This is a ranking page for the hero Merlinus - Pherae's Clerk 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 Merlinus.

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Guinivere [9.0/10]	Melady [9.0/10]	Dieck [9.0/10]	Merlinus [8.5/10]

Merlinus Rating and Basic Information

Overall Rating	8.5/10
Reroll Ranking (excluding Inherit Skill)	Unranked (▶Reroll Ranking)
Ranking (including Inherit Skill)	B (▶FEH Tier List)

Merlinus - Pherae's Clerk: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Colorless / Dagger / Cavalry
Rarity	4 Star 3 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Refined Convoy Dagger grants mapwide warping to Merlinus, Atk/Spd+6, 【Bonus Doubler】, and penalty neutralization to multiple allies whenever Merlinus uses a Rally or movement assist, and improves Merlinus's overall bulk during combat.

Merlinus Skills at 5★

Convoy Dagger Might: 14　 Range: 2 Grants HP+5. Unit can move to a space adjacent to an ally. If unit is within 3 spaces of an ally, inflicts Atk/Spd-6 on foe during combat and foe cannot make a follow-up attack. Effect: 【Dagger 7】

Reposition Range: 1 Moves adjacent ally to opposite side of unit.

Wings of Mercy 3 Enables unit to warp adjacent to any ally with HP ≤ 50%.

Distant Guard 3 Allies within 2 spaces gain: "If foe uses bow, dagger, magic or staff, grants Def/Res +4 during combat."

Merlinus Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (20)		★★★★★
Atk (14)		★★☆☆☆
Spd (9)		★★★★☆
Def (7)		★★★☆☆
Res (5)		★★★★☆

◯ = 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/-Atk

The best IVs for Merlinus are +Spd and -Atk. A higher Spd stat allows Merlinus to prevent follow-up attacks from some foes.

Merlinus has an abysmally low Atk stat and it is not worth raising to increase his damage by a tad bit so it should be the bane you take. Since he is a 4★ demote, it is fairly easy to get another copy of him so make sure to get that 1st merge to eliminate his bane.

As tempting as it might be to run a dagger cavalry unit as an offensive unit, Merlinus' Atk just can't make the cut! He is a debuff-type support and not a primary offensive option.

+Spd for a +10 Merge

We recommend a +Spd IV when merging Merlinus to 10. This is for the same reasons as above. With this IV, he can reach 42 Spd which is at a range where he can score lots of follow-up attacks if he has ample support from allies.

If you plan to run Merlinus as a unit in Pawns of Loki where HP is very important, you can go for a +HP IV instead. He has a superboon in this stat so your IV choice will be put to great use.

Merlinus Best Builds

Rallybot Merlinus

HOT
： Convoy Dagger ： Rally Def/Res+ ： Lethality ： -	： C Duel Cavalry 4 ： Pass 3 ： Lookout Force ： Distant Guard 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This is a pure support build using Convoy Dagger to warp in, rally an ally and provide various bonuses, then Canto away using Lookout Force. Pass 3 is used to get past anti-warp effects like Warp Bubble or Barricade.

Budget Merlinus

： Convoy Dagger ： Rally Def/Res ： Miracle ： -

： HP +5 ： Pass 3 ： Distant Guard 3 ： Distant Guard 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This is a budget version of the Rallybot build above, using cheap skills widely available.

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Merlinus Best Weapon Refine

Effect of Merlinus's Refined Weapon

Exclusive Weapon Effect from Refining (Special Effect Type)
Convoy Dagger	SP: 400
Might: 14　Range: 2　HP: Grants HP+5. Unit can move to a space adjacent to an ally. If unit is within 3 spaces of an ally, inflicts Atk/Spd-6 on foe during combat and foe cannot make a follow-up attack. Effect: 【Dagger 7】 If foe initiates combat or foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, inflicts Atk/Spd-6 on foe and reduces damage from foe's attacks by 40% during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials). If a Rally or movement Assist skill (like Reposition, Shove, Pivot, etc.) is used by unit, grants Atk/Spd+6,【Bonus Doubler】, and "neutralizes penalties on unit during combat" to target ally and to allies within 2 spaces of target ally after movement for 1 turn (excluding unit). ：500　：200

We recommend the Special Effect Refine for Convoy Dagger

Refined Convoy Dagger grants HP+5 and allows Merlinus to warp to a space adjacent to any ally on the map.

When Merlinus uses a Rally or movement assist skill, refined Convoy Dagger grants Atk/Spd+6, 【Bonus Doubler】, and penalty neutralization to the target ally and all allies within 2 spaces of that ally.

In combat, refined Convoy Dagger inflicts Atk/Spd-12 onto Merlinus's foe during combat, denies their follow-up attack, and grants Merlinus 40% damage reduction.

This is a good support refine, allowing Merlinus to warp to any ally and then buffing them up with stats and 【Bonus Doubler】.

