Hello summoners!
Matthew from the Nintendo Treehouse here
with some quick tips for the Fire Emblem Heroes game.
A new game in the main Fire Emblem series,
Fire Emblem: Three Houses for the Nintendo Switch system is upon us!
In this entry, you play the part of a professor
in the Officers Academy and must choose one of three houses to teach.
From the great land of Fódlan, the professor Byleth
and the leaders of each of the three houses are also playable in Fire Emblem Heroes!
Today, I'd like to introduce these newly added Heroes
and give everyone a few tips for using them.
In Fire Emblem: Three Houses, players can choose to play as
a male or female version of the Byleth.
Byleth is the child of Jeralt
and they both worked as mercenaries before
coming to the Officers Academy at Garreg Mach Monastery.
Although Byleth had no previous experience as a professor,
the students seem to respect Byleth a lot.
Byleth also seems to share a connection with a certain mysterious girl...
At the start for the crossover event in Fire Emblem Heroes,
players can potentially summon the female character, Byleth: Proven Professor.
She has the potential to do massive damage with her skill kit.
If damage is done to her, Wrath's effect combined with
the damage of her special, Ruptured Sky, can rack up a lot of consistent damage.
This special will even increase that damage further when
fighting dragons and beasts so that units that are difficult
to defeat like Idunn can be taken out fairly easily.
Even Tibarn's guaranteed follow-up attack can be
canceled with the effects of Byleth's weapon, Creator Sword,
and she can even take out Tibarn on the counter attack!
The effect of Fury will do a good job of dropping her HP
down so that she can maximize her set's effectiveness.
However, in order to keep her HP high enough to survive enemy attacks,
I would suggest teaming her up with a character that can keep her HP above the danger zone.
Because she is more dangerous at lower HP, I would suggest
a seal like Brazen Atk/Def to compliment this strength.
Next up is the heir to the Adrestian Empire, Edelgard.
Edelgard is the house leader of the Black Eagles
and has so much confidence in her role as a leader
that it can intimidate other students.
In fact, she is completely fine walking down the path to her
goals alone to accomplish them.
She is extremely driven and seems to have a lot of ambition.
In Fire Emblem Heroes, Edelgard is a defensive
powerhouse with her weapon and does extremely well out on her own.
This is highlighted by the effects of her weapon, Victorious Axe
as she can make a guaranteed follow-up attack if the number
of foes within 2 spaces of her is greater than or equal to
the number of allies in the same space.
Additionally, although she is weak to magic,
her A, B and C skills make her almost invincible to close range physical attacks.
Even sword units like Legendary Roy and Laevatein
will have to think twice before engaging in combat with her.
I recommend giving her a Close Def seal to further
increase her already high defense.
Dimitri is the heir to the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus
and the house leader of the Blue Lions.
Dimitri is chivalrous, kind and has a strong sense of duty.
He also treats everyone with respect, regardless of their
social status but seems to have something weighing on his mind.
I wonder what it could be?
In Fire Emblem Heroes, Dimitri boasts a monstrous
physical attack with his Noble Lance and Death Blow 4.
If used strategically,
he can even use it to guarantee a follow-up attack based
on the HP values of himself and his foe.
He can use this effect to take out tough opponents like foes
with high speed and defense or foes that can disable a skill
that guarantees a special attack like Hrid and Legendary Tiki,
Tiki: Torpid Dragon, and Nah.
A new skill called Lull Atk/Def not only neutralizes
bonuses to attack and defense from skills like
Fortify and Rally, but can further decrease those stats
when in combat with Dimitri.
Because of this effect and his high attack, I suggest giving
him the Heavy Blade seal to unleash his special, Vengeance,
more often for more damage.
Because his weapon relies on HP values, it is not a bad idea
to pair him up with a healer.
Last but not least is Claude, the house leader of
the Golden Deer and the grandson of the current head
of the Leicester Alliance.
Claude is charming, has a quick wit
and shrugs off his mistakes with a smile.
He also has a knack for strategy and isn't below
using a bit of trickery.
He can be a bit of a troublemaker,
but his unpredictability also makes him a great ally.
In Fire Emblem Heroes, Claude has a talent for
weakening his foes to give himself a great advantage.
His weapon, Cunning Bow, has the potential of lowering
all of his foe's stats by 5 when in combat with them!
This is accomplished by giving Claude as many bonuses
as possible and inflicting as many penalties on the enemy
as possible so that the difference is more than 10.
The easiest way to accomplish this is Hone Cavalry
which gives him +6 to both attack and speed for a total of +12.
Claude also comes with Lull Spd/Def
which can also help weaken foes.
If he receives a boost from hone cavalry
and uses the effects of Lull Spd/Def
Claude's speed will be at +6 while the enemy is at -8!
With this advantage, he can even do a follow-up attack
against Legendary Alm when Alm attacks
with the effects of Darting Blow 4!
Of course, relying on boosts alone might come back to haunt
Claude as there are characters and seals with abilities
that can nullify boosted stats.
In this case,
you will have to rely on more on penalties instead.
Using Mordecai or Summer Ursula's skill sets can get
Claude to meet the conditions for Cunning Bow's effect easily.
The seal that Claude uses depends on the situation but,
equipping him with the Chill Atk 3 seal
so that he has a -7 attack penalty to inflict on a target
will also help penalize a strong foe on the map.
Distant Def could help make Claude stronger
defensively for counter attacks
and Darting Blow could help insure that
he gets follow-up attacks.
Claude is a man that is used to adapting
to the situation after all!
As you can see, the characters from Fire Emblem: Three Houses
bring a lot of personality and new possibilities to your teams
in Fire Emblem Heroes.
And don't forget,
you can receive Byleth: Tested Professor for the Fire Emblem Heroes
when purchasing Fire Emblem: Three Houses.
Please note that he has a different skill set
compared to the female counterpart, Byleth: Proven Professor.
For details, check out the website listed in the description of this video.
That's all for today summoners! Good luck!