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Claude Von Riegan: The Verdant Wind of the Leicester Alliance
"Yet we have the strength to scale the walls between us... To reach out our hands in friendship so we can open our true hearts to one another! That's how we win!"
Who?: Claude von Riegan is the leader of the Golden Deer classroom in Garreg Mach Officer’s Academy. He is the heir to the noble family of the Leicester Alliance, a nation that needs neither king nor emperor. Discriminated against by both Almyra and Leicester (bearing heritage from both nations), Claude developed a desire to end Fódlan’s long-standing isolationism in favor of a world where all of its people are treated as equal beings.
Importance to Nintendo: (Refer to Byleth)
Intro: Claude jumps off from his wyvern and gets into stance.
Stance/Idle 1: His pre-timeskip default stance from Three Houses.
Idle 2: Claude brushes back his hair with his left hand.
Idle 3: Claude puts his arrow in its holster and cracks his knuckles while yawning.
Notable Palette Swaps: Lorenz (pre-TS), Raphael (post-TS), Ignatz (post-TS), Lysithea (post-TS), Marianne (pre-TS), Hilda (pre-TS), Leonie (post-TS)
Walk: Claude walks with his hands behind his head, arrow in his pocket.
Dash: His running animation from Three Houses.
Damage: His damage animation from Three Houses.
Jump: A normal human jump, followed by a spinning double jump.
Crouch: Claude crouches down like a normal person, arrow in his right hand still.
Weapon of Choice: The Failnaught bow, a Hero’s Relic tied to Claude’s Crest of Reigan (refer to Byleth for energy consumption). When it runs out of energy, Claude will switch to an Iron Bow.
A,A,A: A jab with his arrow, another with his bow, and then an arrow shot (14% with Failnaught, OK knockback; 11% with Iron Bow, small knockback)
Forward+A: Claude thrusts his arrow forward (12% with Failnaught, OK knockback; 9% with Iron Bow, small knockback)
Down+A: Claude throws an arrow from the ground (8%, small knockback)
Up+A: Claude thrusts his arrow upward (9%, small knockback)
Air+A: Claude swings his bow in a 360o spin (15% with Failnaught, OK knockback; 11% with Iron Bow, OK knockback)
Air Forward+A: Claude swings his bow forward (16% with Failnaught, medium knockback; 12% with Iron Bow, OK knockback)
Air Back + A: Claude turns upside down and fires an arrow (15% with Failnaught, OK knockback; 9% with Iron Bow, small knockback)
Air Up+A: Claude twirls his arrow around (8%, small knockback)
Air Down+A: Claude fires an arrow, which slightly pushes him upwards (14% with Failnaught, OK knockback; 9% with Iron Bow, small knockback)
Dash Attack: Claude hops into the air and does a brief knee jab with his right knee (13%, OK knockback)
Edge Attack: Claude does a low sweep with his left foot (9%, small knockback)
Smash Moves
Forward+A: Claude fires a powerful arrow shot (24% with Failnaught, medium knockback; 16% with Iron Bow, OK knockback). You can slightly angle the shot with the control stick.
Up+A: Claude fires three arrows at once (9% per hit with Failnaught, medium knockback; 5% per hit with Iron Bow, OK knockback)
Down+A: Claude swings his bow in a downward 360o spin (21% with Failnaught, medium knockback; 17% with Iron Bow, OK knockback)
Grab: Claude grabs the opponent with his bow.
Pummel: Claude butts the opponent with the rear end of his arrow (5%)
Forwards+Throw: Claude shoots his opponent out of his arrow like a bow (17% with Failnaught, OK knockback; 14% with Iron Bow, OK knockback)
Down+Throw: Claude simply pushes down the opponent (14%, OK knockback)
Back+Throw: Claude kicks the opponent behind him (10%, small knockback)
Up+Throw: Claude spins around twice and chucks the opponent out of his bow (13%, OK knockback)
Special Moves
B : Gambit Battalion; Starting off with about 50 Battalion Endurance, Claude can command archers, who perform three types of situational attacks.
B + Forwards : Encloser; Claude prepares a shot with a purple aura, and a successful hit will briefly stun the opponent (22% with Failnaught, medium knockback after 3 seconds; 17% with Iron Bow, OK knockback after 2 seconds). With Failnaught only, you can charge further for a more powerful shot (30%, far knockback), but you can’t cancel out of it. Once it fires, it takes off a huge chunk of Failnaught’s energy.
