Bandit Girl

Standard Evolutions:
Bandit Girl I, II, III"'They move like shadows shifting in the trees; if you think you've seen a Bandit Girl, it's already too late.'"

Elite Evolution:
Starling"'Trained to always keep her blade at the ready, Starling can spill any challenger's guts in an instant.'"

Strategy:
Bandit Girl's Gutsy ability has the highest damage-to-cost ratio when compared to any other single-target critical damage attack. It can potentially be stronger than some 3-4 AP abilities, so unless you have an ally with Quick Attack (or Quick Heal if someone needs healing), if you have 1 AP, Gutsy should always be used. Bandit Blitz, however, should be used strategically-- ie. to shut down the healing of the enemy team for a round; to pile damage on a Guardian enemy; to KO a very low health target and Injure remaining enemies. It is definitely not effective vs. single targets. When focusing a single enemy, try using higher-damage single-target abilities from allies instead. At the start of each battle, you can take advantage of the First Strike trait. In most cases, for the free ability use Bandit Blitz, then follow up w/ Gutsy to use your 1 AP. The only outlier to this rule: if your 1st turn is in Round 2, and Bandit Girl has, for example, Executioner as an ally, then the best practice would be Bash (Expose) for 2 AP, then a free Gutsy to follow. However, First Strike does not need to be used on your first turn, so you can wait to use it if doing so provides a strategic advantage.

Items:
An Amp item makes a ton of sense on your Bandit Girl, providing you with a great chance to be generating AP with each Gutsy attack. Her First Strike trait plus Amp will set you up for some strong early rounds with lots of options. Time Warp items can double the critical chance of Gutsy, which of course makes Gutsy doubly brutal when both crits hit. Like any low health character she is an early target, so an Evade item can help avoid incoming damage.

Team:
Bandit Girl will need a healer or ally with Guardian to survive the battle. Sorcerer fits in well with some complimentary-cost abilities. Use Shield Keeper and her Shield Bash to provoke enemies away from Bandit Girl. Ally with a Robo-Knight to take advantage of the synergy between Bandit Blitz and his Crippling Blow ability.