Legendary Lilina

Weapon: Studied Forblaze 

Assist: Positional Assist / No Assist 

Special: Iceberg / Gifted Magic 

Passive A: Atk/Res Push 4 / Life and Death (3 or 4) 

Passive B: Lull Atk/Res 

Passive C: Goad Cavalry / Res Smoke

Sacred Seal: Quickened Pulse / Death Blow / Attack +3

• Studied Forblaze makes Lilina a great choice for an Aether Raids Defense team; Slaying, Quickened Pulse, and +6 Atk/Res + Hardy Bearing on a ≥ 25% HP condition allow her to have a strong Special such as Iceberg or her personal Gifted Magic ready on turn 1 that can nuke enemy units and ignore Vantage.
• Iceberg is chosen over Gifted Magic because Aether Raids Offense units typically attempt to stack visible Resistance, which decreases the amount of damage Lilina does with the latter. Since Iceberg has 3 cooldown as opposed to Gifted Magic’s 2, Lilina needs Quickened Pulse as her Sacred Seal to have it ready on turn 1. For general offense, however, Gifted Magic + Death Blow Sacred Seal is great for quickly sweeping through enemies on Player Phase. 
• Atk/Res Push 4 is Lilina’s strongest A slot if utilizing Iceberg, as its condition for granting +7 Atk/Res is identical to Studied Forblaze’s condition for its +6 Atk/Res and Hardy Bearing effects: having ≥ 25% HP. This effectively grants +10 damage if Iceberg is ready, as Lilina gets 7 damage from +7 Attack and 3 more damage from +7 Resistance converting to +3 damage when activating Iceberg. If using Gifted Magic, increasing Lilina’s visible Attack via Life and Death is best, as Gifted Magic’s AoE damage is based on the gap between Lilina’s visible Attack and the enemy’s visible Resistance.
  • Something to note is that Lilina deals 1 more damage to her target with the Death Blow Sacred Seal than with Attack +3; however, with Attack +3, she deals more AoE damage to the enemies that are not her target.
• Lull Atk/Res further boosts Lilina’s damage output and mage-tanking abilities by inflicting -3 Atk/Res on the enemy during combat and nullifying their visible Atk/Res buffs, making it a great choice. Her C slot is fairly flexible, but Goad Cavalry is a particularly strong choice for cavalry lines, granting Atk/Spd +4 to cavalry foes within 2 spaces during combat. Res Smoke also works wonders, inflicting -7 Resistance on enemies within 2 spaces of the target after combat, allowing Lilina and her magic allies to deal even more damage if she gets refreshed.

Weapon: Rauðrblade+ 

Assist: Positional Assist

Special: Glimmer / Miracle 

Passive A: Close Foil / Close Counter

Passive B: Vantage 

Passive C: Res Smoke / Joint Drive Atk

Sacred Seal: Brazen Atk/Res / Heavy Blade / Fierce Stance / Atk/Def Solo

• As a high-Attack Red Tome, Lilina can scrap her base kit completely and use a set focused on OHKOing with Rauðrblade, a weapon that grants Lilina bonus Attack during combat equal to the sum of her visible buffs. Glimmer is an excellent Special because the bonus damage it grants scales based on Rauðrblade’s bonus Attack.
• The combination of Close Foil and Vantage is vital, as Lilina’s Speed and Defense are far too low to depend on OHKOing after already receiving an enemy attack on Enemy Phase. Close Foil’s +5 Atk/Def allows Lilina to deal higher damage and possibly survive a physical attack to drop to Vantage’s ≤ 75% HP condition; most importantly, however, it allows Lilina to counterattack against physical melee enemies, so she can counterattack against all enemies except Dragons, which are uncommon in Aether Raids Defense (save for Sothis and Duma, both of whom have underwhelming mobility). Once Lilina drops to Vantage range, she can rely on OHKOing before the enemy can attack, allowing her to circumvent her awful physical bulk.
• Res Smoke and Joint Drive Atk are strong choices to further bolster Lilina’s damage output, either through inflicting -7 Resistance to enemies within 2 spaces of the target after combat or granting +4 Attack to Lilina and allies within 2 spaces during combat. Brazen Atk/Res, Fierce Stance, and Atk/Def Solo perform this role as well, with all 3 Sacred Seals increasing Lilina’s Attack with different conditions (≤ 80% HP for Brazen Atk/Res, Enemy Phase for Fierce Stance, and having no adjacent allies for Atk/Def Solo).
• Alternatively, Lilina can swap out Glimmer and Brazen Atk/Res for Miracle and Heavy Blade respectively; if Lilina fails to OHKO, she can fall back on a charged Miracle (which should be ready after 2-3 combats), allowing Lilina to survive a lethal attack with 1 HP assuming she had > 1 HP to begin with.