Salem: Dark Sage Infernal Guide and Recommended Team (Grand Hero Battle)｜Fire Emblem Heroes

This is a guide to clearing the Infernal and Lunatic maps for Salem: Dark Sage in Fire Emblem Heroes (FEH). To see strategy for defeating Salem: Dark Sage, enemy information, as well as the best units and party to use, read on!

Salem: Dark Sage Strategy Overview

Obtainable Unit	Salem
Recommended Level	Lv.40
Difficulty	Infernal Lunatic Hard
Conditions	Condition 1: All 4 units must survive. Condition 2: You cannot use Light's Blessing
Dates Active	03/19/2022-03/25/2022

Initial Unit Placement

Infernal	Lunatic

Infernal Enemy Information

A Salem		HP 68		Atk 54		Spd 39		Def 20		Res 45
		： Rauðrvulture+ ：- ： Glacies					： Atk/Res Push 4 ： Sabotage Atk 3 ： Fatal Smoke 3 ：- ：-
B Axe Fighter		HP 66		Atk 54		Spd 41		Def 10		Res 28
		： Slaying Hammer+ ：- ： Glimmer					： Fury 4 ： Vantage 3 ： Savage Blow 3 ：- ：-
C Cleric		HP 46		Atk 42		Spd 34		Def 29		Res 46
		： Melancholy+ ： Recover+ ： Fireflood Balm+					： Fort. Def/Res 2 ： Chill Res 3 ： Close Guard 3 ：- ：-
D Thief		HP 56		Atk 46		Spd 45		Def 21		Res 37
		： Rogue Dagger+ ：- ： Luna					： Sturdy Impact ： Poison Strike 3 ： Distant Guard 3 ：- ：-
E Blue Mage		HP 54		Atk 56		Spd 47		Def 17		Res 28
		： Blárfox+ ：- ： Moonbow					： Life and Death 4 ： Null Follow-Up 3 ： Panic Smoke 3 ：- ：-
F Sword Flier		HP 57		Atk 49		Spd 38		Def 26		Res 39
		： Unbound Blade+ ：- ： Iceberg					： Swift Sparrow 2 ： Drag Back ： Atk Smoke 3 ：- ：-

Lunatic Enemy Information

A Salem		HP 57		Atk 50		Spd 36		Def 18		Res 38
		： Rauðrvulture+ ：- ： Glacies					： Atk/Res Push 3 ： Sabotage Atk 3 ： Fatal Smoke 3 ：- ：-
B Axe Fighter		HP 55		Atk 50		Spd 37		Def 36		Res 25
		： Slaying Hammer+ ：- ： Glimmer					： Fury 3 ： Vantage 3 ： Savage Blow 3 ：- ：-
C Thief		HP 46		Atk 38		Spd 41		Def 17		Res 37
		： Rogue Dagger+ ：- ： Luna					： Sturdy Blow 2 ： Poison Strike 3 ： Distant Guard 3 ：- ：-
D Blue Mage		HP 44		Atk 51		Spd 40		Def 15		Res 25
		： Blárfox+ ：- ： Moonbow					： Life and Death 3 ： Null Follow-Up 3 ： Panic Smoke 3 ：- ：-
E Sword Flier		HP 44		Atk 44		Spd 35		Def 23		Res 36
		： Unbound Blade+ ：- ： Iceberg					： Swift Sparrow 2 ： Drag Back ： Atk Smoke 3 ：- ：-

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Salem: Dark Sage Strategy

Use Save Skills or Tanks

Tanky units with Save skills are going to help to take out the enemies, keeping your more fragile units safe.

By placing a tanky unit that can retaliate against both melee and ranged foes on the space below the left tree (marked with an orange circle in the map images above), they can tank all the enemies on the map and defeat them during enemy phase.

Said tanky unit would perform better with support units to aid it in battle!

Alternatively, Use Hit and Run Tactics

Enemies on this map are clumped together, making it easy for ranged units to apply area-of-effect penalties such as Gravity or splash damage from skills like Savage Blow 3.

Using hit and run tactics with units that have either Canto or Trace skills will ensure that you can attack and move out of range safely.

Alternatively, you can use dancers to get your allies to safety.

Best Units for Salem: Dark Sage

Tanky Units That Can Counterattack Regardless of Distance

Unit Name
Brave Hector	Lance Armored Guaranteed follow-up attack Weapon refine makes him immune to armor-effective weapons.
Ascended Fjorm	Axe Armored Can retaliate against effects that prevent her counterattacks. A/R Far Save 3 protects nearby allies against ranged attacks.
Brave Edelgard	Axe Armored High mobility for an armored unit. High stats all around.
Caineghis	Colorless Beast Armored Can make a guaranteed follow-up attack Nullifies buffs from ranged units.
Nowi	Blue Breath Infantry A budget option that can retaliate against foes at any distance.

Support Units

Unit Name
Elimine	Staff Flying Grants damage reduction and can shut down "At start of turn" effects of foes in cardinal directions
Flayn	Staff Flying Grants damage reduction and healing
Brave Lucina	Lance Infantry Grants bonus stats and Special acceleration to nearby allies during combat
Corrin (M)	Sword Infantry Grants bonus stats to his Ally Support during combat
Summer Hilda	Staff Flying Grants Atk+6 and Special acceleration to nearby allies during combat

Hit and Run units

Unit Name
Reginn	Sword Cavalry Has Canto from turn 1-4 due to her weapon, letting her hit and run.
Legendary Claude	Colorless Bow Flying Can apply Gravity in an area. Fallen Star provides great damage reduction.
Brave Camilla	Staff Flying Can attack safely and apply Gravity in an area.
Elise	Staff Cavalry Can apply Gravity in an area.
Legendary Leif	Colorless Bow Cavalry Special allows him to take another action.
Ninja Lyn	Colorless Dagger Flying Weapon allows her to attack twice. Duo skill allows her to take another action.
Ninja Corrin (F)	Green Tome Cavalry Weapon allows her to attack twice. Duo skill allows her to take another action.

Recommended Dancer Units

Unit Name
New Year Peony	Green Tome Flying Gentle Dream provides stat and mobility bonuses.
Peony	Blue Tome Flying Gentle Dream provides stat and mobility bonuses.
Legendary Azura	Blue Tome Flying Prayer Wheel and Gray Waves II combine to grant an ally stat and mobility bonuses.

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