Mordecai

Default
Attack
Special
Injured

Blue Beast

Mordecai - Kindhearted Tiger
3-4 Obtainable as a 3 - 4 only

Related Heroes

Mordecai

Flame Mordecai

Hero Stats

Max Avg Total Stats at Lvl 40

167

HP 47

ATK 37

SPD 24

DEF 39

RES 20

Stat Variations

Level 1 Stat Variation

Weapon

5★

4★

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	18 18 20 20	10 24 12 26	4 4 6 6	8 11 10 10	4 4 6 6
Middle	19 19 21 21	11 25 13 27	5 5 7 7	9 12 11 11	5 5 7 7
High	20 20 22 22	12 26 14 28	6 6 8 8	10 13 12 12	6 6 8 8

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	17 17 19 19	10 10 12 12	3 3 5 5	8 8 10 10	3 3 5 5
Middle	18 18 20 20	11 11 13 2	4 4 6 2	9 9 11 11	4 4 6 6
High	19 19 21 21	12 12 14 14	5 5 7 7	10 10 12 12	5 5 7 7

Level 40 Stat Variations

Weapon

5★

4★

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	44 44 46 46	34 48 36 50	21 21 23 23	36 39 38 38	17 17 19 19
Middle	47 47 49 49	37 51 39 53	24 24 26 26	39 42 41 41	20 20 22 22
High	50 50 52 52	40 54 42 56	28 28 30 30	43 46 45 45	23 23 25 25

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	41 41 43 43	32 32 34 34	19 19 21 21	34 34 36 36	15 15 17 17
Middle	44 44 46 46	35 35 37 37	22 22 24 24	37 37 39 39	18 18 20 20
High	47 47 49 49	38 38 40 40	25 25 27 27	41 41 43 43	21 21 23 23

IV Sets

	Key stats worth increasing through nature if possible.
	Complementary stats that matter, but not to the point of picking them over key stats for nature increase.
	Relatively worthless stat that can safely be decreased through nature.

HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Average	Best	Worst	Best	Worst

Skill Sets

Fight Like A Tiger (Enemy Phase)

Build by Wecondo12

Recommended

	Sabertooth Fang (+Eff)	A	Atk/Def Unity Alternate: Sturdy Stance 3
	Positional Assist	B	Atk/Def Bulwark 3 Alternate: Lull Atk/Def 3
	Bonfire	C	Atk Smoke 4
IVs	+ATK or +DEF / -SPD	S	Close Def 3 Alternate: Sturdy Stance 2

Show Explanation/Analysis

Weapon: Sabretooth Fang (+Eff)

Assist: Positional Assist / Preference

Special: Bonfire

Passive A: Atk/Def Unity / Sturdy Stance 3 / Close Def 4

Passive B: Atk/Def Bulwark 3 / Lull Atk/Def

Passive C: Atk Smoke 4 / Preference

Sacred Seal: Close Def / Shield Session / Sturdy Stance / Quick Riposte

Mordecai’s refine gifts him with an added Attack and Defense buff as long as his foe’s HP is above or equal to 75%, as well as upgrading his transformation effect with an added negation of in-combat cooldown increasing or reducing skills, a Pulse Smoke added to his weapon’s debuffing effect if a movement assist skill is used by Mordecai or targets him, and an additional boost to Mordecai’s Attack and Defense as long as he’s within 3 spaces of an ally. Overall, this improves how Mordecai functions, but his role is largely the same as it was before his refine.
Mordecai will want to mostly invest in his great Defense stat and stick to fighting physical foes, and for this purpose A slot skills such as Atk/Def Unity and seals such as Close Def are excellent options to further bolster Mordecai’s already great physical bulk.
The newly released Atk/Def Bulwark is an amazing B slot option for Mordecai as it can prevent dangerous physical foes from slipping into range of a vulnerable ally without KO’ing Mordecai first, on top of reducing the foe’s Attack and Defense and giving him after combat healing. However, as the skill is quite rare due to being locked to Askr at the time of writing, Lull Atk/Def is a decent option as well, though not as strong.
Atk Smoke 4 is a strong C slot option for many slow Enemy Phase units, although Null Follow-Up is fairly commonplace, so the follow-up prevention won’t always be an asset.

Strengths

Excellent Physical Bulk and Attack

Great HP and Defense make Mordecai excellent at tanking physical damage in general, and his good Attack stat means he can hit back quite hard as well.

