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

Takumi

Stats

Takumi is a well-balanced archer and one of the strongest among them. He has a bow that easily reduces the speed of enemies. Also, his bow deals one of the highest damages for the bows in-game. And to add, Takumi has heightened speed to help him deal with enemies such as Shanna and other flier enemies. However, he has a low base-RES. This makes him weak against Tomes.

Initial Stats

Skill List

Weapons

Skill Name	Mt	Rng	Details	Default	Requirement
Steel Bow	4	2	Effective against fliers.	–	50 SP
Iron Bow	6	2	Effective against fliers.	–	100 SP
Silver Bow	9	2	Effective against fliers.	–	200 SP
Fujin Yumi	14	2	Effective against fliers. Unit can pass though foes if own HP ≥ 50%.	☆☆☆☆☆	400 SP

Special Skills

Name	Cooldown	Description	Reqs
Retribution	5	Grants bonus to damage dealt equal to 30% of damage suffered.	Default: – Unlock: – SP: 150
Vengeance	5	Before combat this unit initiates, foes in a wide area near target take damage equal to (unit’s Atk – foe’s Def or Res).	Default: ☆☆☆☆☆ Unlock: – SP: 300

Passive Skills

Name	Type	Description	Reqs
Threaten Spd 1	C	Inflicts Spd-3 on foes within 2 spaces through their next actions at the start of each turn.	–
Threaten Spd 2		Inflicts Spd-4 on foes within 2 spaces through their next actions at the start of each turn.	–
Threaten Spd 3		Inflicts Spd-5 on foes within 2 spaces through their next actions at the start of each turn.	Unlock: ☆☆☆☆☆ SP: 200
Close Counter	A	Enables unit to counterattack regardless of distance to attacker.	Unlock: ☆☆☆☆☆ SP: 300

Strategy

Takumi is the strongest among all the colorless/archers in Fire Emblem: Heroes. This is due to his ability to perform Close Counter, killing any enemy that even tries to get close. Another is that he has Threaten Spd, setting up the enemy to be destroyed by a far more powerful one. As a physical hitter, his damage subtracts from the amount of DEF an enemy has.

One way of building Takumi is to give him Klein‘s Brave Bow+. While this may lower his SPD, this gives him a chance to deal double attack should he have the advantage. Due to his high SPD, the Brave Bow won’t give much demerit to him as he can attack four times in one encounter. As an Archer, he’s capable of taking out fliers such as Shanna, Subaki, Florina, and the other fliers that attempt to attack him. His one main weakness however is his low RES which makes him susceptible to characters like Cecilia.

Keep him behind an armored wall to prevent him from taking too much damage. Or, have a character previously set-up killing a Tome to deal more damage to the enemy.

Counters

• Cecilia – Cecilia is a green tome cavalry that easily chase down Takumi. Her weapon, Gronnraven, can also deal additional damage to him.
• Kagero – Kagero deals extra damage to Infantry units, debuffing him also in the process.
• Jakob – Jakob‘s high ATK and speed make him a deadly foe for Takumi. At the same time, he can quickly debuff him which can leave Takumi open for an attack for a more powerful ally.
• Hector – Hector‘s defenses are tough which soften majority of Takumi’s blow. He also has Distant Counter which allows him to fight Takumi on equal footing.
• Ryoma – Ryoma’s Raijinto comes with Distant Counter.
• Ike – Ragnell grants Ike Distant Counter.

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