#mod tethys

Lvl 40 Stats (Flaw/Neutral/Asset)

HP: 34/38/41 Atk: 23/27/30 Spd: 32/35/38 Def: 20/23/27 Res: 31/34/37

Neutral BST: 157

Max Dragonflowers: 5

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Skills

Weapon: The Cleaner+ (300 SP)

Mt: 12. Range: 2. Grants bonus to unit’s Atk = total bonuses on foe during combat. After combat, if unit attacked, inflicts Def/Res-7 on target and foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions.

Can be inherited. Can be refined.

Assist: Dance (150 SP)

Range: 1. Grants another action to target ally. (Cannot target an ally with Sing or Dance.)

Cannot be inherited.

Special: None

A: Spd/Res Bond 3 (240 SP)

If unit is adjacent to an ally, grants Spd/Res+5 during combat.

Can be inherited.

B: None

C: Dagger Exp 3 (120 SP)

While unit lives, all dagger allies on team get 2x EXP. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)

Can be inherited.

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Analysis

Tethys is a colorless dagger dancer with a lacking kit but excellent utility. With her high resistance, she makes a great debuffing unit as well as a more than adequate mage tank.

Tethys’s strongest stats are in her resistance and speed. With only 35 base speed and 34 base resistance, she'll need some buffs in order to maximize her potential. This is where her A skill, Spd/Def Bond, comes into play. As long as she is next to an ally, Tethys will receive +5 to both her speed and resistance, making her a more than adequate mage tank. Since she is a dancer, she will be next to another unit more often than not, and she'll get great use out of her A skill. However, because the bonus only counts in combat, she will only be able to effectively use Sabotage or Ploy skills if her resistance is boosted with other skills. With her weapon needing bonuses to be active on her foe in order to do more damage, these skills are not necessary unless you plan on changing her native weapon, The Cleaner, to something else. It's exceptionally good at dealing with blade tomes, and with her high resistance and speed, she has great potential to tank hits from units like Nino and Taltiu, who are often spotted using blade tomes. With her low attack, only 27 at base, she will most likely not be able to retaliate with much force. Providing her with a special such as Iceberg, which will capitalize on her high resistance, she can do adequate damage. Her C skill, Daggee Exp, is completely useless in combat unless you are solely using her in order to grind experience on other units.

Tethys prefers boons in speed and resistance. Her prefered bane is in HP. She has a superboon in defense and superbanes in HP and attack.

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Similar Units

Kaze: Easygoing Ninja (34/30/36/17/34)

Tethys: Beloved Dancer (+4/-3/-1/+6/+0)

Olivia: Festival Dancer (34/28/34/16/28)

Tethys: Beloved Dancer (+4/-1/+1/+7/+8)

Sakura: Gentle Nekomata (33/32/34/14/34)

Tethys: Beloved Dancer (+5/-5/+1/+9/+0)

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Builds

Budget

Unfortunately, with a useless C skill and a lack of a special, any Tethys build will require a little more investment than with other units. 

The build on the left keeps her A skill intact and builds on her role as a dancer. Wings of Mercy gives her increased mobility, letting her use Dance on allies who might be out of range otherwise. It can also be used to put her next to an ally, activating Spd/Res Bond, and letting her do more damage with her special, Iceberg. It also lets her tank more magical hits and prevent doubles with the increased speed and resistance. Her seal, Spd/Res 2, is there to give a greater boost to those two stats. In addition, it has no conditions to be activated, giving her a small, but much needed, boost when she is not next to an ally. With both her seal and A skill, Tethys will do a total of 20 damage with Iceberg without buffs, letting her more reliably land KOs when needed. Since The Cleaner does damage based on the number of buffs her foe has, Tethys is not equipped with any debuffing moves. The C skill used here is Drive Spd, which will see a lot of utility due to her role as a dancer and her tendency to be within close proximity to her allies. However, any buffing move will do. If you want to maximize Tethys’s damage input, then try to shy away from debuffing skills on your other units as well.

The build on the right gives Tethys more offensive capabilities by replacing her A skill with Fury. With Fury’s HP penalty, Brazen Atk/Res can give Tethys a huge boost to both her attack and resistance, giving her more kill power. While she won’t necessarily need it as a dancer, it lets her retaliate if a foe ever initiates combat with her. With a resistance refined weapon and Brazen active, Tethys can do 23 damage with Iceberg unbuffed. Wings of Mercy has the same function as in her first budget build, but since Tethys will most likely be taking damage from her A skill, Escape Route could also be used. 

High Investment

With Tethys’s high resistance, she can become an extremely effective dragon slayer, as shown in her first high investment build. Splashy Bucket+ gives her the added bonus of doing extra damage against dragon units. It also negates any skill that allows for adaptive damage. Since breaths do magical damage by default, Tethys become a near impenetrable dragon tank. Fort Def/Res builds up the necessary bulk for her to run both Sabotage and Ploy, as well as tank several magical hits - both melee and ranged. With her low attack and mediocre speed, Sabotage Def and Spd Ploy are both there to help her and her allies secure more KOs. Her seal Atk/Spd 2, is to make up for the attack lost to Fort Def/Res while also giving a small boost to her speed.

