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Lysithea
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Lysithea von Ordelia (Japanese: リシテア=フォン=コーデリア Lysithea von Cordelia) is a playable character appearing in Fire Emblem: Three Houses. She is a member of the Golden Deer house at the Officers Academy.
Biography
Lysithea is the eldest daughter of the house of Count Ordelia and a prodigy in magic. She was experimented upon as a child by those who slither in the dark and the Empire to get two Crests, which resulted in her having white hair and a drastically shortened lifespan.
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Role
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Starting stats and growth rates
Playable
Part I Part II: Crimson Flower
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Enemy - Chapter 7
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Abilities
style="Template:Roundtl; border:none; background-color:#222222;" colspan="2" | Ability | style="Template:Roundtr; border:none; background-color:#222222;" | Learned at | |
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Mastermind | Personal ability, innate and unremovable | |
Soulblade | Budding Talent: | |
Sword Prowess | E+; replaced with higher levels at D+, C+, B+, and A+ | |
Wrath Strike | D | |
Grounder | C | |
Axebreaker | B | |
Sword Crit +10 | S | |
Swordfaire | S+ | |
Lance Prowess | E+; replaced with higher levels at D+, C+, B+, and A+ | |
Tempest Lance | D | |
Knightkneeler | C | |
Swordbreaker | B | |
Lance Crit +10 | S | |
Lancefaire | S+ | |
Axe Prowess | E+; replaced with higher levels at D+, C+, B+, and A+ | |
Smash | D | |
Helm Splitter | C | |
Lancebreaker | B | |
Axe Crit +10 | S | |
Axefaire | S+ | |
Bow Prowess | E+; replaced with higher levels at D+, C+, B+, and A+ | |
Curved Shot | D | |
Close Counter | C | |
Bow Crit +10 | S | |
Bowfaire | S+ | |
Brawling Prowess | E+; replaced with higher levels at D+, C+, B+, and A+ | |
Fading Blow | D | |
Rushing Blow | C | |
Healing Focus | B | |
Brawl Crit +10 | S | |
Fistfaire | S+ | |
Reason | Innate; replaced with higher levels at D+, C+, B+, and A+ | |
Dark Magic Range +1 | S | |
Dark Tomefaire | S+ | |
Faith | Innate; replaced with higher levels at D+, C+, B+, and A+ | |
White Magic Range +1 | S | |
White Tomefaire | S+ | |
Authority | Innate; replaced with higher levels at D+, C+, B+, and A+ | |
Battalion Desperation | C | |
Defensive Tactics | B | |
Offensive Tactics | S+ | |
Weight -3 | C | |
Smite | B | |
Weight -5 | A | |
Armored Effect Null | S+ | |
Dexterity +4 | C | |
Movement +1 | A+ | |
Cavalry Effect Null | S+ | |
Alert Stance | B | |
Alert Stance+ | A+ | |
Flying Effect Null | S+ | |
colspan="3" style="Template:Roundb; border:none; background-color:#222222" width="100%"|The above ability list does not include class abilities, or abilities and combat arts that are granted by items. |
Spell list
style="Template:Roundtl; border:none; background-color:#222222; width: 30%;" | Spell | style="Template:Roundtr; border:none; background-color:#222222;" | Learned at |
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Miasma Δ | Innate |
Swarm Ζ | D+ |
Luna Λ | C |
Dark Spikes Τ | B |
Hades Ω | A |
Heal | D |
Nosferatu | D+ |
Seraphim | C |
Warp | B |
style="Template:Roundbl; border:none; background-color:#222222;" | Abraxas | style="Template:Roundbr; border:none; background-color:#222222;" | A |
Analysis
Lysithea has the highest magical damage output in the game, boasting the highest magic growth in the game and very high speed and dexterity growths. Despite the weight of her spells oftentimes preventing her from doubling enemies, the high might of her excellent Dark Magic spells will often enable her to kill enemies in one-shot throughout the majority of the game. Lysithea's personal skill, Mastermind grants double skill experience earned in battle, allowing her to reach high weapon ranks much quicker than her other allies and granting her incredible spells very early. Thanks to her stellar magic and potential for early access to Dark Spikes Τ, she can one-shot the Death Knight as early as his first appearance in Chapter 4 and throughout the rest of the game. However, Lysithea does have two major weaknesses in her poor defensive growths which prevent her from defeating large amounts of enemies on the enemy phase and in the poor movement of classes that can use magic. As the rest of your units get access to mounts and flying classes, being limited to four movement per turn will cause Lysithea to lag behind the rest of the army and struggle to utilize her destructive potential. These weaknesses are somewhat undermined by the incredible utility of the Warp spell, which will benefit from an enhanced range thanks to Lysithea's amazing magic growth, and by the Thyrsus which grants her plus two to her magic range. Additionally, as long as the enemy does not double her or kill her in one hit, Lysithea can tank a limited number of enemies with low resistance on the enemy phase by equipping Nosferatu.
