How to Deal With Armored Units

This is an article on how to deal with Armored units from Fire Emblem Heroes (FEH). To learn about Armored units and how to defeat them in game modes like the Arena, read on!

3 Ways to Deal with Armored Units

Give Your Units Armor-Effective Weapons

One of the biggest counters to Armored units is to give your own units weapons that are effective against armor.

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.

Armored units are a common sight in Arena because of their high BST, so investing in units wielding these types of weapons is going to be a huge payoff.

List of Units With Armor-Effective Weapons

Skill	Hero
Armorslayer	Caeda - Talys's Heart (3★) Selena - Cutting Wit (3★) Hana - Focused Samurai (3★) Tobin - The Clueless One (4★)
Armorslayer+	Tobin - The Clueless One (5★) Caeda - Talys's Heart (5★) Selena - Cutting Wit (5★) Hana - Focused Samurai (5★)
Armorsmasher
Armorsmasher+
Atk/Spd Form 1	Ricken - Shepherd Novice (3★) Juno - Soaring Bride (3★) Manuela - Silver Caroler (3★) Anna - Secret Seller (5★) Petra - Princess of Brigid (5★) Nino - Flower of Frost (5★) Marth - Royal Altean Duo (5★)
Axe of Virility	Bartre - Fearless Warrior (5★)
Brazen Atk/Spd 4	Wolt - Sunbeam Archer (5★)
Bun-Bun Baton	Fir - Student of Spring (5★)
Conjurer Curios	Hector - Dressed-Up Duo (5★)
Dauntless Lance	Nephenee - Fierce Halberdier (5★)
Dawn Suzu	Micaiah - Summer's Dawn (5★)
Demonic Breath	Idunn - Dark Priestess (5★)
Dolphin-Dive Axe	Caeda - Sea-Blossom Pair (5★)
Feather Sword	Caeda - Princess of Talys (5★)
Florina's Lance	Florina - Lovely Flier (5★)
Frederick's Axe	Frederick - Polite Knight (5★)
Hammer+	Cherche - Wyvern Friend (5★) Frederick - Polite Knight (5★) Bartre - Fearless Warrior (5★)
Handbell	Lissa - Pure Joy (5★)
Heavy Spear+	Florina - Lovely Flier (5★) Oboro - Fierce Fighter (5★) Est - Junior Whitewing (5★)
Hibiscus Tome	Elise - Tropical Flower (5★)
Joyful Vows	Micaiah - Dawn Wind's Duo (5★)
Jubilant Blade	Tobin - The Clueless One (5★)
Lordly Lance	Clive - Idealistic Knight (5★) Clive - Idealistic Knight (5★)
Mermaid Bow	Hinoka - Fair Pirate Pair (5★)
Mirage Feather	Tsubasa - Madcap Idol (5★)
Múspell Fireposy	Tharja - Obsessive Bride (5★)
Oboro's Spear	Oboro - Fierce Fighter (5★)
Pegasus Carrot	Palla - Eldest Bun-Bun (5★)
Pegasus Carrot+	Palla - Eldest Bun-Bun (5★)
Peri's Lance	Peri - Playful Slayer (5★)
Randgríðr	Chrom - Crowned Exalt (5★)
Rapier	Phina - Roving Dancer (5★) Marth - Legacied Hero (5★)
Reginleif	Ephraim - Dynastic Duo (5★)
Sky Maiougi	Ryoma - Dancing Samurai (5★)
Sky Maiougi+	Ryoma - Dancing Samurai (5★)
Slaying Hammer
Slaying Hammer+
Slaying Spear	Silas - Loyal Knight (4★) Eirika - Pledged Restorer (5★)
Slaying Spear+	Silas - Loyal Knight (5★)
Thani	Micaiah - Priestess of Dawn (5★)
Warrior Princess	Hinoka - Blue Sky Warrior (5★)
Whitewing Spear	Est - Junior Whitewing (5★)
Wing Sword	Caeda - Talys's Heart (5★)
Zephyr Breath	Idunn - Dragonkin Duo (5★)

Advantages and Disadvantages of Armor-Effective Weapons

Advantage	Increased damage against Armored units.
Disadvantage	No additional effects on most other units.

Triangle Adept + Weapon Triangle Advantage + Low Cooldown Special

Another way to deal with Armored units is to take advantage of Triangle Adept's effects and having a unit that has Weapon Triangle advantage.

Giving them a low cooldown Special like Ruptured Sky or Moonbow will enhance their one-shot capability.

This is especially helpful if the enemy unit has a skill that protects against armor-effective weapons like Svalinn Shield.

List of Units With Triangle Adept 3

Skill	Hero
Triangle Adept 3	Roy - Young Lion (4★) Cordelia - Knight Paragon (5★) Sanaki - Begnion's Apostle (5★) Azura - Lady of Ballads (5★) Selena - Cutting Wit (5★) Titania - Warm Knight (5★) Ryoma - Dancing Samurai (5★)

You can take full advantage of Weapon Triangle advantage by inheriting them to units you are building.

