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This page lists the best skills in Fire Emblem Heroes (FEH) presented as a tier list. Read on to find out which skills from each skill type are best for your heroes!

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Date Changes
02/22/2024 Added Arcane Charmer, Def/Res Scowl 4, and A/R Far Trace 4.
02/02/2024 Performed a massive update on this list. Added Arcane weapons and revised all non-weapon skills.

Weapon Skill Tier List

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Weapon Assist Special Passive A Passive B Passive C

Sword

Rank Skill Reason to Inherit
1st An Arcane weapon meant for speedy units; provides a Null Follow-Up effect, Special acceleration, and damage reduction.
2nd An Arcane weapon meant for slower units; provides a guaranteed follow-up attack, denies foe's follow-up attack, and slows down foe's Special charges.
3rd A sword meant for speedy units; grants Atk/Spd+5, a Null Follow-Up effect, and +5 bonus damage per attack during combat.

Lance

Rank Skill Reason to Inherit
1st An Arcane weapon for speedy units; grants a Null Follow-Up effect, bonus damage based on Spd, and neutralizes foe's visible stat bonuses.
2nd An Arcane weapon viable on anyone; grants a guaranteed follow-up attack, denies foe's follow-up attack, and grants Special cooldown charge +1 per attack.
3rd This lance provides -2 special cooldown reduction at the start of turn 1, which makes charging Galeforce easier compared to other weapons.

Axe

Rank Skill Reason to Inherit
1st An Arcane weapon for speedy units; grants a Null Follow-Up and a Tempo effect, inflicts stat penalties onto multiple foes, and creates a large stat swing during combat.
2nd An Arcane weapon for sturdy units; grants Special cooldown charges and heals 7 HP to unit per attack and denies foe's follow-up attack.
3rd This weapon grants a guaranteed follow-up attack, 【Null Panic】, and bonus Atk/Def to unit during combat.

Staff

Rank Skill Reason to Inherit
1st This Arcane staff grants bonus stats, a guaranteed follow-up attack, bonus damage, and bonus Special cooldown charges per attack. It can also be refined with bonus stats, unlike other inheritable staves.
2nd Disable enemy counterattacks after combat, allowing the rest of your team to safely attack the target afterwards.
3rd This staff reduces the special cooldown of the ally with the highest Atk at the start of turn 1. If the team is set up properly, this can lead to devastating effects.

Red Tome

Rank Skill Reason to Inherit
1st An Arcane weapon; grants accelerated Special cooldown and Special cooldown count -1 at the start of turn 1, bonus stats, a guaranteed follow-up attack, and neutralizes unit's penalties to Atk.
2nd This tome provides both a debuff to the foe's Atk/Res and 4 HP healing after combat.
3rd This tome amplifies Atk/Res debuffs on the opponent on top of adding an additional -5 Atk/Res debuff.

Blue Tome

Rank Skill Reason to Inherit
1st An Arcane weapon for speedy units; grants a Null Follow-Up effect and Special cooldown charge +1 to unit per attack and neutralizes foe's bonuses to Spd/Res.
2nd An Arcane weapon for slower units; grants a guaranteed follow-up attack, bonus damage equal to 15% of unit's Atk, and 30% damage reduction on foe's first attack.
3rd This tome debuffs nearby foes with -5 Spd/Res, allowing both the wielder and his/her allies to win speed checks and deal more damage.

Green Tome

Rank Skill Reason to Inherit
1st An Arcane weapon for slower units; grants a guaranteed follow-up attack, Special cooldown charge +1 per attack, and neutralizes foe's bonuses to Atk/Res.
2nd This tome grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to unit and inflicts stat penalties onto foe equal to twice their stat bonuses, essentially reversing them.
3rd This tome amplifies Atk/Res debuffs on the opponent on top of adding an additional -5 Atk/Res debuff.

Bow

Rank Skill Reason to Inherit
1st An Arcane weapon for speedy units, this bow neutralizes unit's penalties and effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks and grants a Desperation effect to unit.
2nd An Arcane weapon for slower units; grants a guaranteed follow-up attack, 30% damage reduction on foe's first attack, and bonus Atk to unit during combat based on foe's maximum Special cooldown value.
3rd This bow boosts Atk/Spd can can provide a brave effect if conditions are met.

