Valentine's Veronica

Weapon: Flora Guide(+Spd) / Blárfox+(+Spd)

Assist: Positional Assist / Preference

Special: Luna / Glimmer

Passive A: Swift Sparrow 2 or 3 / Atk/Spd Push 4 / Atk/Spd Solo 3 or 4 / Fury 3 or 4

Passive B: Desperation / Lull Spd/Res

Passive C: Joint Drive Atk / Preference

Sacred Seal: Heavy Blade / Swift Sparrow / Atk/Spd Solo

• Replacing Sharena’s spot on the 2021 Valentine’s banner, Valentine’s Veronica is an offense based blue tome cavalier with an impressive offensive statline compared to her peers. Aside from that though, she’s your standard Player Phase tome user.
• Flora Guide inflicts a massive -5 Speed and Resistance penalty to any foe within 2 spaces of Veronica, both making her hit harder and making her follow-up attacks much more difficult to avoid. In addition, other magic using allies can also take advantage of Flora Guide’s debuff, as long as Veronica is within two spaces of the foe they wish to attack. It’s somewhat difficult to obtain due to its seasonal locked status, however. Blárfox is another strong choice, debuffing all of the foe’s stats by 4 when Veronica initiates combat, once again giving her a statistical advantage against her foe, although unlike Flora Guide, Blárfox is only active during Player Phase.
• Offensive A slots such as Swift Sparrow, Fury, Atk/Spd Push 4, and Atk/Spd Solo all give Veronica another sizeable boost to her offenses in combat, making her even more dangerous on Player Phase. Fury also has the added benefit of setting up Desperation due to the self damage it inflicts.
• Desperation is a solid B slot option, as it can protect Veronica from counterattacks once it’s HP threshold is reached. Alternatively, she can opt for Lull Spd/Res for an even heavier stat swing and buff negation instead, although she remains vulnerable to counterattacks.
• Joint Drive Atk gives Veronica and allies within 2 spaces +4 Attack, but it can be replaced according to budget and the team’s needs.
• Finally, Veronica can either opt for Heavy Blade(Accelerated Specials as long as her Attack is higher than her foe’s) or another Attack and Speed boosting skill(Swift Sparrow or Atk/Spd Solo) for her sacred seal slot.

Weapon: Blárblade+ / Flora Guide(+Spd)

Assist: Positional Assist / Preference

Special: Miracle / Glimmer

Passive A: Close Foil / Close Counter / Fury 3 or 4

Passive B: Vantage

Passive C: Res Smoke / Preference

Sacred Seal: Heavy Blade / Atk/Spd Solo

• Valentine’s Veronica can also perform reasonably well as a Vantage user, although her low bulk can make setup difficult without Fury.
• A Bladetome allows Veronica to maximize her damage output with a full spectrum of buffs, letting her score as many one-hit KO’s as possible. However, if Panic is a concern, Veronica can use the Flora Guide instead as it still grants her added damage output via it’s Resistance debuff, but without a Bladetome’s reliance on buffs.
• Close Counter and Close Foil allow counterattack close range foes, although Close Foil is generally superior as Veronica performs poorly against dragons regardless due to their generally high bulk and adaptive damage. Veronica can also opt to use Fury for easier setup, although this leaves her unable to attack 1-range foes.
• Res Smoke gives Veronica another potential offensive boost by debuffing the Resistance of foes within 2 spaces by 7 after combat.
• Heavy Blade in conjunction with Miracle can give Veronica an extra layer of safety, although it’ll take 3 Attacks for her to trigger it due to it’s excessively long cooldown, and it also synergizes poorly with Fury as it tends to drop Veronica to 1HP, leaving her unable to trigger Miracle even if it’s active. Other than that, Atk/Spd Solo gives Veronica a sizeable stat boost, making it a great option for her sacred seal slot as well.