Emblem Marth Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Marth - Of Beginnings 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 Emblem Marth.

Heroes With the Same Name
Groom Marth	Marth
Legendary Marth	Winter Marth
Young Marth	Brave Marth
Emblem Marth

Emblem Marth Rating and Basic Information

Overall Rating	9.5/10
Reroll Ranking (excluding Inherit Skill)	A (▶Reroll Ranking)
Ranking (including Inherit Skill)	A (▶FEH Tier List)

Marth - Of Beginnings: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Red / Sword / Infantry
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Weapon skill grants bonus stats, damage reduction on foe's first attack, and a Desperation effect to unit, and cuts the effectiveness of foe's non-Special damage reduction skills in half. ・Exclusive Special boosts damage based on unit's Spd, neutralizes effects that slow down unit's Special cooldown charges, grants a bonus follow-up attack and damage reduction on foe's first attack to unit. ・Emblem effect reduces maximum Special cooldown count of Engaged ally.

Emblem Marth Skills at 5★

Hero-King Sword Might: 16　 Range: 1 Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Effective against dragon foes. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+X to unit (X = 20% of unit's Spd at start of combat, + 5), reduces damage from foe's first attack by 40% ("first attack" normally means only the first strike; for effects that grant "unit attacks twice," it means the first and second strikes), reduces the percentage of foe's non-Special "reduce damage by X%" skills by 50%, and unit can make a follow-up attack before foe can counterattack during combat.

Lodestar Rush Cooldown Count = 2 Boosts Special damage by 40% of unit's Spd. Neutralizes effects that inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit during combat. If unit's Special is ready or has triggered during this combat, 【Potent Follow X%】 has triggered, and X ≤ 99%, then X = 100. If unit's or foe's Special is ready or triggered before or during this combat, reduces damage from foe's next attack by 40% (once per combat; excluding area-of-effect Specials). 【Potent Follow X%】 Triggers an additional follow-up attack immediately after unit's standard follow-up attack and deals damage = X% of unit's normal attack damage (if unit cannot make a follow-up attack, this effect triggers when the standard follow-up attack would occur; this effect is treated like a follow-up attack, so effects like "reduce damage by X%" still apply, but this effect is not affected by effects that prevent follow-ups or "attacks twice" effects; only highest value applied; does not stack).

Atk/Spd Finish 4 If unit is within 3 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd+7 to unit during combat, and also, if unit's Special is ready or unit's Special triggered before or during this combat, deals +5 damage during combat (except when dealing damage with area-of-effect Specials) and when unit deals damage during combat, restores 7 HP to unit. (Triggers even if 0 damage is dealt.)

Potent 4 Inflicts Spd/Def-4 on foe during combat and reduces damage from attacks during combat and from area-of-effect Specials (excluding Røkkr area-of-effect Specials) by 30%. If decreasing the Spd difference necessary to make a follow-up attack by 25 would allow unit to trigger a follow-up attack (excluding guaranteed or prevented follow-ups), triggers 【Potent Follow X%】 during combat (if unit cannot perform follow-up and attack twice, X = 80; otherwise, X = 40). 【Potent Follow X%】 Triggers an additional follow-up attack immediately after unit's standard follow-up attack and deals damage = X% of unit's normal attack damage (if unit cannot make a follow-up attack, this effect triggers when the standard follow-up attack would occur; this effect is treated like a follow-up attack, so effects like "reduce damage by X%" still apply, but this effect is not affected by effects that prevent follow-ups or "attacks twice" effects; only highest value applied; does not stack).

Inf. Null Follow 4 At start of turn, if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants 【Null Follow-Up】 and the following status to unit for 1 turn: "Unit can move to a space adjacent to any ally within 2 spaces." At start of turn, grants 【Null Follow-Up】 to infantry allies within 2 spaces of unit.

Emblem Marth's Emblem Effect 1

Enhanced Engage Special
Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1; max cooldown count cannot be reduced below 1). If unit triggers the "unit attacks twice" effect, reduces Special damage by 8.

Emblem Effect 2

Bonus Engaged Stats
Grants engaged unit Atk/Spd/Def/Res+X (X = number of the Emblem Hero's merges as if through Dragonflowers; does not impact opponent selection in modes like Arena).

Emblem Marth Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (19)		★★★☆☆
Atk (10)		★★★★☆
Spd (8)		★★★★★
Def (9)		★★★☆☆
Res (10)		★★☆☆☆

◯ = 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.

+Spd / -Res

The best IVs for Emblem Marth are +Spd and -Res. Spd is a superboon and boosts Marth's Spd up to base 51, allowing him to generate natural follow-up attacks against a majority of his foes.

