Should I Merge or Fodder Off My Units?

This is a comprehensive list of heroes in Fire Emblem Heroes (FEH) classified into Merge or Fodder. If you are wondering whether to merge up a certain hero or fodder them off for Skill Inheritance, read on!

Should you merge or fodder?

Regardless of our advice below, we highly suggest you save excess copies of heroes as combat manuals.

Try to keep at least one copy of each hero, unless you're positive that you won't be using them often. Certain game modes like Limited Hero Battles and Resonant Battles require units from specific game titles. Having a diverse barracks allows you to complete these game modes.

If you feel that you will use a certain hero in multiple game modes, or if they are your among your favorites, we suggest merging the hero. Merges increase the unit's stats, remove their bane, and increase their score in Arena.

We also suggest keeping at least one hero of each unit archetype, such as Bow Flier, Axe Cavalry, etc. This way, you'll have a versatile barracks that can deal with most situations.

For heroes that are unused in multiple game modes, we suggest using them for Skill Inheritance to improve your favorites.

List of Heroes we suggest merging

Adrift Camilla	Altena	Altina	Arden
Ares	Arete	Arion	Arthur
Arvis	Ascended Eir	Ascended Florina	Ascended Idunn
Ascended Ishtar	Ash	Ashera	Ashnard
Askr	Astram	Athena	Atlas
Aversa	Ayra	Azama	Azura
Azura (Young)	Bantu	Barst	Bartre
Bastian	Benny	Berkut	Beruka
Black Knight	Boey	Bow Hinoka	Bramimond
Brave Alm	Brave Edelgard	Brave Hector	Brave Ike
Brave Lucina	Brave Lyn	Brave Micaiah	Bridal Caeda
Bridal Cecilia	Bridal Charlotte	Bridal Cordelia	Bridal Flavia
Bridal Larum	Bridal Sophia	Bridal Tharja	Brigand Boss
Brunnya	Caeda	Caellach	Camus
Canas	Candace	Castor	Cath
Catria	Cecilia	Celica	Cervantes
Cherche	Clair	Clarine	Clarisse
Clive	Cormag	Cornelia	Corrin (F)
Corrin (M)	Cyril	Dagr	Darros
Death Knight	Deirdre	Delthea	Díthorba
Dorothy	Draug	Duma	Dwyer
Effie	Eir	Eirika	Eitri
Eldigan	Elimine	Elincia	Elise
Eliwood	Emblem Marth	Ena	Ephraim
Eremiya	Erk	Est	Ethlyn
Etie	Eyvel	Fae	Fallen Celica
Fallen Delthea	Fallen Edelgard	Fallen Ike	Fallen Linus
Fallen Morgan (F)	Fallen Morgan (M)	Fallen Muarim	Fallen Orson
Fallen Takumi	Fargus	Fee	Felicia
Ferdinand	Fernand	Finn	Fir
Flame Emperor	Flame Tribe Mordecai	Flavia	Florina
Fomortiis	Forrest	Forsyth	Frederick
Freyja	Gaius	Galle	Gangrel
Garon	Gerome	Gharnef	Gonzalez
Gordin	Gotoh	Gray	Green Tome Olwen
Groom Robin (M)	Groom Roy	Groom Zelot	Gunnthrá
Gunter	Guy	Haar	Halloween Dorcas
Halloween Henry	Halloween Jakob	Halloween Kellam	Halloween Nils
Halloween Seadall	Hana	Hans	Hatari Deen
Hawkeye	Heath	Hel	Henry
Hestia	Hilda (Genealogy)	Hinata	Hinoka
Holst	Hubert	Hugh	Iago
Idunn	Ilyana	Inigo	Innes
Ishtar	Itsuki	Jaffar	Jagen
Jakob	Jeorge	Jeralt	Jorge
Julia	Julius	Kaden	Kagero
Kagetsu	Kamui	Kana (F)	Kana (M)
Karel	Karla	Katarina	Kempf
Kiragi	Knoll	Kronya	Lachesis
Laegjarn	Laevatein	Lapis	Laslow
Laurent	Leanne	Legault	Legendary Alm
Legendary Azura	Legendary Caeda	Legendary Celica	Legendary Chrom
Legendary Claude	Legendary Corrin (F)	Legendary Deirdre	Legendary Edelgard
