Ursula

Anti-horse emblem while using horse emblem.

If you want to use horse emblem, but don’t have a good Reinhardt or Olwen, then this build is right for you. Also if you use horse emblem but just hate other people using it.

Blárwolf is part of the wolf family, the family that is effective against Cavalry. Meaning, horse emblem must watch out if their opponent possesses this tome. Ursula fails to do damage with 29 Atk. With Blárwolf’s pitiful 10 might, it reaches 39, which is equivalent to a -Atk Raven with Brave Axe+ (don’t ask why I’m comparing those two). So this Ursula is specifically designed against horse emblem.

Rally Atk/Spd or Rally Def/Res is only for Arena points because most times, you’ll use her only for Arena to deal with pesky horse emblem. But you might not have Rally Atk/Spd or Rally Def/Res. A rally Atk, Rally Def, Rally Res, or Rally Spd is good too. It’s pretty flexible tbh.

Iceberg is her special because of her tolerable 30 Res. Of course using Glacies will probably result in an insta-kill, but Glacies requires a lot of doubling or tanking doubles and frankly Ursula doesn’t have that power or tanking ability.

Death Blow is to help patch up Ursula’s trash attack. Plus it’s a good budget choice for Ursula as it is already in her kit.

Let’s face it. Ursula’s 39 atk, Death Blow’s 6. Unbuffed, she fails to kill Brave Lyn. Sad isn’t it? She reaches 45 Atk and 45x1.5=67.5 67.5- Brave Lyn’s 34 res (with horse buffs because just in case) is equal to 34. She survives with 1 health, then she’ll injure Ursula and then Ursula can’t counter, but Brave Lyn will and kill her. So to fix this common situation, Bowbreaker will prevent Brave Lyn’s follow up and then kill Brave Lyn next turn. Note that if Ursula possesses horse buffs from Hone Cavalry or even Hone Atk, she can kill Brave Lyn no matter the situation (if Ursula initiates)

Fortify Cavalry is just for use on a horse emblem team. If using Rally Atk/Spd, this should be used. Is using Rally Def/Res, then Hone Cavalry shall be used. This is to buff allies to their maximum capacity as buffs do not stack up with each other and using a buff on a unit that you already buffed on the same stat cannot be buffed. That’s why you can’t use Rally Atk if the unit already has a Hone Atk buff.

A standard Blade tome build, she became one of the most dangerous mages in the game after skill inheritance was a thing. Swift Sparrow 2 is an expensive A slot skill, it's slightly weaker than Death blow 3 but offers more speed for her to double her targets. Blade tomes are so strong that specials aren't necessary to have but using Aether is considered for the arena score.

First and foremost, this is easily the biggest joke of a build I have ever made and should be considered as such.

REGARDLESS, Ursula has a unique position as a unit available to all players who managed to get ahold of her through her Grand Hero Battle. In addition to this, she has an impressive Spd and Res stat, which makes her a strong unit. Her base kit is marvelous for her purpose, which is to nuke any cavalry target in sight. Let's face the facts though- Ursula is far from the perfection she seeks, and her middling HP, average Atk and awful Def carve her a very narrow niche.

A niche that can, and should, be exploited.

Ursula is a F2P blue cavalier with access to enormous buffs from Fortify and Hone Cavalry. Sound like a basic arena strategy yet? In addition to this, she comes with Death Blow in her base kit, further stapling her claim as a heavy Player Phase unit. The only thing that could be missing is a Bladetome; one graciously supplied by the ugly duckling of mages, Odin.

Between buff stacking and Deathblow, Ursula carrying a Blarblade has a disgusting total of 164 wins against the other member of the FE:H cast, with only two losses (to Hector and B!Lyn respectively).

Swordbreaker is for countering the speedier sword units and those that may carry Distant Counter. Ryoma, Black Knight and Ike, in particular, are the three who are kept in mind with the addition of this. It can be replaced with Desperation in the presence of Cavalry buffs, or a Tomebreaker skill to duel mages like Linde and S!Corrin.

Threaten Res is mostly for budget purposes and can be replaced with a Ploy, Hone, or Spur skill. It is helpful in tense duels against strong green mages, such as F!Robin (who has an innate advantage against Ursula) or Julia.

The real obscenity in this build is the addition of Glacies. With a fully charged Glacies blast and Cavalry Buffs, Urusula nukes the entire neutral cast. With a Res boon, only B!Ike survives, and that's assuming he still carries Urvan. The long cooldown Glacies nets is the downside, but the laughable damage makes it worthwhile. An alternative is Moonbow for a quicker charge, or Iceberg for damage.

Swap is, again, utility, and makes Ursula slightly more two-dimensional outside of a Horse Emblem team.