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** Ayra. She will use her high Spd to decimate her foes, and she has her nearly everything she needs to do so. Her Ayra's Blade gives her +3 Spd and will give her +1 special buildup if she's faster than her foe during combat, but her power lays in her unique special, Regnal Astra, which deals damage based on her Speed and only has a cooldown count of 2. As the game went on, however, she became the least of player's worries as more powerful units were later release.

* Regular Tibarn. All flying beasts gain 1 extra movement if, at the start of their turn, they're adjacent to any beast or dragon allies and not adjacent to any other type of ally, meaning that if he's alone or is next to a beast or dragon ally, he has the movement of a cavalry unit (better make sure you know this when fighting him, because the Danger Zone will not tell you until he morphs into his beast form). Hawk King Claw gives him +3 Atk and if the opponent is at 100% HP he has a guaranteed follow-up attack if he initiates combat, and Sturdy Impact gives him +6 Atk, +10 Def, and ''negates any of the opponent's follow-up attacks'' if he initiates combat. When even '''Blue''' tanks cannot take him on, he is certainly to be feared when faced against, and he even has enough Speed to make sure he can outspeed {{Mighty Glacier}}s with Quick Riposte or any of the defensive Fighter skills, should Sturdy Impact's nullification of denying any enemy follow-up attacks and his Hawk King Claw's guaranteed follow-up attack should be cancelled out.

* Surviving a special from Regular Lysithea is nigh impossible, even for the bulkiest of blue tanks. Lysithea's insane attack stat, combined with her busted weapon and ways to jack her attack stat to insane amounts, coupled with her kit helping with special acceleration and nullifying any buffs on their Res means that if you can't dash in and kill her first, you not probably, not maybe, but WILL get one of your units killed (Bye bye perfect AR offense) when her turn comes around. The only thing stopping her from being a GameBreaker is that she's a very extreme SquishyWizard[=/=]GlassCannon.

* Hilda. As a fast Axe Infantry, her skill kit will make great user of her GlassCannon stats. Her Freikugel gives her +3 Spd and all allies within 2 spaces of her +4 Atk/Spd if they have more Def than her, while she herself gets +6 Atk/Spd if she has no allies within 2 spaces of her with more Def than her. Now take into account the fact that she has Atk/Spd Solo, which gives her +6 Atk/Spd during combat if she is not adjacent to an ally, which means on a team with lower Def than her, she gains '''+12''' Atk/Spd during combat if she is alone. She also has Null Follow-Up to make sure that she laughs in the face of Axebreaker, the Fighter skills and the like. Her only weakness is her low Res and average HP, but good luck trying to defeating her in one round.

* Mamori. With an already strong Defense/Resistance statline, her Mirage Axe is what makes her especially tanky in that not only does she get +6 in both stats, she also prevents follow-ups both of which if she has so much as one ally within 2 spaces of her, which's even harder to prevent since being an armoured unit means she's not moving too far from her allies. Top it off with Shield Session, which gives her up to ''9+'' in Defense and Resistance depending on how many units have acted and you have a unit who's incredibly hard to get rid of.
* Annette. Not only does have a Dual Rally skill alongside Ruse to strengthen her ally and debuff your units while also likely keeping herself a way from the range of fire of your units, her weapon gives the unit she buffs 'one extra movement,' even if they're a cavalier! On top of that, her weapon also lets her target the lower of a unit's Def/Res as well and with incredibly high Attack, she'll definitely put a dent in even the bulkiest of units.

** Regular Mareeta. She's an infantry sword wielder who gets a ton of stats simply by being away from her allies. With her weapon and Atk/Spd Solo, she gets ''+10 Atk/Spd'', as well as +4 Def and Res, and she'll also disable any skills that either guarantee your follow up attacks or deny her follow up attacks. In other words, you have to face her in a fair and square Spd check, which is no easy feat when her Spd is through the roof. Said Spd also helps her with her Close Call skill, which mitigates damage up to 40% depending on how much faster she is. In short, this essentially makes her much harder to defeat.