Having high Spd is also beneficial for Hero-King Sword's effects as well as Lodestar Rush, ensuring Emblem Marth can attack as many times as possible.

Res is the bane of choice as it is Emblem Marth's least important stat. Reducing it will not impact any of his matchups.

+Spd for a +10 Merge

We recommend +Spd when merging Emblem Marth up to +10 in order to ensure that he remains competitive against fast metagame units.

Emblem Marth Best Builds

General Use / Budget Emblem Marth

HOT
： Hero-King Sword ： Reposition ： Lodestar Rush ： -	： Atk/Spd Finish 4 ： Potent 4 ： Inf. Null Follow 4 ： Atk/Spd Solo 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

Emblem Marth's base kit already functions well as a mixed phase unit. Inf. Null Follow helps him utilize his Spd stat along with Lodestar Rush to generate multiple follow-up attacks at maximum strength.

Time's Pulse Emblem Marth

HOT
： Hero-King Sword ： Reposition ： Lodestar Rush ： -	： Atk/Spd Finish 4 ： Potent 4 ： Time's Pulse 4 ： Atk/Spd Solo 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

Emblem Marth makes great use of Time's Pulse 4, ensuring Lodestar Rush is active at all times and granting him the flat 40% damage reduction during every combat. However, Marth would lose his Null Follow-Up status with this build, which he really needs. Bring external sources of Null Follow-Up to fully utilize this build!

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Emblem Marth Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
193
HP	41	Rank: 314/1089
Atk	45	Rank: 47/1089
Spd	47	Rank: 1/1089
Def	33	Rank: 293/1089
Res	27	Rank: 478/1089

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	46	66	51	37	32	232
Lv.40 +10	46	50	51	37	32	216

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	41	61	47	33	27	209
5★ Lv.40	41	45	47	33	27	193

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	19	26	8	9	10	72

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Brave Robin (M)	40	46	45	35	27	193
Emblem Marth	41	45	47	33	27	193
Severa	42	43	47	37	24	193
Inigo	40	44	45	34	30	193
Kagetsu	42	43	47	35	25	192
Lapis	41	41	45	29	32	188
Felix	40	46	46	31	25	188
Summer Fjorm	43	43	46	28	28	188
Fallen Byleth (F)	40	44	47	32	25	188
Alear (M)	40	44	45	33	25	187
Ascended Fir	42	44	46	34	21	187
Lucia	40	41	45	29	32	187
Alear (F)	40	43	46	32	26	187
Lumera	43	43	43	33	25	187
Malice	40	39	43	32	28	182
Galzus	40	43	41	36	22	182
Ascended Mareeta	40	40	43	34	25	182
Priam	40	41	40	35	26	182
Yen'fay	43	37	42	32	28	182
Brave Marth	41	41	43	32	25	182
Kamui	44	38	41	36	22	181
Flavia	41	40	41	36	23	181
Duo Eirika	40	36	43	30	28	177
Ninja Zihark	43	37	42	30	24	176
Catherine	43	39	41	30	23	176
Larcei	41	36	40	30	25	172
Say'ri	40	35	40	23	34	172
Kris (M)	40	37	40	30	25	172
Young Marth	41	36	37	32	26	172
Mareeta	41	35	42	31	23	172
Fallen Mareeta	42	33	41	29	23	168
Byleth (F)	40	34	40	33	21	168

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

Emblem Marth Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Emblem Marth Roles

Marth - Of Beginnings 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

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

Emblem Marth Strengths

Hero-King Sword has multiple offensive effects

Emblem Marth's Hero-King Sword grants bonus Atk/Spd/Def/Res equal to 5 plus 20% of his Spd, reduces damage from his foe's first attack by 40%, grants a Desperation effect, and cuts the effectiveness of his foe's non-Special percentage-based damage reduction skills in half.

While these effects are quite common and found on many other weapons, tying them all together into one weapon makes Emblem Marth a formidable unit on the battlefield.

Lodestar Rush grants an extra follow-up attack, damage reduction, and half-Tempo

Emblem Marth is shown having 3 attacks instead of the usual 1, 2, or 4; the bonus attack is from Potent Follow.

What makes Emblem Marth stand out as yet another Sword Infantry hero is his Special, Lodestar Rush. This Special skill boosts damage by 40% of Marth's Spd, neutralizes effects that slow down his Special cooldown charges in combat, reduces damage from his foe's next attack by 40% when either Marth's or his foe's Special is either ready or triggers, and has 【Potent Follow X%】.

【Potent Follow X%】 is a new effect that grants Emblem Marth an additional follow-up attack, with the bonus attack dealing X% of his normal attack damage. This bonus attack is made after when a standard follow-up attack would occur, and is not affected by effects that prevent follow-up attacks or effects that allow units to attack twice.

