(Spoilers) How should one go about optimizing the dlc character releasing soon?

[Aquaze]

I am talking about Anna of course. She starts off in the thief/adventurer class set which has high mag, speed, and luck growths. Anna's best growths are also in mag and speed and luck and res.

Her growths are: 35hp, 30 str, 55 mag, 30 skill, 40 speed, 70 luck, 20 def, and 45 res.

For class sets she can re class to the herb merchant line which includes great merchant and puppeteer. She also has access to the rod knight line with maid and strategist as promotions.

[CocoaGalaxy]

Her growths kind of remind me of Elise actually. Depending on her bow rank (or other weapon really) you could just slap a magic weapon on her and go to town, but I'm not sure.

Great Merchant is always a bit of a odd choice. Personally speaking I'd also normally advise against Great Merchant or Puppeteer, but that might be my own choices. In my opinion, "specialized" classes are a bit more valuable, plus Great Merchant and Puppeteer both have lowish speed

The bows might be useful, but Outlaw's promotions also use bows.

So I guess she is also kind of like Zero in a way..

[Carter]

I'm not the best at optimizing, and I usually just go for whatever I think looks best for my character (in terms of aesthetics). But since she has good magic growth, I assume it would be smart to take advantage of that as an Adventurer, as she would get a 70% magic growth.

Her strength might be an issue, imo, but a Shining Bow would fix that up. It really sounds like the Adventurer + Shining Bow was made for Anna! Plus you'd have another great healer!