Sumia

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Blue Lance

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Sumia - Maid of Flowers
5 Obtainable as a 5 only

Hero Stats

Max Avg Total Stats at Lvl 40

162

HP 39

ATK 30

SPD 39

DEF 29

RES 25

Stat Variations

Level 1 Stat Variation

Weapon

5★

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	16 16 18 18	5 19 7 21	10 10 12 12	6 6 8 8	5 5 7 7
Middle	17 17 19 19	6 20 8 22	11 11 13 13	7 7 9 9	6 6 8 8
High	18 18 20 20	7 21 9 23	12 12 14 14	8 8 10 10	7 7 9 9

Level 40 Stat Variations

Weapon

5★

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	35 35 37 37	27 41 29 43	36 36 38 38	25 25 27 27	22 22 24 24
Middle	39 39 41 41	30 44 32 46	39 39 41 41	29 29 31 31	25 25 27 27
High	42 42 44 44	33 47 35 49	42 42 44 44	32 32 34 34	29 29 31 31

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
Average	Best	Best	Average	Worst

Skill Sets

Fraxinella (Galeforce Support)

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Recommended

	Flower Lance (+Eff)	A	Atk/Spd Catch (3 or 4) Alternate: Heavy Blade (3 or 4)
	Reposition Alternate: Swap	B	Chill Atk 3 Alternate: Guard Bearing 3
	Galeforce	C	Atk/Def Rein 3 Alternate: Joint Drive Atk
IVs	+Atk or +Spd / - HP	S	Heavy Blade 3 Alternate: Atk/Spd Bond 3

Show Explanation/Analysis

Weapon: Flower Lance (+EFF)

Taking Sumia's prf lance is a no-brainer - it's what makes her such a good Galeforce support unit.

Assist: Reposition / Swap / Flexible

With her Flower Lance's Canto skill, Sumia can do things like Reposition her ally into bolt traps before fleeing, break terrain and move out of harm's way, and move closer to a dancer or further away from a threat. This also enables her to get out of the way in order to grant an ally access to the Solo skill line.
Reposition is the best skill for a Canto user since it grants them flexibility to push allies ahead and avoid danger themselves, without needing a slot behind them, which may be taken up by a building.

Special: Galeforce

Passive A: Atk/Spd Catch / Heavy Blade

Sumia's A-slot and Seal slot are where things get tricky. For a guaranteed Galeforce activation, she needs Quickened Pulse in her Seal slot and Heavy Blade in her A slot - then she must double her opponent while relying on her Speed, with a higher Attack stat. Giving up her A slot to run Heavy Blade is a big ask, seeing as to how she needs all the Attack she can get in order to pass Heavy Blade checks with a base 30 Attack.
The better option would be to run her with Atk/Spd Catch, which gives her +7 (or +9) to both her Attack and Speed. This drastically helps her when it comes to stat checks, but at the expense of losing Quickened Pulse and causing her to need external help with her Galeforce cooldown (such as using Velouria or Groom Rafiel as a support partner).

Passive B: Chill Atk / Guard Bearing / Dive Bomb

With both Canto and Wings of Mercy in her Flower Lance, Sumia is free to run whatever she might need in her B slot. Unfortunately due to flier inheritance, this means she's stuck either running a Chill - which can proc the effect of Atk/Spd Catch, as well as help her make that Heavy Blade check - or running a more defensive skill like Guard Bearing, which can prevent her from being KO'd between her attacks, or Dive Bomb.
Keep in mind that Dive Bomb means she will not be retaliated, making her Galeforce activation somewhat unreliable unless she's running Heavy Blade in her A slot or is using a cooldown acceleration support partner.

Passive C: Atk/Spd Rein / Joint Drive Atk

These are both just good options for Sumia, as both skills benefit herself and her allies.

Sacred Seal: Heavy Blade / Quickened Pulse / Atk/Spd Bond

If you aren't running Heavy Blade in her A slot, then she will need it in her Seal slot. If you are, then she needs Quickened Pulse to reduce her cooldown to 4 and allow her to attack into ranged units while still activating Galeforce.
Atk/Spd Bond is a good budget option for secondary Galeforce units, since they will warp adjacent to their allies and always get this buff.

Dogwood (All-out offense)

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	Flower Lance (+Eff)	A	Sturdy Impact Alternate: Atk/Spd Boosting A Slot
	Reposition Alternate: Swap	B	Guard Bearing 3 Alternate: Dive-Bomb 3
	Moonbow	C	Spd/Def Rein 3
IVs	+ATK or +SPD / - HP	S	Atk/Spd Solo 3 Alternate: Death Blow 3

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Weapon: Flower Lance (+EFF)

Assist: Reposition / Swap / Flexible

Special: Moonbow

Passive A: Sturdy Impact / Atk/Spd Boosting A slot

There are two ways of building a general offensive Sumia - the first is to give her an Impact skill, which protects her from enemy's auto-follow up attacks, and the second is to just stack the heck out of her Attack and Speed.

Passive B: Guard Bearing / Dive Bomb

With follow-up protection, Sumia can cut her damage taken by 50% by using Guard Bearing, making her surprisingly tanky as long as she is not doubled or engaging multiple foes at once.
Dive Bomb is her other option, which should be taken for a more Speed-based build

Passive C: Spd/Def Rein

This is easily the best C slot for Sumia - and many other fliers. Spd/Def Rein increases her damage dealt and her odds of doubling. It's a win-win!

