Cecilia

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Green Tome

Cecilia - Etrurian General
3-4 Obtainable as a 3 - 4 only

Related Heroes

Winter Cecilia

Hero Stats

Max Avg Total Stats at Lvl 40

144

HP 36

ATK 32

SPD 25

DEF 22

RES 29

Stat Variations

Level 1 Stat Variation

Weapon

5★

4★

3★

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	16 16 18 18	7 7 9 9	5 5 7 7	4 4 6 6	6 6 8 8
Middle	17 17 19 19	8 8 10 10	6 6 8 8	5 5 7 7	7 7 9 9
High	18 18 20 20	9 9 11 11	7 7 9 9	6 6 8 8	8 8 10 10

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	15 15 17 17	7 14 9 16	4 4 6 6	3 3 5 5	6 6 8 8
Middle	16 16 18 18	8 15 10 9	5 5 7 2	4 4 6 6	7 7 9 9
High	17 17 19 19	9 16 11 18	6 6 8 8	5 5 7 7	8 8 10 10

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	15 15 17 17	6 12 8 14	4 4 6 6	3 3 5 5	5 5 7 7
Middle	16 16 18 18	7 13 9 15	5 5 7 7	4 4 6 6	6 6 8 8
High	17 17 19 19	8 14 10 16	6 6 8 8	5 5 7 7	7 7 9 9

Level 40 Stat Variations

Weapon

5★

4★

3★

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	33 33 35 35	29 29 31 31	22 22 24 24	19 19 21 21	25 25 27 27
Middle	36 36 38 38	32 32 34 34	25 25 27 27	22 22 24 24	29 29 31 31
High	40 40 42 42	35 35 37 37	29 29 31 31	25 25 27 27	32 32 34 34

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	31 31 33 33	27 34 29 36	20 20 22 22	17 17 19 19	24 24 26 26
Middle	34 34 36 36	30 37 32 39	23 23 25 25	20 20 22 22	27 27 29 29
High	37 37 39 39	33 40 35 42	26 26 28 28	23 23 25 25	30 30 32 32

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	30 30 32 32	25 31 27 33	19 19 21 21	16 16 18 18	22 22 24 24
Middle	33 33 35 35	28 34 30 36	22 22 24 24	19 19 21 21	25 25 27 27
High	36 36 38 38	31 37 33 39	25 25 27 27	22 22 24 24	28 28 30 30

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	Average	Average	Best

Skill Sets

Tornado Hold! (Defensive)

Build by Wecondo12

Recommended

	Tome of Order (+Res) Alternate: Tome of Order (+Def)	A	Close Foil Alternate: Mirror Stance (2 or 3)
	Positional Assist	B	Lull Atk/Res 3 Alternate: Quick Riposte 3
	Noontime	C	Pulse Smoke 3
IVs	+ATK or +RES	S	Quick Riposte 3 Alternate: Mirror Stance 2

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Weapon: Tome Of Order(+RES/+DEF)

Assist: Positional Assist / Preference

Special: Noontime

Passive A: Close Foil / Mirror Stance 2 or 3 / Steady Posture 3/ Atk/Spd Solo 4

Passive B: Lull Atk/Res / Lull Atk/Spd / Lull Spd/Res / Quick Riposte

Passive C: Pulse Smoke / Preference

Sacred Seal: Mirror Stance / Sturdy Stance / Quick Riposte

This build aims to maximize Cecilia’s durability to take ample advantage of her new exclusive weapon, the Tome Of Order, which grants her advantage against colorless units in addition to effective damage against fliers, giving her a plethora of advantageous matchups.
If one decides to invest in Cecilia’s Speed further for Aether Raids, Atk/Spd Solo 4 or Steady Posture 3 alongside a Speed asset and support from Peony can raise Cecilia’s Speed to reasonable levels, allowing her to both deny follow-up Attacks and get some of her own against slower opponents. Otherwise, Close Foil and Mirror Stance are her best options.
Lull skills are the premier B slot option for cavaliers, thanks to its powerful buff negation combined with a debuff to two of the enemy’s stats. Without Speed investment, Quick Riposte is a decent choice of sacred seal alongside a Lull skill, as Cecilia will be hard pressed to perform Follow-up attacks on most foes due to her low base Speed. Quick Riposte is also a solid budget B slot if Lulls are unavailable to you.
Pulse Smoke is one of Cecilia’s best C slot choices, as it enhances her ability to deny enemy special activations, although she can also make good use of other C slots such as Atk Smoke, depending on the team’s needs. Otherwise, defensive sacred seals or the Quick Riposte sacred seal(run alongside Lull Atk/Res) are solid options to round off her kit.