Emblem Effect grants a Slaying Effect

Emblem Marth is a new type of hero called Emblem Heroes. These heroes can be engaged to other heroes (with a different name; Emblem Marth cannot be engaged to another Emblem Marth for example) to grant unique effects to the target hero.

Emblem Heroes grant the engaged unit additional Atk/Spd/Def/Res stats based on the number of merges on the Emblem Hero. The stats gained follow the standard Dragonflower/merge order when applied.

For example, if the first merge would grant a unit HP+1, then a +1 Emblem Marth would grant the target hero HP+1 as well.

Since merges are capped at +10, the maximum amount of stats gained through the Engage feature is HP/Atk/Spd/Def/Res+2.

Additionally, using the Engage feature enhances the target hero's Special skill. In Emblem Marth's case, the target hero's Special skill is enhanced with a Slaying effect, reducing the maximum Special cooldown count by 1. Units with the unit attacks twice effect have their Special skill's damage reduced by 8 however; this is for balancing reasons.

Emblem Marth Weaknesses

Saturation

Emblem Marth is yet another speedy Sword Infantry unit in a game overflowing with speedy Sword Infantry units.

While Lodestar Rush sets him apart from a majority of the other options, finding room for him on your teams may prove to be difficult due to the abundance of similar heroes.

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Should You Unlock Potential for this Hero?	Cannot Unlock Potential

Marth - Of Beginnings Only Appears as a 5 Star Hero!

Marth - Of Beginnings only appears as a 5 Star Hero. We will include whether or not you should Unlock Potential for Marth - Of Beginnings if a 4 Star version is released!

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Emblem Marth - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Iron Sword	6	1	No Effect	5★
Steel Sword	8	1	No Effect	5★
Silver Sword	11	1	No Effect	5★
Hero-King Sword	16	1	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Effective against dragon foes. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+X to unit (X = 20% of unit's Spd at start of combat, + 5), reduces damage from foe's first attack by 40% ("first attack" normally means only the first strike; for effects that grant "unit attacks twice," it means the first and second strikes), reduces the percentage of foe's non-Special "reduce damage by X%" skills by 50%, and unit can make a follow-up attack before foe can counterattack during combat.	5★

Assists

This Hero has no Assist skills that can be learned.

