Brave Ephraim

My main axe unit for one of my armor teams, and this isn't a budget build by any means. I gave him distant counter with a distant def seal to take out blue ranged units. I give him armor buffs with my other armor units LA Lyn and Zelgius and he buffs them by giving them more movement with armor march. Then he uses Aether to heal up and major damage. Overall one of the best green axe units that isn't hector.

this is basically a common bold fighter,brave weapon build, this build benefits Ephraims awful speed stat,since it doesn’t really serve any purpose, so it’s fine to use the brave axe, however with this build there will be some down sides, yes the brave axe has a lower might but
It’s highly beneficial when being able to sweep most of the opponents you meet in battle(including some counters like laslow, Cherche, etc.) I’ve tested it multiple times to be sure. It’s HIGHLY advised you run this with an all armored team to efficiently use this build, and by that I mean have hone/goad/fortify armor skills on the other members for some extra bulk, well that and because a armor emblem is best suited for this because Ephraim has the benefit of armor march to cover a lot of ground on the battle field.

Pairs great with Brave Hector.
Initiate Seal Atk 1 is useless, but no good seals for him yet. Swap for putting him in range to save Hector from Blue Mages and Green units, also to pull Celica and Veronica out of trouble.

This build takes the limits of B.ephraim even further, making him a almost unstopable force than can kill every red,blue,green or colorless (if they dont have guard) with a massive damage from a destructive ignis.
Taking his 60 atk (+atk), giving them +2 with seal and +7 with brazen, Ephraim stops at 69 atk (without counting extra armor buffs) and with his Garm combined with special fighter, if he attacks first or not, he will make guaranteed ignis in both phases.

This set is meant to maximize his defences, longevity, always double, and hit hard as hell. All of these skills play exceptionally well together. Thanks to the Garm's effect, with Armored Boots equipped, that'll not only maximize his move, but he'll always be able to double. Ephraim always has to be at full health for this to work, which is where Noontime comes in to play. Noontime in tandem with his natural base kit skill Special Fighter 3 will help him consistently heal to full health, and since he hits so hard and especially with an attack boon, he should naturally 1-2HKO most threats and heal decent chunks of health. His natural base kit skill Close Defense 3 in tandem with Attack Smoke 3 should make him tank hits as well as possible, thus helping him stay near or at full health so Garm and Armored Boots can do their thing. Fairly cheap build too. This is his best skill set I promise.