Fire Emblem Heroes Tier List

It can be daunting to sift through Fire Emblem Heroes’ roster of over 500 heroes, but the appeal of an already unique gacha-strategy game is good a reason enough.

FEH, as it’s widely known, borrows heavily from the gacha formula.

You basically collect units (called heroes) to deploy in turn-based, grid-based strategic battles. Being a Fire Emblem game, it also has it’s own unique main story, with dozens of side quests and limited-time events peppered throughout the campaign.

Not every hero is created equal in FEH, which means that a ranking of heroes is worth using as a guide to building the ultimate team for the end game content.

You can see in the following sections the tier list, as well as explanations on how it was made.

The Tier List

There are a few things you need to know before diving into the tier list:

• Hero rarity (i.e. 3-star, 4-star, 5-star) isn’t important in FEH because you can level a 3-star hero up to 5-star anyway.
• The franchise’s iconic weapon triangle system manifests itself in FEH through weapon colors:

Unit Color	Strong Against	Weak Against
Red	Green	Blue
Blue	Red	Green
Green	Blue	Red

Some heroes wield colorless weapons that exist outside the weapon triangle. Instead, they can have special stats or effects applied to them.

• The hero’s movement type also factors a great deal in battle as it dictates how mobile it will be on different maps. There are also colorless weapons that are strong against flying or cavalry units, for instance. A column containing the hero’s movement type is added to the list as well.

With that out of the way, let’s go ahead and see what the best heroes to raise in the game are.

S-Tier

The best heroes in the game. They are absolute beasts in most circumstances, especially if they’ve been leveled-up consistently.

Hero	Weapon Color	Movement Type
Reginn	Red	Cavalry
Winter Altina	Red	Infantry
Valentine’s Lif	Red	Cavalry
Legendary Lilina	Red	Cavalry
Legendary Sigurd	Red	Cavalry
Pirate Surtr	Blue	Armored
Brave Eirika	Blue	Cavalry
Legendary Chrom	Blue	Infantry
Brave Hector	Blue	Armored
Nótt	Blue	Infantry
Brave Ike	Green	Infantry
Brave Edelgard	Green	Armored
New Year Peony	Green	Flying
Dagr	Green	Infantry
Valentine’s Gustav	Green	Armored
Legendary Claude	Colorless	Flying
Summer Freyja	Colorless	Cavalry
Spring Myrrh	Colorless	Flying
Fallen Edelgard	Colorless	Armored
Ninja Lyn	Colorless	Flying

A-Tier

These are great heroes that could carry you to the end game chapters just fine. They’re not as overpowered as S-Tiers but they’re still part of the upper echelons of heroes in the game.

Hero	Weapon Color	Movement Type
Fallen Ike	Red	Infantry
Summer Byleth (Female)	Red	Flying
Masquerade Sigurd	Red	Cavalry
Selena (Sacred Stones)	Blue	Cavalry
Legendary Azura	Blue	Flying
Peony	Blue	Flying
Legendary Dimitri	Blue	Infantry
Winter Bernadetta	Green	Cavalry
Bridal Catria	Green	Flying
Brave Gatekeeper	Green	Infantry
Flayn	Colorless	Flying
Brave Marianne	Colorless	Infantry
Valentine Faye	Colorless	Armored
Sara	Colorless	Infantry
Veronica	Colorless	Cavalry

B-Tier

These are good heroes that would suffice through most of the game. You’ll need to augment them with better heroes to dominate the different events and difficult content though, so keep that in mind.

