Rogue Dagger Kronya: stupid but effective?

Warning: if you're not a fan of unusual or otherwise stupid builds, please avert your eyes. The following content may be too disgusting for you. You have been warned.

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Does anyone that post I made a while ago, where I showed off my ranged tank Male Corrin? Them's was good times. I wanna do something akin to that, this time with...well with something similar, actually. :sweat_smile:

(If you're curious about what post I'm talking about, you can find it right here.)

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Now, since I'm sure most of you were unaware about this - given that Kronya is seen as somewhat of a one-trick pony due to Athame's insane effect coupled with double Savage Blow - Kronya has the highest base HP for any dagger unit in the game bar Chad and his one point higher in HP (for those wondering: Kronya has 44 base HP, Chad has 45).

This immediately sparked an interest, but I never really invested...at least not until I pulled three Nahs in a row (bless that one Bonfire banner). Now I could finally get an answer for my morbid curiosity. Just how beefy can this generally pure offense unit be? 🤔 Of course, it's not like she's invincible, but I think I did a well enough job with the build shown below.

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Let me explain the build, as I use it, in detail:

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Rogue Dagger (def refine)+: obviously the central point of the build, allowing her to buff both herself and her allies' defenses by 6 each. The defense refine is chosen because her res is naturally higher and we want both def and res to get boosted to about an even level.

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Rally Atk/Spd+: This is really just here if A; I want to run Def/Res Ruse on Kronya for a map or B; I need her to buff someone's offense rather than defense for a turn. This is the most flexible slot.

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Blue Flame: A fun special to use since she'll mostly always be next to an ally, making her do wonderful damage.

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Bonus Doubler: This boosts her defenses by ANOTHER +6 once the dagger effect kicks in. Not to mention that it buffs her offenses if an ally decides to do that.

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Null C Disrupt: Fuck Veronica. This is sometimes replaced with Def/Res Ruse or Special Spiral.

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Time's Pulse: Gotta love pulling out that 1 CD Blue Flame thanks to this and Infantry Pulse Mercie.

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Atk/Spd Bond: Used to further emphasize staying close to allies, especially with Blue Flame on this build. This also boosts her offense, which even without Athame is still pretty good, considering she can get buffs from allies on top of this.

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As for team synergy this time, it mostly just boils down to Hilda buffing the hell out of everyone (including Kronya who by a miracle has ONE more defense point than her lol), and Kronya providing defensive buffs to her allies.

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Of course up to this point this has all been hypothetical, so let me show you some in-game examples of her bulk, varying in buffs and stuff:

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All in all, I just think it's a fun build to mess around with. Honestly I didn't expect it to be this good when I started lmao.

Also, the reason why I'm doing this with Kronya rather than someone like Chad (who can arguably pull this off even better thanks to his access to IVs and general availability, depending on your luck with colorless) is because A) she's a merge project of mine, and B) I've been building all my 3H units this same kind of way - unique builds and all that.

...For example, this Close Call Edelgard that tanked a Black Luna lol

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CLOSING STATEMENT:

I wish she could use IVs.