Brave Bernadetta Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Bernadetta - Sheltered Loner 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 Brave Bernadetta.

Heroes With the Same Name
Bernadetta	Winter Bernadetta
Spring Bernadetta	Brave Bernadetta

New Heroes - CYL 8: In Those We Hope Featured Heroes
Brave Felix [9.9/10]	Brave Bernadetta [9.5/10]	Brave Alfonse [9.5/10]	Brave Robin (F) [9.5/10]

Brave Bernadetta 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)

Bernadetta - Sheltered Loner: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Blue / Blue Bow / Cavalry
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Weapon skill has built-in 【Canto (Dist.; Max 3)】 and a brave effect, and grants unit bonus stats, true damage, and 50% damage reduction piercing. ・Exclusive C skill grants 【Null Follow-Up】 to unit and 【Paranoia】 to unit and nearby allies, inflicts unit's 【Penalty】 effects to closest foes, neutralizes unit's 【Penalty】 effects, and grants bonus stats and Null Guard during combat.

Brave Bernadetta Skills at 5★

The Inexhaustible Might: 8　 Range: 2 Enables 【Canto (Dist.; Max 3)】. Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Effective against flying foes. Unit attacks twice (even if foe initiates combat, unit attacks twice). If unit initiates combat or 【Bonus】 is active on unit, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 to unit, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd/Def/Res = 15% of unit's Spd at start of combat, deals damage = 20% of unit's Spd (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and reduces the percentage of foe's non-Special "reduce damage by X%" skills by 50% during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials).

Curved Shot Cooldown Count = 2 Boosts Special damage by 30% of the greater of foe's Spd or Def. If unit's or foe's Special is ready or unit's or foe's Special triggered before or during this combat and if unit can attack during combat, reduces damage from foe's next attack by 40% (once per combat; excluding area-of-effect Specials).

Atk/Spd Prime 4 If 【Bonus】 is active on unit, grants Atk/Spd+X to unit during combat (X = number of【Bonus】effects active on unit, excluding stat bonuses, × 2, + 3; max 9), and also, if number of【Bonus】effects active on unit (excluding stat bonuses) ≥ 4, unit can counterattack regardless of foe's range during combat.

Assassin's Strike If unit initiates combat, deals 7 damage to foe as combat begins (effects that reduce damage during combat do not apply; will not reduce foe's HP below 1), inflicts Spd/Def-4 on foe during combat, and deals damage = 20% of foe's Def (excluding area-of-effect Specials).

Paranoia At start of turn, grants 【Null Follow-Up】 to unit and grants 【Paranoia】 to unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit for 1 turn, and deals 1 damage to unit and those allies. At start of turn, if unit is within 5 spaces of a foe, inflicts 【Penalty】 effects active on unit on closest foes and any foe within 2 spaces of those foes, and neutralizes any 【Penalty】 effects active on unit (excluding penalties inflicted at the start of the same turn). At start of combat, if unit's HP ≤ 99%, grants Atk/Spd+5 to unit and neutralizes effects that inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit during combat. 【Paranoia】 At start of combat, if unit's HP ≤ 99%, grants Atk+5 to unit during combat, and also, if unit initiates combat, unit can make a follow-up attack before foe's next attack. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≤ 99%, if foe initiates combat, and if either that foe's Range = unit's Range or number of 【Penalty】 effects active on foe excluding stat penalties ≥ 3, unit can counterattack before foe's fist attack (excluding when unit's Savior effect triggers).

Brave Bernadetta Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (18)		★★★☆☆
Atk (12)		★★★★☆
Spd (9)		★★★★★
Def (5)		★★☆☆☆
Res (6)		★★★☆☆

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

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+Spd / -Def

The best IVs for Brave Bernadetta are +Spd and -Def. Brave Bernadetta breaks the current Spd cap with her base 48 Spd, outspeeding every other unit in the game as of the time of her release. Bernadetta's Spd should be maximized to take advantage of this fact to potentially quad attack her enemies.

Brave Bernadetta's Def is her least important stat at only base 24 and shouldn't affect most of her matchups if taken as a bane.

