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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 Rating and Basic Information

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Overall Rating 8.0/10
Reroll Ranking (excluding Inherit Skill) C
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Jesse - Blithe Mercenary: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type
Red IconRed / Sword IconSword / Infantry IconInfantry
Rarity
5 Star Icon5 Star 4 Star Icon4 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★

Sword IconHexblade 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).
Special Skill IconMoonbow
Cooldown Count = 2
Treats foe's Def/Res as if reduced by 30% during combat.
Spd/Def Ideal 3Spd/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 3Repel 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) Normal HP ★★★☆☆
Atk (10) No Attack IV ★★★★☆
Spd (8) Spd Boon ★★★★★
Def (10) Def Bane ★★★☆☆
Res (11) Res Bane ★★★☆☆

◯ = 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
Weapon Skill Icon： Hexblade Sword+
Assist Skill Icon： Reposition
Special Skill Icon： Moonbow
Emblem Icon： -
Passive Skill A Icon： Atk/Spd Ideal 4
Passive Skill B： Repel 3
Passive Skill C： Atk/Spd Oath 4
Sacred Seal Icon： Atk/Spd Ideal 3
Attuned Skill Icon： -
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
HP 42 42
 Rank: 279/1317
Atk
Atk 45 45
 Rank: 131/1317
Spd
Spd 47 47
 Rank: 21/1317
Def
Def 32 32
 Rank: 409/1317
Res
Res 33 33
 Rank: 310/1317

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

HP Atk Spd Def Res Total
+HP
Lv.40 +10		 49 49 51 36 37 222
+Atk
Lv.40 +10		 46 52 51 36 37 222
+Spd
Lv.40 +10		 46 49 55 36 37 223
+Def
Lv.40 +10		 46 49 51 39 37 222
+Res
Lv.40 +10		 46 49 51 36 40 222

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
Duo Elincia Icon Duo Elincia
40 48 49 31 36 204
Stefan Icon Stefan
41 46 49 37 31 204
Attuned Ryoma Icon Attuned Ryoma
40 47 48 36 33 204
Brave Byleth (M) Icon Brave Byleth (M)
41 47 48 38 30 204
Aided Dagr Icon Aided Dagr
41 46 48 38 31 204
Brave Felix Icon Brave Felix
40 47 48 35 29 199
Jehanna Malice Icon Jehanna Malice
41 44 48 35 31 199
Legendary Ayra Icon Legendary Ayra
40 46 48 34 31 199
Fallen Alear (M) Icon Fallen Alear (M)
40 46 47 35 31 199
Machyua Icon Machyua
40 44 48 36 31 199
Jesse Icon Jesse
42 45 47 32 33 199
Chulainn Icon Chulainn
45 46 46 40 21 198
Ogier Icon Ogier
46 44 47 36 24 197
Emblem Marth Icon Emblem Marth
41 45 47 33 27 193
Brave Robin (M) Icon Brave Robin (M)
40 46 45 35 27 193
Severa Icon Severa
42 43 47 37 24 193
Inigo Icon Inigo
40 44 45 34 30 193
Fallen Lloyd Icon Fallen Lloyd
41 43 46 31 32 193
Edward Icon Edward
40 43 46 43 21 193
Kagetsu Icon Kagetsu
42 43 47 35 25 192
Felix Icon Felix
40 46 46 31 25 188
Fallen Byleth (F) Icon Fallen Byleth (F)
40 44 47 32 25 188
Summer Fjorm Icon Summer Fjorm
43 43 46 28 28 188
Lapis Icon Lapis
41 41 45 29 32 188
Ascended Fir Icon Ascended Fir
42 44 46 34 21 187
Alear (M) Icon Alear (M)
40 44 45 33 25 187
Lucia Icon Lucia
40 41 45 29 32 187
Lumera Icon Lumera
43 43 43 33 25 187
Alear (F) Icon Alear (F)
40 43 46 32 26 187
Malice Icon Malice
40 39 43 32 28 182
Brave Marth Icon Brave Marth
41 41 43 32 25 182
Priam Icon Priam
40 41 40 35 26 182
Yen Yen'fay
43 37 42 32 28 182
Galzus Icon Galzus
40 43 41 36 22 182
Ascended Mareeta Icon Ascended Mareeta
40 40 43 34 25 182
Flavia Icon Flavia
41 40 41 36 23 181
Kamui Icon Kamui
44 38 41 36 22 181
Duo Eirika Icon Duo Eirika
40 36 43 30 28 177
Ninja Zihark Icon Ninja Zihark
43 37 42 30 24 176
Catherine Icon Catherine
43 39 41 30 23 176
Kris (M) Icon Kris (M)
40 37 40 30 25 172
Say Say'ri
40 35 40 23 34 172
Young Marth Icon Young Marth
41 36 37 32 26 172
Larcei Icon Larcei
41 36 40 30 25 172
Mareeta Icon Mareeta
41 35 42 31 23 172
Fallen Mareeta Icon Fallen Mareeta
42 33 41 29 23 168
Byleth (F) Icon 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 Attack ImageClose-Physical Ranged Physical AttackRanged-Physical Close Magic AttackClose-Magic Ranged MagicRanged-Magic
Physical Wall ImagePhysical Wall Magic WallMagic Wall Effective ImageEffective Weapon Movement Assist ImageMovement Assist
No Exclusive Skill ImageExclusive Skill No All Range Counterattack ImageAll-Range Counter RecoveryRecovery No Refresher ImageRefresher
No Legendary Hero ImageLegendary No Mythic Hero ImageMythic No Duo and Harmonized ImageDuo /
Harmonized		 No Resplendent ImageResplendent

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 Attack

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? B Rank Icon

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
SwordIron Sword
6 1 No Effect 3★
SwordSteel Sword
8 1 No Effect 3★
SwordHexblade 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★
SwordHexblade 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
Special SkillNew Moon
 (Cooldown Count = 3) Resolve combat as if foe suffered Def/Res -30%. 3★
Special SkillMoonbow
 (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 IconSpd/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 IconSpd/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 IconSpd/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 IconRepel 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 IconRepel 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 IconRepel 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

Jesse Avatar

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 / Illustrations / Voice Actor / Quotes

How to Get Jesse

Obtain Through Regular Summon

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

Illustration

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