This is a ranking page for the hero Edelgard - Adrestian Emperor from the game Fire Emblem Heroes (FEH). Read on to learn the best IVs (Individual Values), best builds (Inherit Skill), weapon refinement, stats at Lv 40, and more for Brave Edelgard.
| Heroes With the Same Name | |
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Edelgard | Legendary Edelgard |
| Fallen Edelgard |
Summer Edelgard | Winter Edelgard |
List of Contents
- Rating and Basic Information
- Best IVs
- Best Builds
- Best Weapon Refine
- Stats
- Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses
- Team and Counters
- Should you Unlock Potential?
- List of Skills
- How to Get / Illustrations / Voice Actor / Quotes
- Related Guides
| Remix - Legendary Hero Remix - Tiki (Young) and Marth Featured Heroes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Legendary Marth [9.0/10] | Fallen Ike [9.5/10] | Legendary Tiki (Young) [9.0/10] | Brave Dimitri [9.5/10] |
| Gunnthrá [9.0/10] |  Brave Edelgard[9.5/10] | Legendary Robin (F) [8.5/10] | Brave Claude [9.0/10] |
Brave Edelgard Rating and Basic Information
| Overall Rating | 9.5/10 |
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| Reroll Ranking (excluding Inherit Skill) | S (▶Reroll Ranking) |
| Ranking (including Inherit Skill) | A (▶FEH Tier List) |
Edelgard - Adrestian Emperor: Basic Information
| Color / Weapon Type / Move Type | Green/Axe/Armored |
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| Rarity | 5 Star |
| What Kind of Character Are They? | ・Exclusive weapon grants huge mobility ・Reduces the damage of enemy follow-up attacks by 80% ・Exclusive skill grants guaranteed follow-up attacks ・If foe is a magic user, Distant Ward guarantees buffs and counterattacks regardless of foe's range |
Brave Edelgard Skills at 5★
Flower Hauteclere Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). At start of turn, it unit's HP ≥ 25%, unit can move 1 extra space (that turn only; does not stack) and grants the following status to unit for 1 turn: "Unit can move to a space adjacent to any ally within 2 spaces." At the start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Atk/Def -6 on foe during combat. |
Noontime Restores HP = 30% of damage dealt. |
Distant Ward |
Black Eagle Rule |
Joint Drive Res |
Brave Edelgard Best IVs
Recommended IVs
| Stat | Superboon/Superbane | IV Recommendation |
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| HP (20) |  | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Atk (28) |  | ★★★★☆ |
| Spd (3) | | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Def (13) |  | ★★★★★ |
| Res (9) | | ★★★☆☆ |
◯ = Stat gains +4 with a superboon, ✕= Stat goes down by -4 with a superbane, - = No assets or flaws
| See the IV Checker for All Units | Trait Fruits—How to Change IVs |
When using an Ascendant Floret, we recommend getting the next superboon if it fits the hero. If not, consider what stat your hero needs most.
+Atk/-Spd
The best IVs for Brave Edelgard are +Atk and -Spd. An +Atk IV will enable her to deal more damge with each attack. Her Spd is already low and it isn't really important for her so it is safe to take as a bane. Her exclusive skill, Black Eagle Rule, takes care of scoring follow-up attacks for her.
+Atk for a +10 Merge
We recommend a +Atk IV if merging Edelgard to 10. This is for the same reasons as above Having a +IV in Atk maximizes the damage you can do with a guaranteed follow-up attack.
If you plan to use Edelgard as a defense unit in Aether Raids or a magic unit baiter-counterattacker, you can go for a +Res IV instead.
Brave Edelgard Best Builds
Near Save Brave Edelgard
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This is a Near Save build which maximizes Brave Edelgard's bulk through defensive skills and Black Eagle Rule. Steady Breath provides Special acceleration to quickly trigger Bonfire. if opting for a lower charge Special like Ruptured Sky or Noontime, this Seal can be replaced by other defensive Seals.
Far Save Brave Edelgard
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How to Use, Explanation
This is a Far Save build which takes advantage of Black Eagle Rule's damage reduction and Brave Edelgard's natural bulk. Distant Stance is used to boost Edelgard's lower Res stat and allow counterattacks against ranged foes.
