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Felicia - Maid Mayhem

3-4

Obtainable as a 3 - 4 only

Hero Stats

Max Avg Total Stats at Lvl 40
147
HP 34
ATK 23
SPD 37
DEF 18
RES 35

Stat Variations

Level 1 Stat Variation
5★
4★
3★
HP ATK SPD DEF RES
Low 14 5 10 2 8
Middle 15 6 11 3 9
High 16 7 12 4 10

Level 40 Stat Variations
5★
4★
3★
HP ATK SPD DEF RES
Low 31 20 34 15 32
Middle 34 23 37 18 35
High 38 26 40 21 38

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.
HPATKSPDDEFRES

Assets

  • +SPD: Felicia's best asset for self-sufficiency, as she is so fast that she will be able to double a huge number of enemies.

  • +ATK: Arguably better than +SPD once accounting for team support (mainly in the form of a Speed buff), as her new unique weapon allows her to have actual damage output.

  • +RES: Decent for maximizing Felicia's role as an anti-mage, as well as increasing the damage of her RES-based specials.

Neutral

  • HP: Best kept at neutral, as she needs a different asset but can't afford to take the hit to both her physical and magical bulk.

Flaws

  • -DEF: Easily the best flaw; Felicia's physical bulk is pitiful (52 at neutral), to the point that she is very liable to die in a single hit from physical damage threats.

Skill Sets

Trouble’s A-Brewin' (Anti-Mage)

Build by
Recommended
Felicia's Plate (+Eff) A Fury 3
Alternate: Distant Def 3
Reposition B Cancel Affinity 3
Alternate: Desperation 3
Glacies C Def Ploy 3
Alternate: Res Ploy 3
IVsSDistant Def 3

Show Explanation/Analysis
  • Preferred IV: +SPD / -DEF

  • Weapon: Felicia’s Plate (+Eff)

  • Assist: Reposition / Flexible

  • Special: Glacies

  • Passive A: Fury / Distant Def

  • Passive B: Cancel Affinity / Desperation / Guard

  • Passive C: Def Ploy / Res Ploy 3 / Spd Ploy / Atk Ploy

  • Sacred Seal: Distant Def / Def Ploy / Atk Ploy

Felicia’s standard anti-mage set is simple but effective.

A Speed asset with a Defense flaw is the optimal IV set, helping her  secure doubles against slower mages while also helping to avoid doubles from faster mages. Felicia’s Plate when paired with its refine will allow her to reliably activate high charge Specials against mages, as well as deal extra damage to any unit with high Defense but low Resistance. Reposition is a good general Assist, allowing Felicia to aid with unit positioning when she is not needed for combat. For a Special, her default Glacies works fantastically since she’ll always activate it on her second attack against mages assuming she gets attacked thanks to her Plate’s Steady Breath style effect.

Fury serves as the optimal A slot, increasing her overall combat potential and giving her some much beneficial Attack and Resistance. Distant Def also works nicely to give Felicia even more Resistance. The B slot has a good range of choices. Cancel Affinity allows Felicia to take on mages using the Triangle Adept and Raven combo by negating their advantage. Desperation allows Felicia to attack again immediately after her first attack assuming she naturally doubles, though do note that this means she won’t always activate Glacies in combat against mages. Guard allows her to prevent enemy Specials when active, allowing her to safely bait Reinhardt who can potentially KO Felicia with enough Attack boosts and a Moonbow activation but preventing his Moonbow proc will prevent this from happening.

Thanks to her high Resistance and personal weapon, Felicia can actually make effective use of every Ploy skill. Def Ploy is the easiest to access and offers more power against mages and other low Defense enemies. Res Ploy also works well against high Defense enemies such as Boey. Spd Ploy helps Felicia double and can also pretty much prevent any double against her. Finally, Atk Ploy helps her to resist damage from both physical and magical foes. Distant Def makes for a great Sacred Seal, allowing her to more safely bait Reinhardt and other mages. Using Def Ploy or Atk Ploy is also a great option for the Sacred Seal if you want to run double Ploy skills.

