Brave Claude Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Claude - Almyra's 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 Brave Claude.

Heroes With the Same Name
Claude	Brave Claude
Legendary Claude	Summer Claude
Wind Tribe Claude	Winter Claude

Remix - Legendary Hero Remix - Tiki (Young) and Marth Featured Heroes
Legendary Marth [9.0/10]	Fallen Ike [9.5/10]	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 Claude 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)

Claude - Almyra's King: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Colorless / Bow / Flying
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Exclusive weapon grants a buff to all stats ・Exclusive weapon provides heals everytime Claude activates his special ・Possesses an Atk/Spd debuff against foes within 2 squares

Brave Claude Skills at 5★

Wind Parthia Might: 14　 Range: 2 Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count -1). Effective against flying foes. If unit initiates combat or if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res +5 during combat, and if unit also deals damage to foe using a Special, restores 50% of unit's maximum HP. (triggers even if 0 damage is dealt.)

Moonbow Cooldown Count = 2 Treats foe's Def/Res as if reduced by 30% during combat.

Fury 4 Grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4. After combat, deals 8 damage to unit.

Chill Spd/Def 2 At start of turn, inflicts Spd/Def -5 on foe on the enemy team with the highest Spd+Def total through its next action.

Atk/Spd Rein 3 Inflicts Atk/Spd-4 on foes within 2 spaces during combat.

Brave Claude Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (18)		★★★☆☆
Atk (22)		★★★★☆
Spd (10)		★★★★★
Def (6)		★★☆☆☆
Res (6)		★★★☆☆

◯ = 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.

+Spd and -Def

Brave Claude's best IVs are +Spd and -Df. With a Spd boon, he will be able to gain even more follow-up attacks on his foes. It is also a superboon which means you should take advantage of it as much as possible. Def is his least important stat and is the most ideal bane.

+Spd for a +10 Merge

We recommend a +Spd IV when merging Brave Claude to 10. With a +Spd IV, his Spd will reach 48 with Fury 4. This makes him very powerful offensively and defensively as he can score lots of follow-up attacks while evading lots of it as well.

Take note that he has 2 debuffs to Spd so his ability to outspeed enemies can be overlooked if you are taking into consideration stats alone.

Brave Claude Best Builds

Mobile Offensive Unit Brave Claude

HOT
： Wind Parthia ： Reposition ： Curved Shot ： Emblem Ike	： Firestorm Boost 3 ： S/D Far Trace 4 ： Shadow Shift 4 ： Squad Ace BS 3 ： Soaring Echo

How to Use, Explanation

This build aims for both damage output and mobility with S/D Far Trace 4, Shadow Shift 4, and Soaring Echo.

Budget Brave Claude

： Wind Parthia ： Reposition ： Moonbow ： -

： Fury 4 ： Chill Spd/Def 2 ： Atk/Spd Rein 3 ： Swift Sparrow 2 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This is a budget build for Brave Claude using his base kit. Swift Sparrow 2 boosts his overall damage together with Fury 4, while the debuffs on Atk/Spd Rein help soften up enemy units.

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Brave Claude Best Weapon Refine

Effect of Brave Claude's Refined Weapon

Exclusive Weapon Effect from Refining (Special Effect Type)
Wind Parthia	SP: 400
Might: 14　Range: 2　HP: Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Effective against flying foes. If unit initiates combat or if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 during combat, and also, if unit deals damage to foe using a Special, restores 50% of unit's maximum HP. (Triggers even if 0 damage is dealt. Reduces the effect of 【Deep Wounds】 by 60%.) At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 to unit during combat, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks and effects that inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit, and also, if 【Bonus】 is active on unit, reduces damage from foe's first attack by 30%. ：500　：200

We recommend the Special Effect Refine for Wind Parthia

Refined Wind Parthia grants bonus stats during combat, nerfs the effects of 【Deep Wounds】 allowing Brave Claude to heal through it, the offensive half of 【Null Follow-Up】, neutralizes 【Guard】 effects, and grants 30% damage reduction on the foe's first attack.

This handful of effects is a lot to place in one weapon refine, and is much better than any other option Brave Claude has.

Brave Claude Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
166
HP	42	Rank: 263/1171
Atk	36	Rank: 666/1171
Spd	40	Rank: 309/1171
Def	23	Rank: 826/1171
Res	25	Rank: 668/1171

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	46	58	48	31	37	220
Lv.40 +10	47	41	45	27	29	189

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	42	54	44	27	29	196
5★ Lv.40	42	36	40	23	25	166

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	18	22	10	6	6	62

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Summer Petra	40	45	47	28	24	184
Wind Tribe Catria	39	45	45	25	30	184
Ninja Reina	40	43	45	24	31	183
Ninja Laegjarn	40	44	19	37	38	178
Ninja Heath	42	43	23	40	30	178
Legendary Hinoka	40	46	46	23	22	177
Rearmed Tana	40	45	47	22	23	177
New Year Dagr	40	41	42	27	22	172
Summer Elincia	38	36	40	25	33	172
Ascended Florina	39	37	43	22	31	172
Bridal Shanna	37	38	42	23	27	167
Spring Inigo	40	38	40	22	27	167
Pirate Hinoka	40	40	40	23	23	166
Legendary Claude	41	37	41	23	24	166
Brave Claude	42	36	40	23	25	166
Spring Loki	39	31	34	27	25	156
Summer Lyn	37	33	38	20	27	155
Summer Takumi	40	35	35	21	19	150
Bow Hinoka	37	32	35	17	29	150
New Year Fjorm	39	35	35	20	21	150

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

Brave Claude Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Brave Claude Roles

Claude - Almyra's 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

Brave Claude is a ranged physical attacker (range = 2). 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.

