Vira (Grand)/Strategy
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Overview
Vira is a sturdy and reliable tank, with strong offensive tool for short fight, and can deal a respectable amount of damage. However, she needs specific support from other characters to really shine.
Strengths
(Includes all-ally attacks) /
DEF and debuff resistance are boosted
(Ends upon using up all Bits)
is one of the very few
(Includes all-ally attacks)
kind of buff, which allows Vira to take all attacks, including multi-target ones, in place of her allies.- Has a notably long, up to 3 turns, duration.
- Also removes all debuffs on Vira on cast, makes her immune to debuff, massively boost her defense, and heals her for a moderate amount every time.
At level 75:
Effect enhanced. is a powerful nuke, with high innate damage multiplier, making it effective, even with an undeveloped grid. It also remove 1 buff from foes, keeping it circumstantially relevant for more advanced players.
Duration: 1 turn ,
Strength: 20%Duration: 1 turn and
Strength: 50%Duration: 1 turn Special buff. (Affects all allies when
(Includes all-ally attacks) /
DEF and debuff resistance are boosted
(Ends upon using up all Bits)
Duration: Up to 3 turns is active.) is a very powerful buffing skill, which affect can affect the whole party if
(Includes all-ally attacks) /
DEF and debuff resistance are boosted
(Ends upon using up all Bits)
is up, but has a long cooldown.- Her Primal Bits passive gives Vira a strong Critical hit rate and final damage against Dark foes buff while she has
stacks, allowing her to deal a large amount of damage when fighting with the Elemental Advantage. - Her Axe Specialty makes her a candidate for a
Duration: 1 turn ,
Strength: 20%Duration: 1 turn and
Strength: 50%Duration: 1 turn Special buff. (Affects all allies when
(Includes all-ally attacks) /
DEF and debuff resistance are boosted
(Ends upon using up all Bits)
Duration: Up to 3 turns is active.) also makes her particularly suitable for that.
Weaknesses
- The increased defense from
(Includes all-ally attacks) /
DEF and debuff resistance are boosted
(Ends upon using up all Bits)
does not protect her from fixed or plain damage. 
(Includes all-ally attacks) /
DEF and debuff resistance are boosted
(Ends upon using up all Bits)
Duration: Up to 3 turns. (Uses up 1
every turn. Ends upon using up all
stacks / Max: 3 turns) and
Duration: 1 turn ,
Strength: 20%Duration: 1 turn and
Strength: 50%Duration: 1 turn Special buff. (Affects all allies when
(Includes all-ally attacks) /
DEF and debuff resistance are boosted
(Ends upon using up all Bits)
Duration: Up to 3 turns is active.) cooldown often don't line up properly.- Vira needs to Charge Attack often to keep her
stacks up, but she can't reliably fill her own charge bar by herself. - Her Primal Bits passive, which gives her most of her damage, only works against Dark foes (or Non-Elemental, for the Critical hit rate part).
- Her Axe Specialty makes her ill-suited for Ultima Weapons centered team.
- Axe is a niche Ultima Weapon choice, as Axe Specialty characters are rare.
- While there is several such characters in Light, most of them are limited characters.
- They also have poor synergy, as most of them have some form of Hostility boosting ability, and actually benefit from being targeted.
How to Play
Vira's most remarkable feature would be the Aegis Merge mode. Whenever she has Aegis Merge activated, she can absorb all the damage for her team, including all-ally attacks. Her 3rd skill, Divine Weapon, is a super self-buff which can also become a team buff if used while Aegis Merge is on. Last but not least, her 2nd skill is Blade of Light, the exact same skill that Luminiera Omega obliterated your team with, offers good all-enemy damage plus a niche dispel.
She is a resource-dependent character. Her unique resource,
, is essential for her to maintain the Aegis Merge mode. She will spend 1
each round to empower her attacks and using Aegis Merge mode will make it 2
s per round. She has no alternative ways to recover the
s other than using her Charge Attack. Fortunately, there is no actual penalty for spending all the
s.
