Echidna: Difference between revisions

|recruit=[[The Hero of the West|Chapter 11A]], NPC (appears from turn 8), talk with [[Larum]]

Echidna joins as a pre-promoted Hero in [[The Hero of the West|Chapter 11A]] of ''The Binding Blade'' where she will come out of upper yellow house on the right side of the map on turn 8. She will be ambushed by 3 enemies that can attack your units as well, so it's important to keep your fragile units out of range. She does have a small chance of death if she gets hit by all of the three enemies, but this is quite rare.

She joins with high bases in areas such as [[strength]], [[speed]] and [[Skill (stat)|skill]], but low ones in areas such as [[luck]], [[defense]], [[resistance]], and [[constitution]]. She also has low growths in every area besides [[HP]], ensuring that her stats will not improve much. She comes equipped with a steel axe which lowers her speed a lot because of its high weight and Echidna's low constitution, so it's recommended to trade her lighter axes or swords. Her weapon levels are fairly high allowing her to wield powerful weapons such as Killer Axes, Killing Edges and Wyrmslayers at base, this along with her high strength and speed allows her to be a potent combat unit in her joining chapter as well as many of the next few chapters as well, but her low defense and somewhat low HP means that fighting large groups of enemies is quite risky with her even if dodge-tanking is fairly viable in ''The Binding Blade''. Because of her low growths and low bulk she will fall off near the lategame, as she will have trouble doubling some of the enemies and one rounding them without a crit, even so she can still contribute well during the later chapters thanks to her having access to both axes and swords. She's a great candidate for both [[Durandal]] and [[Armads]] (which helps her bulk by giving +5 defense) thanks to her high base weapon levels, but these weapons should not be used much before [[The Ghosts of Bern|Chapter 23]] if the player desires to get the true ending.

 

===In comparison to Bartre===

Depending on the village you visit in [[The Misty Isles|Chapter 9]], you will get access to the path where you get either Echidna or Bartre. Bartre is overall bulkier thanks to his higher HP, luck and defense, along with being stronger with a massive 22 strength. Because of his high constitution he can use heavy weapons without losing speed, while still being light enough to be rescued by units like Shanna, and has access to bows which are useful for dealing with numerous dangerous enemy flyers. Unlike Bartre, Echidna has very high speed and skill which allow her to double and hit enemies constantly, which is fairly rare in ''The Binding Blade''. Most importantly Echidna has access to swords which are a much better weapon type than axes and bows, along with a high enough weapon level to use powerful ones such as killing edges, making her a much better boss-killer and her overall combat much more consistent.

 

Overall, because of her more balanced stats and access to a better weapon type, Echidna is generally preferred over Bartre.

===Starting stats===

|HP_gp=8

|atk_gp=8

|spd_gp=8

|def_gp=7

|res_gp=5

|HP_gp=8

|atk_gp=8

|spd_gp=8

|def_gp=7

|res_gp=5

|HP_gp=8

|atk_gp=8

|spd_gp=8

|def_gp=7

|res_gp=5

===Skill set===

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! style="background: none" colspan="4" | Skill set

! style="border-top-left-radius: 15px; width: 60%" colspan="2" | Skill

! style="width: 20%" | Rarity

! style="border-top-right-radius: 15px; width: 20%" | [[SP]] cost

| [[File:Is feh skill weapon.png|24px]]

| [[Iron Axe]]

| colspan="2" | Innate

| [[File:Is feh skill weapon.png|24px]]

| [[Steel Axe]]

| colspan="2" | Innate

| [[File:Is feh skill weapon.png|24px]]

| [[Rearguard]]

| {{star|3}}

| 200 SP

| [[File:Is feh skill weapon.png|24px]]

| {{star|5}}

| 300 SP

| [[File:Is feh skill special.png|24px]]

| [[Daylight]]

| {{star|3}}

| 100 SP

| [[File:Is feh skill special.png|24px]]

| [[Sol (skill)|Sol]]

| {{star|4}}

| 200 SP

| [[File:Is feh brazen spd res 1.png|24px]]_{{{color|red|A}}}

| [[Brazen Spd/Res 1]]

| {{star|3}}

| 60 SP

| [[File:Is feh brazen spd res 2.png|24px]]_{{{color|red|A}}}

| [[Brazen Spd/Res 2]]

| {{star|4}}

| 120 SP

| [[File:Is feh brazen spd res 3.png|24px]]_{{{color|red|A}}}

| [[Brazen Spd/Res 3]]

| {{star|5}}

| 240 SP

| [[File:Is feh spur atk 1.png|24px]]_{{{color|green|C}}}

| [[Spur Atk 1]]

| {{star|3}}

| 50 SP

| [[File:Is feh drive atk 1.png|24px]]_{{{color|green|C}}}

| [[Drive Atk 1]]

| {{star|3}}

| 120 SP

| [[File:Is feh drive atk 2.png|24px]]_{{{color|green|C}}}

| [[Drive Atk 2]]

