The choice of Special is mostly inconsequential but a Balm skill can be used for a quick turn 1 buff assuming you are using an Assist.

Passive A: Atk/Spd Boosting skills

The purpose of this build is support but any form of offensive boosting A slots works well with Sara’s exceptional offensive statline in combat situations.

Passive B: Dazzling Staff / Wings of Mercy

Dazzling is a great choice on most staff units by simply preventing counterattacks. Wings of Mercy is a solid alternative for warp in kills.

Passive C: Canto Control / Odd Recovery / Drive Res / Flexible

Odd Recovery couples well with Kia staff, as it allows you to clear nearby allies while positioning low HP allies further away.
The C skill can otherwise be replaced as needed to suit the team.

Sacred Seal: Chill Skills / Quickened Pulse

Generally any support-based skills such as Chills make for good seal slot options.
Quickened Pulse allows for Balm Skills to be immediately active.

Strengths

Kia Staff

Kia Staff makes for an incredibly useful utility weapon, especially on AR Defense teams, as it allows Sara to clear the penalties and negative status effects such as Isolation from target allies.

Fantastic Offensive Statline

I may be a healer but

Weaknesses

Terrible Physical Bulk

With only 35 HP and 16 Def at base, Sara doesn’t hold in the face of physical damage.

Weapon Skills

Weapons	SP	Rng.	Mt.
Assault Unlocks at 1 ★ Restricted to units that use a Staff.	50	2	10
Kia StaffCalculates damage from staff like other weapons. At start of turn, if【Penalty】is active on any allies within 4 spaces of unit (excluding unit), grants Atk/Spd+6 to ally with the lowest HP among them for 1 turn and neutralizes any【Penalty】on that ally. (If【Penalty】is not active on any ally within 4 spaces of unit, targets ally with the lowest HP among them instead.) 【Penalty】 All effects that last "on foe through its next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard). Unlocks at 5 ★ Non-Inheritable skill.	400	2	14

Weapon Evolution

Weapon Upgrades

Support Skills

Support Skills	Rng.	SP
HealRestores 5 HP. Learns by default at 1 ★	1	50
ReconcileRestores 7 HP each to target and this unit. Learns by default at 3 ★	1	100
ReturnRestores 8 HP to target ally and target ally moves to opposite side of unit. If ally cannot move to the target space (if another ally or foe is occupying the space), ally will not move. Using this skill has no effect on Special cooldown charge and unit does not gain EXP or SP. (This skill is treated as a movement skill only when movement takes place.) Learns by default at 4 ★	1	200
Return+Restores HP = 50% of unit's Atk (min 8 HP) to target ally and target ally moves to opposite side of unit. If ally cannot move to the target space (if another ally or foe is occupying the space), ally will not move. Using this skill has no effect on Special cooldown charge and unit does not gain EXP or SP. (This skill is treated as a movement skill only when movement takes place.) Learns by default at 5 ★	1	300

Passive Skills

Passive Skills	SP	Slot
Atk/Spd Push 1At start of combat, if unit's HP = 100%, grants Atk/Spd+3, but if unit attacked, deals 1 damage to unit after combat. Inheritable by all units. Unlocks at 2 ★	60	A
Atk/Spd Push 2At start of combat, if unit's HP = 100%, grants Atk/Spd+4, but if unit attacked, deals 1 damage to unit after combat. Inheritable by all units. Unlocks at 3 ★	120	A
Atk/Spd Push 3At start of combat, if unit's HP = 100%, grants Atk/Spd +5, but if unit attacked, deals 1 damage to unit after combat. Inheritable by all units. Unlocks at 4 ★	240	A
Atk/Spd Push 4At start of combat, if unit's HP >= 25%, grants Atk/Spd+7. but after combat, if unit attacked, deals 5 damage to unit. Inheritable by all units. Unlocks at 5 ★	300	A
Dazzling Staff 1If unit has 100% HP at the start of combat, the enemy cannot counterattack. Restricted to units that use a Staff. Unlocks at 1 ★	60	B
Dazzling Staff 2If unit has ≥ 50% HP at the start of combat, the enemy cannot counterattack. Restricted to units that use a Staff. Unlocks at 2 ★	120	B
Dazzling Staff 3The enemy cannot counterattack. Restricted to units that use a Staff. Unlocks at 4 ★	240	B
Spur Res 1Grants adjacent allies Res+2 during combat Inheritable by all units. Unlocks at 2 ★	50	C
Drive Res 1Grants allies within 2 spaces Res+2 during combat. Inheritable by all units. Unlocks at 3 ★	120	C
Drive Res 2Grants allies within 2 spaces Res+3 during combat. Inheritable by all units. Unlocks at 4 ★	240	C
Joint Drive ResGrants Res+4 to allies within 2 spaces during combat. If unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Res+4 to unit during combat. Inheritable by all units. Unlocks at 5 ★	300	C