Since her only way to recover
s is to use her Charge Attack, it is optimal to use her C.A. as often as possible. However, she has neither a consistent DA/TA self-buff in her skill set nor a DA/TA upgrade in her Extended Mastery Perks. That said, she is slow, and definitely needs a team that is built around her to unleash her full potential.
While the timing may be a bit difficult, experienced players will try their best to time Aegis Merge with powerful energy Charge Attacks. With her immense DEF boost and stronger substitute, she will easily be able to tank, and self-heal the damage. Fully protecting your team is her job, and using Divine Weapon while Aegis merge is active is a way for her to put you on the offensive as well.
Use as much uplift, Charge Boost, or such as you can to keep her bits high.
Bit Management
Vira uses a
every turn. Vira will consume an additional
while Aegis Merge is active. To maintain additional damage against Dark enemies, it is important that Vira Charge Attacks frequently to maintain
stacks. For this reason, characters that provide DA/TA or boosts to Charge Meter gain, such as Amira, synergise well with Vira.
Aegis Merge
While
(Includes all-ally attacks) /
DEF and debuff resistance are boosted
(Ends upon using up all Bits)
defense boost makes Vira sturdy enough to shrug off most damage, it doesn't protect her from fixed damage, à la Proto Bahamut's Skyfall, or Plain Damage, as they both ignore defense. She's particularly vulnerable to the latter, as there is only few ways to deal with them. Dark raids notably make use of Current HP or Max HP based Plain Damage Charge Attacks. While they usually don't kill any characters under normal circumstances, they transform into deadly threats for Vira while she's under
(Includes all-ally attacks) /
DEF and debuff resistance are boosted
(Ends upon using up all Bits)
effect, as all of the damage will be concentrated on her, meaning Celeste's Azure Lightning "30% of ally's max HP to each respective ally" will effectively turn into a single target "120% of max HP", or Avatar's Apocalypse "Plain damage to all allies based on 50% current HP" into a single target "200% of current HP".
Because of that, it is very important to time properly
(Includes all-ally attacks) /
DEF and debuff resistance are boosted
(Ends upon using up all Bits)
Duration: Up to 3 turns. (Uses up 1
every turn. Ends upon using up all
stacks / Max: 3 turns) usage to avoid throwing Vira in front of a trigger that could easily have been ignored if the damage had been split between all characters. A few things to keep in mind:
- Because
are consumed at the end of the turn, using
(Includes all-ally attacks) /
DEF and debuff resistance are boosted
(Ends upon using up all Bits)
Duration: Up to 3 turns. (Uses up 1
every turn. Ends upon using up all
stacks / Max: 3 turns) with 6
or 5
will both result in a 3 turns
(Includes all-ally attacks) /
DEF and debuff resistance are boosted
(Ends upon using up all Bits)
. Similarly 4 and 3 will result in 2 turns, and 2 and 1 in 1 turn.- Thanks to that, it is possible to delay its usage without wasting duration.
- It also allows to plan for
(Includes all-ally attacks) /
DEF and debuff resistance are boosted
(Ends upon using up all Bits)
to be active at a later turn.
- Using
(Includes all-ally attacks) /
DEF and debuff resistance are boosted
(Ends upon using up all Bits)
Duration: Up to 3 turns. (Uses up 1
every turn. Ends upon using up all
stacks / Max: 3 turns) with less than 5
, and then using Vira's Charge Attack to refill her
will allow
(Includes all-ally attacks) /
DEF and debuff resistance are boosted
(Ends upon using up all Bits)
to last the full 3 turns.
(Includes all-ally attacks) /
DEF and debuff resistance are boosted
(Ends upon using up all Bits)
will never last more than 3 turns, even if there are
remaining.
