Brave Edelgard Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Edelgard - Adrestian 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 Brave Edelgard.

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

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Legendary Marth [9.0/10]	Fallen Ike [9.0/10]	Legendary Tiki (Young) [9.0/10]	Brave Dimitri [9.5/10]
Gunnthrá [9.0/10]	Brave Edelgard [9.5/10]	Legendary Robin (F) [8.5/10]	Brave Claude [9.0/10]

Brave Edelgard Rating and Basic Information

Overall Rating	9.5/10
Reroll Ranking (excluding Inherit Skill)	S (▶Reroll Ranking)
Ranking (including Inherit Skill)	A (▶FEH Tier List)

Edelgard - Adrestian Emperor: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Green / Axe / Armored
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Exclusive weapon grants huge mobility ・Reduces the damage of enemy follow-up attacks by 80% ・Exclusive skill grants guaranteed follow-up attacks ・If foe is a magic user, Distant Ward guarantees buffs and counterattacks regardless of foe's range

Brave Edelgard Skills at 5★

Flower Hauteclere Might: 16　 Range: 1 Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). At start of turn, it unit's HP ≥ 25%, unit can move 1 extra space (that turn only; does not stack) and grants the following status to unit for 1 turn: "Unit can move to a space adjacent to any ally within 2 spaces." At the start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Atk/Def -6 on foe during combat.

Noontime Cooldown Count = 2 Restores HP = 30% of damage dealt.

Distant Ward If magic, staff, or dragonstone foe initiates combat, grants Atk/Res+5 to unit during combat and unit can counterattack regardless of foe's range.

Black Eagle Rule If unit's HP ≥ 25%, unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack, and also if foe initiates combat, damage received by foe's follow-up attack is also reduced by 80% (For standard weapons, "follow-up attack means the second strike, For weapons that grant "unit attacks twice," it means the third and fourth strikes.)

Joint Drive Res Grants Res+4 to allies within 2 spaces during combat. If unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Res+4 to unit during combat.

Brave Edelgard Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (20)		★★☆☆☆
Atk (28)		★★★★☆
Spd (3)		★☆☆☆☆
Def (13)		★★★★★
Res (9)		★★★☆☆

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

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Trait Fruits—How to Change IVs

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 Brave 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. Her exclusive skill, Black Eagle Rule, takes care of scoring follow-up attacks for her.

+Atk for a +10 Merge

We recommend a +Atk IV if merging Edelgard to 10. This is for the same reasons as above Having a +IV in Atk maximizes the damage you can do with a guaranteed follow-up attack.

If you plan to use Edelgard as a defense unit in Aether Raids or a magic unit baiter-counterattacker, you can go for a +Res IV instead.

Brave Edelgard Best Builds

Near Save Brave Edelgard

HOT
： Flower Hauteclere ： Reposition ： Bonfire ： -	： Close Def 4 ： Black Eagle Rule ： A/D Near Save 3 ： Steady Breath ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This is a Near Save build which maximizes Brave Edelgard's bulk through defensive skills and Black Eagle Rule. Steady Breath provides Special acceleration to quickly trigger Bonfire. if opting for a lower charge Special like Ruptured Sky or Noontime, this Seal can be replaced by other defensive Seals.

Far Save Brave Edelgard

HOT
： Flower Hauteclere ： Reposition ： Ruptured Sky ： -	： Distant Stance ： Black Eagle Rule ： D/R Far Save 3 ： Distant Def 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This is a Far Save build which takes advantage of Black Eagle Rule's damage reduction and Brave Edelgard's natural bulk. Distant Stance is used to boost Edelgard's lower Res stat and allow counterattacks against ranged foes.

Budget Brave Edelgard

： Flower Hauteclere ： Reposition ： Noontime ： -

： Distant Ward ： Black Eagle Rule ： Joint Drive Res ： Distant Def 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This budget build simply adds Reposition to Brave Edelgard's base kit. With refined Flower Hauteclere and Black Eagle Rule, Brave Edelgard still functions well even with little investment.

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Brave Edelgard Best Weapon Refine

Effect of Brave Edelgard's Refined Weapon

Exclusive Weapon Effect from Refining (Special Effect Type)
Flower Hauteclere	SP: 400
Might: 16　Range: 1　HP: 3 Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). At start of turn, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, unit can move 1 extra space (that turn only; does not stack) and grants the following status to unit for 1 turn: "Unit can move to a space adjacent to any ally within 2 spaces." At the start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Atk/Def-6 on foe during combat. If unit is within 3 spaces of an ally, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Def/Res during combat = X x 2, + 3 (X = number of spaces moved by whoever initiated combat; max 3), inflicts Atk/Def-6 on foe during combat, restores 7 HP to unit when unit deals damage to foe during combat (triggers even if 0 damage is dealt), and also, if X ≥ 1, inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.) ：500　：200

We recommend the Special Effect Refine for Flower Hauteclere

Refined Flower Hauteclere grants bonus Atk/Def/Res to Brave Edelgard, inflicts Atk/Def penalties onto her foe, restores 7 HP per attack, and applies a 【Guard】 effect onto her foe.

These effects all improve Brave Edelgard's bulk and make her an even sturdier unit that before.

