Legendary Marth Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Marth - Hero-King 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 Legendary Marth.

Heroes With the Same Name
Groom Marth	Marth
Legendary Marth	Winter Marth
Young Marth	Brave Marth
Emblem Marth

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Legendary Marth [9.0/10]	Legendary Ryoma [9.0/10]	Legendary Ephraim [8.5/10]	Fjorm [8.5/10]
Legendary Hector [9.0/10]	Ascended Fjorm [9.0/10]	Duma [8.5/10]	Ascended Laegjarn [9.0/10]

Legendary Marth Rating and Basic Information

Marth - Hero-King: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Red / Sword / Infantry
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・A Fire-Type Legendary Hero ・Can prevent dragons from counterattacking ・Very powerful exclusive special skill

Legendary Marth Skills at 5★

Exalted Falchion Might: 16　 Range: 1 Effective against dragon foes. Grants Spd +3. Grants bonus to Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat  = current bonus on each unit’s stats. Calculates each stat bonus independently.

Shining Emblem Cooldown Count = 2 At start of turn, if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants unit Atk/Spd/Def/Res+6 for 1 turn and grants allies within 2 spaces of unit Atk+6 for 1 turn. Boosts Special damage by 35% of unit's Spd. After combat, if unit's Special triggered, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+6 to unit and all allies for 1 turn. (Bonus granted to allies even if unit's HP reaches 0.)

Atk/Spd Bond 3 If unit is adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd+5 during combat.

Binding Shield II If unit's Spd ≥ foe's Spd+5 or if unit is in combat against a dragon foe, unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack and foe cannot counterattack or make a follow-up attack.

Infantry Flash 3 Infantry allies within 2 spaces gain: "If unit’s Spd ≥ foe’s Spd +1, grants Special cooldown charge +1 per attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack. )"

Legendary Marth Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (18)		★★★☆☆
Atk (24)		★★★★☆
Spd (13)		★★★★★
Def (8)		★★☆☆☆
Res (4)		★★★☆☆

◯ = Stat gains +4 with a superboon, ✕= Stat goes down by -4 with a superbane, - = No assets or flaws

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.

+Spd/-Res

The best IVs for L!Marth are +Spd and -Res. A higher Spd stat allows L!Marth to battle non-dragon units with more ease, and it will also increase the power of his special. With a superbane in HP, a -Res IV is the safer option.

+Spd for a +10 Merge

We recommend a +Spd IV when merging L!Marth to 10. With a +Spd IV, Marth's Spd stat will reach 46 with 10 merges, which makes it even easier to prevent follow-up attacks from enemies and allows L!Marth to get more follow-up attacks on his own. Alternatively, you can use buffs to raise his Spd and go with +Atk.

Legendary Marth Best Builds

Bonds Legendary Marth

： Exalted Falchion ： Reposition ： Shining Emblem ： -

： Atk/Spd Bond 4 ： Binding Shield II ： Joint Drive Atk ： Atk/Spd Bond 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This build uses Bond skills to boost Marth's stats. Ensure that he is adjacent to allies to get maximum output!

Budget Legendary Marth

： Exalted Falchion ： Reposition ： Shining Emblem ： -

： Atk/Spd Bond 3 ： Binding Shield II ： Infantry Flash 3 ： Atk/Def Bond 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This is a budget build for Legendary Marth with minimal Skill Inheritance. His default kit is already decent enough and Atk/Def Bond will compliment his A slot.

Aether Raids / General Use Legendary Marth

HOT
： Exalted Falchion ： Reposition ： Shining Emblem ： -	： Distant Counter ： Spurn 3 ： Joint Drive Spd ： Atk/Spd Solo 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This build works for Aether Raids and general use. Distant Counter helps Legendary Marth retaliate against ranged attacks, while Spurn 3 reduces damage and helps him deal more damage when his Special triggers.

Arena Legendary Marth

HOT
： Exalted Falchion ： Rally Atk/Def+ ： Shining Emblem ： -	： R Duel Infantry 4 ： Binding Shield II ： Joint Drive Atk ： Blade Session 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This is a build designed to give Legendary Marth the most points in Arena. Any Dual Rally skill will work as his Assist, while R Duel Infantry 4 will help him with scoring. Even though you will not always run into dragon teams in Arena, Binding Shield's SP cost makes it necessary for higher scores. Blade Session 3 ups L!Marth's overall firepower, though you can also opt for Atk/Spd Solo 3.

Source Heroes for All Skills

Legendary Marth Best Weapon Refine

Effect of Legendary Marth's Refined Weapon

Exclusive Weapon Effect from Refining (Special Effect Type)
Exalted Falchion	SP: 400
Might: 16　Range: 1　HP: 3 Effective against dragon foes. Grants Spd+3. Grants bonus to Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat = current bonus on each of unit's stats. Calculates each stat bonus independently. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 50% or if 【Bonus】 is active on unit, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to unit during combat. If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 and bonus to Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat = current penalty on each of unit's stats x 2. ：500　：200

We recommend the Special Effect Refine for Exalted Falchion

Legendary Marth's refined Exalted Falchion retains the Bonus Doubler effect and grants an additional +4 to all stats during combat.

