How to Make the Best Cavalry Party

This is a guide on how to make the best cavalry party in Fire Emblem Heroes (FEH). To know the pros and cons of making an all-cavalry party and which cavalry units are the best to use, read on!

Features of the Best Cavalry Party

The Strengths of a Cavalry Party

Can move up to 3 spaces

The biggest asset of cavalry units is that they can move up to 3 spaces.

This is a huge advantage, as they can quickly cross the map to take out units. This is extremely powerful in the case of ranged units, as their reach is far.

The Weaknesses of a Cavalry Party

Weak to Cavalry Effective Weapons

Cavalry units take 1.5x damage from cavalry-effective weapons like Ridersbane or a Wolf weapon like Rauðrwolf+.

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Cannot Cross Certain Terrain

Cavalry units cannot cross rivers, forests, or mountains, and their movement is limited to one space when moving through trenches.

Do Not Score High in Arena

With the exception of a few units and using skills like R Duel Cavalry 4, cavalry units are the lowest scoring units in the game.

That means that even if you do merge and build them, they won't score as high as flying, infantry, or armored units.

Points Regarding Forming the Best Cavalry Party

Have one unit of each color

When organizing a party, it's important to have units of different colors.

This ensures your party can defeat different types of enemy units of different attributes.

Use dedicated cavalry skills

There are several skills that cavalry can use to buff either themselves and their allies, or make themselves tougher to defeat.

Ward Cavalry Grants Def/Res+4 to cavalry allies within 2 spaces during combat.

Hone Cavalry At start of turn, grants Atk/Spd+6 to adjacent cavalry allies for 1 turn.

Goad Cavalry Grants Atk/Spd+4 to cavalry allies within 2 spaces during combat.

Fortify Cavalry At start of turn, grants Def/Res+6 to adjacent cavalry allies for 1 turn.

These skills synergize very well in an all-dragon party, as they increase their overall durability and firepower.

Examples of the Best Cavalry Party

Recommended Cavalry Party Example

Unit	Build
Reinhardt	: Dire Thunder : Reposition : Luna	: Death Blow 4 : Lancebreaker 3 : Res Smoke 3 : Death Blow 3
Cecilia	: Tome of Order (Eff Eefine) : Reposition : Luna	: Triangle Adept 3 : Bowbreaker 3 : Goad Cavalry : Attack +3
Masquerade Sigurd	: Gilt Goblet : Dance : Iceberg	: Close Counter : Wings of Mercy 3 : Hone Cavalry : Quick Riposte 3
Brave Lyn	: Brave Bow+ : Reposition : Luna	: Swift Sparrow 3 : Sacae's Blessing : Fortify Cavalry : Swift Sparrow 2

This party boasts extremely high firepower, with Reinhardt and Brave Lyn able to clear entire maps by themselves.

Cecilia here is built to be able to take out colorless and blue units, making full use of her weapon refine.

Masquerade Sigurd is currently the game's only cavalry dancer, which is a huge asset.

Recommended Cavalry Units

Recommended Cavalry Units Quick Reference Table

Red	Blue	Green	Colorless
Hríd	Reinhardt	Cecilia	Veronica
Legendary Seliph	Petrine	Gunnthrá	Brave Lyn
Masquerade Sigurd	Legendary Ephraim	Lex	Legendary Leif
Reginn	Ursula	Pirate Veronica	Summer Mia

Hríd

Red		Sword		Cavalry
Base Stats
Lv. 1	HP 19	Atk 26	Spd 4	Def 12	Res 4
Lv. 40	HP 41 (41)	Atk 56 (37)	Spd 17 (17)	Def 36 (36)	Res 26 (26)
Default Skills
： Gjöll ：- ： Moonbow			： Distant Counter ： Freezing Seal II ： Atk/Def Menace ：-

Hríd Builds and Best IVs

Hríd's weapon gives him a guaranteed follow-up attack when his foe has a debuff on them, and also prevent them from doing a follow-up attack.

His Prf B Skill also applies a debuff at the start of the turn so you know that he will be able to double at least one unit on the enemy team.

Legendary Seliph

Red		Sword		Cavalry
Base Stats
Lv. 1	HP 19	Atk 27	Spd 4	Def 9	Res 7
Lv. 40	HP 41 (41)	Atk 57 (41)	Spd 17 (17)	Def 37 (37)	Res 29 (26)
Default Skills
： Virtuous Tyrfing ：- ： Ignis			： Distant Ferocity ： Holy War's End II ： Joint Hone Def ：-

Legendary Seliph Builds and Best IVs

Legendary Seliph is a powerful unit, with his weapon being able to give him sustainability by healing him after combat and also inflicting -6 to his foe's Atk and Def if his HP is < 100%.

His Prf B skill also makes it so he can do a follow-up attack before the enemy unit can make thir own.

