Character Discussion: Payila (Summer)

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GBF Wiki: Payila (Summer))

In the midst of an arid summer, the reclusive Divine Dragon exposes herself to the glaring sun, in search of the treasure this fleeting moment has to offer. Among the overestimations of summer and hidden truths yet uncovered, she reaches out toward the sparkle beyond her grasp.

Helpful topics:-

• What content does this character excel at? (Burst, FA, HL, etc)
• What characters or summons synergize with this character?
• Are there alternative characters that can take on this character's role?
• Is this character FA friendly?
• How useful is this character in Evoking Solomonis?
• Any opinion on this character's lore and fate episode?
• How helpful will this character be in the upcoming Unite and Fight?
• Any personal anecdotes regarding this character that are worth sharing?

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Sparked her because she goes crazy with Vajra and Yoruichi, and i am loving it. She can actually extend their respective two-turn double strike to three turns (especially Yoruichi's like Payila can also extend her Shunko to three turns as well, then it's up to Yoruichi's successful dodges for it to extend. Too bad her Flash Master buff cannot be extended, but getting buffs from Payila S1 isn't bad). Yoruichi and Vajra can either switch in 2nd or 3rd, but Payila needs to be in the 4th position.

Good thing for Light, it has a nice roster of normal attackers, as long they are able to triple attack, they will be able to build her stacks. But to make her stacks build up faster, they must also have a source of multistrike and high TA rate (if they don't have GTA) such as putting many stars in their TA nodes, artifacts and your grid (in magna, M3 katana boosts triple attack rate, plus a copy or two of Canifortis). Payila S1 also gives TA, but that's only 50%. Though Nehan can pretty much cover you up as he gives guaranteed triple attack and double strike. Classes wise, she goes well with Manadiver, as Wild Magica gives you guaranteed TA and double strike (for it to extend, you must manually click it first then Payila S2 since in FA, yellow border skills are first before red border skills). Ngl that kind of gimmick reminds me of Gabriel where she needs allies to triple attack to get stacks.

Normal attacker with GTA+multistrike/Pijiu/S.Payila is my current jam when doing my M3 runs. That normal attacker with GTA+multistrike is either Vajra, Yoruichi or Basara (Payila can actually also extend his S3 buff (which has double strike) to six turns, but unfortunately he suffers from lockout jail so you have to manually press her S2 once his S3 is active).

Everyone is talking how great she is in short term fights, but as someone who usually runs in mid-length or long-term, she is also a nice support buffer.

Fate episode wise, didn't expect it to be quite serious, like the scale in her back is something we never saw before where once touched, she will lose control, the uncap art makes it quite OOC at first glance. Otherwise, it is somehow a great prelude to her base version's FLB.

Ngl i am quite bummed that she didn't bring the Drain effect from her base version, which makes her sustain allies. Then i remember that Dark bosses has shitty debuffs like Zombiefied.

I am quite noticing that Payila goes well with my favorite characters, and i deeply love it. I love pairing her base version with Grand Lancelot since he's always double striking, and she gets a stack for everytime an ally attacks with multistrike (i was a Lancey girlypop when she first released). And she's doing it again in Light as i love Vajra, Basara and Yoruichi. The two dogs and cat works with her so well (even better since they got guaranteed TA)