Should I Merge or Fodder Off My Units?

This is a comprehensive list of heroes in Fire Emblem Heroes (FEH) classified into Merge or Fodder. If you are wondering whether to merge up a certain hero or fodder them off for Skill Inheritance, read on!

Should you merge or fodder?

Regardless of our advice below, we highly suggest you save excess copies of heroes as combat manuals.

Try to keep at least one copy of each hero, unless you're positive that you won't be using them often. Certain game modes like Limited Hero Battles and Resonant Battles require units from specific game titles. Having a diverse barracks allows you to complete these game modes.

If you feel that you will use a certain hero in multiple game modes, or if they are your among your favorites, we suggest merging the hero. Merges increase the unit's stats, remove their bane, and increase their score in Arena.

We also suggest keeping at least one hero of each unit archetype, such as Bow Flier, Axe Cavalry, etc. This way, you'll have a versatile barracks that can deal with most situations.

For heroes that are unused in multiple game modes, we suggest using them for Skill Inheritance to improve your favorites.

List of Heroes we suggest merging

Adrift Camilla	Altena	Altina	Arden
Ares	Arete	Arion	Arthur
Arvis	Ascended Eir	Ascended Florina	Ascended Idunn
Ascended Ishtar	Ash	Ashera	Ashnard
Askr	Astram	Athena	Atlas
Aversa	Ayra	Azama	Azura
Azura (Young)	Bantu	Barst	Bartre
Bastian	Benny	Berkut	Beruka
Black Knight	Boey	Bow Hinoka	Bramimond
Brave Alm	Brave Edelgard	Brave Hector	Brave Ike
Brave Lucina	Brave Lyn	Brave Micaiah	Bridal Caeda
Bridal Cecilia	Bridal Charlotte	Bridal Cordelia	Bridal Flavia
Bridal Larum	Bridal Sophia	Bridal Tharja	Brigand Boss
Brunnya	Caeda	Caellach	Camus
Canas	Candace	Castor	Cath
Catria	Cecilia	Celica	Cervantes
Cherche	Clair	Clarine	Clarisse
Clive	Cormag	Cornelia	Corrin (F)
Corrin (M)	Cyril	Dagr	Darros
Death Knight	Deirdre	Delthea	Díthorba
Dorothy	Draug	Duma	Dwyer
Effie	Eir	Eirika	Eitri
Eldigan	Elimine	Elincia	Elise
Eliwood	Emblem Marth	Ena	Ephraim
Eremiya	Erk	Est	Ethlyn
Etie	Eyvel	Fae	Fallen Celica
Fallen Delthea	Fallen Edelgard	Fallen Ike	Fallen Linus
Fallen Lloyd	Fallen Morgan (F)	Fallen Morgan (M)	Fallen Muarim
Fallen Orson	Fallen Takumi	Fargus	Fee
Felicia	Ferdinand	Fernand	Finn
Fir	Flame Emperor	Flame Tribe Mordecai	Flavia
Florina	Fomortiis	Forrest	Forsyth
Frederick	Freyja	Gaius	Galle
Gangrel	Garon	Gerome	Gharnef
Gonzalez	Gordin	Gotoh	Gray
Green Tome Olwen	Groom Robin (M)	Groom Roy	Groom Zelot
Gunnthrá	Gunter	Guy	Haar
Halloween Dorcas	Halloween Henry	Halloween Jakob	Halloween Kellam
Halloween Nils	Halloween Seadall	Hana	Hans
Hatari Deen	Hawkeye	Heath	Hel
Henry	Hestia	Hilda (Genealogy)	Hinata
Hinoka	Holst	Hoshidan Summer Takumi	Hubert
Hugh	Iago	Ice Tribe Nils	Idunn
Ilyana	Inigo	Innes	Ishtar
Itsuki	Jaffar	Jagen	Jakob
Jarod	Jeorge	Jeralt	Jorge
Julia	Julius	Kaden	Kagero
Kagetsu	Kamui	Kana (F)	Kana (M)
Karel	Karla	Katarina	Kempf
Kiragi	Knoll	Kronya	Lachesis
Laegjarn	Laevatein	Lapis	Laslow
Laurent	Leanne	Legault	Legendary Alm
Legendary Azura	Legendary Caeda	Legendary Celica	Legendary Chrom
