Legendary Roy

• Preferred IV: +SPD or +ATK / -RES
• Weapon: Dragonbind 
• Assist: Reposition / Flexible
• Special: Bonfire / Luna / Blue Flame
• Passive A: Bonus Doubler 
• Passive B: Wrath / Null Follow-Up / Null C-Disrupt
• Passive C: Human Virtue / Flexible
• Sacred Seal: Flashing Blade / Heavy Blade

Combined with Dragonbind’s built-in Distant Counter and dragon effectiveness, Legendary Roy’s exceptional mix of good Attack, high Speed, and solid all-around bulk grants him an immense amount of versatility in the way that he can function. This build aims to capitalize on just that and transform him into a formidable duelist capable of taking on a variety of different threats in both phases. Assets to either of his offensive stats are highly recommended to maximize his combat prowess, with a Speed Asset being the slightly preferable option of the two to supplement his ability to reliably perform and deny follow-up attacks. 

Legendary Roy has several choices for his Special with this build, with those that possess a 3-turn cooldown being his most effective options when making use of the Heavy Blade or Flashing Blade seal -- provided that he can perform a follow-up attack and that his opponent can counterattack, this combination enables him to consistently activate such Specials in each round of combat and attain considerable offensive power. Bonfire will generally be his best option, scaling well his reasonable base Defense stat of 32, though Luna can also be considered to cleave through physically bulky foes. Blue Flame offers Legendary Roy a stronger and more consistent boost to his damage output than either of the aforementioned options, however, maintaining its adjacency requirement can prove to be quite troublesome in the Player Phase, forcing him to take a more defensively oriented playstyle in order to consistently benefit from its +25 damage boost. Also, do keep in mind that Bonfire and Luna can match Blue Flame by either buffing him up to at least 50 Defense or if his opponent has at least 50 Defense respectively.

His native Bonus Doubler makes for his ideal choice of A slot skill thanks to its fantastic synergy with his unique C slot, Human Virtue, a powerful skill that grants him and any non-beast or dragon allies with a massive +6/+6 Atk/Spd buff, provided that they are adjacent to each other at the start of the turn. When utilized in tandem, this allows Legendary Roy to essentially gain  a whopping +12 boost to both of his offensive stats with no outside support -- and in contrast to skills such as Swift Sparrow and Atk/Spd Solo, Legendary Roy can comfortably benefit from this powerful offensive boost with no other prerequisite conditions for combat aside from simply having Human Virtue active. 

Similarly to his Special, Legendary Roy’s B slot is quite flexible and open to a plethora of various different options, with the choice of which to utilize ultimately boiling down to a matter of personal preference and skill availability. Wrath is an exceedingly strong option that allows Legendary Roy to take a rather aggressive playstyle, drastically increasing the potency of his Special activations when under its 75% HP threshold. In contrast, Null Follow-Up and Null C-Disrupt can be considered as well to take a more generalist approach to Legendary Roy’s playstyle and widen the breadth of foes he can effectively take down. 

• Preferred IV: +SPD or +ATK or +DEF / -RES
• Weapon: Dragonbind 
• Assist: Reposition / Flexible
• Special: Ignis / Aether / Blue Flame / Bonfire
• Passive A: Steady Breath / Steady Stance 4 / Bonus Doubler
• Passive B: Null Follow-Up / Null C-Disrupt / Guard / Quick Riposte
• Passive C: Human Virtue / Flexible
• Sacred Seal: Atk/Spd Bond / Atk/Def Bond / Quick Riposte / Flashing Blade 

In contrast to the first set, this build aims to take a more specialized approach to Legendary Roy’s playstyle, capitalizing on his surprisingly strong performance in the Enemy Phase, and capacitate him to function as an effective defensive tank. An Asset to either of his offensive stats will again be his ideal choice of IVs, however, a Defense Asset may also be a worthwhile consideration to make here to strengthen his physical resilience and directly diminish the amount of damage he takes from incoming foes. 

His choice of Special should ultimately correlate with his chosen A slot skill, with Ignis and his native Dragon Fang being especially strong options if making use of Steady Breath. When utilized in tandem with the skill’s effect of accelerated Special cooldown, Legendary Roy will be able to activate either Special in any round of combat in which he can counterattack twice, granting him tremendous destructive potential  -- and thanks to Dragonbind’s built-in Distant Counter, he can leverage these powerful Special activations against melee and ranged foes alike. Alternatively, one can make use of Aether to grant him greater longevity on the battlefield through its effect of simultaneous healing and damage output increase. 

If using any other A slot skill, however, it is recommended to once again utilize Specials with a 3-turn cooldown alongside the Heavy/Flashing Blade seal as to essentially replicate Steady Breath’s powerful effects, albeit to a weaker extent, allowing him to similarly activate his Special in any round of combat in which he can counterattack twice. It should be noted that in addition to Bonfire and Luna, Blue Flame is a much more attractive option here thanks to this build’s defensive playstyle actively encouraging him to be nearby his allies regardless, rendering its adjacency requirement to be a non-issue in most scenarios. 

Steady Breath is a superb choice of A slot skill that complements this build’s intended playstyle beautifully, granting him a solid +4 in-combat boost to his Defense as well accelerated Special cooldown. Steady Stance 4 is a fantastic alternative should one wish to focus purely on Legendary Roy’s ability to tank hits and provide him with a massive defensive boost in the Enemy Phase -- in particular, its Guard-like effect of Special deceleration with no accompanying HP threshold allows him to fare considerably better when facing off against foes who rely on speedy Special activations to deal significant amounts of damage. On a budget, his native Bonus Doubler remains an excellent skill that synergizes perfectly with Human Virtue. 

Null Follow-Up and Null C-Disrupt are again incredibly strong candidates of note that serve to widen the breadth of foes he can effectively shut down, the former of which doing so by allowing him to nullify the effects of skills such as Wary Fighter, Swordbreaker, and Bold Fighter whereas the latter does so by canceling out the counterattack-negating property that Firesweep weapons and Dazzling Staff possess. Given their extremely scarce availability, however, Guard can make for a suitable budget alternative that similarly improves Legendary Roy’s matchups against the plethora of meta threats who are reliant upon their ability to quickly activate their Special for their damage output. Although generally unnecessary due to his exceptionally high base Speed stat, Legendary Roy can also make surprisingly great use of Quick Riposte as his chosen B slot skill (or seal) to secure his match-ups against fellow speedsters whom he would otherwise speed-tie with. Finally, if not making use of any other seal, the Atk/Spd Bond and Atk/Def Bond seals will be his best options to further solidify his Enemy Phase prowess.