This is a ranking page for the hero Jesse - Blithe Mercenary 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 Jesse.

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Jesse [8.0/10]	Nuibaba [9.0/10]	Nomah [9.0/10]	Attuned Alm [9.5/10]

Jesse Rating and Basic Information

Overall Rating	8.0/10
Reroll Ranking (excluding Inherit Skill)	C (▶Reroll Ranking)
Ranking (including Inherit Skill)	C (▶FEH Tier List)

Jesse - Blithe Mercenary: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Red / Sword / Infantry
Rarity	5 Star 4 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・High Spd demote unit that has well-rounded base stats. ・Hexblade Sword+ provides terrainwalk, Hexblade, and true damage.

Jesse Skills at 5★

Hexblade Sword+ Might: 14　 Range: 1 At start of turn, if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants "unit cannot be slowed by terrain (does not apply to impassable terrain)" and 【Hexblade】 to unit for 1 turn. If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 to unit during combat and deals damage = 10% of unit's Atk (excluding area-of-effect Specials).

Moonbow Cooldown Count = 2 Treats foe's Def/Res as if reduced by 30% during combat.

Spd/Def Ideal 3 At start of combat, if unit's HP = 100% or if 【Bonus】 is active on unit, grants Spd/Def+5 to unit during combat.

Repel 3 If unit's Spd > foe's Spd, reduces damage from attacks during combat and from area-of-effect Specials (excluding Røkkr area-of-effect Specials) by percentage = difference between stats × 4 (max 40%). If unit initiates combat, foe is moved 1 space away after combat.

Jesse Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (18)		★★★☆☆
Atk (10)		★★★★☆
Spd (8)		★★★★★
Def (10)		★★★☆☆
Res (11)		★★★☆☆

◯ = 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 Jesse are +Spd and -Res. Jesse's Spd is among the highest in the game, and due to lacking an exclusive weapon or skill of his own, Jesse needs to rely on raw stats to compete with top metagame units.

There is no clear dump stat as Jesse's base stats are well rounded. We recommend -Res as a bane since he is expected to fight physical units due to his role.

+Spd for a +10 merge

We recommend +Spd when merging Jesse up to +10 to ensure he is competitive against top tier metagame units.

Jesse Best Builds

Divine Codes / Budget Jesse

HOT
： Hexblade Sword+ ： Reposition ： Moonbow ： -	： Atk/Spd Ideal 4 ： Repel 3 ： Atk/Spd Oath 4 ： Atk/Spd Ideal 3 ： -
Updated on 03/18/2025

How to Use, Explanation

This build uses skills available from Divine Codes to build Jesse on a budget. Most Atk/Spd skills work on him; just choose which ones you are willing to invest onto him.

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Jesse Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
199
HP	42	Rank: 279/1223
Atk	45	Rank: 131/1223
Spd	47	Rank: 21/1223
Def	32	Rank: 409/1223
Res	33	Rank: 310/1223

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	47	64	51	36	38	236
Lv.40 +10	47	50	51	36	38	222

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	42	59	47	32	33	213
5★ Lv.40	42	45	47	32	33	199
4★ Lv.40	39	43	44	29	31	186
3★ Lv.40	38	40	42	28	29	177

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	18	24	8	10	11	71
4★ Lv.1	17	20	7	9	11	64
3★ Lv.1	17	17	7	9	10	60

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Aided Dagr	41	46	48	38	31	204
Jesse	42	45	47	32	33	199
Legendary Ayra	40	46	48	34	31	199
Jehanna Malice	41	44	48	35	31	199
Brave Felix	40	47	48	35	29	199
Chulainn	45	46	46	40	21	198
Ogier	46	44	47	36	24	197
Edward	40	43	46	43	21	193
Fallen Lloyd	41	43	46	31	32	193
Brave Robin (M)	40	46	45	35	27	193
Emblem Marth	41	45	47	33	27	193
Inigo	40	44	45	34	30	193
Severa	42	43	47	37	24	193
Kagetsu	42	43	47	35	25	192
Lapis	41	41	45	29	32	188
Summer Fjorm	43	43	46	28	28	188
Fallen Byleth (F)	40	44	47	32	25	188
Felix	40	46	46	31	25	188
Lucia	40	41	45	29	32	187
Alear (M)	40	44	45	33	25	187
Ascended Fir	42	44	46	34	21	187
Lumera	43	43	43	33	25	187
Alear (F)	40	43	46	32	26	187
Brave Marth	41	41	43	32	25	182
Malice	40	39	43	32	28	182
Priam	40	41	40	35	26	182
Yen'fay	43	37	42	32	28	182
Galzus	40	43	41	36	22	182
Ascended Mareeta	40	40	43	34	25	182
Flavia	41	40	41	36	23	181
Kamui	44	38	41	36	22	181
Duo Eirika	40	36	43	30	28	177
Ninja Zihark	43	37	42	30	24	176
Catherine	43	39	41	30	23	176
Kris (M)	40	37	40	30	25	172
Say'ri	40	35	40	23	34	172
Young Marth	41	36	37	32	26	172
Larcei	41	36	40	30	25	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.

