Brave Byleth (F)

Stat Variations

IV Sets

Inner Wellspring

Byleth’s unique tome Inner Wellspring provides a variety of great effects. It accelerates her Special trigger by 1, provides Null Follow-Up as a status effect if she starts her turn within 2 spaces of an ally, as well as charging her Special by 1 under the same conditions. In combat, it provides a boost of 5 to all stats under easy conditions and charges her Special by 1 after combat similar to Special Spiral. These effects combine with Divine Pulse to allow her to activate her Special immediately in most combats and then charge it again afterwards even if she KOs her opponent in one hit. 

Divine Pulse

Byleth’s unique Special Divine Pulse provides several useful effects. On attack, it boosts her damage by 25% of her Spd. Then, it reduces the damage taken from her foe’s next attack by 75%, and boosts the damage of Byleth’s next attack by 20% of her Spd, making her very difficult for most units to KO and essentially allowing her to activate a Special on both hits. Since Divine Pulse is a Special, the damage reduction is NOT pierced by effects such as Deadeye and Lethality, though due to Deadeye’s damage doubling on top of Byleth’s bow weakness she may be KO’d by the sheer multiplicity. 

Colorless Tome Flier

Byleth’s status as a colorless tome flier gives her neutral triangle matchups against all units, and allows her to use great skills like Atk/Spd Catch and Spd Preempt, a new skill which inflicts a Spd debuff on her foe during combat and allows her to counterattack before they can attack as long as the foe wields a ranged weapon and she outspeeds them. 

Amazing Atk and Spd

Byleth’s 41 base Atk and 43 base Spd make her deal high damage and, in combination with her Null Follow-Up effect from Inner Wellspring, allow her to follow-up and avoid follow-up attacks from most units. 

Decent HP, Def, and Res

Byleth’s base 39 HP, 26 Def, and 24 Res are mediocre but still decent and allow her to take weak hits. Of course, the damage reduction from Divine Pulse allows her to take very little damage from most hits, so these stats are comparatively less important. 

Enemy Phase Brave-style weapons

Divine Pulse’s damage reduction only applies to the single next hit Byleth takes in combat, so weapons like Ragnell Alondite and Regal Sunshade that strike twice on enemy phase can deal full damage on the second hit, likely KOing her. 

Damage Reduction

Byleth’s kit gives her no way of penetrating percentage-based damage reduction effects like Aegis paired with Hardy Fighter, other than simply activating the effect on her first attack, taking a counterattack, and then possibly dealing full damage on the second. 

Faster Foes

While there are few units faster than Byleth, if her foe does manage to outspeed her by 5 points they can follow-up and avoid her follow-up, causing her to take full damage from their second attack. 

Weapon Skills

Weapons	SP	Rng.	Mt.
Stone Learns by default at 1 ★ Unlocks at 1 ★ Colorless Tome Only	50	2	4
Elstone Learns by default at 2 ★ Unlocks at 2 ★ Colorless Tome Only	100	2	6
Atlas (Weapon) Learns by default at 4 ★ Unlocks at 3 ★ Colorless Tome Only	200	2	9
Inner Wellspring Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). At start of turn, if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants【Null Follow-Up】to unit for 1 turn, and also, if Special cooldown count is at its maximum value, grants Special cooldown count-1. If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 to unit during combat and if Special triggers before or during combat, grants Special cooldown count-1 after combat.  【Null Follow-Up】 If unit's Spd > foe's Spd during combat, neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks and effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks for 1 turn. Learns by default at 5 ★ Unlocks at 5 ★ Non-Inheritable skill.	400	2	14

Special Skills

Special Skills	SP	Turns
Dragon Gaze Boosts damage by 30% of unit's Atk. Learns by default at 4 ★ Unlocks at 3 ★ Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units.	100	4
Draconic Aura Boosts damage by 30% of unit's Atk. Unlocks at 4 ★ Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units.	200	3
Divine Pulse Boosts damage by 25% of unit's Spd. Reduces damage from foe's next attack by 75%, and unit's next attack deals damage = 20% of unit's Spd. (Resets at end of combat.) Unlocks at 5 ★ Non-Inheritable skill.	500	2

Passive Skills

Passive Skills	SP	Slot
Atk/Spd Catch 1 At start of combat, if foe's HP = 100% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, grants Atk/Spd+3 to unit during combat.  【Penalty】 All effects that last "on foe through its next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard). Cavalry & Flying Only Unlocks at 2 ★	60	A
Atk/Spd Catch 2 At start of combat, if foe’s HP = 100% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, grants Atk/Spd+4 to unit during combat.  【Penalty】 All effects that last "on foe through its next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard). Cavalry & Flying Only Unlocks at 3 ★	120	A
Atk/Spd Catch 3 At start of combat, if foe’s HP = 100% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, grants Atk/Spd+5 to unit during combat.  【Penalty】 All effects that last "on foe through its next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard). Cavalry & Flying Only Unlocks at 4 ★	240	A
Atk/Spd Catch 4 At start of combat, if foe's HP = 100% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, grants Atk/Spd+7 to unit during combat. At start of combat, if foe's HP = 100% and【Penalty】is active on foe, grants an additional Atk/Spd+2 to unit during combat.  【Penalty】 All effects that last "on foe through its next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard). Cavalry & Flying Only Unlocks at 5 ★	300	A
Spd Preempt 1 Inflicts Spd-2 on foe during combat. If foe initiates combat and uses bow, dagger, magic, or staff and unit's Spd ≥ foe's Spd+5, unit can counterattack before foe's first attack. (Excluding when unit's Savior skill triggers.) Cannot be inherited by Axe, Sword, Lance or Beasts of any color. Unlocks at 1 ★	60	B
Spd Preempt 2 Inflicts Spd-3 on foe during combat. If foe initiates combat and uses bow, dagger, magic, or staff and unit's Spd ≥ foe's Spd+3, unit can counterattack before foe's first attack. (Excluding when unit's Savior skill triggers.) Cannot be inherited by Axe, Sword, Lance or Beasts of any color. Unlocks at 2 ★	120	B
Spd Preempt 3 Inflicts Spd-4 on foe during combat. If foe initiates combat and uses bow, dagger, magic, or staff and unit's Spd > foe's Spd, unit can counterattack before foe's first attack. (Excluding when unit's Savior skill triggers.) Cannot be inherited by Axe, Sword, Lance or Beasts of any color. Unlocks at 4 ★	240	B
Spd/Res Rein 1 Inflicts Spd/Res-2 on foes within 2 spaces during combat. Only inheritable by flier units. Unlocks at 2 ★	60	C
Spd/Res Rein 2 Inflicts Spd/Res-3 on foes within 2 spaces during combat. Only inheritable by flier units. Unlocks at 3 ★	120	C
Spd/Res Rein 3 Inflicts Spd/Res-4 on foes within 2 spaces during combat. Only inheritable by flier units. Unlocks at 4 ★	240	C
Spd/Res Hold Inflicts Spd/Res-4 on foes within 3 spaces during combat. Flying Only Unlocks at 5 ★	300	C