Brave Edelgard Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
185
HP	46	Rank: 59/1088
Atk	45	Rank: 18/1088
Spd	16	Rank: 961/1088
Def	43	Rank: 21/1088
Res	35	Rank: 130/1088

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	50	55	20	47	42	214
Lv.40 +10	51	50	20	48	39	208

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	46	61	16	43	35	201
5★ Lv.40	46	45	16	43	35	185

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	20	28	3	13	9	73

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
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
Mamori	43	37	24	42	33	179
Surtr	50	39	17	40	33	179
Legendary Edelgard	45	42	17	39	36	179
Flame Emperor	50	40	25	37	26	178
Winter Chrom	51	40	19	35	29	174
Legendary Hector	47	40	23	38	26	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.

Brave Edelgard Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Brave Edelgard Roles

Edelgard - Adrestian 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

Brave 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.

Brave Edelgard Strengths

Exclusive weapon grants mobility and debuffs

Flower Hauteclere grants Brave Edelgard an extra space of movement if her HP is at least 25% at the start of the turn. It also grants the ability to move to a space adjacent to any ally within 2 spaces. This negates one of the biggest weakness of an armored unit—limited mobility. The trigger condition is very easy to meet as well. This means you will enjoy amazing mobility most of the time.

This snapshot illustrates Brave Edelgard's great mobility

For offensive effects, Flower Hautclere accelerates Edelgard's special trigger and inflicts -6 Atk/Def on foe during combat if she is atleast at 25% HP.

Guaranteed follow-up attacks and follow-up attack damage reduction

Edelgard scores a follow-up atack on Plumeria without outspeeding her.

If Brave Edelgard is atleast at 25% HP, she scores guaranteed follow-up attacks and reduces the damage of enemy follow-up attacks by 80%. It is then a must to keep Brave Edelgard at least 25% HP to keep both Flower Hauteclere and Black Eagle Rule online.

Can counterattack any magic attack

Brave Edelgard's A skill, Distant Ward, allows her to counterattack a magic attack regardless of range. Additionally, she gains Atk/Res+5 when a magic foe initiates combat, making her exceptional at tanking and countering magic attackers.

Edelgard scoring a counterattack on a troubadour

This synergizes well with the effects of Black Eagle Rule and Joint Drive Res. It makes Brave Edelgard a magic user's nightmare.

Brave Edelgard Weaknesses

Mediocre below 25% HP

One of the main drawbacks of armored units is their limited movement. Flower Hauteclere solves this, but keep in mind that the extra space of movement and the warp effect is disabled when going below 25% HP. Have a protocol for recovering Edelgard's health when running her on the field.

The effects of Black Eagle Rule also depends on Edelgard having above 25% HP. She will lose lots of mobility, offense and defense when she drops below that threshold. At that point, she is but another axe unit on the field.

Low Spd stat and counterd by Null Follow-Up

Brave Edelgard's stats are very min-maxed and the stat that gets the short end of the stick is her Spd stat which sits at a base 16. In the offensive end, this does not matter that much as she can guarantee follow-up attacks with Black Eagle Rule, but she will constantly get hit by follow-up attacks. Though Black Eagle Rule reduces damage as discussed, follow-up attacks makes it easy for opponents to launch Specials so watch out for that.

Additionally, because she relies on a skill to score follow-up attacks, she is countered by units running Null Follow-Up 3.

Weak to Armor Effective Weapons

Brave Edelgard takes 1.5x damage from armor-effective weapons like Armorslayer+, and one blow 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

Brave Edelgard Team and Counters

Teammates for Brave Edelgard

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

All Armored Team

Brave Edelgard can fit in any team due to her mobility. She can fit well in all armor teams, effectively standing as a shield wall against enemy units.

Guidance Fliers

Flying dancers that possess Guidance 3 can help Brave 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.

Brave Edelgard Counters

Idunn	Sanaki	Caeda	Valentine's Líf
Young Marth	Hana	Lilina	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 Brave Edelgard and potentially one-shot her.

Red Mages

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

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

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Brave Edelgard - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Flower Hauteclere	16	1	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). At start of turn, it unit's HP ≥ 25%, unit can move 1 extra space (that turn only; does not stack) and grants the following status to unit for 1 turn: "Unit can move to a space adjacent to any ally within 2 spaces." At the start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Atk/Def -6 on foe during combat.	5★

Assists

This Hero has no Assist skills that can be learned.

Specials

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Daylight	(Cooldown Count = 3) Restores HP = 30% of damage dealt.	5★
Noontime	(Cooldown Count = 2) Restores HP = 30% of damage dealt.	5★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Distant Ward	If magic, staff, or dragonstone foe initiates combat, grants Atk/Res+5 to unit during combat and unit can counterattack regardless of foe's range.	5★
Black Eagle Rule	If unit's HP ≥ 25%, unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack, and also if foe initiates combat, damage received by foe's follow-up attack is also reduced by 80% (For standard weapons, "follow-up attack means the second strike, For weapons that grant "unit attacks twice," it means the third and fourth strikes.)	5★
Spur Res 1	Grants adjacent allies Res +2 during combat.	5★
Drive Res 1	Grants allies within 2 spaces Res +2 during combat.	5★
Drive Res 2	Grants allies within 2 spaces Res +3 during combat.	5★
Joint Drive Res	Grants Res+4 to allies within 2 spaces during combat. If unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Res+4 to unit during combat.	5★

Brave Edelgard as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★★

Inheriting Distant Ward and Joint Drive Res

Brave Edelgard can be used to inherit Distant Ward and Joint Drive Res. However, Brave Edelgard is a very powerful hero. Please think carefully before fodderring her off

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How to Get Brave Edelgard / Illustrations / Voice Actor / Quotes

How to Get Brave Edelgard

Obtain Through Regular Summon

Brave Edelgard is a Hero who can be pulled from any summon.

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	cuboon
Appears In	Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Illustration

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