+Spd for a +10 merge

As the fastest unit in the game, we recommend +Spd when merging Brave Bernadetta up to +10 to ensure she outspeeds her foes.

Brave Bernadetta Best Builds

General Use / Budget Brave Bernadetta

HOT
： The Inexhaustible ： Reposition ： Curved Shot ： -	： Atk/Spd Prime 4 ： Assassin's Strike ： Paranoia ： Atk/Spd Catch 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

Brave Bernadetta's base kit already functions well as an offensive unit, relying on Paranoia to burst down her foes and protect herself with the Vantage effect. Atk/Spd Catch 3 works on both phases and is powered up through the penalties Bernadetta applies, making it the ideal Sacred Seal.

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Brave Bernadetta Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
185
HP	40	Rank: 489/1171
Atk	45	Rank: 95/1171
Spd	48	Rank: 1/1171
Def	24	Rank: 791/1171
Res	28	Rank: 479/1171

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	45	58	53	28	32	216
Lv.40 +10	45	50	53	28	32	208

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	40	53	48	24	28	193
5★ Lv.40	40	45	48	24	28	185

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	18	20	9	5	6	58

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Brave Bernadetta	40	45	48	24	28	185
Fogado	38	45	47	25	30	185
Ashe	39	44	47	27	28	185
Astrid	38	39	41	32	26	176
Valentine's Leo	37	45	31	16	45	174
Spring Bernadetta	39	43	47	20	25	174
Bridal Anna	38	43	46	22	25	174
Summer Shamir	40	43	46	25	20	174
Sedgar	41	36	39	27	24	167
Python	38	32	35	31	20	156
Rath	41	33	35	23	24	156
Wolt	40	34	34	25	17	150
Sue	36	32	38	23	20	149

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

Brave Bernadetta Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Brave Bernadetta Roles

Bernadetta - Sheltered Loner 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

Brave Bernadetta is a ranged physical attacker (range = 2). 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.

Brave Bernadetta Strengths

The Inexhaustible attacks twice, has Canto, and pierces through damage reduction

Brave Bernadetta's exclusive weapon The Inexhaustible attacks twice and has built-in 【Canto (Dist.; Max 3)】, providing great mobility to Bernadetta.

The Inexhaustible also grants the following effects if Brave Bernadetta initiates combat or has a 【Bonus】effect active:

• grants Brave Bernadetta Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5
• grants Brave Bernadetta Atk/Spd/Def/Res+X where X = 15% of Bernadetta's Spd
• deals bonus damage equal to 20% of Brave Bernadetta's Spd
• grants Brave Bernadetta 50% damage reduction piercing

These offensive effects all add up, allowing Brave Bernadetta to potentially quad attack her enemies and load up on offensive power to bring them down with ease.

Paranoia grants Null Follow-Up to Bernadetta and has better Vantage and Desperation

Brave Bernadetta's exclusive C skill Paranoia grants 【Null Follow-Up】 to herself, deals 1 damage to herself and nearby allies, and grants 【Paranoia】 to herself and nearby allies at the start of each turn.

【Paranoia】 grants affected units the following effects if they have less than maximum HP:

• Atk+5 during combat
• a Desperation effect, if unit initiates combat
• a Vantage effect, if foe initiates combat and either foe's Range = unit's Range or foe has ≥ 3 【Penalty】 effects active

Paranoia also inflicts all 【Penalty】 effects active on Brave Bernadetta to the closest foes and all foes within 2 spaces of the target foes, and then neutralizes any 【Penalty】 effects active on Brave Bernadetta.

Finally, in combat, Paranoia grants Brave Bernadetta Atk/Spd+5 and a Null Guard effect.

Brave Bernadetta Weaknesses

Weak to Cavalry Effective Weapons

Brave Bernadetta takes 1.5x damage from cavalry-effective weapons like Thani or Binding Reginleif, and one blow from this type of weapon will deal significant damage. Make sure you know what weapons you are up against before hopping too far into the line of battle!