Hero	Weapon Color	Movement Type
Hoshidan Summer Micaiah	Red	Infantry
Duo Eirika	Red	Infantry
Kris (Male)	Red	Infantry
Larcei	Red	Infantry
Ryoma	Red	Infantry
Fallen Julia	Red	Infantry
Mareeta	Red	Infantry
Byleth (Female)	Red	Infantry
Byleth (Male)	Red	Infantry
Lysithea	Red	Infantry
Brave Marth	Red	Infantry
Summer Freyr	Red	Cavalry
Spring Severa	Red	Cavalry
Arden	Red	Armored
Black Knight	Red	Armored
Young Caeda	Red	Flying
Pirate Naesala	Red	Flying
Altina	Red	Flying
Valentian Palla	Red	Flying
Soiree Ishtar	Red	Flying
Micaiah	Blue	Infantry
Marianne	Blue	Infantry
Ullr	Blue	Infantry
Kris (Female)	Blue	Infantry
Legendary Julia	Blue	Infantry
Duo Ephraim	Blue	Infantry
Fallen Corrin (Male)	Blue	Infantry
Guinevere	Blue	Infantry
Reinhardt	Blue	Cavalry
Masquerade Aldigan	Blue	Flying
Summer Ingrid	Blue	Flying
Ninja Hana	Green	Infantry
Bridal Nailah	Green	Infantry
Thrasir	Green	Infantry
Legendary Celica	Green	Infantry
Fallen Lyon	Green	Infantry
Young Merric	Green	Infantry
Summer Caeda	Green	Cavalry
Freyja	Green	Cavalry
Surtr	Green	Armored
Nagi	Green	Armored
Fallen Morgan (Female)	Green	Flying
Halloween Robin (Female)	Green	Flying
Ashera	Colorless	Infantry
Legendary Corrin (Female)	Colorless	Infantry
Fallen Corrin (Female)	Colorless	Infantry
Mila	Colorless	Infantry
Shinon	Colorless	Infantry
Legendary Micaiah	Colorless	Infantry
Harmonized Mia	Colorless	Cavalry
Summer Leonie	Colorless	Cavalry
Summer Hilda	Colorless	Flying
Bridal Fjorm	Colorless	Flying
Pirate Tibarn	Colorless	Flying

C-Tier

Average heroes that you’d have a hard time with clearing the end game content with. You’ll clear a significant portion of the game with them, but it’s ideal to swap them out for better units as soon as possible.

Hero	Weapon Color	Movement Type
Karla	Red	Infantry
Brave Lysithea	Red	Infantry
Say’ri	Red	Infantry
Fallen Morgan (Male)	Red	Infantry
Valentine’s Henriette	Red	Armored
Spring Idunn	Red	Armored
Zelgius	Red	Armored
Plegian Dorothea	Red	Flying
Tibarn	Red	Flying
Legendary Ryoma	Red	Flying
Plumeria	Red	Flying
Laegjarn	Red	Flying
Mirabilis	Red	Flying
New Year Alfonse	Blue	Infantry
Seiros	Blue	Infantry
Brave Dimitri	Blue	Infantry
Fallen Dimitri	Blue	Infantry
Brave Lucina	Blue	Infantry
Ingrid	Blue	Cavalry
Zeke	Blue	Cavalry
Nifl	Blue	Cavalry
Duessel	Blue	Cavalry
Halloween Tiki	Blue	Flying
Young Tana	Blue	Flying
Duo Palla	Blue	Flying
Scion Larcei	Green	Infantry
Valentine’s Alm	Green	Infantry
Legendary Byleth (Male)	Green	Infantry
Charlotte	Green	Infantry
Pent	Green	Infantry
Shamir	Green	Infantry
Pirate Veronica	Green	Cavalry
Dedue	Green	Armored
Winter Sothis	Green	Armored
Legendary Edelgard	Green	Armored
Hel	Green	Flying
Ninja Laevatein	Green	Flying
Triandra	Green	Flying
Pirate Hinoka	Green	Flying
Jill	Green	Flying
Soiree Reinhardt	Green	Flying
Young Innes	Colorless	Infantry
Leila	Colorless	Infantry
Bramimond	Colorless	Infantry
Legendary Alm	Colorless	Infantry
Scion Leif	Colorless	Cavalry
Bernadetta	Colorless	Cavalry
Maribelle	Colorless	Cavalry
Fallen Tiki (Young)	Colorless	Armored
Bridal Micaiah	Colorless	Flying
Brave Camilla	Colorless	Flying
Pirate Tibarn	Colorless	Flying
Brave Claude	Colorless	Flying

D-Tier

Heroes in this tier are less likely to have success in different facets of the game compared to those higher in the ranks. Their base stats won’t cut it for the end game, and their abilities simply peak too early. Consider using them only if you have no other option.

