Legendary Claude Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Claude - King of Unification 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 Claude.

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

Legendary Heroes - Elincia: Undaunted Queen Featured Heroes
Fallen Chrom [9.5/10]	Legendary Hinoka [9.5/10]	Legendary Elincia [9.5/10]	Seiros [9.0/10]
Gilliam [9.0/10]	Noah [9.0/10]	Dagr [9.0/10]	Legendary Byleth (M) [9.0/10]
Ótr [9.0/10]	Legendary Claude [9.0/10]	Gotoh [9.0/10]	Fallen Maria [9.5/10]

Legendary 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 - King of Unification: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Colorless / Bow / Flying
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・An Earth-Type Legendary Hero ・Exclusive weapon with a built-in Null Follow-Up effect ・B skill grants 80% damage reduction and inflcits Gravity on enemies.

Legendary Claude Skills at 5★

Failnaught Might: 14　 Range: 2 Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Effective against flying foes. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25% grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 to unit during combat and neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks and effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks during combat.

Luna Cooldown Count = 3 Treats foe's Def/Res as if reduced by 50% during combat.

Atk/Spd Catch 4 At start of combat, if foe's HP=100% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, grants Atk/Spd+7 to unit during combat. At start of combat, if foe's HP=100% and【Penalty】is active on foe, grants an additional Atk/Spd+2 to unit during combat. 【Penalty】 All effects that last "on foe through its next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard).

Fallen Star If unit initiates combat, reduces damage from foe's first attack by 80% during combat, and after combat, grants 【Fallen Star】 to unit and inflicts 【Gravity】 on target and foes within 1 space of target. 【Fallen Star】 For 1 turn, during unit's first combat in player phase and enemy phase, reduces damage from foe's first attack by 80%.

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

Legendary Claude Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (17)		★★★☆☆
Atk (23)		★★★★☆
Spd (11)		★★★★★
Def (6)		★★☆☆☆
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/-Res

The best IVs for Legendary Claude are +Spd and -Res. A higher Spd stat allows Legendary Claude to get a ton of follow-up attacks on his foes. Additionally, his Spd is a superboon so you should take advantage of that as much as possible. It also decreases the amount of follow-up attacks he receives which is very important for his bulk as this synergizes well with Fallen Star. His Res is of less importance and thus safe to be taken as a bane.

+Spd for a +10 Merge

We recommend a +Spd IV when merging Legendary Claude to 10. This is for the same reasons as above. With this IV, he reaches 49 Spd at +10 Merges. If you prefer relying on skills to increase Claude's Spd or you think you will not be up against very fast foes, you can go for a +Atk IV instead.

Legendary Claude Best Builds

Deadeye Legendary Claude

HOT
： Failnaught ： Reposition ： Deadeye ： -	： Atk/Spd Catch 4 ： Fallen Star ： Spd/Def Rein 3 ： Atk/Spd Solo 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

Deadeye is an anti-meta weapon that counters powerful damage reduction-based units skills such as Brave Edelgard. It is pretty expensive as of early 2021 as it is only currently available from Shinion, but it allows Claude to counter very powerful units easily. If you don't like paying attention to Atk/Spd Catch 4's trigger conditions, you can get Atk/Spd Solo 4 instead.

Budget Legendary Claude

： Failnaught ： Reposition ： Luna ： -

： Atk/Spd Catch 4 ： Fallen Star ： Spd/Def Rein 3 ： Spd Smoke 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This skill simply gives Legendary Claude the standard Reposition movement-assist and a Spd Smoke 3 Sacred Seal that helps Claude widen the Spd gap he creates with his skills even further. For other Sacred Seals you can use, you can also grab Aerobatics 3 with a mixed team, or Flier Formation 3 in a Flier Emblem team composition.

Arena Legendary Claude

HOT
： Failnaught ： Harsh Command+ ： Deadeye ： -	： Atk/Spd Catch 4 ： Fallen Star ： Atk/Spd Menace ： Blade Session 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This is an Arena build with maximum scoring skills without harming performance.

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Legendary Claude Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
166
HP	41	Rank: 296/1089
Atk	37	Rank: 398/1089
Spd	41	Rank: 138/1089
Def	23	Rank: 678/1089
Res	24	Rank: 626/1089

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	46	56	46	27	28	203
Lv.40 +10	46	42	46	27	28	189

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	41	51	41	23	24	180
5★ Lv.40	41	37	41	23	24	166

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	17	23	11	6	5	62

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Wind Tribe Catria	39	45	45	25	30	184
Ninja Reina	40	43	45	24	31	183
Ninja Heath	42	43	23	40	30	178
Ninja Laegjarn	40	44	19	37	38	178
Legendary Hinoka	40	46	46	23	22	177
Rearmed Tana	40	45	47	22	23	177
Summer Elincia	38	36	40	25	33	172
Ascended Florina	39	37	43	22	31	172
New Year Dagr	40	41	42	27	22	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
New Year Fjorm	39	35	35	20	21	150
Bow Hinoka	37	32	35	17	29	150

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

Legendary Claude Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Legendary Claude Roles

Claude - King of Unification 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

Legendary 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 her Atk minus the foe's Def stat.

