Vildred

Vildred is a 5-star Earth Thief built around fast, speed-scaling sword damage. His basic Sweep strikes two enemies, his 5-turn Blade Ascent hits the whole enemy team, and his Dancing Blade passive — armed once an ally has attacked and an enemy is at 50% Health or below — fires off a follow-up blast at every enemy while pushing his own turn forward by 20% Combat Readiness. Because every skill grows stronger the more Speed he has, and he gives himself attack and crit-damage buffs while feeding team turn order, he works as a fast cleanup attacker who finishes weakened enemies and chains extra turns.

Counters

• Wounded or low-Health enemy lines — His passive arms the moment any enemy drops to 50% Health or less, letting him follow an ally's hit with a full-team sword blast that mops up multiple weakened targets at once.
• Slower teams that let him act first — All of his damage scales with Speed and his passive grants himself 20% Combat Readiness, so against slower lineups he gets in early and snowballs extra turns before they can set up.
• Fragile, stacked-up enemy teams — Both Blade Ascent and Dancing Blade strike all enemies, so squishy lineups take damage across the whole board rather than just on one target.
• Fights where he can stack his own offense — He carries his own attack and crit-damage buffs, so once rolling he hits hard without needing an outside buffer to enable his bursts.

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Countered by

• Buff strippers and dispels — His punch leans on his self-granted attack and crit-damage buffs; an enemy that dispels or steals those buffs, or cuts their duration, deflates his damage before he can land a clean hit.
• Healthy, sturdy enemy lines — His strongest move, the Dancing Blade follow-up, only arms once an enemy is at 50% Health or below, so high-bulk or well-sustained teams that never dip that low deny his passive entirely.
• Faster threats and turn-order control — His whole kit depends on out-speeding the enemy; anyone faster, or who pushes his turn back, gets the first move and can drop him before his Speed-scaling damage comes online.
• Burst that kills him on cooldown — His full-team Blade Ascent sits on a 5-turn cooldown and the passive on a 2-turn cooldown, so between casts he is a frail Thief with no defensive tools and can be focused down in that window.

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