SP Safiyyah

Hey everyone! Here’s my Safiyyah SP guide! I’m really excited to pull her and use her for pretty much every bit of content in the game. If you want to get the most out of her, you definitely want to get her to at least 3-star, both for her trait and also for access to her SP skill (as long as you’ve also pulled adult Safi). Additionally, you’ll eventually want to get her signature weapon, Nocturnal Glow, to enhance her support capabilities. Most people will probably want to simply give her a Newborn Blade and wait until they can exchange for her weapon later though, since Kvare is just around the corner.

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And, as a side note, I’ve also updated my adult Safiyyah guide, which can be found here.

Overview

SP Safiyyah is an absolutely incredible support character who is like a Swiss Army knife of utility for the team, providing things such as healing, mobility, and extra assisting attacks to your other characters, as well as numerous buffs. Needless to say, having her on your team will elevate everyone else to new heights.

Trait

Safiyyah’s trait, [M.S. Combat Staff], provides a handful of passive effects that work in concert with each other. First of all, at the start of her turn, Safiyyah inflicts her unique [Mobile Squad Mark] on all enemies within 6 tiles of her for 2 turns. The mark itself does nothing, but her trait also makes it so whenever an ally within 5-6 tiles attacks a marked enemy, they gain 5-15% ATK, and their assisting attacks and alert attacks do 15-25% more DMG/Piercing DMG (depending on star level; the DMG boost starts at 3-star). Additionally, whenever she casts a support skill (active or passive) on an ally, she grants that ally a [Level 1 Attribute Buff] for 2 turns (this becomes a [Level 2 Attribute Buff] at 4-star, and gives 2 of them at 5-star). She really benefits from extra stars, so expect her to be spending some serious time in the shard farm!

Basic Attack

[Joint Strike] might actually be the single best basic attack in the entire game; it not only has a range of 3 tiles (which is amazing), but it also inflicts [Mobile Squad Mark] on the target and then causes the nearest ally within 3 tiles to perform an assisting attack with their own basic attack (at 50% DMG). Between its range and the extra attack from an ally, this attack provides excellent attacking potential!

Reaction Skill

Since both of Safiyyah’s reaction skills reduce incoming damage by 8%, the only thing to really compare is the auxiliary effect of each one. [Weak Spot Protection] only reduces the chance of being taking critical hits by 30%, while [Battlefield Healing] heals the ally with the lowest HP percentage within 2 tiles of Safiyyah by 100% of her M.DEF. Of the two, [Battlefield Healing] is definitely the more impactful, though you really don’t want her to be getting attacked, regardless. All of that being said, the skill you really want is [Blade Chase], her SP skill, which she will have access to if you have her at 3-star and own the original Safiyyah. This skill will allow her to (like her adult counterpart) do assisting attacks against enemies marked with the [Mobile Squad Mark] from up to 3 tiles away. Then, she heals the ally with the lowest HP within 3 tiles for 30% of her combined P.ATK and M.ATK.

Skill 1

For her first skill, I recommend [Mobile Squad! Trump Tactic]. This skill is, essentially, a supercharged version of Safiyyah’s basic attack, in that it (after inflicting [Eye of Weakness] on the enemy, which causes those who are of a role that counters the target to do 20% more DMG) causes the 4 closest allies within 3 tiles to all launch assisting attacks with their basic attacks, for 50% DMG. This skill only costs 3 NRG, and has no CD, meaning it can be relatively spammable, since it’s the only skill in her recommended kit that costs NRG.

Skill 2

For her next skill, [Frontline Deployment] is an excellent choice. This skill is an [Instant] skill which allows Safiyyah to target any ally within 3 tiles of herself and allows them to walk up to 5 tiles away from their current position. The tactical uses for this are many and varied, and this can really make a difference in your overall strategy for a battle. Additionally, this skill can be very useful for setting up assisting attacks for either [Joint Strike] or [Mobile Squad! Trump Tactic]. The only thing to really be aware of is that this skill, while having no NRG requirement, is on a 3-turn CD, meaning it will be very difficult to use consecutively without things like [Happiness] or a Cup + Wand resonance.

Skill 3

For her final skill, I suggest [Safeguard Protocol]. This skill is a passive which causes Safiyyah to, at the end of her turn, heal the two allies in battle with the lowest HP for 40% of her combined P.ATK and M.ATK. Additionally, if she executes [Standby], the skill activates again at half the potency. This skill gives her potential to help your team stay healthy (though perhaps not enough to forgo any other source of healing), while also activating her trait, which provides buffs to the affected allies.

Equipment

For a weapon, you’ll definitely want her signature weapon, Nocturnal Glow. This sword not only boosts her ATK and DEF (4-10%), but also causes her to dispel 1-2 debuffs from allies when her skills target them, as well as grants them a buff (either Level 1 or Level 2, depending on star level) and a special [Nocturnal Glow] buff that increases their DMG output by 10%. At 5-star, that boost jumps to 15%! This synergizes perfectly with her kit, and will allow her to provide numerous buffs to your team, while also keeping them cured of debuffs. If you don’t have access to that, a Cornucopia Dagger is great for NRG regen, and Newborn Blade, as always, is a solid all-around option for her. For a trinket, I suggest Old Scrolls of Auguste, as it will allow her to, as a very speedy character, engage in SPD manipulation, and this also activates her trait and weapon effects. If you don’t have an Old Scrolls for her, then an Origin Hourglass works well, as it boosts both ATK stats, which she uses for her heals. For a tarot, I strongly suggest Fortune, as it has the ability to provide her with extra NRG, as well as activate an AoE heal, which in turn will activate both her trait effects. Judgment can also be a decent choice for boss fights, and World can be good in conjunction with [Thorough Deliberation]’s [Standby] requirement, if you don’t have any other options for NRG gain or CD reduction. For engravings, I suggest Cup + Wand, as the potential to double-cast [Frontline Deployment] or get a refund on the NRG cost of her ultimate is simply too good to pass up. When rolling stats, you should aim for P.ATK% and M.ATK% rolls, with an emphasis on P.ATK, since her healing scales off of the combined total of the two stats.

Additional Notes

In addition to the above skills, Safiyyah also has a handful of other situationally useful skills that are important to be aware of. First of all, her default skill, [Assault Order], gives the buff [Assault Order] to a single ally, which causes that ally to, when attacking with a single-target active attack, to follow up with a full-power basic attack immediately after, once per round. Additionally, this skill heals the target for 60% of Safiyyah’s combined P.ATK and M.ATK, which activates her trait/weapon effects. This can be great for empowering your DPS in a boss fight and in similar situations.

[Sniper, Cover Me!] is another solid skill, which provides Safiyyah a single stack of [Dodge] and puts her into an [Alert] state, where she watches the 3x5 area in front of herself. Any enemy who moves into this area will be hit with a magical attack that scales off of Safiyyah’s P.ATK and will have their turn interrupted, as well as be inflicted with [Eye for Weakness] for 2 turns.

[Together With You] provides [Co-Attack] and [Co-Defense] to all allies within 3 tiles of Safiyyah, which is a great buff for the team that stacks with most other buffs, meaning you can squeeze out an extra chunk of damage from the affected characters’ attacks. Again, this skill will also activate Safiyyah’s trait and weapon effects.