Stain Remover (Sweep Debuffer)

Build by
Felicia's Plate (+Eff) A Fury 3
Reposition B Windsweep 3
Glacies
Alternate: Iceberg
C Atk Smoke 3
IVsSSpd Smoke 3

Show Explanation/Analysis
  • Preferred IV: +SPD / -DEF

  • Weapon: Felicia’s Plate (+Eff)

  • Assist: Reposition / Flexible

  • Special: Glacies / Iceberg

  • Passive A: Fury

  • Passive B: Windsweep

  • Passive C: Atk Smoke / Spd Smoke

  • Sacred Seal: Spd Smoke / Atk Smoke

This set allows Felicia to retain most of her effectiveness as a anti-mage unit while also offering nice support utility against other units.

A Speed asset with Defense flaw is again the optimal IV set. The extra Speed not only helps her to double and avoid doubles from mage but also increases her odds of activating Windsweep. Felicia’s plate with the breath refine allows her to fight extremely well against mages while also doing good damage to high Defense units. Reposition offers a fine assist skill choice, but this slot is fairly open to what you personally want. Glacies is great against mages since the Steady Breath style effect of Felicia’s plate will allow her to consistently proc it against mages, though Iceberg can be used as an alternative if you think you’ll be fighting non-mages more.

Fury grants Felicia with a nice boost to combat potential all-round, with the extra Attack, Speed and Resistance in particular really helping her out. Windsweep in the B slot allows Felicia to safely attack units such as Hector, Dorcas, and Vanguard Ike who can all potentially OHKO her on their retaliation, though Felicia won’t KO without the help of Glacies thanks to her inability to double with Windsweep. Luckily, Windsweep won’t activate against mages, so she can still serve as an effective mage counter on her attack.

For increased utility, utilizing Atk Smoke and Spd Smoke in the C slot and Sacred Seal slot makes Felicia into an amazing debuffer as she can safely attack her opponents thanks to Windsweep and debuff the offensive stats of any enemy around her target. As both of these Smoke skills are available as Sacred Seal, which one you use in which slot does not matter. Atk Smoke is recommended for the C slot though simply because it can be inherited from Kaze at 4 stars whereas Spd Smoke requires a 5 star unit.

Unexpected Power (Flashing Offense)

Build by
Felicia's Plate (+Spd) A Fury 3
Alternate: Flashing Blade 3
Reposition B Desperation 3
Alternate: Cancel Affinity 3
Glacies
Alternate: Iceberg
C Spd Ploy 3
Alternate: Def Ploy 3
IVsSFlashing Blade 3

Show Explanation/Analysis
  • Preferred IV: +SPD / -DEF

  • Weapon: Felicia’s Plate (+Spd)

  • Assist: Reposition / Flexible

  • Special: Glacies / Iceberg

  • Passive A: Fury / Flashing Blade

  • Passive B: Desperation / Cancel Affinity / Guard

  • Passive C: Spd Ploy / Def Ploy / Res Ploy

  • Sacred Seal: Flashing Blade / Quickened Pulse / Speed +3 / Distant Def

A more rounded set for Felicia, this build is about greater effectiveness in general against more units than just mages.

A Speed asset with Defense flaw is once again advised. The extra Speed helps increase her activation chance of Flashing Blade while also increasing doubling potential. Rather than going for the Steady Breath style refine, a simple Speed refine for Felicia’s plate will help her more against non-mage targets while further boosting her Flashing Blade activation chance. Reposition serves as a nice general assist for positioning, but you can switch it out if something else better fits your team. Glacies is a great special for Felicia as it grants her a massive damage boost and can be charged in two attacks assuming she activates Flashing Blade. Iceberg can also be used, but it will have the same charge time as Glacies assuming Felicia activates Flashing Blade.