* Staff users in Grand/Bound/Legendary Hero Battles. They tend to be armed with Dazzling or Wrathful Staff, which either means your units will be unable to counterattack, or your units will take more damage. And that's on top of how some of them carry Pain or Savage Blow with them, slowly chipping your HP away. If they don't have that, they'll generally heal hurt units like crazy, forcing you to rely on other ways of defeating them. Oh and some have Miracle (with a much lower charge), making it impossible to kill them as quickly as possible![[note]]It's worth noting that Fallen Takumi is considered one of the hardest Grand Hero Battles on Infernal since there are TWO staff users, on top of the other units you have to deal with.[[/note]]

** Regular Mareeta. She's an infantry sword wielder who, like both Fallen Corrins, gets a ton of stats simply by being away from her allies. With her weapon and Atk/Spd Solo, she gets ''+10 Atk/Spd'', as well as +4 Def and Res, and she'll also disable any skills that either guarantee your follow up attacks or deny her follow up attacks. In other words, you have to face her in a fair and square Spd check, which is no easy feat when her Spd is through the roof. Said Spd also helps her with her Close Call skill, which mitigates damage up to 40% depending on how much faster she is. In short, this essentially makes her much harder to defeat.

* Sirius. Like both Fallen Corrins, he's a unit you don't want to fight by himself, having a great Atk/Spd line that's boosted further by his weapon and kit. Along with a Killer effect, his weapon gives him a full +4 boost if by his lonesome, which's boost further by having Atk/Spd Solo. On top of all that, he has Lull Atk/Spd, meaning he'll boost his power and speed even further while preventing your units from having boosts in them 'and' strengthen his own, his devastating strength all topped off by having Luna which he will more than likely will use with his incredible Spd.

* Most of the heroes released during Book III onwards have a focused skill kit that at least gives them a role to perform by default with their statline, even if they have other randomly generated skills to go along with them that could be counter-intuitive, while most of the heroes released during Book I and Book II have at least one major flaw in their build or are just not threatening enough to face against, with only a handful of them being legitimate threats. While in Training Tower, Tempest Trials, and Forging Bonds this is not much of an issue due to players having an option to field heroes that can handle against the color they have triangle advantage over and have a balanced team, Hall of Forms on the other hand have the player forced to field 4 pre-selected heroes, especially if most to all of them have a common weakness. It has gotten to the point that in the July 2020 Hall of Forms onwards, all heroes released during Book III onwards no longer be able to be randomly generated among the enemies for players to face against.

* Shinon with his initial skill kit (in the Story Mode chapters alone assuming you're playing on Lunatic for Perfect Runs, you fight him ''3'' times) is a nightmare to deal with. Thought Midori was hell to deal with the Close Foil? This guy's weapon has Close Foil's advantages and then some built into it. Not only does it raise his Attack and Defense, it also raises his Speed and Res as well along with not having any type restrictions for it to activate. Additionally, it even speeds up his Special Cooldown, which charges for his skill Deadeye - which doubles the damage he deals. His kit also contains Atk/Spd Bond 4 and Lull Atk/Spd 3, which guarantees him to strike faster and harder than you if he's not adjacent with anyone. His only real weakness is that if he happens to be next to an ally, all those advantages are shelved, but good luck if he happens to be the last foe on the map.

* Shinon with his initial skill kit (in the Story Mode chapters alone assuming you're playing on Lunatic for Perfect Runs, you fight him ''3'' times) is a nightmare to deal with. Thought Midori was hell to deal with the Close Foil? This guy's weapon has Close Foil's advantages and then some built into it. Not only does it raise his Attack and Defense, it also raises his Speed and Res as well along with not having any type restrictions for it to activate. Additionally, it even speeds up his Special Cooldown, which charges for his skill Deadeye - which doubles the damage he deals. His kit also contains Atk/Spd Bond 4 and Lull Atk/Spd 3, which guarantees him to strike faster and harder than you if he's not adjacent with anyone. His only real weakness is that if he happens to be next to an ally, all those advantages are shelved. The only real weakness he has depends on if he's next to an allied unit or not, but good luck if he happens to be the last foe on the map.

