Merric & Elice Infernal Guide and Recommended Team (Bound Hero Battle)

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

Merric and Elice Strategy Overview

Enemy Units	Merric Elice
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	04/25/2024 - 05/02/2024

Initial Unit Placement

Infernal	Lunatic

Infernal Enemy Information

A Blue Mage		HP 54		Atk 50		Spd 38		Def 22		Res 33
		： Blárfox+ ：- ： Blazing Thunder					： Atk/Spd Solo 3 ： Lull Spd/Res 3 ： Incite Atk/Spd ：-
B Lance Dragon		HP 62		Atk 55		Spd 33		Def 39		Res 23
		： Rein Lance+ ：- ： Bonfire					： Atk/Spd Catch 3 ： Aerial Maneuvers ： Guidance 3 ：-
C Merric		HP 69		Atk 43		Spd 35		Def 31		Res 21
		： Excalibur ：- ： Growing Wind					： Atk/Spd Finish 4 ： Mag. Null Follow ： Joint Drive Res ：-
D Elice		HP 64		Atk 57		Spd 38		Def 30		Res 37
		： Trilemma+ ： Restore+ ： Light's Restraint					： Atk/Res Ideal 4 ： Poetic Justice ： Atk/Spd Oath 4 ：-
E Sword Fighter		HP 68		Atk 44		Spd 32		Def 36		Res 24
		： Brave Sword+ ：- ： Glimmer					： Firestorm Boost 3 ： Atk/Def Bulwark 3 ： Time's Pulse 3 ：-
F Axe Flier		HP 52		Atk 48		Spd 38		Def 26		Res 39
		： Firesweep Axe+ ：- ： Moonbow					： Iote's Shield ： Drag Back ： Atk/Spd Hold ：-

Lunatic Enemy Information

A Lance Dragon		HP 49		Atk 51		Spd 27		Def 36		Res 21
		： Rein Lance+ ：- ： Bonfire					： Atk/Spd Catch 3 ： Dive-Bomb 3 ： Guidance 3 ：-
B Merric		HP 60		Atk 40		Spd 32		Def 28		Res 19
		： Excalibur ：- ： Growing Wind					： Atk/Spd Finish 4 ： Mag. Null Follow ： Joint Drive Res ：-
C Elice		HP 56		Atk 53		Spd 35		Def 27		Res 34
		： Trilemma+ ： Restore+ ： Light's Restraint					： Atk/Res Ideal 4 ： Poetic Justice ： Atk/Spd Oath 4 ：-
D Sword Fighter		HP 55		Atk 41		Spd 29		Def 33		Res 22
		： Brave Sword+ ：- ： Glimmer					： Fire Boost 3 ： Atk/Def Bulwark 3 ： Time's Pulse 3 ：-
E Axe Flier		HP 44		Atk 45		Spd 35		Def 23		Res 36
		： Firesweep Axe+ ：- ： Moonbow					： Iote's Shield ： Drag Back ： Atk/Spd Rein 3 ：-

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Merric and Elice Strategy

Use a Hit and Run Strategy!

This map has no reinforcements and no refresher foes, making a Hit and Run strategy viable.

The Axe Flier is in range to be defeated by ranged cavalry units on turn one. Do so, and then use your own refresher assists, movement assists like Reposition, or post-combat movement effects like Canto to retreat to safety.

The enemies will then approach your team but be unable to reach your units. You can use the following turns to pick them off at your leisure.

Keep in mind that the Lance Dragon has multiple warping effect through Aerial Maneuvers and Guidance 3, and Elice has Atk/Spd Oath 4 to give her warping as well. These skills can allow the enemies to warp in further than their movement ranges. If possible, retreat a bit further than the threat range indicates.

Alternatively, Use a Tanking Strategy!

You can also adopt a tanking strategy to clear this map, as none of the enemies in this map are too threatening.

The only concerning enemy on this map is Elice, as she can use Trilemma+ to amplify the weapon triangle against your units. However, if you position your units in a way where your units aren't taking attacks from enemies they are weak to, you can use Trilemma+ to your advantage by forcing engagements where your units have weapon-triangle advantage.

Another way you can mitigate this is to use a Colorless tank unit to prevent Trilemma+ from being relevant at all.

Ideal tank units for this map are units that neutralize effects that prevent their own counterattacks, as Elice's Trilemma+ has the Dazzling Staff refine and the Axe Flier has Firesweep Axe+.

Position your tank unit to the right of the tree in the middle, putting them in range of the Axe Flier and Elice. The enemies will attack and approach your units on their turn.