Masquerade Sigurd

Red		Red Tome		Cavalry
Base Stats
Lv. 1	HP 16	Atk 25	Spd 3	Def 3	Res 7
Lv. 40	HP 38 (38)	Atk 55 (38)	Spd 18 (18)	Def 16 (16)	Res 37 (37)
Default Skills
： Gilt Goblet ： Dance ：-			： Atk/Res Bond 4 ： Lull Atk/Res 3 ： Joint Hone Res ：-

Masquerade Sigurd Builds and Best IVs

Masquerade Sigurd is a coveted unit, as he is currently the only cavalry dancer in the game.

His weapon reduces damage from enemy units and his Duo skill moves all allies adjacent to him to his opposite side.

He's a big asset to have on a cavalry team as his status as a dancer grants his allies another action.

Reginn

Red		Sword		Cavalry
Base Stats
Lv. 1	HP 16	Atk 26	Spd 13	Def 8	Res 5
Lv. 40	HP 38 (38)	Atk 52 (36)	Spd 43 (40)	Def 30 (30)	Res 24 (24)
Default Skills
： Lyngheiðr ：- ： Seiðr Shell+			： Swift Sparrow 3 ： Lull Spd/Def 3 ： Panic Smoke 4 ：-

Reginn Builds and Best IVs

Reginn is a powerful unit, with her weapon granting her movement again after she has done certain actions, Atk/Spd+6 during combat, and reducing damage taken from enemy units.

Her Special also increases her firepower, as it boosts her damage by an additional 15, and also calculates damage using an enemy unit's Def or Res, whichever is lower.

Reinhardt

Blue		Blue Tome		Cavalry
Base Stats
Lv. 1	HP 16	Atk 17	Spd 1	Def 5	Res 8
Lv. 40	HP 38 (38)	Atk 41 (32)	Spd 18 (23)	Def 27 (27)	Res 25 (25)
Default Skills
： Dire Thunder ：- ： Blazing Thunder			：- ： Vantage 3 ： Goad Cavalry ：-

Reinhardt Builds and Best IVs

Reinhardt is one of the most powerful cavalry units in the game, with high Atk and a weapon that allows him to attack twice.

Giving him Death Blow 4 on his A slot and Death Blow 3 as a Sacred Seal allows him to take out a variety of enemy units, some of which are even green!

Petrine

Blue		Lance		Cavalry
Base Stats
Lv. 1	HP 18	Atk 25	Spd 12	Def 8	Res 5
Lv. 40	HP 42 (42)	Atk 51 (35)	Spd 40 (37)	Def 30 (30)	Res 24 (24)
Default Skills
： Flame Lance ：- ： Ignis			： Atk/Spd Push 3 ：- ： Threat. Atk/Def 2 ：-

Petrine Builds and Best IVs

Petrine's weapon is unique in that it if Petrine's HP is ≥ 50%, it calculates damage using foe's Res, and inflicts Spd/Res-5 on foe during combat.

That makes her weapon like a breath skill and can be used to take out units with extremely low Res.

Legendary Ephraim

Blue		Lance		Cavalry
Base Stats
Lv. 1	HP 19	Atk 29	Spd 5	Def 9	Res 3
Lv. 40	HP 43 (43)	Atk 55 (36)	Spd 27 (27)	Def 33 (33)	Res 18 (18)
Default Skills
： Flame Siegmund ：- ： Sol			： Atk/Def Solo 4 ： Solar Brace II ： Fortify Def 3 ：-

Legendary Ephraim Builds and Best IVs

Legendary Ephraim's weapon gives him a guaranteed follow-up attack and his Prf B skill heals him.

Because of his insanely high attack, he can be a good candidate to give Galeforce and Heavy Blade 4 to so he can take out multiple units in one turn.

Ursula

Blue		Blue Tome		Cavalry
Base Stats
Lv. 1	HP 16	Atk 17	Spd 8	Def 4	Res 8
Lv. 40	HP 35 (35)	Atk 43 (29)	Spd 32 (32)	Def 19 (19)	Res 30 (30)
Default Skills
： Blue-Crow Tome ：- ： Growing Thunder			： Death Blow 3 ：- ： Threaten Res 3 ：-

Ursula Builds and Best IVs

Ursula's comes with her own cavalry-effective weapon, and with her high Res, can take out other cavalry mages, the most notable being Reinhardt.

Cecilia

Green		Green Tome		Cavalry
Base Stats
Lv. 1	HP 17	Atk 19	Spd 6	Def 5	Res 7
Lv. 40	HP 36 (36)	Atk 49 (32)	Spd 25 (25)	Def 22 (22)	Res 29 (29)
Default Skills
： Tome of Order ： Rally Resistance ：-			： Attack +3 ： Escape Route 3 ：- ：-

Cecilia Builds and Best IVs

Cecilia is more or less the same as Ursula, with the addition of her weapon also giving weapon triangle-advantage over colorless enemy-units.

If built well she can take out other powerful units like Legendary Alm and Summer Mia.

