Winter Sephiran

Weapon: Wrathful Witchy Wand / Wrathful Pain / Wrathful Melancholy / Wrathful Gravity

Assist: Restore+ / Recover+ / Physic+

Special: Windfire Balm+ / Miracle

Passive A: Close Foil / Distant Def 4 / Atk/Res Bond

Passive B: Wary Fighter / Crafty Fighter

Passive C: Odd Recovery / Preference

Sacred Seal: Atk/Def Bond / Close Def / Atk/Res Bond

• Thanks to his solid bulk and access to the powerful fighter skills, Sephiran can perform quite well in a defensive role.
• Staff users have a plethora of great weapons to choose from, including but not limited to Witchy Wand/Melancholy, which allow Sephiran to deny his opponent’s special completely, Pain to inflict significant amounts of chip damage after combat, and Gravity to limit the movement of his foes.
• Restore, Recover, and Physic are all great assist choices, although Restore is the most consistently useful as debuffs are prevalent in many modes. Sephiran’s choice of Special, meanwhile, is largely unimportant to him, since both Windfire Balm and Miracle do little to affect his overall combat prowess, so which is used is mostly up to preference and availability.
• Close Foil is Sephiran’s best A slot option as an Enemy Phase unit, giving him the ability to counterattack physical foes regardless of range while also giving him a considerable boost to his Attack and Defense during combat against them. Atk/Res Bond can also be used on a budget, giving him a similar stat boost but lacking the ability to counterattack at close range, making him into a ranged tank. Distant Defense 4 is also a solid option if one’s main concern is magic, as Sephiran’s excellent Resistance allows him to tank magical damage with ease.
• Wary Fighter is a perfect fit for Sephiran, as it allows him to deny his opponent’s follow-up attacks assuming they lack a means of negating it, such as Null-Follow Up. It’s downside does little to affect Sephiran himself, as he’s already too slow to perform follow-up attacks without the aid of skills such as Bold Fighter. If Witchy Wand isn't being used, Sephiran can also opt for Crafty Fighter instead to both slow his opponent’s Special activation and allow him to perform follow-up attacks in spite of his low Speed.
• Sephiran’s innate Odd Recovery is a solid C slot option, but it can be switched as needed.
• Lastly, Atk/Def Bond, Atk/Res Bond, and Close Def are all great choices for Sephiran’s seal thanks to their helpful stat boosts.

Weapon: Wrathful Kumade / Wrathful Pain / Wrathful Tannenbaton 

Assist: Restore+ / Recover+ / Physic+

Special: Windfire Balm+ / Miracle

Passive A: Fort Def/Res / Atk/Res Bond

Passive B: Sabotage Atk / Sabotage Spd / Chill Speed / Wings of Mercy

Passive C: Odd Recovery / Savage Blow / Preference

Sacred Seal: Distant Guard / Savage Blow

• Sephiran can also perform well as a full support unit due to his access to many great support staves such as his innate Tannenbaton, which gives allies within 2 spaces a defensive boost and more importantly the guard effect, giving them increased safety against Specials. He can also utilize Kumade for additional chill support, or Dazzling Pain alongside Savage Blow in both Sephiran’s C slot and seal to inflict heavy amounts of out of combat damage. If he’s using either his innate Tannenbaton or the Kumade a Wrathful refine is preferable to take advantage of Sephiran’s high Attack, should he need to finish off a weakened opponent.
• Fort Def/Res grants Sephiran a significant boost to his visible defenses, making him tankier and giving his Sabotages increased effectiveness, although Atk/Res Bond can once again be used on a budget.
• Sephiran is an excellent user of Sabotage skills thanks to his high resistance, giving him the ability to debuff any foe with lower Resistance than his own that’s adjacent to another. For budget purposes he can also utilize Chill Speed for a similar but less effective debuff, or Wings of Mercy to give him some additional mobility when his allies HP is low.
• Odd Recovery and Distant Guard are great options for Sephiran’s C and seal respectively for a more fully supportive alternative to Savage Blow.