The Flashing Blade Sacred Seal is what makes this set, granting Felicia with +2 special cooldown charge as opposed to +1 on her attack assuming she has higher Speed than her opponent. Given Felicia’s high Speed, she can consistently activate this skill. Her Flashing Blade usage is pushed even further with Fury, granting her a nice boost to her combat capabilities. You can also run Flashing Blade itself in the A slot to make room for an alternative Sacred Seal. Desperation in the B slot allows her to perform any follow-up attack immediately so long and she’s beneath 75% of her HP, allowing her to potentially KO units such as Hector and Black Knight who Felicia can’t always safely fight due to her poor physical defenses. Cancel Affinity is a good alternative thank allows her to easily fight anyone running the Triangle Adept Raven combo while Guard allows her to prevent enemy special activations, allowing her to safely bait Reinhardt. Spy Ploy allows her to debuff the enemies Speed, thus increasing her doubling potential and chance to activate Flashing Blade. Def Ploy and Res Ploy also both serve as good options in the C slot, increasing her damage against low Defense enemies with Def Ploy or low Resistance enemies with Res Ploy.

If one opts for using Flashing Blade as her A slot skill, Felicia has a variety of other Sacred Seal options. If Felicia can be given support from a skill such as Infantry Pulse, Quickened Pulse is a great option for the Sacred Seal. As you ideally want to activate Glacies as soon as possible, combining Quickened Pulse with Infantry Pulse will place Felicia’s Glacies cooldown straight to two. This allows her to activate Glacies in a single attack assuming she activates Flashing Blade. You can also run a simple Speed boost to make it even more likely for her to double and activate Flashing Blade. Distant Def also grants some safety against Reinhardt who can potentially KO Felicia with enough power and a Moonbow activation.

Introduction

You better watch out because wherever Felicia goes, trouble is bound to follow. Felicia comes through as a infantry dagger unit who specializes in anti-mage capabilities. While she can certainly do very well against mages, Felicia suffers from some pretty major drawbacks.

Her biggest assets are her 37 base Speed and 35 base Resistance. These two stats alone secure Felicia’s place as a strong magical wall, with both stats being easily boosted and making it difficult for any mage to dent her since she’ll take little damage and can easily avoid double attacks. Her unique weapon, the Felicia’s plate, has a great might of 14 and targets the lower defensive stat of any opponent, helping her against high Defense but low Resistance targets such as Hector. Her plate can also be refined for a simple stat boost or can also be given an effect similar to Steady or Warding Breath with increased cooldown against mages, though without the defensive boost of either breath skill.

However, the rest of her statline is very lacklustre. Her Attack of 23 is pitifully low. Even when combined with her personal weapon and Fury, she only reaches 40 Attack. This is compensated for by her weapon targeting the lower defensive stat of opponents, but she will still fail to deal significant damage to anyone with decent mixed defenses. Her physical fraitality also hinders her greatly. She will struggle to fight any physical unit using DC and anyone with enough Attack will likely KO her before she can even perform a second attack. After all, the fact that she now deals significant damage to Hector won’t matter if he just OHKO’s her on his retaliation.

All in all, Felicia has certainly improved thanks to the introduction of her personal weapon. Her ability to target the Resistance of high Defense enemies and vise versa allows her to now perform well against a larger array of units and can pray on physical units not using DC. Give her the right tools and this Klutzy maid will show you what she’s capable of.

Strengths

Amazing Speed

At 37 neutral, Felicia has one of the highest base Speed stats in the game. This gives Felicia good doubling potential, especially when she is with a Speed asset and skills such as Fury. It also makes it tricky for enemies to double her without relying on brave weapons or similar skills.

Great Resistance

At 35 neutral, Felicia has one of the highest base Resistance stats in the game, tying with units such as Deirdre and Micaiah. Combined with her high base Speed, Felicia serves as a great magical wall, making it difficult for mages to take her down without utilizing the Raven tome. It also provides her with a huge power boost when utilizing her default Special Glacies.