Budget Brave Edelgard
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How to Use, Explanation
This budget build simply adds Reposition to Brave Edelgard's base kit. With refined Flower Hauteclere and Black Eagle Rule, Brave Edelgard still functions well even with little investment.
Source Heroes for All Skills
Brave Edelgard Best Weapon Refine
Effect of Brave Edelgard's Refined Weapon
| Exclusive Weapon Effect from Refining (Special Effect Type) | |
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Flower Hauteclere | SP: 400 |
| Might: 16 Range: 1 HP: 3 Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). At start of turn, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, unit can move 1 extra space (that turn only; does not stack) and grants the following status to unit for 1 turn: "Unit can move to a space adjacent to any ally within 2 spaces." At the start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Atk/Def-6 on foe during combat. If unit is within 3 spaces of an ally, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Def/Res during combat = X x 2, + 3 (X = number of spaces moved by whoever initiated combat; max 3), inflicts Atk/Def-6 on foe during combat, restores 7 HP to unit when unit deals damage to foe during combat (triggers even if 0 damage is dealt), and also, if X ≥ 1, inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)
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Refined Flower Hauteclere grants bonus Atk/Def/Res to Brave Edelgard, inflicts Atk/Def penalties onto her foe, restores 7 HP per attack, and applies a 【Guard】 effect onto her foe.
These effects all improve Brave Edelgard's bulk and make her an even sturdier unit that before.
Brave Edelgard Stats
Stat Rankings
| Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★) | ||
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| 185 | ||
| HP |
| Rank: 66/1136 |
| Atk |
| Rank: 77/1136 |
| Spd |
| Rank: 1104/1136 |
| Def |
| Rank: 47/1136 |
| Res |
| Rank: 180/1136 |
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Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)
| HP | Atk | Spd | Def | Res | Total | |
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| +10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses | 50 | 55 | 20 | 47 | 42 | 214 | Lv.40 +10 | 51 | 50 | 20 | 48 | 39 | 208 |
| HP | Atk | Spd | Def | Res | Total | |
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| +HP Lv.40 +10 | 53 | 49 | 20 | 47 | 39 | 208 |
| +Atk Lv.40 +10 | 50 | 52 | 20 | 47 | 39 | 208 |
| +Spd Lv.40 +10 | 50 | 49 | 23 | 47 | 39 | 208 |
| +Def Lv.40 +10 | 50 | 49 | 20 | 51 | 39 | 209 |
| +Res Lv.40 +10 | 50 | 49 | 20 | 47 | 42 | 208 |
Stats at Lv 40
| HP | Atk | Spd | Def | Res | Total | |
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| 5★- Adjusted for Skills | 46 | 61 | 16 | 43 | 35 | 201 |
| 5★ Lv.40 | 46 | 45 | 16 | 43 | 35 | 185 |
Initial Stats (with Skills)
| HP | Atk | Spd | Def | Res | Total | |
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| 5★ Lv.1 | 20 | 28 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 73 |
Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes
| Hero | HP | Atk | Spd | Def | Res | Total |
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Valentine's Vigarde | 51 | 45 | 26 | 47 | 31 | 200 |
Young Hector | 47 | 45 | 16 | 47 | 41 | 196 |
Murdock | 47 | 45 | 23 | 45 | 35 | 195 |
| 46 | 45 | 16 | 43 | 35 | 185 |
Valentine's Gustav | 49 | 41 | 18 | 46 | 31 | 185 |
Dedue | 50 | 45 | 17 | 45 | 28 | 185 |
Surtr | 50 | 39 | 17 | 40 | 33 | 179 |
Mamori | 43 | 37 | 24 | 42 | 33 | 179 |
Legendary Edelgard | 45 | 42 | 17 | 39 | 36 | 179 |
Flame Emperor | 50 | 40 | 25 | 37 | 26 | 178 |
Legendary Hector | 47 | 40 | 23 | 38 | 26 | 174 |
Valentine's Greil | 47 | 41 | 18 | 38 | 30 | 174 |
Winter Chrom | 51 | 40 | 19 | 35 | 29 | 174 |
Valentine's Hector | 50 | 38 | 21 | 40 | 24 | 173 |
Hector | 52 | 36 | 24 | 37 | 19 | 168 |
Note: Stats bonuses from skills are not taken into account.