Breath

Rank Skill Reason to Inherit
1st An Arcane weapon viable on anyone; grants a guaranteed follow-up attack, bonus damage based on 15% of unit's Atk, and 7 HP post-combat healing.
2nd This breath weapon grants bonus stats, damage reduction on foe's first attack, and a Null Follow-Up effect.
3rd This breath grants bonus stats, damage reduction on foe's first attack, and slows down foe's Special cooldown charges.

Dagger

Rank Skill Reason to Inherit
1st An Arcane weapon viable on anyone, grants bonus stats, a guaranteed follow-up attack, and Special cooldown charges per attack to unit, and inflicts stat penalties onto foe based on current visible stat penalties of foe or nearby foes.
2nd This dagger increases in power based on the opponent's debuffs.
3rd This dagger applies a map-wide -5 Atk/Spd debuff to foes who are adjacent to another foe.

List of all Weapon Skills

Tips for Inheriting Weapon Skills

Weapons that can gain unique effects in the Weapon Refinery are extremely useful!

Many of the weapon skills that placed highly on our rankings get stronger when upgraded via the Weapon Refinery.

These weapons can boost a unit's Atk/Spd/Def/Res depending on what you choose, so choose wisely to best maximize your unit's stats and their role in your party!

Some builds are very high investment! Think carefully before foddering heroes.

To inherit a powerful weapon with a + attached to its name, you will need to give up a 5 star hero. Since they do not exactly come easy, you had best think carefully about how useful a weapon skill will be before letting another unit inherit it.

You cannot inherit another unit's exclusive weapon!

Weapons like Twin-Crest Power, Skinfaxi, or Gradivus that are exclusive to only one or two heroes cannot be inherited by another unit.

There are a lot of great weapon skills that cannot be inherited in this way, and a unit's exclusive skills play a large part in determining how good they are.

Assist Skill Tier List

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Weapon Assist Special Passive A Passive B Passive C

Healing Assists

Rank Skill Reason to Inherit
1st Reposition and a heal tied up in one skill.
2nd Shove and a heal tied up in one skill.
3rd Draw Back and a heal tied up in one skill.

Movement Assists

Rank Skill Reason to Inherit
1st One of the best movement skills that can be used offensively to reach further enemies or defensively to move allies out of danger.
2nd A movement assist which pushes an ally one space away, usually still keeping them in range of skills like Drive Atk 2 and activating allies' Solo skills like Atk/Spd Solo 4.
3rd A movement assist which pushes an ally two spaces away, perfect for sending an ally to initiate on enemy teams.

Other Assists

Rank Skill Reason to Inherit
1st Rally Up skills apply buffs to multiple allies.
2nd Dual Rally skills apply buffs to two stats at once.
3rd This assist converts stat penalties into bonuses and negates all other penalties applied to the target.

List of all Assist Skills

Tips for Inheriting Assist Skills

Movement Assists depend on the type of unit you are using

The ranking for assist skills is mostly centered around movement assists like Reposition and powerful buff skills.

With movement assists you can pull heroes out of the danger zone and increase the mobility of armored units, making them extremely useful. Consider what type of unit will be inheriting a skill and how well it will work with their abilities.

Skills that grant an extra turn cannot be inherited

Refresher skills like Sing and Dance grant an extra action to a unit, but since they are exclusive, they cannot be inherited.

Since these skills are extremely useful in battles, try to raise a unit who already has the skill like Azura, Olivia, or Ninian.

Special Skill Tier List

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Weapon Assist Special Passive A Passive B Passive C
Rank Skill Reason to Inherit
1st These armored-exclusive Specials provide damage reduction as well as bonus damage at the same time.
2nd These Specials neutralize foe's non-Special damage reduction effects while dealing bonus damage at the same time.
3rd A quick 2 charge special that has increased damage against dragon and beast foes.
4th These healer-exclusive Specials provide bonus damage as well as other effects; Staff units normally cannot learn common damaging Special skills.
5th A 5 charge special that allows the wielder to act again in a turn.