In the case of Selena, she also comes with an armor-effective, Selena's Blade, so she's a good candidate to invest in if you want a unit made specifically to defeat Green Armored foes.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Armor-Effective Weapons

Advantage	Increased damage against Armored units even if they have a skill that neutralizes armor-effective weapons and skills.
Disadvantage	Heavily specialized unit with little effectiveness against other units.

Use Dragon Units

Investing in Dragon units is another good way to counter Armored units. Many Armored units have very high Def and Dragons deal magic damage to melee units and will deal the lower stat between Def or Res if their target is ranged.

This special effective on most Dragon units' weapons means that their damage is adaptable, so they're worth investing in.

List of Dragon Units

Hero	Move Type	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Tier
Adrift Corrin (F)	Infantry	41	47	37	32	27	8.0
Adrift Corrin (M)	Infantry	42	51	35	31	24	8.0
Ascended Idunn	Armored	45	59	26	43	38	9.5
Ascended Tiki (Young)	Infantry	38	58	44	32	36	9.0
Bantu	Infantry	45	47	28	35	26	8.5
Brave Corrin (F)	Armored	42	56	46	37	40	9.9
Brave Tiki (Adult)	Infantry	40	59	27	37	41	9.5
Bridal Tiki (Adult)	Armored	42	58	26	40	45	9.9
Corrin (F)	Infantry	41	43	34	34	21	8.0
Dheginsea	Armored	45	59	14	41	39	8.0
Duma	Armored	48	59	21	34	31	8.5
Ena	Infantry	44	50	23	37	36	8.0
Fae	Infantry	46	46	28	25	30	8.0
Fallen Anankos	Armored	42	59	44	36	31	9.0
Fallen Corrin (F)	Infantry	43	54	37	31	27	9.0
Fallen Corrin (M)	Infantry	42	54	41	33	26	9.0
Fallen Lilith	Flying	39	56	46	29	33	9.0
Fallen Ninian	Infantry	45	43	40	23	39	9.5
Fallen Rhea	Armored	46	59	18	40	43	9.0
Fallen Robin (M)	Armored	48	56	24	35	27	8.5
Fallen Tiki (Young)	Armored	45	52	34	37	28	9.0
Flame Tribe Múspell	Cavalry	40	59	26	41	30	9.0
Garon	Infantry	43	49	22	33	32	8.5
Halloween Corrin (F)	Infantry	40	58	45	36	30	9.5
Halloween Corrin (M)	Infantry	44	60	21	44	39	9.0
Halloween Duma	Armored	47	62	19	40	43	9.5
Halloween Kurthnaga	Infantry	45	53	27	36	35	8.5
Halloween Myrrh	Armored	46	54	23	45	34	8.0
Halloween Naga	Flying	38	56	31	35	37	8.5
Halloween Nils	Infantry	44	49	41	21	35	8.5
Halloween Rhea	Infantry	40	62	18	39	42	9.0
Halloween Robin (F)	Flying	40	56	17	37	38	9.0
Halloween Robin (M)	Armored	46	59	21	43	37	9.0
Halloween Sothis	Flying	40	52	42	31	34	9.0
Halloween Tiki (Young)	Flying	39	58	42	32	25	9.0
Idunn	Armored	45	49	26	48	40	9.0
Kana (F)	Infantry	40	46	34	33	26	8.0
Kana (M)	Infantry	40	45	33	31	29	7.5
Legendary Alear (F)	Infantry	40	52	47	33	37	9.5
Legendary Corrin (F)	Infantry	41	54	40	34	29	9.0
Legendary Fae	Infantry	40	61	28	37	41	9.0
Legendary Myrrh	Flying	40	55	25	42	36	9.0
Legendary Ninian	Cavalry	44	56	41	22	24	9.9
Legendary Robin (F)	Flying	40	48	35	30	25	8.5
Legendary Tiki (Young)	Armored	45	50	35	37	29	9.0
Lilith	Flying	39	52	44	27	30	8.5
Medeus	Infantry	40	63	18	38	43	9.5
Mila	Infantry	41	53	17	43	37	9.0
Múspell	Cavalry	40	60	19	39	37	9.0
Myrrh	Flying	42	55	28	39	34	8.5
Naga	Flying	37	49	36	33	26	8.5
Nagi	Armored	46	53	19	36	41	9.0
Nah	Infantry	44	53	25	38	32	8.0
Nifl	Cavalry	39	54	43	27	23	9.0
Nils	Infantry	45	47	35	26	28	8.5
Ninian	Infantry	42	37	33	23	27	8.0
Nowi	Infantry	45	45	27	33	27	8.0
Rearmed Robin (F)	Armored	43	57	44	35	33	9.5
Rhea	Infantry	40	60	16	42	46	9.0
Seiros	Infantry	40	61	18	37	40	9.0
Sothis	Infantry	41	50	39	32	27	9.0
Spring Idunn	Armored	46	53	26	37	41	9.0
Spring Myrrh	Flying	40	54	25	40	35	9.0
Summer Nifl	Cavalry	39	54	43	28	26	9.0
Summer Tiki (Young)	Flying	40	49	37	35	26	8.5
Tiki (Adult)	Infantry	40	51	23	35	24	7.5
Tiki (Young)	Infantry	41	47	30	32	29	8.0
Winter Fae	Armored	45	49	26	33	41	8.0
Winter Sothis	Armored	44	51	44	30	35	9.0
Ymir	Cavalry	38	59	26	35	34	9.0