Legendary Eirika	Legendary Eliwood	Legendary Ephraim	Legendary Ike
Legendary Julia	Legendary Lilina	Legendary Lucina	Legendary Lyn
Legendary Marth	Legendary Micaiah	Legendary Myrrh	Legendary Nanna
Legendary Ninian	Legendary Robin (F)	Legendary Robin (M)	Legendary Roy
Legendary Ryoma	Legendary Seliph	Legendary Shez (F)	Legendary Sigurd
Legendary Tiki (Young)	Legendary Xander	Legendary Yuri	Legion
Leif	Lena	Leon	Lethe
Lex	Lilina	Limstella	Linde
Linhardt	Linus	Lissa	Lloyd
Lucia	Ludveck	Luke	Lumera
Lute	Lyon	Mae	Mamori
Maria	Marla	Masked Marth	Masquerade Eldigan
Masquerade Lachesis	Masquerade Quan	Mathilda	Matthew
Mauvier	Medeus	Michalis	Mila
Mirabilis	Miranda	Morgan (F)	Morgan (M)
Murdock	Myrrh	Nabata Hawkeye	Naesala
Naga	Nanna	Narcian	Natasha
Neimi	Nemesis	New Year Alfonse	New Year Azura
New Year Camilla	New Year Corrin (M)	New Year Dagr	New Year Fafnir
New Year Kaden	New Year Keaton	New Year Kyza	New Year Lethe
New Year Selkie	New Year Takumi	New Year Yarne	Niime
Ninja Hana	Ninja Shamir	Ninja Zihark	Nino
Norne	Nótt	Nowi	Oboro
Oliver	Olivia	Olwen	Orochi
Osian	Ótr	Panne	Peony
Performing Azura	Peri	Perne	Phila
Picnic Lukas	Pirate Vika	Plegian Kris (M)	Plegian Raphael
Plumeria	Python	Rafiel	Rath
Raven	Red Tome Eirika	Reginn	Reinhardt
Rennac	Reyson	Rhea	Ricken
Riev	Rinkah	Robin (F)	Robin (M)
Rolf	Ross	Roy	Rutger
Ryoma	Sage Byleth (M)	Sage Soren	Saias
Salem	Sanaki	Saul	Scathach
Scion Nanna	Seiðr	Seiros	Seliph
Selkie	Seteth	Shannan	Sheena
Shigure	Shiro	Siegbert	Sigurd
Silas	Sirius	Soleil	Solon
Sonia	Sonya	Sophia	Spring Alfonse
Spring Bartre	Spring Camilla	Spring Catria	Spring Chrom
Spring Henry	Spring Kagero	Spring Loki	Spring Luthier
Spring Maria	Spring Michalis	Spring Minerva	Spring Mirabilis
Spring Narcian	Spring Sharena	Spring Xander	Sully
Summer Camilla	Summer Caspar	Summer Claude	Summer Cordelia
Summer Corrin (F)	Summer Dimitri	Summer Donnel	Summer Dorothea
Summer Edelgard	Summer Elincia	Summer Ephraim	Summer Fiora
Summer Frederick	Summer Gaius	Summer Innes	Summer L'Arachel
Summer Leo	Summer Linde	Summer Lorenz	Summer Micaiah
Summer Norne	Summer Ogma	Summer Shez (M)	Summer Sylvain
Summer Tiki (Adult)	Summer Tiki (Young)	Summer Xander	Summer Ymir
Sylvain	Tana	Tanya	Tatiana
Tethys	Tharja	Thief Cath	Thief Leila
Thief Nina	Thief Rickard	Thief Sothe	Thórr
Thrasir	Tiki (Adult)	Tiki (Young)	Tine
Titania	Tobin	Travant	Triandra
Ullr	Ursula	Valbar	Valentine's Alm
Valentine's Chrom	Valentine's Effie	Valentine's Eliwood	Valentine's Hana
Valentine's Lilina	Valentine's Lissa	Valentine's Lyn	Valentine's Robin (F)
Valentine's Veronica	Valentine's Vigarde	Validar	Valter
Vanessa	Veld	Velouria	Veronica
Virion	Vyland	Walhart	Wil
Wind Tribe Fuga	Winter Annette	Winter Artur	Winter Bruno
Winter Chrom	Winter Cordelia	Winter Ephraim	Winter Felix
Winter Hilda	Winter Ignatz	Winter Marth	Winter Sothis
Wolt	Wrys	Xander	Xane
Yen'fay	Ylgr	Young Boyd	Young Caeda
Young Frederick	Young Ilyana	Young Innes	Young Lucius
Young Lyon	Young Marth	Young Minerva	Young Robin (F)
Young Soren	Yuliya	Yune	Zelgius
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List of Heroes we suggest foddering