Refined Sabretooth Fang

Mordecai’s exclusive weapon gives him a hefty +10 boost to his Attack and Defense when its fairly simple activation conditions are met, in addition to having a unique debuffing effect when he uses movement assist skills or is targeted by them. Negating the effects of skills such as Heavy Blade and Guard is the cherry on top.

Weaknesses

Beast Effective Weaponry

While not ubiquitous, units with Beast effective weapons such as Brave Eliwood or Petrine can easily ruin Mordecai’s day and take out a hefty chunk of his HP (assuming they don’t KO him in one round).

Terrible Speed

Mordecai’s awful Speed makes him incapable of consistently performing follow-up attacks without the aid of Quick Riposte, which is easily negated by the commonplace Null Follow-Up. His damage output will also be greatly reduced against Infantry units making use of Speed based damage reduction skills such as Spurn.

Weapon Skills

Weapons	SP	Rng.	Mt.
Whelp (Infantry) At start of turn, if unit is adjacent to only beast or dragon allies or if unit is not adjacent to any ally, unit transforms (otherwise, unit reverts). If unit transforms, grants Atk+2 and deals +10 damage when Special triggers. Beast Infantry Only	50	1	4
Yearling (Infantry) At start of turn, if unit is adjacent to only beast or dragon allies or if unit is not adjacent to any ally, unit transforms (otherwise, unit reverts). If unit transforms, grants Atk+2 and deals +10 damage when Special triggers. Beast Infantry Only	100	1	6
Adult (Infantry) At start of turn, if unit is adjacent to only beast or dragon allies or if unit is not adjacent to any ally, unit transforms (otherwise, unit reverts). If unit transforms, grants Atk+2 and deals +10 damage when Special triggers. Beast Infantry Only	200	1	9
Sabertooth Fang Grants Def+3. If a movement Assist skill (like Reposition, Shove, Pivot, etc.) is used by unit or targets unit, inflicts Atk/Spd/Def/Res-4 on foes within 2 spaces of unit and target through their next actions after movement. At start of turn, if unit is adjacent to only beast or dragon allies or unit is not adjacent to any ally, unit transforms (otherwise, unit reverts). If unit transforms, grants Atk+2 and deals +10 damage when Special triggers. Learns by default at 5 ★ Unlocks at 5 ★ Non-Inheritable skill.	400	1	14

Weapon Evolution

Weapon Upgrades

Weapons	HP	SP	Rng.	Mt.
Sabertooth Fang (+Eff) Grants Def+3. If a movement Assist skill (like Reposition, Shove, Pivot, etc.) is used by unit or targets unit, inflicts Atk/Spd/Def/Res-5 on foes within 2 spaces of unit and target through their next actions after movement. At start of combat, if foe's HP ≥ 75%, grants Atk/Def+5 to unit during combat. At start of turn, if unit is adjacent to only beast or dragon allies or if unit is not adjacent to any ally, unit transforms (otherwise, unit reverts). If unit transforms, grants Atk+2, deals +7 damage when Special triggers, and neutralizes effects that grant "Special cooldown charge +X" to foe or inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit during combat. If a movement Assist skill (like Reposition, Shove, Pivot, etc.) is used by unit or targets unit, inflicts Special cooldown count+1 on foes within 2 spaces of unit and target. (Does not stack even if effect ranges of unit and target overlap.) If unit is within 3 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Def+5 to unit during combat.	+3	400	1	14

Support Skills

Support Skills	Rng.	SP
Smite Push adjacent ally 2 spaces farther away.	1	150

Passive Skills

Passive Skills	SP	Slot
Atk/Def Link 1 If a movement Assist skill (like Reposition,\nShove, Pivot, etc.) is used by unit or targets\nunit, grants Atk/Def+2 to unit and target ally\nor unit and targeting ally for 1 turn. Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units.	60	B
Atk/Def Link 2 If a movement Assist skill (like Reposition,\nShove, Pivot, etc.) is used by unit or targets\nunit, grants Atk/Def+4 to unit and target ally\nor unit and targeting ally for 1 turn. Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units.	120	B
Atk/Def Link 3 If a movement Assist skill (like Reposition,\nShove, Pivot, etc.) is used by unit or targets\nunit, grants Atk/Def+6 to unit and target ally\nor unit and targeting ally for 1 turn. Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units. Unlocks at 5 ★	240	B
Beast Exp. 1 While unit lives and is a beast, unit gets 1.5x EXP. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.) Beast Only	30	C
Beast Exp. 2 While unit lives, all beast allies on team get 1.5x EXP. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.) Beast Only	60	C
Beast Exp. 3 While unit lives, all beast allies on team get 2x EXP. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.) Beast Only Unlocks at 4 ★	120	C