"Useless" Partner Series: Blue Ursa Huntress
Today we are going to be talking about out of my personal favorites, the Blue Ursa Huntress. I consider her more of a utility partner for a couple reasons. First, let's start by taking a look at her skills, all of which are useful.
Skill 3: Ursa’s Blessing
Similar to the Red, this partner has a passive skill, but it heals the team based on her max HP when you get a CR. Let’s look at this in real terms. If you can get her HP to +18,000, her max HP after adding the 11,730 base stat is 29,730 HP. 5% of this is 1,486 HP healed per CR attack. Stack this with Bape’s Enduring Healing or on a speed team it makes a significant difference.
Skill 2: Triple Laceration
This is one of my favorite skills on her. Basically, she can attack up to 4 times, and each CR attack increases the damage, so she can kill a RNK in 1 attack. RNK’s passive wont let him take more than 30% of life in 1 attack, but there are 4 attacks, or 120% of his life. Think of all the Red partners that are in use, this is a hidden gem. Now to the auto attack.
Skill 1: Piercing Strike
It can attack twice for an auto attack, dealing a lot of extra damage, if you build her with SAYA, twice the chance to stun. And finally to the hidden secret.
As a team leader she will increase all Wise (Blue) partners speed by 30%. Most people use Valor lead which is 24%. I’m going to show you why this is important now. In BA terms, the 6% difference is a lot, especially on speed teams and when action bar cycling is important. Below are the speed difference between 24% and 30% for a few common Blue partners.
As you can see 5-6 speed is a lot.
Finals Thoughts and notes
The Ursa has a balanced base stats which means she has the potential to be anything, even as a tank. Experiment, there is really no wrong way to use her, as long as the other partners on the team are correct, think Synergy.
Check out the Premium Guide for her here