B + Up : Curved Shot; Claude aims his bow behind himself that sends him flying at a 90o angle (21% with Failnaught, medium knockback; 15% with Iron Bow, OK knockback)
B + Down : Charming Bouquet; Claude tosses a bouquet of flowers in front of him, lowering the enemy’s defense by a quarter (half with female fighters), and raising his allies’ attack by a quarter (double with female fighters). If it gets reflected onto Claude, he will be hit with a flower effect.
Final Smash: Fallen Stardust; Claude fires an arrow with a red aura, and opponents hit will be sent into a cutscene where Claude’s battalion uses Ashes and Dust, and then Claude finishes off with a final arrow blast after spinning around and aligning the other arrows into a spiral (62%, far knockback)
Gimmick: Crest of Riegan; restores damage equal to 30% damage dealt when using Encloser.
Failnaught Energy: (refer to Byleth)
Battalions:
>Fusillade (5 EP): A rain of arrows diagonally downwards in whatever direction Claude is facing. It has a moderate chance of a meteor effect, but only on characters with wings (16%, medium knockback)
>Rose Arrows (7 EP): Roses rain down and inflict a flower effect on opponents (15%)
>Posion Arrows (8 EP): Arrows rain down from above and poison anyone in range (18%, OK knockback). Any arrow that lands on an opponent’s shield depletes it faster, and spews out smaller poison onto the opponent (9%) when the shield breaks.
Taunts:
1: Claude puts his bow on his back and blows a kiss with his left hand.
2: “You guys done yet?” Claude sticks out his arrow hand and lifts up his head.
1+2: Claude puts his hand on his hip and laughs nonchalantly.
Winposes:
1: “That’s the Golden Deer for ya!” His victory animation from Three Houses.
2: “First time?” Claude drinks a cup of tea sitting at a fancy snack table.
3: “Not ‘luck’. Just fate.” Claude stretches out his right arm and faces the camera.
Icon: The Falchion
Boxing Ring Title: The Charming Schemer
Victory Music: Fódlan Winds (pre-timeskip), Indomitable Will (post-timeskip)
Kirby Hat: Claude’s hair
Importance to Nintendo: (Refer to Byleth)
Intro: Claude jumps off from his wyvern and gets into stance.
Stance/Idle 1: His pre-timeskip default stance from Three Houses.
Idle 2: Claude brushes back his hair with his left hand.
Idle 3: Claude puts his arrow in its holster and cracks his knuckles while yawning.
Notable Palette Swaps: Lorenz (pre-TS), Raphael (post-TS), Ignatz (post-TS), Lysithea (post-TS), Marianne (pre-TS), Hilda (pre-TS), Leonie (post-TS)
Walk: Claude walks with his hands behind his head, arrow in his pocket.
Dash: His running animation from Three Houses.
Damage: His damage animation from Three Houses.
Jump: A normal human jump, followed by a spinning double jump.
Crouch: Claude crouches down like a normal person, arrow in his right hand still.
Weapon of Choice: The Failnaught bow, a Hero’s Relic tied to Claude’s Crest of Reigan (refer to Byleth for energy consumption). When it runs out of energy, Claude will switch to an Iron Bow.
A,A,A: A jab with his arrow, another with his bow, and then an arrow shot (14% with Failnaught, OK knockback; 11% with Iron Bow, small knockback)
Forward+A: Claude thrusts his arrow forward (12% with Failnaught, OK knockback; 9% with Iron Bow, small knockback)
Down+A: Claude throws an arrow from the ground (8%, small knockback)
Up+A: Claude thrusts his arrow upward (9%, small knockback)
Air+A: Claude swings his bow in a 360o spin (15% with Failnaught, OK knockback; 11% with Iron Bow, OK knockback)
Air Forward+A: Claude swings his bow forward (16% with Failnaught, medium knockback; 12% with Iron Bow, OK knockback)
Air Back + A: Claude turns upside down and fires an arrow (15% with Failnaught, OK knockback; 9% with Iron Bow, small knockback)
Air Up+A: Claude twirls his arrow around (8%, small knockback)
Air Down+A: Claude fires an arrow, which slightly pushes him upwards (14% with Failnaught, OK knockback; 9% with Iron Bow, small knockback)
Dash Attack: Claude hops into the air and does a brief knee jab with his right knee (13%, OK knockback)
Edge Attack: Claude does a low sweep with his left foot (9%, small knockback)
Smash Moves
Forward+A: Claude fires a powerful arrow shot (24% with Failnaught, medium knockback; 16% with Iron Bow, OK knockback). You can slightly angle the shot with the control stick.
