Young Innes

Weapon: Bow of Frelia

Assist: Positional Assist

Special: Luna / Sol

Passive A: Atk/Spd Boosting A Slot / Close Counter

Passive B: Special Spiral

Passive C: Time's Pulse / Spd Smoke

Sacred Seal: Quickened Pulse / Atk/Spd Solo 3

• Innes relies on his Special to trigger in order to deal +7 damage and damage which ignores enemy damage reduction. This set revolves around him having permanent uptime on his Specials in order to keep these buffs.
• Special Spiral is the crux of this build - without it, it isn't worth trying to build him with a 3 cooldown special, which prevents him from accessing the more powerful Luna or Sol.
• You should decide if you want Innes to operate as a Player Phase poke unit or a unit who can function in a more limited capacity in both phases. If he takes Close Counter, Innes will be able to retaliate in the enemy phase and heal up with Sol, while still doing +7 damage and ignoring enemy damage reduction. This also negates the need to inherit the expensive Time's Pulse, and Innes can safely take a Smoke skill instead, such as Spd Smoke or Atk Smoke. Note that if you do run a Close Counter build, you will need to invest resources such as merges or dragonflowers to buff his defenses and ensure that he won't be oneshot.
• Innes can also forego Time's Pulse and/or Quickened Pulse in order to take more effective skills if his allies are running Infantry Pulse, since once he gets access to his first Special, his Special Spiral can keep his Specials looping.

Weapon: Bow of Frelia

Assist: Positional Assist

Special: Glimmer / Moonbow

Passive A: Steady Impact / Sturdy Impact / Swift Sparrow

Passive B: Null Follow-Up

Passive C: Time's Pulse / Pulse Smoke

Sacred Seal: Atk/Spd Solo / Hardy Bearing

• This build basically makes Innes function as a high performing anti-meta unit, capable of breaking through all of the annoying enemy skills which prevent the game from working the way it gosh-darn should.
• With Glimmer and Time's Pulse, Innes' Bow of Frelia will always have his Special ready and therefore always have him be ready to cut through enemy damage reduction. You can opt for Quickened Pulse in his Seal slot instead of Time's Pulse, but this can make Innes vulnerable to enemy Pulse Smoke usage, since with Quickened Pulse, his cooldown will not reduce back to 0 if it's increased to 1.
• Null Follow-up with Steady Impact seems redundant but it works perfectly for Innes' Speed tier: NFU prevents Innes' opponents from blocking his doubles and shields him from skills like Quick Riposte or Vengeful Fighter, while Steady Impact adds another layer of protection from doubles and allows Innes to shield himself from opponents who outspeed him. In short - with this combo, when Innes initiates, he will always double as long as he has 5 Speed above his foe and he can't be doubled in retaliation by enemies who outspeed him or enemies with skills that grant them follow-up attacks. Phew!
• Steady Impact is chosen instead of Sturdy Impact here, since Innes' Speed tier puts him at risk of not doubling some of the more meta speedsters - meanwhile, the guaranteed +7 damage on his Special thanks to the Bow of Frelia helps him to keep up with the damage metagame. Plus, it's not like he can't use the extra Defense.
• Finally, the option to take Hardy Bearing in his seal slot means that Innes attacks normally into units who use Vantage and Brave Ike.