Yda

Summon Board Passive selections:

• Odin choose 3 / 6 / 7

• Bahamut choose 4 / 5 / 6

• Usuals: 

  • Ifrit, Shiva, Ramuh, Brothers 4 / 5 / 7

  • Leviathan, Pandemonium, Alexander, Diabolos 4 / 5 / 6

• For more details and help with summons, check Summon Hub!

Sphere Recommendations

• A Sphere - Yda has a BRV gain on her EX+ passive, so she benefits from spheres like Cinque or Iroha, and she's otherwise a melee attacker that debuffs with Touch of Death and likes to break.

• E Sphere - S2 can occasionally debuff however she wants to use EX/LD the most so Seymour is the most consistent sphere on her. 

How-To-Play Notes

• Yda is extremely unique and most of it comes from her LD buff as it grants her access to HP+++. If an enemy is unbroken, point Yda’s HP+++ at them (provided the orb is being maintained). Breaking an enemy with HP+++ gives her a free instant turn AND queues her next turn right after (this queued turn isn’t free). It also extends her buffs, so you never need to worry about upkeeping buffs from any of her other skills. See below for infinite turns.

• On her free turns you can use her other skills:

• Snap Punch (S1) is best used after her HP+++, so you have the hard hitting + version. It’s a single target shave and gives her some strong generic buffs

• Touch of Death (S2) is also single target, dropping her poison, sap, & hp poison onto enemies (using 2 debuff slots). This has 100% splash, so it can be good in AoE situations provided that Snap Punch+ isn’t capping. Also good if she’s being targeted as there’s a big BRV gain afterward.

• Tornado Kick (EX) is just hard hitting AoE BRV + single target HP with splashes on each HP attack.

• Six-Sided Star (LD) is the star of the show! A whopping 12 AoE HP attacks paired with Yda's BT effect giving her 150% HP DMG Limit leads to DEVASTATING results! Note that it will send her turn back due to it's low turn rate, but you can over come this weakness with Lunafreya or CRAB 3 (Crystal Ability 3 - Speed).

• Our Final Heaven (BT) provides the party with the usual BT effects however Yda gets high personal buffs form it most importantly 150% HP DMG Limit after she's taken 2 turns!

  • BT Phase without U4: S2 -> LD -> S1 -> S1 -> EX -> FR

  • Needing to use LD early (for the free skill) is why her BT phase is not great. 

• Pax Phoenice (FR) is where the year's animation budget went and asks for:

  • Melee ability on turn: +40%

  • Attacking a broken target: +40%

  • 50% HP DMG & Limit aura vs a broken target. Great FR for melee units!

Touch of Death Note

• With enough FR HP DMG Bonus and HP DMG Limit granted to Yda, S2 can nuke non-target enemies out of orbit in 1 go. This is due to an overflow bug and how splash works so also note you may heal the non-target enemies back to full HP. Cloud and Zack BT Finishers are another example of other attacks that can trigger the same effect.