Reginn

Bearing Hope

Stepsister of Niðavellir's king, Fáfnir. Chooses to work together with Askr to stop her suddenly changing brother.

Base Stats[]

		Title
		Bearing Hope
		Group
		Cavalry
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	15/16/17 34/38/41	9/10/11 33/36/39	9/10/11 37/40/44	7/8/9 26/30/33	4/5/6 21/24/28
Skills			Weapon
Lyngheiðr Glowing Ember			Sword

Skills[]

Type	Name	Prerequisite	Default	Unlocked
	Iron Sword	-	-	-
	Steel Sword	-	-	-
	Silver Sword	Steel Sword	-	-
	Lyngheiðr	Silver Sword		-
	Glowing Ember	-		-
	Ignis	Glowing Ember	-	-
	Seiðr Shell	Ignis	-
	Seiðr Shell+	Seiðr Shell	-
A	Death Blow 1	-		-
	Swift Sparrow 1	Death Blow 1		-
	Swift Sparrow 2	Swift Sparrow 1		-
	Swift Sparrow 3	Swift Sparrow 2
B	Lull Spd/Def 1	-		-
	Lull Spd/Def 2	Lull Spd/Def 1		-
	Lull Spd/Def 3	Lull Spd/Def 2
C	Panic Smoke 1	-		-
	Panic Smoke 2	Panic Smoke 1		-
	Panic Smoke 3	Panic Smoke 2
	Panic Smoke 4	Panic Smoke 3

Overall[]

Subjective: The following part of this article is based upon the editor's personal experiences and opinions, and therefore may not be applicable for all readers.

Base Set[]

As the lead character for Book V, Reginn is a useful and equally powerful Astra Mythic Hero with a brand new mythic effect. If she is deployed during an Astra Mythic Season, the player is allowed to deploy one additional Hero, bringing the total to six offense Heroes, affecting scoring and giving the player more units to help clear tricky defense maps. As a unit herself, Reginn literally pilots a mech into battle as a Sword Cavalry. With strong offense sitting at neutral 36 Atk and 40 Spd, Reginn hits incredibly hard and can double a decent number of units. She has average physical bulk, scoring 38 HP and 30 Def, but her magical bulk is on the lower end at 24. As one can expect, Reginn has powerful applications and can immediately be used for success in Aether Raids going into Book V and beyond. But there is more to her kit that needs to be addressed to highlight what makes her a wonderful addition to every player that receives her for Book V.
Lyngheiðr is her weapon and it comes with a flat +3 Spd increase as well as some powerful effects bundled together. If she initiates, she gains +6 Atk/Spd to hit harder and score more doubles on what is essentially a neutral 49 Spd as well as reduces the first attack taken from an enemy by 30%, giving her slightly more bulk. What makes this weapon truly unique is the【Canto (3)】effect she gains after combat. While it can only activate for the first four turns of a battle, after combat, destroying a structure, or using an assist skill, Reginn can move a guaranteed 3 spaces immediately. The Canto effect is not affected by movement penalties that reduces her mobility like through a Gravity staff or bonuses like Legendary Azura's Gray Waves. This gives her a more controlled, higher range Hit and Run, perfect for smashing an enemy then retreating to safety. Several additional quirks are applied to the skill such as Galeforce taking prescience over this effect and Dancers being unable to make her proc the skill a second time during a battle. This weapon makes Reginn a wonderful offensive unit who is a veritable threat at the player's disposal.
Seidðr Shell is her unique Special which on Turn 1 fully charges its three turn cooldown, giving her immediate access to it for her first round of combat. When it activates, she deals 15 true damage to her foe and her attack targets the lower of their defensive stats. Reginn can use this to take out pesky high bulk defensive units by targeting their often much lower Res as a result, which in tandem with her various other skills in her kit, she can dish out incredible damage on even the most hardy of foes.
Swift Sparrow 3 grants her an additional +6 Atk and +7 Spd when she initiates, bringing both her stats to an incredible 64 Atk and 57 Spd, more than enough to double the fastest units in the unmerged roster with ease. All of this on top of her Lull Spd/Def, which inflicts -3 Spd/Def on her foe in-combat while neutralizing any buffs they received make her that much more hard hitting and drives the nail home that few units will be able to stop her during her turn. Panic Smoke adds one last present for her foes after demolishing their ally, inflicting【Panic】status, turning their bonuses into penalties until their turn starts.

Counters[]

Reginn is fortunately mainly going to be on offensive teams since she provides little scoring benefits in Aether Raids defense teams, but she is a veritable threat if she appears in an Arena Duel team. The main objective when dealing with her is to not let her initiate as the majority of her effects come when she has attacking priority. Her defenses, while decent, do not give her enough bulk to withstand some of the hard hitting Blues with some decent bulk. Units like Legendary Chrom, Dimitri and his various forms, and Female Kris do nicely. Her magical bulk is also lower than her physical, so nuking her with units like Ophelia, Selena, and Linde work as well. Finally, as a Cavalry, despite not being on a horse, Reginn is utterly destroyed by units who have weapons that deal effective damage against Cavalry units. Units like Micaiah and her various forms, Gray, and Matilda have an easy time exploiting this status.

Skill Inheritance[]

Reginn's starting kit is utterly flawless with the only skill missing being an Assist skill. Reposition is an easy must for her not only to give her another means to activate Canto, but also for its sheer utility in positioning out of place units. Smite also works for Aether Raids teams to help get slower allies to the enemy quicker. Galeforce can be considered instead of Seidðr Shell since it allows her to gain even more mobility and actually have three actions (two of which can be used to attack an enemy) if she can proc it before her Canto effect is triggered during a turn.

Meet Some of the Heroes[]

Bearing Hope Reginn
	We've discovered a new kingdom: Niðavellir, the realm of dvergr! Niðavellir is ruled by a king called Fáfnir, and today I'll be introducing you to his bright and breezy younger sister, Reginn!
	While Reginn might be a princess, she's a little tomboyish, and she loves her treats too. You know, I feel like she's someone I can relate to!
	Unfortunately, there were dark clouds on the horizon for Reginn. Her brother Fáfnir had always been a kind and just king, but one day, he suddenly changed unrecognizably. When he ordered the invasion of neighboring kingdoms, Reginn was horrified.
	Desperate to bring the old Fáfnir back, Reginn turned to the Order of Heroes. And we're going to do everything in our power to help her!
Closely Associated Characters
Fáfnir	The king of Niðavellir, the realm of dvergr. Once a kind and just king, he suddenly became cruel and aggressive. Reginn's brother.
Ótr	Stepbrother of Niðavellir's king, Fáfnir. Worships his brother and fully supports his ambitions of conquest.