List of all Special Skills

Tips for Inheriting Special Skills

Specials with low cooldown are of high demand

Within the Special Skills Ranking, low cooldown skills such as Ruptured Sky and Moonbow, as well as skills that deal more damage when a unit has a high Def or Res like Iceberg and Bonfire placed high due to their low cooldown and the power they give to a unit.

500 SP skills raise your score!

In order to raise your score in Arena Battles, we recommend using skills with high SP costs.

If Ruptured Sky or Blue Flame are unavailable, you can opt for skills such as Galeforce or Aether.

Scoring skills are assessed on how high or low their SP cost is, so using these types of skills is one way to increase your score.

Passive A Skill Tier List

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Weapon Assist Special Passive A Passive B Passive C
Rank Skill Reason to Inherit
1st These skills apply 【Divine Vein (Flame)】 terrain and deal pre-combat damage, perfect for wearing down bulky units before nuking them down.
2nd Dragon-exclusive Scowl skills provide bonus stats and de-pulse foe's Special charges, preventing them from immediately triggering their Special skills..
3rd Prime skills provide bonus stats based on status effects active on unit as well as a Distant Counter effect.
4th Finish skills provide bonus stats, bonus 5 damage, and post-combat healing.
5th These skills allow the wielder to counterattack regardless of the foe's range as well as bonus stats without drawbacks.

List of all Type A Skills

Tips for Inheriting Passive A Skills

The top Passive A Skills are in close competition!

Passive A Skills are generally always active and will grant buffs to its owner.

For the most part, they raise a hero's stats or give them some sort of effect in combat. Distant Counter is extremely popular because it makes many melee units extremely flexible in their roles and can negate ranged threats. The same holds true for ranged units with Close Counter and Close Reversal.

Build according to role!

While counterattacking from any range sounds like a fantastic skill to have on most units, you have to keep in mind what role you want your unit to play in the party.

Barring units that already have Distant Counter effects on their weapon, you may want to inherit skills like Atk/Spd Solo 4 for more offense-based units to one-shot enemies.

Passive B Skill Tier List

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Weapon Assist Special Passive A Passive B Passive C
Rank Skill Reason to Inherit
1st Trace skills grant post-combat movement, allowing for better positioning or safety after combat.
2nd These offensive skills deal unmitigated pre-combat damage, debuff stats, and deal bonus damage based on enemy Def/Res.
3rd These skills grant a Null Follow-Up effect while also inflicting stat penalties in combat.
4th These skills apply percentage damage reduction based on the difference between the Spd stats of unit and foe.
5th Wings of Mercy allows warping to allies at long distances; perfect for clearing enemies quickly.

List of all Type B Skills

Tips for Inheriting Passive B Skills

Passive B Skills typically have effects that become active through battle

Passive B Skills are usually supportive effects for your unit that help them during battle.

Skills such as Spurn 3 will grant damage reduction the more Spd a unit has, while Special Fighter 3 is a very good skill for armored units as it accelerates their Special and slows down their target's Special at the same time.

Breaker skills are extremely useful with certain units!

Skills like Swordbreaker and Lancebreaker, which effect a wielder of a certain weapon type, can help further balance your team.

A good example of this is Reinhardt, as he can quad attack lance units.

Inherit a breaker skill for whatever type of weapon is difficult to take down and increase your team's efficiency!

Passive C Skill Tier List

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Weapon Assist Special Passive A Passive B Passive C
Rank Skill Reason to Inherit
1st These flier-exclusive skills provide a massive mobility advantage in battle, allowing allies to warp far distances.
2nd Oath 4 skills provide stat bonuses and warping to spaces near allies.
3rd This skill provides the benefits of Time's Pulse while also giving bonus stats in combat.
4th Time's Pulse 4 provides Special cooldown reduction both at start of turn and after combat.
5th Dual Ploy skills inflict stat penalties, 【Ploy】, and 【Exposure】 onto multiple foes at long distances.

List of all Type C Skills

Tips for Inheriting Passive C Skills

C Passives effect nearby units

For the most part, Passive C Skills give a bonus to nearby allies (Hone, Goad, Fortify, or Drive skills), or they inflict a penalty on nearby foes (Threaten, Smoke, and Ploy skills).

In general, Threaten-type debuff skills work well with units who fight in the front lines while Drive/Fortify/Hone skills work well with units who support or attack from the rear.

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