Ursula

Weapon: Blárblade+ 

• Ursula’s middling 29 Attack can be patched up with a Blade tome, as it grants Ursula bonus damage equal to her visible buffs. Note that Ursula becomes reliant on team support.

Assist: Reposition / Ardent Sacrifice / Flexible 

• While Reposition is good for movement, Ardent Sacrifice is an alternative to activate both Brazen Atk/Spd 4 and Desperation. 

Special: Glimmer / Moonbow 

• Glimmer is the strongest Special for most Blade tome users, as its damage scales based on their Blade tome’s bonus damage.

• Alternatively, Moonbow can help Ursula secure KOs against enemies with very high Resistance or a skill to nullify her visible buffs.

Passive A: Swift Sparrow (2 or 3) / Brazen Atk/Spd (3 or 4) / Atk/Spd Solo / Fury (3 or 4) 

• As an offensive unit, Ursula will be initiating for most of her combat, making Swift Sparrow a fantastic option. Increasing Ursula’s Attack by 4/6 and Speed by 4/7 boosts Ursula’s damage output and her chances of performing a follow-up attack.

• Brazen Atk/Spd is a great alternative, given that Ursula already needs to reach an HP requirement with Desperation and her base offenses are only decent. She can activate this via Ardent Sacrifice or surviving an enemy attack, which she can usually do if she’s given Speed and/or defensive buffs.

• Atk/Spd Solo is another strong alternative, as Ursula’s 3-movement allows her to reach enemies her allies may not be able to. Offensive sets often have units straying from their allies anyways, which makes Atk/Spd Solo’s buffs easy to activate.

• While not granting as much offense as the previous options, Fury strengthens Ursula’s Enemy Phase capabilities. Its recoil damage can also drop Ursula into Desperation range.

Passive B: Desperation 

• Ursula struggles to OHKO her enemies even with a Blade tome due to her 29 Attack, and her ability to survive counterattacks can be inconsistent. Desperation allows Ursula to perform a follow-up attack before receiving a counterattack, helping her overcome her low physical bulk and inability to consistently OHKO.

Passive C: Res Ploy / Hone Cavalry / Flexible

• Ursula can utilize Ploy skills effectively thanks to her solid 30 Resistance. Res Ploy and Spd Ploy are especially helpful, with the former granting Ursula higher damage output and the latter securing more follow-up attacks.

• Cavalry buffs such as Hone Cavalry and Fortify Cavalry are great alternatives if Ursula has cavalry teammates. Otherwise, her C slot is flexible and can change according to her allies.

Sacred Seal: Darting Blow / Sturdy Blow

• While 32 Speed is by no means bad, Ursula may fail to perform a follow-up attack even with her A slot and support. As such, Darting Blow helps Ursula secure follow-up attacks more consistently when attacking.

• Sturdy Blow is a great alternative, as it grants Ursula +4 Attack and Defense when she initiates, increasing her raw damage output and ability to take  physical counterattacks.

Because Ursula can be easily merged (thanks to her GHB and Heroic Grails), she can be utilized as a high-merge, high-budget support unit.

Weapon: Silver Goblet (+SPD or +RES) 

• Silver Goblet is the strongest support tome for Ursula, granting Distant Guard to allies within 2 spaces of her. In combination with Drive skills or Goad/Ward Cavalry, Ursula can provide support for her allies via in-combat buffs.

Assist: Reposition / Rally Atk/Spd+ / Flexible 

• A Rally is needed for Ursula to activate Feint and Ruse skills. If not using a Feint or Ruse skill, Ursula’s Assist is flexible.

Special: Moonbow / Luna 

• Since this set focuses more on support than combat, Ursula may struggle to deal meaningful damage to high-Resistance enemies. As such, Moonbow and Luna are great Specials to increase Ursula’s damage output against those enemies.

Passive A: Fury (3 or 4) / Fort. Def/Res 3 

• As a support unit, Ursula wants to focus on survivability so she can support her allies for as long as possible. Fury is a fantastic budget option, granting Ursula +3/4 in all stats. An Attack increase allows Ursula to deal more damage if necessary, Defense/Resistance increases help Ursula’s bulk, and a Speed increase helps Ursula perform and avoid follow-up attacks more consistently.

• While expensive, Fort. Def/Res 3 is a great alternative that purely helps Ursula’s survivability at the cost of 2 Attack.

Passive B: Chill Atk / Atk/Spd Ruse / Atk/Spd Link

• Chill skills are amazing choices for any support unit, with Ursula being no exception. Chill Atk is especially helpful for decreasing the amount of damage she and her allies receive.

