Dedue: Difference between revisions

|image=[[File:FETH Dedue.png|200px]]

|caption=Artwork of Dedue in Part I, from {{title|Three Houses}}.

|help_text=Duscur survivor, Prince Dimitri's vassal

|age=*18-19 <small>(Part I)</small>

*24-25 <small>(Part II)</small>

|height=204 cm

|startingclass=

* [[Commoner]]<small>({{title|Three Houses}})</small>

|combatarts={{Item|16|Smash|link=Smash (combat art)|image=combat art axe}}

|recruit=Automatically upon joining the [[Blue Lions]]; cannot be recruited to the [[Black Eagles]] or [[Golden Deer]]. Leaves after [[To War|Chapter&nbsp;12]]; returns during the [[The Rose-Colored River/The Great Bridge Coup|Chapter&nbsp;16 mission]] if the paralogue [[War for the Weak]] was completed.

! colspan="3" style="background: none" | Ability set

! style="border-top-left-radius: 15px" colspan="2" | Ability

! style="border-top-right-radius: 15px" | Learned at

| [[Vengeance]]

| [[Smash (combat art)|Smash]]

! colspan="3" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 15px; border-bottom-right-radius: 15px; font-size: smaller" | The above ability list does not include class abilities, or abilities and combat arts that are granted by items.

! style="border-top-left-radius: 15px; width: 30%" | Spell

! style="border-top-right-radius: 15px" | Learned at

| [[Fire]]

| style="border-bottom-left-radius: 15px" | [[Recover]]

| style="border-bottom-right-radius: 15px" | {{Faith16}} C

Dedue is a very straightforward and reliable unit, serving as the dedicated tank of his group. He boasts the highest [[Defense]] base, growth, and cap, is tied for the best [[HP]] base (with [[Raphael]], [[Gilbert]], and [[Jeritza]]), and has the second best HP growth and cap (behind Raphael on both counts). He also has boons in [[axe]]s, [[lance]]s, [[brawling]], and heavy armor. His personal skill, [[Staunch Shield]], grants him an additional +4 Defense if he waits on a turn, further reinforcing his ability to tank. His high defense can serve as an excellent way to safely absorb hits from fast enemies, such as [[Swordmaster]]s, [[Assassin]]s, [[Grappler]]s, and [[Falcon Knight]]s, especially on Maddening. With the right [[battalion]], such as the [[Duscur Heavy Soldiers]], his excellent physical bulk will be improved even further. For all his advantageous strengths, he does come with some weaknesses as well. His speed growth is very low, meaning he will get doubled frequently throughout the game. His bases and growths in [[magic (stat)|magic]] and [[resistance]] are also low, forcing him into physical classes while also making him vulnerable to magic attacks, which is not helped by his aforementioned low speed. In regards to [[Combat arts]], if trained in brawling, Dedue will learn [[One-Two Punch]], which will guarantee him a follow-up attack while preventing the target from performing a follow-up attack on him. Further training him in brawling will grant him [[Healing Focus]], allowing him to heal his injuries for free, rendering healing items such as [[vulnerary|vulneraries]] obsolete.  

A notable disadvantage that will become apparent later on in the game is that by the start of Part II, he will vanish from the player's party due to storyline events; if [[War for the Weak|his paralogue]] was not completed, he will die permanently. Otherwise, if his paralogue was completed, then he will return in [[The Rose-Colored River|Chapter 16]]. Even if he does return alive and well, he will have missed out on four chapters worth of instructions and may require some attention and investment to bring him back on par with your other units.

Some ideal promotion pathways for Dedue can vary depending on which role you want him to excel at. After starting off his promotion line as a [[Fighter]] for [[Strength +2]] or a [[Soldier]] for [[Defense +2]], there are different promotion paths that you can choose: his most obvious promotion pathway is one that favors tanking physical hits, which means promoting him to an [[Armored Knight]], master the class for [[Armored Blow]], then promote to a [[Fortress Knight]], potentially ending as a [[Great Knight]] if the player is willing to work through his weakness in Riding. If you want to build Dedue as a hard-hitting powerhouse, you can promote him into a [[Brigand]] for [[Death Blow]], then to a [[Warrior]] or [[Grappler]]. If you want to give Dedue more mobility and [[Canto]], you could try to push him towards the [[Wyvern Rider]] and [[Wyvern Lord]] path, though it will restrict him to using only flying battalions and adjutants; furthermore, his weakness in flying will make it more difficult and time consuming to acquire the class certification, which is not helped by his four chapter absence in Part II. One of Dedue's best final classes is the [[War Master]] class, made easily attainable with his boons in axes and brawling. If mastered, he will gain [[Quick Riposte]], effectively patching up his speed issues by guaranteeing his ability to double on the enemy phase while preventing the enemy from doing so, provided his health is above 50%. He can also make excellent use of his combat art [[Vengeance]] in mounted classes, with some investment to build his Lance and Riding ranks. Due to his high HP and strength, he is able to one shot many enemies with Vengeance even on Maddening difficulty and then canto to safely, occasionally being able to still live another hit while on low HP due to his high defenses. This would entail having him go through the [[Cavalier]] and [[Paladin]] classes, potentially ending in [[Great Knight]]. On Maddening difficulty, Dedue appreciates mastering [[Archer]] for [[Hit +20]] to improve his somewhat shaky hit rate in any of his builds.

