Hey all! I’m back with another FE3H concept! Since the 26th marks FE3H’s 2-year anniversary, expect 3 concepts for each of the house leaders starting today with the birthday boy himself (yes, really)!
Claude
Source: Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Description: Leader of the Golden Deer house, ready to put his schemes to good use on the battlefield.
Quote: “My moment has arrived!”
Role: Control
Position: Back
Stars: 
Trial Team: Blue
Animations
Entrance: Claude walks to his position and twirls his arrow.
Victory: Claude puts his bow behind him and raises his fingers in a salute.
Defeat: Claude throws his bow on the ground, stomps, and crosses his arms.
Basic attack: Claude shoots an arrow at an enemy.
Skills
White - Cunning Bow (Normal Damage)
Claude fires at the Most Wanted enemy, dealing X damage to them. If Claude has a buff or if the Most Wanted enemy has a debuff, this skill also reduces the enemy’s attack and movement speed reduced by 60% for 8 seconds.
Green - Encloser (Normal Damage)
Claude fires a powerful shot that deals X damage to the enemy with the most HP and reduces their attack and movement speed by 75% for 10 seconds.
Blue - Ashes and Dust (Fantastic Damage)
Claude calls a barrage of arrows down on the 3 frontmost enemies, dealing X damage to them and stunning them for 5 seconds.
Purple - Fallen Star
Claude has a 30% chance to dodge basic attacks and gains 10 Normal Crit for the rest of the wave whenever he dodges an attack. The chance to dodge is reduced against enemies above level X.
Red - Crest of Riegan
Claude is immune to all attack and movement speed slows. When Claude successfully dodges an attack or movement speed slow, he gains 50 Energy. The attack and movement speed immunity has a chance to fail against enemies above level X.
“Cunning Bow” heals Claude for 45% of the damage dealt.
+X Max HP
+X Basic Damage
+X Damage to “Ashes and Dust”
Friendships
Claude/Yzma
Campaign: “Plotting Potions” - Claude learns of Yzma’s potion-making abilities and wants to see how he can implement them into his schemes. (Allies: Sally, Ursula, Bunsen & Beaker)
Disk: “A Clear Con-Science” - Extend Debuffs
Enemies lose X Basic Damage while debuffed.
Enemies lose X Armor while debuffed.
When Claude damages enemies with “Cunning Bow” and “Encloser”, the durations of debuffs on enemies damaged are increased by 1 second(s) (+1 second per star).
Claude/Scar
Campaign: “Chillin’ with Villains” - Claude asks Scar to introduce him to the other villains. Scar thinks he wants to help them, but Claude actually has other ideas. (Allies: Hades, Dr. Facilier, Jafar)
Disk: “Scheme Team” - Counter Enemy Shields
+X Skill Power to Claude and allies.
Enemies lose X basic damage while they have a shield.
Enemy shields have 7% (+7% per star) less HP.
Alternate Costume: Post-Timeskip Outfit
Notes:
- Cunning Bow’s secondary effect relying on either Claude having a buff or the enemy having a debuff is meant to mimic pre-timeskip Claude’s personal weapon in Heroes under the same name.
- Encloser is a Combat Art in 3H that stops enemy movement entirely for 1 turn after combat (hence the slow).
- Ashes and Dust is Claude’s personal Gambit in 3H that hits enemies in an area and reduces enemy movement and stats after combat (hence the hitting and stunning 3 enemies at once).
- Fallen Star is an exclusive Combat Art in 3H to anyone with the Crest of Riegan (like Claude) that allows them to dodge all attacks during the next round of combat (hence the 30% dodge chance).
- As mentioned in my Annette concept, Crests are a game/story element in 3H that grant those who have them special abilities. The Crest of Riegan allows Claude to occasionally restore HP equal to 30% of the damage dealt with his attacks (hence the healing).
- In Heroes, Failnaught (Claude’s post-timeskip bow) neutralizes effects that would stop Claude’s follow-up attacks (hence the immunity to attack and movement speed slows). Alternatively, the slow immunity also references Claude’s personal skill in 3H, “Leicester Lineage”, which allows him to pass through spaces that a foe is on.
- Being a Control hero matches Claude’s personality of being a “schemer”.
Enjoy! And HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLAUDE!!!
