Faye

Weapon: Bow of Devotion (+Eff)

Assist: Positional Assist

Special: Iceberg

Passive A: Distant Def (3 or 4)

Passive B: Special Spiral / Null C-Disrupt / Guard

Passive C: Joint Dist. Guard / Close Guard / Flexible

Sacred Seal: Distant Def

• The first and realistically only build that should be on Faye’s to-do list is to fully capitalize on the benefits provided by the Bow of Devotion and fully commit to an anti-ranged unit build. While it may be tempting to raise one of Faye’s defensive stats with an Asset, an Attack Asset is recommended the most due to Faye’s low attack preventing her from actually being able to defeat most targets that initiate combat against her in the first place. Faye’s Speed is her safest dump stat as even though the Bow of Devotion gives her a bit of Speed in the Enemy Phase, it is not nearly enough to save her poor Speed stat.
• Iceberg is Faye’s preferred Special, taking advantage of her Resistance spiking to good levels thanks to all the stat boosts she will be receiving through this build.
• Distant Def is a no-brainer for Faye, as it triggers through the same condition as Bow of Devotion’s first effect and further boosts her defensive stats. Distant Def 4 is highly recommended if it is available, as it will give Faye the ability to ignore the displayed bonuses that ranged opponents may be being boosted by.
• There are a fair amount of B Passives available for Faye to choose from, with Special Spiral being a good option to make her Iceberg activations more frequent and Null C-Disrupt giving Faye the ability to counter attack foes that would normally disable her counter attacks. Guard is a relatively cheap alternative to these otherwise difficult to obtain B Passives as it can give Faye the chance to deny foes of their Special charging. However, Guard has a very strict HP threshold making it generally unreliable without a source of external healing.
• Faye’s C Passive is quite flexible, though there are a few options that stand out above the rest. The first option is Joint Dist. Guard which has the perks of being able to further increase Faye’s defensive stats just by being near an ally. The second option, Close Guard, is more supportive in nature and can greatly benefit close ranged defensive units that would be protecting Faye, especially if they are a Near Save user.
• The Sacred Seal is yet again a no-brainer with the Distant Def Sacred Seal further boosting Faye’s ranged defenses.

Weapon: Firesweep Bow+

Assist: Positional Assist

Special: Moonbow

Passive A: Death Blow (3 or 4)

Passive B: Poison Strike / Special Spiral

Passive C: Savage Blow

Sacred Seal: Savage Blow / Poison Strike

• Faye was the unit to introduce Firesweep Bow to the world of Fire Emblem Heroes, but she ironically is one of the worst users of it due to her poor offensive statline. With that said, she still has one by default so if you are in desperate need of a Firesweep Bow user, Faye can still more or less get the job done, though it’s more of a last resort kind of setup as Faye’s poor Speed makes achieving follow-up attacks generally impossible. Her Attack Asset is preferred here, while this build can safely drop any of Faye’s defensive stats as they are not utilized in this build.
• Moonbow is chosen over Iceberg simply for the fact that Faye’s lack of follow-up attacks makes charging Specials unreliable. It is best to have something that can come online fairly quickly for this kind of build.
• Death Blow is the A Passive of choice thanks to being relatively easy to obtain as well as giving Faye some extra damage to her initiation of combat. An Attack and Speed boosting A Passive can be utilized by choice, though it is not recommended as Faye’s low Speed is extremely difficult to justify by the standards expected of offensive units these days.
• Poison Strike can be used as a cheap B Passive in order to inflict chip damage after combat, while Special Spiral can be used as a leftover of Faye’s Bow of Devotion build in order to give her Moonbow activations every initiation once Moonbow has activated at least once.
• Savage Blow is recommended for both the C Passive and the Sacred Seal in order to inflict extra chip damage to targets near Faye’s original target. The Poison Strike Sacred Seal can also be utilized instead if more focus on the initial target is preferred.