Brave Edelgard

Stat Variations

IV Sets

Extremely Min-Maxed Statline

Brave Edelgard’s stats put most Heroes to shame, as she sports 185 BST when unmerged. These stats have been distributed heavily into her defensive stats as well as her Attack, which sits at an astonishingly high value of 45. Edelgard should have little issues with dealing decisive blows with her axe while taking an impressive amount of punishment even before Skills are factored into the equation.

Refined Flower Hauteclere

Flower Hauteclere finally has a refine of its own, and while some refines seek to add completely new niches to some characters, Brave Edelgard’s refined weapon instead doubles down on what already made Brave Edelgard an excellent unit by adding even more effects to her weapon to throw the stat difference between her and her opponent in favor. Still present are the lowered Special cooldown, one extra movement space, and Orders buff that Brave Edelgard users have come to love as well as the -6 Attack/Defense debuff on opponents during combat, but now there are plenty more effects once Flower Hauteclere is refined. These new effects utilize the condition of being three spaces or less away from an ally and can give Brave Edelgard the benefits of adding an extra -6 Attack/Defense debuff on top of the original to now make that debuff -12 Attack/Defense during combat, the ability to heal 7 HP from each attack she performs even if her attacks deal 0 damage, and then a Guard effect on her opponent alongside boost to her Attack/Defense/Resistance which is determined by how many spaces she or her enemy moved as they initiated combat, giving anywhere between a +5 Attack/Defense/Resistance buff or a +9 boost to herself. Refined Hauteclere is a very powerful weapon, not changing any of Brave Edelgard’s core builds much in the grand scheme of things but just letting her be a better version of herself which means you likely will not have to change much about her build and just go straight into dominating your foes.

Black Eagle Rule

The second unique trait that Brave Edelgard sports is a unique B Passive called Black Eagle Rule. Black Eagle Rule seems designed to address Edelgard’s weak Speed stat by giving her a follow-up attack if she has 25% HP or more at the start of combat. On top of this, if her foe is to be the one to initiate combat against her, their second strike will have their damage reduced by 80%. A normal issue with slower units that rely on follow-up skills such as Edelgard is that their Enemy Phase tends to suffer from the fact that they get attacked twice before they can get their own second attack off. Brave Edelgard does not have this issue as hard as others because she can reduce the damage of the second strike of her enemy, allowing her to easily shrug off even otherwise fatal Special procs.

Low Speed

In an attempt to boost the rest of Brave Edelgard’s statline, her Speed has taken a massive cut and sits at a value of 16. As Speed will often prove to be her ideal dump stat, this can get even lower with a Super Flaw and sit at a value of 12. Edelgard possesses the means to secure follow-up attacks with the aid of Black Eagle Rule, but it does mean that she will almost constantly receive follow-up attacks from her opponents (which the second strike will thankfully be reduced due to Black Eagle Rule). What cannot be fixed though is the fact that Edelgard runs into trouble with effects that block her secured follow-up and force a speed check such as Null Follow-Up, as Edelgard’s horrible Speed will have no chance of landing her a follow-up in those situations.

Personal Weapon Has Multiple Conditions to be Aware Of

Flower Hauteclere is an incredibly strong weapon with relatively easy to activate conditional effects, though as easy as they are to achieve one must be careful as to ensure all the conditions are kept in check as to maintain Brave Edelgard’s powerful presence. Maintaining 25% HP or above is quite simple, but also with the fact that Flower Hauteclere now has some new conditions with its refine, players must also be sure that their Brave Edelgard is kept at least three spaces away from allies at all times. Players may also want to take into account proper spacing in order to take advantage of refined Flower Hauteclere’s extra stat bonuses and guard debuff based on how many spaces Edelgard or her opponent moved before initiating combat.

Weapon Skills

Weapons	SP	Rng.	Mt.
Iron Axe Learns by default at 1 ★ Unlocks at 1 ★ Inheritable by Axe users only.	50	1	6
Steel Axe Learns by default at 3 ★ Unlocks at 2 ★ Inheritable by Axe users only.	100	1	8
Silver Axe Learns by default at 4 ★ Unlocks at 3 ★ Inheritable by Axe users only.	200	1	11
Flower Hauteclere Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). At start of turn, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, unit can move 1 extra space (that turn only; does not stack) and grants the following status to unit for 1 turn: "Unit can move to a space adjacent to any ally within 2 spaces." At the start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Atk/Def-6 on foe during combat. Learns by default at 5 ★ Unlocks at 5 ★ Non-Inheritable skill.	400	1	16

Weapons	HP	SP	Rng.	Mt.
Flower Hauteclere (+Eff) Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). At start of turn, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, unit can move 1 extra space (that turn only; does not stack) and grants the following status to unit for 1 turn: "Unit can move to a space adjacent to any ally within 2 spaces." At the start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Atk/Def-6 on foe during combat. If unit is within 3 spaces of an ally, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Def/Res during combat = X × 2, + 3 (X = number of spaces moved by whoever initiated combat; max 3), inflicts Atk/Def-6 on foe during combat, restores 7 HP to unit when unit deals damage to foe during combat (triggers even if 0 damage is dealt), and also, if X ≥ 1, inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)	+3	400	1	16

Special Skills

Special Skills	SP	Turns
Daylight Restores HP = 30% of damage dealt. Learns by default at 4 ★ Unlocks at 3 ★ Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units.	100	3
Noontime Restores HP = 30% of damage dealt. Unlocks at 4 ★ Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units.	200	2

Passive Skills

Passive Skills	SP	Slot
Distant Ward If magic, staff, or dragonstone foe initiates combat, grants Atk/Res+5 to unit during combat and unit can counterattack regardless of foe's range. Restricted to melee units. Unlocks at 5 ★	300	A
Black Eagle Rule If unit's HP ≥ 25%, unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack, and also if foe initiates combat, damage received by foe's follow-up attack is also reduced by 80%. (For standard weapons, "follow-up attack" means the second strike. For weapons that grant "unit attacks twice," it means the third and fourth strikes.) Non-Inheritable skill. Unlocks at 5 ★	300	B
Spur Res 1 Grants adjacent allies Res+2 during combat Inheritable by all units. Unlocks at 2 ★	50	C
Drive Res 1 Grants allies within 2 spaces Res+2 during combat. Inheritable by all units. Unlocks at 3 ★	120	C
Drive Res 2 Grants allies within 2 spaces Res+3 during combat. Inheritable by all units. Unlocks at 4 ★	240	C
Joint Drive Res Grants Res+4 to allies within 2 spaces during combat. If unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Res+4 to unit during combat. Inheritable by all units. Unlocks at 5 ★	300	C