Legendary Claude	Legendary Corrin (F)	Legendary Deirdre	Legendary Edelgard
Legendary Eirika	Legendary Eliwood	Legendary Ephraim	Legendary Ike
Legendary Julia	Legendary Lilina	Legendary Lucina	Legendary Lyn
Legendary Marth	Legendary Micaiah	Legendary Myrrh	Legendary Nanna
Legendary Ninian	Legendary Robin (F)	Legendary Robin (M)	Legendary Roy
Legendary Ryoma	Legendary Seliph	Legendary Shez (F)	Legendary Sigurd
Legendary Tiki (Young)	Legendary Xander	Legendary Yuri	Legion
Leif	Lena	Leon	Lethe
Lex	Lilina	Limstella	Linde
Linhardt	Linus	Lissa	Lloyd
Lucia	Ludveck	Luke	Lumera
Lute	Lyon	Mae	Mamori
Maria	Marla	Marni	Masked Marth
Masquerade Eldigan	Masquerade Lachesis	Masquerade Quan	Mathilda
Matthew	Mauvier	Medeus	Michalis
Mila	Mirabilis	Miranda	Morgan (F)
Morgan (M)	Murdock	Myrrh	Nabata Hawkeye
Naesala	Naga	Nanna	Narcian
Natasha	Neimi	Nemesis	New Year Alfonse
New Year Azura	New Year Camilla	New Year Corrin (M)	New Year Dagr
New Year Fafnir	New Year Kaden	New Year Keaton	New Year Kyza
New Year Lethe	New Year Selkie	New Year Takumi	New Year Yarne
Niime	Ninja Hana	Ninja Shamir	Ninja Zihark
Nino	Norne	Nótt	Nowi
Oboro	Oliver	Olivia	Olwen
Orochi	Osian	Ótr	Panette
Panne	Peony	Performing Azura	Peri
Perne	Phila	Picnic Lukas	Pirate Vika
Plegian Kris (M)	Plegian Raphael	Plumeria	Python
Rafiel	Rath	Raven	Red Tome Eirika
Reginn	Reinhardt	Rennac	Reyson
Rhea	Ricken	Riev	Rinkah
Robin (F)	Robin (M)	Rolf	Ross
Roy	Rutger	Ryoma	Sage Byleth (M)
Sage Soren	Saias	Salem	Sanaki
Saul	Scathach	Scion Nanna	Seiðr
Seiros	Seliph	Selkie	Seteth
Shannan	Sheena	Shigure	Shiro
Siegbert	Sigurd	Silas	Sirius
Soleil	Solon	Sonia	Sonya
Sophia	Spring Alfonse	Spring Bartre	Spring Camilla
Spring Catria	Spring Chrom	Spring Henry	Spring Kagero
Spring Loki	Spring Luthier	Spring Maria	Spring Michalis
Spring Minerva	Spring Mirabilis	Spring Narcian	Spring Sharena
Spring Xander	Sully	Summer Camilla	Summer Caspar
Summer Claude	Summer Cordelia	Summer Corrin (F)	Summer Dimitri
Summer Donnel	Summer Dorothea	Summer Edelgard	Summer Elincia
Summer Ephraim	Summer Fiora	Summer Frederick	Summer Gaius
Summer Innes	Summer L'Arachel	Summer Leo	Summer Linde
Summer Lorenz	Summer Micaiah	Summer Norne	Summer Ogma
Summer Shez (M)	Summer Sylvain	Summer Tiki (Adult)	Summer Tiki (Young)
Summer Xander	Summer Ymir	Sylvain	Tana
Tanya	Tatiana	Tethys	Tharja
Thief Cath	Thief Leila	Thief Nina	Thief Rickard
Thief Sothe	Thórr	Thrasir	Tiki (Adult)
Tiki (Young)	Tine	Titania	Tobin
Travant	Triandra	Ullr	Ursula
Valbar	Valentine's Alm	Valentine's Chrom	Valentine's Effie
Valentine's Eliwood	Valentine's Hana	Valentine's Lilina	Valentine's Lissa
Valentine's Lyn	Valentine's Robin (F)	Valentine's Veronica	Valentine's Vigarde
Validar	Valter	Vanessa	Veld
Velouria	Veronica	Virion	Vyland
Walhart	Wil	Wind Tribe Fuga	Winter Annette
Winter Artur	Winter Bruno	Winter Chrom	Winter Cordelia
Winter Ephraim	Winter Felix	Winter Hilda	Winter Ignatz
Winter Marth	Winter Sothis	Wolt	Wrys
Xander	Xane	Yen'fay	Ylgr
Young Boyd	Young Caeda	Young Frederick	Young Ilyana
Young Innes	Young Lucius	Young Lyon	Young Marth
Young Minerva	Young Robin (F)	Young Soren	Yuliya
Yune	Zelgius	Zephiel

