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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.

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Legendary Marth Rating and Basic Information

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Reroll Ranking (excluding Inherit Skill) A
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Marth - Hero-King: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type
Rarity
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★


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.

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.)

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

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 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) HP Superbane ★★★☆☆
Atk (24) No Attack IV ★★★★☆
Spd (13) No Spd IV ★★★★★
Def (8) No Def IV ★★☆☆☆
Res (4) No Res IV ★★★☆☆

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

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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

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Attuned Skill Icon: -

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

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Attuned Skill Icon: -

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
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Passive Skill BSpurn 3
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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
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Attuned Skill Icon: -

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.

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Legendary Marth Best Weapon Refine

Effect of Legendary Marth's Refined Weapon

Exclusive Weapon Effect from Refining (Special Effect Type)
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.
Arena Medal:500 Divine Dew: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
HP 40 40
Rank: 489/1171
Atk
Atk 34 34
Rank: 836/1171
Spd
Spd 36 36
Rank: 493/1171
Def
Def 32 32
Rank: 383/1171
Res
Res 21 21
Rank: 949/1171

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

HP Atk Spd Def Res Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses 45 55 44 36 25 205
Lv.40 +10 45 39 41 36 25 186

HP Atk Spd Def Res Total
+HP
Lv.40 +10
47 38 40 36 25 186
+Atk
Lv.40 +10
44 41 40 36 25 186
+Spd
Lv.40 +10
44 38 43 36 25 186
+Def
Lv.40 +10
44 38 40 39 25 186
+Res
Lv.40 +10
44 38 40 36 28 186

Stats at Lv 40

HP Atk Spd Def Res Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills 40 50 39 32 21 182
5★ Lv.40 40 34 36 32 21 163

Initial Stats (with Skills)

HP Atk Spd Def Res Total
5★ Lv.1 18 24 13 8 4 67

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero
HP
Atk
Spd
Def
Res
Total
40 43 41 37 26 187
42 43 41 35 26 187
40 41 43 32 27 183
40 42 42 32 26 182
44 37 43 33 25 182
42 38 35 37 20 172
44 35 36 36 21 172
39 34 38 32 26 169
44 32 39 29 24 168
40 36 38 34 20 168
38 33 39 29 24 163
Legendary Marth Icon Legendary Marth
40 34 36 32 21 163
41 32 37 31 22 163
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 Attack ImageClose-Physical Ranged Physical AttackRanged-Physical Close Magic AttackClose-Magic Ranged MagicRanged-Magic
Physical Wall ImagePhysical Wall Magic WallMagic Wall Effective ImageEffective Weapon Movement Assist ImageMovement Assist
Exclusive Skill ImageExclusive Skill No All Range Counterattack ImageAll-Range Counter RecoveryRecovery No Refresher ImageRefresher
Legendary Hero ImageLegendary No Mythic Hero ImageMythic No Duo and Harmonized ImageDuo /
Harmonized
No Resplendent ImageResplendent

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 Icon Atk+2 Spd Icon Spd+3 Def Icon Def+4 Res Icon Res+4 Pair Up Icon Pair Up
Water Icon Eirika - Graceful Resolve Image Fjorm - Princess of Ice Image Ryoma - Supreme Samurai Image Azura - Vallite Songstress Image Leif - Unifier of Thracia Image Byleth - The Fódlan Star Image Chrom - Crowned Exalt Image Dimitri - Savior King Image
Wind Icon Lyn - Lady of the Wind Image Lucina - Glorious Archer Image Hríd - Icy Blade Image Gunnthrá - Voice of Dreams Image Eliwood - Blazing Knight Image Micaiah - Radiant Queen Image Corrin - Child of Dusk Image Byleth - The Fódlan Light Image Sigurd - Fated Holy Knight Image
Earth Icon Ike - Vanguard Legend Image Robin - Fell Vessel Image Tiki - Legendary Dragon Image Alm - Saint-King Image Claude - King of Unification Image Julia - Crusader of Light Image Fae - Childlike Dragon Image Seliph - Scion of Light Image
Fire Icon Hector - Marquess of Ostia Image Ephraim - Legendary Lord Image Marth - Hero-King Image Roy - Blazing Lion Image Lilina - Firelight Leader Image Celica - Queen of Valentia Image Eitri - Youthful Sage Image Edelgard - Flame Emperor Image
Pair Up and Eff. Pair Up Icon Atk Icon Atk+2 Pair Up Icon Spd Icon Spd+3 Pair Up Icon Def Icon Def+4 Pair Up Icon Res Icon Res+4
Water Icon Camilla - Alluring Darkness Image Caeda - Beloved Queen Image Guinivere - Queen of Bern Image Ninian - Ice-Dragon Oracle Image
Wind Icon Yuri - Underground Lord Image Veronica - Princess Rising Image Myrrh - Guardian Dragon Image Shez: Dual Sword Master Image Elincia - Undaunted Queen Image
Earth Icon Deirdre - Fated Saint Image Alear - Engaging Fire Image Robin - Exalt Nanna - Beloved Princess Image
Fire Icon Xander - Gallant King Image Shez - Sharpest Blades Image Corrin - Child of Dawn Image Alear - Awoken Divinity Image Hinoka - Thundering Wings Image

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:

1 Legendary Marth makes a guaranteed follow-up attack.
2 Foe cannot counterattack.
3 Foe cannot make a follow-up attack.

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) IconRobin (M) Legendary Azura IconLegendary Azura Nils IconNils Robin (F) IconRobin (F)
Legendary Edelgard IconLegendary Edelgard Brave Edelgard IconBrave Edelgard Ninja Hana IconNinja Hana Brady IconBrady

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 IconAversa Kiria IconKiria Brave Hector IconBrave Hector Reinhardt IconReinhardt
Duo Ephraim IconDuo Ephraim New Year Alfonse IconNew Year Alfonse Fallen Corrin (F) IconFallen Corrin (F) Legendary Corrin (F) IconLegendary 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.

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

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Legendary Marth - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name Might Range Effect Learned At
6 1 No Effect 5★
8 1 No Effect 5★
11 1 No Effect 5★
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

This Hero has no Assist skills that can be learned.

Specials

Skill Name Effect Learned At
(Cooldown Count = 4) Boosts Atk by 30%. 5★
(Cooldown Count = 3) Boosts Atk by 30%. 5★
(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★
(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
If unit is adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd+3 during combat. 5★
If unit is adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd+4 during combat. 5★
If unit is adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd+5 during combat. 5★
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★
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 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 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 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

Legendary Marth Avatar

Value of Skills ★★★★☆

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.

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

Voice Actor
(English)
Yuri Lowenthal
Illustrator Daisuke Izuka
Appears In

Illustration

Quotes: Special Triggered

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

We fight together!
I refuse to yield!
To the end!
Shine, Falchion!

Lv 40 5★ Dialogue

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

Ever since people began referring to me as Hero-King, I’ve been pondering the true meaning of justice.
Victory births the defeated, and the defeated vow vengeance through clenched teeth.
This means history is forever doomed to repeat itself.
My father struck down, my country seized... I, too, have seen losses, so I can empathize.
After fleeing to safety, I swore to restore my homeland with the help of my comrades.
It was Nyna who entrusted me with the Fire Emblem...and it strengthened my resolve to fight on.
I no longer fought for vengeance... I fought for the people.
I found victory only because I had first found so many allies who shared my new sense of justice.
They lent me their strength, and we fought as one.
And now, I have come to believe that you share that same sense of justice.
Let us continue to fight as one, {Summoner}.

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1 Fjormabout 3 years

Legendary Marth now has the following skills: Shining Emblem (Special) 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.

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