Legendary Effect Raises Your 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 an Earth Blessing when summoning Legendary Claude. Additionally, being an Earth type Legendary Hero means that during Earth Seasons, other allies with an Earth Blessing will receive HP+3 when they appear in battle with Claude, and Claude's total stats will be treated as 190. This will lead to a higher Arena Score.

Legendary Claude Strengths

Failnaught grants all-stat boosts and has a built-in Null Follow-Up

If Claude's HP is at least 25% HP, Failnaught grants him +5 Atk/Spd/Def/Res and the effects of Null Follow-Up! Null Follow-Up neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks and effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks during combat.

Having access to Null Follow-Up means that you do not need to worry about him not having access to Null Follow-Up 3 as a flier to deal with specific units!

It also accelerates Claude's Special trigger by 1 count!

Fallen Star grants bulk and inflicts Gravity on opponents

Due to Fallen Star's damage reduction, Claude only takes 3 damage instead of the calculated 13.

If Claude initiates an attack, he reduces the damage from the foe's first attack by 80%, which is massive. After exiting combat, it applies the 【Fallen Star】 status on him which reduces more damage in the ensuing enemy phase. This gives lots of incentive for Legendary Claude to attack every player phase so adjust your playstyle to cater to said trigger condition.

It also inflicts 【Gravity】 on his target and foes within 1 space of the target. This is a nice bonus and it can create for some interesting opportunites for kiting enemy units.

Atk/Spd Catch and Spd/Def Rein create a huge Spd gap

In addition to the effects of Failnaught, Atk/Spd Catch and Spd/Def Rein boosts Claude's in-combat stats even more!

The skill line debuting with Claude are the Catch skills. It checks for the following trigger conditions:

1. If foe's HP is 100%
2. If 【Penalty】 is active on foe.

If one of these trigger conditions are active, it grants Claude +7 Atk/Spd, and if both conditions are active it grants an additional +2 Atk/Spd. This is a total of +9 Atk/Spd.

The former condition can be easily met especially in the starting turns of combat and the latter can easily be achieved thanks to Spd/Def Rein 3's effects. Together, they make Legendary Claude very powerful in-combat epsecially when it comes to Spd. This can be seen in the picture above.

Skills synergize to make him susceptibly durable

Fallen Star only reduces damage from the foe's first attack, but it will be rare for enemies to score follow-up attacks on Claude anyway because he carries multiple tools to boost his Spd.

Summoners must not forget that Null Follow-Up is also integrated into Failnaught so no sneaky skill will allow foes to sneak a follow-up hit on Claude!

Legendary Claude Weaknesses

Fallen Star can be easily played around against by enemy players

While Fallen Star is very powerful skill, Claude needs to initiate an attack for its effects to work. Players can easily play around this by securing a first hit on Claude to try and take him down at a whim, because of this, it is not as effective when Claude is in defense teams.

Weak to bows

As a flying unit, Legendary 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

Legendary Claude Team and Counters

Teammates for Legendary Claude

Plegian Dorothea	Summer Byleth (F)	Legendary Azura	Peony
Reyson	Linhardt	Leanne	Flayn

Plegian Dorothea & other top-tier refresher assists

Legendary Claude has an absurd amount of firepower even with little investment, so with refresher-assist units, you virtually double the firepower Claude is brigining to the table. Plegian Dorothea deserves a special mention because not only can she refresh Legendary Claude, she can also do a 2nd refresh through her Harmonized Skill since they are both from the Three Houses title. Additionally, she inflicts helpful debuffs to foes regardless of how far in the back line she is. This allows Claude to do the dirty work for her. She can bring firepower if needed too!

Reyson or Leanne

Reyson and Leanne are both refresher-assist fliers that can keep up with Claude's flying movement. They also provide passive heals to keep him healthy. Heals are still important for him even with the damage reduction! This is especially important for longer maps where Legendary Claude is your main source of damage.

Flayn or Linhardt

Flayn is a great support that provides heals, movement-assist and an additional source of damage reduction for times when Claude can't set up his damage reduction or for situations when he will get attacked multiple times.

Linhardt on the other hand can provide heals and he can also dish out massive AoE damage when built correctly! Combine that with Claude's Gravity and you can dismantle many different lineups with the both of them.