List of Heroes we suggest foddering

Abel	Adrift Corrin (F)	Adrift Corrin (M)	Aelfric
Aided Reginn	Alcryst	Alear (F)	Alear (M)
Alfred	Alm	Amelia	Annand
Annette	Apotheosis Anna	Arlen	Arthur (Fates)
Arval	Asbel	Ascended Amelia	Ascended Ced
Ascended Celica	Ascended Elincia	Ascended Fir	Ascended Fjorm
Ascended Hilda	Ascended Joshua	Ascended Laegjarn	Ascended Mareeta
Ascended Merric	Ascended Tiki (Young)	Astrid	Attuned Azura
Attuned Caeda	Attuned Eirika	Attuned Micaiah	Attuned Nino
Attuned Peony	Attuned Timerra	Attuned Triandra	August
Azelle	Balthus	Basilio	Bernadetta
Bertram	Brady	Brave Alfonse	Brave Bernadetta
Brave Byleth (F)	Brave Camilla	Brave Celica	Brave Chrom
Brave Claude	Brave Corrin (F)	Brave Dimitri	Brave Eirika
Brave Eliwood	Brave Ephraim	Brave Felix	Brave Gullveig
Brave Lysithea	Brave Marianne	Brave Marth	Brave Robin (F)
Brave Robin (M)	Brave Roy	Brave Seliph	Brave Soren
Brave Tiki (Adult)	Bridal Anna	Bridal Catria	Bridal Embla
Bridal Fjorm	Bridal Juno	Bridal Lapis	Bridal Lilina
Bridal Louise	Bridal Lyn	Bridal Micaiah	Bridal Nailah
Bridal Nel	Bridal Ninian	Bridal Oboro	Bridal Sanaki
Bridal Say'ri	Bridal Shanna	Bridal Sharena	Bridal Sigrun
Bridal Tanith	Bridal Tiki (Adult)	Brigid	Byleth (F)
Byleth (M)	Caeldori	Cain	Caineghis
Camilla	Catherine	Ced	Céline
Chad	Charlotte	Chloé	Chrom
Citrinne	Claude	Colm	Conrad
Constance	Cordelia	Cynthia	Dedue
Dheginsea	Diamant	Dieck	Dimitri
Donnel	Dorcas	Dozla	Duessel
Duo Eirika	Duo Ephraim	Echidna	Edelgard
Edward	Eikþyrnir	Eitr	Eleonora
Elice	Embla	Emblem Celica	Emblem Ike
Emmeryn	Erinys	Ewan	Exalt Chrom
Fallen Anankos	Fallen Berkut	Fallen Byleth (F)	Fallen Chrom
Fallen Corrin (F)	Fallen Corrin (M)	Fallen Dimitri	Fallen Gustav
Fallen Hardin	Fallen Julia	Fallen Lilith	Fallen Lumera
Fallen Lyon	Fallen Mareeta	Fallen Maria	Fallen Nergal
Fallen Ninian	Fallen Rhea	Fallen Robin (M)	Fallen Tiki (Young)
Fallen Ursula	Fallen Veyle	Farina	Faye
Febail	Felix	Fiora	Fjorm
Flame Tribe Lyn	Flame Tribe Múspell	Flame Tribe Rinkah	Flame Tribe Tana
Flayn	Flora	Flying Nino	Flying Olivia
Fogado	Forde	Freyr	Galzus
Ganglöt	Gatekeeper	Gatrie	Geese
Genny	Geoffrey	Gerik	Gilliam
Ginnungagap	Glen	Gregor	Groom Alcryst
Groom Hinata	Groom Marth	Groom Pent	Groom Saul
Guinivere	Gullveig	Gwendolyn	Halloween Anna
Halloween Corrin (F)	Halloween Corrin (M)	Halloween Duma	Halloween Flayn
Halloween Hector	Halloween Ilyana	Halloween Kagero	Halloween Kurthnaga
Halloween L'Arachel	Halloween Mia	Halloween Myrrh	Halloween Naga
Halloween Niles	Halloween Nowi	Halloween Rhea	Halloween Robin (F)
Halloween Robin (M)	Halloween Sakura	Halloween Sophia	Halloween Sothis
