Table of Contents
 | Exclusive Weapon |
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| Base stats (Lv 100) | Max stats (after engraving and awakening) |
Overview
| PVE | PVP | Fiend Hunt/Guild Raid |
| B | S | A |
| Last Night | Tower of Pride | Tower of Salvation |
| B | B | B |
＋ Very low cost of 1 SP cost at all levels, great for PVP attack
＋ ATK buff is long lasting (up to 6 turns)
＋ Strong synergy with Admiral costume (Energy Guard is based off ATK), decent synergy with Desert Flower (increases counterattack power)
－ Weak against Lecliss and Zenith in PVP
－ Glass cannon (low base HP)
－ Utility drops significantly if you don't have her Admiral costume
－ Significant power boost locked behind the +5 costume level
Sylvia for PVE
On her own, SQ.Sylvia is good, but not all that impressive for PVE.
With her ATK buff, SQ.Sylvia deals effectively 552% damage (including chain damage) at +5, and 658% at +5 full potential. This seems fairly high at first, however if you are using her with other ATK buffers (e.g. Arines or H.Lathel), her skill's effective power decreases, because multiple buffs of the same type do not scale well. For more on scaling, see the FAQs.
SQ.Sylvia also has a very low range, so she is not well suited to clearing mobs in PVE battles. Her low range also means that (on her own) she is not well suited to fiend hunts and guild raid bosses, where wide AOE damage performs better.
Where SQ.Sylvia really shines for PVE is as a combo initiator for Admiral Sylvia. Admiral Sylvia at +5 full potential deals 5x100%, i.e. 600% including chain damage. Since SQ.Sylvia's buff lasts 6 turns, the 200% ATK buff provides a huge damage boost to Admiral Sylvia.
SQ.Sylvia into Admiral Sylvia makes the strongest physical water attack available in the game. Sylvia is unquestionably the best physical water type attacker. The only other physical type water 5-star characters so far are Teresse and Rafina. Teresse is mainly a supporter with no good offensive skills. Rafina has higher damage multipliers on her skills, but Rafina comes nowhere near Sylvia's damage because Rafina's base ATK is measly 220, whereas Sylvia's is 352 (i.e. Rafina's base attack is only around 60% of Sylvia's base attack).
Sylvia for PVP
Sylvia is one of the very few attacking skills that cost only 1 SP. In PVP, having such a strong attack for only 1 SP is incredible value for an attacking team opener. What's more, if Sylvia can manage to survive beyond the first turn, her Turn 3 Admiral attack becomes very powerful after being buffed by SQ.Sylvia's ATK buff, and she also becomes very tanky thanks to Admiral's energy guard (which scales based off Sylvia's ATK). On Turn 5, Sylvia can then activate Desert Flower. When triple buffed with SQ.Sylvia's attack buff, Admiral's Energy Guard and Desert Flower's damage reduction and counterattack, Sylvia becomes very scary and can easily wipe out unsuspecting attackers. This 3 costume cycle makes Sylvia a very formidable character in PVP.
Despite these strengths, Sylvia also comes with some weaknesses in the current meta. Due to her water typing, Sylvia struggles to deal with Zenith and Lecliss, two wind type tanks who are both very popular at high tier PVP, and who are both usually geared to have high DEF. Zenith also shreds through Admiral's Energy Guard, and Lecliss's counterattacks inflict a lot of pain against Sylvia's multi-hit skills. Sylvia's bad matchup against these two popular characters is a fairly significant disadvantage which has reduced Sylvia's popularity in the current meta.
Conclusion
Sword Queen Sylvia is a great pull for any players who have already invested in Admiral Sylvia and want to complete the combo. When combined with Admiral, she makes a very powerful choice for both PVE and PVP. If you don't have the Admiral costume at high level though, then the utility of Sword Queen drops a lot.