Up+A: Claude fires three arrows at once (9% per hit with Failnaught, medium knockback; 5% per hit with Iron Bow, OK knockback)
Down+A: Claude swings his bow in a downward 360o spin (21% with Failnaught, medium knockback; 17% with Iron Bow, OK knockback)
Grab: Claude grabs the opponent with his bow.
Pummel: Claude butts the opponent with the rear end of his arrow (5%)
Forwards+Throw: Claude shoots his opponent out of his arrow like a bow (17% with Failnaught, OK knockback; 14% with Iron Bow, OK knockback)
Down+Throw: Claude simply pushes down the opponent (14%, OK knockback)
Back+Throw: Claude kicks the opponent behind him (10%, small knockback)
Up+Throw: Claude spins around twice and chucks the opponent out of his bow (13%, OK knockback)
Special Moves
B : Gambit Battalion; Starting off with about 50 Battalion Endurance, Claude can command archers, who perform three types of situational attacks.
B + Forwards : Encloser; Claude prepares a shot with a purple aura, and a successful hit will briefly stun the opponent (22% with Failnaught, medium knockback after 3 seconds; 17% with Iron Bow, OK knockback after 2 seconds). With Failnaught only, you can charge further for a more powerful shot (30%, far knockback), but you can’t cancel out of it. Once it fires, it takes off a huge chunk of Failnaught’s energy.
B + Up : Curved Shot; Claude aims his bow behind himself that sends him flying at a 90o angle (21% with Failnaught, medium knockback; 15% with Iron Bow, OK knockback)
B + Down : Charming Bouquet; Claude tosses a bouquet of flowers in front of him, lowering the enemy’s defense by a quarter (half with female fighters), and raising his allies’ attack by a quarter (double with female fighters). If it gets reflected onto Claude, he will be hit with a flower effect.
Final Smash: Fallen Stardust; Claude fires an arrow with a red aura, and opponents hit will be sent into a cutscene where Claude’s battalion uses Ashes and Dust, and then Claude finishes off with a final arrow blast after spinning around and aligning the other arrows into a spiral (62%, far knockback)
Gimmick: Crest of Riegan; restores damage equal to 30% damage dealt when using Encloser.
Failnaught Energy: (refer to Byleth)
Battalions:
>Fusillade (5 EP): A rain of arrows diagonally downwards in whatever direction Claude is facing. It has a moderate chance of a meteor effect, but only on characters with wings (16%, medium knockback)
>Rose Arrows (7 EP): Roses rain down and inflict a flower effect on opponents (15%)
>Posion Arrows (8 EP): Arrows rain down from above and poison anyone in range (18%, OK knockback). Any arrow that lands on an opponent’s shield depletes it faster, and spews out smaller poison onto the opponent (9%) when the shield breaks.
Taunts:
1: Claude puts his bow on his back and blows a kiss with his left hand.
2: “You guys done yet?” Claude sticks out his arrow hand and lifts up his head.
1+2: Claude puts his hand on his hip and laughs nonchalantly.
Winposes:
1: “That’s the Golden Deer for ya!” His victory animation from Three Houses.
2: “First time?” Claude drinks a cup of tea sitting at a fancy snack table.
3: “Not ‘luck’. Just fate.” Claude stretches out his right arm and faces the camera.
Icon: The Falchion
Boxing Ring Title: The Charming Schemer
Victory Music: Fódlan Winds (pre-timeskip), Indomitable Will (post-timeskip)
Kirby Hat: Claude’s hair
UPDATE: Classic Mode now added
Arguments in favor of ClaudeClaude: Attack from Far Away (faces opponents who focus on range attacks for their specials)
Stage 1:on
(Fódlan Winds (Rain))
Stage 2:on Brinstar, free-for-all (Multiplayer 1 (Metroid Prime 2: Echoes))
Stage 3:on
(Crimean Army Sortie)
Stage 4:on Umbra Clock Tower, team battle with
(Jeanne alt.) (Out of Time)
Stage 5:(x14) on
(Tempest of Seasons (Rain))
Stage 6:on Kalos League (Together, We Ride)
Boss: Marx
+Loved by a good number of fans
+Unique moveset inherently, much like Byleth
+Charismatic personality
+One of three unique main characters you can choose for your journey through the game.
+Three Houses won Best Strategy RPG at the Game Awards 2019.
+Three Houses sold over 2,000,000 copies worldwide as of September 2019.
Arguments against Claude
-Another FE character
-Not the central character
-Has competition against Edelgard, Dimitri, and Byleth
-Mostly generic design for an FE character
-Byleth is in the game and wields Failnaught
-Is now a background character in the Garreg Mach Monastery stage
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