Soleil

Weapon: Soleil’s Shine (+Eff) 

Assist: Positional Assist 

Special: Moonbow / Ruptured Sky / Glimmer

Passive A: Atk/Spd Boosting A Slot 

Passive B: Null Follow-Up 

Passive C: Atk/Spd Menace / Spd Smoke 

Sacred Seal: Atk/Spd Solo / Blade Session 

• With Soleil’s Shine’s +5 Atk/Spd and +1 Special charge per Soleil’s attack during combat on initiation and counterattack prevention for both Soleil and the enemy, Soleil heavily leans towards Player Phase sets. This set focuses on increasing her offensive capabilities as much as possible to make her a consistently powerful and stress-free initiator.
• 2-cooldown Specials such as Moonbow, Glimmer, and Ruptured Sky synergize well with Soleil’s Shine. Assuming no Guard effect is active, Soleil will be able to activate these Specials on her follow-up attack, dealing additional damage. Moonbow is generally preferred to punch through enemies with high Defense, but Glimmer can uniquely score KOs on high-HP enemies, and the same applies for Ruptured Sky against high-Attack enemies.
• Atk/Spd Boosting A slots are vital for any Player Phase build to increase damage and follow-up consistency. Notable choices include:
  • Surge Sparrow, which grants +7 Atk/Spd on initiation. The healing on Special activation is generally worthless because Soleil prevents counterattacks (so she should rarely take damage to begin with), but unlike the other A Slots listed below, there is no condition, drawback, or caveat aside from simply initiating. Swift Sparrow 2 and 3, which grant +4 Atk/Spd and +6 Attack / +7 Speed respectively, are good replacements with the same condition.
  • Atk/Spd Solo 3 or 4, which grants +6 Atk/Spd or +7 Atk/Spd respectively if Soleil is not adjacent to an ally. Since Player Phase units typically stray from their allies, this is a great choice, but completely useless if Soleil finds herself needing to initiate adjacent to an ally.
  • Atk/Spd Push 4, which grants +7 Atk/Spd if Soleil’s HP is ≥ 25% in exchange for 5 recoil damage after combat. This recoil damage may accumulate over time, however, and eventually, Soleil may fall below 25% HP and thus no longer gain +7 Atk/Spd during combat.
• Null Follow-Up neutralizes effects that prevent Soleil’s follow-up or guarantee the enemy’s follow-up, making it a fantastic B Slot that significantly increases Soleil’s consistency. While the latter is only beneficial against Null C-Disrupt enemies that can counterattack with guaranteed follow-up attacks, the former is frequently capable of making the difference between KOing or failing to KO, as an additional attack doubles Soleil’s damage output and allows her to activate Specials more frequently.
• Atk/Spd Menace inflicts -6 Atk/Spd on the closest enemies within 4 spaces and grants Soleil +6 Atk/Spd at the start of the turn, effectively giving Soleil a 12 Speed swing in addition to +6 damage (+12 if she performs a follow-up attack). A much cheaper, but still effective alternative is Spd Smoke, which increases Soleil’s follow-up consistency on subsequent combats by inflicting -7 Speed on enemies within 2 spaces after combat.
• Atk/Spd Solo and Blade Session are great Sacred Seals for Player Phase sets in general. The former grants +6 Atk/Spd during combat if Soleil is not adjacent to an ally, while the latter grants Soleil +X Atk/Spd during combat, with X being 3 + the number of allies who have already acted * 3. While Soleil will have a better first combat with Atk/Spd Solo (assuming the condition is met), she will have an equal second combat and better combats after that.

Weapon: Soleil’s Shine (+Eff)

Assist: Positional Assist 

Special: Galeforce 

Passive A: Atk/Spd Boosting A Slot

Passive B: Wings of Mercy 

Passive C: Time’s Pulse 

Sacred Seal: Blade Session / Atk/Spd Bond 

• Soleil’s Shine grants Soleil +5 Atk/Spd and +1 Special charge for every attack she performs on initiation, making her a strong choice for Galeforce teams. Galeforce is a 5-cooldown Special that allows the user to move again when activated; because of this, a popular strategy in both PvP and PvE modes is to defeat several, if not all enemies in one turn. These teams often include at least 1 refresher (a unit with Sing, Dance, or some variant of either) and at least 2 Galeforce units, and Soleil is a great choice as one of them.
  • Note that Soleil’s Shine’s counterattack prevention is a double-edged sword: beyond preventing her from counterattacking (which is irrelevant for a Player Phase strategy anyway), it also prevents her from receiving damage to become a Wings of Mercy beacon for other allies to Galeforce or refresh. Wings of Mercy allows users to teleport to spaces adjacent to allies with ≤ 50% HP, which is absolutely essential for Galeforce strategies. Of course, on the other hand, counterattack prevention is beneficial in that it ensures she will not be KO’d, making her much more consistent than many of her peers in that regard.
• Atk/Spd Boosting A slots are key for any Player Phase build. Notable choices include:
  • Surge Sparrow, which grants +7 Atk/Spd on initiation. The healing on Special activation is worthless because Soleil does not activate her Special during combat, but unlike the other A Slots listed below, there is no condition, drawback, or caveat aside from simply initiating. Swift Sparrow 2 and 3, which grant +4 Atk/Spd and +6 Attack / +7 Speed respectively, are fine replacements with the same condition.
  • Atk/Spd Push 4, which grants +7 Atk/Spd if Soleil’s HP is ≥ 25% in exchange for 5 recoil damage after combat. This recoil damage is not enough to consistently drop her to ≤ 50% HP after multiple combats.
  • Atk/Spd Bond 4, which grants +7 Atk/Spd and neutralizes Soleil’s visible Atk/Spd debuffs during combat if she is adjacent to an ally. Given that Wings of Mercy requires her to teleport to a space adjacent to an ally with ≤ 50% HP, this is essentially free. However, Soleil may find herself in a sticky situation after she activates Galeforce, as she may be unable to attack her next target while being adjacent to an ally.
• Because Galeforce has 5 cooldown and Soleil prevents enemy counterattacks, Galeforce’s cooldown will be at 1 rather than 0 after two attacks from Soleil’s initiation. In order to decrease this to 0, Soleil needs Time’s Pulse, a C Slot that decreases her Special cooldown by 1 (from 5 to 4) if her Special is at its maximum cooldown at the start of the turn. Alternatives via support from allies include Velouria’s Wolfpup Fang, Groom Rafiel’s Groom’s Wings, and Infantry Pulse; stacking multiple of these to decrease Soleil’s Galeforce cooldown to 2 will allow her to activate it after 2 attacks even if the enemy has Guard, making it a valuable consideration.
• While Atk/Spd Bond is one of Soleil’s strongest Sacred Seals (granting +5 Atk/Spd during combat if she is adjacent to an ally), Blade Session will almost always be stronger. Blade Session grants Soleil +X Atk/Spd during combat, with X being 3 + the number of allies who have already acted * 3. Given that Soleil cannot begin a Galeforce chain because she cannot serve as a Wings of Mercy beacon, she will never move first, meaning she will always gain a minimum of +6 Atk/Spd during combat. In addition, Blade Session does not have an adjacency requirement like Atk/Spd Bond does.