Abel	Adrift Corrin (F)	Adrift Corrin (M)	Aelfric
Alcryst	Alear (F)	Alear (M)	Alfred
Alm	Amelia	Annand	Annette
Apotheosis Anna	Arlen	Arthur (Fates)	Arval
Asbel	Ascended Ced	Ascended Celica	Ascended Elincia
Ascended Fir	Ascended Fjorm	Ascended Hilda	Ascended Joshua
Ascended Laegjarn	Ascended Mareeta	Ascended Merric	Ascended Tiki (Young)
Astrid	Attuned Azura	Attuned Caeda	Attuned Nino
Attuned Peony	Attuned Triandra	August	Azelle
Balthus	Basilio	Bernadetta	Bertram
Brady	Brave Byleth (F)	Brave Camilla	Brave Celica
Brave Chrom	Brave Claude	Brave Corrin (F)	Brave Dimitri
Brave Eirika	Brave Eliwood	Brave Ephraim	Brave Gullveig
Brave Lysithea	Brave Marianne	Brave Marth	Brave Robin (M)
Brave Roy	Brave Seliph	Brave Soren	Brave Tiki (Adult)
Bridal Anna	Bridal Catria	Bridal Fjorm	Bridal Juno
Bridal Lilina	Bridal Louise	Bridal Lyn	Bridal Micaiah
Bridal Nailah	Bridal Ninian	Bridal Oboro	Bridal Sanaki
Bridal Say'ri	Bridal Shanna	Bridal Sigrun	Bridal Tanith
Bridal Tiki (Adult)	Brigid	Byleth (F)	Byleth (M)
Caeldori	Cain	Caineghis	Camilla
Catherine	Ced	Céline	Chad
Charlotte	Chloé	Chrom	Citrinne
Claude	Colm	Conrad	Constance
Cordelia	Cynthia	Dedue	Dheginsea
Diamant	Dieck	Dimitri	Donnel
Dorcas	Dozla	Duessel	Duo Eirika
Duo Ephraim	Echidna	Edelgard	Eitr
Eleonora	Elice	Embla	Emblem Ike
Emmeryn	Erinys	Ewan	Exalt Chrom
Fallen Anankos	Fallen Berkut	Fallen Byleth (F)	Fallen Chrom
Fallen Corrin (F)	Fallen Corrin (M)	Fallen Dimitri	Fallen Gustav
Fallen Hardin	Fallen Julia	Fallen Lilith	Fallen Lyon
Fallen Mareeta	Fallen Maria	Fallen Ninian	Fallen Rhea
Fallen Robin (M)	Fallen Tiki (Young)	Farina	Faye
Febail	Felix	Fiora	Fjorm
Flame Tribe Lyn	Flame Tribe Múspell	Flame Tribe Rinkah	Flame Tribe Tana
Flayn	Flora	Flying Nino	Flying Olivia
Freyr	Galzus	Ganglöt	Gatekeeper
Gatrie	Geese	Genny	Geoffrey
Gerik	Gilliam	Ginnungagap	Gregor
Groom Hinata	Groom Marth	Groom Pent	Groom Saul
Guinivere	Gullveig	Gwendolyn	Halloween Anna
Halloween Corrin (F)	Halloween Corrin (M)	Halloween Duma	Halloween Flayn
Halloween Hector	Halloween Ilyana	Halloween Kagero	Halloween Kurthnaga
Halloween L'Arachel	Halloween Mia	Halloween Myrrh	Halloween Naga
Halloween Niles	Halloween Nowi	Halloween Rhea	Halloween Robin (F)
Halloween Robin (M)	Halloween Sakura	Halloween Sophia	Halloween Sothis
Halloween Tiki (Young)	Halloween Timerra	Hapi	Hardin
Harken	Hatari Azura	Hatari Karla	Hatari Nailah
