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Fallen Edelgard Builds and Best IVs

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This is a ranking page for the hero Edelgard - Hegemon Husk 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 Fallen Edelgard.

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Edelgard - Hegemon Husk Icon Fallen Edelgard

Fallen Edelgard Rating and Basic Information

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Overall Rating 9.0/10
Reroll Ranking (excluding Inherit Skill) A
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Ranking (including Inherit Skill) A
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Edelgard - Hegemon Husk: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type
Rarity
What Kind of Character Are They? ・Edelgard and her foes cannot make follow-up attacks
・Granted another action after Edelgard initiates an attack
・Access to 40% damage reduction through exclusive B skill

Fallen Edelgard Skills at 5★


Might: 14  Range: 1
(Cooldown count-1). At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Atk/Def-6 on foe during combat and unit and foe both cannot make a follow-up attack, and also, if unit initiates combat while transformed, grants another action to unit after combat. (Once per turn.) At start of turn, if unit is adjacent only to beast or dragon allies or if unit is not adjacent to any ally, unit transforms (otherwise, unit reverts). If unit transforms, grants Atk+2 and grants a Distant Counter effect.

Cooldown Count = 3
Boosts damage dealt by 50% of unit’s Def.

At start of combat, if unit's HP = 100% or if 【Bonus】 is active on unit, grants Atk/Def+7 to unit during combat. At start of combat, if unit's HP = 100% and 【Bonus】 is active on unit, grants an additional Atk/Def+2 to unit during combat.

At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Special cooldown charge +1 to unit, inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack during combat (only highest value applied; does not stack) and restores 7 HP to unit after combat.
During unit's first combat in player phase or enemy phase, at start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25% while transformed, reduces damage from foe's first attack by 40%.

At start of turn. If unit is not adjacent to an ally, unit can move 1 extra space. (That turn only. Does not stack.)

Fallen Edelgard Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat Superboon/Superbane IV Recommendation
HP (21) Normal HP ★★★☆☆
Atk (26) Attack Boon ★★★★★
Spd (4) Spd Boon ★☆☆☆☆
Def (11) Def Bane ★★★★☆
Res (9) Res Boon ★★★★☆

◯ = Stat gains +4 with a superboon, ✕= Stat goes down by -4 with a superbane, - = No assets or flaws

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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.

+Atk/-Spd

The best IVs for Fallen Edelgard are +Atk and -Spd. Fallen Edelgard is built in a way that she does not need Spd at all. Thanks to her heals damage reduction effects, her best course of action when it comes to IVs is to just improve her offenses! Having said that, taking a Spd bane is the best because it is nigh useless to Fallen Edelgard.

It is also a superboon so you should take advantage of it as much as possible.

+Atk for a +10 Merge

We recommend a +Atk IV when merging Edelgard to 10. This is for the same reasons as above and at this point, she will reach 64 Atk. You can also take a +Res IV if you need more bulk against Raven tomes.

Fallen Edelgard Best Builds

Budget Fallen Edelgard

Assist Skill IconSwap
Special Skill IconBonfire
Emblem Icon: -
Attuned Skill Icon: -

How to Use, Explanation

A budget build for Fallen Edelgard. With Mystic Boost 3 as her Sacred Seal, she gains sustain and also disables skills that calculate between her lower Def or Res as well as Wrathful Staff users.

Galeforce Follow-Up Fallen Edelgard

HOT
Assist Skill IconPivot
Special Skill IconGaleforce
Emblem Icon: -
Attuned Skill Icon: -

How to Use, Explanation

This build uses Fallen Edelgard as a follow-up unit who warps in after an initiator ally gets into the Wings of Mercy range. Fatal Smoke 4 prevents foes from triggering non-Special Miracle effects, which slow down Galeforce clears. Atk/Spd Wild provides Atk bonuses and Special acceleration in combat, which is sufficient for this build's needs despite the Spd being wasted. Atk/Def Wild would be a better option once it is released.

Near Save Fallen Edelgard

HOT
Assist Skill IconPivot
Emblem Icon: -
Attuned Skill Icon: -

How to Use, Explanation

Fallen Edelgard has fallen off the metagame as an offensive unit, and as such, has to rely on a Near Save build to be relevant. Weaving Fighter provides better damage reduction than Armored Wall and works well with the Special Fighter Sacred Seal.

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Fallen Edelgard Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
184
HP
HP 45 45
Rank: 107/1184
Atk
Atk 42 42
Rank: 279/1184
Spd
Spd 14 14
Rank: 1169/1184
Def
Def 44 44
Rank: 43/1184
Res
Res 39 39
Rank: 115/1184

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

HP Atk Spd Def Res Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses 50 61 18 49 43 221
Lv.40 +10 50 47 18 49 43 207

HP Atk Spd Def Res Total
+HP
Lv.40 +10
52 46 18 48 43 207
+Atk
Lv.40 +10
49 50 18 48 43 208
+Spd
Lv.40 +10
49 46 22 48 43 208
+Def
Lv.40 +10
49 46 18 51 43 207
+Res
Lv.40 +10
49 46 18 48 47 208

