Spring Minerva

Weapon: Flowing Lance(+Spd) / Slaying Lance(+Spd)

Assist: Positional Assist

Special: Luna

Passive A: Swift Sparrow 2 or 3 / Atk/Spd Solo 3 or 4 / Atk/Def Solo 3

Passive B: Lull Spd/Def / Lull Atk/Spd / Desperation

Passive C: Joint Drive Atk / Distant Guard / Preference

Sacred Seal: Atk/Spd Solo / Swift Sparrow

• Finally joining the rest of the whitewings, Minerva’s Spring incarnation is unfortunately saddled onto a horse as a generic lance cavalier, although she at least has a solid statline(and isn’t a generic lance flier).
• Lances have a wide array of excellent inheritable weapons, even beyond what’s listed. The Firesweep Lance, It’s Curtains, the Spirited Spear, and Minerva’s innate Springy Lance are all great options as well. The Flowing Lance is one of the best inheritable Lances available due to its Lull effect, giving it’s user a significant stat lead as long as they aren’t adjacent to any allies. The Slaying Lance offers -1 Special cooldown, allowing Minerva to activate her Specials much more often, and is also easily accessible, unlike many other Lance inheritables which are locked to seasonal banners, and thus can be difficult to acquire.
• Swift Sparrow and Atk/Spd Solo offer Minerva a similar offensive boost, and which one is used depends on how much one wishes to contend with positioning requirements for a boost active on both phases. Minerva can also opt for her innate Atk/Def Solo on a budget.
• Lull skills are Minerva’s best choice of B slot, giving her free stat reduction and buff negation for two of the foe’s stats, particularly nasty if combined with the Flowing Lance’s already potent stat reduction. Desperation is also usable on a budget to protect Minerva from counterattacks, however.
• Joint Drive skills are an excellent C slot option in general due to the stat boosts they provide to minerva and her allies within 2 spaces. However, budget options can be used instead should they be inaccessible.
• Finally, damage boosting sacred seals such as Atk/Spd Solo and Swift Sparrow round out Minerva’s kit nicely.

Weapon: It’s Curtains…(+Spd)

Assist: Positional Assist

Special: Galeforce

Passive A: Swift Sparrow 3 / Atk/Spd Solo 3 or 4

Passive B: Lull Atk/Spd / Wings of Mercy

Passive C: Atk Smoke / Preference

Sacred Seal: Heavy Blade / Quickened Pulse

• It’s Curtains is a fantastic weapon for Galeforce strategies, as it reduces Galeforce’s cooldown from 5 to 3. Alongside another source of cooldown reduction from allies with the Grandscratcher, or units such as Velouria and Groom Rafiel, Minerva can get her Galeforce cooldown to 2 easily, and with the use of Heavy Blade, she can guarantee her Galeforce even against foes with Guard(although she will need to strike them twice). Alternatively, Minerva can opt to utilize Quickened Pulse alongside Velouria to instantly charge her Galeforce, guaranteeing it triggers unless the foe has Pulse Smoke(those will quickly put a stop to your plans, so be mindful).
• Player Phase skills that boost both Minerva’s Attack and Speed are ideal to increase her odds of performing Follow-Up attacks and maximizing her damage output.
• Aside from the typical stat lead+buff negation Lull Skills, Wings of Mercy can also allow Minerva to follow up on her damaged allies work.(Hint: Ninja Lyn)
• Finally, Minerva’s C slot skill isn’t terribly important to her performance as a Galeforcer, but the extra turn means she can follow up on her own Smoke skill activations, so those are a good option.