Hatari Xane	Hayato	Hector	Heiðr
Helbindi	Hilda	Hortensia	Hoshidan Summer Elincia
Hoshidan Summer Micaiah	Hoshidan Summer Ryoma	Hoshidan Summer Xander	Hostile Springs Camilla
Hostile Springs Elise	Hostile Springs Hinoka	Hostile Springs Ryoma	Hostile Springs Sakura
Hríd	Igrene	Ike	Ingrid
Isadora	Ivy	Jamke	Jill
Joshua	Julian	Karin	Kaze
Keaton	Kent	Kiria	Kjelle
Klein	Kliff	Kris (F)	Kris (M)
Kvasir	L'Arachel	Lara	Larcei
Larum	Legendary Alear (F)	Legendary Alear (M)	Legendary Byleth (F)
Legendary Byleth (M)	Legendary Camilla	Legendary Dimitri	Legendary Elincia
Legendary Fae	Legendary Guinivere	Legendary Hector	Legendary Hinoka
Legendary Leif	Legendary Veronica	Leila	Lene
Leo	Letizia	Lewyn	Libra
Líf	Lifis	Lilith	Loki
Lon'qu	Louise	Lucina	Lucius
Lugh	Lukas	Luthier	Lyn
Lysithea	Malice	Marcia	Mareeta
Marianne	Maribelle	Marisa	Marth
Masquerade Ethlyn	Masquerade Sigurd	Matthis	Melady
Mercedes	Merlinus	Merric	Mia
Micaiah	Midori	Mikoto	Minerva
Miriel	Mist	Monica	Mordecai
Mozu	Múspell	Mustafa	Mycen
Mythic Lumera	Nabata Altina	Nabata Igrene	Nabata Juno
Nabata Tormod	Nagi	Nah	Nailah
Navarre	Nephenee	Nerþuz	New Year Anna
New Year Ash	New Year Askr	New Year Eir	New Year Elm
New Year Fjorm	New Year Gunnthrá	New Year Hríd	New Year Kana (F)
New Year Kana (M)	New Year Kvasir	New Year Laegjarn	New Year Laevatein
New Year Lyre	New Year Nerþuz	New Year Panne	New Year Peony
New Year Plumeria	New Year Reginn	New Year Seiðr	New Year Velouria
Nifl	Niles	Nils	Nina
Ninian	Ninja Camilla	Ninja Cherche	Ninja Corrin (F)
Ninja Corrin (M)	Ninja Haar	Ninja Heath	Ninja Heather
Ninja Igrene	Ninja Laegjarn	Ninja Laevatein	Ninja Lyn
Ninja Navarre	Ninja Reina	Ninja Saizo	Ninja Sanaki
Ninja Shinon	Ninja Zelgius	Noah	Nyna
Nyx	Odin	Ogma	Ophelia
Oscar	Owain	Palla	Patty
Pelleas	Pent	Perceval	Performing Inigo
Performing Olivia	Performing Shigure	Petra	Petrine
Phina	Picnic Felicia	Picnic Flora	Picnic Genny
Picnic Leo	Pirate Hinoka	Pirate Naesala	Pirate Surtr
Pirate Tibarn	Pirate Veronica	Plegian Dorothea	Plegian Katarina
Plegian Tharja	Priam	Priscilla	Quan
Raigh	Ranulf	Ratatoskr	Rearmed Ingrid
Rearmed Líf	Rearmed Lucina	Rearmed Ophelia	Rearmed Plumeria
Rearmed Reinhardt	Rearmed Robin (F)	Rearmed Sonya	Rearmed Tana
Rebecca	Rhajat	Rinea	Roderick
Ronan	Rosado	Roshea	Saber
Safy	Sage Linde	Sage Nino	Sage Ursula
Sain	Saizo	Sakura	Sara
Say'ri	Scion Julia	Scion Larcei	Scion Leif
