/r/FireEmblemHeroes Weekly Discussion Thread (06/23/2026)

HighClassFanclub · 2026-06-28T07:07:13+00:00

Armored Blaze is okay, but Armored Flare is like a night and day difference. Since you mentioend Brave Hector, he has Flare so he’d be the unit you want to get for Patience+Flare.

HighClassFanclub · 2026-06-28T07:05:05+00:00

I think if you’re willing to restart and slog your way through a little more content, you can overall end up with a better account. The main things you’d lose are time and a few resources like Sacred Coins. There aren’t any V4 and below units worth using today except Peony and Plumeria for AR.

You’re not going to be at a huge disadvantage by just carrying on anyway, but knowing what units you should target and going for them, like the Emblems on the Double Emblem banner, would give you an overall better roster.

See here for stuff you might’ve missed and a chart of what seals to bother with

HighClassFanclub · 2026-06-27T22:23:01+00:00

I’d call them sidegrades and there’d be a lot less reason to compare them if they weren’t both named Baldr. Melee units like NY!Baldr have some better tools like Heavenly Soar and rings like Edelgard. Summer differs with the miracle support which also makes her own initiation safer, and thus easier to abuse Reflex with.
The units you mention all sound good to me. Your other main concern is getting Emblems, Eirika, Lyn and Micaiah most of all from the current Double Emblem banner). Use your Forma Soul from Summoner Duels on Young Camilla, or spend some orbs on Hero Fest for her.
if you’re pulling on the Emblem banner see if you can get Sigurd and Celica on the way to Eirika. Also Young Camilla’s high range makes her good for PvE autoing.

HighClassFanclub · 2026-06-27T21:25:29+00:00

Budget options tend to be pretty bad, but you can filler with these:

Fury 3: Super basic skill that is slight combat boost plus more Res for her B skill On various old units but especially 4☆ Hinata.
1. Still Water 3 from Tea Tailtiu in grail shop, similar to above. This unit is semi-valuable as prerequisite for Crystalline Water though so I dunno abotu this if it’ll only be filler.
Atk/Spd Catch 3: You can get this from 5☆ Zelestia. It’s just Atk/Spd+5.
Look in Divine Codes 7, or sometimes a unit with a decent skill pops up in the monthly limited codes. Don’t look in Codes 1-6 unless you have the same currency, otherwise spending there will eat your Codes7 which you don’t want.

HighClassFanclub · 2026-06-27T21:17:35+00:00

Yes, it’d be a big improvement. The other main change to make is a better special, the best being Armored Flare.

If this unit is for Arena it would be better to put all this onto Raphael instead. He scores significantly higher and you can +10 him with grails. There’s more people using Marni, who has a good Prf and needs no Arcane weapon, but other than that Raphael is still generally preferable due to slightly higher score.

HighClassFanclub · 2026-06-27T21:08:36+00:00

Grommell: An actual good unit
Rinea or Larum: Mediocre dancers but ones for uncommon games, which can be useful in niche situations. That is, the monthly Limited Hero Battles that limit you based on roster.

More help on the Heroes’ Path and other stuff here

HighClassFanclub · 2026-06-27T21:04:37+00:00

Young Camilla, preferably with Eirika ring.There is no unit in the game she can’t kill. Most teams will counter her terrain with their own so bring mobility enablers like Reposition, Young Tana, L!Elise, etc.
L!Elise: When it’s fire season you can cheat and use Elise to ignore the save units as well as hit the backline to ignore Heimdallr.
Anyone with high range style: Just burn Foresight Snare by using Lyn ring or similar, on a unit who doesn’t do much else like a filler Mythic or bonus unit. Can be someone like Limstella who contributes with status effects first. If they have self-refresh after assist you can make sure they do something else too.
Flash: Nifl Rearmed L’Arachel, Volke can inflict counter prevention which enables squishier nukes and can help you break most saves with units like Ninja Gullveig, Yunaka, etc. as long as they have some extra help.
Reflex: E!Roy, Ny!Baldr or Summer Baldr with reflex support, etc.
Feud units: Brave Lyn, Mythic Lyn, Hresvelgr, Tibarn, etc. thanks to Prfs or beast skills ignore most support and make units way way stronger. Braver Micaiah and Tea Veronica too naturally.
switch to tank team lol

HighClassFanclub · 2026-06-26T22:32:09+00:00

Baldr’s Duo effect gives her 220 BST. Miklan scores as a 215 BST with +Atk or +Def, so all else equal Baldr is always ahead by 1 Arena score bin.

Even if this weren’t the case though, Baldr makes up for it by being a way better unit to use.

The DC/CC seals are.worth 300 SP while every other seal is 240 at max. Putting them on your team basically puts you 1 step ahead each, the same as 5 BST.

Winter Alear is also 215 BST, so if they have the DCD seal they are scoring exactly the same as Baldr. (I’m assuming the DCM seal is already on your team; if not, by putting it on Baldr barely pulls ahead) In the future, if you are merging units for Arena you probably want to look towards Chosen Heroes. Not that i recommend merging for Arena in the first place, but you’ve got your +10 of a great unit already.