Brave Claude Strengths

Wind Parthia grants an all-stat boost

If Claude is within 2 spaces on an ally or if he initiates combat, Wind Parthia grants him +5 to all stats. This is a very powerful buff that and it is almost impossible to have problems trying to meet the trigger conditions.

Wind Parthia provides incredible damage and sustain through special attacks

Another effect of Wind Parthia with the same trigger conditions as above is that, he restores 50% of his HP everytime he activates his special. Not only does he get boosted damage through Moonbow, but Wind Parthia also heals him up whenever said skill activates. It is important to mention that Moonbow only has a cooldown of 2, but that gets further reduced by Wind Parthia which accelerates special trigger, bringing it down to 1. The amount of damage and heals that will be sourced from a Wind Parthia-boosted Moonbow in the course of a battle is absurd!

All these effects make it a MUST to have Claude be within 2 spaces of an ally in the enemy phase. This is the only way to trigger these effects as the other trigger condition requires him to initiate the attack.

Atk/Spd inflicted onto a wide area

Claude's C skill, Atk/Spd Rein 3 inflicts -4 Atk/Spd on foes within 2 spaces during combat. It helps both Claude and allies as the range is modest and it affects enemies even if Claude is not directly part of combat. Claude's flying movement makes it easy to position him in effectively utilizing this skill. It is an in-combat buff which makes it easy to stack with other debuffs such as Atk Ploy 3.

Brave Claude Weaknesses

Weak to bows

As a flying unit, Brave Claude takes 1.5x damage from bows and weapons effective on flying units. Be sure to keep them out of the range of archers and leave them to other units.
Heroes with Effective Skills

Brave Claude Team and Counters

Teammates for Brave Claude

Ayra	Legendary Eliwood	Mirabilis	Legendary Azura
Peony	Brave Dimitri	New Year Peony	Eir

Flexible Unit That Can Fit in Any Team

Brave Claude can fit in a wide variety of teams as he can mostly take care of himself.

He can be paired with those that can boost his firepower even more, like Legendary Eliwood's Bonus Doubler effect on his Ardent Durandal or any of the dancers above.

All-Flier Team

Brave Claude can also fit into an all-flier team as he can take advatage of buffs such as Hone Fliers or Goad Fliers.

He can also make use of other flier-exclusive skills such as Flier Formation 3 or Air Orders 3 in order to pull off surprise attacks on the enemy team.

Brave Claude Counters

Valentine's Líf	Spring Severa	Legendary Sigurd	Reinhardt
Erinys	Brave Lyn	Legendary Leif	Ninja Lyn

Units With Brave Weapons

Units that have weapons that let them attack twice during combat are very effective against Brave Claude as they can potentially one-shot him before he attacks and triggers his Special (and healing himself).

This is especially effective if you are using bow units that have Brave Bow+ in their arsenal.

Units With Fatal Smoke 3

Units with Fatal Smoke 3 like Legendary Sigurd and Valentine's Lif will prevent Brave Claude from healing due to his weapon's effect, which cripples his survivability.

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Claude - Almyra's King Only Appears as a 5 Star Hero!

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Brave Claude - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Wind Parthia	14	2	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count -1). Effective against flying foes. If unit initiates combat or if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res +5 during combat, and if unit also deals damage to foe using a Special, restores 50% of unit's maximum HP. (triggers even if 0 damage is dealt.)	5★

Assists

This Hero has no Assist skills that can be learned.

Specials

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
New Moon	(Cooldown Count = 3) Resolve combat as if foe suffered Def/Res -30%.	5★
Moonbow	(Cooldown Count = 2) Treats foe's Def/Res as if reduced by 30% during combat.	5★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Fury 1	Grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res +1. Unit take 2 damage after combat.	5★
Fury 2	Grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res +2. Unit take 4 damage after combat.	5★
Fury 3	Grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res +3. Unit take 6 damage after combat.	5★
Fury 4	Grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4. After combat, deals 8 damage to unit.	5★
Chill Spd/Def 1	At start of turn, inflicts Spd/Def -3 on foe on the enemy team with the highest Spd+Def total through its next action.	5★
Chill Spd/Def 2	At start of turn, inflicts Spd/Def -5 on foe on the enemy team with the highest Spd+Def total through its next action.	5★
Atk/Spd Rein 1	Inflicts Atk/Spd-2 on foes within 2 spaces during combat.	5★
Atk/Spd Rein 2	Inflicts Atk/Spd-3 on foes within 2 spaces during combat.	5★
Atk/Spd Rein 3	Inflicts Atk/Spd-4 on foes within 2 spaces during combat.	5★

Brave Claude as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★☆☆

Inheriting Atk/Spd Rein 3 and Fury 4

Brave Claude can be used to inherit the skills Atk/Spd Rein 3 or Fury 4. However, Brave Claude is a very powerful hero. Think very carefully before fodderring him off!

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

How to Get Brave Claude

Obtain Through Regular Summon

Brave Claude 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)	Joe Zieja
Illustrator	Wada Sachiko
Appears In	Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Illustration

FEH: Related Guides

Heroes from Remix - Legendary Hero Remix - Tiki (Young) and Marth
Legendary Marth [9.0/10]	Fallen Ike [9.5/10]	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]

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