• If utilizing a Rally skill, a Ruse skill is a great option for support, as it inflicts stat debuffs and the Guard effect on enemies. Atk/Spd Ruse is arguably the most helpful of the Ruse skills thanks to its Attack debuff helping allies tank and its Speed debuff helping allies perform and avoid follow-up attacks.

• If utilizing a positioning Assist skill, Link skills such as Atk/Spd Link allow Ursula to buff her allies when activating that Assist.

Passive C: Distant Guard / Ward Cavalry / Close Guard / Atk Ploy / Flexible

• The combination of Silver Goblet and Distant Guard allows Ursula to grant allies within 2 spaces +8 Defense and Resistance when a ranged enemy initiates against them. Ward Cavalry does the same, although only to cavalry allies.

• Alternatively, Ursula can opt for Close Guard, which, in tandem with Silver Goblet, guarantees that allies within 2 spaces receive +4 Defense and Resistance when defending.

• Thanks to her solid Resistance, Ursula can also utilize Ploys to support her allies. Atk Ploy in particular is helpful to decrease the amount of damage her entire team receives.

• Of course, Ursula’s C slot is flexible and can be changed depending on her teammates and their skills.

Sacred Seal: Drive Def / Drive Res / Atk Feint / Chill Def

• With the combination of Silver Goblet, her C slot, and a Drive Sacred Seal, Ursula can grant a variety of high amounts of in-combat buffs to allies within 2 spaces.

• If utilizing a Rally skill, Atk Feint can be used to debuff enemies’ damage and increase allies’ bulk when Ursula rallies.

• Other Chill skills such as Chill Def are solid alternatives that can be used with a Chill skill in Ursula’s B slot to inflict double chills on the enemy team.

Weapon: Blárowl+ (+RES) / Blárserpent+ (+RES) 

• Ursula can fulfill the role of a solid mage tank, as she has 64 magical bulk at base. Blárowl and Blárserpent both strengthen Ursula’s ability to take magical hits, with the former being reliant on adjacent teammates (but increasing Ursula’s offenses) unlike the latter.

Assist: Reposition / Flexible 

Special: Iceberg / Glacies / Blue Flame

• Since Ursula is already stacking her Resistance in order to take magical hits, Iceberg and Glacies are fantastic Specials.

• If utilizing Blárowl, Blue Flame is another strong Special that synergizes amazingly, since Ursula is already reliant on having allies adjacent to her.

Passive A: Atk/Res Bond (3 or 4) / Distant Def (3 or 4) / Atk/Spd Bond (3 or / Mirror Stance

• For a Blárowl set, Ursula can stack Bond skills, as Blárowl already requires that she is adjacent to at least one ally. Atk/Res Bond and Atk/Spd Bond are arguably her best Bonds, with the former granting her better magical bulk and the latter allowing Ursula to perform natural follow-up attacks more consistently.

• Distant Def is a good alternative that grants Ursula extra physical and magical bulk against ranged enemies. Distant Def 4 is especially helpful, as it prevents Blade tome mages from ripping through Ursula’s Resistance.

• Mirror Stance is another strong alternative that increases Ursula’s Attack and Resistance by 4 on Enemy Phase without a reliance on adjacent allies.

Passive B: Quick Riposte 

• More often than not, enemies will be initiating against Ursula. As such, Quick Riposte is a great option that grants Ursula an automatic follow-up attack when counterattacking if her HP is ≥70%. With Quick Riposte, Ursula can focus on increasing her Attack and Resistance rather than her Speed, although having high Speed is still nice for naturally performing and avoiding follow-up attacks.

Passive C: Atk Ploy / Hone Cavalry / Flexible

• Thanks to her solid 30 Resistance, Ursula can utilize Ploys fairly effectively. Atk Ploy helps Ursula fulfill her role as an Enemy Phase tank better, as it decreases the amount of damage enemies deal.

• If Ursula is being run with cavalry teammates, cavalry buffs are great alternatives. Aside from these, Ursula can run nearly any C slot, as it can change depending on her allies.

Sacred Seal: Atk/Res Bond / Distant Def / Atk/Spd Bond / Res Ploy

• Like with her A slot, Bond skills are great if Ursula is using Blárowl. While Atk/Res Bond grants increased magical bulk, Atk/Spd Bond helps Ursula perform and avoid follow-up attacks.

• Distant Def is another solid option for Ursula’s Sacred Seal, as it increases her bulk against ranged enemies.

• With a good base Resistance of 30, Ursula can use Ploy Sacred Seals such as Res Ploy to help both herself and her teammates via debuffing.