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This is a ranking page for the hero Bruno - Masked Knight 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 Bruno.

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Bruno Rating and Basic Information

Overall Rating 9.0/10
Reroll Ranking (excluding Inherit Skill) -
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Ranking (including Inherit Skill) A
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Bruno - Masked Knight: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type
Blue IconBlue / Blue Tome IconBlue Tome / Cavalry IconCavalry
Rarity
4 Star Icon4 Star 3 Star icon3 Star
What Kind of Character Are They? ・Cryptic Valaskjálf grants Anathema and a guaranteed follow-up attack to Bruno and nearby allies, grants Bruno bonus stats, true damage, Desperation, and Vantage.

Bruno Skills at 5★

Blue TomeCryptic Valaskjálf
Might: 14　 Range: 2
Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1).
At start of player phase or enemy phase, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk/Spd+6, 【Anathema】, and "unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack during combat" to unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit for 1 turn.
If unit's HP ≥ 25% at start of combat, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd = 20% of unit's Spd at start of combat + 6, deals damage = 20% of unit's Spd (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and unit can make a follow-up attack before foe's next attack during combat, and also, if foe initiates combat, unit can counterattack before foe's first attack.
Special Skill IconDragon Fang
Cooldown Count = 4
Boosts Atk by 50%.
Poison Strike 3Poison Strike 3
If unit initiates combat, deals 10 damage to foe after combat.
Red Feud 3Red Feud 3
If in combat against a red foe, disables skills of all foes, excluding foe in combat, and inflicts Atk/Spd/Def/Res-4 on foe during combat. During combat, disables skills of all red foes, excluding foe in combat.

Bruno Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat Superboon/Superbane IV Recommendation
HP (18) HP Superbane ★★★☆☆
Atk (10) No Attack IV ★★★★☆
Spd (9) Spd Boon ★★★★★
Def (5) No Def IV ★★☆☆☆
Res (8) Res Bane ★★☆☆☆

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

See the IV Checker for All Units Trait Fruits—How to Change IVs

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.

Neutral IVs by default!

As a hero obtainable only through Grand Hero Battle, Bruno will always have neutral IVs by default. The only way to access IVs for this unit is through using Trait Fruits.

+Spd / -Def

The best IVs for Bruno are +Spd and -Def. With his base 48 Spd and a superboon raising it to base 52, Bruno can keep up with the fastest metagame units even as a F2P unit. He'll need this investment in order to ensure he doesn't receive follow-up attacks from his foes.

Bruno's Def is a clear dump stat and can be safely taken as a bane as it won't impact her matchups no matter the amount of investment put into it.

+Spd for a +10 merge

We recommend a +Spd IV when merging Bruno up to +10 to ensure he is able to prevent follow-up attacks from all the fast metagame units with similar investment.

Bruno Best Builds

Offensive Bruno

HOT
Weapon Skill Icon： Cryptic Valaskjálf
Assist Skill Icon： Reposition
Special Skill Icon： Magic Light
Emblem Icon： Emblem Lyn
Passive Skill A Icon： Atk/Spd Aria
Passive Skill B： Spd/Res Shackle
Passive Skill C： Fatal Smoke 4
Sacred Seal Icon： Atk/Spd Catch 3
Attuned Skill Icon： Far Trace Echo
Updated on 08/15/2025

How to Use, Explanation

This build uses premium offensive skills to make Bruno hit as hard as possible. Fatal Smoke 4 prevents non-Special Miracle effects from triggering, allowing him to use his Vantage effect to defeat weakened ranged foes.

Budget Bruno

Weapon Skill Icon： Cryptic Valaskjálf
Assist Skill Icon： Reposition
Special Skill Icon： Glimmer
Emblem Icon： -
Passive Skill A Icon： Atk/Spd Catch 4
Passive Skill B： S/R Far Trace 3
Passive Skill C： Rouse Atk/Spd 4
Sacred Seal Icon： Atk/Spd Catch 3
Attuned Skill Icon： -
Updated on 08/15/2025

How to Use, Explanation

Bruno can be built on a budget using skills available from Divine Codes. One Spring Delthea code can provide this entire kit if given prerequisite skills first.

