Discuss gameplay ideas here!

This was made as a response to a comment.


"Optimal" depends on your party needs. Do you need ranged damage? A healer? A dodge tank? Straight damage?

His Lightning Dash attack is extremely strong, and he can set it up with Spear (if in position 2) or Golden Glint (his riposte + move back ability). If you have a marker as well, he can do extremely well. I really like having this in damage builds. Dragonslayer Band means he can sit in position 1, use Golden Glint, and then charge forward with this ability. It works well with other shufflers, or as personal set-up against a high prot target. The Riposte is great to have, too.

Bountiful Sunlight is a nice flex pick. You can use it on a backline build (Spear + Golden Glint + Sunlight + Princess' Guard) and act as a healer or ranged dps. Or you can make a guardian build for the front row with some damage abilities (like Swift Strike and Impale) & Princess' Guard + Bountiful Sunlight.

Impale is great as a stun, or an execute-type of ability. You can use it with Spear to get a consistent stun / move combo, and Impale gets empowered by Spear. So it can shuffle between spots 2 & 3.

Your trinkets determine a lot, too. The Dragonslayer Band gives damage bonuses to being in position 1, and fighting larger enemies. It stacks super nicely with Swift Strike against size 2 targets, so you can park this guy in spot 1 against bosses and the Crow.

I've done my absolute best to make most possibilities available on this character. Optimal is determined by your needs. I think I could keep typing for a while, but I'll start the discussion with this.