Tipping the sca…. Wrong unit. (TA Raven)

Build by Wecondo12

	Tome of Order (+Eff)	A	Mirror Stance (2 or 3) Alternate: Sturdy Stance (2 or 3)
	Positional Assist	B	Lull Atk/Res 3 Alternate: Quick Riposte 3
	Iceberg	C	Pulse Smoke 3
IVs	+ATK or +RES	S	Quick Riposte 3 Alternate: Mirror Stance 2

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Weapon: Tome Of Order(+Eff)

Assist: Positional Assist / Preference

Special: Iceberg

Passive A: Mirror Stance 2 or 3 / Sturdy Stance 2 or 3

Passive B: Lull Atk/Res / Quick Riposte

Passive C: Pulse Smoke / Preference

Sacred Seal: Mirror Stance / Sturdy Stance / Quick Riposte

Cecilia can also function as a specialized counter to the plethora of dangerous Blue and Colorless foes present in Fire Emblem Heroes, such as Ophelia, Legendary Alm, and Legendary Chrom.
Cecilia’s refined Tome of order gives her inbuilt Triangle Adept, allowing her to run a different A slot in it’s place, such as Mirror Stance 3.
Lull skills alongside the Quick Riposte sacred seal remain Cecilia’s ideal option, although Quick Riposte in the B slot can be run to good effect on a budget.
The same goes for Pulse Smoke: while effective, other skills such as Atk Smoke can be used effectively in its place.

Strengths

Cavalry

Cecilia’s status as a cavalier grants her access to class exclusive buffs and high movement, which she can take ample advantage of as a ranged cavalier.

Tome of Order

Cecilia’s Tome of Order functions as a refinable Raventome with Flier effective damage, letting her serve as a powerful counter to colorless, blue, and flying units alike.

Weaknesses

Lackluster Speed/Defense

Thanks to her underwhelming base Speed of 25, Cecilia requires heavy Speed investment to consistently perform follow-up attacks, and in conjunction with her low base 22 Defense leaves her extremely vulnerable to fast physical foes who will have very little trouble performing follow-up attacks against her and often KO’ing her in a single round.

User Submitted Builds

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Cecilia build by Leorio 08-06

	Tome of Order (+Eff)	A	Close Foil
	Reposition	B	Lull Atk/Res 3
	Glimmer	C	Fortify Cavalry
S	Atk/Def Bond 3

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Preferred IV: + Atk / - Spd

Weapon: Tome of Order (+Eff)

Assist: Reposition / Swap / Draw Back

Special: Glimmer / Moonbow / Luna

Passive A: Close Foil / Close Counter / Atk/Def Solo 3

Passive B: Lull Atk/Res 3 / Quick Riposte 3 / Guard 3

Passive C: Fortify Cavalry 3 / Hone Cavalry 3 / Rouse Def/Res 3

Sacred Seal: Atk/Def Bond 3 / Quick Riposte 3

I've turned Cecilia into a specialty fighter for Blue/Colorless foes only. Her new weapon upgrade makes her perfect for this role. Her speed is still terrible and she will be doubled by most characters so steer her clear of even green units.

Reposition is the optimal choice but Swap is also a good choice if you are going with the Close Foil build and you're using her to switch with someone that is in range of a blue or colorless foe.

Specials with 2 CD are great but Luna is also a solid choice since it'll be ready after her first encounter seeing as how they'll likely hit her twice.

Close Foil is best to handle colorless beasts and all lance units. It also helps when dealing with archers since her def is lower than her res. If you don't have Close Foil then Atk/Def Solo 3 works great when dealing with only ranged opponents in Blue/Colorless

Lull Atk/Res 3 just helps seal the deal in making sure she can handle everyone in the blue/colorless spectrum. If you have Quick Riposte 3 then that'll work too so that you ensure you kill your blue/colorless opponent. Guard 3 makes sure your opponents don't trigger any really good specials on you.

Cecilia works best in a Horse Emblem so that she greatly benefits from the +6 boost to every stat. Switch out Hone/Fortify depending on the team you have her on. If you'd rather run her solo then Rouse Def/Res 3 is great.

There are so many good options for seals so pick one that isn't already going to someone else. My build is best for baiting attackers so I went with a Bond seal.

Cecilia build by Leorio 08-06

	Tome of Order	A	Close Foil
	Reposition	B	Lull Atk/Res 3
	Glimmer	C	Hone Cavalry
S	Atk/Def Bond 3

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Preferred IV: + Atk / - Spd

Weapon: Tome of Order (+Eff)

Assist: Reposition / Swap / Draw Back

Special: Glimmer / Moonbow / Luna

Passive A: Close Foil / Close Counter / Atk/Def Solo 3

Passive B: Lull Atk/Res 3 / Quick Riposte 3 / Guard 3

Passive C: Fortify Cavalry 3 / Hone Cavalry 3 / Rouse Def/Res 3

Sacred Seal: Atk/Def Bond 3 / Quick Riposte 3

Reposition is the optimal choice but Swap is also a good choice if you are going with the Close Foil build and you're using her to switch with someone that is in range of a blue or colorless foe.

Specials with 2 CD are great but Luna is also a solid choice since it'll be ready after her first encounter seeing as how they'll likely hit her twice.

There are so many good options for seals so pick one that isn't already going to someone else. My build is best for baiting attackers so I went with a Bond seal.