Lvl 40 Stats (Flaw/Neutral/Asset)

HP: 35/39/42 Atk: 30/33/36 Spd: 20/23/27 Def: 32/35/39 Res: 28/31/35

Neutral BST: 168

Max Dragonflowers: 5

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Skills

Weapon: Melancholy+ (300 SP)

Mt: 12. Range: 2. After combat, if unit attacked, resets Special cooldown of target and foes within 2 spaces of target, and inflicts【Guard】on target and foes within 2 spaces of target. (Neutralizes Special cooldown count reductions after combat, but skills that Accelerate and Slow Special are still effective.)

【Guard】

Inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on target per attack during combat through its next action. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)

Can be inherited. Can be refined.

Assist: Recover+ (300 SP)

Range: 1. Restores HP = 50% of Atk +10. (Minimum of 15 HP.)

Can be inherited. Staff only.

Special: Earthfire Balm+ (300 SP)

CD: 1. When healing an ally with a staff, grants Atk/Def+6 to all allies for 1 turn.

Can be inherited. Staff only.

A: None

B: Dazzling Staff 3 (240 SP)

Foe cannot counterattack.

Can be inherited. Staff only.

C: Staff Exp 3 (120 SP)

While unit lives, all staff allies on team get 2x EXP. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)

Can be inherited. Staff only.

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Analysis

After her long awaited addition to Heroes, Silque finally makes her debut carrying another long awaited item - a version of Witchy Wand+ finally available in the permanent summoning pool. Combined with her excellent bulk, Silque becomes a formidable opponent in almost any situation.

Silque’s focus is on her high defense and resistance, which are 35 and 31 at base, respectively. Buff and bond stacking can make her even harder to kill, effectively making her a wall. Her bulk is backed up with a decent amount of attack for her to counter with. 33 base attack, 45 with her weapon equipped, may not seem like all that much, but is fairly average for today’s staff unit. However, with only 39 HP and 23 speed, she won’t be able to take as many hits. Her low speed also hinders her ability to use Pain+ to its full effectiveness. Speed is easy enough to stack onto units, and she’ll be able to hit a number that   would prevent most doubles from her foes, but without a speed boon, doubles are not guaranteed.

Silque’s weapon, as stated before, is a non-seasonal variant of Witchy Wand+, which was previously unavailable in the permanent summoning pool. It resets the special cooldown of her target and foes within two spaces of them while also inflicting Guard. The ability to completely neutralize foe’s specials combined with her bulk makes Silque an extremely strong tank, and a great candidate for Close Counter. She also comes with Recover+, which heals HP based on Silque’s attack +10 more HP, meaning she’ll be healing targets for about 32 HP unbuffed. Since Recover takes buffs into account when calculating what 50% of Silque’s attack would be, so skills such as Atk Tactic or Atk Wave, will increase the amount of healing she does, albeit by a very small amount. Her special is Earthfire Balm, which gives her allies 6 Atk/Def for the remainder of that turn. Her B skill is Dazzling Staff, which prevents her foe from counterattacking when she initiates combat. Her C skill is Staff Exp, which has no use for her whatsoever.

Silque prefers boons in Atk, Def, and Res. Her prefered bane is in HP. She has superboons in Spd, Def, and Res, and a superbane in HP.

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Similar Units

Bruno: Masked Hare (41/30/24/35/14)

Silque: Adherent of Mila (-2/+3/-1/+0/+17)

Eirika: Gentle as Snow (42/36/23/30/34)

Silque: Adherent of Mila (-3/-3/+0/+5/-3)

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Builds

Budget

Silque's first budget build focuses on increasing her resistance, making her a more successful mage tank. Her A skill, Atk/Res Push, gives her 5 attack and resistance when her HP is at 100% while in combat. However, if she attacked during combat, it deals 1 damage to her, taking her out of range. With Renewal as her sacred seal, she can heal that damage, keeping her in range of the HP threshold. Her C skill is Drive Def, which will grant her allies greater survivability. However, it can be swapped out for other skills depending on your preference.

Her second build boosts her defense, making her a better physical tank. Her A skill is Brazen Atk/Def, meaning that instead of her needing to be above a certain HP threshold, she needs to be below it. This makes it much easier for her A skill to remain active, and as long as she is below 75%, she will gain an additional 7 attack and defense during combat, making her an excellent physical tank. Her C skill, Atk Tactic, is not integral to the build, and can be swapped out for other skills.

High Investment

For Silque's first build, she takes on the role of a mass debuffer. Her staff is replaced with Kumade+, which has Chill Atk/Spd built in. With Res Ploy in her C slot and Chill Def as her sacred seal, Silque is able to greatly help her allies. Due to all of these penalties, not only will it be easier to ORKO foes, it also gives her allies increased survivability. Her A skill, Fortress Def/Res, also increases her own survivability while boosting her resistance to make it easier to ploy her foes. Her special works especially well here, giving her allies an even greater advantage in battle by boosting their attack and defense.

Silque's second build shows her as a true tank. With her high defense and special nullifying weapon, Silque's base kit sets her up to be a perfect user of Close Counter. To further enhance her bulk, Def/Res Bond can be equipped as her sacred seal. As a healer, she will more often be next to an ally than not, causing it to stay active and continuously boost her bulk. Her C skill is Even Def Wave, which will increase her defense even higher. However, she can function with Res Wave as well, depending on your preference. Of course,  Even Def Wave can be swapped for Odd Def Wave depending on what you have available.