Use the following turn to clear as many enemies on the map as you can. Try to focus down Merric first, as he has pre-charged Growing Wind which can heavily dent your units.

Best Units for Merric and Elice

Player Phase Units

Unit Name
Winter Edelgard	Lance Armored Black Yule Lance creates 【Divine Vein (Flame)】 tiles, grants Special cooldown charges pre-combat, and cuts the effectiveness of enemy damage reduction skills. Raging Tempest grants mobility and one additional action after combat. Inheriting Galeforce can grant a third action per turn.
Summer Edelgard	Sword Armored Regal Sunshade's brave effect can quickly eliminate enemies. Raging Storm can grant one additional action after combat. Inheriting Galeforce can grant a third action per turn.
Legendary Edelgard	Axe Armored Raging Storm II can grant one additional action after combat. Inheriting Galeforce can grant a third action per turn.
Ninja Sanaki	Red Tome Cavalry Radiant Scrolls' brave effect can quickly defeat enemies. Duo Skill grants herself an additional action.
Ninja Corrin (F)	Green Tome Cavalry Ninjutsu Scrolls' brave effect can quickly defeat enemies. Duo Skill grants herself an additional action.
Ninja Laegjarn	Blue Bow Flying Flamefrost Bow's brave effect can quickly defeat enemies. Duo Skill grants herself an additional action.
Fallen Chrom	Sword Cavalry Arcane Devourer has Special acceleration, allowing an easy Galeforce trigger. Fate Unchanged... allows a Reposition effect while inflicting 【Exposure】onto multiple foes.
Brave Chrom	Lance Cavalry Geirdriful grants bonus stats and Special cooldown charges in combat. A Fate Changed! allows a Reposition effect while granting Brave Chrom an extra action and copies ally's bonuses, granting them to himself.
Legendary Leif	Colorless Bow Cavalry Meisterbogen's brave effect can quickly defeat enemies. Njörun's Zeal II grants himself an additional action when triggered.
Gullveig	Colorless Tome Cavalry Quietus Gullveig and Time is Light grant herself additional actions after combat. Flared Sparrow leaves behind 【Divine Vein (Flame)】 terrain, softening up enemies for future engagements.

Savior Tank Units

Winter Byleth (M)	Sword Armored Holy Yule Blade decays foe's Specials and grants multiple stat bonuses. Supreme Heaven deals bonus damage against dragons and beasts and also grants additional damage reduction.
Brave Corrin (F)	Colorless Breath Armored Multiple damage reduction effects and the 【Divine Vein (Stone)】 effect paired with high Spd allow her to survive multiple engagements.
Brave Hector	Lance Armored An old but still effective Blue tank unit. Can counterattack at a distance, deny enemy follow-ups, and has his own follow-up attack.
Ascended Idunn	Blue Breath Armored Guaranteed follow-up attack. Weapon is comparable to Brave Hector's refined Maltet. Can neutralize penalties inflicted on her.
Brave Edelgard	Axe Armored High mobility for an armored unit. Incredibly sturdy with refined Flower Hauteclere and Black Eagle Rule granting multiple defensive effects.
Caineghis	Colorless Beast Armored Refined Lion King Fang grants multiple defensive effects and guaranteed follow-up attacks on both phases. Nullifies buffs from ranged units.

Support Units

Unit Name
Elimine	Staff Flying Grants damage reduction, healing, and can shut down "At start of turn" effects of foes in cardinal directions upon winning a Res check.
Halloween Flayn	Staff Cavalry Kitty-Cat Parasol grants Special cooldown charges, 30% damage reduction, and "neutralizes foe's bonuses to Atk" to nearby allies and can double as an offensive unit with high Atk and a guaranteed follow-up attack.
Flayn	Staff Flying Grants damage reduction and healing.
Brave Lucina	Lance Infantry Grants bonus stats and Special acceleration to nearby allies. Can double as an offensive unit with refined Geirskögul
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.

Refresher Units

Unit Name
New Year Peony	Green Tome Flying Grants additional Atk to allies in similar cardinal directions. Can use her Duo Skill to grant another action to an adjacent ally.
Peony	Blue Tome Flying Grants additional Atk and Spd to allies in similar cardinal directions.
Legendary Azura	Blue Tome Flying Grants additional bonuses equal to highest bonus on unit and +1 movement.
Hatari Azura	Green Tome Cavalry Grants +6 to all stats and +1 movement to target unit and all adjacent allies. Can use Harmonized Skill to grant extra actions to allies.

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