Char. Anlys: Azura

[ Name ]

Azura ( アクア )

[ Recruitment ]

Chapter 6 ( Birthright )

Chapter 9 ( Conquest )

Chapter 6 ( Revelations )

[ Starting Class ]





Songstress





Supports



[ S Rank Supports ]

Shared : M!Corrin, Jakob, Kaze, Silas

Hoshido : Azama, Hayato, Hinata, Kaden, Ryoma, Saizo, Subaki, Takumi

Nohr : Arthur, Benny, Keaton, Laslow, Leo, Niles, Odin, Xander



[ A+ Rank Supports ]

Shared: None

Hoshido: Hinoka, Sakura

Nohr: Elise





Stats & Growth Rates

[ Base Stats ]

Starting LVL : 1

HP 16, STR 05, MAG 02, SKL 08, SPD 08, LUC 06, DEF 04, RES 07

[ Base Growths ]

HP 25, STR 50, MAG 25, SKL 60, SPD 60, LUC 40, DEF 15, RES 35





Pair-Up Bonus & Modifiers

[ Pair-Up Stats ]

C-Rank Support : +1 SPD

B-Rank Support : +1 SKL

A-Rank Support : +1 SPD

S-Rank Support : +1 SPD, +1 LUK

[ Max Stat Modifiers ]

SKL +1, SPD +3, DEF -3





Reclass Options

[ Personal Class Set / Heart Seal ]

Songstress

Sky Knight -> Falcon Knight, Kinshi Knight

[ S Rank Supports / Partner Seal ]

Fighter -> Berserker, Hero ( Keaton / Arthur )

Troubadour -> Maid, Strategist ( Jakob )

Cavalier -> Great Knight, Paladin ( Silas / Xander )

Ninja -> Master Ninja, Mechanist ( Kaze / Saizo )

Samurai -> Swordmaster, Master of Arms ( Ryoma / Hinata )

Archer -> Sniper, Kinshi Knight ( Takumi )

Diviner -> Basara, Onmyoji ( Kaden / Hayato )

Shrine Maiden -> Onmyoji, Priestess ( Azama )

Dark Mage -> Dark Knight, Sorcerer ( Leo / Odin )

Knight -> General, Great Knight ( Benny )

Mercenary -> Bow Knight, Hero ( Laslow )

Outlaw -> Adventurer, Bow Knight ( Niles )

[ A+ Rank Supports / Friendship Seal ]

Shrine Maiden -> Onmyoji, Priestess ( Sakura )

Troubadour -> Maid, Strategist ( Elise )





General Analysis

[ Stats & Growth ]

Azura has unusually high offensive growths equal to that of a Berserker. On the flip side, she has the complete lack of defensive growths, having only 25/15/35 total growth in HP/DEF/RES as a Songstress. She is the definition of glass-cannon. Any enemies that are able to land a hit or two on Azura will bring her down very quickly. With very high speed, Azura will sure be dodging a couple of attacks. However, that isn’t the most reliable way for survival is it not?

[ Base Class Set ]

The Songstress is a class only unique to Azura, and it sure is an amazing support class. It grants Azura the unique command Sing, which is capable of making an ally move again. On top of that, the class also gain access to amazing skills to boost her utility. At a mere level 10, she gains Inspiring Song which boosts her sing target’s SPD/SKL/LUK by +3. At level 25, she gains Voice of Peace, an amazing aura skill that reduces the physical damage dealt by enemies within 2 space. At Level 35, she gains Foreign Princess, another aura skill that decreases damage dealt by enemies and increase damage dealt to enemies.

[ General Summary ]

Azura does just fine as her base class Songstress. She will become a support unit unlike any other and is she good at it. Heck, even her personal skill screams “I’m a support!”.





Pair-Up Analysis

[ Pre-Analysis Comments ]

Being a support character, Azura does just fine without a pair-up partner sticking around her as she won’t be exposed too much in the fighting scene.

[ Attack Stance ]

She would often be found in attack stance while utilizing her support role. She could do a bit of follow-up damage, though don’t expect much.

[ Defense Stance ]

Azura has almost no business doing in defense stance as you would lose a top-tier support unit. While you could debate using her nifty pair-up bonus of SKL+3/SPD+5/LUK+5 at A+/S Rank, she could do more singing to a paired-up couple.

[ Pair-Up Summary ]

Avoid pairing up, sing more. That’s pretty much all there is.





Reclass Analysis

[ Disclaimer ]

Support Reclassing for Skills is generally unnecessary as it is possible to buy any skills you need. While looking at support reclass options, you should be focused on Support Reclass for Class Sets instead.

[ Pre-Analysis Comments ]

Due to the nature of Azura, support reclassing her for skill is all the more pointless as it would be way too much of a hassle in any kind of gameplay and losing the ability to Sing is a huge drawback. I’m going to mention it anyway for completion purposes.



[ A+ Rank Reclass for Skills ]

If you are playing on Birthright, Azura can only gain the Shrine Maiden class set from Sakura. Sadly, there aren’t many skills to look forward to. The turn you use Rally Luck and Rally Magic on could be used better by singing. Miracle, Renewal and Countermagic sound good on paper, but they require Azura to be in the fighting scene which we all know how well that goes.

On Conquest and Revelation however, there are much to gain from the precious little cinnamon roll, Elise. Elise provides Azura with the Troubadour class set which provides Tomebreaker for the much-needed survivability, and more importantly, Demoiselle and Inspiration for utility boost.