Lvl 40 Stats (Flaw/Neutral/Asset)

HP: 35/39/42 Atk: 33/36/39 Spd: 31/34/37 Def: 19/22/26 Res: 16/20/23 Neutral BST: 151 Max Dragonflowers: 5 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ▼ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 

Skills

Weapon: Madness Flask+ (300 SP)

Mt: 12. Range: 2. Grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+3. After combat, deals 6 damage to unit.

Green Tome. Can be inherited. Can be refined.

Assist: Rally Atk/Spd+ (400 SP)

Grants Atk/Spd+6 to target ally for 1 turn.

Can be inherited. Cannot use: Staff.

Special: None

A: Swift Sparrow 2 (240 SP)

If unit initiates combat, grants Atk/Spd+4 during combat.

Can be inherited. Cannot use: Staff

B: Spd/Res Ruse 3 (240 SP)

If a Rally Assist skill is used by unit or targets unit, inflicts Spd/Res-5 and【Guard】on foes in cardinal directions of unit and target through their next actions.

【Guard】

Inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on target per attack during combat through its next action. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)

Can be inherited. Cannot use: Staff.

C: None

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Analysis

Boasting the highest BST of any cavalry mage, L’arachel joins the heroes roster with great stats across the board and an excellent weapon to boot. L’arachel shines the brightest in the player phase, but with 22/20 defenses, which are further boosted to 25/23 by her weapon, she is easily able to take multiple hits from her foes.

L’arachel’s weapon is Madness Flask, which has Fury built into it, boosting each of her stats by 3 with the loss of 6 HP every time she exits combat. Having Fury in her weapon slot frees up her A slot for Brazen skills, which rely on its user being below a certain HP threshold. She can also run Fury again in her A slot, stacking with her weapon and giving her an additional 6 points to each of her stats. Her default A skill, Swift Sparrow 2, also benefits her greatly, giving her an extra 4 attack and speed when she initiates combat. For her B skill, L'arachel comes with Spd/Res Ruse, which slows all foes' special counter in cardinal directions after she uses a rally. L'arachel also comes with Rally Atk/Spd+, which is meant to combo with her B skill. With her Ruse and her boosted stats, L'arachel becomes even harder to ORKO.

L'arachel's prefers boons in attack and speed. Her preferred bane is in HP. She has a superboon in defense and superbanes in HP and resistance.

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Similar Units

Nino: Pious Mage (33/33/36/19/26)

L’arachel: Harvest Princess (+6/+3/-2/+3/-6)

Olwen: Righteous Knight (34/30/35/19/27)

L’arachel: Harvest Princess (+5/+6/-1/+3/-7)

Mist: Purest Spirit (36/34/34/17/23)

L’arachel: Harvest Princess (+3/+2/+0/+5/-3)

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Builds

Budget/Low Investment

L’arachel’s weapon, Madness Flask, has Fury 3 built in, freeing up her A slot for another skill. In this case, it is also Fury 3, giving her a +6 to her attack, speed, defense, and resistance. With the 6 damage she’ll be taking every time she exits combat, skills that require L’arachel’s HP to be below a certain value combine extremely well. With Desperation, she no longer risks being killed in the player phase before she can KO her foe, and with Brazen Atk/Spd, she gains an additional 7 attack and speed, further helping her defeat enemies.

L’arachel’s base kit already works extremely well with her stats, and helps her allies take out enemies by debuffing her foes’ speed and resistance, as well as inflicting Guard on them. With an Atk Smoke seal, she can help out even more by inflicting -7 attack on foes within 2 spaces of her target after exiting combat.

Hyper Offensive/High Investment

Since L’arachel is a cavalry unit, she can, of course, be run on horse emblem teams. Because of this, she has the opportunity to gain cavalry exclusive buffs from her allies. With these, she can use Gronnblade to its full potential without the use of Even or Odd wave skills, which only activate every other turn. In her A slot is Fury 4, maintaining the bonus to her stats she would have gotten with her native weapon, Madness Flask. Since she's going to be receiving buffs from her allies, L'arachel's C slot and seal can be used for various debuffing skills. In this case, Res Smoke and Chill Spd are used, helping her to KO more foes.

Lvl 40 Stats (Flaw/Neutral/Asset)

HP: 35/39/42 

Atk: 30/33/36

Spd: 34/37/40

Def: 18/21/24 

Res: 22/25/29

Neutral BST: 155

Max Dragonflowers: 5

Skills

Weapon: Sanngriðr (400 SP)

Mt: 14. Rng: 2. Foe cannot counterattack. If unit initiates combat, grants Atk/Spd +3 during combat. After combat, if unit attacked, inflicts Gravity status effect on target and foes within 1 space of target. Gravity restricts target’s movement to 1 space for the duration of their next action 

Staff. Cannot be inherited. Cannot be refined.

Assist: Restore+ (300 SP)

Restores HP = 50% of unit’s Atk (Minimum of 8 HP). Neutralizes ally penalties (penalties from Panic, Ploy, etc) and status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, etc) that last through ally’s next actions. 

Can be inherited. Staff only. 

Special: None

A: Atk/Spd Push 4 (300 SP)

At the start of combat, if unit’s HP >= 25%, grants Atk/Spd +7. If unit attacked, unit takes 5 HP recoil damage after combat. 

Can be inherited.

B: Wrathful Staff 3 (240 SP)

Damage from unit’s staff will be calculated the same as other weapons.

Can be inherited. Staff only.

