Blue Raphtalia

Published November 1 2022

Last Updated November 9 2022

## Skill Effects

Flood, Sever, Increase Basic Stats, Increase Allies' Max HP

## Location

Collaboration Event Draw

Guaranteed Collab SSR Draw

Special Mission Event

## Association

Blue Raphtalia can deal greater damage to enemies the higher her Defense.

## Hero Guide

### Pros

* Is a hybrid unit. She works great as a support and can deal a lot of damage as well.
* Her skill damage is calculated based on her Defense which is her main gear.
* Can increase her allies’ max HP and can reduce the damage they receive.

### Cons

* Units with Charge abilities can deal a large amount of damage to her.
* Her crit chance is not high enough to make safe use of her Sever card.
* Units with Decrease Defense or Decrease Defense Related stats will weaken her attack and defense severely
* Is a Collab character, which makes her a limited-time unit.

### Usage

Blue Raphtalia is a unit released in the Shield Hero collab along with Blue Naofumi, Green Filo, and Red Kizuna. Raphtalia is a strong support unit and can also deal a lot of damage thanks to her skills scaling off her Defense instead of her Attack, including her Ultimate Move.

She is a really good unit for Ungeared PVP, although she will do significantly less damage compared to Geared. Furthermore, she is a solid unit in Geared PVP where she can increase her defense further to allow an even stronger effect on her abilities, especially her passive.

The best team composition for Raphtalia is a mono-blue team since her skillset is not as restrictive and she can deal a lot of damage on her own. The first team choice could be Blue Naofumi, Blue Tarmiel, and Blue Gilthunder as a sub to maximize the defensive capabilities of the entire team via her passive and Naofumi’s Stance. This allows Raphtalia to attack the enemy freely without fear of being killed by them during their turn. Blue Gilthunder will also increase her already high Defense making her passive and all her skills to be more effective.

Units such as Blue “The One” Escanor, Blue Emilia, Blue Festival Ludociel, Blue Fairy King Harlequin, etc, can find a great use for her since they get a lot of value from the extra HP and defensive capabilities that Raphtalia provides. This is especially true in Emilia’s case where she’ll be much harder to kill (forcing the enemies to proc her passive if necessary) or in King’s case to make his shield even stronger.

At some point she used to be paired in a team with Blue Guardian Griamore due to his skill set before his attack damage was changed to be based on attack rather than being based on his defense that made that composition useless now.

Her preferred gear is 3x Defense to get the most value out of her kit since it considers her Defense for every aspect where she functions. Overall, Blue Raphtalia is a solid unit that can be used as a support to make her team stronger and at the same time, can deal a lot of damage on her own.

## Story

**Raphtalia** (ラフタリア *Rafutaria*?) is the main heroine and Deuteragonist of *The Rising of the Shield Hero* series.

She is the first real companion of the Shield Hero Naofumi Iwatani. Although she was originally bought as a slave, she was never treated badly and the two forged a strong bond.

She later travels to another world and obtains the Vassal Katana, becoming the **Katana Hero** (刀の勇者 *Katana no Yuusha*?). Additionally, she becomes the Heavenly Emperor of Q'ten Lo after overthrowing the previous emperor.

Source: https://shield-hero.fandom.com/wiki/Raphtalia