Cecilia build by MinamotoHierophant 05-22

	Gronnraven+	A	Triangle Adept 3
	Reposition	B	Bowbreaker 3
	Moonbow	C	Atk Smoke 3
S	Distant Def 3

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Although Cecilia is not the powerhouse she once was, she is still among the select few green tome cavaliers in the game. Although she is not as strong as Gunnthra or Olwen, she is far more readily available and can be made passable without too much investment.
My Cecilia is built to counter things that she's already good at killing, thus Triangle Adept and Bowbreaker to augment her ability to take care of blue tomes and colorless/bows. Atk Smoke and Distant Defense are quite nice to improve her survivability as her bulk is low to begin with.
However, Atk Smoke is somewhat difficult to obtain, and so Savage Blow is a good alternative.
As with all cavalry units, she will function better with support from cavalry buffs, and is grateful for any other buffs she can come by.

Cecilia build by Raldow 09-15

	Gronnblade+	A	Death Blow 4
	Reposition	B	G Tomebreaker 3
	Draconic Aura	C	Drive Atk 2
S	Hardy Bearing 3

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(+10) (S-Supported)
The Commanding Officer of my army, the Mage General is a force to be reckoned with on cavalry teams. Near unrivalled power when fully buffed allows her to sweep aside a huge proportion of the cast. With Draconic Aura charged, that list grows even further, even defeating some of her counters. Drive Atk 2 provides additional support to all team compositions to give her use outside of cavalry teams. Hardy Bearing allows her to tear through pesky Vantage units fearlessly.

Cecilia build by Lukred 05-28

	Gronnblade+	A	Swift Sparrow 2
	Rally Atk/Res	B	Desperation 3
	Glimmer	C	Fortify Cavalry
S	Speed +3

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+SPD boon gives Cecilia an extra 4 speed totalling at 36 (+10) With horse buffs and swift sparrow, she reaches up to 46 speed which is enough to reliably double a large majority of the cast.

Weapon Skills

Weapons	SP	Rng.	Mt.
Wind Learns by default at 1 ★ Green Tome Users Only	50	2	4
Elwind Learns by default at 3 ★ Unlocks at 2 ★ Green Tome Users Only	100	2	6
GronnravenGrants weapon-triangle advantage against colorless foes, and inflicts weapon-triangle disadvantage on colorless foes during combat. Learns by default at 4 ★ Unlocks at 3 ★ Green Tome Users Only	200	2	7
Gronnraven+Grants weapon-triangle advantage against colorless foes, and inflicts weapon-triangle disadvantage on colorless foes during combat. Unlocks at 5 ★ Green Tome Users Only	300	2	11
Tome of OrderEffective against flying foes. Grants weapon- triangle advantage against colorless foes, and inflicts weapon-triangle disadvantage on colorless foes during combat. Unlocks at 5 ★ Non-Inheritable skill.	400	2	14

Weapon Evolution

Weapon Upgrades

Weapons	HP	SP	Rng.	Mt.
Tome of Order (+Eff) Effective against flying foes. Grants weapon- triangle advantage against colorless foes, and inflicts weapon-triangle disadvantage on colorless foes during combat. If unit has weapon-triangle advantage, boosts Atk by 20%. If unit has weapon-triangle disadvantage, reduces Atk by 20%		400	2	14
Tome of Order (+Atk) Effective against flying foes. Grants weapon- triangle advantage against colorless foes, and inflicts weapon-triangle disadvantage on colorless foes during combat.	+2	400	2	15
Tome of Order (+Spd) +3Effective against flying foes. Grants weapon- triangle advantage against colorless foes, and inflicts weapon-triangle disadvantage on colorless foes during combat.	+2	400	2	14
Tome of Order (+Def) +3 Effective against flying foes. Grants weapon- triangle advantage against colorless foes, and inflicts weapon-triangle disadvantage on colorless foes during combat.	+2	400	2	14
Tome of Order (+Res) +3 Effective against flying foes. Grants weapon- triangle advantage against colorless foes, and inflicts weapon-triangle disadvantage on colorless foes during combat.	+2	400	2	14

Support Skills

Support Skills	Rng.	SP
Rally ResistanceGrants Res+4 to an adjacent ally until the end of the turn. Learns by default at 4 ★	1	150

Passive Skills

Passive Skills	SP	Slot
Attack +1Grants Atk+1. Inheritable by all units. Unlocks at 3 ★	30	A
Attack +2Grants Atk+2. Inheritable by all units. Unlocks at 4 ★	60	A
Attack +3Grants Atk+3. Inheritable by all units. Unlocks at 5 ★	120	A
Escape Route 1Enables unit whose own HP ≤ 30% to warp adjacent to any ally. Inheritable by all units. Unlocks at 1 ★	60	B
Escape Route 2Enables unit whose own HP ≤ 40% to warp adjacent to any ally. Inheritable by all units. Unlocks at 2 ★	120	B
Escape Route 3Enables unit whose own HP ≤ 50% to warp adjacent to any ally. Inheritable by all units. Unlocks at 4 ★	240	B