The special effect refine grants an additional +4 to all stats during combat and the Unity effect, which reverses all penalties and turns them into bonus stats for Marth.

This is a huge upgrade for Legendary Marth, as it shuts down his main weaknesses which is the Panic status rendering his weapon useless.

Without a doubt, we highly recommend the special effect refine for Legendary Marth's Exalted Falchion.

Legendary Marth Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
163
HP	40	Rank: 472/1165
Atk	34	Rank: 802/1165
Spd	36	Rank: 467/1165
Def	32	Rank: 362/1165
Res	21	Rank: 916/1165

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

Stats at Lv 40

Initial Stats (with Skills)

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Shez (M)	40	43	41	37	26	187
Holst	42	43	41	35	26	187
Young Mia	40	41	43	32	27	183
Young Ike	40	42	42	32	26	182
Guy	44	37	43	33	25	182
Brave Alm	42	38	35	37	20	172
Astram	44	35	36	36	21	172
Legendary Roy	39	34	38	32	26	169
Rutger	44	32	39	29	24	168
Byleth (M)	40	36	38	34	20	168
Brave Celica	38	33	39	29	24	163
Legendary Marth	40	34	36	32	21	163
Owain	41	32	37	31	22	163
Karla	42	35	40	23	22	162

Note: Stats bonuses from skills are not taken into account.

Legendary Marth Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Legendary Marth Roles

Marth - Hero-King Roles
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

L!Marth is a close physical attacker (range = 1). Therefore, when not accounting for the Weapon Triangle, the amount of damage he deals will be equivalent to his Atk minus the foe's Def stat.

Legendary Skill grants HP and Res bonuses to allies

Eff.	Atk+2	Spd+3	Def+4	Res+4	Pair Up

Pair Up and Eff.	Atk+2	Spd+3	Def+4	Res+4

Legendary Marth is a Fire-Type Legendary Hero, and when summoned, you will receive a Fire Blessing. During Fire Season, allies who appear in a team alongside L!Marth will gain HP+3 and Res+4 when they have been given a Fire Blessing.

L!Marth Strengths

Very Strong Against Dragons

Exalted Falchion provides bonus damage on dragon foes and Binding Shield II guarantees a follow-up attack on dragons. It also prevents dragons from making counterattacks and follow-up attacks.

This makes him very strong in the arena where powerful dragon units like Mila and Spring Myrrh are prevalent.

Binding Shield's upgraded version now also works against non-dragons!

If Legendary Marth's Spd is significantly higher than the foe's Spd level, Binding Shield II now also grants these effects:

With Binding Shield II, these effects were only online against dragons. Make sure to buff up Marth's Spd stat to make the most out of this skill!

Shining Emblem Buffs All Allies

L!Marth's special skill, Shining Emblem, boosts his damage by 35% of his Spd and grants all allies Atk/Spd/Def/Res+6. Not only L!Marth is a powerful individual unit, but he can also make his allies stronger too!

it also has another buff that is triggered at the start of the turn if he is in close proximity with his allies. This provides Atk/Spd/Def/Res +6 for him, and Atk +6 to his allies.

Strengthens Existing Buffs Using Exalted Falchion

L!Marth's exclusive weapon, the Exalted Falchion grants him bonuses to all stats equal to the amount of bonuses on each individual stat. This effectively doubles the existing buffs on L!Marth during combat.

Infantry Flash 3 Speeds-up Allies' Specials

Infantry Flash 3 grants infantry allies within 2 spaces of L!Marth an effect identical to Flashing Blade 3, wherein it grants them cooldown charge +1 per attack if they go into combat with a foe whose Spd +1 is less than or equal to the unit's Spd.

This futher helps L!Marth's role as a leading unit who provides multiple buffs to his allies in Arena.

L!Marth Weaknesses

Low Res

L!Marth has a low Res stat. If he is attacked by a tome or dragonstone user, there is a high possibility that he will be taken out. While he is excellent as an anti-dragon unit, it is important that he is the one to initiate combat, or else he could potentially be one-shotted.

Always be mindful of Marth's positioning in relation to the enemies who pose a threat to him in the enemy phase, especially blue tome units.

Legendary Marth Teammates and Counters

L!Marth Teammates

Robin (M)	Legendary Azura	Nils	Robin (F)
Legendary Edelgard	Brave Edelgard	Ninja Hana	Brady

Units that have reliable or multiple buffs

Because L!Marth's strength relies on how many buffs he can double using his skills, it is a good idea to pair him up with units who can buff him reliably.

A good example would be Legendary Azura, who can buff and provide another action to L!Marth using Gray Waves and Prayer Wheel. She can also buff L!Marth using Atk Tactic 3.

Another example would be Robin (M) and Robin (F) who can buff all of L!Marth's stats if their weapon has the special refinement effect.

If you need a healer for L!Marth, Brady would a good choice, as he can speed up L!Marth's special cooldown using Infantry Rush.