Gunnthrá

Green		Green Tome		Cavalry
Base Stats
Lv. 1	HP 15	Atk 21	Spd 9	Def 6	Res 9
Lv. 40	HP 37 (37)	Atk 42 (31)	Spd 33 (33)	Def 19 (19)	Res 33 (25)
Default Skills
： Blizzard ：- ： Glacies			： Atk/Res Solo 4 ： Chilling Seal II ： Res Ploy 3 ：-

Gunnthrá Builds and Best IVs

Gunnthrá's B Skill inflicts -6 on enemy units' Atk and Spdif they have the lowest Def at the start of the turn. If several units are tied for the lowest Def, all of them will collectively get the debuff.

She can be built as a support that carries around various debuff skills, and take advantage of said debuffs because her weapon grants her bonuses to her Atk equaling to the total debuffs her foe has.

Lex

Green		Axe		Cavalry
Base Stats
Lv. 1	HP 21	Atk 19	Spd 1	Def 15	Res 0
Lv. 40	HP 45 (45)	Atk 47 (36)	Spd 25 (30)	Def 43 (38)	Res 14 (19)
Default Skills
： Goddess Axe ： Reposition ：-			： Atk/Def Push 3 ：- ： Axe Experience 3 ：-

Lex Builds and Best IVs

Lex is unique that he is a Prf weapon even though he's a 4★. That means he's easy to obtain and build, and his weapon allows him to attack twice.

Pirate Veronica

Green		Axe		Cavalry
Base Stats
Lv. 1	HP 19	Atk 25	Spd 4	Def 8	Res 7
Lv. 40	HP 38 (38)	Atk 55 (39)	Spd 19 (19)	Def 36 (36)	Res 29 (29)
Default Skills
： Gate-Anchor Axe ：- ： Bonfire			： Atk/Def Solo 4 ： Lull Atk/Def 3 ： Atk/Def Gap 3 ：-

Pirate Veronica Builds and Best IVs

Pirate Veronica's weapon accelerates her Special trigger and if she's not adjacent to any ally, will give herself Def/Res+5 and inflict Def/Res-5 on the enemy unit she's attacking.

She'll also make a guaranteed follow-up attack, so she can one-shot a lot of enemy units due to her high Atk.

Her Harmonized skill makes it so that enemy units cannot make follow-up attacks for the turn when it's activated.

Veronica

Colorless		Staff		Cavalry
Base Stats
Lv. 1	HP 17	Atk 8	Spd 10	Def 4	Res 4
Lv. 40	HP 36 (36)	Atk 46 (32)	Spd 36 (36)	Def 21 (21)	Res 19 (19)
Default Skills
： Hliðskjálf ： Recover+ ： Windfire Balm+			：- ： Wrathful Staff 3 ： Close Guard 3 ：-

Veronica Builds and Best IVs

Veronica, despite being a staff unit, is very powerful.

Her high Atk and Spd can actually defeat a lot of enemy units, and her weapon allows her to attack with safety as foes cannot counterattack.

Brave Lyn

Colorless		Bow		Cavalry
Base Stats
Lv. 1	HP 16	Atk 21	Spd 12	Def 5	Res 6
Lv. 40	HP 35 (35)	Atk 47 (33)	Spd 38 (35)	Def 18 (18)	Res 28 (28)
Default Skills
： Mulagir ：- ： Draconic Aura			： Swift Sparrow 2 ： Sacae's Blessing ：- ：-

Brave Lyn Builds and Best IVs

Brave Lyn's Prf B skill allows her to attack physical melee units safely as even with a Distant Counter effect they cannot counterattack.

Her weapon, on the other hand, neutralizes any buffs from ranged units and will grant her Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 if her Spd is higher.

Legendary Leif

Colorless		Bow		Cavalry
Base Stats
Lv. 1	HP 18	Atk 17	Spd 0	Def 7	Res 8
Lv. 40	HP 40 (40)	Atk 47 (38)	Spd 17 (22)	Def 29 (29)	Res 27 (27)
Default Skills
： Meisterbogen ：- ： Njörun's Zeal II			： Atk/Res Push 4 ： S Drink ： Joint Drive Atk ：-

Legendary Leif Builds and Best IVs

Legendary Leif's weapon allows him to attack twice and prevent enemy units from making a follow-up attack.

His Special, however, is very powerful. It grants him another action after combat, though it restricts him to only move 1 space.

This allows Leif to either defeat another unit or move to safety after his Special triggers.

Summer Mia

Colorless		Dagger		Cavalry
Base Stats
Lv. 1	HP 16	Atk 21	Spd 11	Def 4	Res 6
Lv. 40	HP 38 (38)	Atk 49 (35)	Spd 41 (41)	Def 17 (17)	Res 25 (25)
Default Skills
： Summer Strikers ： Reposition ：-			： Swift Sparrow 3 ： Spd/Def Snag 3 ： Atk/Spd Gap 3 ：-

Summer Mia Builds and Best IVs

Summer Mia's weapon accelerates her Special trigger, gives her Atk/Spd+5, and reduces damage from enemy units.

This makes her able to one-shot a vast majority of enemy units. This is further boosted by her Harmonized skill, which gives her an additional Atk/Spd+4 when used.

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