* Thankfully Dancers don't have Emblan mook versions and can't be encountered at all in Tempest Trials (unless if the boss is a Dancer), Forging Bonds, Training Tower, or Hall of Forms, but you can still encounter them in some Bound Hero Battles (and even some Legendary ones), Story Mode, and Paralogue maps in the form of named units. They can proceed to make your day into a living hell by giving an enemy an extra chance to move, thus messing up your run. Reyson and Leanne are worse, as their range when they're in Flying Beast forms are the same as cavalry, meaning if they're with a Beast ally (which in their maps, they're always sorted as such), you're guaranteed a world of hurt if you don't take them or their allies out quickly. Needless to say, most maps that start off with an enemy Dancer don't require you to be in their attack range for them to dance another foe in order to reach and attack your units faster.

* Wings of Fate Hinoka isn't too tough compared to other units, but for very specific teams, she's hell to deal with. Since she's a bow, she already has a weapon super effective against fliers, and her Warrior Princess makes it effective against Armor units as well - along with giving her some extra attack. Her mobility's also great when it comes to fliers, as she has Flier Formation and Flier Guidance - meaning she can move a lot farther if she happens to be paired with other flying units. Why specific teams? Besides of the risk of running a flying or armor team, she's a ''hard counter'' to a couple of Hall of Forms teams (which tends to give you at least a Flying and/or Armor unit), especially the ''Sacred Stones'' themed one in late-June 2020 when you're given two Flying units and two Armor units.

* Thankfully Dancers don't have Emblan mook versions and can't be encountered at all in Tempest Trials (unless if the boss is a Dancer), Forging Bonds, Training Tower, or Hall of Forms, but you can still encounter them in some Bound Hero Battles (and even some Legendary ones), Story Mode, and Paralogue maps in the form of named units. They can proceed to make your day into a living hell by giving an enemy an extra chance to move, thus messing up your run. Reyson, Rafiel, and Leanne are worse, as their range when they're in Flying Beast forms are the same as cavalry, meaning if they're with a Beast ally (which in their maps, they're always sorted as such), you're guaranteed a world of hurt if you don't take them or their allies out quickly. Needless to say, most maps that start off with an enemy Dancer don't require you to be on their attack range for them to

* Fallen Tiki. Essentially a rotational version of Legendary Tiki, she packs the same incredible stats, Distant Counter in her weapon and effectiveness against Dragons... and doesn't have the color disadvantage that her Legendary counterpart does. Good luck if you don't have an Anti-Dragon or Anti-Armor weapon in your capacity, because someone in your team will die trying to kill her otherwise. In addition to also being able to abuse Fighter skills (like her native Special Fighter), she's also a LightningBruiser if she happens to be solo as well, since Solitary Dream not only gives her boosts to all of her stats, but lets her move as far as an infantry unit, shutting down her previous weakness of low movement. Oh and even though she's not too rough during Forging Bonds (where her max level is 40), it's Tempest Trials and Hall of Forms where she becomes an absolute hell to deal with, especially if she's at the last map of the highest difficulty (or higher chambers in terms of Hall of Forms before they got rid of Book III and IV enemies entirely from there).
* Fallen Female Corrin. This infantry dragon packs BST comparable to Gen 2-3 ''Armored'' units, having incredible stats across the board. However, this isn't what makes her so strong - it's her weapon, which gives her up to +6 in ''every stat'' if she has no teammates nearby. As an enemy, Corrin is very liable to be the last one standing, meaning it's a lot easier for her weapon to fully activate than if a player is using her. Couple that with her native skills, like Atk/Spd Solo to further boost her offensive power and Sudden Panic to debuff just about anyone on your team, and you have a unit that's disproportionately difficult to take down, and can easily kill off any of your units in retaliation. Back before the Hall of Forms had enemies from Book III and IV, many people generally avoided any Hall of Forms map if it includes her, as unlike the other randomly generated maps, this counts as a waste of a Forma Torch.

