How to Recruit Merrin: Best Class and Gifts

Merrin is a recruitable character from Solm in Fire Emblem Engage. Check out the best class, Emblems, skills, and voice actor of Merrin, best gifts to give and raise the Support Level of Merrin, base stats and stat growth, paired ending and romance, as well as how to recruit Merrin here!

Merrin Profile and Best Gifts

Merrin Unit Overview

Merrin	Nation	Solm
	Base Class & Unit Type	Wolf Knight Cavalry
	Voice Actor	JP: Nanako Mori EN: Cristina "Vee" Valenzuela
	Birthday	September 24th
	Princess Timerra's retainer. She's a dashing woman with a fondness for animals.

Merrin Tier Rating

Unit		Tier Rating
Merrin	→	Good

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Merrin Best Gifts

Loved Gifts	Dried Meat, Animal Treats, Sharp Chisel, Butterfly Net, Horn, Utility Knife, Bear Carving, Fancy Dagger, Antler Earrings, Field Guide, Spirit Gem
Hated Gifts	Strong Perfume, Cute Apron, Spicy Seasonings, Spooky Scroll, Horse Manure

Merrin Likes and Dislikes

Likes	Meat, weapons, music animals, cool things, sweets, rare critters, Timerra's songs
Dislikes	Scary stories, strong odors, failure, people who don't care for animals.

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How to Recruit Merrin

Chapter 13: Joins at the Beginning of Battle

Merrin becomes a playable character during Chapter 13: Heroes of the Oasis. Merrin, along with Timerra and Panette will automatically join Alear's ranks at the beginning of the chapter battle.

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Merrin Best Class and Build

Recommended Classes

Class	Class Details
Wolf Knight	Proficiency: B A Variant Proficiencies: ・ B A ・ B ・ A Unlock Via: Master Seal
	Hobble If unit initiates combat with a knife, inflicts Mov-2 on foe for 1 turn.

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Recommended Skills

	Perceptive+ If the unit initiates combat, grants Avo+30 during combat. Avo increases with high Spd. Marth Bond Level 16
	Knife Precision 5 Grants Hit/Avo+15 when using a knife. Leif Bond Level 19
	Strength +6 Grants Str+6. Roy Bond Level 19
	Alacrity++ If unit initiates combat with a Spd advantage of 5 or more, unit's follow up (if possible) occurs before foe can counterattack. Lyn Bond Level 18
	Str/Dex +5 Grants Str+5 and Dex+5. Edelgard Bond Level 18

Merrin has particularly good growths in her Dex, and exceptional growths in Spd. However, she is somewhat lacking in Str and defensive stats to be reliable as a frontliner.

Take Perceptive+ along with Knife Precision 5 to make Merrin a viable initiatior. This playstyle emphasizes her personal skill Knightly Escort, as it makes space for a nearby ally to finish off Merrin's initial target.

Consider inheriting Strength +6 or Str/Dex +5 along with Alacrity++. This combo, paired with Merrin's high mobility, gives her the damage needed to deal with backliners such as mages and archers.

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Merrin Base Stats and Growth

Merrin Base Stats, Cap, and Growth Rate

Stat	Base	Cap	Stat Growth
HP	36	0	55
Str	15	-1	25
Mag	10	-1	25
Dex	21	1	40
Spd	21	2	50
Def	12	-1	30
Res	12	0	30
Lck	14	1	25
Bld	9	0	10

Merrin starts at level 1 upon obtaining.

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Merrin Support Bonuses

	Hit+10, Avo+5
	Hit+10, Crit+3, Avo+5
	Hit+10, Crit+3, Avo+5, Ddg+5
	Hit+10, Crit+6, Avo+5, Ddg+5

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Merrin Personal Skills

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	Knightly Escort When 2 or more female allies are within 2 spaces, grants Hit/Avo+5 to unit and those allies.

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Merrin Best Emblem

Recommended Emblems

Corrin	Lyn	Eirika	Lucina

Lyn provides the speedy Merrin with surviability in the form of offense. Alacrity coupled with Merrin's high Mov and Spd afford Merrin the reach for dealing with backline units.

Corrin's Pair Up makes Merrin more survivable, as she doesn't get affected by Chain Attacks while she is behind enemy lines.

Eirika supplements Merrin with both offense and defense with Lunar Brace, Solar Brace, and Dodge +. If Merrin is classed into a Wolf Knight, Eirika's Twin Strike is granted a bonus to damage.

Dual Assist and Dual Strike allow Merrin to participate in Chain Attacks. This is especially useful because Knives can trigger poison stacks via Chain Attacks. This makes it easy to stack multiple instances of Poison on a single target.

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Merrin Paired Ending and Romance

Pact Ring with Merrin

After clearing Chapter 22, players unlock The Connector Paralogue and can subsequently unlock the Pact Ring. This essentially acts as Fire Emblem Engage's S-Rank Support and romance route.

Alear can then give the ring to Merrin once they have attained an A-Rank in support to view a special cutscene, and unlock a page in the reference about the life they lived together.

Merrin's Memento

The manuscript Merrin and I are working on—a symbol of our devotion to each other. We will fill its pages with the story of our life together.

Apart from obtaining an exclusive ending with Merrin after giving the Pact Ring, players can also head to Alear's room and check the small table next to their bed to find a memento from her.

While the memento serves no purpose in combat whatsoever unlike the Merc Whistle in Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, it further contextualizes the paired ending selected by the player.

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Merrin Ally Notebook Illustrations

Illustrations Per Support Level
Initial Illustration	C-Rank
B-Rank	A-Rank

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All Solm Characters

Timerra	Merrin	Panette	Fogado
Pandreo	Bunet	Seadall