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Leon - True of Heart |
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Hero Stats
Stat Variations
HP | ATK | SPD | DEF | RES | |
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Low | 16 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
Middle | 17 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
High | 18 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
HP | ATK | SPD | DEF | RES | |
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Low | 35 | 31 | 27 | 26 | 12 |
Middle | 39 | 34 | 30 | 30 | 15 |
High | 42 | 37 | 33 | 33 | 19 |
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 |
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Skill Sets
Brutal Beauty
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Bow of Beauty (+Eff) | A | Swift Sparrow (2 or 3) |
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Reposition | B | Lull Spd/Def 3 Alternate: Special Spiral 3 |
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Moonbow Alternate: Bonfire |
C | Joint Hone Spd Alternate: Odd Spd Wave 3 |
IVs | +SPD -RES | S | Swift Sparrow 2 Alternate: Flashing Blade 3 |
Weapon: Bow of Beauty (+EFF)
Assist: Reposition
Special: Bonfire / Moonbow
Passive A: Swift Sparrow / Atk/Spd Solo
Passive B: Lull Spd/Def
Passive C: Joint Hone Spd / Odd Spd Wave
Sacred Seal: Swift Sparrow / Flashing Blade
- While Leon's Speed is mediocre at best, it can improve drastically with some investment. Thanks to the Speed buff on his Bow of Beauty's special refine, an unmerged +SPD Leon can reach 48 Speed before buffs, while debuffing his opponent by -3 Speed due to his Lull skill. Merges and Dragonflower investment further improve his offensive prowess.
- Because his weapon has cooldown mitigation, Leon can choose whether he wants to utilize Moonbow, which he can trigger in a single combat even if his opponent does not retaliate, or Bonfire, which will hit harder, but be more difficult to utilize in a single fight.
- Due to Speed stacking, the followup denial on Bow of Beauty is more of a deterrent that protects him against units who use skills such as Quick Riposte or Vengeful Fighter.
Brave Heart (Player Phase)
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Brave Bow+ Alternate: Spendthrift Bow+ |
A | Death Blow (3 or 4) Alternate: Sturdy Impact |
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Reposition | B | Lull Atk/Def 3 |
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Moonbow Alternate: Luna |
C | Def Smoke 3 Alternate: Pulse Smoke 3 |
IVs | +ATK -RES | S | Death Blow 3 Alternate: Heavy Blade 3 |
Weapon: Brave Bow+ / Spendthrift Bow+
Assist: Reposition / Flexible
Special: Moonbow / Luna
Passive A: Death Blow 4 / Sturdy Impact
Passive B: Lull Atk/Def
Passive C: Def Smoke / Pulse Smoke
Sacred Seal: Death Blow / Heavy Blade
- Despite his refine, Leon still gets more mileage out of disregarding his poor Speed and focusing his Attack via the Brave Bow. With an +ATK IV, Leon reaches 37 Attack, which increases to 44 with the Brave Bow equipped, and hits over 50 with his skills all in play.
- Because he is so easy to merge, a +10 Leon with +10 Dragonflowers will reach 67x2 with this build, which vastly outstrips many of his other options.
- Leon is also one of the better users of the Spendthrift Bow for this reason: with his above-average Defense, combining Spendthrift Bow's -7 Attack debuff on his foe with Sturdy Impact's +10 Defense and Lull Attack's further -3 Atk Debuff, Leon essentially adds +20 Defensive Bulk on his initiations, making him very difficult to OHKO by a physical target. Furthermore, due to Sturdy Impact's followup denial, his target only has one opportunity to attack him in retaliation.
- The difference between the two builds is that the Brave Bow build trades defensive utility for raw offensive power, while his Spendthrift Bow build may not KO his target, but it also makes him exceptionally tanky.
Rose's Thorns (generalist)
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Bow of Beauty (+Eff) | A | Close Foil Alternate: Close Counter |
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Draw Back Alternate: Reposition |
B | Lull Atk/Def 3 Alternate: Vantage 3 |
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Bonfire Alternate: Moonbow |
C | Pulse Smoke 3 Alternate: Atk Smoke 3 |
IVs | +ATK or +DEF / -RES | S | Quick Riposte 3 Alternate: Atk/Def Bond 3 |
Weapon: Bow of Beauty (+EFF)
Assist: Draw Back / Reposition
Special: Bonfire / Moonbow
Passive A: Close Foil / Close Counter / Steady Posture
Passive B: Lull Atk/Def / Vantage / Mystic Boost
Passive C: Pulse Smoke / Atk Smoke
Sacred Seal: Quick Riposte / Atk/Def Bond
- Since the Bow of Beauty's stat buff works in either phase, Leon can utilize a Close Counter build to be more flexible. He prefers Close Foil for the additional stats and his low Resistance makes him too vulnerable to dragons to want to bait them in the first place.
- Lull Atk/Def adds to this, increasing his bulk while also increasing the damage he does. Vantage is another option for his B slot, but be warned that Vantage and Bow of Beauty's effects are anti-synergistic. Leon only gets his stat buff above 50% HP and Vantage only works below 75% HP, giving him a very narrow window in which both effects will be active. It's generally better to keep his HP as high as possible through Defense stacking.
- Mystic Boost is a niche option for refilling his HP after every combat to keep him in range for his Bow of Beauty stat buffs.