Halloween Tiki (Young)	Halloween Timerra	Hapi	Hardin
Harken	Hatari Azura	Hatari Karla	Hatari Nailah
Hatari Xane	Hayato	Hector	Heiðr
Heiðrún	Helbindi	Hilda	Hortensia
Hoshidan Summer Elincia	Hoshidan Summer Leo	Hoshidan Summer Lucia	Hoshidan Summer Mia
Hoshidan Summer Micaiah	Hoshidan Summer Nephenee	Hoshidan Summer Ryoma	Hoshidan Summer Xander
Hostile Springs Camilla	Hostile Springs Elise	Hostile Springs Hinoka	Hostile Springs Ryoma
Hostile Springs Sakura	Hríd	Ice Tribe Felicia	Ice Tribe Fjorm
Ice Tribe Flora	Ice Tribe Thea	Igrene	Ike
Ingrid	Isadora	Ivy	Jamke
Jill	Joshua	Julian	Karin
Kaze	Keaton	Kent	Kiria
Kjelle	Klein	Kliff	Kris (F)
Kris (M)	Kvasir	Kyle	L'Arachel
Lara	Larcei	Larum	Legendary Alear (F)
Legendary Alear (M)	Legendary Byleth (F)	Legendary Byleth (M)	Legendary Camilla
Legendary Corrin (M)	Legendary Dimitri	Legendary Elincia	Legendary Fae
Legendary Guinivere	Legendary Hector	Legendary Hinoka	Legendary Leif
Legendary Shez (M)	Legendary Veronica	Leila	Lene
Leo	Leonardo	Letizia	Lewyn
Libra	Líf	Lifis	Lilith
Loki	Lon'qu	Louise	Lucina
Lucius	Lugh	Lukas	Luthier
Lyn	Lysithea	Malice	Marcia
Mareeta	Marianne	Maribelle	Marisa
Marth	Masquerade Ethlyn	Masquerade Sigurd	Matthis
Melady	Mercedes	Merlinus	Merric
Merrin	Mia	Micaiah	Midori
Mikoto	Minerva	Miriel	Mist
Monica	Mordecai	Mozu	Múspell
Mustafa	Mycen	Mythic Loki	Mythic Lumera
Nabata Altina	Nabata Igrene	Nabata Juno	Nabata Tormod
Nagi	Nah	Nailah	Navarre
Nephenee	Nerþuz	New Year Anna	New Year Ash
New Year Askr	New Year Eir	New Year Elm	New Year Fjorm
New Year Gunnthrá	New Year Hríd	New Year Kana (F)	New Year Kana (M)
New Year Kvasir	New Year Laegjarn	New Year Laevatein	New Year Lyre
New Year Nerþuz	New Year Panne	New Year Peony	New Year Plumeria
New Year Reginn	New Year Seiðr	New Year Velouria	Niðavellir
Nifl	Niles	Nils	Nina
Ninian	Ninja Camilla	Ninja Cherche	Ninja Corrin (F)
Ninja Corrin (M)	Ninja Haar	Ninja Heath	Ninja Heather
Ninja Igrene	Ninja Laegjarn	Ninja Laevatein	Ninja Lyn
Ninja Navarre	Ninja Reina	Ninja Saizo	Ninja Sanaki
Ninja Shinon	Ninja Zelgius	Noah	Nyna
Nyx	Odin	Ogma	Ophelia
Oscar	Owain	Palla	Pandreo
Patty	Pelleas	Pent	Perceval
Performing Inigo	Performing Olivia	Performing Shigure	Petra
Petrine	Phina	Picnic Felicia	Picnic Flora
Picnic Genny	Picnic Leo	Pirate Hinoka	Pirate Naesala
Pirate Surtr	Pirate Tibarn	Pirate Veronica	Plegian Dorothea
Plegian Katarina	Plegian Tharja	Priam	Priscilla
Quan	Raigh	Ranulf	Ratatoskr
Rearmed Ingrid	Rearmed Líf	Rearmed Lucina	Rearmed Ophelia
Rearmed Plumeria	Rearmed Reinhardt	Rearmed Robin (F)	Rearmed Sonya
Rearmed Sothe	Rearmed Tana	Rebecca	Rhajat
Rinea	Roderick	Ronan	Rosado
