Effie Character Analysis [Fire Emblem: Heroes/ FE: Heroes]

Effie

Never underestimate her puny and charming appearance since this knight hails from Nohr. She is a formidable lancer who possesses massive physical strength. However her motivation stems from her allegiance to her comrade, Elise. She appears in Fire Emblem: Fates, and returns as a supporting Character in Fire Emblem: Heroes.

Stats

Initial Stats

Skill List

Weapons

Name	Mt	Rng	Details	Default	Reqs
Iron Lance	6	1	–	–	50 SP
Steel Lance	8	1	–	–	100 SP
Silver Lance	11	1	–	☆☆☆☆	200 SP
Silver Lance+	16	1	–	☆☆☆☆☆	☆☆☆☆☆, 300 SP

Assists

Name	Rng	Description	Reqs
Smite	1	Push adjacent ally 2 spaces farther away.	Default: ☆☆☆☆ SP: 150

Passive Skills

Name	Type	Description	Reqs
Death Blow 1	A	Grants Atk+2 during combat if unit initiates attack.	SP: 50
Death Blow 2		Grants Atk+4 during combat if unit initiates attack.	Unlock: ☆☆☆☆ SP: 100
Death Blow 3		Grants Atk+6 during combat if unit initiates attack.	Unlock: ☆☆☆☆☆ SP: 200
Wary Fighter 1	B	Prevents follow-up attacks in combat from unit and foes if unit’s HP≥90%.	SP: 60
Wary Fighter 2		Prevents follow-up attacks in combat from unit and foes if unit’s HP≥70%.	SP: 120
Wary Fighter 3		Prevents follow-up attacks in combat from unit and foes if unit’s HP≥50%.	Unlock: ☆☆☆☆ SP: 240

Strategy

Effie functions as a sturdy wall to sponge enemy attacks given her significant Defense stat. Her Attack coupled with the default kit grants her with a monstrous damage output, while shouldering enemy phases with Wary Fighter to deter follow-ups.

Her default kit consists of Death Blow 3 to punish enemies that dare to take her on. She also has Wary Fighter 3 to prevent any follow-ups from breaking through which is suitable for low investment sets. Her weapon is also equally outstanding despite the lack of additional effects as it complements her Skill well thanks to the high Mt.

Employing Skill inheritance, Effie requires a huge investment especially if she is built to learn Distant Counter. This set enables her to bait Ranged units such as Daggers and Bows, taking minimal damage while dealing severe in return.

For Special Skills, Moonbow is best suitable for Arena type challenges and Chain challenges given the low Cooldown and the frequency of triggering this Skill alongside Distant Counter.

For assists, consider replacing Smite with Pivot or Reposition to secure a strategic spot while waiting for the enemy to apporach. Pivot is decent as it patches up the mobility that plagues most Armored units. Placing all the eggs in the Defensive basket, Effie can make use of Bonfire in tandem with Brave Lance+ whereas an alternative weapon builds would appreciate Draconic Aura.

Although she can manage against most melee attacks from red sword and blue lance as well as dagger and bow units, she struggles against Tome and dragonstone units due to her sub par Resistance.

Her mobility does not help her at all either, as she has to rely on pivot to move farther distances. This forces her to be reliant on the nearby allies’ positioning. With respect to her Wary Fighter 3, it has its limitations especially if it goes beyond the effect’s range (lower than 50% HP remaining).

Suitable companions range from Singer/Dancers such as Olivia to cover her weakness to green units while passing Dance to cover more ground, while covering her green unit weakness with tome users such as Tharja. Apart from that, she is suitable when incorporated in an Armored team alongside Hector and Zephiel as she will appreciate the buffs cast.

Counter

• Green units have the color advantage to deal serious damage to Effie despite her Wary Fighter 3. Dealing with her either requires having a high damaging green tome unit. Another alternative is to challenge her with high offense, high defense green units to rival her own.
• Nino – A green tome unit that has powerful magic ranged damage to punish Effie’s low Resistance.
• Hector – Fares well against Effie with his color advantage, durable bulk and Attack.
• Sheena – Similar to Hector, save for her inferior Attack.
• Cherche – Shares the same low Res trait as Effie, given her mobility to address obstacles, she can easily find ways to capture Effie while covering herself with gargantuan offense and defense.

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