* Ophelia can be deadly if not dispatched quickly in most modes. Her Chill Res will make sure your designated Res tank gets debuffed, as Missiletainn's effect lets her turn her into a special nuke quickly enough. If she's grouped with other tome users, you'll fight one immediately with a special. The Special, Blazing Light, is an Area of Effect spell that damages the user based on her Atk minus her target's Def or Res. And Feh bless you if you have any units aligned to the target diagonally, as it'll damage those too. With this, she can easily finish off even bulky green units. Thankfully her Special only activates during her phase, meaning you can attack her without her countering with one.

* Enemies with Distant Counter or Close Counter, often built into their weapon. The player can often rely on ranged units to dispatch melee units without much retaliation. However, unless they can one-shot them, they will now have to face a counterattack, which can potentially be dangerous to the player's unit.

* Enemies with skills or weapons that prevent their enemies from counterattacking can make maps quite stressful. Units like Regular Faye or Roderick have Firesweep weapons, so the player cannot bait them out, which can potentially cost them time if they're encountered in the Tempest Trials. Faye also has Wings of Mercy, which means she can blindside the player, while Roderick has Drag Back, pulling a player's unit away from formation. There are also the enemy Dazzling Staff users, who are very annoying to fight in the tougher Grand/Bound/Legendary Hero Battles, especially since they can get free damage and status effects on the player's units in a mode where no units are allowed to die.

* Surviving a special from Lysithea is nigh impossible, even for the bulkiest of blue tanks. Lysithea's insane attack stat, combined with her busted weapon and ways to jack her attack stat to insane amounts, coupled with her kit helping with special acceleration and nullifying any buffs on their Res means that if you can't dash in and kill her first, you not probably, not maybe, but WILL get one of your units killed (Bye bye perfect AR offense) when her turn comes around. The only thing stopping her from being a GameBreaker is that she's a very extreme SquishyWizard[=/=]GlassCannon.

* Dimitri. He is a Lance Cavalier has MightyGlacier stats, but his skill set is the reason he's annoying to face against. He has Death Blow 4 to give him +8 Atk if he initiates combat, and Lull Atk/Def which inflict -3 Atk/Def on the target, as well as negate any field buffs on the target's Atk/Def during combat. The worst of it all is his Noble Lance: It gives him +3 Atk, and if either both him and the target are at full HP, or both are not at full HP, he gets a guaranteed follow-up attack. Because everyone is at full HP at the start of the map, outside of multimap modes, he ''will'' be doing a guaranteed follow-up on your units, and with his Death Blow 4 and Lull Atk/Def, he ''will'' be punching dents on your tanks. His only weakness is his low Res and below average Spd.

* Fallen Tiki. Essentially a rotational version of Legendary Tiki, she packs the same incredible stats, Distant Counter in her weapon and effectiveness against Dragons... and doesn't have the color disadvantage that her Legendary counterpart does. Good luck if you don't have an Anti-Dragon or Anti-Armor weapon in your capacity, because someone in your team will die trying to kill her otherwise. In addition to also being able to abuse Fighter skills (like her native Special Fighter), she's also a LightningBruiser if she happens to be solo as well, since Solitary Dream not only gives her boosts to all of her stats, but lets her move as far as an infantry unit, shutting down her previous weakness of low movement. Oh and even though she's not too rough during Forging Bonds (where her max level is 40), it's Tempest Trials and Hall of Forms where she becomes an absolute hell to deal with, especially if she's at the last map of the highest difficulty (or higher chambers in terms of Hall of Forms).
* Fallen Female Corrin. This infantry dragon packs BST comparable to Gen 2-3 ''Armored'' units, having incredible stats across the board. However, this isn't what makes her so strong - it's her weapon, which gives her up to +6 in ''every stat'' if she has no teammates nearby. As an enemy, Corrin is very liable to be the last one standing, meaning it's a lot easier for her weapon to fully activate than if a player is using her. Couple that with her native skills, like Atk/Spd Solo to further boost her offensive power and Sudden Panic to debuff just about anyone on your team, and you have a unit that's disproportionately difficult to take down, and can easily kill off any of your units in retaliation. Many people will generally refuse to touch a Hall of Forms map if it includes her, as unlike the other randomly generated maps, this counts as a waste of a Forma Torch.