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Bruno Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
185
HP
HP 40 40
 Rank: 541/1317
Atk
Atk 45 45
 Rank: 172/1317
Spd
Spd 48 48
 Rank: 3/1317
Def
Def 22 22
 Rank: 963/1317
Res
Res 30 30
 Rank: 450/1317

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

HP Atk Spd Def Res Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses 45 64 53 26 34 222
Lv.40 +10 45 50 53 26 34 208

HP Atk Spd Def Res Total
+HP
Lv.40 +10		 47 49 52 26 34 208
+Atk
Lv.40 +10		 44 52 52 26 34 208
+Spd
Lv.40 +10		 44 49 56 26 34 209
+Def
Lv.40 +10		 44 49 52 29 34 208
+Res
Lv.40 +10		 44 49 52 26 37 208

Stats at Lv 40

HP Atk Spd Def Res Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills 40 59 48 22 30 199
5★ Lv.40 40 45 48 22 30 185
4★ Lv.40 37 43 46 20 27 173
3★ Lv.40 36 40 43 19 26 164

Initial Stats (with Skills)

HP Atk Spd Def Res Total
5★ Lv.1 18 24 9 5 8 64
4★ Lv.1 17 18 9 4 7 55
3★ Lv.1 17 15 8 4 7 51

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero
 HP
 Atk
 Spd
 Def
 Res
 Total
Heimdallr Icon Heimdallr
42 49 16 29 49 185
Bruno Icon Bruno
40 45 48 22 30 185
Fallen Ursula Icon Fallen Ursula
40 43 47 17 27 174
Rearmed Reinhardt Icon Rearmed Reinhardt
41 46 45 22 20 174
Tea Sigurd Icon Tea Sigurd
40 46 31 35 16 168
Summer Tharja Icon Summer Tharja
40 45 44 19 20 168
Bridal Lilina Icon Bridal Lilina
39 44 22 16 42 163
Hapi Icon Hapi
40 42 26 16 39 163
Spring Delthea Icon Spring Delthea
36 43 40 16 28 163
New Year Reginn Icon New Year Reginn
37 38 40 23 24 162
Thief Cath Icon Thief Cath
39 37 43 21 22 162
Valentine Valentine's Veronica
40 36 38 21 22 157
Selena Icon Selena
40 39 39 16 23 157
Ursula Icon Ursula
35 29 32 19 30 145
Reinhardt Icon Reinhardt
38 32 23 27 25 145
L L'Arachel
33 33 31 17 31 145
Spring Catria Icon Spring Catria
36 32 35 18 23 144
Groom Pent Icon Groom Pent
37 33 34 19 21 144
Olwen Icon Olwen
34 26 34 20 30 144
Valentine Valentine's Soren
37 35 33 14 25 144

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

Bruno Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Bruno Roles

Bruno - Masked Knight Roles
Close Physical AttackClose-Physical Ranged Physical AttackRanged-Physical Close Magic AttackClose-Magic Ranged Magic ImageRanged-Magic
Physical Wall ImagePhysical Wall Magic WallMagic Wall Effective ImageEffective Weapon Movement Assist ImageMovement Assist
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

Bruno is a ranged magic attacker (range = 2). Therefore, when not accounting for the Weapon Triangle, the amount of damage he deals will be equivalent to his Atk minus the foe's Res stat.

Bruno Strengths

Cryptic Valaskjálf grants Anathema and a Guaranteed Follow-Up Attack to the team

Bruno's exclusive tome Cryptic Valaskjálf grants Atk/Spd+6, 【Anathema】, and unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack during combat to Bruno and allies within 2 spaces at the start of player and enemy phase.

In combat, Cryptic Valaskjálf grants Bruno bonus Atk/Spd equal to 6 + 20% of his Spd, bonus true damage equal to 20% of his Spd, a Desperation effect, and a Vantage effect.