Sacred Seal: Atk/Spd Solo / Death Blow

Sumia should take the standard offensive Seals in order to further bolster her attack power.

Strengths

High Base Speed

Sumia has a decently high base Speed of 39, which can be greatly improved with a good boon and merges, allowing her to still compete in the Speed-based metagame.

Good Refine

Sumia's Flower Lance is an incredibly powerful and underrated refine, which changes the game for her. Not only does it grant her Canto, an extremely meta utility in Aether Raids offense, but it also gives her amazing movement utility to warp to her allies, on top of Atk/Spd+9 and Def/Res +4 if simple conditions are met.

This makes Sumia one of the best fliers available for Galeforce strategies and allows her to be a fantastic secondary Galeforce unit, since her Flower Lance alleviates the need for a Wings of Mercy and a Near Trace B slot, leaving her options open.

Notably, Flower Lance allows her to move next to an ally with less than 80% HP remaining, whereas Wings of Mercy only activates at 50% HP or below. This offers Sumia far more wiggle room when it comes to Galeforce and Wings of Mercy shenanigans and alleviates a large strain on teambuilding for a Turn 1 Galeforce team.

Weaknesses

Mediocre Attack

30 Attack is just barely passable, and is on the borderline of becoming inferior when compared to the other flying lancers -- high Speed doesn’t mean anything when you’re dealing 0 damage.

Flier Inheritance

Like every flier, Sumia struggles with good inherits. While she doesn't need to run Wings of Mercy or a Near Trace in her B slot, her options of what she can run are rather slim. Since she cannot inherit a skill like Null Follow-Up, she is easily countered by opponents with follow-up denial.

While her mobility makes her amazing in a Galeforce team, her lack of access to Flashing Blade means that she has to try and work with Heavy Blade for turn 1 Galeforce activation - with a 30 base Attack to work with.

Weapon Skills

Weapons	SP	Rng.	Mt.
Steel Lance Lance Users Only	100	1	8
Reprisal Lance If foe initiates combat, grants Atk+6 during combat. Lance Users Only	200	1	10
Reprisal Lance+ If foe initiates combat, grants Atk +6 during combat Learns by default at 5 ★ Lance Users Only	300	1	14
Flower Lance At start of combat, if foe's HP ≥ 75%, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to unit during combat. Non-Inheritable skill.	400	1	16

Available Rearmed Weapons
Arcane Qiang (+Def)
Arcane Qiang (+Res)
Arcane Qiang (+Atk)
Arcane Qiang (+Spd)
Arcane Qiang

Weapon Evolution

Weapon Upgrades

Weapons	HP	SP	Rng.	Mt.
Reprisal Lance+ (+Atk) If foe initiates combat, grants Atk+6 during combat.	+5	350	1	16
Reprisal Lance+ (+Spd) +3Grants Atk+6 during combat when this unit is attacked.	+5	350	1	14
Reprisal Lance+ (+Def) +4 Grants Atk+6 during combat when this unit is attacked.	+5	350	1	14
Reprisal Lance+ (+Res) +4 Grants Atk+6 during combat when this unit is attacked.	+5	350	1	14
Flower Lance (+Eff) At start of combat, if foe's HP ≥ 75%, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to unit during combat. Enables【Canto (２)】. If an ally's HP ≤ 80%, unit can move to a space adjacent to that ally. If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd+5 to unit during combat. 【Canto (２)】 After an attack, Assist skill, or structure destruction, unit can move ２ space(s). (Unit moves according to movement type. Once per turn. Cannot attack or assist. Only highest value applied. Does not stack. After moving, if a skill that grants another action would be triggered (like with Galeforce), Canto will trigger again. Unit's base movement has no effect on movement granted. Cannot warp (using skills like Wings of Mercy) a distance greater than ２ space(s).)	+3	400	1	16

Support Skills

Support Skills	Rng.	SP
Reposition Target ally moves to opposite side of unit. Learns by default at 5 ★	1	150

Passive Skills

Passive Skills	SP	Slot
Close Def 1 If unit is attacked by foe using sword, axe, lance, dragonstone, or beast damage, unit receives Def/Res+2 during combat. Inheritable by all units.	60	A
Close Def 2 If unit is attacked by foe using sword, axe, lance, dragonstone, or beast damage, unit receives Def/Res+4 during combat. Inheritable by all units.	120	A
Close Def 3 If unit is attacked by foe using sword, axe, lance, dragonstone, or beast damage, unit receives Def/Res+6 during combat. Inheritable by all units. Unlocks at 5 ★	240	A
Atk/Def Link 1 If a movement Assist skill (like Reposition,\nShove, Pivot, etc.) is used by unit or targets\nunit, grants Atk/Def+2 to unit and target ally\nor unit and targeting ally for 1 turn. Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units.	60	B
Atk/Def Link 2 If a movement Assist skill (like Reposition,\nShove, Pivot, etc.) is used by unit or targets\nunit, grants Atk/Def+4 to unit and target ally\nor unit and targeting ally for 1 turn. Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units.	120	B
Atk/Def Link 3 If a movement Assist skill (like Reposition,\nShove, Pivot, etc.) is used by unit or targets\nunit, grants Atk/Def+6 to unit and target ally\nor unit and targeting ally for 1 turn. Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units. Unlocks at 5 ★	240	B