Roshea	Saber	Safy	Sage Linde
Sage Nino	Sage Ursula	Sain	Saizo
Sakura	Sara	Say'ri	Scion Julia
Scion Larcei	Scion Leif	Scion Lewyn	Sedgar
Selena	Selena (Fates)	Serra	Seth
Setsuna	Severa	Shamir	Shanna
Shez (F)	Shez (M)	Shinon	Sigrun
Silque	Silvia	Soiree Berkut	Soiree Ishtar
Soiree Nephenee	Soiree Reinhardt	Soren	Sothe
Sothis	Spring Ashe	Spring Bernadetta	Spring Bruno
Spring Chloé	Spring Delthea	Spring Est	Spring Fir
Spring Framme	Spring Idunn	Spring Inigo	Spring Karla
Spring Linhardt	Spring Lucina	Spring Marisa	Spring Myrrh
Spring Palla	Spring Saleh	Spring Severa	Spring Sonya
Spring Sylvain	Spring Triandra	Spring Veronica	Stahl
Subaki	Sue	Sumia	Summer Alear (F)
Summer Ashe	Summer Byleth (F)	Summer Caeda	Summer Clanne
Summer Dedue	Summer Eirika	Summer Elise	Summer Fjorm
Summer Freyja	Summer Freyr	Summer Goldmary	Summer Gullveig
Summer Gunnthrá	Summer Helbindi	Summer Hilda	Summer Hríd
Summer Ingrid	Summer Ivy	Summer Joshua	Summer Laegjarn
Summer Laevatein	Summer Leonie	Summer Lilina	Summer Lute
Summer Lyn	Summer Lyon	Summer Mercedes	Summer Mia
Summer Nerþuz	Summer Nifl	Summer Noire	Summer Olivia
Summer Petra	Summer Rhys	Summer Robin (F)	Summer Selena
Summer Seth	Summer Shamir	Summer Shez (F)	Summer Takumi
Summer Tana	Summer Tharja	Summer Thórr	Summer Ursula
Summer Vaike	Summer Ylgr	Surtr	Sword Reinhardt
Syrene	Tailtiu	Takumi	Tanith
Tea Ayra	Tea Ferdinand	Tea Lysithea	Tea Sigurd
Tea Tailtiu	Thea	Tibarn	Tina
Tsubasa	Valentian Catria	Valentian Est	Valentian Palla
Valentine's Alfonse	Valentine's Conrad	Valentine's Elise	Valentine's Ephraim
Valentine's Faye	Valentine's Greil	Valentine's Gustav	Valentine's Hector
Valentine's Henriette	Valentine's Ike	Valentine's Leo	Valentine's Líf
Valentine's Lucina	Valentine's Lyon	Valentine's Mist	Valentine's Myrrh
Valentine's Owain	Valentine's Roy	Valentine's Rudolf	Valentine's Selena
Valentine's Silque	Valentine's Soren	Valentine's Takumi	Valentine's Titania
Veyle	Vigarde	Volke	Wind Tribe Catria
Wind Tribe Claude	Wind Tribe Dagr	Wind Tribe Kagero	Winter Altina
Winter Bernadetta	Winter Black Knight	Winter Byleth (M)	Winter Cecilia
Winter Claude	Winter Dimitri	Winter Dorothea	Winter Edelgard
Winter Eirika	Winter Fae	Winter Jaffar	Winter Lissa
Winter Lysithea	Winter Manuela	Winter Mirabilis	Winter Nino
Winter Robin	Winter Sephiran	Winter Tharja	Winter Yunaka
Winter Zephiel	Wolf	Yarne	Ymir
Young Eliwood	Young Emmeryn	Young Hector	Young Ike
Young L'Arachel	Young Lissa	Young Mark	Young Merric
Young Mia	Young Palla	Young Rebecca	Young Robin (M)
Young Tana	Yukimura	Yuri	Zeke
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