
Laura's character status in Trails of Cold Steel
Laura specializes in powerful physical attacks. While she may not have many moves compared to other physical attackers such as Rean, Gauis, and Millium, they are all powerful and can consistently stagger the enemy if she is assisted by the Scanner debuff. It adds one brave point to the enemy's unbalance rating, making it easy for her to initiate Follow Up attacks. She has an attack rank of A for both Slash and Crush attributes. Her Quartz set up is Water and Fire, which symbolizes Laura's balanced personality and trying to deal with people with completely different values from her.
Laura has one of the best Field Attacks in Cold Steel. While it has a slower start up than Rean's, she can reliably hit and circle the enemy fairly easily. It has a low chance of instantly stunning the enemy. She can even hit the enemy behind her if one is lucky. In Cold Steel II, her stunning capability is further increased and she can stun regular foes with ease. It now hits twice but her attack sometimes pushes enemies away. However, it's easy to time both slashes and the second slash has just enough reach that it can hit the enemy, even if it was pushed back. The second hit is also more likely to stun the enemy.
Status[]
Laura's status as a heavy swordswoman makes her slow and without careful management, it's possible for bosses and late game enemies to act twice before she can. Laura is also susceptible to powerful Arts because her Arts Defense (ADF) is below average. Strangely enough, her Arts Strength (ATS) growth rate is high and is comparable to Emma, one of the game's most powerful spell casters. Unfortunately, her ATS starts at a low level and will never catch up to dedicated magic users of the game.
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4-2-2 | A | - | - | A | |||||||
Default | HP | EP | STR | DEF | ATS | ADF | SPD | DEX | AGL | MOV | RNG |
A | E | S | B | E | E | D | E | C | 6 | 2 | |
Max (CS2) LV200 |
24065 | 600 | 1320 | 568 | 2256 | 1408 | 90 | 48 | 38 | 6 | 2 |
Crafts & S-Crafts[]
Not only are her Crafts strong, they also posses helpful debilitations. Armor Breaker reduces enemy defenses and its upgraded variant, True Armor Breaker, has a 60% chance to Seal enemies, rendering their powerful attacks useless for a time. Earth Cleaver can slow down and reduce an enemy's movement, perfect against roving juggernaut-like enemies. Radiant Spin has a Faint rate of 50% and hits in a wide area around her. Radiant Blade hits in a wide area that Mutes an enemy with an impressive 90% success rate. Very good at covering one of her weaknesses: low ADF. Finally, is Radiant Wings. It bestows her with 50% strength, -50% magic defense and Insight status. Though it can be a gamble, her increase in strength, heightened evasion, and better aptitude at staggering the enemy is a good trade-off, but be wary against powerful caster foes.
Trails of Cold Steel[]
Name | Description | CP Cost | Level |
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Armor Breaker (鉄砕刃) |
Attack (Single), DEF-25% (3 turns), Seal (30%) Tears the armor from enemies |
25 | Default |
Earth Cleaver (地裂斬) |
Attack (Set), Line (M), MOV (-25%) Splits the earth beneath foes' feet. |
30 | 9 |
Brilliant Spin (洸円牙) |
Attack (Set), Area (L), Suction, Faint (30%) Draws foes into a vortex of light. |
45 | 36 |
Radiant Wings (洸翼陣) |
Support (Self), STR/DEF +50%, Insight, ATS/ADF -50% Increases strength at the expense of magical resistance. |
30 | 45 |
S-Craft | Description | Level | |
Radiant Dance (奥義・洸刃乱舞) |
Attack, Area (M), (Class SS) Cuts up foes with a series of beautiful slashes. |
Default | |
Radiant Waltz (真・洸刃乱舞) |
Attack, Area (XL), (Class SSS) Enhanced version of Radiant Dance. Deals more damage. |
Chapter 5, August 28 |
Trails of Cold Steel II[]
Name | Description | CP Cost | Level |
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True Armor Breaker (真・鉄砕刃) |
Attack (Single), DEF -25% (3 turns), Seal (60%), Unbalance +30% Tears the armor from enemies |
25 | Default |
Earth Cleaver (地裂斬) |
Attack (Set), Line (M), MOV -50% (3 turns), Unbalance +10% Splits the earth beneath foes' feet. |
30 | Default |
True Earth Cleaver (真・地裂斬) |
Attack (Set), Line (M), SPD -25%/MOV -50% (3 turns), Unbalance +10% Splits the earth beneath foes' feet. |
30 | 87 |
Brilliant Spin (洸円牙) |
Attack (Set), Area (L), Suction, Faint (30%) Draws foes into a vortex of light. |
50 | Default |
Brilliant Flash (洸円牙) |
Attack (Set), Area (L), Suction, Faint (50%) | 50 | 114 |
Radiant Wings (洸翼陣) |
Support (Self), STR +50%, Insight, ADF -50% Increases strength at the expense of magical resistance. |
20 | Default |
Radiant Blade (熾洸剣) |
Magic Attack (Set), Area (M), Mute (90%), Unbalance +20% Pieces with a formless light blade. |
40 | 71 |
S-Craft | Description | Level | |
Radiant Waltz (真・洸刃乱舞) |
Attack, Area (XL), (Class SS+) Enhanced version of Radiant Dance. Deals more damage. |
Default | |
Radiant Lion (奥義・獅子洸翔斬) |
Attack (Set), Area (XL), (Class SSS+) Unleashes the attacker's full might. |
105 |
Weapons[]
Trails of Cold Steel[]
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Trails of Cold Steel II[]
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