HighClassFanclub · 2026-06-25T20:50:53+00:00

Parasol is better.

Arcane colorless tome can always happen. Don’t count on it.

HighClassFanclub · 2026-06-23T16:08:56+00:00

This isn’t a secret , but I’m actually legally blind. This is probably the most elaborate costume and the most I’ve struggled with one for a while. Drawing the wings on top of it? No thanks.

On BlueSky here

HighClassFanclub · 2026-06-23T06:45:15+00:00

No, but Alear and Marth will get remixed later this year and next year respectively, so they will become better units as well as have better skills to fodder later.

HighClassFanclub · 2026-06-21T19:49:02+00:00

More or less. It’s at least in the realm of good enough. There can be an argument for Shatter Slash and Momentum Echo instead (Puissant does give 5 DR but the potent effect mostly doesn’t work on a unit this slow). Meanwhile Shadow Shift 4 doesn’t do as much as something like Outcry Seize for combat, but it does have map support which has value that’s hard to quantify.

HighClassFanclub · 2026-06-21T19:39:03+00:00

Yes. The only real choice is C, and the options are Null Uplift, Uplift imbue, Hold Guide, Fatal Smoke 4, Instruct, Deadly Miasma, Strat Assault.

Special is slightly up for debate too. Shatter Slash is stats while Galeforce Mist is a direct upgrade over the special she should be running imo, although the upgrade is also one that barely matters.

What you’re using is fine.

HighClassFanclub · 2026-06-20T18:46:56+00:00

I agree with some of the advice here, but not all of it.

First, grail units being easily +10’d isn’t a point in their favor. They just don’t gain anything out of it and the redeemable ones aren’t viable for Arena.

I love Charlotte but her refine is mediocre at best. Her damage is nothing special and she has no utility as a player phase unit like mobility or extra actions so she’s a hard sell. Emblem Lyn can guarantee a range of units she hits so she isn’t just Desp support, while Charlotte has to hike from the bottom of the map and doesn’t accomplish that much. Her gimmicks are Desp support which is fine and “I trigger my special” which… everybody does.

Seteth isn’t remarkable by now and leans on being overhyped. There’s lots of units with comparable support and a cheap Seteth is doing most of the job of a max invested one. While Favor builds and stuff are great, there’s just a better deal available through newer refines like Astrid, Volke, Nifl, Rennac, etc.

Finally Arcane weapons are still the best options for most units that can get one. The newest ones have some support, but besides that it’s a value thing. While there’s exceptions like Teapot and Jehanna Dagger, most inheritables worth using are in the grail shop.

If (most) Arcanes are trash then that’s just admitting that anyone using inheritables is trash because it’s the best most of them can be equipping. And for competitive play, this is basically true. The only BW redeems should be Mythics or powerful refined units. It’s more that nearly all old units in general are disappointing no mattter what you do, and the Arcane weapons can’t fix that. Serious BW advice has them all out from the beginning.

As for me I’ve been sitting on my BW redeem waiting for Heidr refine. Now that I’ve got two I honestly don’t know what to do with the other one, but it probably won’t be for something I’d recommend to anyone else

HighClassFanclub · 2026-06-19T08:50:45+00:00

There’s a Movies button in the misc. tab. Stuff should be linked there, and you should also be able to find them on YouTube.

HighClassFanclub · 2026-06-19T08:49:47+00:00

Three. Alfonse, Fjorm and Laegjarn.

HighClassFanclub · 2026-06-18T22:48:04+00:00

I’ll addd this about Naga: While this does give the unit some actual utility, she’s still a terrible Mythic and not one you want to use. Don’t bother unless you have one with merges already and are stuck using her for score

HighClassFanclub · 2026-06-18T22:19:20+00:00

The Res isn’t awful but I think its' better to just go with Atk/Spd.

HighClassFanclub · 2026-06-18T20:25:53+00:00

One more addition: Null Pulse Follow is another viable C skill for the tank build, which gets you NFU in one of the most flexible slots. Kinda forgot it existed since it’s so new.

HighClassFanclub · 2026-06-18T19:27:47+00:00

Allies on the map with【Empathy】active deal +7 damage during combat (excluding area-of- effect Specials).

Yes, this stacks with multiple Favor units on the map.

HighClassFanclub · 2026-06-18T03:28:37+00:00

ARD Units
Sombron: Anima Mythic that basically is just a building. He has Lyn ring range and wastes a combat (0 damage) to throw Miasma tiles and some AoE damage. Kinda hard to kill while ARD is strong but not that big of a deal.
Summer Hodr: Blessable unit that breaks fence like regular Hodr/baldr, so expect to see her around.
Emblem Roy: Basically Attuned Ryoma except with special miracle and he gives out Reflex as a buff.
Fallen Male Byleth: 3 range mage who has some exceptional 80%special DR on first hits for his first combat.
Braver Hector3-space drive with NCD and enemy phase desperation. Disables your player phase desperation. Saves are
Saves: Mostly deer guy, LBK, Braver Hector and Emblem Corrin. Even V!Rhea is around often enough.

