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|appearances=*{{title|The Binding Blade}}

{{Quote|If the leader of the Lycian Army will allow it, I want to go with you. I want to see the princess that moved you so.

|Zeiss to [[Melady]] in [[Storming the Capital|Chapter 16: Storming the Capital]]}}

'''Zeiss''' (pronounced {{IPA|zaɪs}}<ref>Melady in ''Fire Emblem Heroes''</ref>; Japanese: {{hover|ツァイス|Tsaisu}} ''Zeiss'') is a playable [[Wyvern Rider]] in {{FE6}}. He is a knight of [[Bern]] and the brother of [[Melady]].  

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|recruit=[[Storming the Capital|Chapter 16]], talk to with [[Melady]]

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|recruit=[[Storming the Capital|Chapter 16]], talk to with [[Melady]]

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Zeiss is a [[Wyvern Rider]] that joins in [[Storming_the_Capital|chapter 16]] of the ''Binding Blade''. He joins in a rather complicated chapter where it can be rather difficult to recruit him without putting some of your units in risk due to him attcking with a javelin through the wall. In normal mode his bases leave something to be desired, however his hard mode bonuses, are as beneficial to him as Melady's are, starting with a whopping 19 strength at level 7, as well as 39 HP and 15 defense. He joins a bit underleveled and will need to be feed some kills. Early promotion at level 10 is recommended for Zeiss due to him capping his strength very quickly and needing additional speed and skill to be an effective combat unit. Due to his D rank in lances the most powerful lance's he'll have access to are the rather inaccurate steel lances, giving him some significant accuracy issues and iron lances being too weak for this point in the game, but with the help of an early promotion giving him access to the accurate swords and a higher lance rank (particularly granting him access to Killer Lances) and his solid skill growth improving his acceptable base, these issues will gradually disappear.

Sadly, Zeiss's growths are a bit unbalanced, granting him high strength, but lower speed. This is slightly unfortunate, as his strength advantage over other fliers, [[Melady]] in particular, tends to be over kill, as he'll probably have 20 strength at Level 8 unpromoted, making the growth useless for at least another 2 levels until potential promotion, and he will get to the moderate cap within a few levels of being a Wyvern Lord, but his speed, in contrast, may lag more than his strength will shine, again, particularly when compared to Melady. As a result, unless given several Speedwings, Zeiss is unlikely to double consistently, making his damage output often worse than faster units such as Melady, meaning that he will need to depend on a critical hit from killer weapons in order to one round enemies. He's not so slow that he gets doubled by a majority of enemies (and the Mercenaries and Myrmidons that will he's not really afraid of getting hit twice by), but his inability to double can be frustrating. Because of this, he makes great use of the brave lance as his doubling issues are made irrelevant by it, and its speed drop, while irrelevant for his doubling capabilities, are negligible enough that he still is unlikely to have to worry about getting doubled often. Another one of Zeiss' issues is his low resistance making him susceptible to enemy status staves and tomes even after using a pure water. His great HP can help him with the latter, but the former will always be an annoyance for him. His weakness to arrows and ballistae will also be a factor at times. The Delphi Shield's an option, but the player will likely want to give it to one of the other fliers, since he tends to be the most physically durable among them.

Zeiss's constitution is his most unique characteristic among the fliers. It allows him to wield heavier lances with impunity, unlike [[Shanna]] and [[Thea]], but since he is a male mounted unit, his aid is still high, letting him rescue anyone with 15 or less con (14 after promotion), unlike Melady. This gives him the best of both worlds with the Pegasus Knights' ferrying and his sister's speed lack of speed penalties. Zeiss also has good support options with [[Melady]], as the two can keep up with each other, and their being the same class makes their role similar enough that they'll often be near each other.  

Overall, Zeiss needs a lot of resources and help to get going and even after promotion he's unlikely to be a standout combat or utility unit, especially compared to other fliers such as Melady. However, Zeiss will still has his uses due to canto, flying utility, great physical durability and 8 movement upon promotion. With fliers, and mounted units in general, it's not a stretch to say the more the merrier.

==Personality and character==  

==Other appearances==  

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