Lysithea also posseses a Budding Talent for Swords. If trained she gets access to Soulblade, a magical sword Combat Art that increases in damage output based on her Resistance. With the right sword, this art can deal more damage than her most powerful spells, however, it is an art locked at one-range, thus, potentially exposing her to counterattacks and attacks on the enemy phase she would not take if she attacked at four-range with Thyrsus. Her low strength and defense otherwise make her sword rank irrelevant, as she would almost certainly deal no damage with non-magical swords, unless you are aiming to promote her into a Mortal Savant.
Lysithea has the Crest of Gloucester and Charon, the former of which occasionally boosts her magical damage potentially netting her more kills, while the latter occasionally boosts her damage with Combat Arts. Unless trained in weapons outside of Reason and Faith, Lysithea will never have use of her Crest of Charon. This crest can also allow her to use Thunderbrand as a Brave Weapon and use Foudroyant but her low strength generally makes using it with her a bad idea.
Considering her strengths and growths, the best class progression for Lysithea is to start as a Monk; then promote into a Mage and master the class to gain Fiendish Blow; and for the advanced tier, promote into either a Warlock or a Bishop. The best master class for Lysithea depends on what role Lysithea is best suited to fill in the your army. If you want to double her spell uses or use Warp two times per map, Gremory will be her best class. If you want Lysithea to keep pace with the rest of the army and get Dark Tomefaire, promote her into a Dark Knight. She may have a weakness in Lances but she should still be able to reach a C-rank for the promotion.
Personality and character
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Lysithea does not like when people credit her abilities to her two Crests, and she works very hard in order for people to consider her talents to be gained by her own merit. Although she hates being treated like a child, she is also afraid of monsters.
Supports
Endings
Lysithea, Scholar of Misfortune
Lysithea returned home to help her parents restore their family land. Years later, when the end to their hard work was finally in sight, she relinquished House Ordelia's claim to nobility, ceding the territory to a nearby lord. Shortly thereafter, she and her family disappeared into obscurity.
Byleth, Ruler of Dawn & Lysithea, Scholar of Misfortune
Byleth announced his engagement to Lysithea shortly after becoming leader of the United Kingdom of Fódlan. Before they were officially wed, she returned home, helped her father to restore Ordelia territory, and offered the land up to be governed directly by the new kingdom. Once the affairs of House Ordelia were in order, Lysithea finally married and became queen. Even without her Crests, she proved more than capable in the role, applying her great insight and intelligence toward a better Fódlan. When the rebuilding effort was complete, the couple and their children enjoyed long and peaceful lives.
Claude, King of Unification & Lysithea, Scholar of Misfortune
Entrusting the future of Fódlan to his friends, Claude left for Almyra to reclaim his place as heir to the throne. When he became king, he asked Lysithea to be his queen with a heart full of love, and with the hope of fostering friendly diplomatic relations with Fódlan. Due to her shortened lifespan, Lysithea declined. Claude, unable to abandon his love for her, gave up the throne to go on a quest for a means to save her. Years later, he appeared suddenly before her, claiming to have found a cure. With her trust and love to guide him, he whisked her away, across the sea. It is unknown where they went.
Hanneman, Father of Crestology & Lysithea, Scholar of Misfortune
After the war, Lysithea returned to her parents in Ordelia territory. She was joined by Hanneman, and together the two worked to research a method by which to extend her lifespan. Some years later, their efforts bore fruit, and they devised a procedure to remove her Crests. Afterward, Lysithea renounced her noble claim and continued to assist Hanneman with his research. When he passed, she took up his mantle, and by the great discoveries she made, came to be called the Golden Child of Crestology.
Quotes
Battle quotes
Death quotes
Other quotes
- Main article:
Lysithea/Quotes
Other appearances
Trivia
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
English |
Lysithea von Ordelia |
Full name, known by just Lysithea in most menus. Lysithea is a figure in Greek mythology; the daughter of Evenus and mother of Helenus. Ordelia is an alteration of Cordelia, a Celtic name theorized by some scholars to be based on the Latin cor, "heart", and a character from William Shakespeare's King Lear. It was probably altered due to the character of the same name from Awakening. |
Gallery
High quality portrait artwork of Lysithea from Three Houses.
Portrait of Lysithea from Three Houses.
External links
References
- ↑ "本年入学の生徒の中では最年少の15歳。 (One of the youngest enrolled students this year at 15 years old.)" — Nintendo, キャラクター| ファイアーエムブレム 風花雪月|Nintendo Switchソフト|任天堂, www.nintendo.co.jp, Published: May 31 2019, Retrieved: June 2 2019
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Credits
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