C: Atk Tactic 3 (240 SP)

At the start of turn, grants Atk+6 to all allies within 2 spaces of unit only if number of ally’s movement types on the team is ≤ 2. 

Can be inherited.

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Analysis

Winning 2nd place in the Women's category, Camilla receives her 6th alt, this time as a flying staff unit. Her 33/37 offensive stats are fairly mediocre on their own, but combined with her kit, she becomes an extremely powerful unit. Her bulk is standard for an offensive healer, sitting at 21/25. She does have a superboon in resistance, however it's not of much use to her.

Sanngriðr, her unique staff, inflicts Gravity on her target and any foe within 1 space of them, which restricts the unit's movement to only 1 space. It also comes with a Dazzling Staff effect, as well as Swift Sparrow 1 built in, a first for a staff unit. Under normal circumstances, staff units are not able to inherit these types of skills normally, giving Camilla a decent advantage over other healers and giving her offensive stats a much needed boost. For her assist, Camilla has Restore+, which, along with healing an amount equal to half of her attack stat, nullifies any penalties her target may have. Her A Skill is the tier 4 version of Atk/Spd Push. The tier 3 version gives her +5 attack/speed when her HP is at 100%, and if she enters combat, deals 1 damage to her, taking away the effect. Normally, one would have to make sure that she stayed at full health at all times in order for to get the bonus. However, Atk/Spd Push 4 only requires her to be above 25% HP, giving Camilla much more leeway. It also increases the bonus she gets to +7 attack/speed, but does 5 damage every time she exits combat above 25% HP, meaning it combos extremely well with Brazen seals. Her B skill is Wrathful Staff, meaning you won’t have to sacrifice any of your other staff units in order for her to do considerable damage. Her C skill is Atk Tactic, which works best on mixed movement teams.

Camilla prefers boons in attack and speed. Her preferred bane is in HP. She has a superboon in resistance and a superbane in HP.

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Similar Units

Veronica: Brave Princess (36/32/36/21/25)

Camilla: Light of Nohr (+3/+1/+1/+0/+0)

Fjorm: Bride of Rime (42/34/34/17/23)

Camilla: Light of Nohr (-3/-1/+3/+3/+2)

Sakura: Hot-Spring Healer (36/35/32/26/21)

Camilla: Light of Nohr (+3/-2/+5/-5/+4)

Mia: Moonlit Witch (36/30/34/22/28)

Camilla: Light of Nohr (+3/+3/+2/-1/-3)

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Builds

Budget

Camilla’s base kit already works well with her stat distribution, so she requires little more than a sacred seal for her budget builds.

On the left, Camilla has been given Brazen Atk/Spd as her sacred seal. This combines with the damage that Atk/Spd Push does to her every time she exits combat, bringing her down to 75% HP quicker, and letting her get the additional +7 attack and speed from her brazen. This brings Camilla’s offensive stats to an unbuffed 61 attack and 51 speed while still leaving room for more bonuses from drives or visible buffs from her allies.

On the right, Camilla gets Drive Atk as her sacred seal. As a healer, she will more often than not be within at least 2 spaces from an ally. In addition from the buff her allies can receive from Atk Tactic, they will also get an additional 3 attack from her drive. If any of her allies have penalties on them, she can easily nullify them with Restore, helping them secure more KOs.

Pain+

With both good offensive stats and skills, Camilla makes a formidable user of a standard Pain+ build. Since she comes equipped with Wrathful Staff, Pain can be refined with Dazzling Staff, letting her not only do significant damage to her foes, but also not take any hits in the player phase. Her default A skill helps boost her attack back up, as Pain has a relatively low might. Since she already has decent speed to double units with, she doesn't need a boon to function well.

High Investment

As mentioned before, Camilla doesn’t need much in terms of investment in order to work well. However, she does have some options in variability with her kit.

The first high investment build focuses on Camilla’s mobility. With Flier Formation, she can move adjacent to her allies, increasing her movement and letting her get potential buffs from said allies. With Flier Guidance, her allies can also come to her aid as long as they are within 2 spaces. If she’s on a flier team, multiple units can also run Flier Formation, giving them the ability to move almost all over the map as well as making their movements harder to predict if she’s on defense.

Lvl 40 Stats (Flaw/Neutral/Asset)

HP: 33/36/40 Atk: 31/34/37 Spd: 33/36/39 Def: 12/16/19 Res: 19/22/26

Neutral BST: 144

Max Dragonflowers: 5

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Skills

Weapon: Mögþrasir (400 SP)

Mt: 8. Rng: 2. Inflicts Spd-2. If unit initiates combat, unit attacks twice.

Red tome. Cannot be refined. Cannot be inherited.

Assist: Dance (150 SP)

Grants another action to target ally. (Cannot target an ally with Sing or Dance.)

Cannot be inherited.

Special: None

A: Swift Sparrow 3 (300 SP)

If unit initiates combat, grants Atk+6, Spd+7 during combat.

Can be inherited. Cannot use: Staff.

B: Desperation 3 (240 SP)

If unit's HP ≤ 75% and unit initiates combat, unit can make a follow-up attack before foe can counterattack.

Can be inherited. Cannot use: Staff.

C: Air Orders 3 (240 SP)

At start of turn, grants the following status effect to adjacent flying allies for 1 turn: "Unit can move to a space adjacent to any ally within 2 spaces."

Can be inherited. Fliers only.

