Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Which House Should You Choose?

This article contains spoilers.

A guide on the best house to choose in Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, including an overview of each playable faction (Black Eagles, Blue Lions, and Golden Deer), each house's unique characteristics, recommended house for beginners, and the best house to choose to get the best ending.

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Which House Should You Choose?

Which House Should You Choose in Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes?

Upon reaching Chapter 2: Three Houses during the prologue section of Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, you will be asked to choose a House that your character, Shez, will belong to.

The faction you pick will greatly affect gameplay onwards as it determines the characters that become playable during the story route, events that take place, enemies encountered, and other features exclusive to each House.

Black Eagles – Scarlet Blaze Route

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Black Eagles

The Black Eagles House, lead by Edelgard, consists of many characters from the Adrestian Empire that are adept at magic. Edelgard herself is quite a powerful unit, gaining access to the exclusive class Armored Lord at the start of Scarlet Blaze route Chapter 4: The Struggle Commences. This gives her incredibly high defense and can dish out respectable damage from up close as well.

Starting Playable Characters

Black Eagles Playable Characters
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Edelgard von Hresvelg Character IconEdelgard Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Hubert von Vestra Character IconHubert Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Dorothea Arnault Character IconDorothea
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Ferdinand von Aegir Character IconFerdinand Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Bernadetta von Varley Character IconBernadetta Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Caspar von Bergliez Character IconCaspar
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Petra Macneary Character IconPetra Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Linhardt von Hevring Character IconLinhardt Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Monica von Ochs Character IconMonica
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Jeritza von Hyrm Character IconJeritza Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Manuela Casagranda Character IconManuela  

Blue Lions – Azure Gleam

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Blue Lions

The Blue Lions House, lead by Dimitri, features many characters from the Holy Kingdom of Fhaergus who favor melee combat and naturally excel at classes that wield spears and swords. Dimitry, upon reaching Azure Gleam Chapter 4: To War (Blue Lions Route), gains access to the exclusive class High Lord which is able to deal unmatched physical damage output at melee range.

Starting Playable Characters

Blue Lions Playable Characters
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd Character IconDimitri Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Dedue Molinaro Character IconDedue Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Felix Fraldarius Character IconFelix
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Mercedes von Martritz Character IconMercedes Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Ashe Ubert Character IconAshe Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Annette Fantine Dominic Character IconAnnette
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Sylvain Jose Gautier Character IconSylvain Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Ingrid Brandl Galatea Character IconIngrid Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Rodrigue Achille Fraldarius Character IconRodrigue

Golden Deer – Golden Wildfire Route

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Golden Deer

The Golden Deer House, lead by Claude, has many characters from the Leicester Alliance who are amazingly skilled at using bows. Upon starting Golden Wildfire Chapter 4: To War (Golden Deer Route), Claude is able to change into the exclusive class Wyvern Master, granting him incredible mobility and ranged damage to easily intercept enemy reinforcements in addition to a number of other useful advantages.

Starting Playable Characters

Golden Deer Playable Characters
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Claude von Riegan Character IconClaude Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Hilda Valentine Goneril Character IconHilda Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Lorenz Hellmann Gloucester Character IconLorenz
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Raphael Kirsten Character IconRaphael Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Lysithea von Ordelia Character IconLysithea Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Ignatz Victor Character IconIgnatz
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Marianne von Edmund Character IconMarianne Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Leonie Pinelli Character IconLeonie Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Shamir Nevrand Character IconShamir

Which House Is the Best for Beginners?

There is generally no “best” house to choose as each faction boasts different strengths and weaknesses that become apparent during various missions throughout the game. For new players and even veterans to musou-style action games, it is recommended to just choose the house that suits your preferences in terms of gameplay and if the characters in a particular faction appeal to you.

Which House Should You Choose for the “Best” Ending?

Blue Lions (Azure Gleam)

To get the “best” ending in the game, you should pick the Blue Lions as the faction’s story route progression will result in saving almost all major characters. Picking the other houses will put you into a path that forces you to kill many former students of the Garreg Mach Officer’s Academy that are allied with opposing factions when you encounter them during unique missions.

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