Each of the three houses in Fire Emblem: Three Houses has its own set of dedicated, sometimes overly-passionate fans (we've all seen the fan art, you cheeky so-and-sos) and this love has also found its way to the game's supporting cast. Whoever you chose when the game first launched, there's sure to be a character or three you can relate to.
Back in August, just days after the game's release, Edelgard and The Black Eagles appeared to be the clear favourites among players. The house won our very own poll and - more conclusively - Edelgard topped the list of characters which had been used the most in battle, a stat which can be tracked using the game itself.
Now, though, there's a change in the air. Edelgard has tumbled down the popularity lists over the last few months, seemingly making way for a new favourite. So who is this fancy new winner? Why, it's none other than Dorothea, the acting and music-loving 18-year-old member of The Black Eagles.
Dorothea now leads the most-deployed chart in battle (as you can see in the image below) and she's also the most-used character for skill-raising events, second in the list of characters who have been sent gifts this month, and third in the list of those invited to intimate tea party conversations. It's a pretty strong overall performance and one which suggests the popularity contest is far from over.
Do you have a favourite character in Fire Emblem: Three Houses? Feel free to tell us who you like and don't like in the comments below.
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Good to know I'm not the only one liking her character.
Its Rise all over again
I really like Dorothea and I love to hate Lorenz
Edie got short shrift on deployments from me a lot because unless I was being forced to take her, tank that can't move very well was not the most useful choice in a lot of maps. Dorothea (dancer) and Petra (wyvern lord) both got a LOT of use, as did my horseback archers (bernadetta, ignatz and shamir)
Bernadetta is best Three Houses waifu. You can't help but sympathize with her after learning her backstory.
That's not really surprising. Dorothea is fairly easy to recruit and is the character most naturally suited to being the Dancer. BE was certainly the most popular house for people to start with, I went GD personally, but it's natural for highly recruited characters to start displacing the must deploy Edelgard as people start playing other routes.
Edelgard is just great as a moving fortress. Dorothea is a good magic blaster, which surprised me. But Petra seems like the all-rounder from the bunch. She always surprises me how can chew through an assault.
Top 5 are all female . I figured as much
@NEStalgia as soon as I put Petra on the back of a Wyvern she turned into my go-to gal for the rest of the game
This is incredibly screwed and not a good way to measure popularity. Dorothea can be recruited and deployed with every play through. Edelgard can not..
@Sadmapboi @diwdiws I'm sure he's being sarcastic. no one in their right mind would unironically say they have a razor-sharp intellect. Also Bernie will be number 1 soon
mercedes, despite being Very Catholic, makes my lesbian heart flutter, and so i have her on field as much as possible
also, can i just say how robbed we are as a community that f!byleth doesn't have the option for a rivalmance s support with leonie? It's frankly astonishing
(the gay/bi options As They Are is a big tangle of a problem but this specific thing about them that has been coming to mind as I've been seeing leonie's supports writ large)
also wow yall get really mad at obvious bait, huh
As people started doing their second runs through, recruitable characters were bound to overtake ones only useable in one path. I haven't done Black Eagles yet but I use Dorothea a decent amount in both of the other routes.
My heart is full of victory!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I can see the two main reasons already.
On a more serious note, on my first playthough Dorothea was the first character I recruited to my Blue class.
Dimitri knows what he needs to do...
Only then will he be the most deployed. Only unit you will ever need.
Because everyone is recruiting her as a dancer so they don’t have to waist the rank on someone else.
She’s an okay character. Kind of boring if I’m being honest.
i killed my entire team about the third mission(save the ones you cant) should i start over or press on?
Lol they're nearly all women. People are just choosing waifus aren't they?
@myMaudlinCareer
You think f Byleth is deprived!? Pray for us gays who only get three S rank options for m Byleth, none of which are Claude!
I would also choose Mercedes if I were lesbian as she is super cute and her hair is so bouncy!
@Dezzy To be fair, I think IS only creates waifus. There are male characters, but other than Claude and Byleth's father, they're pretty much all bland cardboard characters. Also except Dimitri but he's simply insufferable.
@King_Johobo oh don't worry I'm With you, m!byleth and gay guy players got screwed over here. I send my deepest condolences
Eh, I try to always have Byleth as my MVP so my students get motivation refilled. As a Blue Lion run, I think Ingrid and Felix are my faves.
She's the best looking one, that's for sure.
Dorothea is only at the top spot because Gatekeeper isn't recruitable.
The hell with using her as a dancer, make her the master class mage and have Petra as the dancer, she can barely be hit crits almost all the time and if you really need another healing it's not too hard to get her faith there.
I didn't really like any of the characters...But it's no surprise that Edelgard was the most popular given she's from the most popular route and you're forced to use her in near every battle that isn't optional. It's almost inevitable that a recruitable character would sooner or later take over from one of the 3/4 characters you're basically forced to use for most of the game. Not really article worthy, all those who care are likely still playing the game, in which it tells you this stuff on loading screens.
@frogopus "The worst part of the series for me has been the move to anime girl fan service. That said, this one really took a step back from that. "
How has it taken a step back from that exactly?
