Legendary Edelgard Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Edelgard - Flame Emperor 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 Edelgard.

Heroes With the Same Name
Edelgard	Legendary Edelgard
Brave Edelgard	Fallen Edelgard
Summer Edelgard	Winter Edelgard

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Ullr [9.0/10]	Monica [9.0/10]	Legendary Edelgard [9.0/10]	Freyja [9.0/10]
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Legendary Edelgard Rating and Basic Information

Overall Rating	9.0/10
Reroll Ranking (excluding Inherit Skill)	A (▶Reroll Ranking)
Ranking (including Inherit Skill)	A (▶FEH Tier List)

Edelgard - Flame Emperor: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Green / Axe / Armored
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・A Legendary Fire-type Hero ・Strong with no adjacent allies ・If there are no allies adjacent, can move again after attacking

Legendary Edelgard Skills at 5★

Aymr Might: 16　 Range: 1 Grants Atk +3. If unit is not adjacent to an ally, inflicts Atk/Def -6 on foe during combat and foe cannot make a follow-up attack.

Bonfire Cooldown Count = 3 Boosts damage dealt by 50% of unit’s Def.

Atk/Res Ideal 4 At start of combat, if unit's HP = 100% or if 【Bonus】 is active on unit, grants Atk/Res+7 to unit during combat. At start of combat, if unit's HP = 100% and 【Bonus】 is active on unit, grants an additional Atk/Res+2 to unit during combat.

Raging Storm II If unit initiates combat, grants another action to unit if unit is not adjacent to an ally after combat. (Once per turn. If a skill that moves unit after combat is used, references unit's position after that movement occurs.) At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25% or unit is not adjacent to an ally, inflicts Atk/Def-5 on foe and unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack during combat, and also, if foe uses dragonstone or beast damage, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks during combat.

Armored Stride 3 At start of turn. If unit is not adjacent to an ally, unit can move 1 extra space. (That turn only. Does not stack.)

Legendary Edelgard Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (19)		★★☆☆☆
Atk (31)		★★★★★
Spd (4)		★☆☆☆☆
Def (13)		★★★☆☆
Res (8)		★★★★☆

◯ = 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.

+Atk/-Spd

The best IVs for L!Edelgard are +Atk and -Spd. An +Atk IV will enable her to deal more damge with each attack. Her Spd is already low and it isn't really important for her so it is safe to take as a bane.

+Atk for a +10 Merge

We recommend a +Atk IV if merging L!Edelgard to 10. Her kit allows her to potentially do two actions in one turn, allowing her to attack two times. Having a +IV in Atk maximizes the damage you can do in 2 separate attacks

Legendary Edelgard Best Builds

Budget Legendary Edelgard

： Aymr ： Pivot ： Galeforce ： -

： Atk/Res Ideal 4 ： Raging Storm II ： Armored Stride 3 ： Atk/Res Ideal 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This budget build uses Edelgard's base kit to allow her to function as an offensive Galeforce unit. Armored Stride provides some bonus movement at the cost of positioning.

Summer Edelgard at Home Legendary Edelgard

HOT
： Aymr ： Reposition ： Galeforce ： -	： Atk/Def Ideal 4 ： Raging Storm II ： Assault Troop 3 ： Atk/Def Solo 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This build uses Galeforce and Raging Storm II to have Legendary Edelgard attack thrice in one turn. Assault Troop 3 grants impressive mobility which allows Legendary Edelgard to approach enemies quickly.

Enemy Phase Tank Legendary Edelgard

： Aymr ： Swap ： Glimmer ： -

： Distant Stance ： Slick Fighter 3 ： A/R Far Save 3 ： Mystic Boost 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This is an enemy phase tank build for Legendary Edelgard, this will require her to be 2 spaces away from her allies for the effects of Aymr to trigger, but A/R Far Save 3 will still be able to trigger. You can opt for Sol or Noontime for more sustain.

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Legendary Edelgard Best Weapon Refinement

Effect of Legendary Edelgard's Refined Weapon

Exclusive Weapon Effect from Refining (Special Effect Type)
Aymr	SP: 400
Might: 16　Range: 1　HP: 3 Grants Atk+3. If unit is not adjacent to an ally or if foe initiates combat, inflicts Atk/Def-6 on foe, foe cannot make a follow-up attack, and reduces damage from foe's first attack by 30% during combat. At start of combat, if foe's HP > 75% or unit is not adjacent to an ally, inflicts Atk/Def-5 on foe, deals damage = 15% of unit's Atk (including when dealing damage with a Special triggered before combat), and grants Special cooldown charge +1 to unit per attack during combat (only highest value applied; does not stack). ：500　：200

We recommend the Special Effect Refine for Aymr

Refined Aymr provides follow-up negation, Special cooldown acceleration per attack, a large Atk/Def penalty onto Edelgard's foe, true damage equal to 15% of Edelgard's Atk, and 30% damage reduction on her foe's first attack.

