Character Spotlight: Winifred
Winifred has this month’s spotlight. She scores very well in the popularity poll and many people have told me Winifred is their favorite character. Congrats to Winifred!
Background:
Winifred and her younger brother Caspian were orphaned at a young age but were soon adopted by Lionel of the White Lions around the time Boone was taken in by Lionel. As the older sibling, Winifred needed to be strong and care for her brother. However, Caspian ended up forming an inseparable friendship with Boone, which caused Winifred to feel more and more alone. Winifred eventually learns to become more independent by being her own best friend, but in order to fill the void in her heart, her personality shifted to be her personality shifted to be more flirtatious and trying to seek attention.
Winifred is first introduced when Princess Leah is trying to get to Municro, and she along with the other White Lions engage in combat to stop her. It is realized that the contract was false, and Winifred joins the group to take back Castle Ceyste and end the war.
After the war, Winifred volunteers for the mission to track down the Proclaimers and Lionel’s whereabouts in Burga. Even though the mission was risky, Winifred was driven to bring her family back together. Her plan was to get in with one of the four noble houses in Burga to obtain information about the Sacred Instruments or any word of Lionel.
The mission proved too easy after Lord Wise of House Ashmonte was swept away by Winifred’s beauty. Wise gave Winifred the attention that she always wanted, but it soon felt empty to her, because everything she was doing was for a lie. The guilt she felt made it difficult for her to face Wise every day, and she eventually just found his presence annoying.
Eventually, Winifred hears words of the new Queen’s coronation and how a Sacred Instrument would likely be used during the ceremony, and she believes this to be a potential target for the Proclaimers. She sends a message to the White Lions and joins up with them to stop the coronation when they arrive into Burga. Even though, she feels guilty about her time with Wise, he wants to believe in her and joins with the White Lions. It’s then when Winifred decides to make an effort to be more real with people and not try to force meaningful relationships.
Appearance:
During the Celyste-Ametona War, Winifred appears as a girl with pink hair tied by two red ribbons into short pigtails and brown-red eyes. Winifred returns during the Burga arc, and her pigtails are much longer. She also wears a hat having two roses attached. Winifred’s light armor uses orange, red, and browns.
Growth Rates:
| HP | Pow | Skl | Spe | Lck | Def | Res |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55% | 60% | 40% | 50% | 55% | 20% | 25% |
Unit Analysis:
Winifred’s stat growth is focused on Power, and she will prove to be the strongest out of all the primary bow users. Winifred also has strong growths in Speed and Luck, and if she levels well in Speed, she will be dealing massive damage when double attacking allowing her to one-round a lot of enemies. Winifred’s HP, Defense, and Resistance are weaker stats for her, but because she is an archer, she should not be seeing direct combat too often. Winifred also has the worst Skill growth out of any archer in the game.
Winifred’s promotion options are Sniper and Ranger. The Ranger class offers Winifred better mobility, swords, as well as the Sure Strike skill, which can help with her lower hit rate compared to other Archers. Sniper is still an exceptional class for Winifred as it offers improved critical hit rate and access to the available 2-3 ranged bows in the game. Winifred’s critical hits also usually take out an enemy in one hit.
Winifred’s main weakness is the random number generator as she is going to rely on good speed levels early in the game in order to carry her forward. While Winifred Speed growth is solid at 50%, she needs to hit these to stay useful. If Winifred does not level well in Speed, any of the other archers should be better options.
Overall, Winifred should be considered for any team that needs a bow user, and archers are not a waste of time in The Lonely Mirror. Winifred is the most “Player Phase” oriented archer compared to the others, and she is likely to take out her target on the player’s turn, but will need protection on the enemy’s. If Winifred gets strong growths in Speed, expect her snowball into one of the most reliable units on a Player Phase to eliminate a threat. Thanks to longbows and great bows, Winifred will have many more offensive options than other units.
Support Options:
Winifred’s affinity is Dark, which actually does help her needs as a unit. Even though the Dark affinity does not provide the ever-helpful power bonus, Winifred should not have a problem dealing damage. Winifred enjoys the improved hit rate, critical hit rate, and avoid that the Dark affinity provides. Her support options include:
- Caspian - Light
- Myles - Fire
- Silvan - Anima
- Wise - Fire
- Lael - Anima
Winifred’s brother, Caspian, is going to be the best available option to benefit Winifred. The Light affinity provides helpful boosts to offense and defense and also contributes to hit rate and critical hit rate, which work amazingly with Winifred’s role on the team. Caspian will also appreciate all the bonuses that the Dark affinity provides.
Myles and Wise are also great support options for Winifred to improve her offense even further and also boost her hit and critical hit rates. Both Myles and Wise will appreciate the Dark affinity bonuses too; however, between Myles and Wise, Myles is more mutually beneficial. This is because Wise has the flier movement and values affinities that provide power more than Myles. Regardless, Winifred is a helpful support option for both Myles and Wise.
Silvan and Lael are the least useful support options for Winifred, but the Anima affinity is still useful and provides boosts to offense and defense. Silvan in particular enjoys the boosts to crit avoid, avoid, and critical hit that Winifred’s Dark affinity provides. Lael’s main problem is her late rejoin time, but she can be a solid support pairing for Winifred.
Popularity Poll:
I intend to continue doing character spotlights each month at least for the remainder of 2021. I will also factor characters that are discussed in posts often in addition to the poll. Vote for your favorite characters and tell me why you like them.