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

Setsuna

Personal Evaluation	8.5/10
Attribute / Weapon	Colorless/Bow
Rank	3~4  stars
Title	Absent Archer
First Appearance	Fire Emblem Fates
Voice Actor	Conner Kelley

Setsuna is one of Hinoka’s retainers from Fire Emblem Fates. Despite her absent-mindedness, Setsuna is one of the best archers next to Takumi. Born from a noble family in Hoshido, she literally had all everything answered for her. Because of this, she felt that her life lacked any sort of excitement which then led to her wanting to fall into traps. In Fire Emblem Heroes, Setsuna is a Colorless/Bow hero.

Stats

Setsuna has a devastating attack especially with Assassin’s Bow to pair up with. As her Assassin’s Bow chops away at dagger units, Setsuna also can use her Bowbreaker skill to knock down pesky archers like Takumi. If built right, she can have the highest damage output in-game. While her Def and Res are rather decent, her small HP makes her vulnerable against melee heroes.

Initial Stats

Skill List

Weapons

Name	Mt	Rng	Details	Default	Reqs
Iron Bow	4	2	Effective against flying units.	–	50 SP
Steel Bow	6	2	Effective against flying units.	–	100 SP
Assassin’s Bow	7	2	Effective against flying units. If unit initiates a battle with a dagger user then, the dagger user cannot make a follow-up attack regardless of speed.	☆☆☆☆	☆☆☆, 200 SP
Assassin’s Bow+	11	2	Effective against flying units. If unit initiates a battle with a dagger user then, the dagger user cannot make a follow-up attack regardless of speed.	☆☆☆☆☆	☆☆☆☆☆, 300 SP

Assists

Name	Range	Description	Reqs
Reciprocal Aid	1	Swap HP with adjacent ally (neither unit can go above their max HP).	Default: ☆☆☆☆ Unlock: ☆☆☆ SP: 150

Passive Skills

Name	Type	Description	Reqs
HP +3	A	Grants +3 to max HP.	Unlock: ☆☆☆ SP: 40
HP +4		Grants +4 to max HP.	Unlock: ☆☆☆☆ SP: 80
HP +5		Grants +5 to max HP.	Unlock: ☆☆☆☆☆ SP: 160
Bowbreaker 1	C	If unit’s HP ≥ 90% in combat against a bow user, unit makes a follow-up attack and foe cannot.	Unlock: – SP: 50
Bowbreaker 2		If unit’s HP ≥ 70% in combat against a bow user, unit makes a follow-up attack and foe cannot.	Unlock: ☆☆☆ SP: 100
Bowbreaker 3		If unit’s HP ≥ 50% in combat against a bow user, unit makes a follow-up attack and foe cannot.	Unlock: ☆☆☆☆ SP: 200

Strategy

Setsuna’s Assassin’s Bow makes her deeply terrifying to Dagger-based units such as Kagero and Saizo. Not only will it use her high ATK, it’ll also render the speed of the dagger useless. Another is that her Bowbreaker skill makes her the “perfect” colorless offensive unit hunter. However, players can also opt to change her bow instead to Brave Bow which allows to attack twice regardless of the enemy speed. Combining this with Close Counter or Quick Riposte will give her the advantage in combat. Vantage as well may work for Setsuna.

However, granting Setsuna Brave Bow may lower her speed. If players want her to quickly wipe out enemies, she can inherit Shanna‘s Desperation trait to allow her to attack twice immediately. Due to her high damage output, players can opt to grant her either Luna (attacks an enemy while lowering their Res/Def by 30%), Draconic Aura (gains +30% attack power), or Astra which grants 150% additional damage dealt.

Katherine Baskerville’s notes: Personally, I would grant her Astra as her damage output is really scary and awesome at the same time. Besides, it’s easy to pluck it off Virion anyway.

For her assists, players can choose either to keep her Reciprocal Aid or Ardent Sacrifice. Reciprocal Aid may be detrimental to her as it swaps HP’s with her allies. But, it can also work offensively if there’s a particular enemy to take down. Ardent Sacrifice on the other hand heals allies for 10 HP at the cost of her own. This works well with tanks such as Sheena or Hector who are standing in front of her. Or for those who are playing as F2P, Draug may also serve as a temporary stand-in until a decent armor unit shows up.

Another passive trait to add is either Threaten Def to maximize the damage from her bow. Or, to use Threaten Res to give other tomes near her a chance to deal extra damage.

Counter

• Hector – Hector has Distant Counter and is an armored unit, making it impossible for Setsuna to pierce.
• Ryoma – Ryoma has high ATK and a built in Distant Counter in the Raijinto, making it easy for him to knock her down.
• Cecilia – Cecilia has Gronnraven which deals extra damage to colorless units. Not only that, she’s also a Tome and a Cavalry unit. This makes her range increasingly large especially when chasing down an infantry unit like Setsuna.
• Robin (M) – Robin (M) is quite tanky and if he runs a Raven build, he can deal extra damage to colorless units.
• Kagero – Assuming Kagero survives Setsuna’s assault, she can use Poison Dagger to deal extra damage to Setsuna.

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