Scion Lewyn	Sedgar	Selena	Selena (Fates)
Serra	Seth	Setsuna	Severa
Shamir	Shanna	Shez (F)	Shez (M)
Shinon	Sigrun	Silque	Silvia
Soiree Berkut	Soiree Ishtar	Soiree Nephenee	Soiree Reinhardt
Soren	Sothe	Sothis	Spring Ashe
Spring Bernadetta	Spring Bruno	Spring Chloé	Spring Delthea
Spring Est	Spring Fir	Spring Framme	Spring Idunn
Spring Inigo	Spring Karla	Spring Linhardt	Spring Lucina
Spring Marisa	Spring Myrrh	Spring Palla	Spring Saleh
Spring Severa	Spring Sonya	Spring Sylvain	Spring Triandra
Spring Veronica	Stahl	Subaki	Sue
Sumia	Summer Ashe	Summer Byleth (F)	Summer Caeda
Summer Eirika	Summer Elise	Summer Fjorm	Summer Freyja
Summer Freyr	Summer Gunnthrá	Summer Helbindi	Summer Hilda
Summer Ingrid	Summer Ivy	Summer Joshua	Summer Laegjarn
Summer Laevatein	Summer Leonie	Summer Lilina	Summer Lute
Summer Lyn	Summer Lyon	Summer Mercedes	Summer Mia
Summer Nifl	Summer Noire	Summer Rhys	Summer Robin (F)
Summer Selena	Summer Seth	Summer Shamir	Summer Shez (F)
Summer Takumi	Summer Tana	Summer Tharja	Summer Thórr
Summer Ursula	Summer Ylgr	Surtr	Sword Reinhardt
Syrene	Tailtiu	Takumi	Tanith
Tea Ayra	Tea Ferdinand	Tea Lysithea	Tea Sigurd
Tea Tailtiu	Thea	Tibarn	Tina
Tsubasa	Valentian Catria	Valentian Est	Valentian Palla
Valentine's Alfonse	Valentine's Conrad	Valentine's Elise	Valentine's Ephraim
Valentine's Faye	Valentine's Greil	Valentine's Gustav	Valentine's Hector
Valentine's Henriette	Valentine's Ike	Valentine's Leo	Valentine's Líf
Valentine's Lucina	Valentine's Lyon	Valentine's Mist	Valentine's Myrrh
Valentine's Owain	Valentine's Roy	Valentine's Rudolf	Valentine's Selena
Valentine's Silque	Valentine's Soren	Valentine's Takumi	Valentine's Titania
Veyle	Vigarde	Volke	Wind Tribe Catria
Wind Tribe Claude	Wind Tribe Dagr	Wind Tribe Kagero	Winter Altina
Winter Bernadetta	Winter Black Knight	Winter Byleth (M)	Winter Cecilia
Winter Claude	Winter Dimitri	Winter Dorothea	Winter Edelgard
Winter Eirika	Winter Fae	Winter Jaffar	Winter Lissa
Winter Lysithea	Winter Manuela	Winter Mirabilis	Winter Nino
Winter Robin	Winter Sephiran	Winter Tharja	Winter Yunaka
Winter Zephiel	Wolf	Yarne	Ymir
Young Eliwood	Young Emmeryn	Young Hector	Young Ike
Young L'Arachel	Young Lissa	Young Mark	Young Merric
Young Mia	Young Palla	Young Rebecca	Young Robin (M)
Young Tana	Yukimura	Yuri	Zeke
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