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Analysis

With a similar statline and kit to her first appearance in FEH, Ishtar appears as a dancer on the latest seasonal banner, toting her own unique weapon to boot.

Ishtar once again has a purely offensive statline. However, with only 34 attack and 36 speed without her weapon equipped, she needs a lot of help from her kit in order to be the player phase nuke she needs to be. With only 16/22 defenses, it's best to keep her out of the line of fire when using her to refresh her allies.

Since Ishtar is a dancer, her assist skill is obviously Dance. However, with her base kit, she’s more useful as a hyper offensive unit. Her unique weapon is Mögþrasir, which lets her attack twice upon initiating, but also takes away 2 points of speed as long as she has it equipped. Her A skill is Swift Sparrow 3, which gives her a much needed boost by helping her quad her foes and boosting her damage. When Ishtar initiates combat, she’ll receive +6 attack and +7 speed, boosting her offenses to 48/41 unbuffed. For her B skill, Ishtar has Desperation, letting her quad foes without them counterattacking if she is below 75% HP. While both of these skills help Ishtar offensively, she won’t be of much support to her allies as a dancer and a buffer. Her C skill is Air Orders, which is her only supportive skill. At the beginning of each turn, allies adjacent to Ishtar are granted the combined effect of Flier Formation and Aerobatics, meaning that they are able to move to any space adjacent to an ally within 2 spaces. This gives her allies excellent map coverage, however, as a dancer, Ishtar will often be alone and out of danger, rendering this skill useless at those points.

Ishtar prefers boons in attack and speed. Her preferred banes are in HP, defense, and resistance. If you’re planning on using her as a refresher, any boon/bane combination will work. She has superboons in HP and resistance, and a superbane in defense.

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Similar Units

Tana: Noble and Nimble (35/33/36/20/25)

Ishtar: Thunder’s Waltz (+1/+1/+0/-4/-3)

Tharja: Obsessive Bride (39/35/35/21/21)

Ishtar: Thunder’s Waltz (-3/-1/+1/-5/+1)

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Builds

Budget

Ishtar doesn’t need much in terms of investment in order to functional support or offensive unit, making her easy to create budget builds for.

The build on the left replaces her native Desperation for Wings of Mercy. As a refresher, mobility is necessary in order to fully utilize Dance. Since she’ll be playing more of a supportive role, she no longer needs Desperation in her B slot. In addition, Ishtar wants to take as little damage as possible so that she can continue supporting her allies in battle, rendering Desperation useless, as she has to have below 75% HP in order for it to activate. In her sacred seal slot is Chill Spd, helping her allies to secure more doubles, and helping herself to prevent her foe’s doubles.

The build on the right gets rid of Dance entirely and focuses on her ability as a player phase nuke. Combined with Ishtar’s statline, her kit sets her up to be an offensive unit rather than a refresher. In order to further enforce that role, she loses her assist skill and gains Moonbow as a special. With its short cooldown and Ishtar’s ability to possibly quad units, Moonbow will help her secure KOs in the player phase.

Support

To become a completely support focused unit, Ishtar doesn’t need very expensive skills. Instead of Swift Sparrow 3, which only helps her in the player phase and is meant for offensive builds, her A skill is Speed +3 in order to prevent doubles. With only 16 defense and 22 resistance, it’s important for Ishtar to have a decent amount of speed so she takes less damage. With Aerobatics as her sacred seal and Wings of Mercy as her B slot, she gains the mobility needed for her to be an effective dancer. Her C slot, Atk Tactic, will help her allies secure more KOs with the extra attack. This build is meant to be on a mixed movement team, however, if you wish to use Ishtar on a flier only team, her sacred seal can easily be replaced with Flier Formation, and her C skill replaced with a flier buff.

High Investment

Both of Ishtar’s high investment builds focus on her utility in the arena. By giving her R Duel Flying, she gains 5 HP and has her BST boosted from 167, with a speed boon, to 175. The rest of her kit in both builds gives plenty of supportive capability.

On the left, Ishtar’s kit is more focused around her native Dance. Her B skill, Firestorm Dance, boosts her allies attack and speed by 4 after she uses Dance on them. With the extra boost from Firestorm Dance, her allies can secure more KOs and prevent doubles. With the combination of Guidance in her C slot and Aerobatics as her sacred seal, Ishtar and her allies have massive mobility, letting Ishtar dance them more easily.

Lvl 40 Stats (Flaw/Neutral/Asset)

HP: 40/43/46

Atk: 34/37/40

Spd: 34/37/40

Def: 25/28/31

Res: 20/23/27

Neutral BST: 168

Max Dragonflowers: 5

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Skills

Weapon: Freikugel (400 SP)

Grants Spd+3. At start of ally's combat, if unit is within 2 spaces of any allies with Def > unit's Def, grants Atk/Spd+4 to those allies during combat. At start of unit's combat, if unit is not within 2 spaces of any allies with Def > unit's Def, grants Atk/Spd+6 to unit during combat.

Axe. Cannot be inherited. Cannot be refined.

Assist: None

Special: Moonbow (200 SP)

CD: 2. Treats foe's Def/Res as if reduced by 30% during combat.

Can be inherited.Cannot use: Staff.

A: Atk/Spd Solo 3 (240 SP)

If unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd+6 during combat.

Can be inherited.

B: Null Follow-Up 3 (240 SP)

Disables foe's skills that guarantee foe's follow-up attack and foe's skills that prevent unit's follow-up attack.