Brave Edelgard Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses
Brave Edelgard Roles
| Edelgard - Adrestian Emperor Roles | |||
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| Close-Physical | Ranged-Physical | Close-Magic | Ranged-Magic |
| Physical Wall | Magic Wall | Effective Weapon | Movement Assist |
| Exclusive Skill | All-Range Counter | Recovery | Refresher |
| Legendary | Mythic | Duo / Harmonized | Resplendent |
Brave Edelgard is a close physical attacker (range = 1). Therefore, when not accounting for the Weapon Triangle, the amount of damage she deals will be equivalent to her Atk minus the foe's Def stat.
Brave Edelgard Strengths
Exclusive weapon grants mobility and debuffs
Flower Hauteclere grants Brave Edelgard an extra space of movement if her HP is at least 25% at the start of the turn. It also grants the ability to move to a space adjacent to any ally within 2 spaces. This negates one of the biggest weakness of an armored unit—limited mobility. The trigger condition is very easy to meet as well. This means you will enjoy amazing mobility most of the time.
This snapshot illustrates Brave Edelgard's great mobility
For offensive effects, Flower Hautclere accelerates Edelgard's special trigger and inflicts -6 Atk/Def on foe during combat if she is atleast at 25% HP.
Guaranteed follow-up attacks and follow-up attack damage reduction
Edelgard scores a follow-up atack on Plumeria without outspeeding her.
If Brave Edelgard is atleast at 25% HP, she scores guaranteed follow-up attacks and reduces the damage of enemy follow-up attacks by 80%. It is then a must to keep Brave Edelgard at least 25% HP to keep both Flower Hauteclere and Black Eagle Rule online.
Can counterattack any magic attack
Brave Edelgard's A skill, Distant Ward, allows her to counterattack a magic attack regardless of range. Additionally, she gains Atk/Res+5 when a magic foe initiates combat, making her exceptional at tanking and countering magic attackers.
Edelgard scoring a counterattack on a troubadour
This synergizes well with the effects of Black Eagle Rule and Joint Drive Res. It makes Brave Edelgard a magic user's nightmare.
Brave Edelgard Weaknesses
Mediocre below 25% HP
One of the main drawbacks of armored units is their limited movement. Flower Hauteclere solves this, but keep in mind that the extra space of movement and the warp effect is disabled when going below 25% HP. Have a protocol for recovering Edelgard's health when running her on the field.
The effects of Black Eagle Rule also depends on Edelgard having above 25% HP. She will lose lots of mobility, offense and defense when she drops below that threshold. At that point, she is but another axe unit on the field.
Low Spd stat and counterd by Null Follow-Up
Brave Edelgard's stats are very min-maxed and the stat that gets the short end of the stick is her Spd stat which sits at a base 16. In the offensive end, this does not matter that much as she can guarantee follow-up attacks with Black Eagle Rule, but she will constantly get hit by follow-up attacks. Though Black Eagle Rule reduces damage as discussed, follow-up attacks makes it easy for opponents to launch Specials so watch out for that.
Additionally, because she relies on a skill to score follow-up attacks, she is countered by units running Null Follow-Up 3.
Weak to Armor Effective Weapons
Brave Edelgard takes 1.5x damage from armor-effective weapons like Armorslayer+, and one blow from this type of weapon is sure to take her down. Make sure you know what weapons you are up against before hopping too far into the line of battle!
Heroes with Effective Skills
Brave Edelgard Team and Counters
Teammates for Brave Edelgard
| Zelgius | Legendary Eliwood | Plegian Dorothea | Brave Hector |
| Fallen Corrin (M) | Legendary Edelgard | New Year Peony | Masquerade Ethlyn |
All Armored Team
Brave Edelgard can fit in any team due to her mobility. She can fit well in all armor teams, effectively standing as a shield wall against enemy units.