Good knowledge of a boss Charge Attacks, Triggers, and how fast your team can push a boss past said triggers are also necessary to make sure
(Includes all-ally attacks) /
DEF and debuff resistance are boosted
(Ends upon using up all Bits)
is active when you need it to be, and not active when you don't want it to.
Synergy
Vira synergizes well with any character or class that offers DA/TA or charge bar buffs, to help her Charge Attack often and keep her
stacks high. She can also use any additional defensive buffs and healing available, in order to maintain optimal performance, particularly in 
however, as their effect will be greatly diluted in her already immense defense.
Characters
Strength: 30%Duration: 3 turns,
Strength: 15%Duration: 3 turns, and
Strength: 25%Duration: 3 turns.
At level 55:
Buff increased to
Strength: 30%Duration: 3 turns., which provides the party with DATA and charge bar speed, and her Melee Specialty, making her suitable for a- Similarly,
All allies gain
Duration: 3 turns. (Boost to specs based on number of casts [Max: 5].) as well as her Queen of Boars passive allow her to provide a high uptime DATA buff to the party, and she's also suitable for a- Although very niche, an
Duration: 3 turns,
Strength: 100%Duration: 3 turnsCounter attacks grant 4% charge bar per hit (includes Recklessness Incarnate)., and
Strength: 5%Duration: 3 turns (Max: 50%). usage should be carefully timed, as using it while Vira's
(Includes all-ally attacks) /
DEF and debuff resistance are boosted
(Ends upon using up all Bits)
Duration: Up to 3 turns. (Uses up 1
every turn. Ends upon using up all
stacks / Max: 3 turns) is active would be pointless.
- Although very niche, an
- Other characters helpful with charge bar generation include:
Inflict
Duration: 2.5 turnsLocal status effectApplied during the attack phase.
On the next turn, it'll have 2 turns remaining..
All allies gain
Strength: 10%. and
Strength: 20%,
Strength: 30%Duration: 1 turn , and
Strength: 20%Duration: 1 turn ..
Strength: 20%,
Strength: 100% chance of dealing 20% more damage.Duration: 4 turns,
Strength: 50%Duration: 1 turn , and
Strength: 50% / 50%Multiplier: NormalDuration: 4 turnsSpecial buff..
Strength: 30%Duration: 3 turns,
Strength: 15%Duration: 3 turns,
Strength: 30%Duration: 3 turns,
Duration: 3 turns (Gain
Strength: 20% upon dodging.)
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: Affects all allies..- Note that Metera needs to dodge in order to grant her
Strength: 20%, which cannot happen while Vira is under
(Includes all-ally attacks) /
DEF and debuff resistance are boosted
(Ends upon using up all Bits)
effect.
- Note that Metera needs to dodge in order to grant her
Strength: 1.5-2.5 turnsBase Accuracy: 100%Local status effect and
Strength: 100%Base Accuracy: 100% on a foe.
All other allies gain
Strength: 10%. and.png.webp)
Gain
Strength: 20%.
At level 100:
Damage increased to 350%-400%.
Damage cap increased to ~480,000.
Strength: 20% now affects all allies..
- Due to her guaranteed Crit while she has
, Vira can easily take advantage of
ATK is boosted /
DEF is boosted /
Double attack rate is boosted /
Triple attack rate is boosted
(Can't be removed)
Strength: 50% HP Revive / 20% ATK / 20% DEF / 15% DA / 5% TAMultiplier: PerpetuityDuration: 15 turns. can be a great safety net for Vira, to protect her from mishaps when using
(Includes all-ally attacks) /
DEF and debuff resistance are boosted
(Ends upon using up all Bits)
Duration: Up to 3 turns. (Uses up 1
every turn. Ends upon using up all
stacks / Max: 3 turns).
All non-revived allies gain
Duration: Indefinite. (Can't recast.) can also be used as an additional layer of protection.
