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Skill Set
Hero Build Overview/Explanation
Fae's Eternal Breath offers a lot of flexibility in terms of supporting. There aren't too many units who can compete with giving "blue numbers" to all movement classes just by sitting in the backline. Incidentally, the most important thing to consider under these circumstances is to avoid turning Fae into a generalist-support hybrid. Eternal Breath does augment Fae herself in terms of combat ability, but it hardly gives her enough "cheats" to compete against current generation units.
My approach to the matter is to essentially turn Fae into a "backup Brave Lucina." This is a somewhat contentious descriptor, but when you consider C and S-slot options, your choices matter, even if it's just in PVE content.
What this all really boils down to is one question: which available Seal do you have that isn't already being monopolized by other support units? Since Eternal Breath affects all attributes, you have a lot of wiggle room in terms of which attribute you want to specialize in.
In my situation, I have Rinea running a "triple Distant Guard" build, which she is only capable of doing herself. Due to this, I have opted to use double Close Guard on Fae. Don't let this stop you from considering running any other combination of Drives, Spurs, and other effects, but just remember to consider your barracks, especially when playing in modes such as Arena Assault.
Similar to Brave Lucina, use Shove over Smite to keep the supported unit within your support range. Using Escape Route can give you some interesting movement options, especially since Fae, statball that she is, is much more difficult to take down compared to Brave Lucina. Running Fury can help you reach the Escape Route threshold.
Since she has some innate special acceleration, you can consider using Aether, but in terms of supporting, it's unimportant overall.
She has no true specialty in terms of combat. You could run a Neutral asset/flaw and it won't matter much. ATK asset will affect Aether's scaling, while DEF asset acts as a superboon to bring her physical bulk in line with her magical bulk.