Guidance Fliers
Flying dancers that possess Guidance 3 can help Brave Edelgard reach even further across the map, setting up surprise attacks.
This can be used to devastating effect if she has two dancers on her team, granting her additional turns to take out enemy units.
Brave Edelgard Counters
| Caeda | Hana | Lilina | Sanaki |
| Idunn | Young Marth | Valentine's Líf | Bridal Micaiah |
Armor-Effective Weapons
Armor-effective weapons do 1.5x more damage to your unit's target, so your units will have more opportunities to one-shot as opposed to other weapons.
Units that have Armorsmasher+ will do well against Brave Edelgard and potentially one-shot her.
Red Mages
Red magic units have weapon triangle-advantage over Brave Edelgard.
It also helps if they're using Triangle Adept 3 to further boost their damage.
Should you Unlock Potential?
| Should You Unlock Potential for this Hero? | Cannot Unlock Potential |
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Edelgard - Adrestian Emperor Only Appears as a 5 Star Hero!
Edelgard - Adrestian Emperor only appears as a 5 Star Hero. We will include whether or not you should Unlock Potential for Edelgard - Adrestian Emperor if a 4 Star version is released!
Unlock Potential Tier List
Brave Edelgard - List of Skills
Weapons
| Skill Name | Might | Range | Effect | Learned At |
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Flower Hauteclere | 16 | 1 | Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). At start of turn, it unit's HP ≥ 25%, unit can move 1 extra space (that turn only; does not stack) and grants the following status to unit for 1 turn: "Unit can move to a space adjacent to any ally within 2 spaces." At the start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Atk/Def -6 on foe during combat. | 5★ |
Assists
This Hero has no Assist skills that can be learned.
Specials
| Skill Name | Effect | Learned At |
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Daylight | (Cooldown Count = 3) Restores HP = 30% of damage dealt. | 5★ |
Noontime | (Cooldown Count = 2) Restores HP = 30% of damage dealt. | 5★ |
Passives
| Skill Name | Effect | Learned At |
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Distant Ward | If magic, staff, or dragonstone foe initiates combat, grants Atk/Res+5 to unit during combat and unit can counterattack regardless of foe's range. | 5★ |
Black Eagle Rule | If unit's HP ≥ 25%, unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack, and also if foe initiates combat, damage received by foe's follow-up attack is also reduced by 80% (For standard weapons, "follow-up attack means the second strike, For weapons that grant "unit attacks twice," it means the third and fourth strikes.) | 5★ |
Spur Res 1 | Grants adjacent allies Res +2 during combat. | 5★ |
Drive Res 1 | Grants allies within 2 spaces Res +2 during combat. | 5★ |
Drive Res 2 | Grants allies within 2 spaces Res +3 during combat. | 5★ |
Joint Drive Res | Grants Res+4 to allies within 2 spaces during combat. If unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Res+4 to unit during combat. | 5★ |
Brave Edelgard as a Source Hero
| Value of Skills | ★★★★★ |
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Inheriting Distant Ward and Joint Drive Res
Brave Edelgard can be used to inherit Distant Ward and Joint Drive Res. However, Brave Edelgard is a very powerful hero. Please think carefully before fodderring her off
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How to Get Brave Edelgard / Illustrations / Voice Actor / Quotes
How to Get Brave Edelgard
Obtain Through Regular Summon
Brave Edelgard is a Hero who can be pulled from any summon.
Note: Not currently a featured hero in any Summon events.
Current Focuses and Which You Should Pull From
Voice Actor and Illustrator Information
| Voice Actor (English) | Tara Platt |
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| Illustrator | cuboon |
| Appears In | Fire Emblem: Three Houses |
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FEH: Related Guides
| Heroes from Remix - Legendary Hero Remix - Tiki (Young) and Marth | |||
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| Legendary Marth [9.0/10] | Fallen Ike [9.5/10] | Legendary Tiki (Young) [9.0/10] | Brave Dimitri [9.5/10] |
| Gunnthrá [9.0/10] | Brave Edelgard [9.5/10] | Legendary Robin (F) [8.5/10] | Brave Claude [9.0/10] |
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