Fallen Gustav

Default
Attack
Special
Injured

Green Axe

Fallen Gustav - Sovereign Slain
5 Obtainable as a 5 only

Hero Stats

Max Avg Total Stats at Lvl 40

174

HP 40

ATK 41

SPD 25

DEF 38

RES 30

Stat Variations

Level 1 Stat Variation

Weapon

5★

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	17 17 19 19	10 26 12 28	2 2 4 4	9 9 11 11	7 7 9 9
Middle	18 18 20 20	11 27 13 29	3 3 5 5	10 10 12 12	8 8 10 10
High	19 19 21 21	12 28 14 30	4 4 6 6	11 11 13 13	9 9 11 11

Level 40 Stat Variations

Weapon

5★

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	36 36 38 38	38 54 40 56	21 21 23 23	35 35 37 37	26 26 28 28
Middle	40 40 42 42	41 57 43 59	25 25 27 27	38 38 40 40	30 30 32 32
High	43 43 45 45	45 61 47 63	28 28 30 30	41 41 43 43	33 33 35 35

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	Average

Skill Sets

Why did it take 2 years for this guy to come out (Offense)

Build by Wecondo12

Recommended

	Headsman Glitnir	A	Atk/Def Catch 4 Alternate: Sturdy Surge
	Positional Assist	B	A/D Near Trace 3
	Galeforce Alternate: Bonfire	C	Atk Smoke 4
IVs	+ATK or +DEF / -SPD	S	Atk/Def Solo 3 Alternate: Sturdy Blow 2

Show Explanation/Analysis

Weapon: Headsman Glitnir

Assist: Positional Assist / Preference

Special: Galeforce / Bonfire

Passive A: Atk/Def Catch 4 / Sturdy Surge

Passive B: A/D Near Trace 3

Passive C: Atk Smoke 4 / Preference

Sacred Seal: Atk/Def Solo / Sturdy Blow

After far too much wait, Fallen Gustav has finally entered Feh as an exceptional Axe Cavalier with a great statline and personal weapon. Headsman Glitnir accelerates Gustav’s special cooldown while penalizing the foes during his attacks in combat, grants him automatic follow-up attacks if the foe can counter or the foe initiates, and on top of that it inflicts a hefty penalty to the foe’s Attack, Defense, and Speed.
Gustav happens to start with most of the skills he needs: Atk/Def Catch, A/D Near Trace, and Atk Smoke 4 are all in his base kit. However, for his A slot, one can also opt for Sturdy Surge to give Gustav some self sustain, however Sturdy Surge is fairly rare as it is only available via Hatari Nailah and Groom Roy at the time of writing. Sturdy Surge is also ineffective with Galeforce, requiring him to run a damage special in order to benefit from the healing effect.
Headsman Glitnir makes Gustav a great Galeforcer, as he’ll always be able to trigger it in two hits reliably due to not having his cooldown reduction tied to Heavy Blade.
A/D Near Trace gives Gustav excellent hit and run capabilities thanks to the Canto it provides.
Gustav’s sacred seal should be used to give him even more Attack and Defense on Player Phase: For this purpose seals such as Atk/Def Solo and Sturdy Blow are good options.

Strengths

Headsman Glitnir

Headsman Glitnir is as strong as many exclusive weapons are in Feh’s modern era: Inbuilt Cooldown acceleration and Cooldown penalization for the foe, a hefty stat penalty on foes, and Automatic follow-up attacks since we can’t have a modern slow Fire Emblem Heroes unit without those. These effects make Gustav a powerhouse when coupled with his great statline.

Statline

Gustav boasts decent stats all around aside from Speed. Of particular note is his incredible Attack and Defense stats of 41 and 38 base respectively, the former of which can also be improved further with a superasset.

Weaknesses

Effective Weaponry

Gustav’s Defense stat means he’ll usually be able to survive some hits from physical effective weaponry, but these weapons will typically still be able to take a decent chunk of his health in the process. The main form of effective weaponry Gustav has to watch out for is magic based from the likes of Micaiah due to his only average base 30 Resistance, resulting in an easy KO should they initiate.

Terrible Speed

Gustav’s poor Speed leaves him reliant on his weapon’s effects to score follow-up attacks, leaving him vulnerable to foes who possess Null Follow-Up as they will be able to sharply reduce Gustav’s damage output by cutting him off from his automatic follow-ups. Foes with Speed based damage reduction will also be able to cause issues for Gustav, as his terrible Speed essentially guarantees they’ll be able to gain the full effect of their damage reduction skills against him.