Can be inherited. Infantry only.

C: Def Opening 3 (240 SP)

At start of turn, grants Def+6 to ally with the highest Def for 1 turn. (Excludes unit.)

Can be inherited.

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Analysis

Hilda joins the heroes roster as an infantry axe unit, wielding her own Hero’s Relic. With excellent stats almost all across the board, Hilda is extremely versatile unit that can fill various niches with the right skills. With 37/37 offenses and a base kit focused around boosting her attack and speed, she’s already an excellent player phase unit. However, with investment into her less exceptional 28/23 defenses, she can become a formidable enemy phase unit as well.

Hilda’s unique weapon, Freikugel, gives an additional 3 speed, further enforcing her role as a player phase unit. It’s weapon effect gives her allies Atk/Spd +4 during combat if they are within 2 spaces and have more defense than her. When she enters combat, if her defense is lower than her allies within 2 spaces or if there are no allies within 2 spaces, her weapon gives her Atk/Spd +6. This stacks with her A skill, Atk/Spd Solo, which only requires her to have no allies adjacent to her. Her C skill, Def Opening, makes sure her allies have more defense than her by giving an additional 6 to the unit with the highest defense for a single turn. Her B skill is Null Follow-Up, which ensures she doubles units like Surtr, who come with Wary Fighter equipped. Her special, Moonbow, has a short cooldown and will do consistent damage every time it activates, making it an excellent option for Hilda.

Hilda prefers boons in attack and speed. Her preferred banes are in defense and resistance. She has a superboon in resistance and no superbanes.

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Similar Units

Ylgr: Breaking the Ice (42/35/36/30/25)

Hilda: Idle Maiden (+1/+2/+1/-2/-2)

Raven: Peerless Fighter (41/34/35/25/22)

Hilda: Idle Maiden (+2/+3/+2/+3/+1)

Libra: Fetching Friar (40/35/32/28/29)

Hilda: Idle Maiden (+3/+2/+5/+0/-5)

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Builds

Budget

Hilda's first two builds are fairly low investment, but still work well with her stats and her unique weapon.

The build on the left replaces Hilda's default A skill with Life and Death. Since Life and Death lowers the users defense, Hilda will have a higher chance of activating her weapons effect. Since Life and Death boosts her attack to 58 unbuffed, Glimmer will often be doing more damage than if she were to keep her native Moonbow. For her seal, Hilda has Flashing Blade, which helps boost her damage output by proccing Glimmer faster, and with 45 speed, she will be gaining the additional special charge more often than not.

The build on the right replaces Null Follow-Up with Desperation, making her more player phase oriented. With the extra 12 speed from her weapon effect and A skill combined, Flashing Blade will almost always activate, speeding up het special and letting her do more damage. Since both Hilda’s speed and bulk is decently high, she can take a few hits without getting KOd, meaning she’s safely able to reach Desperation range.

Hyper Offensive

With both exceptional attack and speed, Hilda has plenty of options for hyper offensive builds. The following two builds will showcase her in this role. Her C skill in both builds is empty, as virtually any skill will work here.

Hilda's first build replaces her axe with Brave Axe, turning her into a purely player phase unit. Instead of Atk/Spd solo, she is given Swift Sparrow, getting rid of her movement requirement and making it easier to receive buffs from her allies while also losing an additional 2 points of speed and attack. She is again given Desperation, which lends itself to her purely player phase build. With 39 speed due to Swift Sparrow, and with her sacred seal, Chill Speed, active on her foe, she should easily be able to quad a majority of units.

Hilda's second build focuses on her utility as a Galeforce user. Her weapon, Slaying Axe, speeds up her special. The attack refine boosts her attack back up to what she would have if she was equipped with her unique weapon. It also gives her more attack to activate her A skill, Heavy Blade. With Heavy Blade, Galeforce will speed up considerably, giving Hilda the opportunity to KO two units in one player phase. With Desperation, Hilda can KO two units back to back without ever taking damage if she is within the HP range, making her a force to be reckoned with in the player phase.

High Investment

Despite Hilda’s focus being on her offensive stat spread, with high investment, as seen above, she can become a formidable enemy phase unit as well.

In the first build, Hilda becomes an Ignis nuke by stacking her defense. Steady Breath gives her an additional 4 defense, and also speeds up her special charge by 1 every for every attack during enemy phase, both by herself and her foe. Her B skill, Wrath, also speeds up her special cooldown by 1 at the start of each turn as long as her HP is at 75% or below. Her C skill and sacred seal combine to give her a visible buff during every turn, which then activates her weapon, Shoreline Rake. Shoreline Rake gives her an additional 4 attack and defense, meaning Hilda reaches 47 defense without any buffs. With her wave skill, this becomes 53 defense, meaning Ignis does 42 damage. With the additional 10 damage from Wrath, letting Ignis do a grand total of 52 damage. If you prefer, you can absolutely swap Odd Speed Wave for another Odd Wave skill.

Lvl 40 Stats (Flaw/Neutral/Asset)

HP: 36/40/43 Atk: 33/36/39 Spd: 26/29/32 Def: 31/34/37 Res: 15/18/21

Neutral BST: 157

Max Dragonflowers: 5

Skills

Weapon: Noble Lance (400 SP)

Mt: 16. Rng: 1. Grants Atk+3. At start of combat, if both unit's and foe's HP = 100% or if both unit's and foe's HP < 100%, unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack.