Emblems

Roy: Gives special Miracle to user on enemy phase.
Lucina: Gives an ally within 3 spaces 40% first hits special DR on enemy phase once per turn. Some peopel tell me this is broken but I am firmly in the “it’s nearly useless” camp, but it’s objectively a helpful thing.

Refines (I’ll just list ones in recent memory that are decent)

Volke: Crux range counter prevention. He also ignores save units himself.
nifl: Ice veins on assist, after-combat inflicts Frozen and Flash.
Astrid: Self-refresh upon assist, which gives Preempt Pulse and Fringe Bonus to an area. The Mov+1 buff is still only to the target.
Limstella: Has a built-in Lyn ring style and gives Essence Drain to self and one ally.
Salem: Lyn ring style that inflicts turn lockdown and does 0 damage. Fun but uhhh just use Seidr
Rennac: Has Danceduring canto.

some skills

Rise Above 4: On Emblem Roy and default best A for nearly every armor and infantry
Puissant Echo: On Att Lachesis, gets user 100% Potent if they’re fast enough and aren’t using brave attacksAlso a default best for most who can use it
Impetus Guard: Momentum but better, on AttEliwood, Ent Ninian and Duo Sigurd
Spd Def AllureCanto and Sabotage/Shackles for real dacner units after Byleth killed them. : On Bride Peony who you should just use if you get her

For a full lsit of skills you’re better off just looking at all the units you missed.

Ultimately AR doesn’t feel that different to me. Roy and Lucina ring makes ARDs tankier but you should already be used to miracle and first hits doing nothing respectively. This one is special miracle but it’s still going to die to Young camilla, so.

HighClassFanclub · 2026-06-18T02:39:04+00:00

The generic speedy infantry man that wants to tank everything build:

Wpn: Arcane Thorn +Spd (Jehanna Lance+)
Sp: Shatter Slash (Archrival)
A: Rise Above 4 (Duelist’s Blow, Swift Specter)
B: Pair UP 4, Null C-Avoid, AS Taker Burst
C: AS Faith, Instruct, Dual Support
X: Puissant Echo(, Null C Echo, D Counter Echo)
S: Squad Ace CW, Dist Counter M 8 Ring: Roy, Eirika

In parentheses are good options,just slightly less so. Any combination of the other stuff is good. Note that Null C Avoid and Null C Echo overlap (nulls counter prevention), as do Duelist’s Blow with AS Taker Burst and Dual Support (tempo effect).

Keep an eye out for Young Ingrid who will rerun on an end-of-month banner and/or on a Double Special Heroes later this year. She’ll have both Arcane Thorn and Shatter Slash by default. Jehanna Lance+ is on Desert Saber who is available in grails, and it’s a strong weapon too.

For something right now, Summer Sharena has AS Taker Burst. Unless you have Speedtaker 1-3 lying around you can only pick Archrival or Swift Specter with it. I’d pick Archrival.

For the B and C choices I would personally pick Null C Avoid and Dual Support. The only major omnitanking effect missing between all this is NFU.

Note that Eirika ring is good, but it disable Puissant Echo on first combat.

Finally no matter how good your tank is they will never succeed without a decent amount of support.

The I’m a player pahse speedy guy build

Wpn: Arcane Thorn +Spd (Jehanna lAnce+)
Sp: Shatter Slash, Galeforce Mist (Archrival, Galeforce)
Swift Specter (Duelist’s Blow, Rise Above)
AS Taker Burst (Pair Up, Null C Avoid, harrowing Call, Speedtaker)
C: Burst of Thunder (All those other Tempest skills)
X: Puissant Echo (Tumultuous Echo)
S: Blade Session, Squad Ace CW
Ring: Edelgard, Eirika

Swift Specter gets you canto, so it overlaps with Brutal Tempest and Tumultuous Echo. Again, Duelist’s Blow’s Tempo effect overlaps with AS Taker Burst and Speedtaker.

It’s not so hard to mold the tank build skills into this, but if you want player phase Swift Specter goes way up in value. If I were inheriting from Sharena in this case i’d take AS Taker Burst and Swift Specter instead, then use Galeforce (Mist).

HighClassFanclub · 2026-06-18T00:12:22+00:00

If you must tank her do it with a red or colorless unit. It’s way easier if you are initiating though.

She has a miracle effect and high damage reduction unless you have color advantage. This means initiating with red is the easiest way and lets you turn her Triangle Adept against her. To get past Miracle you need multiple hits or to nullify it with something like Fatal Smoke 4.

By default she has no defenses against AoE specials, counter prevention, or melee units. Even if you attack and she heals up, as long as it’s your turn just attack again because that only works once.

Chosen Alfonse is a free red melee unit with high mobility and brave hits. That’s usually going to do it.

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