** Regular Mareeta. She's an infantry sword wielder who, like Fallen Female Corrin, gets a ton of stats simply by being away from her allies. With her weapon and Atk/Spd Solo, she gets ''+10 Atk/Spd'', as well as +4 Def and Res, and she'll also disable any skills that either guarantee your follow up attacks or deny her follow up attacks. In other words, you have to face her in a fair and square Spd check, which is no easy feat when her Spd is through the roof. Said Spd also helps her with her Close Call skill, which mitigates damage up to 40% depending on how much faster she is. In short, this essentially makes her much harder to defeat.

* Tibarn. All flying beasts gain 1 extra movement if, at the start of their turn, they're adjacent to any beast or dragon allies and not adjacent to any other type of ally, meaning that if he's alone or is next to a beast or dragon ally, he has the movement of a cavalry unit (better make sure you know this when fighting him, because the Danger Zone will not tell you until he morphs into his beast form). Hawk King Claw gives him +3 Atk and if the opponent is at 100% HP he has a guaranteed follow-up attack if he initiates combat, and Sturdy Impact gives him +6 Atk, +10 Def, and ''negates any of the opponent's follow-up attacks'' if he initiates combat. When even '''Blue''' tanks cannot take him on, he is certainly to be feared when faced against, and he even has enough Speed to make sure he can outspeed {{Mighty Glacier}}s with Quick Riposte or any of the defensive Fighter skills, should Sturdy Impact's nullification of denying any enemy follow-up attacks and his Hawk King Claw's guaranteed follow-up attack should be cancelled out.

** Ayra. She will use her high Spd to decimate her foes, and she has her nearly everything she needs to do so. Her Ayra's Blade gives her +3 Spd and will give her +1 special buildup if she's faster than her foe during combat, but her power lays in her unique special, Regnal Astra, which deals damage based on her Speed and only has a cooldown count of 2. As the game went on, however, she became the least of player's worries as more powerful units were release.

* Karla is already a broken enough unit, but in the Tempest Trials, her base kit allows her to tear through almost every unit that isn't built to counter her, thanks to her Vassal's Blade, Wrath and Even Spd Wave. [[OneWomanArmy If you're auto-battling, she can easily destroy your entire team.]] And she isn't even as Mareeta or Larcei, as mentioned above.

* Midori is just one of many bow users that shows that Takumi's nowhere near of a threat as he used to be. She has a slightly stronger variant of the Close Counter skill - Close Foil. She'll be granted +5 ATK and +5 DEF automatically, giving her some room to survive an attack and attack back stronger. Plus her kit and weapon will make it so any attacker will have even lower attack (she gains 7 while you lose 7 during combat against her). The only real weakness she has is that she has low resistance, meaning a Blue Dragon (since she's a Red bow) is probably one of the few counters she can possibly have.
* Surviving a special from Lysithea is nigh impossible, even for the bulkiest of blue tanks. Lysithea's insane attack stat, combined with her busted weapon and ways to jack her attack stat to insane amounts, coupled with her kit helping with special acceleration means that if you can't dash in and kill her first, you not probably, not maybe, but WILL get one of your units killed (Bye bye perfect AR offense) when her turn comes around. The only thing stopping her from being a GameBreaker is that she's a very extreme SquishyWizard[=/=]GlassCannon.

* Sirius. Like both Fallen Corrins, he's a unit you don't want to fight by himself, having a great Atk/Spd line that's boosted further by his weapon and kit. Along with a Killer effect, his weapon gives him a full +4 boost if by his lonesome, which's boost further by having Atk/Spd solo. On top of all that, he has Lull Atk/Spd, meaning he'll boost his power and speed even further while preventing your units from having boosts in them 'and' strengthen his own, his devastating strength all topped off by having Luna which he will more than likely will use with his incredible Spd.

