Sorceress
Sorceresses are an excellent addition to any well-rounded squad. With their relatively large splash range and status effects, they can significantly reduce the offensive effectiveness of the enemy squad in battle. They are great in defensive squads as they will attack on the first round (unlike other mages that will always charge their spell in the first round on defense).
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 | |||
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Low | Low | ~84 | ~217 | - | |||
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Med | Med | 20 | 91 | - | |||
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None | None | -49 | -49 | -40 | |||
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Low | Low | ~6 | ~31 | - | |||
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Med | Grand | ~32 | ~91 | +10 | |||
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Med | High | ~31 | ~61 | +20 | |||
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Low | Low | ~ | ~1267 | +195 |
While the Sorceress 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 Sorceress, 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
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Martial Traditions | Gain Class Points 15% faster. |
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Spirit Piercing | Magical attacks pierce 25% of target's magical resistance. |
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Hex Mastery | Boosts the likelihood to apply status effects. |
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Mage Regiments |  Heavy Infantry  Slow Infantry
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Mixed Unit Tactic | Gains +3 weapon power for each different archetype of unit added to the squad, starting from the second.
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Battle Details
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| Round 1 |  Magical Dark Attack, Large AoE,  Magical Volley (7th), at 1 range.
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| Round 2 |  Wait
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| Extra Attack | Magical Dark Attack, Large AoE, Magical Volley (7th), at 1 range.
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Sorceresses have the same attack-order regardless of the player phase.
Strategy
Tactics
Sorceresses are a good source of general damage, but don't function well in all-Sorceress or all-magician teams.
As such: the core tactics of their squads are more reliant on everything else in the squad than the Sorceress herself.
Squads
Sorceresses 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.
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As Opponents:
Aggressive Attack is a reliable option that can push a squad's damage output past the point a Sorceress will hang on with a sliver of health.
Especially useful for any squad with AoE attacks, 
Stealth Attacks, or 
Archery attacks that can target the 
Sorceress directly: and potentially knock them out in a single hit.
Sorceresses are broadly the type of unit any Assassin, 
Warbow or 
Raider 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.
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Unassuming, 
Arcane Barrier, and 
Arcane Vigor are useful traits to keep the Sorceress alive.
Imposing is also an interesting option: given big magical 
AoE attacks are something the Sorceress is unusually durable against; and can serve as a defensive anchor for her squadmates.
Still: Archery attacks also bypass block and cover to strike middle and back-row units; which are still devastating to the Sorceress.
Artifacts
Excalibur and 
St. Teresa's Bulwark are solid artifacts for the Sorceress; or rather the Sorceress 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 
Sorceress. With this item; Sorceresses could even run Imposing to tank the epicenter of those Dark Magic attacks for their team. That said: Dark Mages capacity to apply the Curse isn't something the Sorceress enjoys.
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Sayunaari War Pike and 
Black Belt are more direct bonuses to the Sorceress offenses.
Trueshot Bow is also noteworthy to maximize the Sorceresse's one big hit by striking true (and potentially critically striking).
It's unclear if or to what extent Skill plays a role in landing status effects like Stun and Daze; but if it does the Sorceress can apply 2 of them, and a bonus +15 Skill is something.
A large bonus to Skill also helps the Sorceress operate in 
Light Infantry kill-squads when 
Ambushing enemy units benefiting from defensive terrain and 
Guerilla's bonuses.
Affinity
Dark is the most sought-after affinity for Magicians like the Sorceress; 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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