Thief Rickard

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Attack
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Injured

Red Sword

Thief Rickard - Carefree Culprit
4-5 Event: Tempest Trials Obtainable as a 4 - 5 only - Event: Tempest Trials

Hero Stats

Max Avg Total Stats at Lvl 40

176

HP 38

ATK 38

SPD 42

DEF 33

RES 25

Stat Variations

Level 1 Stat Variation

Weapon

5★

4★

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	18 18 20 20	7 21 9 23	11 11 13 13	6 6 8 8	5 5 7 7
Middle	19 19 21 21	8 22 10 24	12 12 14 14	7 7 9 9	6 6 8 8
High	20 20 22 22	9 23 11 25	13 13 15 15	8 8 10 10	7 7 9 9

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	17 17 19 19	7 17 9 19	11 11 13 13	5 5 7 7	4 4 6 6
Middle	18 18 20 20	8 18 10 12	12 12 14 2	6 6 8 8	5 5 7 7
High	19 19 21 21	9 19 11 21	13 13 15 15	7 7 9 9	6 6 8 8

Level 40 Stat Variations

Weapon

5★

4★

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	35 35 37 37	35 49 37 51	39 39 41 41	30 30 32 32	22 22 24 24
Middle	38 38 40 40	38 52 40 54	42 42 44 44	33 33 35 35	25 25 27 27
High	42 42 44 44	42 56 44 58	46 46 48 48	36 36 38 38	29 29 31 31

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	33 33 35 35	33 43 35 45	37 37 39 39	27 27 29 29	20 20 22 22
Middle	36 36 38 38	36 46 38 48	40 40 42 42	30 30 32 32	23 23 25 25
High	39 39 41 41	40 50 42 52	44 44 46 46	33 33 35 35	26 26 28 28

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	Best	Average	Worst

Skill Sets

Mr. Steal Yo Heart (Player Phase)

Build by StanTheWoz

Recommended

	Florid Cane+ (+Spd) Alternate: Coral Saber+ (+Spd)	A	Atk/Spd Boosting A Slot Alternate: Sturdy Impact
	Positional Assist	B	Flow Guard 3 Alternate: S/D Near Trace 3
	Moonbow Alternate: Glimmer	C	Odd Tempest 3 Alternate: Spd/Def Rein 3
IVs	+Atk or +Spd / -Res	S	Blade Session 3 Alternate: Atk/Def Catch 3

Show Explanation/Analysis

Weapon: Florid Cane+ (+Spd) / Coral Saber+ (+Spd) / Flexible

Assist: Positional Assist / Flexible

Special: Moonbow / Glimmer

IVs: +Atk or +Spd / -Res

Passive A: Atk/Spd Boosting A Slot / Sturdy Impact / Flexible

Passive B: Flow Guard / S/D Near Trace / Flexible

Passive C: Odd Tempest / Spd/Def Rein / Flexible

Sacred Seal: Blade Session / Atk/Def Catch / Flexible

While Rickard lacks unique skills, he does have multiple good inheritable options. Florid Cane provides Canto Rem. +1, the same as any Near Trace, as well as an Atk and Spd boost based on his foe’s HP. Coral Saber is another great option that provides a guaranteed follow-up attack. Other swords can also work.
The Special is flexible, with 2-cooldown specials being a good choice since they will activate on Rickard’s second attack assuming he is counterattacked and his special charge is not slowed.
Atk and Spd are both great choices of boon, with Spd arguably being the best due to Rickard’s reliance on it to double if he is not using Coral Saber. Res is generally the best bane due to his focus on melee combat.
The A skill is flexible, with many different good options. Any skills that boost Atk and Spd are good, such as Atk/Spd Catch or Swift Sparrow. Sturdy Impact also improves Rickard’s Atk while providing a huge boost to Def and denying a foe follow-up attack when he initiates combat.
The B skill is flexible. Flow Guard disables any effects like Wary Fighter that would prevent Rickard’s follow-up attack while also slowing his foe’s Special charge. S/D Near Trace is a great option if he is not using Florid Cane, to provide the Canto effect. If he is using Florid Cane, Near Trace is largely redundant.
The C skill is very flexible. Movement-boosting options like Odd Tempest and Even Tempest allow Rickard to move an extra space during odd- and even-numbered turns, respectively, improving his ability to initiate on farther away foes. Spd/Def Rein provides a great debuff of -4 Spd and Def to any foes within 2 spaces of Rickard, effectively improving his own Spd in comparison as well as his damage. Other options like Atk/Spd Menace or Spd/Def Menace can also be fantastic.
The seal is flexible. Blade Session provides the largest potential Atk and Spd boost available on a seal at time of writing. There are many other seals that provide a lesser but more consistent boost, such as Atk/Spd Solo. Atk/Def Catch is also a great option that provides two useful stats as long as Rickard’s foe is at 100% HP or debuffed in any way.