* Wings of Fate Hinoka isn't too tough compared to other units, but for very specific teams, she's hell to deal with. Since she's a bow, she already has a weapon super effective against fliers, and her Warrior Princess makes it effective against Armor units as well - along with giving her some extra attack. Her mobility's also great when it comes to fliers, as she has Flier Formation and Flier Guidance - meaning she can move a lot farther if she happens to be paired with other flying units. Why specific teams? Besides of the risk of running a flying or armor team, she's a ''hard counter'' to a couple of Hall of Forms teams (which tends to give you at least a Flying and/or Armor unit), especially the Sacred Stones themed one when you're given two Flying units and two Armor units.

** Shannan brings a speed unit that can wall off physical units, bringing his Balmung, which if either the foe initiates combat or has full HP before the start of combat he gains +5 Atk/Spd/Def/Res and neutralizes any penalties on him, Steady Posture 3 which gives +6 Spd/Def and inflicts -1 special buildup on the foe if they initiate combat, Wrath to boost his special damage and also reduce his special cooldown by 1 at the start of each turn if he has taken enough damage, and finally Imperial Astra, which is the same as Ayra's Regnal Astra. That being said, he folds under magical attacks on him.

* Surviving a special from Lysithea is nigh impossible, even for the bulkiest of blue tanks. Lysithea's insane attack stat, combined with her busted weapon and ways to jack her attack stat to insane amounts, coupled with her kit helping with special acceleration means that if you can't dash in and kill her first, you not probably, not maybe, but WILL get one of your units killed (Bye bye perfect AR offense) when her turn comes around. The only thing stopping her from being a GameBreaker is that she's a very extreme SquishyWizard/GlassCannon.

* Mamori. With an already strong Defense/Resistance statline, her Mirage Axe is what makes her especially tanky in that not only does she get +6 in both stats, she also prevents follow-ups both of which if she has so much as one ally within 2 spaces of her, which's even harder to prevent since being an armoured unit means she's not moving too far from her allies. Top it off with Shield Session, which gives her up to '9+' in Defense and Resistance depending on how many units have acted and you have a unit who's incredibly hard to get rid of.

* Sirius. Like Fallen Corrin, he's a unit you don't want to fight by himself, having a great Atk/Spd line that's boosted further by his weapon and kit. Along with a Killer effect, his weapon gives him a full +4 boost if by his lonesome, which's boost further by having Atk/Spd solo. On top of all that, he has Lull Atk/Spd, meaning he'll boost his power and speed even further while preventing your units from having boosts in them 'and' strengthen his own, his devastating strength all topped off by having Luna which he will more than likely will use with his incredible Spd.

* Edelgard, effectively an Axe Armor disguised as an infantry unit. Her Victorious Axe is like Ephraim's Flame Siegmund - in addition to accelerating her Special trigger, she'll make a guaranteed follow-up if she is surrounded by more enemies than allies. This makes her offensive speed weakness moot, letting her tear chunks out of just about any enemy while firing off specials. The rest of her kit synergizes extremely well with her weapon: Atk/Def Solo further powers up her offensive and defensive abilities when alone, while Rouse Atk/Def ''further'' boosts her if she starts combat without an adjacent teammate. While her skillset deprives her of valuable team support, she is more than capable of handling foes on her own - if all her abilities trigger at once, there are almost no physical units capable of fighting her and surviving. Her only real weakness is her low Res and average HP and Spd.

* Annette. Not only does have a Dual Rally skill alongside Ruse to strengthen her ally and debuff your units while also likely keeping herself a way from the range of fire of your units, her weapon gives the unit she buffs 'one extra movement,' even if they're a cavalier! On top of that, her weapon also lets her target the lower of a unit's Def/Res aswell and with incredibly high Attack, she'll definitely put a dent in even the bulkiest of units.