This refine stacks multiple effects onto one weapon, making Legendary Edelgard a more formidable unit than before.

Legendary Edelgard Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
179
HP	45	Rank: 107/1171
Atk	42	Rank: 279/1171
Spd	17	Rank: 1115/1171
Def	39	Rank: 113/1171
Res	36	Rank: 170/1171

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	50	66	21	44	40	221
Lv.40 +10	50	47	21	44	40	202

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	45	61	17	39	36	198
5★ Lv.40	45	42	17	39	36	179

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	19	31	4	13	8	75

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Þjazi	49	50	18	47	42	206
Marni	49	46	20	50	40	205
Valentine's Vigarde	51	45	26	47	31	200
Young Hector	47	45	16	47	41	196
Murdock	47	45	23	45	35	195
Dedue	50	45	17	45	28	185
Valentine's Gustav	49	41	18	46	31	185
Brave Edelgard	46	45	16	43	35	185
Legendary Edelgard	45	42	17	39	36	179
Mamori	43	37	24	42	33	179
Surtr	50	39	17	40	33	179
Flame Emperor	50	40	25	37	26	178
Legendary Hector	47	40	23	38	26	174
Winter Chrom	51	40	19	35	29	174
Valentine's Greil	47	41	18	38	30	174
Valentine's Hector	50	38	21	40	24	173
Hector	52	36	24	37	19	168

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

Legendary Edelgard Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Legendary Edelgard Roles

Edelgard - Flame Emperor 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!Edelgard is a close physical attacker (range = 1). Therefore, when not accounting for the Weapon Triangle, the amount of damage she deals will be equivalent to her Atk minus the foe's Def stat.

Legendary Effect raises Arena Score

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

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

As a Legendary Hero, you will gain a Fire Blessing when summoning L!Edelgard. Additionally, being a Fire type Legendary Hero means that during Fire Seasons, other allies with a Fire Blessing will receive HP+3 when they appear in battle with L!Edelgard, and Edelgard's total stats will be treated as 180. This will lead to a higher Arena Score.

L!Edelgard Strengths

Great at soloing foes

L!Edelgard is able to trigger 4 separate effects from her kit when she has no allies adjacent to her. Effects vary from stat buffs, preventing enemy counterattacks, and even making additonal movements! The said condition is pretty easy to trigger. This makes L!Edelgard a very powerful at most times!

Raging Storm grants an extra action

Raging Storm allows L!Edelgard an additional action if she initiates combat and there are no allies adjacent to her. Unlike Galeforce, it is not put in the special skill slot, so she can enjoy additional actions without losing access to damage dealing specials like her native Bonfire.

Additionally, if the same trigger condition is met and a beast or draonstone foe attacks, she makes a guaranteed follow-up attack. This allows her to fight the powerful colorless beast and dragonstone units, Caineghis and Fallen Tiki

Armored Stride increases mobility

L!Edelgard's C skill, Armored Stride 3, allows her to move an extra space if no allies are adjacent to her. It is much easier to trigger than the other armored mobility skill, Armor March 3 that requires another armored unit to be adjacent to the user. It is very easy to trigger and it allows L!Edelgard to move like an infantry unit while boasting the high stats of an armored unit.

L!Edelgard Weaknesseses

Adjacent Allies Prevent Skill Effects

The trigger conditions of Aymr, Armored Stride 3, Raging Storm and Atk/Res Solo 3 is that there must be no allies within one square. Because of this, L!Edelgard's strengths may be hard to take advantage of in small maps or maps with long 1-tile corridors like Ursula's map for Grand Hero Battles. Be mindful of L!Edelgard's positoning in relation to her allies!

Weak to Armor Effective Weapons

L!Edelgard takes 1.5x damage from armor-effective weapons like Armorslayer+ and Rapier, and just one or two blows from this type of weapon is sure to take her down. Make sure you know what weapons you are up against before hopping too far into the line of battle!

Heroes with Effective Skills

Legendary Edelgard Team and Counters

Teammates for Legendary Edelgard

Zelgius	Legendary Eliwood	Plegian Dorothea	Brave Hector
Fallen Corrin (M)	Brave Edelgard	New Year Peony	Masquerade Ethlyn

All Armored Team

Legendary Edelgard can fit in any team, though she will need to be not adjacent to any of her teammates.