Lance. Cannot be inherited. Cannot be refined.

Assist: None.

Special: Vengeance (200 SP)

CD: 3. Boosts damage by 50% of damage dealt to unit.

Can be inherited. Cannot use: Staff.

A: Death Blow 4 (300 SP)

If unit initiates combat, grants Atk+8 during combat.

Can be inherited. Cannot use: Staff

B: Lull Atk/Def 3 (240 SP)

Inflicts Atk/Def-3 on foe and neutralizes foe's bonuses to Atk/Def (from skills like Fortify, Rally, etc.) during combat.

Can be inherited. Infantry and Cavalry units only.

C: None.

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Analysis

The fierce leader of the Blue Lions, Dimitri joins the hero roster as a lance cavalry unit with an exceptional attack stat. He reaches 55 attack at base with his weapon, which gives him an extra 3 attack. His defense stat is on par with most other lance cavs, sitting at a decent 34. His 29 speed is fairly mediocre, however, with his weapon effect, he won’t be needing it very often.

Dimitri comes with his own unique weapon, Noble Lance, which guarantees him a follow up attack if he and his foe meet a certain HP requirement. Both either need to be at full health, or below full health in order for his weapon effect to activate. This is meant to combo with his special, Vengeance. However, Vengeance does not do consistent damage, and he is better off using a special such as Bonfire, which highlights his defense stat. Dimitri also comes with Death Blow 4, focusing him purely on the player phase by giving him an extra 8 attack when he initiates combat, bringing it up to 63. His final skill, Lull Atk/Def, is new to Heroes. When entering combat, it neutralizes his foe's bonuses on both their attack and defense and inflicts -3 on both stats as well. This only applies to visible buffs, however, meaning skills such as Drives or Stances are unaffected.

Dimitri prefers boons in attack and defense. His preferred banes are in speed and resistance. He has no superboons, and a superbane in HP.

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Similar Units

Ephraim: Legendary Lord (43/36/27/33/18)

Dimitri: The Protector (-3/+0/+2/+1/+0)

Quan: Luminous Lancer (44/37/29/31/16)

Dimitri: The Protector (-4/-1/+0/+3/+2)

Silas: Loyal Knight (40/35/24/36/21)

Dimitri: The Protector (+0/+1/+3/-2/-3)

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Builds

Budget/Low Investment

For both of Dimitri's budget builds, he retains his base kit while focusing on activating his unique weapon’s effect in both situations.

Dimitri’s first build focuses on keeping both himself and his foe’s HP below 100% by giving him Savage Blow. With both Fierce Stance and Death Blow, he becomes a mixed phase unit, giving him more chances to take damage and therefore activating Noble Lance’s effect when combined with his C skill. His default special, Vengeance, is replaced by Draconic Aura, which does more consistent damage and capitalizes on his A skill and Sacred Seal.

Dimitri’s second build focuses on his survivability, and activating Noble Lance’s effect by keeping himself at 100% HP. His C skill, Atk Smoke, inflicts attack -7 on foe’s within 2 spaces after combat. When combined with his B skill, Lull Atk/Def, this penalty further increases to -10 attack, increasing Dimitri’s survivability and severely hindering his foes’ ability to do significant damage to him. If he ends up taking damage, Renewal heals him for 10 HP every two turns, letting him activate his unique weapon’s effect more often.

Hyper Offensive

The next two builds will focus on Dimitri's role as a hyper offensive unit.

The build on the left turns Dimitri into a raw damage dealer by replacing his unique weapon with Brave Lance+. With his default A skill and an attack boon, Dimitri hits 55 attack on initiation, which is further boosted to 61 with Even Atk Wave. His sacred seal, Brash Assault, gives him the ability to quad faster units when he’s below 50% HP. Combined with Desperation, which activates when his HP is below 75%, meaning Dimitri will be able to immediately follow up in the player phase. Even Atk Wave can also be swapped out for Odd Atk Wave depending on what fodder you have available to you.

The build on the right focuses on activating Dimitri’s unique weapon while also letting him do hefty damage with his special, Bonfire. With Fury and Savage Blow, Dimitri and his foe are almost guaranteed to always both be below 100% HP, activating Noble Lance’s effect. With the damage taken from Fury, and his follow up attack granted by his weapon, Dimitri becomes an extremely effective Desperation user. In his sacred seal slot is Brazen Atk/Def, combining with Fury’s HP penalty to bring his defense up to 47, and letting Bonfire deal 23 additional damage.

High Investment

Dimitri's next two builds are both high investment, and give him a more unique focus by giving him more expensive skills.

Dimitri's first build is intended to maximize his use of his special, Galeforce. His unique weapon is replaced with It's Curtains… which reduces the cooldown of his special by 2 at the start of the first round. With Heavy Blade, he also gains an extra special charge upon each hit if he has more attack than his foe. To guarantee this, he has Swift Sparrow 3 and Rouse Atk/Def, bringing his attack up to 68. To secure more KOs and activate Heavy Blade more often, Dimitri needs a speed refine on his lance along with a speed boon, with Swift Sparrow 3 bring his speed up to 46.