Classes
- Berserker's Axe Specialty makes it a good fit for
- Spartan's
Duration: 3 turns or 1 hit. can be used Help Vira survive a Fixed Damage Charge Attack, like Proto Bahamut's Skyfall. - Warlock's
Strength: 20%Duration: 3 turns., Luchador's
to grant all allies 10% x (Magic Circles
)
Strength: 10% x (Magic Circles
)
(Max: 80%)Duration: 1 turn . (Max: 80%.) (Cannot be used without Magic Circles
.) can be used in combination with
Duration: 1 turn ,
Strength: 20%Duration: 1 turn and
Strength: 50%Duration: 1 turn Special buff. (Affects all allies when
(Includes all-ally attacks) /
DEF and debuff resistance are boosted
(Ends upon using up all Bits)
Duration: Up to 3 turns is active.) for one turn of massive damage. - Chaos Ruler's
Strength: 50%Duration: 3 turns,
Strength: 30~35%Duration: 3 turns, and
Strength: 20%Duration: 3 turns. can help Vira steadily build Charge Bar, particularly when used with_square.jpg.webp)
- Elysian's
Strength: 80%,
Strength: 30%, and
Strength: 35%.
Dagger: All allies gain
Strength: 40%,
Strength: 10%, and
Strength: 35%. greatly boost Multi Attack Rate, and help with Charge Bar generation, if
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(Includes all-ally attacks) /
DEF and debuff resistance are boosted
(Ends upon using up all Bits)
Duration: Up to 3 turns. (Uses up 1
every turn. Ends upon using up all
stacks / Max: 3 turns). - Apsaras's Axe Specialty makes it a good fit for
Spear: Inflict
to one enemy in Break.
All parties gain
Strength: 10%Duration: 2 turns.
Axe: Mode bar cut to one enemy in Overdrive.
All allies gain
Strength: 20%. and
Strength: 10%Duration: 3 turns.
Spear: All parties gain
Strength: 80% chance of dealing 20% more damage.Duration: 3 turns.
Axe: All allies gain
Strength: (Healing cap: 800)Duration: 3 turns and
Strength: 10%Duration: 3 turns., and can use as Main Weapon some of the weapons Vira benefits the most from.
Main Weapons
Duration: 2.5 turnsLocal status effectApplied during the attack phase.
On the next turn, it'll have 2 turns remaining. on a foe, and give
Strength: 10%Duration: 2.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase.
On the next turn, it'll have 2 turns remaining. to the party, helping Vira survive and providing her with Charge Bar.- This weapon is particularly well suited to Berserker, because of its ability to Charge Attack often.
- Vira also protects the MC, helping maintain the Sunveil's Radiance passive at its maximum.
Summons
Extended Mastery Perks
| Vira (Grand) | Stars: 8 | EMP: 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 DEF
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DEF
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 HP
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 Dark Damage Down
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ATK
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DEF
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HP
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 Light ATK Up
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 Charge Attack Damage
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DEF
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HP
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 Skill Damage
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 Skill Damage Cap
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 Slight chance of a 1-turn cut to skill cooldown with every one-foe attack |
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Gamewith's recommended EMP build for Vira (Grand).
Priorities[edit]
Prioritise CA DMG first, followed by Light ATK. Her Extended Mastery Support Skill has a low trigger rate at 3★, but as she doesn't have many good masteries, it is very useful when it does trigger and recommended to get it next. DEF has a low priority as Aegis MergeRemove all debuffs from Vira. GainAegis MergeReceives all attacks in place of allies(Includes all-ally attacks) /
DEF and debuff resistance are boosted
(Ends upon using up all Bits)
Duration: Up to 3 turns. (Uses up 1
BitUses 1 Bit per attack (Can't be removed)every turn. Ends upon using up all
BitUses 1 Bit per attack (Can't be removed)stacks / Max: 3 turns) already gives a huge amount of DEF. Therefore HP, Dark DMG Down and Skill DMG/Skill DMG Cap are good options to finish out her masteries.
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