Stats at Lv 40

HP Atk Spd Def Res Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills 45 56 14 44 39 198
5★ Lv.40 45 42 14 44 39 184

Initial Stats (with Skills)

HP Atk Spd Def Res Total
5★ Lv.1 21 26 4 11 9 71

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero
HP
Atk
Spd
Def
Res
Total
50 49 17 48 43 207
50 48 17 44 48 207
49 47 16 49 46 207
46 44 15 46 44 195
Fallen Edelgard Icon Fallen Edelgard
45 42 14 44 39 184
47 37 23 37 30 174

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

Fallen Edelgard Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Fallen Edelgard Roles

Edelgard - Hegemon Husk Roles
Close Physical Attack ImageClose-Physical Ranged Physical AttackRanged-Physical Close Magic AttackClose-Magic Ranged MagicRanged-Magic
Physical Wall ImagePhysical Wall Magic Wall ImageMagic Wall Effective ImageEffective Weapon Movement Assist ImageMovement Assist
Exclusive Skill ImageExclusive Skill All Range Counterattack ImageAll-Range Counter RecoveryRecovery No Refresher ImageRefresher
No Legendary Hero ImageLegendary No Mythic Hero ImageMythic No Duo and Harmonized ImageDuo /
Harmonized
No Resplendent ImageResplendent

Fallen Edelgard is a close physical attacker (range = 1). Therefore, when not accounting for the Weapon Triangle, the amount of damage she deals will be equivalent to her Atk minus the foe's Def stat.

Fallen Edelgard Strengths

Can counterattack from any range while transformed

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With her exclusive skill Twin-Crest Power, Fallen Edelgard gains Atk +2 when transformed and the ability to counterattack from any range. She will inflicts Atk/Def-6 at the start of combat if her HP is ≥ 25%, meaning that she can tank enemy attacks and then destroy them with a counter.

She will also gain the ability to take another action after combat at the cost of her not being being able to perform a follow-up attack.

This makes her extremely powerful as she can possibly take out several units on a map if utilized correctly.

Can reduce damage through Armored Wall

Fallen Edelgard's B skill, Armored Wall, not only gives her survivability by healing her after combat, but also reduces damage from an enemy unit's first attack by 40% if it's her first combat on the player phase or enemy phase.

Massive firepower thanks to Atk/Def Ideal 4

Atk/Def Ideal 4 gives Fallen Edelgard Atk/Def+7 if her HP is 100% or if she has a bonus on her (with an additional Atk/Spd+2 if both conditions are met).

Thanks to the bonuses from Twin-Crest Power and the heals from Armored Wall, you can achieve both of these trigger conditions easily.

This will be a total of +9 Atk/Spd.

Armored Stride increases mobility

Fallen Edelgard's C skill, Armored Stride 3, allows her to move an extra space if no allies are adjacent to her.

It is much easier to trigger than the other armored mobility skill, Armor March 3 that requires another armored unit to be adjacent to the user. It is very easy to trigger and it allows Fallen Edelhard to move like an infantry unit while boasting the high stats of an armored unit.

Fallen Edelgard Weaknesses

Weak to effective weapons

Fallen Edelgard will take additional damage from armor, colorless, or beast effective weapons, which can be fatal. She does not have to worry about triangle disadvantage, but be sure to keep her away from enemies with weapons that are effective on her.

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Fallen Edelgard Team and Counters

Teammates for Fallen Edelgard

Ninian IconNinian Naga IconNaga Seiros IconSeiros Myrrh IconMyrrh
Fallen Robin (M) IconFallen Robin (M) Reyson IconReyson Nagi IconNagi Legendary Corrin (F) IconLegendary Corrin (F)

Full Dragon or Beast Teams

Putting Fallen Edelgard into a full Dragon or Beast team will guarantee that she's transformed on Turn 1 and gains access to her Distant Counter effect.

In a full armored Dragon or Beast team, she'll also gain access to buffs such as Hone Armor to activate the effects of her Atk/Def Ideal 4. Alternatively, you can opt to not put her in an armored team and use units that have buffs such as Fortify Beasts or Hone Beasts.

Fallen Edelgard Counters

Lyon IconLyon Byleth (F) IconByleth (F) Byleth (M) IconByleth (M) Summer Byleth (F) IconSummer Byleth (F)
Fallen Dimitri IconFallen Dimitri Cecilia IconCecilia Veronica IconVeronica Bridal Micaiah IconBridal Micaiah

Units With Null Follow-Up 3

Fallen Mareeta IconFallen Mareeta Duo Eirika IconDuo Eirika Fallen Corrin (M) IconFallen Corrin (M) New Year Velouria IconNew Year Velouria
Hilda IconHilda Shamir IconShamir Asbel IconAsbel Legendary Alm IconLegendary Alm

Units with enough investment and possess Null Follow-Up 3 as skills or weapon effects are also effective against Fallen Edelgard, as they'll be able to bypass her weapon's effect.

This is especially potent if paired with Windsweep 3 or similar effects. Summer Byleth (F) will be a tough opponent for her because of this combination.