@Tao
??? How has it not?
There's no petting mini game. There's no Camilla characters. There's no focus on relationships.
Three Houses strikes a perfect balance.
So, boobs then?
@Tao Seriously, the only way to NOT take a step back after Camilla and the incest brothel(s) of the last set of games would be to just feature full on porn in the intro cutscene.
I enjoyed most of the female characters, but I think Edelgard was my favorite followed by bernie and Dorothea.
@Torakaka Really? She's the one character I wish wasn't on my squad. I cannot stand her voice & overdone whining, paranoia, etc makes her seem so contrived, IMHO.
I like Dorothea, but now I guess I'll try to S support another female with my female byleth before endgame, as I cannot stand the thought of doing what the masses do.
@Patron huh. Please tone it down with the r/imverysmart and other tropes. It’s bothering other users.
@HobbitGamer Not sure byleth has been my MVP, but if she's MVP, it will motivate other characters?
@Torakaka
I didn't, especially when she spends most of the game screaming and talking over people.
Team Petra all the way! She dances her way out of every attack.
@HeroponRiki I want gatekeeper dlc
@twztid13 Sure can! Something like "Byleth's actions have improved everyone's morale!"
@HobbitGamer Wow, of all the guides I've looked up, I have never heard that. Thanks. I'll definitely shoot for that next battle (story mission), cuz lots of my team is low, & teaching will probably be first thing after the new month. Thanks for the info.
@tameshiyaku Petra's my fav, too, but w female byleth I can't S rank her.
@twztid13 eek, my bad. It's only 1/4 fill on everyone. But at least it's something! It's very helpful in the beginning.
@Xaessya Same. Bernie got on my nerves so bad.
@HobbitGamer That's cool. I didn't expect it to fill it up from 0, but if I have a team that has lots of members with 50-75%, it's good to know that's possible.
She's one of my favorites! She's really a well-written character, though. Her supports are among my favorites and she's one of the few students I'm actually tempted to romance, despite not being into the romance aspect of the game. Fortunately she's one of the same-sex options so I have the opportunity to S-Support her if I end up going for it.
Euuuurgh, though, some of her lines are absolutely heartbreaking. Only thorns left on this rose, indeed.
@Patron - Okay, this has to be trolling. And not particularly well-done trolling, either, if you're claiming that the fanbase is dwindling. This game has sold ridiculously well. Can you ditch the icon? It's pretty clear you're trying to troll people and you're certainly annoying the heck out of actual feminists like me.
I did recruit Dorothea, however, but she was probably the least used hero after Shamir for me - I just couldn't make room for her in the squad. That's something I liked about Fire Emblem Shadows of Valentia - you were able to deploy your entire army, so there were no stragglers.
Bernadetta (who I was also able to recruit), on the other hand saw much more action - I made her a Bow Knight (I gave her the special move boosting consumable as well), and she was well adept at whomping particularly dangerous foes - Mages with dark magic that can reduce your HP to 1, for example.
I did, however, play on Normal difficulty for my first playthrough, and it was noticeably easy.
@HeroponRiki I’m so glad Gatekeeper has a fan base!!! I loved them!
Good to know more people actually played the game. I legitimately have concerns about people who see Edelgard as a hero. (Which is not to say that you can’t root for a villain obvi)
I love Mercedes! Can’t believe she isn’t even top ten? Maybe it’s because she is the only one who doesn’t get a glow-up after the time skip
@JaxonH What about Tea Party?
Eh, I was never a big fan of Edelgard to begin with. Her personality is kind of off-putting and while I can sympathize with her reasoning due to her experiences, I agree with Claude when he said her methods were very wrong. She was never that great in battle for me, either. Maybe I was just RNG screwed, but her strength was her only good stat. Speed was deplorable and dex was bad. Anything she could do, other units could do better. Also 5 movement, gross.
Edelgard is the best, but Dorthea, Ingrid and Bernadetta all rank very highly with me.
For male characters I like Hubert and Claude too.
Bernadetta is my favorite character from this game. Her personality stands out from the rest. Feels more human.
Boo, Black Eagles, boo.
Golden Deers ftw. Marianne, best girl.
Edelgard is my clear favourite in the game, but I married Doro in the end of my Black Eagles playthrough :/ And I will most likely recruit her and Petra in my Golden Deer playthrough...
At least Felix and Ingrid show up now, but still the rest is all from Edelgard house.
@myMaudlinCareer thankyou! Yeah I wish there were more options! Game is still awesome though
Edelgard was dethroned as the most popular within like the 2nd week, surprised Nintendolife just now noticed. I noticed Dorothea hitting the number one spot way before. She's a good character overall, I like her more than Edelgard.
@NEStalgia I need to ask this; Why do people accuse Fire Emblem Fates of incest? Have they even played the game?
@NCChris Let me guess, this is going to be one of those "but they're not technically blood relatives!" conversations, isn't it?
@NEStalgia Well yeah, for it to truly be incest they have to be related by blood, which they are not.
Hell, Camilla herself straight up says everyone at the castle knows they are not related and that Corrin was simply taken under King Garon's wing.
I just do not understand how people think this qualifies as incest.
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