Funny Phantom Thief Ricardo (Mixed/Enemy Phase)

Build by StanTheWoz

	Coral Saber+ (+Def) Alternate: Unbound Blade+ (+Spd)	A	Atk/Def Catch 4 Alternate: Sturdy Stance 3
	Positional Assist	B	Guard Bearing 3 Alternate: Quick Riposte 3
	Bonfire Alternate: Sol	C	Atk/Def Rein 3 Alternate: Atk/Spd Rein 3
IVs	+Atk or +Spd or +Def / -Res	S	Atk/Def Catch 3 Alternate: Atk/Def Solo 3

Show Explanation/Analysis

Weapon: Coral Saber+ (+Spd or +Def) / Unbound Blade+ (+Spd or +Def) / Flexible

Assist: Positional Assist / Flexible

Special: Bonfire / Sol / Flexible

IVs: +Atk or +Spd or +Def / -Res

Passive A: Atk/Def Catch 4 / Sturdy Stance 3 / Flexible

Passive B: Guard Bearing / Quick Riposte / Flexible

Passive C: Atk/Def Rein / Atk/Spd Rein / Flexible

Sacred Seal: Atk/Def Catch / Atk/Def Solo / Flexible

While it is somewhat less reliable than the player phase build, Rickard can also run an enemy phase build.
The choice of weapon is flexible. Coral Saber provides a guaranteed follow-up attack as well as a boost to Atk and Def in combat. Unbound Blade provides a similar boost as long as Rickard is not adjacent to an ally, as well as neutralizing his foe’s bonuses to Atk and Def, which could easily be an additional 6 to each if they’re buffed. Other weapons like Vulture Blade and Winter Rapier can also work well.
The Special is flexible, with Bonfire and Sol being 3-cooldown options that will activate after Rickard has been attacked twice and counterattacked once, activating on his second counterattack. Sol provides healing while Bonfire provides extra damage that scales with his Def. Shorter cooldown Specials may be a better choice if Rickard is not taking two enemy attacks during combat.
The boon is flexible, with Atk, Spd, and Def all being solid options. Res is generally his least useful stat and a good choice of bane.
The A skill is also flexible. Rickard wants Atk, Def, and Spd for this build, so skills that boost any of those are good, especially if they provide additional useful effects like the special-slowing effect of Sturdy Stance 3.
Guard Bearing is a good B skill for this build, as it provides 50% damage reduction on the first hit taken on enemy phase. Options are relatively slim, so Quick Riposte can also be a solid option for a guaranteed follow-up as long as Rickard is above 70% HP.
The C skill is flexible, with Rein skills providing great stat reductions to foes within 2 spaces. Any combination of Atk, Spd, and Def is good. Other C skills like Atk/Def Menace can also work well if Rickard can activate them against enemies before they attack him.
The seal is flexible, with seals that boost Atk and Def being good options.

Strengths

Great Atk and Spd

Rickard’s base 38 Atk and 42 Spd are great, especially considering he has a superboon in both. These allow him to deal high damage and follow-up against many enemies.

Decent HP, Def, and Res

Rickard’s base 38 HP, 33 Def, and 25 Res are all solid and give him decent bulk.

Sword Flier

Rickard’s status as a flying sword unit gives him access to great skills like Sturdy Impact, Flow Guard, and Coral Saber+.

Tempest Trials Unit

Rickard’s status as a Tempest Trial unit means that two copies of him were obtainable as rewards from his Tempest Trial, without spending orbs, and he will be purchasable with Heroic Grails at a later date.

Weaknesses

No Unique Skills

Rickard lacks a unique weapon or any other exclusive skills that other strong units have, so he has to rely on stats and inheritable options to compete against other units.