Cryptic Valaskjálf isn't as loaded as modern exclusive weapons, but it has enough effects to make Bruno usable as an offensive threat.

Bruno Weaknesses

Low Def

With Bruno's base 22 Def and no true damage reduction effect on his kit, he will be vulnerable to physical damage. Bruno will need to rely on his Vantage effect to combat ranged physical foes, while he will be helpless against melee physical foes.

Keep him away from these foes as much as possible.

Weak to Cavalry Effective Weapons

Bruno 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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We Recommend You Unlock Potential for Bruno - Masked Knight!

We can say with confidence that you should use Unlock Potential to bring Bruno - Masked Knight from 4 Stars to 5 Stars. Bruno - Masked Knight is a very useful fast blue tome cavalry, so we recommend you Unlock Potential for Bruno - Masked Knight if your team lacks a strong fast blue tome cavalry.

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Bruno - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name Might Range Effect Learned At
Blue TomeThunder
4 2 No Effect 3★
Blue TomeElthunder
6 2 No Effect 3★
Blue TomeThoron
9 2 No Effect 3★
Blue TomeCryptic Valaskjálf
14 2 Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1).
At start of player phase or enemy phase, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk/Spd+6, 【Anathema】, and "unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack during combat" to unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit for 1 turn.
If unit's HP ≥ 25% at start of combat, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd = 20% of unit's Spd at start of combat + 6, deals damage = 20% of unit's Spd (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and unit can make a follow-up attack before foe's next attack during combat, and also, if foe initiates combat, unit can counterattack before foe's first attack.		 5★

Assists

This Hero has no Assist skills that can be learned.

Specials

Skill Name Effect Learned At
Special SkillDragon Gaze
 (Cooldown Count = 4) Boosts Atk by 30%. 3★
Special SkillDragon Fang
 (Cooldown Count = 4) Boosts Atk by 50%. 4★

Passives

Skill Name Effect Learned At
Poison Strike 1 IconPoison Strike 1
 If unit initiates combat, deals 4 damage to foe after combat. 3★
Poison Strike 2 IconPoison Strike 2
 If unit initiates combat, deals 7 damage to foe after combat. 3★
Poison Strike 3 IconPoison Strike 3
 If unit initiates combat, deals 10 damage to foe after combat. 4★
Red Feud 1 IconRed Feud 1
 If in combat against a red foe, disables skills of all foes, excluding foe in combat. During combat, disables skills of all red foes, excluding foe in combat. 3★
Red Feud 2 IconRed Feud 2
 If in combat against a red foe, disables skills of all foes, excluding foe in combat, and inflicts Atk/Spd/Def/Res-2 on foe during combat. During combat, disables skills of all red foes, excluding foe in combat. 4★
Red Feud 3 IconRed Feud 3
 If in combat against a red foe, disables skills of all foes, excluding foe in combat, and inflicts Atk/Spd/Def/Res-4 on foe during combat. During combat, disables skills of all red foes, excluding foe in combat. 5★

Bruno as a Source Hero

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Value of Skills ★★☆☆☆

Bruno has Poison Strike 3 and Red Feud 3 as inheritable options.

We recommend merging your Bruno copies instead.

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How to Get Bruno / Illustrations / Voice Actor / Quotes

How to Get Bruno

Obtain through a Grand Hero Battle

Bruno is a Hero who, for a limited time, can be obtained through completing a Grand Hero Battle for the first time. They do not appear in regular summons. After the event has ended, they can be obtained by using Heroic Grails.

Voice Actor and Illustrator Information

Voice Actor
(English)		 T. Axelrod
Illustrator Kozaki Yusuke
Appears In
Fire Emblem Heroes

Illustration

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3 twztid13 twztid13 3 months

**I see i kept saying "guaranteed follow up". I meant enemies who prevent follow ups altogether, not guaranteed follow ups**

2 twztid13 twztid13 4 months

here, meaning in a suggested build** does he hit so hard that he doesn't always need a follow up? Or is he not expecting to fight against units that have NFU or prevent guaranteed followups?

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