Specials

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Night Sky	(Cooldown Count = 3) Boosts damage dealt by 50%.	5★
Glimmer	(Cooldown Count = 2) Boosts damage dealt by 50%.	5★
Lodestar Rush	(Cooldown Count = 2) Boosts Special damage by 40% of unit's Spd. Neutralizes effects that inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit during combat. If unit's Special is ready or has triggered during this combat, 【Potent Follow X%】 has triggered, and X ≤ 99%, then X = 100. If unit's or foe's Special is ready or triggered before or during this combat, reduces damage from foe's next attack by 40% (once per combat; excluding area-of-effect Specials). 【Potent Follow X%】 Triggers an additional follow-up attack immediately after unit's standard follow-up attack and deals damage = X% of unit's normal attack damage (if unit cannot make a follow-up attack, this effect triggers when the standard follow-up attack would occur; this effect is treated like a follow-up attack, so effects like "reduce damage by X%" still apply, but this effect is not affected by effects that prevent follow-ups or "attacks twice" effects; only highest value applied; does not stack).	5★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Atk/Spd Finish 1	If unit is within 3 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd+2 to unit during combat, and also, if unit's Special is ready or unit's Special triggered before or during this combat, deals +1 damage during combat. (Except when dealing damage with area-of-effect Specials.)	5★
Atk/Spd Finish 2	If unit is within 3 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd+4 to unit during combat, and also, if unit's Special is ready or unit's Special triggered before or during this combat, deals +1 damage during combat. (Except when dealing damage with area-of-effect Specials.)	5★
Atk/Spd Finish 3	If unit is within 3 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd+6 to unit during combat, and also, if unit's Special is ready or unit's Special triggered before or during this combat, deals +5 damage during combat. (Except when dealing damage with area-of-effect Specials.)	5★
Atk/Spd Finish 4	If unit is within 3 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd+7 to unit during combat, and also, if unit's Special is ready or unit's Special triggered before or during this combat, deals +5 damage during combat (except when dealing damage with area-of-effect Specials) and when unit deals damage during combat, restores 7 HP to unit. (Triggers even if 0 damage is dealt.)	5★
Potent 1	Reduces damage from attacks during combat and from area-of-effect Specials (excluding Røkkr area-of-effect Specials) by 10%. If decreasing the Spd difference necessary to make a follow-up attack by 25 would allow unit to trigger a follow-up attack (excluding guaranteed or prevented follow-ups), triggers 【Potent Follow X%】 during combat (if unit cannot perform follow-up and attack twice, X = 60; otherwise, X = 20). Triggers an additional follow-up attack immediately after unit's standard follow-up attack and deals damage = X% of unit's normal attack damage (if unit cannot make a follow-up attack, this effect triggers when the standard follow-up attack would occur; this effect is treated like a follow-up attack, so effects like "reduce damage by X%" still apply, but this effect is not affected by effects that prevent follow-ups or "attacks twice" effects; only highest value applied; does not stack).	5★
Potent 2	Reduces damage from attacks during combat and from area-of-effect Specials (excluding Røkkr area-of-effect Specials) by 20%. If decreasing the Spd difference necessary to make a follow-up attack by 25 would allow unit to trigger a follow-up attack (excluding guaranteed or prevented follow-ups), triggers 【Potent Follow X%】 during combat (if unit cannot perform follow-up and attack twice, X = 70; otherwise, X = 30). Triggers an additional follow-up attack immediately after unit's standard follow-up attack and deals damage = X% of unit's normal attack damage (if unit cannot make a follow-up attack, this effect triggers when the standard follow-up attack would occur; this effect is treated like a follow-up attack, so effects like "reduce damage by X%" still apply, but this effect is not affected by effects that prevent follow-ups or "attacks twice" effects; only highest value applied; does not stack).	5★
Potent 3	Inflicts Spd/Def-4 on foe during combat and reduces damage from attacks during combat and from area-of-effect Specials (excluding Røkkr area-of-effect Specials) by 30%. If decreasing the Spd difference necessary to make a follow-up attack by 25 would allow unit to trigger a follow-up attack (excluding guaranteed or prevented follow-ups), triggers 【Potent Follow X%】 during combat (if unit cannot perform follow-up and attack twice, X = 80; otherwise, X = 40). 【Potent Follow X%】 Triggers an additional follow-up attack immediately after unit's standard follow-up attack and deals damage = X% of unit's normal attack damage (if unit cannot make a follow-up attack, this effect triggers when the standard follow-up attack would occur; this effect is treated like a follow-up attack, so effects like "reduce damage by X%" still apply, but this effect is not affected by effects that prevent follow-ups or "attacks twice" effects; only highest value applied; does not stack).	5★
Potent 4	Inflicts Spd/Def-4 on foe during combat and reduces damage from attacks during combat and from area-of-effect Specials (excluding Røkkr area-of-effect Specials) by 30%. If decreasing the Spd difference necessary to make a follow-up attack by 25 would allow unit to trigger a follow-up attack (excluding guaranteed or prevented follow-ups), triggers 【Potent Follow X%】 during combat (if unit cannot perform follow-up and attack twice, X = 80; otherwise, X = 40). 【Potent Follow X%】 Triggers an additional follow-up attack immediately after unit's standard follow-up attack and deals damage = X% of unit's normal attack damage (if unit cannot make a follow-up attack, this effect triggers when the standard follow-up attack would occur; this effect is treated like a follow-up attack, so effects like "reduce damage by X%" still apply, but this effect is not affected by effects that prevent follow-ups or "attacks twice" effects; only highest value applied; does not stack).	5★
Inf. Null Follow 1	At start of turn, if unit's HP ≥ 50%, grants 【Null Follow-Up】to adjacent infantry allies.	5★
Inf. Null Follow 2	At start of turn, grants【Null Follow-Up】 to adjacent infantry allies.	5★
Inf. Null Follow 3	At start of turn, grants 【Null Follow-Up】 to infantry allies within 2 spaces of unit.	5★
Inf. Null Follow 4	At start of turn, if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants 【Null Follow-Up】 and the following status to unit for 1 turn: "Unit can move to a space adjacent to any ally within 2 spaces." At start of turn, grants 【Null Follow-Up】 to infantry allies within 2 spaces of unit.	5★

Emblem Marth as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★★

Emblem Marth has Atk/Spd Finish 4, Potent 4, and Inf. Null Follow 4 as inheritance options.

Potent 4 is a new and powerful skill introduced by Emblem Marth into the game; it should be your priority option when using Emblem Marth for Skill Inheritance.

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How to Get Emblem Marth

Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

Emblem Marth is a limited time Hero who can be pulled from a Legendary or Mythic Hero Summoning event. They do not appear in regular summons.

Note: Not currently a featured hero in any Summon events.

Voice Actor and Illustrator Information

Voice Actor (English)	Yuri Lowenthal
Illustrator	Fujikawa Arika
Appears In	Fire Emblem: Engage

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