Finn

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Attack
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Blue Lance

Analysis by raelet

Finn - Lance of Legend
4-5 Event: Tempest Trials Obtainable as a 4 - 5 only - Event: Tempest Trials

Hero Stats

Max Avg Total Stats at Lvl 40

157

HP 40

ATK 34

SPD 33

DEF 32

RES 18

Stat Variations

Level 1 Stat Variation

Weapon

5★

4★

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	17 17 19 19	7 15 9 17	8 3 10 10	7 7 9 9	2 2 4 4
Middle	18 18 20 20	8 16 10 18	9 4 11 11	8 8 10 10	3 3 5 5
High	19 19 21 21	9 17 11 19	10 5 12 12	9 9 11 11	4 4 6 6

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	16 16 18 18	7 12 9 14	8 3 10 10	6 6 8 8	1 1 3 3
Middle	17 17 19 19	8 13 10 7	9 4 11 2	7 7 9 9	2 2 4 4
High	18 18 20 20	9 14 11 16	10 5 12 12	8 8 10 10	3 3 5 5

Level 40 Stat Variations

Weapon

5★

4★

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	36 36 38 38	31 39 33 41	30 25 32 32	29 29 31 31	15 15 17 17
Middle	40 40 42 42	34 42 36 44	33 28 35 35	32 32 34 34	18 18 20 20
High	43 43 45 45	37 45 39 47	36 31 38 38	35 35 37 37	21 21 23 23

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	34 34 36 36	29 34 31 36	28 23 30 30	26 26 28 28	13 13 15 15
Middle	37 37 39 39	32 37 34 39	31 26 33 33	29 29 31 31	16 16 18 18
High	40 40 42 42	35 40 37 42	34 29 36 36	32 32 34 34	19 19 21 21

IV Sets

	Key stats worth increasing through nature if possible.
	Complementary stats that matter, but not to the point of picking them over key stats for nature increase.
	Relatively worthless stat that can safely be decreased through nature.

HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Worst	Best	Best	Average	Worst

This unit requires use of Trait Fruits to get access to IVs

Skill Sets

By Your Side (Player Phase Nuke)

Build by raelet

Recommended

	Loyalty Spear (+Eff)	A	Atk/Spd Boosting A Slot
	Positional Assist	B	S/D Near Trace 3 Alternate: Lull Spd/Def 3
	Moonbow Alternate: Ruptured Sky	C	Atk/Def Menace Alternate: Atk/Spd Menace
IVs	+ATK or +SPD / -RES	S	Atk/Spd Solo 3 Alternate: Quickened Pulse

Show Explanation/Analysis

Weapon: Loyalty Spear (+EFF)

Assist: Positional Assist

Special: Glimmer / Ruptured Sky / Galeforce

Passive A: Atk/Spd Boosting A Slot

Passive B: S/D Near Trace / Lull Spd/Def

Passive C: Atk/Def Menace / Atk/Spd Menace

Sacred Seal: Atk/Spd Solo / Blade Session / Quickened Pulse

This build capitalizes on Finn's new prf for his offensive prowess, turning him into a speedy, hard hitter.
It's important to focus on his damage done as much as possible via debuffing his opponent's Defense and buffing his own Attack - this greatly increases his chances of surviving an encounter with a Defense tank or a Near Save user. This is why he will always want Atk Menace over Spd/Def Menace.
Lull Def does have some overlap with his Loyalty Spear in that they both nullify Def buffs, but it's worth it to take for the extra -3 Defense on a foe, which essentially grants an extra 6 damage per hit.
Finn's Seal slot has a bit of flexibility - with Quickened Pulse, he can initiate for a guranteed activation of a 2CD Special, but with Atk/Spd Solo, Blade Session, or Death Blow, he can increase his damage done in his basic hits.

Strengths

Availability

Finn is a free Tempest Trial unit given out at 5 stars. This makes him accessible for anyone who wants to merge him up for a serviceable cavalry unit.

Loyalty Spear

Finn's new prf weapon and refine has breathed new life into him, granting him a drastic upgrade from his native Brave Lance with a weapon which still strikes twice, while offering him higher Speed and a debuff to his opponent's Atk/Spd/Def, while neutralizing opponent buffs to Atk/Def.

