Quick overview
Tiki has a cute new weapon called breath of fog since the latest update and it’s a unquie trait to her unit type I guess. Effectiveness against dragons is nice for her as already being a red unit means she can stomp the heavy growth of green dragons. However it means you have to sacrifice her OG lighting breath which is one of the best weapons in the game. DC is amazing for any unit so giving it up is never nice, and if she puts it in the A slot she has to give up a breath skill. Either way the weapons make her a highly usable unit, but I still think lighting breath is worth more right now. Really though her new weapon does allow her to be a psuedo healer so theres that. Though arguably if you really want a dragon killer with healing abilities you’d just run a Falchion user.
Base kit
Coming with lighting breath is a huge boon for Tiki A as it allows her to strike distant units back and hopefully Ko them before they can Ko her. Hower breath of Fog is also good, being effective against dragons and renewal two, plus a atk/def bond but for two spaces. However it’s really up to you if that = DC. Both are solid weaons at the end of the day. Defiant attack while normally a sub-par option gives her +7 atk on top her her great base attack already. But really there’s better A skills out there, even brazen atk/def off a 4star ares is easy enough to get.Bonfire adds more destruction to the mix as it’ll deal a extra 17 damage on average. Finally spur res is well spur res, arguably the best hone right now but she may wish for other options depending on the team.
Arguably she wants a solid B slot which if using her base kit would be vantage. As if rocking a +atk nature anything attacking her at 50% or less needs to survive a base 55 magical attack. Sword breaker and quick riposte are other option though. Finally any assist will do but Reposition or swap help her tank like nature.
Pros + Cons
+ High atk stat
+Defence is also a strong point
+Easy to merge
-Low res can be a pain sometimes but salvagable
-Often expensive to build
-Her speed means she’ll always be doubled
Partners
Tiki of course pairs well with other dragons, especially units like Myrhh with her Hone dragons. Delthea and Linde can also provide +6 atk to her so they are also nice picks and can deal with Falchion users most of the time, who threaten Tiki.
Suggested set(s)
10000 years and counting
Suggested ivs: +Def/atk/hp -spd/res
Lighting breath+, Reposition, Bonfire/ignis/aether
Slot A = Distant defence, steady/warding breath/stance, Close defence, earth boost
Slot B = Quick riposte, Vantage, renewal
Slot C = Any c skill.
Sacred seal: Distant/close defence/quick riposte
Weapon refinery: +def or +res are the best choices, just pick which defence you wanna buff
So Adult tiki shines as a defensive wall. Ideally you want a A skill to up her high defence, distant defence + the distant defence 3 sacred seal give her + 12 to both defence and res making her a absolute pain to take down. Even magically. Steady breath enables quicker bonfire procs or even ignis, while stance is just +6 when attacked. Earth boost is a option too but mainly if +hp or using hp+5 as a sacred seal. The warding versions of these are just as good and more so if you plan to have her fight off mages.Quick riposte allows her to double any unit back, while vantage with a quick riposte shield enables her to be extremely deadly later in the fight.. Iv wise +def is the best option for this set, though +atk means more damage on the counters so both are viable. -spd is her best bane as she is doubled by most things already. -res can be used but leaves you more vulnerable to magic users.
Fog light
Suggested ivs: +Atk -spd/res/hp
Breath of Fog, reposition, bonfire/ignis/aether
Slot A = Distant counter, Fury
Slot B = Vantage, Renewal
Slot C = Any C skill
Sacred seals: Heavy blade
Weapon refinery = atk/def bond of course
So if using Breath of Fog you may want to focus mixed phase as Tiki loses Breath skills with DC equipped. Luckily Tiki A is salavaged by her high attack stat and the ability to use the heavy blade seal, which can remedy the problem at the cost of her sacred seal slot.Combine this with Vantage and you have a deadly atk monster both phases. Renewal can be taken if you wish to keep her super healthy and maybe better if running fury as she’ll recover 20Hp every two turns while losing at most 12 from two fights from fury alone. If running rene3wal as well you can give her a healing skill to make her a psudeo healer.