Jesse Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Jesse Roles

Jesse - Blithe Mercenary 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

Jesse 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.

Jesse Strengths

Hexblade Sword+ provides terrainwalk and Hexblade

Jesse's inheritable Hexblade Sword+ grants him unit cannot be slowed by terrain (does not apply to impassable terrain) and 【Hexblade】 at the start of each turn.

In combat, Hexblade Sword+ grants Jesse Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 and bonus true damage equal to 10% of his Atk.

While not as good as exclusive or even Arcane swords, Hexblade Sword+ provides enough to be worth using on a budget.

Jesse Weaknesses

Lack of Unique Skills

Jesse suffers from not having any unique skills to call his own, making him unable to stand out amongst other units.

Sword Infantry units are quite abundant in the game, and lacking an exclusive weapon makes Jesse replaceable by better units.

Saturation

Jesse is yet another Sword Infantry unit in a game filled with strong units of a similar archetype.

He will need significant investment to even be competitive with them, and will be inferior if these other metagame units have a similar amount of investment.

Should you Unlock Potential?

Should You Unlock Potential for this Hero?

We Recommend Unlocking Potential for Jesse - Blithe Mercenary!

We recommend that you use Unlock Potential to bring Jesse - Blithe Mercenary from 4 Stars to 5 Stars. Jesse - Blithe Mercenary is very useful as a speedy sword infantry, so you may find using Unlock Potential on Jesse - Blithe Mercenary helpful if your team lacks a party member with this role.

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Jesse - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Iron Sword	6	1	No Effect	3★
Steel Sword	8	1	No Effect	3★
Hexblade Sword	10	1	At start of turn, if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants "unit cannot be slowed by terrain (does not apply to impassable terrain)" and 【Hexblade】 to unit for 1 turn. If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 to unit during combat and deals damage = 10% of unit's Atk (excluding area-of-effect Specials).	3★
Hexblade Sword+	14	1	At start of turn, if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants "unit cannot be slowed by terrain (does not apply to impassable terrain)" and 【Hexblade】 to unit for 1 turn. If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 to unit during combat and deals damage = 10% of unit's Atk (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%.	3★
Moonbow	(Cooldown Count = 2) Treats foe's Def/Res as if reduced by 30% during combat.	4★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Spd/Def Ideal 1	At start of combat, if unit's HP = 100% or if 【Bonus】 is active on unit, grants Spd/Def+3 to unit during combat.	3★
Spd/Def Ideal 2	At start of combat, if unit's HP = 100% or if 【Bonus】 is active on unit, grants Spd/Def+4 to unit during combat.	3★
Spd/Def Ideal 3	At start of combat, if unit's HP = 100% or if 【Bonus】 is active on unit, grants Spd/Def+5 to unit during combat.	4★
Repel 1	If unit's Spd > foe's Spd, reduces damage from attacks during combat and from area-of-effect Specials (excluding Røkkr area-of-effect Specials) by percentage = difference between stats × 2 (max 20%). If unit initiates combat, foe is moved 1 space away after combat.	3★
Repel 2	If unit's Spd > foe's Spd, reduces damage from attacks during combat and from area-of-effect Specials (excluding Røkkr area-of-effect Specials) by percentage = difference between stats × 3 (max 30%). If unit initiates combat, foe is moved 1 space away after combat.	4★
Repel 3	If unit's Spd > foe's Spd, reduces damage from attacks during combat and from area-of-effect Specials (excluding Røkkr area-of-effect Specials) by percentage = difference between stats × 4 (max 40%). If unit initiates combat, foe is moved 1 space away after combat.	5★

Jesse as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★☆☆☆

Jesse has Hexblade Sword+, Spd/Def Ideal 3, and Repel 3 as inheritable options.

Hexblade Sword+ is a decent inheritable weapon for budget units, but falls short against exclusive or even Arcane swords.

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How to Get Jesse

Obtain Through Regular Summon

Jesse is a Hero who can be pulled from any summon.

Event Name	Focus
New Heroes: Attuned Alm & Rearmed Nuibaba New Heroes Summon	Nuibaba Nomah Jesse Attuned Alm Starts：03/18/2025 Ends：04/03/2025

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Voice Actor and Illustrator Information

Voice Actor (English)	Mick Wingert
Illustrator	DAI-XT
Appears In	Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (Gaiden)

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