She can fit well in all armor teams, provided someone is running Armor March 3.

Guidance Fliers

Flying dancers that possess Guidance 3 can help Legendary Edelgard reach even further across the map, setting up surprise attacks.

This can be used to devastating effect if she has two dancers on her team, granting her additional turns to take out enemy units due to the effect of her B skill.

Legendary Edelgard Counters

Caeda	Hana	Lilina	Sanaki
Idunn	Young Marth	Valentine's Líf	Bridal Micaiah

Armor-Effective Weapons

Armor-effective weapons do 1.5x more damage to your unit's target, so your units will have more opportunities to one-shot as opposed to other weapons.

Units that have Armorsmasher+ will do well against Legendary Edelgard and potentially one-shot her.

Red Mages

Red magic units have weapon triangle-advantage over Legendary Edelgard.

It also helps if they're using Triangle Adept 3 to further boost their damage.

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Should You Unlock Potential for this Hero?	Cannot Unlock Potential

Edelgard - Flame Emperor Only Appears as a 5 Star Hero!

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Legendary Edelgard - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Iron Axe	6	1	No Effect	5★
Steel Axe	8	1	No Effect	5★
Silver Axe	11	1	No Effect	5★
Aymr	16	1	Grants Atk +3. If unit is not adjacent to an ally, inflicts Atk/Def -6 on foe during combat and foe cannot make a follow-up attack.	5★

Assists

This Hero has no Assist skills that can be learned.

Specials

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Glowing Ember	(Cooldown Count = 4) Boosts damage dealt by 50% of unit’s Def.	5★
Bonfire	(Cooldown Count = 3) Boosts damage dealt by 50% of unit’s Def.	5★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Atk/Res Solo 1	If unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Res +2 during combat.	5★
Atk/Res Solo 2	If unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Res +4 during combat.	5★
Atk/Res Solo 3	If unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Res +6 during combat.	5★
Atk/Res Ideal 1	At start of combat, if unit's HP = 100% or if 【Bonus】 is active on unit, grants Atk/Res+3 to unit during combat.	5★
Atk/Res Ideal 2	At start of combat, if unit's HP = 100% or if 【Bonus】 is active on unit, grants Atk/Res+4 to unit during combat.	5★
Atk/Res Ideal 3	At start of combat, if unit's HP = 100% or if 【Bonus】 is active on unit, grants Atk/Res+5 to unit during combat.	5★
Atk/Res Ideal 4	At start of combat, if unit's HP = 100% or if 【Bonus】 is active on unit, grants Atk/Res+7 to unit during combat. At start of combat, if unit's HP = 100% and 【Bonus】 is active on unit, grants an additional Atk/Res+2 to unit during combat.	5★
Raging Storm	If unit initiates combat, grants another action to unit if unit is not adjacent to an ally after combat. (Once per turn. If a skill that moves unit after combat is used, references unit's position after that movement occurs.) If foe uses dragonstone or beast damage and unit is not adjacent to an ally, unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack during combat.	5★
Raging Storm II	If unit initiates combat, grants another action to unit if unit is not adjacent to an ally after combat. (Once per turn. If a skill that moves unit after combat is used, references unit's position after that movement occurs.) At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25% or unit is not adjacent to an ally, inflicts Atk/Def-5 on foe and unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack during combat, and also, if foe uses dragonstone or beast damage, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks during combat.	5★
Armored Stride 1	At start of turn, if unit's HP = 100% and unit is not adjacent to an ally, unit can move 1 extra space. (That turn only. Does not stack.)	5★
Armored Stride 2	At start of turn, if unit's HP ≥ 50% and unit is not adjacent to an ally, unit can move 1 extra space. (That turn only. Does not stack.)	5★
Armored Stride 3	At start of turn. If unit is not adjacent to an ally, unit can move 1 extra space. (That turn only. Does not stack.)	5★

Legendary Edelgard as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★★

Inheriting Atk/Res Solo 3, Atk/Res Ideal 4 and Armored Stride 3

L!Edelgard can be used to inherit the skills Atk/Res Solo 3, Atk/Res Ideal 4, and Armored Stride 3. However, L!Edelgard is a very powerful and rare legendary hero. We recommend training and building around her instead, unless you really want these skills on another unit.

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How to Get Legendary Edelgard

Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

Legendary Edelgard 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)	Tara Platt
Illustrator	HACCAN
Appears In	Fire Emblem: Three Houses

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