Hero	Weapon Color	Movement Type
Rutger	Red	Infantry
Garon	Red	Infantry
Itsuki	Red	Infantry
Bridal Oboro	Red	Infantry
Bantu	Red	Infantry
Astram	Red	Infantry
Hubert	Red	Infantry
New Year Anna	Red	Infantry
Ewan	Red	Infantry
Eyvel	Red	Infantry
Sanaki	Red	Infantry
Eirika	Red	Infantry
Henry	Red	Infantry
Selena (Fates)	Red	Infantry
Athena	Red	Infantry
Masked Marth	Red	Infantry
Marisa	Red	Infantry
Saber	Red	Infantry
Ayra	Red	Infantry
Soleil	Red	Infantry
Summer Lilina	Red	Cavalry
Sigurd	Red	Cavalry
Zephiel	Red	Armored
Draug	Red	Armored
Winter Tharja	Red	Armored
Spring Palla	Red	Flying
Olivia	Red	Flying
Fallen Ashnard	Red	Flying
New Year Eir	Red	Flying
Mordecai	Blue	Infantry
Hoshidan Summer Ryoma	Blue	Infantry
Ephraim	Blue	Infantry
Mae	Blue	Infantry
Nowi	Blue	Infantry
Donnel	Blue	Infantry
Delthea	Blue	Infantry
Nephenee	Blue	Infantry
Performing Shigure	Blue	Infantry
Selkie	Blue	Cavalry
Panne	Blue	Cavalry
Death Knight	Blue	Cavalry
Olwen	Blue	Cavalry
Ursula	Blue	Cavalry
Summer Cordelia	Blue	Cavalry
Clive	Blue	Cavalry
Picnic Lukas	Blue	Armored
Kjelle	Blue	Armored
Valbar	Blue	Armored
Effie	Blue	Armored
Winter Robin	Blue	Armored
Naesala	Blue	Flying
Lilith	Blue	Flying
Petra	Blue	Flying
Est	Blue	Flying
Catria	Blue	Flying
Lugh	Green	Infantry
Summer Ylgr	Green	Infantry
Helbindi	Green	Infantry
Libra	Green	Infantry
Rinkah	Green	Infantry
Ross	Green	Infantry
Echidna	Green	Infantry
Arthur	Green	Infantry
Summer Elise	Green	Infantry
Dorcas	Green	Infantry
Rhajat	Green	Infantry
Performing Inigo	Green	Infantry
Ranulf	Green	Cavalry
Summer Wolt	Green	Cavalry
Rath	Green	Cavalry
Halloween L’Arachel	Green	Cavalry
Python	Green	Cavalry
Gunnthrá	Green	Cavalry
Valentine’s Greil	Green	Armored
Halloween Dorcas	Green	Armored
Winter Fae	Green	Armored
Flame Emperor	Green	Armored
Sheena	Green	Armored
Hector	Green	Armored
Winter Lissa	Green	Armored
Winter Chrom	Green	Armored
Halloween Henry	Green	Armored
Camilla	Green	Flying
New Year Azura	Green	Flying
Hostile Springs Hinoka	Green	Flying
New Year Fjorm	Green	Flying
Brady	Colorless	Infantry
Nina	Colorless	Infantry
Jamke	Colorless	Infantry
Mikoto	Colorless	Infantry
Emmeryn	Colorless	Infantry
Mercedes	Colorless	Infantry
Klein	Colorless	Infantry
Bridal Lyn	Colorless	Infantry
Clarisse	Colorless	Infantry
Takumi	Colorless	Infantry
Matthew	Colorless	Infantry
Kaze	Colorless	Infantry
Summer Noire	Colorless	Infantry
Spring Bruno	Colorless	Cavalry
Bridal Louise	Colorless	Cavalry
Valentine Silque	Colorless	Cavalry
Roy	Colorless	Cavalry
Hostile Springs Camilla	Colorless	Flying
Summer Takumi	Colorless	Flying
Hinoka	Colorless	Flying

F-Tier

All other heroes not included in the rankings above can be considered as F-tier or very poor heroes to raise. It’s best to avoid these units because the resources and time you consume won’t get rewarded at all.

With a roster of more than 500 characters, there will be a lot that won’t provide any value to you in the long run.

Hopefully, this list has helped narrow down those that you should keep and raise to assemble the best team that you can manage.