Marni Infernal Guide and Recommended Team (Grand Hero Battle)

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

Marni Strategy Overview

Obtainable Unit	Marni
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	09/18/2024 - 09/25/2024

Initial Unit Placement

Infernal	Lunatic

Infernal Enemy Information

A Green Manakete		HP 67		Atk 56		Spd 36		Def 29		Res 42
		： Dark Breath+ ：- ： Dragon's Roar					： Still Water 3 ： S/R Bulwark 4 ： Drive Def 2 ：- ：-
B Red Flier		HP 48		Atk 47		Spd 41		Def 17		Res 35
		： Rauðrfox+ ：- ： Iceberg					： Mirror Strike 2 ： Mystic Boost 3 ： Deadly Miasma ：- ：-
C Cleric		HP 46		Atk 40		Spd 34		Def 29		Res 46
		： Pain+ ： Magic Shield+ ： Earthfire Balm+					： Fort. Def/Res 2 ： Guard 3 ： Breath of Life 4 ：- ：-
D Marni		HP 79		Atk 66		Spd 22		Def 58		Res 44
		： Praise-Piner Axe ：- ： Ignis					： Distant Reversal ： Weaving Fighter ： D/R Near Save 3 ：- ：-
E Sword Dragon		HP 62		Atk 55		Spd 30		Def 43		Res 23
		： Guard Sword+ ：- ： Ignis					： Atk/Def Clash 3 ： Wyvern Flight 3 ： A/S Rein Snap ：- ：-
F Blue Fáfnir		HP 62		Atk 47		Spd 43		Def 37		Res 32
		： Lightning Breath+ ：- ： Draconic Aura					： Iote's Shield ： S/R Near Trace 3 ： Deadly Miasma ：- ：-

Lunatic Enemy Information

A Red Flier		HP 40		Atk 43		Spd 37		Def 16		Res 32
		： Rauðrfox+ ：- ： Iceberg					： Mirror Strike 2 ： Mystic Boost 3 ： Savage Blow 3 ：- ：-
B Cleric		HP 40		Atk 37		Spd 31		Def 27		Res 42
		： Pain+ ： Magic Shield+ ： Earthfire Balm+					： Fort. Def/Res 2 ： Guard 3 ： Breath of Life 3 ：- ：-
C Marni		HP 68		Atk 62		Spd 20		Def 53		Res 40
		： Praise-Piner Axe ：- ： Ignis					： Distant Reversal ： Weaving Fighter ： D/R Near Save 3 ：- ：-
D Sword Dragon		HP 49		Atk 51		Spd 27		Def 36		Res 21
		： Guard Sword+ ：- ： Ignis					： Atk/Def Clash 3 ： Wyvern Flight 3 ： Atk/Spd Rein 3 ：- ：-
E Blue Fáfnir		HP 49		Atk 43		Spd 37		Def 34		Res 29
		： Lightning Breath+ ：- ： Draconic Aura					： Iote's Shield ： S/R Near Trace 3 ： Savage Blow 3 ：- ：-

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Marni Strategy

Use Player Phase Strategies

This map has no reinforcements, no refresher enemies, and no enemies with movement assists, making it the ideal situation for a Hit and Run composition.

The enemies will not move forward until you step onto their threat range or you engage in combat first.

Marni is an armored unit, thus she has low mobility. Her D/R Near Save 3 protects allies from melee attacks. To counter this, bring ranged units to clear the map of her allies, and bring a Red unit with good physical bulk to deal with Marni once the other enemies have been taken care of.

To start, position your units so that you can engage either in the middle (attacking the Green Manakete) or at the right side (attacking the Blue Fafnir). Once your ready, initiate the offense and defeat the target foe, then use movement Assists and refresher Assists to retreat to safety. Ensure your attackers can defeat the foes in one round of combat, as the Cleric's Breath of Life 4 will keep them sustained throughout multiple combats.

The enemies will then slowly approach your team, but be unable to reach any of your units if you retreated outside of their range.

Use the next turns to defeat all the generic foes using your ranged attackers, and then once Marni is the last foe standing, use your Red unit to defeat her over time.

The Red unit will need to have a Null Follow-Up effect in their kit to bypass Weaving Fighter and Praise-Piner Axe's Miracle effect.

If you acquired a copy of Brave Felix from the recent In Those We Hope banner or from the free summon, he's an excellent unit to use on this map. Equip him with the Null Follow-Up 3 Sacred Seal and use his multiple actions to defeat Marni quickly.

Tank Strategies are also viable

Tank strategies are also viable on this map as there are no enemy units that are too threatening, except for Marni herself. However, since she is an immobile armored unit, you can save her for last and position your units to tank all the generic foes first before you deal with her.

The enemies do not move until you either attack them or you step into their threat ranges, giving you ample time to set up.

