Summer Micaiah

Stat Variations

IV Sets

Moonlight Drop

Sneaking her way into a second summer-related version (likely being the only reason her epithet this time isn’t Summer’s Dawn), Micaiah brings out all her firepower through her new Moonlight Drop. This is primarily owed to the tome’s ability to grant a Brave effect if Micaiah can achieve a fifteen-point Resistance advantage over her enemies, immediately unleashing two consecutive attacks without being hindered by any form of Null Follow-Up or Impact effect or being susceptible to a KO between attacks.

• While a Brave effect in a vacuum isn’t particularly awe-inspiring, its significance here lies in the fact that Summer Micaiah’s doesn’t face the restraints of traditional Brave weapons like reduced Might or a lack of further supplemental effects, as seen in Ninja Corrin’s powerful but relatively simple Ninjutsu Scrolls. 
• To the contrary, Micaiah is able to leverage these consecutive strikes with the full brunt of an essentially 20 Might weapon, dual effectiveness against cavalry and armored foes, and hastened Special activations to boot — all of which together cement the maiden as a phenomenal tankbuster and overall premier offensive threat against the majority of relevant tanks in the meta.

It typically shouldn’t be too much trouble actually reaching this differential in most cases but even then, Moonlight Drop does offer a guaranteed follow-up effect instead if she misses the fifteen-point differential but has at least four more Res than her opponent (which should be almost always). This isn’t as powerful as the Brave effect and has more means of being circumvented by her opponent — but hey, it’s better than nothing and she does have her PRF B skill to help bridge the gap.

Prescience

In addition to her signature dual effectiveness quirk, Summer Micaiah yoinks yet another element seen before on an alt: her Legendary version’s PRF B skill, Prescience. The -5 Atk/Res in-combat debuff it applies is certainly welcome to build on the stat differences necessary to maximize damage, though its 30% damage reduction upon initiation is likely the skill’s biggest draw as it helps offset her physical bulk to an extent.

While this damage reduction actually doesn’t have too much bearing if she triggers Moonlight Drop’s Brave effect, Prescience becomes much more impactful if Micaiah only passes the check to gain a guaranteed follow-up attack as her strikes won’t be consecutive then; this makes her much safer to play in such instances. The fact that Prescience is a B skill also comes as more of an advantage than detriment for Summer Micaiah as well relative to her Legendary incarnation, since ranged cavalry units don’t really have too many B skill options otherwise.

Exceptional Attack & Resistance

Even with the BST limitations imposed on cavalry units, Micaiah features exceedingly fierce values in both Atk and Res yet again: with 42 Atk, 37 Res, and access to a four-point Asset in the former, the Wavecrest Maiden finds herself more than capable of exploiting her tailormade PRFs to deal immense damage while being pretty resilient to most magical attacks.

Colorless Cavalry Benefits

The sheer offensive capacity of Moonlight Drop and Prescience are honed further by Summer Micaiah’s lack of disadvantaged matchups and effective five-tile range as a colorless cavalier, making her both a far-reaching and consistent threat on the offensive. She also sports access to nifty class-exclusive buffs such as Goad Cavalry for simple team building at low investment, though this can always be replaced by something else if need be.

Abysmal Physical Bulk 

To compensate for her devastating Player Phase, Summer Micaiah sports crippling physical bulk: with only 16 Def and a meager HP pool to make up the difference, even just one stray counterattack from an opposing physical attacker can quickly deplete most, if not all, of her health. This issue is compounded further by the fact that she has no means of reliably negating follow-up attacks from foes with built-in mechanics or simply higher Spd, as Prescience only affects the first attack she receives. Against such enemies, if they deal physical damage and manage to live through her initiation, she’s… pretty much dead in the water.

Weapon Skills

Weapons	SP	Rng.	Mt.
Stone Learns by default at 1 ★ Unlocks at 1 ★ Colorless Tome Only	50	2	4
Elstone Learns by default at 2 ★ Unlocks at 2 ★ Colorless Tome Only	100	2	6
Atlas (Weapon) Learns by default at 4 ★ Unlocks at 3 ★ Colorless Tome Only	200	2	9
Moonlight Drop Effective against armored and cavalry foes. Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Res+6 to unit during combat, and the following effects will occur based on the value of unit's Res minus foe's Res: If ≥ 5 and ≤ 14, unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack. If ≥ 15 and unit initiates combat, unit attacks twice. Learns by default at 5 ★ Unlocks at 5 ★ Non-Inheritable skill.	400	2	14

Support Skills

Support Skills	Rng.	SP
Ardent Sacrifice Heals adjacent ally 10 HP. Unit loses 10HP (but cannot reach 0 this way) Learns by default at 4 ★	1	150

Passive Skills

Passive Skills	SP	Slot
Atk/Res Catch 1 At start of combat, if foe's HP = 100% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, grants Atk/Res+3 to unit during combat.  【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). Cavalry & Flying Only Unlocks at 2 ★	60	A
Atk/Res Catch 2 At start of combat, if foe’s HP = 100% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, grants Atk/Res+4 to unit during combat.  【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). Cavalry & Flying Only Unlocks at 3 ★	120	A
Atk/Res Catch 3 At start of combat, if foe’s HP = 100% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, grants Atk/Res+5 to unit during combat.  【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). Cavalry & Flying Only Unlocks at 4 ★	240	A
Atk/Res Catch 4 At start of combat, if foe's HP = 100% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, grants Atk/Res+7 to unit during combat. At start of combat, if foe's HP = 100% and【Penalty】is active on foe, grants an additional Atk/Res+2 to unit during combat.  【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). Cavalry & Flying Only Unlocks at 5 ★	300	A
Prescience Inflicts Atk/Res-5 on foe during combat. If unit initiates combat or if foe's Range = 2, reduces damage from foe's first attack by 30%. Non-Inheritable skill. Unlocks at 5 ★	300	B