Two Dragon units also possess armor-effective weapons - Idunn and Spring Idunn (Demonic Breath and Zephyr Breath respectively), so it's a good idea to build either of them up to handle Armored units.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Dragon Units

Advantage	Good overall bulk, have adaptive damage depending on enemy unit's range
Disadvantage	Suceptible to Dragon-effective weapons and Specials (like Ruptured Sky). Several units are slow and cannot counterattack from a distance without skill inheritance.

Other Countermeasures

Staff Units

Many Staff units possess skills or weapons that can be used to hinder or chip away at an Armored unit without fear of retaliation.

The combination of Wrathful Staff 3 and Dazzling Staff 3 means that they can attack without Armored units counterattacking.

Good candidates that help take out enemy Armored units include Veronica and Brave Camilla, though you can use any Staff unit that have been built.

Popular Armored Units and Counters

Brave Edelgard

Green		Axe		Armored
Base Stats
Lv. 1	HP 20	Atk 28	Spd 3	Def 13	Res 9
Lv. 40	HP 46 (46)	Atk 61 (45)	Spd 16 (16)	Def 43 (43)	Res 35 (35)
Default Skills
： Flower Hauteclere ：- ： Noontime			： Distant Ward ： Black Eagle Rule ： Joint Drive Res ：-

Brave Edelgard Builds and Best IVs

One-shotting her is recommended

Brave Edelgard is one of the best armor units currently and is able to hit hard and take out units with ease.

She can counterattack from a distance, reduce damage from units attacking her, and has surprising mobility thanks to her weapon.

Due to the mobility and firepower, she will need to be defeated in one attack.

High Spd red units packing Armorsmasher+ can take her out, though beware that she still packs a punch when she counterattacks.

Magic can also be used, with units like Valentine's Líf or Lilina.

Legendary Edelgard

Green		Axe		Armored
Base Stats
Lv. 1	HP 19	Atk 31	Spd 4	Def 13	Res 8
Lv. 40	HP 45 (45)	Atk 61 (42)	Spd 17 (17)	Def 39 (39)	Res 36 (36)
Default Skills
： Aymr ：- ： Bonfire			： Atk/Res Ideal 4 ： Raging Storm II ： Armored Stride 3 ：-

Legendary Edelgard Builds and Best IVs

The same as above applies

Edelgard's other iteration is also as strong and packs a similar amount of mobility thanks to her B and C skills.

However, her base kit does not allow her to counterattack from a distance, so she can be kited with to bring her HP down.

Like her Brave version, she can be handled in the same manner and with the same units.

Winter Sothis

Green		Green Breath		Armored
Base Stats
Lv. 1	HP 18	Atk 21	Spd 8	Def 8	Res 9
Lv. 40	HP 44 (44)	Atk 51 (35)	Spd 44 (41)	Def 30 (30)	Res 35 (35)
Default Skills
： Snow's Grace ：- ： Sirius			： Distant Counter ： Special Fighter 3 ： Threat. Atk/Res 3 ：-

Winter Sothis Builds and Best IVs

Winter Sothis herself is a Dragon unit, and thus possesses the adaptive damage that comes with her unit type.

She can counterattack from a distance due to possessing Distant Counter and her weapon neutralizes any Dragon-effective weapons.

However, she is not immune to armor-effective weapons. Take care of her high Def and Res, however, as your unit may need buffs in order to take her out.

Brave Hector

Blue		Lance		Armored
Base Stats
Lv. 1	HP 24	Atk 27	Spd 5	Def 9	Res 6
Lv. 40	HP 48 (48)	Atk 53 (37)	Spd 22 (22)	Def 39 (39)	Res 28 (28)
Default Skills
： Maltet ：- ： Ignis			： Ostian Counter ： Bold Fighter 3 ： Even Res Wave 3 ：-

Brave Hector Builds and Best IVs

Thanks to Brave Hector's weapon refine, he's become a very difficult unit to deal with.

Also able to counterattack from a distance, his high defense means that a good number of units won't be able to lay a scratch on him.

However, he is quite slow himself and does not possess the same moblity as Brave Edelgard.

Being a blue unit, he himself is weak to Brave Edelgard if you want to fight fire with fire.

A skill like Lancebreaker 3 works surprisingly well if given to a hard hitting unit like Cherche or a magic unit like Flying Nino or Lewyn.

Summary

While Armored units are powerful and can be annoying to deal with, they're not without their own weaknesses.

Investing in a good Arena team that have ways to deal with Armored units will net you a good score, and many are easily obtainable.

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