With his Loyalty Spear, Finn can easily reach Speeds of above 40, allowing him to quad attack many of his opponents.

Interestingly enough, the Loyalty Spear's -4 Def/Res penalty is basically erased due in its refine, as it debuffs his opponent's Attack by -4.

Weaknesses

Poor Resistance

Finn's Resistance is very poor, and even worse with his new Loyalty Spear equipped. He needs to be able to oneshot enemy dragons or mages, because their counterattacks will generally wipe him out.

Early Gen Stats

While Finn's refine is spectacular, especially for a free unit, he's still hauling around early generation cav stats, giving him an offensive statline of 34 Attack and 33 Speed. It's entirely possible that Finn will deal 0x4 damage to any tank he comes across simply due to his lower Attack, and he will have difficulty quadding his more modern opponents, despite his lance offering him even more Speed.

Weapon Skills

Weapons	SP	Rng.	Mt.
Iron Lance Learns by default at 1 ★ Unlocks at 1 ★ Lance Users Only	50	1	6
Steel Lance Learns by default at 2 ★ Unlocks at 2 ★ Lance Users Only	100	1	8
Brave LanceSpd-5. Attack twice when initiating combat. Learns by default at 4 ★ Unlocks at 3 ★ Lance Users Only	200	1	5
Brave Lance+Spd-5. Attack twice when initiating combat. Learns by default at 5 ★ Unlocks at 5 ★ Lance Users Only	300	1	8
Loyalty SpearGrants Spd+4 and inflicts Def/Res-4 on unit. Unit attacks twice. (Even if foe initiates combat, unit attacks twice.) Unlocks at 5 ★ Non-Inheritable skill.	400	1	10

Weapon Evolution

Weapon Upgrades

Weapons	HP	SP	Rng.	Mt.
Loyalty Spear (+Eff) Grants Spd+4 and inflicts Def/Res-4 on unit. Unit attacks twice. (Even if foe initiates combat, unit attacks twice.) At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Atk/Spd/Def-4 on foe during combat and also neutralizes bonuses to foe's Atk/Def (from skills like Fortify, Rally, etc.) during combat.	+3	400	1	10
Loyalty Spear (+Atk) Grants Spd+4 and inflicts Def/Res-4 on unit. Unit attacks twice. (Even if foe initiates combat, unit attacks twice.)	+5	400	1	11
Loyalty Spear (+Spd) +3Grants Spd+4 and inflicts Def/Res-4 on unit. Unit attacks twice. (Even if foe initiates combat, unit attacks twice.)	+5	400	1	10
Loyalty Spear (+Def) +4 Grants Spd+4 and inflicts Def/Res-4 on unit. Unit attacks twice. (Even if foe initiates combat, unit attacks twice.)	+5	400	1	10
Loyalty Spear (+Res) +4 Grants Spd+4 and inflicts Def/Res-4 on unit. Unit attacks twice. (Even if foe initiates combat, unit attacks twice.)	+5	400	1	10

Special Skills

Special Skills	SP	Turns
MiracleIf unit's HP > 1 and foe would reduce unit's HP to 0, unit survives with 1 HP. Learns by default at 5 ★ Unlocks at 4 ★ Inheritable by all units.	200	5

Passive Skills

Passive Skills	SP	Slot
Attack +1Grants Atk+1. Inheritable by all units.	30	A
Attack Def +1Grants Atk/Def+1. Inheritable by all units. Unlocks at 4 ★	80	A
Attack Def +2Grants Atk/Def+2. Inheritable by all units. Unlocks at 5 ★	160	A
Spur Atk 1Grants adjacent allies Atk+2 during combat. Inheritable by all units.	50	C
Spur Atk 2Grants adjacent allies Atk+3 during combat. Inheritable by all units.	100	C
Goad CavalryGrants cavalry allies within 2 spaces Spd/Atk+4 during combat. Requires Spur Atk 2 or Spur Spd 2. Only inheritable by cavalry units. Unlocks at 4 ★	200	C