Dedue is one of the characters added to the game in the [[Night and Day (chapter)|Night and Day]] update, and became available for summoning by players on March 5, 2021. Only one variation of Dedue is currently available in ''Heroes'', based on his ''Three Houses'' Part I incarnation.

====Starting stats====

|HP_gr=70

|atk_gr=75

|spd_gr=30

|def_gr=75

|res_gr=45

====Skill set====

{{FEH skill set

|name=Dedue: Dimitri's Vassal

|minrarity=5

|weapon1=Iron Axe

|weapon1auto=1

|weapon1cost=50

|weapon2=Steel Axe

|weapon2auto=3

|weapon2cost=100

|weapon3=Steadfast Axe

|weapon3unlock=3

|weapon3auto=4

|weapon3cost=200

|weapon4=Steadfast Axe+

|weapon4auto=5

|weapon4cost=300

|special1=Buckler

|special1unlock=3

|special1auto=4

|special1cost=100

|special2=Pavise

|special2unlock=4

|special2cost=200

|passa1=Steady Stance 1

|passa1unlock=2

|passa1cost=50

|passa2=Sturdy Stance 1

|passa2unlock=3

|passa2cost=120

|passa3=Sturdy Stance 2

|passa3unlock=4

|passa3cost=240

|passa4=Sturdy Stance 3

|passa4unlock=5

|passa4cost=300

|passc1=A/D Near Save 1

|passc1unlock=1

|passc1cost=100

|passc2=A/D Near Save 2

|passc2unlock=2

|passc2cost=200

|passc3=A/D Near Save 3

 

 

|portrait=[[File:Small portrait dedue 02 fewa2.png|128px]]

|skills={{Item|fewa2|Demolisher Lv 1|image=demolisher}}<br>{{Item|fewa2|Staunch Shield Lv 1|image=staunch shield}}<br>{{Item|fewa2|Life and Limb Lv 1|image=order guard damage down}}<br>{{Item|fewa2|Lance Buster Lv 1}}

|combatarts={{Item|fewa2|Smash|link=Smash (combat art)|image=combat art axe}}<br>{{Item|fewa2|Returning Axe|image=combat art axe}}

|HP1=7104

|magm=46

|dexm=62

|spdm=52

|luckm=56

|defm=82

|resm=51

|cham=62

|recruit=[[Three Houses (Three Hopes chapter)|Chapter 2]], automatically upon joining the [[Blue Lions]]

}}

===Abilities===

{{main|Dedue/Supports|Dedue/Supports (Warriors: Three Hopes)}}

===Defeat quotes===

{{Main|Dedue/Quotes|Dedue/Quotes (Heroes)}}

Dedue is featured on four cards in {{TCGCipher}}.

* Dedue is meant to use an unique death quote as an ally NPC during [[Confrontation at the Palace|Chapter 19/20 of Silver Snow/Verdant Wind]], which goes [[Unused content in Fire Emblem: Three Houses|unused]] for unknown reasons.

* Dedue is one of the three playable characters in ''Three Houses'', along with [[Raphael]] and [[Gilbert]], who can have a 0% in any growth rate, specifically 0% [[Resistance]] as a [[Brawler]].

|jpn-name={{h|ドゥドゥー＝モリナロ|Dudū Morinaro}}

|jpn-mean=Dudu Molinaro; "Dudu" is a diminutive of Portuguese male given name Eduardo.

FEH Dedue Dimitri's Vassal 01.png|Artwork of Dedue: Dimitri's Vassal.

FEH Dedue Dimitri's Vassal 02.png|Artwork of Dedue: Dimitri's Vassal.

FEH Dedue Dimitri's Vassal 02a.png|Artwork of Dedue: Dimitri's Vassal.

FEH Dedue Dimitri's Vassal 03.png|Artwork of Dedue: Dimitri's Vassal.

FEH mth Dedue Dimitri's Vassal 01.png|Artwork of Dedue: Dimitri's Vassal.

FEH mth Dedue Dimitri's Vassal 03.png|Artwork of Dedue: Dimitri's Vassal.

FEH mth Dedue Dimitri's Vassal 04.png|Artwork of Dedue: Dimitri's Vassal.

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