Ivy & Hortensia Infernal Guide and Recommended Team (Bound Hero Battle)

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

Ivy and Hortensia Strategy Overview

Enemy Units	Ivy Hortensia
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	10/28/2024 - 11/06/2024

Initial Unit Placement

Infernal	Lunatic

Infernal Enemy Information

A Bow Fighter		HP 65		Atk 50		Spd 36		Def 34		Res 21
		： Doubler Bow+ ： Harsh Command+ ： Curved Shot					： Flashing Blade 4 ： Spd Preempt 3 ： Savage Blow 3 ：- ：-
B Ivy		HP 66		Atk 66		Spd 38		Def 28		Res 33
		： Icebound Tome ：- ： Luna					： Obsession ： A/R Far Trace 4 ： Deadly Miasma ：- ： Soaring Echo
C Red Thief		HP 56		Atk 46		Spd 47		Def 18		Res 37
		： Quick Dagger+ ：- ： Lethality					： Atk/Spd Ideal 3 ： Null Follow-Up 3 ： Creation Pulse ：- ：-
D Hortensia		HP 60		Atk 63		Spd 52		Def 17		Res 37
		： Arcane Charmer ： Rescue+ ： Glitter of Light					： Atk/Spd Catch 4 ： Poetic Justice ： Glittering Anima ：- ：-
E Sword Knight		HP 81		Atk 58		Spd 17		Def 51		Res 21
		： Slaying Edge+ ：- ： Escutcheon					： Def/Res Ideal 3 ： Shield Fighter ： D/R Near Save 3 ：- ：-
F Axe Fighter		HP 63		Atk 44		Spd 32		Def 36		Res 24
		： Brave Axe+ ：- ： Luna					： Bonus Doubler 4 ： Spd/Def Bulwark 3 ： Close Guard 3 ：- ：-

Lunatic Enemy Information

A Bow Fighter		HP 55		Atk 47		Spd 31		Def 31		Res 19
		： Doubler Bow+ ： Harsh Command+ ： Curved Shot					： Flashing Blade 3 ： Spd Preempt 3 ： Savage Blow 3 ：- ：-
B Ivy		HP 57		Atk 61		Spd 34		Def 26		Res 30
		： Icebound Tome ：- ： Luna					： Obsession ： A/R Far Trace 4 ： Deadly Miasma ：- ： Soaring Echo
C Hortensia		HP 52		Atk 59		Spd 47		Def 16		Res 34
		： Arcane Charmer ： Rescue+ ： Glitter of Light					： Atk/Spd Catch 4 ： Poetic Justice ： Glittering Anima ：- ：-
D Sword Knight		HP 66		Atk 54		Spd 16		Def 43		Res 19
		： Slaying Edge+ ：- ： Escutcheon					： Def/Res Ideal 3 ： Hardy Fighter 3 ： D/R Near Save 3 ：- ：-
E Axe Fighter		HP 55		Atk 41		Spd 29		Def 33		Res 22
		： Brave Axe+ ：- ： Luna					： Bonus Doubler 3 ： Spd/Def Bulwark 3 ： Close Guard 3 ：- ：-

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Ivy and Hortensia Strategy

Use a Hit and Run Strategy!

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

Stay out of the range of the enemy units on the first turn while repositioning your team, since the enemies will not engage until you step into their threat range. Once ready, initiate on any of the generic enemies using a ranged unit with 3 movement, and then use movement Assists, refresher assists, and Canto effects to retreat and get your units out of range.

The enemies will then approach your units but be unable to reach them. Keep in mind that Ivy can move one extra space and also extend the range of her allies with Soaring Echo.

If you have Emblem Sigurd or Brave Felix (equipped with an area-of-effect Special), you can use their superior movement to quickly deal massive damage in an area and then use their extra action to retreat to safety afterwards. This will force Hortensia to heal her allies with Rescue+, wasting her turn and dragging the enemies further away from your units.

Use the next turn to defeat as many foes as possible, taking advantage of Ivy and Hortensia being out of range of their allies. Prioritize staying out of range of the enemies while clearing the map, and pick the enemies off one at a time.

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 except for Ivy and Hortensia. Since they are ranged units, a dedicated Far Save tank can protect your team from their attacks.

Use the first few turns to set up your formation, and then place your tank unit in range of the enemies while keeping the support units out of range. With enough support, the generic enemies will fall in one round of combat each.

Ivy's Deadly Miasma will apply 【Divine Vein (Haze)】 onto spaces that your team occupies. Ensure that your Far Save tank can defeat Ivy on the counterattack to minimize the debuffs applied onto your team.

Hortensia's Glittering Anima also inflicts a visible Spd/Res-6 penalty, 【Panic】, and 【Discord】 to the closest unit to Hortensia and all heroes within 3 spaces of the target heroes. While it can be difficult to prevent these debuffs, you can minimize the negative effects by bringing a tank that can neutralize their own penalties as well as avoiding visible bonuses to render 【Panic】 useless.

Best Units for Ivy and Hortensia

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.
Emblem Sigurd	Lance Cavalry Holy-War Spear grants Emblem Sigurd +2 movement (5 total), 【Canto (3)】, and bonus true damage. Override is an area-of-effect Special that grants an extra action after use.
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.
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.
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.
Ice Tribe Fjorm	Lance Armored Ice-Crystal Spear provides multiple defensive effects and a Null C-Disrupt effect. Dual Ice Mirrors and Shield Fighter work together to heavily mitigate damage from multiple ranged attacks and then reflect the damage back onto the enemy.
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 older unit available on weekly revival banners that can keep up with modern metagame units if given investment. Neutralizes armor weakness, neutralizes penalties, prevents foe's follow-up attack and has a guaranteed follow-up attack.
Marni	Axe Armored A free-to-play unit available using Heroic Grails with a statline heavily focused on tanking. Praise-Piner Axe neutralizes foe's bonuses, grants damage reduction, and has post-combat healing to loop her built-in Miracle effect over and over again.
Brave Edelgard	Axe Armored High mobility for an armored unit. Incredibly sturdy with refined Flower Hauteclere and Black Eagle Rule granting multiple defensive effects.

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.
Seteth	Lance Flying Refined Spear of Assal grants Seteth and nearby allies bonus stats, true damage, true damage reduction, and neutralizes foe's bonuses.
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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