EdithBuild and Guide

After having an apparent identity crisis and getting a full makeover, Edith joins the roster as our newest and only Dex-based melee DPS Fairy unit. Filling a gap that's been sorely lacking since launch, she is a welcome addition.

Her kit plays around her passive Riposte, which is a mechanic that basically gives her two phases; while Riposte is active, her Artifact buff increases her Atk and Speed, which makes this the perfect time for a DPS phase. When she is hit during Riposte, she goes into En Garde phase, increasing her resistances by 50% for 6 seconds. En Garde has 10 stacks that are reduced by skill and subskill useage, and also deteriorate over time by 1 every 2 seconds, which upon reaching 0 stacks she will regain the Riposte status again to repeat the rotation.

On top of the Riposte/En Garde mechanic, her kit is also very buff-centric, in a similar way to Lizelotte's. Her main skill 'Moulinet' does increased amounts of damage when Edith has 4/6/8 buffs on her, removes enemy buffs at 6, and is a guaranteed crit at 8. Her Ultimate 'Attaque au fer' similarly scales up at 4/6/8, but restores mana at 6+ buffs and increases the skill's damage by a whopping 3x if you manage to get 10+ buffs on her. Her subskills Remise and Fente also do more damage and remove extra stacks of En Garde if she has an Speed or Atk buff respectively, so keeping up both Atk and Speed buffs on her is ideal for peak performance. The down side to Edith is that her kit can be a bit complicated to work with, depending on the content, and what teammates you have available to you in your roster. In regular 5v5 PvE content, hitting her skills while Riposte is active is likely to be hard to impossible since the window between her En Garde stacks being removed and her taking damage again will be small when 5 enemies are flinging damage around.

The requirement for buff stacks can also be an issue if you're facing enemies with dispels, and somewhat railroads her into having a specialized team comp for feeding her buffs. While it is not imperative to build the perfect team around her, it will significantly improve her performance. Those with Yuria will find it a lot easier to build a team for her than those without.

Her real power, as has seemingly been the trend with recent releases, lies in single-enemy combat, such as guild raids and ESS. Given the right team composition, her damage potential in 3 of the 4 guild raids (Dark Knight being the exclusion) is right up there with the heaviest hitters. She is the best DPS option for the Undead Rudra, and is comparable to the likes of Lizelotte, Aki and Violette in Gaia and Charite.

That said, one of Edith's other down sides is investment. At this point in time, most long-term players likely already have Origin++ DPS units with at least Legendary+ Artifacts, and to perform as well as the aforementioned raid staples, she will need a similar investment at a much later point in the game. This can be hard to accomplish for many F2P or low spending players, especially for a unit that isn't an Angel or Demon.

In conclusion, Edith can be a good investment if you have a gap to fill in your raid teams, and has the potential to improve your raid performance with enough investment, especially in Rudra. As has been the trend with most of the releases barring Yuria, she isn't a must-have powercrept unit, but a slight upgrade in some areas and a nice-to-have addition to your roster.