If you have a Savior Ball team, then the strategy for this map is simply to bait the middle group of enemies first, and then heal up while you wait for the right side group.

If you are using a non-Savior tank unit, bait in as few enemies as possible to avoid taking damage throughout multiple fights, while keeping the support units out of range of the enemies.

Once all the other foes have been dealt with, swarm Marni with your team to defeat her. Marni can defeat your units with her Ignis trigger and she has multiple defensive skills to survive combat.

To make defeating Marni easier, bring a hard hitting unit with a Null Follow-Up effect to bypass Weaving Fighter's follow-up negation and Praise-Piner Axe's Miracle effect. Without a Null Follow-Up effect, Marni can constantly loop the Miracle effect with Praise-Piner Axe's post-combat healing effect.

Best Units for Marni

Player Phase Units

Unit Name
Brave Felix	Sword Infantry New Levin Sword accelerates Special by 2, opening up either area-of-effect spam or quick Galeforce. Lone Wolf can grant up to three actions in one turn.
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.
Bridal Sharena	Lance Cavalry Incredibly mobile with United Bouquet granting movement+1 and Forever Yours granting 【Canto (Dist, +1; Max 4)】. Both Forever Yours and Duo Skill generate additional actions while refreshing Canto.
Summer Gullveig	Red Tome Cavalry Can act up to four times in one turn with Golden Sunlight, Time and Light, and her Duo Skill. Flared Sparrow leaves behind 【Divine Vein (Flame)】 terrain, softening up enemies for future engagements.
Ninja Sanaki	Red Tome Cavalry Great nuking power with Radiant Scrolls. Flared Mirror creates Divine Veins that hinder movement for enemy ranged units and deal pre-combat damage to foes when they enter combat. Duo Skill grants another action post-combat.
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.
Ninja Lyn	Colorless Dagger Flying Tailwind Shuriken's brave effect can quickly defeat enemies. Duo Skill grants herself an additional action.
Fallen Chrom	Sword Cavalry Arcane Devourer grants bonus Special charges and Special cooldown acceleration, allowing an easy Galeforce trigger. Fate Unchanged... allows repositioning an ally to safety and using the extra action for Fallen Chrom to retreat to safety himself.
Brave Chrom	Lance Cavalry Geirdriful grants bonus Special charges and Special cooldown acceleration, allowing an easy Galeforce trigger. A Fate Changed! allows repositioning an ally to safety and using the extra action for Brave Chrom to retreat to safety himself.
Brave Gullveig	Blue Tome Flying Gold Unwinding grants herself an additional action after combat. Flared Sparrow leaves behind 【Divine Vein (Flame)】 terrain, softening up enemies for future engagements.
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.
Brave Eirika	Lance Cavalry Moonlight Bangle grants Canto for mobility. Binding Reginleif allows her to defeat her foes in one round.
Reginn	Sword Cavalry Lyngheiðr grants Canto for mobility. Seiðr Shell+ is pre-charged and can defeat an enemy quickly.

Tank Units

Unit Name
Emblem Ike	Sword Infantry Emblem Ragnell neutralizes multiple penalties that affect his combat. Laguz Friend 4 provides strong damage reduction. Great Aether provides extra damage reduction and sustain to keep him healthy throughout multiple combats.
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 Guaranteed follow-up attack Weapon refine makes him a very powerful tank.
Ascended Idunn	Blue Breath Armored Guaranteed follow-up attack. Weapon is comparable to Brave Hector's refined Maltet. Can neutralize penalties inflicted on her.
Tiki (Adult)	Red Breath Infantry A budget option that can fulfill the tank role to bait on turn one. A red unit is used here to help mitigate damage from the right side of the map, as she will not have color disadvantage against all the enemies on that side.
Nowi	Blue Breath Infantry A budget option that can fulfill the tank role to bait on turn one. A blue unit is used here to help mitigate damage from the left side of the map, as she will not have color disadvantage against all the enemies on that side.

Support Units

Unit Name
Elimine	Staff Flying Grants damage reduction and can shut down "At start of turn" effects of foes in cardinal directions.
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 during combat.
Corrin (M)	Sword Infantry A budget support that grants bonus stats to his Ally Support during combat.
Summer Hilda	Staff Flying Grants Atk+6 and Special acceleration to nearby allies during combat.
Seiðr	Green Tome Cavalry Future-Focused can forcefully end a foe's turn, allowing you to play around the strongest foe.

Recommended Dancer Units

New Year Peony	Green Tome Flying Gentle Dream provides stat and mobility bonuses. Duo Skill grants an adjacent ally an extra action.
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.
Hatari Azura	Green Tome Cavalry Dancing Flames and Gray Waves combine to grant an ally stat and mobility bonuses. S/R Far Trace 3 allows retreat after combat or using Gray Waves.

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