Valentian Palla

Weapon: Ladyblade

Assist: Reciprocal Aid / Positional Assist

Special: Moonbow / Glimmer / Ruptured Sky

A Passive: Distant Storm / Distant Counter

B Passive: Vantage

C Passive: Def/Res Rein / Atk/Res Rein / Atk/Def Rein

Sacred Seal: Atk/Def Solo / Heavy Blade / Fierce Stance / Iote’s Shield

• Ladyblade being a Dual-Phase Brave weapon makes Valentian Palla a very strong unit by default. And despite the weapon having a MT penalty, Valentian Palla has a base Atk stat of 42 and a superboon that pushes her Atk stat to 46. This is only further bolstered by the fact that the weapon has adaptive damage, meaning she can have a better time against units with lopsided defenses. As a result, Valentian Palla can run a Vantage set extremely well. The only problem she may face is setting up Vantage, whether that’s due to units with effective damage or extremely hard-hitting foes in general. However, this can be alleviated with Winter Bernadetta support. That being said, not only does that come at an opportunity cost, but if the player lacks her, she’ll be forced to set up the old-fashioned way. Even so, if she is able to set up, there’ll be very little stopping her.
   
• Because Ladyblade allows Valentian Palla to attack twice before the foe can attack, she can run two-cooldown Specials and always trigger them during combat with the right skill or support. Any two-cooldown Special realistically works, whether that’s Moonbow, Glimmer, or Ruptured Sky, but heavily relies on having Heavy Blade present or support that accelerates her cooldown during the enemy phase, whether that’s Brave Lucina or Thorr. If you have either of these present, then there should be no issue beyond Guard effects.
   
• Since this set mainly focuses on her role as a Vantage carry, Distant Counter is essentially required, so that she can take down most foes that initiate her. She can also run Distant Storm, which will essentially grant her a +10 Atk swing, so she can more reliably take down foes.
   
• Due to Valentian Palla’s statline, she’s fairly limited in what skills she can use as is. Thankfully, because of Ladyblade’s effects, she uses Vantage extremely well. The only issues will be set up and Hardy Bearing, but if you can take care of the latter, then the former shouldn’t be much of an issue.
   
• Despite having adaptive damage, it’s not always a guarantee that the foe will have some sort of lopsided defensive stat. As such, it may be best for her to take Def/Res Rein, so that no matter what stat she targets, she’ll be outputting more damage. However, if you can’t afford to, she can either run Atk/Def Rein or keep her current Rein as it can still help with Heavy Blade checks and still work well with her adaptive damage.
   
• Given the nature of the set, you’ll want to prioritize her damage output the most. If you have Brave Lucina or Thorr as her support, you won’t need to run Heavy Blade as her Sacred Seal and can instead use Sacred Seals that increase her overall Atk, whether that’s with Atk/Def Solo or Fierce Stance. Either skill works as she wants to increase her Atk first and foremost. Anything else is simply extra. However, if you are worried about archers, you can run Iote’s Shield as her Sacred Seal. The only thing worth noting is that once she enters the Vantage range, it effectively becomes dead weight.

Weapon: Ladyblade

Assist: Positional Assist

Special: Galeforce

A Passive: Heavy Blade (3 or 4) / Death Blow (3 or 4) / Fury (3 or 4) Sturdy Impact

B Passive: Wings of Mercy / Hit and Run / Vantage

C Passive: Atk/Def Rein / Atk/Res Rein / Def Smoke / Odd Tempest / Even Tempest

Sacred Seal: Quickened Pulse / Heavy Blade / Fury / Sturdy Blow

• Ladyblade’s innate Canto opens up the opportunity for Valentian Palla to take advantage of Galeforce. However, one problem with running Galeforce on her is the lack of Slaying. Since Galeforce is a five-cooldown Special, she’ll need some method of reducing her cooldown that doesn’t involve Heavy Blade as she won’t be able to trigger it otherwise. And unlike her Infantry contemporaries, she cannot run Time’s Pulse. So, she either needs to run Quickened Pulse as her Sacred Seal or run allies that can provide an out-of-combat cooldown.
   
