Siren

The Siren is a tier 2 magical unit in Symphony of War.

They're the most reliable source of magic damage in the early-game; a good source of AoE damage, and can apply Stun and Daze to enemies struck with their attacks.

Stats

Stats		Base	Growth		Lvl 1	Lvl 54		From Tier1
		Low	Low		~84	~217		- ~ -20
		Med	Med		20	91		-
		None	None		-49	-49		-40
		Low	Low		~6	~31		-
		Med	Grand		~27	~86		+5
		Low	High		~16	~46		+5
		Low	Low		~	~1072		+222

• Medics have higher HP than Sirens after Battle Medics is researched.

• While the Siren has a negative internal Armor stat, this is rounded up to 0 in-game.
  
  It's main function is making +Armor artifacts functionally worthless on units like the Siren, as she will ignore the first +49 Armor before getting any benefit from such artifacts.
  It is possible to exceed this with Genbu Shell Fragment and the DLC artifacts in Spencer's Spectacles and Tailored Great Helm, though here it's at best 2~4 Armor, which still may as well be 0.

Related Technologies

Tech:
	Martial Traditions	Gain Class Points 15% faster.
	Spirit Piercing	Magical attacks pierce 25% of target's magical resistance.
	Hex Mastery	Boosts the likelihood to apply status effects.
	Mage Regiments	Heavy Infantry Slow Infantry
	Mixed Unit Tactic	Gains +3 weapon power for each different archetype of unit added to the squad, starting from the second.

Battle Details

Battle Detials:
Round 1	Magical Dark Attack, Small AoE, Magical Volley (7th), at 1 range.
Round 2	Wait
Extra Attack	Magical Dark Attack, Small AoE, Magical Volley (7th), at 1 range.
Other Detials:
Attacks have a chance to Stun targets. Attacks have a chance to Daze targets. Suffers from Magic Fatigue during enemy phase

Sirens have the same attack-order regardless of the player phase.

Strategy

Tactics

Siren's are a good source of general damage, but don't function well in all-Siren or all-magician teams. As such: the core tactics of their squads are more reliant on everything else in the squad than the Siren or Sirens themselves.

Squads

Sirens are a great spice to a lot of squads, but usually function best in small amounts.

They're a good source of offense with their AoE magic damage, and a good source of defense with their AoE Stun and Daze.

Basic Squad:				Cavalry Squad:				Magical:

As Opponents:

Aggressive Attack is a reliable option that can push a squad's damage output past the point a Siren will hang on by a thread, and be killed outright. Especially useful for any squad with AoE attacks, Stealth Attacks, or Archery attacks that can target the Siren directly: and potentially knock them out in a single hit.

Sirens are broadly the type of unit any Rogue, Archer or Horsebow squad wants to utilize their unique properties to take out.

Builds

Traits

• Executioner and Desperation are excellent traits to bolster Siren's offenses, especially as an extra attack doubles their damage output.

• Concentration, Arcane Speed, and Smite are also good general sources of boosting their damage output.

• And Unassuming, Arcane Barrier, and Arcane Vigor are useful traits to keep the Siren alive.

Artifacts

Donari Armor, Crystal Lance, Excalibur, and St. Teresa's Bulwark are solid artifacts for the Siren; or rather the Siren and the rest of her squad. All 4 offer a good mixture of stats, and always provide a bonus to magic.

Cyrene's Regalia is especially useful for any team that needs to deal with Dark Magi or Sorceresses, and also offers a fairly substantial Magic bonus to Sirens. With this item; Sirens could even run Imposing to tank the epicenter of those Dark Magic attacks for their team.

And Sayunaari War Pike and Auraweave Cloak are more direct bonuses to the Siren's offenses.

Affinity

Dark is the most sought-after affinity for Magicians like the Siren; amplifying their Magic damage output to the highest level.
Dark is the rarest affinity; though Magicians are generally the rarest combat units. Any medic conscript that shows up as Dark should generally be purchased for a great magician investment.

Water is a solid fallback; were the bonus to HP and MAG are appreciated.

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