Merlinus Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
163
HP	50	Rank: 9/1184
Atk	20	Rank: 1170/1184
Spd	35	Rank: 557/1184
Def	31	Rank: 455/1184
Res	27	Rank: 539/1184

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	55	33	40	36	31	195
Lv.40 +10	55	24	40	36	31	186

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	50	29	35	31	27	172
5★ Lv.40	50	20	35	31	27	163

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	20	14	9	7	5	55

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Winter Shez (F)	40	45	48	30	22	185
Ice Tribe Flora	40	47	21	31	46	185
Yukimura	40	46	16	33	45	180
Winter Yunaka	39	43	47	21	30	180
Ginnungagap	40	47	31	30	32	180
Wind Tribe Kagero	43	47	45	20	23	178
Ascended Eir	35	42	45	16	35	173
New Year Fafnir	40	43	39	31	16	169
Hatari Deen	43	36	39	27	23	168
Thief Nina	38	37	43	18	32	168
Merlinus	50	20	35	31	27	163
Summer Mia	38	35	41	17	25	156
Summer Ursula	36	36	34	16	28	150
Summer Gunnthrá	39	33	37	17	24	150
Summer Lilina	35	38	25	16	35	149
Hostile Springs Elise	34	33	37	18	22	144
Summer Linde	33	34	35	16	26	144

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

Merlinus Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Merlinus Roles

Merlinus - Pherae's Clerk 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

Merlinus 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.

Merlinus Strengths

Very high HP stat

Merlinus has an absurdly high HP stat for a cavalry unit. This allows him to run skills like Panic Ploy 3 fairly easily as it relies on having a great HP stat.

This also makes him an obvious choice for a cavalry unit in Pawns of Loki as scoring in that game mode relies heavily on units having high HP stats.

Refined Convoy Dagger grants mapwide warp and great support

Refined Convoy Dagger grants HP+5 and allows Merlinus to warp to a space adjacent to any ally on the map.

When Merlinus uses a Rally or movement assist skill, refined Convoy Dagger grants Atk/Spd+6, 【Bonus Doubler】, and penalty neutralization to the target ally and all allies within 2 spaces of that ally.

In combat, refined Convoy Dagger inflicts Atk/Spd-12 onto Merlinus's foe during combat, denies their follow-up attack, and grants Merlinus 40% damage reduction.

This is a good support refine, allowing Merlinus to warp to any ally and then buffing them up with stats and 【Bonus Doubler】.Refined Convoy Dagger grants HP+5 and allows Merlinus to warp to a space adjacent to any ally on the map.

Merlinus Weaknesses

Very weak Atk stat

Merlinus has a very weak Atk stat. It is recommended that you strategically treat him as a debuff-type support instead of a primary offensive option.

Weak to Cavalry Effective Weapons

Merlinus takes 1.5x damage from cavalry-effective weapons like Ridersbane, 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!

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Should you Unlock Potential?

Should You Unlock Potential for this Hero?

We Do Not Recommend Unlocking Potential for Merlinus - Pherae's Clerk!

We cannot recommend you to Unlock Potential to make Merlinus - Pherae's Clerk a 5 Star Hero. Merlinus - Pherae's Clerk is difficult to make use of except under specific conditions. Unless Merlinus - Pherae's Clerk is a favorite character of yours or you have excess Hero Feathers to spare, we recommend you pass on Unlocking their Potential.

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Merlinus - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Iron Dagger	3	2	After combat, inflicts Def/Res -3 on foe through its next action.	3★
Steel Dagger	5	2	After combat, inflicts Def/Res -3 on foe through its next action.	3★
Smoke Dagger	6	2	After combat, inflicts Def/Res -4 on foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions.	3★
Smoke Dagger+	9	2	After combat, if unit attacked, inflicts Def/Res -6 on foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions.	5★
Convoy Dagger	14	2	Grants HP+5. Unit can move to a space adjacent to an ally. If unit is within 3 spaces of an ally, inflicts Atk/Spd-6 on foe during combat and foe cannot make a follow-up attack. Effect: 【Dagger 7】	5★

Assists

Skill Name	Range	Effect	Learned At
Reposition	1	Moves adjacent ally to opposite side of unit.	4★

Specials

This Hero has no Special skills that can be learned.

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Wings of Mercy 1	Enables unit to warp adjacent to any ally with HP ≤ 30%.	3★
Wings of Mercy 2	Enables unit to warp adjacent to any ally with HP ≤ 40%.	3★
Wings of Mercy 3	Enables unit to warp adjacent to any ally with HP ≤ 50%.	4★
Distant Guard 1	Allies within 2 spaces gain: "If foe uses bow, dagger, magic or staff, grants Def/Res +2 during combat."	3★
Distant Guard 2	Allies within 2 spaces gain: "If foe uses bow, dagger, magic or staff, grants Def/Res +3 during combat."	4★
Distant Guard 3	Allies within 2 spaces gain: "If foe uses bow, dagger, magic or staff, grants Def/Res +4 during combat."	5★

Merlinus as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★☆

Inheriting Wings of Mercy 3 and Distant Guard 3

Merlinus can be used to inherit the skills Wings of Mercy 3 or Distant Guard 3. Please take note that Distant Guard 3 can only be inherited at 5★ so you would need to spend some feathers before being able get it off him if you have a 4★ copy.

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How to Get Merlinus / Illustrations / Voice Actor / Quotes

How to Get Merlinus

Obtain Through Regular Summon

Merlinus 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)	Brad Venable
Illustrator	DAI-XT
Appears In	Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

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