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

Shanna

Personal Evaluation	7/10
Attribute / Weapon	Blue/ Lance
Rank	3-5 stars
Title	Sprightly Flier
First Appearance	Fire Emblem: Binding Blade
Voice Actor	Marisha Ray

She is a Pegasus Knight from Ilia and the younger sister of Juno and Thea. While her sisters are full-fledged Pegasus Knights, she is still in training. From the world of the Fire Emblem: Binding Blade, Shanna shows up in Fire Emblem: Heroes as a Pegasus Knight.

Stats

At Level 1, Shanna is a flier type class which makes her maneuverable over all kinds of terrain. Her abilities often times rely on her speed which makes her able to attack twice. Despite this however, she seems to be rather soft in combat in comparison to the other Pegasus Knights.

Initial Stats

Skill List

Weapons

Name	Mt	Rng	Details	Default	Reqs
Iron Lance	6	1	–	–	50 SP
Steel Lance	7	1	–	☆☆☆	100 SP
Killer Lance	8	1	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1).	☆☆☆☆	200 SP, ☆☆☆
Killer Lance+	11	1	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1).	☆☆☆☆☆	300 SP, ☆☆☆☆☆

Special Skills

Name	CD	Description	Reqs
Chilling Wind	4	Boosts damage dealt by 50% of unit’s Res.	Default: ☆☆☆☆☆ Unlock: ☆☆☆☆ SP: 100
Iceberg	3	Boosts damage dealt by 50% of unit’s Res.	Default: – Unlock: ☆☆☆☆☆ SP: 200

Passive Skills

Name	Type	Description	Reqs
Desperation 1	A	If unit initiates combat with HP ≤ 25%, follow-up attacks occur immediately after unit’s attack.	Unlock: – SP: 50
Desperation 2		If unit initiates combat with HP ≤ 50%, follow-up attacks occur immediately after unit’s attack.	Unlock: – SP: 100
Desperation 3		If unit initiates combat with HP ≤ 75%, follow-up attacks occur immediately after unit’s attack.	Unlock: ☆☆☆☆☆ SP: 200
Threaten Spd 1	C	Inflicts Spd-3 on foes within 2 spaces through their next actions at the start of each turn.	Unlock: – SP: 50
Threaten Spd 2		Inflicts Spd-4 on foes within 2 spaces through their next actions at the start of each turn.	Unlock: – SP: 100
Threaten Spd 3		Inflicts Spd-5 on foes within 2 spaces through their next actions at the start of each turn.	Unlock: ☆☆☆☆☆ SP: 200

Strategy

Shanna fights similarly to Cordelia except a little beefier. As a flier, she also has high mobility and can cross any terrain. However, the problem with this hero is that she is only powerful during the player’s phase. During enemy phase, she doesn’t have much fighting chances. Her play style may also appear similar to Catria but with the latter having more ATK than she does. As a Pegasus Flier, she inherently has high RES which makes her an excellent Tome Wall except against Green Tomes such as Nino, Julia, Soren, and Sonya.

She’s an early game-type hero and requires a little less skill investment than most. What makes her powerful also is her Threaten Spd-Desperation combination. Desperation allows her to automatically counter attack without the enemy cutting in with her Threaten Spd increasing her chances of attacking twice. One possible build may be giving her Brave Lance which allows her to ATK twice. With Desperation and her already high Spd, she can attack four times instead of just 2.

Counter

• Soren – Soren has a high ATK which completely obliterates Shanna despite her high RES.
• Merric – Merric’s weapon has additional damage to flier units. It also doesn’t help that he’s a Green Tome.
• Camilla – Camilla can ATK four times in a row, chopping off a good chunk of Shanna’s already low HP.
• Virion – Virion, as an archer, can deal heavy damage against flier units. Another is his Astra can deal heavy damage plus he also has Seal Spd to knock her down.
• Takumi – Takumi, as the strongest of the archers, can deal heavy damage. At the same time, he also has skills that rip off Spd which gives Shanna a problem in terms of her defending from his attacks.

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