Lvl 40 Stats (Flaw/Neutral/Asset)

HP: 39/42/45

Atk: 29/32/35

Spd: 33/36/39

Def: 28/31/34

Res: 23/27/30

Neutral BST: 168

Max Dragonflowers: 5

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Skills

Weapon: Guard Bow+ (300 SP)

Mt: 12. Rng: 2. Effective against flying foes. If foe initiates combat and uses bow, dagger, magic, or staff, grants Def/Res+6 to unit during combat.

Bow. Can be inherited. Can be refined.

Assist: Reposition (150 SP)

Target ally moves to opposite side of unit.

Can be inherited. Cannot use: Staff.

Special: None

A: Brazen Spd/Def 3 (240 SP)

At start of combat, if unit's HP ≤ 80%, grants Spd/Def+7 during combat.

Can be inherited.

B: Spd/Def Link 3 (240 SP)

If a movement Assist skill (like Reposition, Shove, Pivot, etc.) is used by unit or targets unit, grants Spd/Def+6 to unit and target ally or unit and targeting ally for 1 turn.

Can be inherited. Cannot use: Staff.

C: None

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Analysis

Our first infantry bow unit added to the permanent summoning pool since Nina, Norne joins the Heroes roster with a fairly lackluster kit, but an excellent statline.

Boasting the highest BST of any archer in the game, Norne should not be taken lightly. With 31/27 defenses and 36 speed, she makes not only an excellent magical tank, but an excellent candidate for Close Counter as well. Her 32 attack leaves much to be desired, but with her high defense, she will be able to do consistent damage with Bonfire, more than making up for it.

Norne’s weapon is Guard Bow+, which comes with Distant Def built in, and when combined with her excellent bulk, she becomes an enemy phase powerhouse. Her assist is Reposition, which is used to activate her B skill, Spd/Def Link 3, which gives her an additional 6 points of speed and defense when either she uses a movement assist skill, or a movement assist skill is used on her. Thanks to her already excellent defense, she can be placed in the line of fire by using these movement skills without risk. Her A skill, Brazen Spd/Def 3, also gives her a boost to her speed and defense. However, unlike link skills, brazens are in-combat boosts, meaning that they’ll stack with each other. If Norne happens to be below Brazen Spd/Def’s HP threshold, she gains a total of an additional 13 speed and defense, boosting them to 44 defense and 49 speed.

Norne prefers boons in all of her stats besides HP, which is her preferred bane. She has no superboons and a superbane in resistance.

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Similar Units

Jakob: Devoted Monster (42/35/23/33/32)

Norne: The Volunteer (+0/-3/+13/-2/-5)

Niles: Cruel to be Kind (37/25/34/17/34)

Norne: The Volunteer (+5/+7/+2/+14/-7)

Leon: True of Heart (39/34/30/30/15)

Norne: The Volunteer (+3/-2/+6/+1/+12)

Corrin: Enjoying Tradition (37/32/30/34/18)

Norne: The Volunteer (+5/+0/+6/-3/+9)

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Builds

Budget/Low Investment:

Norne’s kit is fantastic on its own, giving her huge boosts to her most important stats. All she really needs to shine is Bonfire as her special, and a sacred seal that compliments the rest of her kit.

For the first build, Norne’s bow is defense refined, letting her do more damage with her special. Her sacred seal, Brazen Atk/Def, stacks with her A skill while also giving her a boost to attack when she is below 75% HP. With this setup, she can reach a total of 54 defense, letting her do 27 damage with Bonfire.

Norne’s second build focuses on charging her special rather than maximizing its damage by giving her Flashing Blade as her sacred seal. Her A skill is replaced by Steady Posture, doing away with the HP requirement of Brazen Spd/Def. While she doesn’t get as high of a boost, she will be more consistently be getting an additional 4 speed and defense as long as she is in the enemy phase. With all of her buffs combined, she reaches 48 speed in the enemy phase, more than enough to activate Flashing Blade, and therefore speed up her special.

Player Phase:

Norne shines the brightest when she is built to run enemy phase builds like the ones above.

Her first enemy phase build equips her with Close Counter. With 34 defense with a boon, she is more than capable of tanking melee units. Guard Bow is replaced with Slaying Bow due to it only working against ranged units, becoming practically useless in a Close Counter build. In addition, Slaying Bow speeds up her special, Ignis. Her sacred seal, Close Def, gives her an extra 6 defense and resistance when a melee foe initiates combat, further enforcing her role as a melee tank. With her seal and her B skill, she can reach up to 49 defense, giving her a 39 damage Ignis.

Her second enemy phase build gives her triple Distant Def by equipping it as her A skill and her sacred seal as well as being built into her weapon. With all 3 combined, she gets an extra 18 defense and resistance when a ranged enemy attacks her, bringing her bulk up to 49/45. With her link skill active, this increases to 55/51, letting her do a 27 damage Bonfire. With all of her defense/resistance boosting skills, she doesn’t need her weapon refined to either stat. A speed refine will also help her ability to tank, preventing her foes from doubling her.

High Investment:

With great stats across the board, Norne can fill multiple roles with the correct investment, as shown with these two builds.

The build on the left gives Norne a build focused around Brave Bow. Sturdy Impact stacks with her sacred seal, Sturdy Blow, to give her an extra 10 attack and 14 defense when she initiates combat. Her C skill, Even Def Wave, boosts her defense even further to a total of 55 during even numbered turns, enabling her to do up to 27 damage with Bonfire. With her brave weapon letting her attack at least twice every turn, and Special Spiral, her special will almost always be charged up, letting her do an insane amount of damage.