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Brave Bernadetta - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Iron Bow	4	2	Effective against flying units.	5★
Steel Bow	6	2	Effective against flying units.	5★
Silver Bow	9	2	Effective against flying units.	5★
The Inexhaustible	8	2	Enables 【Canto (Dist.; Max 3)】. Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Effective against flying foes. Unit attacks twice (even if foe initiates combat, unit attacks twice). If unit initiates combat or 【Bonus】 is active on unit, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 to unit, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd/Def/Res = 15% of unit's Spd at start of combat, deals damage = 20% of unit's Spd (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and reduces the percentage of foe's non-Special "reduce damage by X%" skills by 50% during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials).	5★

Assists

This Hero has no Assist skills that can be learned.

Specials

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
New Moon	(Cooldown Count = 3) Resolve combat as if foe suffered Def/Res -30%.	5★
Moonbow	(Cooldown Count = 2) Treats foe's Def/Res as if reduced by 30% during combat.	5★
Curved Shot	(Cooldown Count = 2) Boosts Special damage by 30% of the greater of foe's Spd or Def. If unit's or foe's Special is ready or unit's or foe's Special triggered before or during this combat and if unit can attack during combat, reduces damage from foe's next attack by 40% (once per combat; excluding area-of-effect Specials).	5★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Atk/Spd Prime 1	If 【Bonus】 is active on unit, grants Atk/Spd+X to unit during combat (X = number of【Bonus】effects active on unit, excluding stat bonuses, × 2, + 1; max 3).	5★
Atk/Spd Prime 2	If 【Bonus】 is active on unit, grants Atk/Spd+X to unit during combat (X = number of【Bonus】effects active on unit, excluding stat bonuses, × 2, + 1; max 5).	5★
Atk/Spd Prime 3	If 【Bonus】 is active on unit, grants Atk/Spd+X to unit during combat (X = number of【Bonus】effects active on unit, excluding stat bonuses, × 2, + 3; max 7).	5★
Atk/Spd Prime 4	If 【Bonus】 is active on unit, grants Atk/Spd+X to unit during combat (X = number of【Bonus】effects active on unit, excluding stat bonuses, × 2, + 3; max 9), and also, if number of【Bonus】effects active on unit (excluding stat bonuses) ≥ 4, unit can counterattack regardless of foe's range during combat.	5★
Poison Strike 1	If unit initiates combat, deals 4 damage to foe after combat.	5★
Poison Strike 2	If unit initiates combat, deals 7 damage to foe after combat.	5★
Poison Strike 3	If unit initiates combat, deals 10 damage to foe after combat.	5★
Assassin's Strike	If unit initiates combat, deals 7 damage to foe as combat begins (effects that reduce damage during combat do not apply; will not reduce foe's HP below 1), inflicts Spd/Def-4 on foe during combat, and deals damage = 20% of foe's Def (excluding area-of-effect Specials).	5★
Paranoia	At start of turn, grants 【Null Follow-Up】 to unit and grants 【Paranoia】 to unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit for 1 turn, and deals 1 damage to unit and those allies. At start of turn, if unit is within 5 spaces of a foe, inflicts 【Penalty】 effects active on unit on closest foes and any foe within 2 spaces of those foes, and neutralizes any 【Penalty】 effects active on unit (excluding penalties inflicted at the start of the same turn). At start of combat, if unit's HP ≤ 99%, grants Atk/Spd+5 to unit and neutralizes effects that inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit during combat. 【Paranoia】 At start of combat, if unit's HP ≤ 99%, grants Atk+5 to unit during combat, and also, if unit initiates combat, unit can make a follow-up attack before foe's next attack. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≤ 99%, if foe initiates combat, and if either that foe's Range = unit's Range or number of 【Penalty】 effects active on foe excluding stat penalties ≥ 3, unit can counterattack before foe's fist attack (excluding when unit's Savior effect triggers).	5★

Brave Bernadetta as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★★

Brave Bernadetta has Curved Shot, Atk/Spd Prime 4, and Assassin's Strike as inheritable options.

All of these skills are very good and worth inheriting onto your favorite units.

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How to Get Brave Bernadetta

Obtain Through Regular Summon

Brave Bernadetta 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)	Erica Mendez
Illustrator	Gesoking
Appears In	Fire Emblem: Three Houses

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