| {{star|4}}

| 240 SP

|}

==Personality and character==

Echidna is self-described as being exceptionally stubborn and determined, refusing to merely surrender and insisting on fighting on even when surrounded by Etrurian soldiers.<ref>{{Cite|'''Soldier:''' If you surrender peacefully, perhaps Bishop Orlo will have mercy on you.<br>'''Echidna:''' Sorry, but I'm sorta the stubborn type.|An Etrurian soldier and Echidna|The Binding Blade}}</ref> She never talks about her own history, and is single-mindedly fixated on the welfare of others, determined to do everything she can to help and protect the people of the Western Isles; she is similarly humble and struggles to respond to being praised by others.<ref>{{Cite|'''Larum:''' ...You know, you're really noble.<br>'''Echidna:''' Wh-What?<br>'''Larum:''' You're always thinking about others. Even this, you're building a village so that other people can live peacefully.<br>'''Echidna:''' I...<br>'''Larum:''' You're like those heroes that appear in the sagas that bards sing! You appear, help the needy, and leave as suddenly as you had come... You're also mysterious since you never tell anybody about yourself.<br>'''Echidna:''' Right...I don't.<br>'''Larum:''' But I won't ask. I'm really curious, but there must be an important reason why you won't tell us.|[[Larum]] and Echidna|The Binding Blade}}</ref> She is blunt and honest, directly criticising [[Larum]] for her infamously poor cooking skills,<ref>{{Cite|'''Echidna:''' Ever since I started the rebellion, I've been eating your... I can't even bear to say it in words. Anyway, I wouldn't call it food.<br>'''Larum:''' I never! I've always been trying...<br>'''Echidna:''' Look, Larum. You usually don't end up burning the house down when you cook a proper meal.<br>'''Larum:''' That's not a big loss, considering how wonderful my food tastes.<br>'''Echidna:''' The wails and moans of the rebel members... I can still hear them echoing in my ears. Has Elffin eaten ever eaten the stuff?|Echidna and [[Larum]]|The Binding Blade}}</ref> being entirely honest about her motives in seeking the help of others, and in her opinions of [[Gonzalez]]'s situation regarding his appearance and ostracization.<ref>{{Cite|'''Echidna:''' All right, Gonzalez. I don't believe in that 'As long as you have a kind heart...' crap. You're ugly. People made fun of you because of it.<br>'''Gonzalez:''' Uh...<br>'''Echidna:''' But that doesn't mean you should just give up. You should look over yourself carefully, and find something that only you have. You'll eventually find something that's unique to you.<br>'''Gonzalez:''' To me...<br>'''Echidna:''' Right, unique to you. If you have that, no one'll be making fun of you any more. You won't have to belittle yourself all the time. You can stand proud.|Echidna and [[Gonzalez]]|The Binding Blade}}</ref> During the war, she was determined to spend her time after it constructing a new village in the Isles to provide homes for all those who lost their livelihoods to the war, and actively sought as much assistance as possible from others, including [[Lot]], [[Wade]], [[Geese]] and Gonzalez.<ref>{{Cite|'''Echidna:''' Hey, wait! I need a favor from you.<br>'''Gonzalez:''' ...Me?<br>'''Echidna:''' Right. It has to be you. You see, there's gonna be a new village built on the Western Isles.<br>'''Gonzalez:''' Village...<br>'''Echidna:''' There are lots of people who lost their homes because of the war. Some of them from the rebel group that I was with.<br>'''Gonzalez:''' Lost home...<br>'''Echidna:''' So, we've decided to build a village for those people. And we need help, you see. It'd be really great if we get some strong men like you. What do you say?|Echidna and [[Gonzalez]]|The Binding Blade}}</ref>

|port4=[[File:Small portrait wade fe06.png]]

|support4=Wade

===''Fire Emblem Cipher''===

{{Flavor Text

|game1={{title|The Binding Blade}}

|english1=The leader of the resistance<br>on the Western Isles.{{h|*|Fan translation}}

|japanese1=西方三島の<br>レジスタンスのリーダー

|game2={{title|Heroes}}<!--<br><small>(Echidna: Unyielding Idealist)</small>-->

|english2=Resistance leader of the Western Isles. She's<br>highly capable and many rely on her. Appears<br>in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade.

|japanese2=西方三島で活動するレジスタンスのリーダー。<br>面倒見が良く頼れる姉御肌。<br>（登場：『ファイアーエムブレム 封印の剣』）

|eng-mean=In Greek mythology, [[wikipedia:Echidna (mythology)|Echidna]] ({{lang|grc|Ἔχιδνα}} ''Échidna'') was a monster who was half-woman and half-snake.

|jap-name={{hover|エキドナ|Ekidona}}

|jap-mean=Officially romanized as '''Ekhidna'''. Alternate romanization of the Greek {{lang|grc|Ἔχιδνα}}.

File:FEFT Echidna.png|Artwork of Echidna from {{title|The Binding Blade}}.

File:Portrait echidna fe06.png|Echidna's portrait in {{title|The Binding Blade}}.

===''Heroes'' artwork===

FEH Echidna Unyielding Idealist 02a.png|Artwork of Echidna: Unyielding Idealist from {{title|Heroes}}.

FEH Echidna Unyielding Idealist 03.png|Artwork of Echidna: Unyielding Idealist from {{title|Heroes}}.

===Other appearances===

<gallery caption="Artwork from ''Fire Emblem Cipher''">

TCGCipher Roy Al.png|Echidna in an artwork of Roy and Al from {{TCGCipher}}.