[ S Rank Reclass for Skills ]

If you’re looking to boost Azura’s support capabilities, Niles grants the Outlaw class set for Movement +1 and Pass. Jakob grants the Troubadour class set for Demoiselle and Inspiration.



If you’re looking to boost Azura’s survivability, pretty much any husband that can provide Aegis, Pavise or any Breaker skills is useful. One notable husband to look out for is Laslow, providing both Axebreaker and Shurikenbreaker. Axes have the advantage over Lances and Shurikens are just annoying to deal with, so having these two come in a package is just sweet.

[ A+ Rank Reclass for Class Set ]

There isn’t really much Azura want to do with the two class sets. She is best kept as a Songstress. That being said, if you like to see Azura in a maid costume or wearing a kimono robe, hey, no one’s stopping you.



[ S Rank Reclass for Class Set ]

Same with the A+ Rank Reclass, there isn’t much need for Azura to look forward to as she’s best kept as a Songstress. You should focus on what her husband can provide her child, Shigure. If not, pick whichever class set you like to see Azura in.

[ Reclass Summary ]

Azura’s role in the game is very straight forward. She is a support unit in-and-out. While building her, you either keep her as Songstress throughout a regular playthrough for practicality or just buy skills for her in a post-endgame optimization.

There are no in-betweens. To put it bluntly, reclassing Azura takes too much hassle and the drawbacks will probably make it a waste of time at the end.

While she could be used offensively as other classes, it would just be too much of a drawback not having her as a Songstress. Furthermore, there are many more characters who can fit into the offensive role better than Azura does, no reason for her to become a glass-cannon herself.



There you have it, that’s Azura’s reclass summary. All these analyses may be distracting or even overwhelming, but there really no need to fret over too much.







Inheritance Analysis

[ Disclaimer ]

While growths can be disregarded in post-gameplay, I will be mentioning it for practicality in a regular playthrough.

[ Pre-Analysis Comment ]

As a parent, Azura has much to offer both offensively and support-wise.

[ Growth Inheritance ]

Azura will be able to boost STR growths decently, and sure be able to boost any children’s SKL & SPD. Be it to enhance or fix the growth rate of a child, you can’t go wrong pairing her up for offensive growths.

Again on the flip side, bear in mind that she is going to drag her children’s HP and DEF growths down by quite a bit with the rates 25% and 15% respectively.

[ Class Inheritance ]

Azura passes the Sky Knight class set to her partner, best friend and of course her children, boosting mobility and utility as a Staff wielding Falcon Knight.

Laslow could use this class set to become a Falcon Knight to further boost his Rally utility. Not only he gains unrivaled mobility, he also gains access to Staff for some Rescue action. Neat!

Healers like Elise and Sakura could also use this class set as a Falcon Knight to boost their mobility.

[ Modifier Inheritance ]

With SKL+1/SPD+3/DEF-3 modifier, Azura sacrifices her children’s DEF in exchange for greater SPD. Like inheriting her growths, she enhance her children offensively while dragging them down defensively.

If you want to build a child offensively, it is generally wiser to maximize her children’s SPD with those modifiers rather than fixing one. SPD+3 modifier doesn’t come by too often y’know.

[ Inheritance Summary ]

From the class set she passes down, she can turn her spouse or children into a support unit. From the modifier she passes down, she can turn her children into an offensive unit.

If you’re thinking of passing down her class set for utility, you are on the right track. Her own child, Shigure, is a support unit himself with a Rally personal skill, making him a natural candidate for a Rallybot unique to only Shigure himself. No reason to turn him into a killing machine am I right?





Recommendations

[ Disclaimer ]

This section is solely based on optimization for post-gameplay. Practicality and viability of a character during regular playthrough should already be covered with the previous analysis sections and will be covered more during the Walkthrough part of the guide itself.

[ A+ Rank Supports ]

Shared : None

Hoshido : Sakura

Nohr : Elise

Sakura and Elise are pretty much the only two viable options since Hinoka doesn’t provide her with any class.

[ S Rank Supports ]

Shared : Jakob, Kaze, Silas

Hoshido : Kaden

Nohr : Laslow, Niles



Dwyer, Sophie and Selkie gets a good balance of STR and SPD, Midori and Nina will have max +7 SPD modifier for giggles. Laslow himself will gain utility boost from the class set passed down by Azura.

[ Build 1 ]

Class : Songstress

Partner/Spouse : Irrelevant

Skill 1 : Inspiring Song ( Must Have )

Skill 2 : Inspiration

Skill 3 : Voice of Peace

Skill 4 : Movement +1 ( swap with Warp if you have DLC )

Skill 5 : Amaterasu / Voice of Peace / Demoiselle

Classic build with aura skills. Note that if you don’t need Movement +1, you can swap it with one of the aura skills under Skill 5 to stack more buffs.

[ Build 2 ]

Class : Songstress

Partner/Spouse : Irrelevant

Skill 1 : Inspiring Song

Skill 2 : Replicate

Skill 3 : Warp

Skill 4 : ( A Rally skill )

Skill 5 : ( A Rally skill )



This build may seem to be filled with redundancy from a glance, but allow me to explain. Replica may not be able to Sing, but it can still Warp and Rally. See what’s going on now? Have the Replica to Warp in and Rally boost a unit, then have Azura herself Warp in for a song. This way you can stack both Rally and Inspiring Song boost in a turn with just Azura herself!