• Heavy Blade is essentially required for this set to work. Valentian Palla cannot afford to run Heavy Blade as her Sacred Seal without any kind of out-of-combat cooldown. However, if she does have that type of support present, then she can replace Heavy Blade with skills that increase her damage output such as Death Blow or Fury for chip damage. She can also run Sturdy Impact on the off-chance she misses a kill. That way, she can still survive a hit and Galeforce. She could also be ran on Astra season with Thorr as a Wings of Mercy beacon, so she can completely avoid running Heavy Blade as a whole.
   
• Due to the lack of optimal B Passives available to Valentian Palla, on top of the fact that she has innate Canto in her PRF, she only has a few notable skills she can run. Hit and Run is a notable skill for her if you wish to make her into a “Hit and Run” unit with a skill such as Odd/Even Tempest. Likewise, you can run her on a Galeforce team and give her Wings of Mercy. Of course, you can always fall back on Vantage if you want her to have Dual-Phase functionality. Any of these three options work depending on what type of team you want to run.
   
• Valentian Palla’s C Passive is flexible depending on what type of Galeforce set you want to run on her. If you want to secure more Heavy Blade checks, you can run Atk/Def Rein or Atk/Res Rein. Likewise, if you want her to get in the enemy’s face super easily, you can run a Tempest skill. The additional move she gains from Tempest on top of the innate Canto means she can potentially take out two units and then bail. And of course, you can give her Def Smoke and pair it up with Vantage if you want her to function on both phases.
   
• Quickened Pulse is almost a necessity if you want her to Galeforce as the lack of innate Slaying and low Spd will prevent her from doing it herself. However, you can replace Quickened Pulse with Sacred Seals that increase her Atk stat if you have a means of substituting it, whether that’s with Velouria or Rafiel support. She can also run Fury as her Sacred Seal and A Passive so that she can act as a Wings of Mercy beacon.

Weapon: Ladyblade

Assist: Positional Assist

Special: Ignis / Moonbow

A Passive: Atk/Def Unity / Atk/Def Catch 4 / Atk/Def Form

B Passive: Guard Bearing / Vantage

C Passive: Atk/Res Rein / Atk/Def Rein / Def/Res Rein

Sacred Seal: Atk/Def Form / Atk Smoke

• Valentian Palla coming with a solid Atk and Def stat means that she can also act as a Melee Specialist fairly well, especially since she is able to attack twice no matter what. And given the current state of the meta, heavily focusing on Save armors, there’s no real benefit to having one unit take on every unit on a team. As such, she can use this set to strictly focus on Melee matchups.
   
• Valentian Palla will want to be paired with accelerated-cooldown support such as Brave Lucina or Thorr as she cannot naturally run Breath skills. This will allow her to trigger Ignis on every second hit as long as there aren’t any Guard effects present.
   
• Since she’ll be acting as a Melee Specialist, she’ll want to prioritize her two most important stats: Atk and Def. As such, skills such as Atk/Def Unity, for debuff reversal, Atk/Def Catch 4, for stat bolstering, or Atk/Def Form, for budget purposes, are all good options.
   
• Valentian Palla doesn’t have many options when it comes to her B Passive since her class holds her back from notable, enemy phase-functioning skills. She can default to Guard Bearing, which isn’t a bad option by any means, but that’s the extent of her skill availability. She can always default to Vantage, but that will come at the cost of consistent Ignis triggers every combat.
   
• Valentian Palla can keep her innate Atk/Res Rein since the main benefit with that skill will be negating more damage from foes since she’ll be acting as a Melee Specialist. Whether you then switch it out for Atk/Def Rein is up to you, but if you would prefer to increase her damage output, Def/Res Rein would be preferred.
   
• Similar to her A Passive, any skill that can bolster her overall Atk and Def is a good option for her. Atk/Def Form is by far the strongest option since it can grant up to +7 Atk/Def. She can also run Atk Smoke if you want to have synergy with Atk/Def Catch, but for consistency, the former is preferred.