Mediocre Mov

As a melee flying unit, Rickard can move two spaces and attack adjacent foes under normal circumstances, meaning he threatens a smaller range than many other units. This limits his effectiveness as a player phase unit. In addition, sword fliers generally lack good inheritable B skills for enemy phase builds compared to other movement types, reducing his effectiveness at that role as well.

Competition

While Rickard’s statline is great and he has access to good inheritable options, he competes with many other units for relevance, especially other sword fliers with great unique effects like Laegjarn or Legendary Ryoma.

Weapon Skills

Weapons	SP	Rng.	Mt.
Iron Sword Learns by default at 1 ★ Unlocks at 1 ★ Only Inheritable by Sword Units.	50	1	6
Steel Sword Learns by default at 2 ★ Unlocks at 2 ★ Only Inheritable by Sword Units.	100	1	8
Florid Cane Enables【Canto (Rem. +1)】. At start of combat, if foe's HP ≥ 75%, grants Atk/Spd+5 to unit 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 after the granted action. 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.) Learns by default at 4 ★ Unlocks at 3 ★ Only Inheritable by Sword Units.	200	1	10
Florid Cane+ Enables【Canto (Rem. +1)】. At start of combat, if foe's HP ≥ 75%, grants Atk/Spd+5 to unit 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 after the granted action. 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.) Learns by default at 5 ★ Unlocks at 5 ★ Only Inheritable by Sword Units.	300	1	14

Available Rearmed Weapons
Arcane Devourer (+Def)
Arcane Devourer (+Res)
Arcane Devourer (+Atk)
Arcane Devourer (+Spd)
Arcane Devourer
Arcane Éljúðnir (+Res)
Arcane Éljúðnir (+Spd)
Arcane Éljúðnir (+Def)
Arcane Éljúðnir (+Atk)
Arcane Éljúðnir

Weapon Evolution

Weapon Upgrades

Weapons	HP	SP	Rng.	Mt.
Florid Cane+ (+Atk) Enables【Canto (Rem. +1)】. At start of combat, if foe's HP ≥ 75%, grants Atk/Spd+5 to unit 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 after the granted action. 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.)	+5	350	1	16
Florid Cane+ (+Spd) +3Enables【Canto (Rem. +1)】. At start of combat, if foe's HP ≥ 75%, grants Atk/Spd+5 to unit 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 after the granted action. 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.)	+5	350	1	14
Florid Cane+ (+Def) +4 Enables【Canto (Rem. +1)】. At start of combat, if foe's HP ≥ 75%, grants Atk/Spd+5 to unit 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 after the granted action. 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.)	+5	350	1	14
Florid Cane+ (+Res) +4 Enables【Canto (Rem. +1)】. At start of combat, if foe's HP ≥ 75%, grants Atk/Spd+5 to unit 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 after the granted action. 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.)	+5	350	1	14

Weapon Upgrades

Support Skills

Support Skills	Rng.	SP
Shove Push adjacent ally 1 space farther away. Learns by default at 4 ★	1	150

Passive Skills

Passive Skills	SP	Slot
Flier Formation 1 If unit has 100% HP, unit can move to a space adjacent to a flier ally within 2 spaces. Only inheritable by flier units. Unlocks at 1 ★	60	B
Flier Formation 2 If unit has ≥ 50% HP, unit can move to a space adjacent to a flier ally within 2 spaces. Only inheritable by flier units. Unlocks at 2 ★	120	B
Flier Formation 3 Unit can move to a space adjacent to a flier ally within 2 spaces Only inheritable by flier units. Unlocks at 4 ★	240	B
Spd/Def Oath 1 At start of turn, if unit is adjacent to an ally, grants Spd/Def +3 to unit for 1 turn. Infantry & Flying Units Only Unlocks at 3 ★	60	A
Spd/Def Oath 2 At start of turn, if unit is adjacent to an ally, grants Spd/Def +4 to unit for 1 turn. Infantry & Flying Units Only Unlocks at 4 ★	120	A
Spd/Def Oath 3 At start of turn, if unit is adjacent to an ally, grants Spd/Def +5 to unit for 1 turn. Infantry & Flying Units Only Unlocks at 5 ★	240	A

Other Info

Origin	Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem

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