Heroes that can take out blue units for Legendary Marth

We recommend a green unit with high Atk to team up with L!Marth, as he has trouble dealing with blue units (particularly magic users).

Some good suggestions would be Legendary or Brave Edelgard, as well as Ninja Hana. They are all durable units who can take advantage of the buffs L!Marth provides.

L!Marth Counters

Aversa	Kiria	Brave Hector	Reinhardt
Duo Ephraim	New Year Alfonse	Fallen Corrin (F)	Legendary Corrin (F)

Magic units with high Atk

L!Marth has low Res, and magic users, especially blue ones, can exploit it easily. Units to watch out for include Reinhardt and New Year Alfonse.

Additionally, even red magic users will deal high damage to L!Marth so watch out for strong red tome units like Kiria and Aversa.

Always be mindful of L!Marth's positioning in relation to the units that pose a threat to him. When L!Marth is taken out, you lose access to the various buffs that he provides, which is especially important in Arena.

Tanky blue units

L!Marth has a hard time dealing with blue physical tanks like Brave Hector, even if he has a lot of buffs stacked on him. It is wiser for you to send out your other units against these units and let L!Marth focus on the other units instead.

Units that can debuff or invalidate buffs

Because of L!Marth's reliance towards buffs, he is not so good in dealing with foes that have skills like Dull Close 3 or Lull Atk/Spd 3, which both debuff L!Marth and his allies.

Pay close attention to units like Aversa, and Fallen Corrin that have penalty skills like Panic Ploy 3 and Panic+ as they can turn the buffs on L!Marth into penalties.

Should you Unlock Potential?

Marth - Hero-King Only Appears as a 5 Star Hero!

Marth - Hero-King only appears as a 5 Star Hero. We will include whether or not you should Unlock Potential for Marth - Hero-King if a 4 Star version is released!

Unlock Potential Tier List

Legendary Marth - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Iron Sword	6	1	No Effect	5★
Steel Sword	8	1	No Effect	5★
Silver Sword	11	1	No Effect	5★
Exalted Falchion	16	1	Effective against dragon foes. Grants Spd +3. Grants bonus to Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat  = current bonus on each unit’s stats. Calculates each stat bonus independently.	5★

Assists

Specials

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Dragon Gaze	(Cooldown Count = 4) Boosts Atk by 30%.	5★
Draconic Aura	(Cooldown Count = 3) Boosts Atk by 30%.	5★
Fire Emblem	(Cooldown Count = 2) Boosts damage dealt by 30% of unit’s Spd. Grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res +4 to unit and all allies for 1 turn after combat. (Bonus granted to allies even if unit’s HP reaches 0. )	5★
Shining Emblem	(Cooldown Count = 2) At start of turn, if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants unit Atk/Spd/Def/Res+6 for 1 turn and grants allies within 2 spaces of unit Atk+6 for 1 turn. Boosts Special damage by 35% of unit's Spd. After combat, if unit's Special triggered, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+6 to unit and all allies for 1 turn. (Bonus granted to allies even if unit's HP reaches 0.)	5★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Atk/Spd Bond 1	If unit is adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd+3 during combat.	5★
Atk/Spd Bond 2	If unit is adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd+4 during combat.	5★
Atk/Spd Bond 3	If unit is adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd+5 during combat.	5★
Binding Shield	In combat against a dragon foe, unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack and foe cannot counter attack or make a follow-up attack.	5★
Binding Shield II	If unit's Spd ≥ foe's Spd+5 or if unit is in combat against a dragon foe, unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack and foe cannot counterattack or make a follow-up attack.	5★
Infantry Flash 1	Infantry allies within 2 spaces gain: "If unit’s Spd ≥ foe’s Spd +5, grants Special cooldown charge +1 per attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack. )"	5★
Infantry Flash 2	Infantry allies within 2 spaces gain: "If unit’s Spd ≥ foe’s Spd +3, grants Special cooldown charge +1 per attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack. )"	5★
Infantry Flash 3	Infantry allies within 2 spaces gain: "If unit’s Spd ≥ foe’s Spd +1, grants Special cooldown charge +1 per attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack. )"	5★

Legendary Marth as a Source Hero

Inheriting Infantry Flash 3

L!Marth can be used to inherit the skill Infantry Flash 3. However, L!Marth is a fire-type legendary hero who can lead your allies in Arena so we recommend building and training him instead.

• List of Source Heroes
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How to Get Legendary Marth / Illustrations / Voice Actor / Quotes

How to Get Legendary Marth

Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

Legendary Marth is a limited time Hero who can be pulled from a Legendary Hero Summoning event. They do not appear in regular summons.

Note: Not currently a featured hero in any Summon events.

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Voice Actor and Illustrator Information

Illustration

Quotes: Special Triggered

Special Triggered Quotes are voice lines that play upon activating a Special attack.

Lv 40 5★ Dialogue

Lv 40 5★ Dialogue become available when a hero attains Lv. 40 at 5★ rarity.

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