Felicia’s Plate

Felicia’s new personal weapon added in the 2.2 update, Felicia’s Plate grants her new power unlike she had before. Felicia’s Plate is a 14 might dagger that debuffs the opponent by -7 of their defenses and targets the lower defensive stat of her opponents. Unlike refined dragonstones where their lower Defense targeting only works against ranged units, Felicia’s plate works against any unit, allowing her to now actually deal good damage to units such as Hector or Xander without relying on her Special. When forged, it can be given an effect similar to Steady or Warding Breath, granting her +1 cooldown from actions in combat against healers and mages.

Weaknesses

Pitiful Attack

At 23 base Attack, Felicia has one of the lowest base Attack stats in the entire game, tying with Henry in this regard. Even with her personal weapon, she only reaches an Attack stat of 37 when neutral (40 with an Attack asset or Fury 3). Because of this, she can sometimes struggle to deal significant damage, particularly against enemies with good mixed bulk such as Joshua, Fjorm, or Myrrh where her weapon won’t really help much with her damage output. However, she will still deal good damage to anyone with low Defense or Resistance.

Physically frail

With 36 HP and 18 Defense neutral, Felicia suffers from poor physical defenses. 52 Attack is all that’s needed to OHKO neutral Felicia from full health. Because of this, she often finds it tricky to attack any users of DC such as Hector and Vanguard Ike. She can barely survive units such as Black Knight, Ryoma, and Ike, but all they need is a slight Attack boost to OHKO.

Weapon Skills

Weapons SP Rng. Mt.
Iron Dagger

After combat, inflicts Def/Res-3 on foe through its next action.

Learns by default at 1 ★
Dagger users only.
50 2 3
Steel Dagger

After combat, inflicts Def/Res-3 on foe through its next action.

Learns by default at 3 ★
Unlocks at 2 ★
Dagger users only.
100 2 5
Silver Dagger

After battle, inflicts Def/Res-5 on foe through its next action.

Learns by default at 4 ★
Unlocks at 3 ★
Dagger users only.
200 2 7
Silver Dagger+

After combat, if unit attacked, inflicts Def/Res-7 on foe through its next action.

Learns by default at 5 ★
Unlocks at 5 ★
Dagger users only.
300 2 10
Felicia's Plate

After combat, if unit attacked, inflicts Def/Res-7 on target and foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions.
Damage calculated using the lower of foe's Def or Res.

Unlocks at 5 ★
Non-Inheritable skill.
400 2 14
Available Rearmed Weapons
Arcane Void
Weapon Evolution
Weapon Upgrades
Weapon Upgrades

Special Skills

Special Skills SP Turns
Chilling Wind

Boosts damage dealt by 50% of unit's Res.

Learns by default at 4 ★
Unlocks at 3 ★
Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units.
100 4
Glacies

Boosts damage dealt by 80% of unit's Res.

Unlocks at 4 ★
Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units.
200 4

Passive Skills

Passive Skills SP Slot
Resistance +1

Grants Res+1

Inheritable by all units.
Unlocks at 3 ★
30
A
Resistance +2

Grants Res+2

Inheritable by all units.
Unlocks at 4 ★
60
A
Resistance +3

Grants Res+3

Inheritable by all units.
Unlocks at 5 ★
120
A
Breath of Life 1

If unit initiates attack, adjacent allies recover 3 HP after combat.

Inheritable by all units.
Unlocks at 1 ★
50
C
Breath of Life 2

If unit initiates attack, adjacent allies recover 5 HP after combat.

Inheritable by all units.
Unlocks at 2 ★
100
C
Breath of Life 3

If unit initiates attack, adjacent allies recover 7 HP after combat.

Inheritable by all units.
Unlocks at 4 ★
200
C

Other Info

Origin
Fire Emblem Fates

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