Summer Byleth (F)

A great offensive partner to Legendary Claude as she is a flier, and a magic user. She can cover the matchups that have high Def stats. Additonally, she can grant a Desperation effect through her Duo Skill for Legendary Claude whenever that is useful.

Legendary Claude Counters

Plegian Dorothea	Legendary Azura	Legendary Chrom	New Year Peony
Shamir	Legendary Leif	Shinon	Brave Claude

Shinon and other high-powered bow units

Shinon's Deadeye is the bane of Legendary Claude and it can take him out once activated. The fact that this can be inherited onto other high-powered units is bad news too! This makes the other high-powered bow units very deadly against Claude. The reason why Deadeye is a counter to Claude is it ignores the damage reduction provided by Fallen Star. This is Claude's main defense mechanism, and without it, he is very squishy.

On the other hand, bow units with very high mobility and reach such as Legendary Chrom, and Legendary Leif pose a big threat to Legendary Claude if the Summoner is not careful. If Claude fails to attack and deploy his damage reduction, these guys can easily take him out. On defense, these guys can also dive in if he is not protected.

Brave Claude, and Legendary Claude are also great matchups against him. It depends on who gets to whom first. Claude needs to initiate an attack to be untouchable, and if he fails, he is in trouble.

New Year Peony and other refresher-assist units

Since Fallen Star's damage reduction only works for the first phase of battle in the enemy phase, refresher-assists pose a threat to Legendary Claude as it allows the most powerful units from their team to launch a second attack against Legendary Claude.

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Legendary Claude - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Iron Bow	4	2	Effective against flying units.	5★
Steel Bow	6	2	Effective against flying units.	5★
Silver Bow	9	2	Effective against flying units.	5★
Failnaught	14	2	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Effective against flying foes. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25% grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 to unit during combat and neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks and effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks during combat.	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★
Luna	(Cooldown Count = 3) Treats foe's Def/Res as if reduced by 50% during combat.	5★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Atk/Spd Catch 1	At start of combat, if foe’s HP = 100% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, grants Atk/Spd+3 to unit during combat. 【Penalty】 All effects that last "on foe through its next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard).	5★
Atk/Spd Catch 2	At start of combat, if foe’s HP = 100% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, grants Atk/Spd+4 to unit during combat. 【Penalty】 All effects that last "on foe through its next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard).	5★
Atk/Spd Catch 3	At start of combat, if foe’s HP = 100% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, grants Atk/Spd+5 to unit during combat. 【Penalty】 All effects that last "on foe through its next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard).	5★
Atk/Spd Catch 4	At start of combat, if foe's HP=100% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, grants Atk/Spd+7 to unit during combat. At start of combat, if foe's HP=100% and【Penalty】is active on foe, grants an additional Atk/Spd+2 to unit during combat. 【Penalty】 All effects that last "on foe through its next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard).	5★
Fallen Star	If unit initiates combat, reduces damage from foe's first attack by 80% during combat, and after combat, grants 【Fallen Star】 to unit and inflicts 【Gravity】 on target and foes within 1 space of target. 【Fallen Star】 For 1 turn, during unit's first combat in player phase and enemy phase, reduces damage from foe's first attack by 80%.	5★
Spd/Def Rein 1	Inflicts Spd/Def-2 on foes within 2 spaces during combat.	5★
Spd/Def Rein 2	Inflicts Spd/Def-3 on foes within 2 spaces during combat.	5★
Spd/Def Rein 3	Inflicts Spd/Def-4 on foes within 2 spaces during combat.	5★

Legendary Claude as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★★

Inheriting Atk/Spd Catch 4, or Spd/Def Rein 3

Legendary Claude can be used to inherit the skills Atk/Spd Catch 4 or Spd/Def Rein 3. However, Legendary Claude is a very powerful Legendary Hero who can lead your team in the Arena, please think carefully before fodderring him off.

As of 2/2021, Atk/Spd Catch 4 has more inheritance value than Spd/Def Rein 3. Please keep this in mind when considering to fodder off Claude.

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

How to Get Legendary Claude

Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

Legendary Claude 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)	Joe Zieja
Illustrator	azu - taro
Appears In	Fire Emblem: Three Houses

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Fallen Chrom [9.5/10]	Legendary Hinoka [9.5/10]	Legendary Elincia [9.5/10]	Seiros [9.0/10]
Gilliam [9.0/10]	Noah [9.0/10]	Dagr [9.0/10]	Legendary Byleth (M) [9.0/10]
Ótr [9.0/10]	Legendary Claude [9.0/10]	Gotoh [9.0/10]	Fallen Maria [9.5/10]

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