Fire Emblem Heroes Wiki talk:Build Center/Charlotte: Money Maiden

I knew a Brave Lance build was coming because she's got really high attack power, but "Best in Class" is an gross overstatement. Let's do some comparisons.

She's only got 1 more strength than Cordelia, but Cordelia is a flier and therefore gets access to another unit on the team potentially having Hone Fliers. Cordelia, therefore, potentially hits harder. Also, she's a superior movement type. Cordelia has few HP so when enemies double her, she's likely to die while that's not always the case for Charlotte. Cordelia, on the other hand, can actually take a hit from a mage. She's also got 3 more speed which helps her not get doubled by a few notable units. Plus, she already has Brave Lance default.

Effie is stronger than Charlotte. If you're looking for raw damage output, she's the clear winner. Inferior movement type, superior defenses. Access to Wary Fighter, which mitigates the biggest weakness of Brave Lances in how they tank your speed stat. Being an armor also means the potential of having a second armor on the team for Hone/Fortify buffs, depending on your needs.

Abel has a very similar stat spread to Charlotte, just with less HP, 3 less attack, and more resistance. Thing is, despite being a little bit weaker, he's on a horse. The extra movement is worth giving up 3 attack power comparatively between the two. If we want to count horse teams, Hone/Goad Cavalry buffs will make up the majority of the lower attack power for most people. Plus, he's already got the spear.

Then we've got Donnel. Donnel, in my opinion, is superior as a Brave Lancer to Charlotte, and unlike everyone else we don't have to take movement type into consideration. He only has 1 less attack power. I cannot find any victories between similar builds for Donnel and Charlotte in which the 2 extra damage you inflict from having a single point in attack matters. Meanwhile, because you're already tanking your speed stat, having lower speed doesn't really negatively impact Donnel. He's got 3 less HP but significantly more defense and resistance so his effective HP is much higher. Plus, he's got 162 BST so he gets you slightly better arena scores. And lastly, he doesn't require nearly as much Skill Inheritance because he's already got the weapon and Drag Back.

I'm not saying it's a bad build for Charlotte, because it's not. I just think claiming she's "best in class" at it is a bit much. It also ignores that she's pretty capable on enemy phase purely because of her huge HP pool. Her defense and resistance might not be great, but she's got a HUGE HP pool and enough speed (especially if you keep her default A skill) to not get hit by follow-ups, if not gain follow-ups to fair number of meta red swords and spear users.

--Srsfacei8c (talk) 9:15PM PDT, 5/30/2017


 * The build is called "Best in Class" because in the first line her Atk is noted as the highest among infantry lancers. As Atk is the most important stat for Brave weapon users, Charlotte may be the best Brave Lance+ user within her movement type.


 * Donnel's high Def makes him a good fit for defensive builds involving Quick Riposte 3, Killer Lance+ builds that rely on seeing enemy phase action, or gimmick builds such as Armored Blow 3, Escutcheon, and Lunge.


 * However, with a Brave Lance+, Donnel is slightly outperformed by Charlotte. Checking the damage calculator, Charlotte edges out just a few more wins than Donnel with the exact same setup (Brave Lance+, +Atk/-Res, Death Blow 3, Drag Back, Threaten Def 3, Atk Seal, Luna) against opponents with Fury 3 but as expected does trade a few draws for losses, which is a fair trade for a hyper-offensive unit.


 * I think Donnel requiring less investment and scoring higher are valid points. Hence, I previously included "possibly" in the first line of the unit build because I understand not every unit will be the "best in class" for every player, depending on what they want out of a unit and what their priorities are.


 * Regarding Charlotte's enemy phase potential, I agree that her natural skill set, decent Spd, and high HP give her better survivability.
 * Personally, I'm interested in seeing a build that aims to maximize her potential as both an enemy phase and player phase duelist, perhaps with a Killer Lance+ and +Spd IV.


 * With all that said, I don't mind seeing "Best in Class" removed from the title of the build. It might be a bit too inflammatory of a description for both her relationship with other infantry Brave Lance+ users and possibly with other future Charlotte builds as well.


 * --N ra (talk) 11:27, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

Running Mass Calculator vs. enemies with Fury 3, Charlotte only has 3 more kills. Those are Sharena (she survives with 1 HP), Saizo and Matthew (also survive with 1 HP.) I guess you run into Sharena occasionally still, but once you get into merge battle territories she's rare. Saizo and Matthew, while underrated units in my estimation, are simply not run. Meanwhile he can actually survive a number of blue-on-blue matchups on enemy phase that she cannot, and Donnel comes out with significantly more HP against any given red that she does.

Don't get caught up in the number of wins a unit might get. Quality of those wins matters. The ones they both kill, Donnel has more quality wins against because if he's got to take damage, he can.

Sticking with her default kit, she actually is a pretty solid wall. Neutral Charlotte against Fury 3 enemies without buffs, she only gets ORKO'd by 6 people, all of which have Brave Axe, Emerald Axe, or is Reinhardt. (Obviously any Blade Mage with their buffs gets over the hump here, but it's still worth pointing out.) The only people she doesn't get Windboost speed against are slower than she is anyway, so her ability to resist being doubled by pretty much anyone is nice. I'll have to sit down to come up with an enemy phase build now that I'm actually sitting down at a calculator to figure this out. It's a niche only otherwise filled by Wary Fighter, and none of those people have two movement for the ensuing player phase.

--Srsfacei8c (talk) 5:45PM PDT, 5/31/2017