Units with Fatal Smoke 3

ValentineValentine's Líf Legendary Sigurd IconLegendary Sigurd

Due to the healing that Fallen Edelgard has in her kit and because of the Mystic Boost 3 build, units that have Fatal Smoke 3 will be extremely useful in taking her down.

You may need to inherit the skill to another unit (preferably any of the Windsweep 3 or Null Follow-Up 3 users) as Legendary Sigurd and Valentine's Líf may not survive her counterattack.

However, there is a chance that either may be able to defeat her if they are heavily invested in - since both units have guaranteed follow-up attacks that Fallen Edelgard will cancel out, they need to win the speed check to be able to double her.

Fallen Dimitri's Vengeful Lance Effect Will Deal Damage to Her

Fallen Dimitri's Vengeful Lance states that if he has more Atk than his foe's Def and he cannot make a follow-up attack, he will deal damage = 50% of his Atk minus his foe's Def.

This mean that if Fallen Dimitri's Atk is high enough, he will be dealing massive amounts of damage to her and due to the effects of Murderous Lion, Fallen Edelgard will be unable to counterattack.

Raventome Users

Henry IconHenry Lyon IconLyon Sophia IconSophia Robin (M) IconRobin (M)
Boey IconBoey Cecilia IconCecilia Robin (F) IconRobin (F) Fallen Lyon IconFallen Lyon

Heavily invested raventome users or units that are effective against colorless will be able to go up against Fallen Edelgard as she is a colorless unit without an effect that cancels this out.

Having colorless-effective weapons may not be enough firepower, so these units may also need Triangle Adept 3 to boost their kill potential.

Dazzling-Wrathful Units

Genny IconGenny Maribelle IconMaribelle Winter Eirika IconWinter Eirika Bridal Fjorm IconBridal Fjorm
Brave Camilla IconBrave Camilla Silque IconSilque Flayn IconFlayn Sara IconSara

Staff units with the Dazzling-Wrathful combination will also be able to chip away at Fallen Edelgard's health, as she will be unable to counterattack.

They may not be able to defeat her outright on Turn 1, but they may be able to chip her HP low enough for her kit's strict HP threshold to not activate and another unit can finish her off.

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Fallen Edelgard - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name Might Range Effect Learned At
14 1 (Cooldown count-1). At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Atk/Def-6 on foe during combat and unit and foe both cannot make a follow-up attack, and also, if unit initiates combat while transformed, grants another action to unit after combat. (Once per turn.) At start of turn, if unit is adjacent only to beast or dragon allies or if unit is not adjacent to any ally, unit transforms (otherwise, unit reverts). If unit transforms, grants Atk+2 and grants a Distant Counter effect. 5★

Assists

This Hero has no Assist skills that can be learned.

Specials

Skill Name Effect Learned At
(Cooldown Count = 4) Boosts damage dealt by 50% of unit’s Def. 5★
(Cooldown Count = 3) Boosts damage dealt by 50% of unit’s Def. 5★

Passives

Skill Name Effect Learned At
At start of combat, if unit's HP = 100% or if 【Bonus】 is active on unit, grants Atk/Def+3 to unit during combat. 5★
At start of combat, if unit's HP = 100% or if 【Bonus】 is active on unit, grants Atk/Def+4 to unit during combat. 5★
At start of combat, if unit's HP = 100% or if 【Bonus】 is active on unit, grants Atk/Def+5 to unit during combat. 5★
At start of combat, if unit's HP = 100% or if 【Bonus】 is active on unit, grants Atk/Def+7 to unit during combat. At start of combat, if unit's HP = 100% and 【Bonus】 is active on unit, grants an additional Atk/Def+2 to unit during combat. 5★
At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Special cooldown charge +1 to unit, inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack during combat (only highest value applied; does not stack) and restores 7 HP to unit after combat.
During unit's first combat in player phase or enemy phase, at start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25% while transformed, reduces damage from foe's first attack by 40%.
5★
At start of turn, if unit's HP = 100% and unit is not adjacent to an ally, unit can move 1 extra space. (That turn only. Does not stack.) 5★
At start of turn, if unit's HP ≥ 50% and unit is not adjacent to an ally, unit can move 1 extra space. (That turn only. Does not stack.) 5★
At start of turn. If unit is not adjacent to an ally, unit can move 1 extra space. (That turn only. Does not stack.) 5★

Fallen Edelgard as a Source Hero

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Value of Skills ★★★★★

Inheriting Atk/Def Ideal 4 or Armored Stride 3

Fallen Edelgard can be used to inherit Atk/Def Ideal 4 and Armored Stride 3. However, Fallen Edelgard is a very powerful hero. Please think carefully before fodderring her off

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How to Get Fallen Edelgard

Obtain Through Regular Summon

Fallen Edelgard 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)
Tara Platt
Illustrator Clover.K
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13 Anonymous6 months

Look how they massacred my boy

12 Anonymousabout 1 year

Nowadays she is not as good what people think off. I usually defeat her in enemy phase with Legendary Edelgard, without much issues.... I think she needs some sort of refine or [ + ] treatment for her exclusive skill or weapon.

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