* Leila is a GlassCannon, as she has Life and Death 4, but her Constant Dagger gives her +5 Atk/Spd during combat if she initiates, so she would most likely be able to one round anyone within her range, and thanks to her Rally Atk/Spd+ and Atk/Def Ruse, she will be debuffing your Atk/Def of your units and make sure that they will not build up their special while also giving +6 Atk/Spd to one of her allies. Since she is still a GlassCannon, however, she can fold under any strong attacker. Just be thankful that the second effect of her Constant dagger does not activate if she's on the enemy side, unlike Eleonora before her.

** Some named enemy units (i.e. not the Emblian mooks) which don't even have such skills in their initial kits could end up having them anyways. That Myrrh you're fighting could have it and bring over a powerful unit to ruin your day on Tempest Trials or Hall of Forms.

** Some named enemy units (i.e. not the Emblan mooks) which don't even such skills in their initial kits end up having them anyways. That Myrrh you're fighting could have it and send over a support unit to ruin your day on Tempest Trials or Hall of Forms.

* Enemies with enhanced mobility skills. This includes skills like Wings of Mercy, Armor March, Flier Formation, and Guidance. This can completely blindside the player as an enemy unit suddenly moves further ahead than they should to get the jump on one of the player's units.

* Enemy refreshers. They can give a second turn to one of their allies, so the player would have to account for unit moving again, which can potentially catch a player off guard as the enemy would now be much closer than anticipated.

* Karla is already a broken enough unit, but in the Tempest Trials, her base kit allows her to tear through almost every unit that isn't built to counter her, thanks to her Vassal's Blade, Wrath and Even Spd Wave. [[OneWomanArmy If you're auto-battling, she can easily destroy your entire team.]]
* Tibarn. All flying beasts gain 1 extra movement if, at the start of their turn, they're adjacent to any beast or dragon allies and not adjacent to any other type of ally, meaning that if he's alone or is next to a beast or dragon ally, he has the movement of a cavalry unit. Hawk King Claw gives him +3 Atk and if the opponent is at 100% HP he has a guaranteed follow-up attack if he initiates combat, and Sturdy Impact gives him +6 Atk, +10 Def, and ''negates any of the opponent's follow-up attacks'' if he initiates combat. When even '''Blue''' tanks cannot take him on, he is certainly to be feared when faced against, and he even has enough Speed to make sure he can outspeed {{Mighty Glacier}}s with Quick Riposte or any of the defensive Fighter skills, should Sturdy Impact's nullification of denying any enemy follow-up attacks and his Hawk King Claw's guaranteed follow-up attack should be cancelled out.

* Lewyn has average Atk and high Spd, but his power lies within his personal weapon, the tome Forseti. Not only does it give him +3 Spd, it gives him a sort of inverted Desperation effect: if he's above 50% HP, his follow-ups will always hit before his opponent's counterattack. And considering how fast he is, he's going to be doubling a lot. The ability to double his opponent before they can retaliate makes him an incredible threat that's able to dispatch most enemies before they even get the chance to retaliate. And if that's not enough, he comes with the Special Spiral skill, which gives him -2 special cooldown every time he ends a round of combat, allowing him to fire off his specials like a machine gun. However, like other mages, he still suffers from low defenses - while difficult, anything that can weather his attacks will usually defeat him in short order.

* Annette. Not only does have a Dual Rally skill alongside a Ruse to strengthen her ally and debuff your units while also likely keeping herself a way from your ranfe of fire, her weapon gives the unit she buffs 'one extra movement,' even if they're a cavalier! On top of that, her weapon also lets her target the lower of a unit's Def/Res aswell and with increeibly high Attack, she'll definitely put a dent in even the bulkiest of Heroes.

* Staff users in Grand/Bound/Legendary Hero Battles. They tend to be armed with Dazzling or Wrathful Staff, which either means your units will be unable to counterattack, or your units will take more damage. And that's on top of how some of them carry Pain or Savage Blow with them, slowly chipping your HP away. If they don't have that, they'll generally heal hurt units like crazy, forcing you to rely on other ways of defeating them. Oh and some have Miracle (with a much lower charge), making it impossible to kill them as quickly as possible!