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

Sophia

Personal Evaluation	7/10
Attribute / Weapon	Red/Tome
Rank	1~4  stars
Title	Nabata Prophet
First Appearance	Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade
Voice Actor	Wendee Lee

Sophia is a shy spirit, often times not speaking. She first appears to heal Cecilia‘s wounds before joining Roy‘s army. As a half-dragon and half-human, she cannot transform into a dragon. However, her physical aging has decreased drastically. While she does appear to be a young girl, she is actually several centuries old. In Fire Emblem Heroes, she fights as a Red/Tome Infantry unit.

Stats

Sophia, as a mage, has a higher Res than most units. However, she also makes the middle ground with above decent Def. However, Sophia does best with inherited skills rather than her own skills. She has high RES and high DEF, bulking it out also with high HP. This makes her relatively tanky enough to withstand blows from physical hitters unless they’re Blue/Lance units like Subaki and Shanna.

Initial Stats

Skill List

Weapons

Name	Mt	Rng	Details	Default	Reqs
Flux	4	2	–	☆	50 SP
Ruin	6	2	–	☆☆☆	☆☆, 100 SP
Fenrir	9	2	–	☆☆☆☆	200 SP, ☆☆☆
Fenrir+	13	2	–	☆☆☆☆☆	☆☆☆☆☆, 300 SP

Special Skills

Name	CD	Description	Reqs
Dragon Gaze	4	Grants +30% to ATK.	Default: ☆☆☆☆ Unlock: ☆☆☆ SP: 100
Dragon Fang	4	Grants +50% to ATK.	Default: – Unlock: ☆☆☆☆ SP: 200

Passive Skills

Name	Type	Description	Reqs
Warding Blow 1	A	Grants Res+2 during combat if unit initiates attack.	Unlock: ☆☆☆ SP: 50
Warding Blow 2		Grants Res+4 during combat if unit initiates attack.	Unlock: ☆☆☆☆ SP: 100
Warding Blow 3		Grants Res+6 during combat if unit initiates attack.	Unlock: ☆☆☆☆☆ SP: 200
Fortify Res 1	C	Grants adjacent allies Res+2 through their next actions at the start of each turn.	Unlock: ☆ SP: 50
Fortify Res 2		Grants adjacent allies Res+3 through their next actions at the start of each turn.	Unlock: Fortify Res 1, ☆☆ SP: 100
Fortify Res 3		Grants adjacent allies Res+4 through their next actions at the start of each turn.	Unlock: Fortify Res 2, ☆☆☆☆ SP: 200

Strategy

Sophia has an awfully weird set of stats. For a tome, she’s increasingly tanky and can withstand damage. The only time she can’t is when she faces off against a Blue/Lancer. However, the damage increase is dictated more on affinity mechanics rather than the actual stats itself. So, what makes her strong in the first place? The key to Sophia is actually found in Skill Inheritance.

Formerly a low tier hero, Sophia shines when she has newly inherited abilities. One special she can use is Moonbow or even Iceberg or Glacies to take advantage of her already bulky resistance. Along with that, players can grant her Tomebreaker which gives her a better chance against fellow mages like her. Swordbreaker can do as well, expanding her repertoire of enemies to kill. To give her a better chance against Green enemies, Sophia can also gain Triangle Adept but at the cost of losing her hitting power against Blues.

Unfortunately, Sophia suffers against Brave Build enemies especially enemies like Camilla and Arthur. Brave Bow, especially the one from Klein, can easily stomp her out of combat. Despite this, she is one of the few characters that excels more in counter-attacking rather than initiating the attack.

Counter

• Delthea – As a blue tome with a ridiculous large attack, she can lay waste to Sophia without giving her a chance to counter attack.
• Robin (M) – Because he is a tanky blue tome, Robin (M) can absorb majority of the damage before throwing it back at her.
• Kagero – Kagero has a weapon that allows her to deal extra damage to infantry units.
• Subaki – Subaki has balanced stats and if built right can withstand damage. He also has a built in Triangle Adept for his Sapphire Lance, giving him increased damage against Sophia.

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