Laslow

My forever boy. Conditional braves are always neat, and Laslow's is a lot easier to set up than it sounds. Really, who isn't gonna have a movement assist skill on at least one member of their team? Combined with that, it's only natural that DC and vantage follow- it turns him into a KO'ing machine, untouchable once he reaches a certain threshold. I will no longer be taking damage, thank you for understanding. His offensive power is held back a little by his mediocre speed, however, so spd smoke serves to bring foes around to his spd range, such that with buffs he can quad. To top it off, Pulse Smoke ensures no enemy will get the drop on him- but if you're on a budget, atk smoke works pretty well too. Build a laslow, kids. He's excellent.

NOTES: as of writing this : laslow is s-supported with both a hero support AND a summoner support. dragon flowers have not been used yet. laslow is also LVL 40+7 at the time of writing.

EXPLANATION: i call this the primadonna build. this build REQUIRES a fair amount of set up with a team built around supporting him. using shove / smite to send him into a bunch of enemies on player phase can often times help pick off squishy units, or even be used to carve a good chunk of health from bulkier units.

PROS: ( provided he lives after the enemy's attack ) laslow DECIMATES squishy units like mages and healers, and makes a joke of green units. the brave effect on his refined weapon can help get rid of some of the tankier units.

DRAWBACKS: blue units, esp some of the better blue mages and blue armored units, can make short work of laslow, unfortunately. lalsow also NEEDS a team built around him specifically, often limiting the skills and heroes that you can use. he also needs to retreat after the first player phase, making him a hit run unit- or, at least, as close as you can get in this game.

ALTERNATE SKILLS / ECT: wings of mercy would make for a good alternate c skill. swap can be traded out for your movement skill of choice.

This is just budget Altina lol
I wish I had atk/def oath but I don’t have Altina yet
With this build Laslow becomes the ultimate enemy phase brave sweeping machine and it’s so freaking fun to watch this once bad character destroy everyone.

With the combination of a Speed asset, in-combat buffs, and assistance of turn-start buffs like Speed Tactic 3, Laslow can now reliably hit the threshold necessary to trigger quad attacks. His base attack of 51 (with his unique blade equipped) is also high enough on its own to make good use of a quad strategy, and low-cooldown specials like Moonbow can push it even higher.

For team options, Laslow can fit nicely into any composition whose members gain additional benefits from both ally proximity or buffs. Legendary Hector, Mamori, Legendary Roy, Christmas Marth, Legendary Marth, and Peony are excellent examples of units that can take advantage of Laslow's own abilities, and boost his own potential. The ubiquity of Laslow's unique weapon means that he can also carve a niche into mixed-movement strategies as the buffs are not restricted to any one movement type.

Laslow's vitals remain his biggest weakness. If Laslow is unable to kill his opponent on his opening, or suffers a heavy blow between his two combat rounds, he'll likely be walking away with a good dent in his HP. With a build like this, you'll be sacrificing skills like the Distant Counter and Vantage combination, meaning this build will see Laslow himself employing a player-phase strategy.

A build like this will often call for a tight formation of your party, biding what time you can until Laslow can surgically pick off the enemy nukes before being moved away from harm by another teammate.

brave weapons are grate both for vantage and galeforce builds.

Laslows low speed makes desperation rarely relevant, and mostly a free slot. lull skills is an option but for the price of your A-slot (for Distant Counter) you get the strong combo of vantage. and whit Def smoke in C-slot witch is often open you get an effective atk boost you lost from DC in A-slot

Runing Galeforce instead of a dmg special in a Vantage build does remove some damage, but whit a brave weapon activating galeforce is not hard and very potent. and Laslows high atk combined whit a brave weapon makes few enemies able to survive and strike back, and even if they do, Laslow got enough mix bulk to survive an attack or two.

so Combining the two builds is a fairly low cost for very high potential.

Pivot is the preferred assist to place Laslow as offensive as possible while also triggering His prf weapon