Summer Robin (F)

• Preferred IV: +ATK or +SPD / -RES

• Weapon: Slaying Lance+ (+Spd) / Harmonic Lance+ (+Spd) / Deft Harpoon+ (+Spd)

• Assist: Reposition / Flexible

• Special: Bonfire / Moonbow

• Passive A: Fury / HP/Def 2

• Passive B: Wrath / Renewal / Vantage

• Passive C: Drive Spd / Flexible

• Sacred Seal: Close Def / Speed +3 / HP +5

This build capitalizes on Robin’s versatility and makes her into a generalist who’s well suited for dueling with melee units.

Both an Attack and Speed asset will help with her overall offensive presence. A Defense asset is also a good choice, helping her to defend better against physical units. While she has decent Resistance, it is the least important of her defensive stats. Summer Robin has a wide variety  of weapons to choose from. The Slaying Lance reduces her Special cooldown by one, allowing her to utilize her Special more often. Meanwhile, the Harmonic Lance will give her +10 damage whenever her Special activates for even more damage. If on a budget, her default Deft Harpoon is also an alright option, giving her a stat boost when starting combat at full HP. In the case of all three, a Speed or Defense refine will help her tremendously to either help avoid doubles or reduce incoming damage.

For Assist, she comes with Reposition by default and there isn’t much reason to switch it out given how effective Reposition can be in assisting your team with unit positioning. Still, it can be swapped out for an Assist of your choice if desired. Her preferred Special is a mix up between Bonfire and Moonbow, with both being strong options. Bonfire will use Summer Robin’s good Defense for strong damage while Moonbow will activate more consistently due to the lower cooldown.

Fury serves as an excellent choice for the A slot. The boost to all stats helps greatly with Summer Robin’s overall combat performance, and the recoil damage can help lower her into the range of skills such as Wrath and Vantage. Her default HP/Def is an alright budget alternative, helping Summer Robin out defensively. Wrath, while expensive, is fantastic for increasing Summer Robin’s effectiveness with her Special and allows her to deal massive burst damage whenever her Special activates. Renewal is a strong alternative, granting Summer Robin with some much appreciated self-sustainability by healing herself for 10 HP every other turn. Vantage allows Summer Robin to attack first on Enemy Phase when she’s below 75% HP, potentially allowing her to save herself from a KO, or just allow her to potentially not take any damage if she can KO in one hit. Her C slot is entirely open, with many different options being available. Skills such as Drive Spd and Hone Atk are safe general choices, but one should consider what support their team would benefit from the most.

Much like the C slot, Summer Robin also has many options for the Sacred Seal. Close Def is a solid choice that grants her bonus defenses when attacked at close range. A Speed boost is another good choice which helps with her doubling potential. Even an HP boost can be effective to help circumvent Summer Robin’s low HP issue. There isn’t a definite choice for the best Sacred Seal for this set, so feel free to test out different Sacred Seals and find the one that suits you best.

• Preferred IV: +ATK or +SPD / -RES

• Weapon: Brave Lance+

• Assist: Reposition / Reciprocal Aid / Flexible

• Special: Luna

• Passive A: Atk/Spd Solo / Swift Sparrow / Life and Death 

• Passive B: Desperation

• Passive C: Threaten Def / Flexible

• Sacred Seal: Speed +3 / Attack +3

With her good offensive stats, Summer Robin is a good candidate for a Brave Lance and can also run it in a quad set.

The Brave Lance is the pivotal part of this build. The Brave Lance is a powerful weapon that grants the user with a follow-up attack immediately after their first attack when they initiate combat. If the user naturally doubles, they’ll then perform four attacks in total. Either an Attack or Speed asset will greatly help Summer Robin. Attack helps her to deal more damage per attack while Speed will increase her potential for quad attacks. While any of the defensive stats will work for a flaw, Resistance is the most desirable flaw as it is the least important of the three. Summer Robin’s default Reposition is a fine choice for an Assist, but one might also consider Reciprocal Aid which allows her to put herself immediately into Desperation range through using it once. For her Special, Luna is a fantastic choice for helping Summer Robin against higher Defense foes, not to mention that it’ll activate on her last attack if she naturally doubles and does not KO before then.

In the A slot, Atk/Spd Solo is a fantastic fit, granting Summer Robin with a huge offensive boost whenever she has no adjacent allies. Swift Sparrow and Life and Death also both make for excellent choices. Swift Sparrow grants Summer Robin with a boost to Attack and Speed whenever she initiates combat, while Life and Death grants a slightly larger Attack and Speed boost on both phases, though at the cost of Summer Robin’s defenses. Desperation allows Summer Robin to perform any follow-up attacks immediately after her first attack, which potentially means she can perform four attacks before the opponent even has a chance to retaliate. Threaten Def in the C slot allows Summer Robin to debuff nearby enemies by five Defense, allowing for increased damage. However, the C slot is still very much open and a variety of skills can work. Finally, either an Attack or Speed Sacred Seal will increase Summer Robin’s offensive potential, through either extra damage or extra doubling potential.

• Preferred IV: +ATK or +SPD / -HP or -DEF or -RES

• Weapon: Firesweep Lance+

• Assist: Reposition / Flexible

• Special: Luna / Moonbow

• Passive A: Atk/Spd Solo / Life and Death

• Passive B: Chill Spd / Chill Def / Hit and Run 

• Passive C: Hone Atk / Flexible

• Sacred Seal: Speed +3 / Attack +3 / Heavy Blade

Summer Robin’s good offenses also makes her well suited for using a Firesweep Lance.

Firesweep Lance is a powerful weapon that entirely prevents enemy counterattacks, though at the cost of the wielder not being able to counterattack. This is incredible when used on the offense as the user needs not worry about enemy skills such as Quick Riposte or Vengeful Fighter. Summer Robin will want either a Attack or Speed asset to aid her offensive potential. As the enemy won’t be countering anyway, any of the defenses works as a flaw. Her Assist slot is open to player preference, so sticking with her default Reposition is recommended as this is a powerful Assist for unit positioning. For Special, both Luna and Moonbow are great choices that help Summer Robin against high Defense targets. Either one works, so you should choose which one to use based on if you value the extra damage of Luna or the lower cooldown of Moonbow more.

Atk/Spd Solo is an amazing choice with a Firesweep Lance, granting a huge boost to Attack and Speed whenever Summer Robin has no adjacent allies. Life and Death is also fantastic with Firesweep Lance. As the opponent can’t counter, the lost defenses are not a big hindrance as long as you play carefully and avoid leaving Summer Robin in danger. Chill Spd makes for an expensive but powerful B slot skill which debuffs the fastest opponent by seven Speed, greatly increasing Summer Robin’s chance to double whoever was debuffed. Chill Def is another powerful choice for similar reasons, debuffing the opponent with the highest Defense by seven Defense, thus allowing Summer Robin to deal greatly increased damage to them. On the cheaper side, Hit and Run makes for a great option, making Summer Robin move back one space after attacking assuming that the space behind her is accessible. The C slot is up to player preference and should be used to provide buffs that your team might need. Skills such as Hone Atk are safe general choices, but one should consider what buffs their team needs and choose accordingly.

For the Sacred Seal, choosing either an Attack or Speed Seal will help with Summer Robin’s offensive potential. The Heavy Blade Seal is also a strong choice, allowing Summer Robin to get two Special cooldown charge on each of her attacks as long as she has more Attack than her opponent.