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The latest Voting Gauntlet is now live in Fire Emblem Heroes. Beach Ballot Battle pits characters with beach outfits against each other. The first-round matchups are as follows:

  • Laegjarn: Burning Sun vs Lyn: Lady of the Beach
  • Laevatein: Bonfire’s Blaze vs Wolt: Sunbeam Archer
  • Helbindi: Seaside Scourge vs Lilina: Beachside Bloom
  • Gunnthrá: Beaming Smile vs Ursula: Clear-Blue Crow

The Voting Gauntlet will run until August 7.

Also, since it’s Thursday, Tactics Drills has been updated. Two maps have been added: clearing “The Beginning” in Skill Studies gets you 300 feathers; clearing “A Knight’s Mercy” in the Grandmaster section gets you one orb.

Nintendo and Intelligent Systems have announced that Girl on the Throne Sothis will be added to Fire Emblem Heroes as a new Mythic Hero. This is the latest collaboration for Fire Emblem Heroes.

The upcoming event will be taking place between July 31 and August 6. View a trailer for Sothis below.

Fire Emblem Heroes will be getting its next update sometime in August. Four new weapon refines will be added in that update:

  • Selena’s Blade for Selena: Cutting Wit
  • Beruka’s Axe for Beruka: Quiet Assassin
  • Book of Orchids for Mae: Bundle of Energy
  • Inscribed Tome for Boey: Skillful Survivor

Summoning Focus: Weekly Revival 8 has kicked off in Fire Emblem Heroes. 5-star Heroes who appeared before the start of Book II are here. Focus Heroes have an initial appearance rate of 4%!

It’s also been announced that Voting Gauntlet: Beach Ballot Battle is starting soon – specifically August 1. Players can train up the Hero they wish to support and prepare for the event’s arrival.

Summoning Focus: Heroes with Close Def Skills is now live in Fire Emblem Heroes. A trio of Heroes with Close Def skills are available as part of a 5-star summoning focus. These characters have up to Def/Rest+6 during combat if their foes initiates combat and uses sword, lance, axe, dragonstone, or beast damage.

You’ll be able to participate in Summoning Focus: Heroes with Close Def Skills until August 5.

Fire Emblem: Three Houses is out today around the world – which also means that a copy of Byleth: Tested Professor can now be claimed in Fire Emblem Heroes by all players who purchased Three Houses. If you use the same Nintendo Account on both the Nintendo Switch you bought Three Houses and in Fire Emblem Heroes, you simply need to claim your Gold Points for your purchase. This is done automatically if you bought the digital version; if you bought the physical version, you need to do this manually via the game’s menu on the Switch home screen. Shortly after claiming your Gold Points, you should find a copy of Byleth: Tested Professor in your in-game present list in Fire Emblem Heroes.

Also, here’s a brief video introducing him:

Yet more Fire Emblem: Three Houses content has arrived in Fire Emblem Heroes. A new Tap Battle: Illusory Dungeon is available from today till August 15. It features music from Fire Emblem: Three Houses, including its main theme. As always, the first 40 floors are unlocked today, with 20 more being added each day until Sunday.

Also, since it’s Thursday, Tactics Drills has been updated. Two maps have been added to Skill Studies – “Three Houses 1” and “Three Houses 2”. Clearing them gets you 300 feathers each.

Over in Fire Emblem Heroes, Bound Hero Battle: Klein & Clarine has returned in Special Maps. Klein: Silver Nobleman and Clarine: Refined Noble can be found from Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade.

In other news, a new Grand Conquests event starts on July 26. A three-army battle between Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude will be hosted, which features the continent of Fódlan from Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Pre-registration is now open under Tap Events and then Grand Conquests.

We’ve got a ton of Fire Emblem Heroes news for you today – first of all, lots of content from Fire Emblem: Three Houses, which will be released this Friday, has been added to Heroes. The Three Houses Summoning Focus is available starting today till August 7. The 5-star focus units are Byleth: Proven Professor, Dimitri: The Protector, Edelgard: The Future and Claude: The Schemer.

A new main story chapter, Book III, Chapter 9: Cohort of the Dead featuring the new Heroes has also been added. As always, there are time-limited quests centered around these new story missions that allow you to earn even more orbs. A new log-in bonus rewarding you with orbs has also started today and will run until August 5.

Three new castle designs modeled after the three houses (Black Eagles, Blue Lions and Golden Deer) have been added to the game. 

If you want to get to know Byleth, Edelgard, Claude and Dimitri better, then consider taking part in the Forging Bonds: Joining Forces event that will run from today till August 5. As always, equip certain accessories on your characters to increase the points you earn. Rewards include special conversations featuring the new characters as well as First Summon Tickets for the Three Houses Summoning Focus. For up to seven days during the event, you can also earn 2 orbs the first time you clear a map each day.

A new Aether Raids event has also started. Until August 7, you can earn Summer Aether Stones by completing quests, which you can then use to build special structures in Aether Raids themed after the three houses.

Summoning Focus: Weekly Revival 7 is now live in Fire Emblem Heroes. 5-star Heroes who appeared before the start of Book II are available, and they have an initial appearance rate of 4 percent.

It’s also been announced that Forging Bonds: Joining Forces is starting on July 22. Players can forge bonds and gain friendship with Heroes like Byleth and Edelgard from Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Special conversations can be unlocked by growing close to all event characters.


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