- Pulse Smoke and Atk Smoke both help to mitigate the damage he takes, while Quick Riposte is needed in his S slot to ensure that he doubles in the Enemy Phase.
Strengths
Bow of Beauty
Bow of Beauty's weapon refine is a pseudo impact skill, which grants him Atk/Spd/Def+4 while he is over 50% HP, as well as denying enemy followups if he initiates an attack. While this may be somewhat underwhelming, it still synergizes reasonably well with his base stats and can help him be a lot more survivable in PvP modes.
High Attack
Leon's Attack is reasonably high for an archer in the lower rarity pool and when merged and invested in, his base Attack can reach over 40, making it a decent investment.
Weaknesses
Poor Stat Allocation
Leon's Speed is in a dead zone at 30 - it can be increased, particularly with the help of his Bow of Beauty, but it still won't be able to compete with newer units coming out with over 40 base Speed. His Defense is similarly middling, though it's somewhat high for an archer.
Underwhelming Refine
Unfortunately, Leon's refine did not vault him into higher tiers as many of his fans had hoped. A meager conditional stat boost and restrictive Player Phase followup denial does little to help his Gen 1 statline and mediocre Speed tier.
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Slaying Bow+ (+Atk) | A | Close Counter |
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Rally Spd/Def | B | Vantage 3 |
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Moonbow | C | Threaten Def 3 |
S | Brash Assault 3 |
(+10 Merged and Dragonflowers Included)
Leon is the second best archer to be made into a +10 merge with Jeorge being the number one.
The only difference between the 2 archers is that Jeorge has his own weapon Parthia that increases his attack to +6 but only on ranged foes and can slightly tank through magical hits while Leon has more physical bulk meaning you can run Close Counter and Vantage oh him so he can tank the physical hits and counter back just like in his original game.
If you don't have Close Counter, then you can just run Death Blow on him to increase his damage output.
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Brave Bow+ | A | Death Blow 3 |
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Draw Back | B | Cancel Affinity 3 |
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Ignis | C | Savage Blow 3 |
S | Savage Blow 3 |
Leon has the same attack stat as Reinhardt so I decided to make a brave bow death blow build for him. I put cancel affinity on to deal with raven tomes. Savage blow so my other units can defeat the enemy easier.
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Slaying Bow+ (+Spd) | A | Darting Blow 3 |
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Reposition | B | Swordbreaker 3 |
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Moonbow | C | Odd Atk Wave 3 |
S | Speed +3 |
Slaying Bow coupled with Moonbow helps enable a build based off doubling. Reaching a whopping 41 speed on the offensive, Leon will double all but the fastest units enabling moonbow on the second hit within the same round of combat. Conveniently, many of the speedier threats in the meta include flying units which Leon should be able to dispatch with a single shot, while the others tend to be sword infantry. With Swordbreaker, these units can be ORKO’d and a number of bulky sword cavalry or red armors can take a beating as well.
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Brave Bow+ | A | Close Counter |
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Draw Back | B | Brash Assault 3 |
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Ignis | C | Threaten Def 3 |
My Leon is very slow, which isn't ideal, so I fashioned this build around that. Fury would most likely be a better choice of A Skill, but Close Counter is fun. Brash Assault is very important to this build's success, as it allows Leon to attack four times in certain circumstances which allows him to punch through units he normally would not be able to. I'm not good at summaries, but I'm very proud of this boy.
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Brave Bow+ | A | Death Blow 3 |
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Draw Back | B | Chill Def 3 |
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Bonfire | C | Odd Atk Wave 3 |
S | Attack +3 |
An expensive but powerful build on Leon that takes advantage of his high base attack for his class. Brave bow+ with Death blow 3 is the bread and butter of this build and with new set of skills for Leon to play with to further boost his damage output with the use of Chill Def 3 to cripple the foe with the highest defense on the enemy team, while also granting himself an additional +6 attack buff on odd number of turns with Odd attack wave 3.
Weapon Skills
Weapons | SP | Rng. | Mt. |
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50 | 2 | 4 |
![]() Learns by default at 3 ★ Only Inheritable by Bow users.
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100 | 2 | 6 |
![]() Learns by default at 4 ★ Unlocks at 3 ★ Only Inheritable by Bow users.
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200 | 2 | 8 |
![]() Learns by default at 5 ★ Unlocks at 5 ★ Only Inheritable by Bow users.
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300 | 2 | 12 |
![]() Unlocks at 5 ★ Non-Inheritable skill.
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400 | 2 | 14 |
Special Skills
Special Skills | SP | Turns |
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![]() Learns by default at 4 ★ Unlocks at 3 ★ Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units.
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100 | 4 |
![]() Learns by default at 5 ★ Unlocks at 4 ★ Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units.
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200 | 4 |
Passive Skills
Passive Skills | SP | Slot |
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30 | A |
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Unlocks at 3 ★ |
60 | A |
![]() Inheritable by all units.
Unlocks at 4 ★ |
120 | A |
![]() Inheritable by all units.
Unlocks at 3 ★ |
50 | B |
![]() Inheritable by all units.
Unlocks at 4 ★ |
100 | B |
![]() Inheritable by all units.
Unlocks at 5 ★ |
200 | B |
Other Info
Origin |
Fire Emblem Gaiden
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