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 2 ★ 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
Headsman Glitnir Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Atk/Spd/Def-5 on foe during combat, grants Special cooldown charge +1 to unit and inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack during combat (only highest value applied; does not stack), and also, if foe can counter, or if foe initiates combat, unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack. Learns by default at 5 ★ Unlocks at 5 ★ Non-Inheritable skill.	400	1	16

Available Rearmed Weapons
Arcane Downfall

Weapon Evolution

Weapon Upgrades

Special Skills

Special Skills	SP	Turns
Glowing Ember Boosts damage dealt by 50% of unit's Def. Learns by default at 4 ★ Unlocks at 3 ★ Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units.	100	4
Bonfire Boosts damage dealt by 50% of unit's Def. Unlocks at 4 ★ Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units.	200	3

Passive Skills

Passive Skills	SP	Slot
Atk/Def Catch 1 At start of combat, if foe's HP = 100% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, grants Atk/Def+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/Def Catch 2 At start of combat, if foe's HP = 100% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, grants Atk/Def+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/Def Catch 3 At start of combat, if foe's HP = 100% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, grants Atk/Def+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/Def Catch 4 At start of combat, if foe's HP = 100% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, grants Atk/Def+7 to unit during combat. At start of combat, if foe's HP = 100% and【Penalty】is active on foe, grants an additional Atk/Def+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
A/D Near Trace 1 Enables【Canto (Rem. +1)】. Inflicts Atk/Def-1 on foe during combat. 【Canto (Rem. +1)】 After an attack, Assist skill, or structure destruction, unit can move spaces = any movement not already used that turn +1. (If unit used a movement skill that warped them, its remaining movement is 0.) (Unit moves according to movement type. Once per turn. Cannot attack or assist. Only highest value applied. Does not stack. After moving, if a skill that grants another action would be triggered (like with Galeforce), Canto will trigger again. Unit's base movement has no effect on movement granted. Cannot warp (using skills like Wings of Mercy) a distance greater than unit's remaining movement +1.) Cavalry & Flying Only Unlocks at 1 ★	60	B
A/D Near Trace 2 Enables【Canto (Rem. +1)】. Inflicts Atk/Def-2 on foe during combat. 【Canto (Rem. +1)】 After an attack, Assist skill, or structure destruction, unit can move spaces = any movement not already used that turn +1. (If unit used a movement skill that warped them, its remaining movement is 0.) (Unit moves according to movement type. Once per turn. Cannot attack or assist. Only highest value applied. Does not stack. After moving, if a skill that grants another action would be triggered (like with Galeforce), Canto will trigger again. Unit's base movement has no effect on movement granted. Cannot warp (using skills like Wings of Mercy) a distance greater than unit's remaining movement +1.) Cavalry & Flying Only Unlocks at 2 ★	120	B
A/D Near Trace 3 Enables【Canto (Rem. +1)】. Inflicts Atk/Def-3 on foe during combat. 【Canto (Rem. +1)】 After an attack, Assist skill, or structure destruction, unit can move spaces = any movement not already used that turn +1. (If unit used a movement skill that warped them, its remaining movement is 0.) (Unit moves according to movement type. Once per turn. Cannot attack or assist. Only highest value applied. Does not stack. After moving, if a skill that grants another action would be triggered (like with Galeforce), Canto will trigger again. Unit's base movement has no effect on movement granted. Cannot warp (using skills like Wings of Mercy) a distance greater than unit's remaining movement +1.) Cavalry & Flying Only Unlocks at 4 ★	240	B
Atk Smoke 1 Inflicts Atk-3 on foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions after combat. Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units. Unlocks at 2 ★	60	C
Atk Smoke 2 Inflicts Atk-5 on foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions after combat. Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units. Unlocks at 3 ★	120	C
Atk Smoke 3 Inflicts Atk-7 on foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions after combat. Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units. Unlocks at 4 ★	240	C
Atk Smoke 4 After combat, inflicts Atk-7 on target and foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions, grants Def/Res+6 to unit for 1 turn, and unit gains "foe cannot make a follow-up attack" for 1 turn. Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units. Unlocks at 5 ★	300	C