How to Recruit Petra: Expedition Answers and Best Class

Petra is a character in Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes (FEW3H). Read on to learn how to recruit Petra, the answers for expeditions with Petra, the best class for Petra, their unique abilities, and their strongest combos!

Petra Best Class and Gifts

Petra Overview

Petra		Starting Class	Myrmidon
		Starting Weapon	Sword
Playable Character?	Yes	Crests	No known crests.
Affiliation	Adrestian Empire

Petra Best Class

How to Change Classes

Petra Innate Abilities

Petra has to master the Falcon Knight class to get the Flyswatter innate ability.

Innate Abilities are secret abilities not listed among the acquired abilities, and can only be attained by branching out of a unit's recommended class.

How to Get Innate Abilities for Each Character

Petra Likes and Dislikes

Best Gifts for Petra

Best Gifts to Give Each Character

How to Recruit Petra

Scarlet Blaze	Azure Gleam	Golden Wildfire
Chapter 03: The Shadows of Adrestia	Chapter 04: To War! (Azure Gleam)	Chapter 07: A Contest of Beasts

Recruit by using the Persuade Petra Strategy

When this character is faced as an enemy during the main quest of the chapters listed above, you may use the Persuade Strategy to recruit this unit after defeating them in battle. Persuade Petra costs 10 Strategy Points to use.

Recruitment Guide: How to Recruit Units

Expedition Answers with Petra

Petra's Expedition Answers Guide

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Question / Prompt	Best Response
Prompt: We have no horses in Brigid, so riding is still a thing of much newness to me.	Ask if they ate them all.
Prompt: Sometimes a hunt will last for days. I have to be sleeping in trees or between rocks.	Say you want to hunt too.
Prompt: I thought Fodlan's army would be highly disciplined. But instead, the rules are having much flexibility.	Say they should be even more so.
Prompt: We should be training here in secret! Then we will return stronger and give our friends much surprise.	Eagerly suggest you shock them all.
Prompt: Your hair changes color just like one of the legends of Brigid! This is a thing of much strangeness.	Ask about the legend.
Prompt: Brigid is between Fodlan and Dagda. We are getting many ideas from both.	Hope that trade will flourish.
Prompt: I read books before coming to Fodlan. I wanted to be preparing. But it was still a thing of difficulty.	Say she should ask people for help.
Question: Ask about any personal news. Prompt: Now that I have adjusted to Fodlan pillows, I am fine.	Laugh.
Question: Ask about any personal news. Prompt: I am missing my home every so often. All I love is located so far from here.	Let that sink in for a moment.
Question: Ask about dreams for the future. Prompt: I hope to spend much time with people I love.	Give a pep talk.
Question: Ask about memories of the past. Prompt: Long ago, I tried to put an arrow in the sun. It was killing a bird instead. That was my first hunt.	Commend that.
Question: Ask about preferred fighting style. Prompt: I am good with the sword and bow. I want to be better at the axe. If it can be soaring through the air, I will probably like it.	Get competitive over it.
Question: Ask about their dislikes. Prompt: I do not like laziness. But sometimes that means I am working too hard and making mistakes.	Sympathize.
Question: Ask about their family. Prompt: I have grandparents, and a little brother and sister. But everyone on the isles is like family, so I have family of much largeness.	Be envious.
Question: Ask about their friends. Prompt: I have much to learn from them, so we are training each day. If mine was the way, I would have them all come live in Brigid.	Smile.
Question: Ask about their likes. Prompt: I like climbing trees, but it is not a thing done by people in Fodlan.	Express admiration.
Question: Ask about their worries. Prompt: I never seem to get better at math. What is 49 times 73 again?	Calculate it.
Question: Ask what they think of you. Prompt: Brigid is needing a person like you. I am still waiting for your answer.	Act dependable.
Question: Ask what they think of you. Prompt: I admire your strength. But I will keep training and soon be surpassing you!	Give a pep talk.

Expeditions Guide: All Expedition Answers

How to Use Petra

Tips on Using Petra

Pros	Capitalize her strengths with a crit-heavy build to maximize Hunter's Boon. Unique ability allows her to deal Wind damage despite being best suited for Myrmidon sub-classes.
Cons	Pretty much restricted to the Myrmidon Classes and Sub-Classes to be effective.

Petra Combos and Unique Abilities

Petra Unique Abilities

Ability Name	Type	Description
Windstorm	Action	Slightly increase evasion distance. Dodges inflict very minor wind damage.
Hunter's Boon	Support	Slightly restores the Awakening Gauge with each critical hit.
Outland Technique	Tactical	When ordered to attack: increases damage dealt to enemies by 30%

Trickster Class Action

	Continually slash enemies while teleporting diagonally forward.

Press X to deplete the Class Gauge and attack while moving forward. These attacks can be chained. The Class Gauge will fill over time.

Trickster Combo List

	Attack forward and slash enemies that throw them up into the air.
	Perform two sword slashes followed by throwing shurikens to a large area of enemies in front of the unit.
	Three sword slashes and a spinning forward attack that pushes enemies back.
	After a series of regular attacks, circles the enemies that throw them into the air using some kind of magic.
	Release a series of regular attacks followed by teleporting to attack from above with a cloning technique.
	Unleash regular sword slashes forward, and finish with a magic attack that spreads and deals damage to enemies surrounding the unit.
Spam	Unleash a combination of sword slashes and end with slamming that sword on the ground that throws enemies away.

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