Zihark (Blade of Unity)

Zihark is a character appearing in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. Zihark is a Sword/Infantry unit in Fire Emblem Heroes.

Stats
46/35/40/23/18

Skills
Sword: Z.'s Killing Edge (Mt 11) - Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). If unit's Spd > foe's Spd, grants Special cooldown charge +1 per unit's attack. If unit's Spd ≥ foe's Spd+6 and unit's attack triggers Special, grants Special cooldown charge +2 per unit's attack instead. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)

Special: Astra

C: Melee Fraternity 3 - If unit or an ally within 3 spaces grants or receives a bonus to Atk, Spd, and/or Def (from a skill like Rally or Hone), that bonus is granted to unit and allies within 3 spaces of unit. (Only triggers if these stats alone are granted.)

Adept???^^

A: Daring Blade - Grants Special cooldown charge +1 per foe's attack during combat. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack. Special cooldown charge granted even if foe's attack deals 0 damage.)

B: Vantage Composure - If unit’s HP ≤ 75% and foe initiates combat, unit can counterattack before foe’s first attack, and up to 1 foe's skill that changes a follow-up attack's priority is disabled. (SP 300)

"Metagame" and Competitive
Zihark was primarily designed with Lon'qu, Karel, and Karla in comparison. The 3 are all sword units with PRFs, an allocation of the defensive stats emphasizing HP over defense and resistance, and an overall strong stat orientation for offense. Looking at base stats alone and comparing offensive stats alone, Zihark is tied with Karla (35/40 bst, and also sharing a superboon in Speed with Karla), both trumping Lon'qu (29/39) and Karel (30/35). Factoring back in the effect of their weapons, however, Zihark's PRF only has 11 Mt and doesn't potentially do damage during attacks like Karla's weapon. Zihark's Attack plus the Might of Z.'s Killing Edge equals Karel's Attack with the addition of Nameless Blade's Might (barring a +Mt refine, in which case Karel exceeds Zihark in Might). Lon'qu with the effect refine of Solitary Blade (basically a plus Life and Death 3 effect) actually has higher speed potential than all of the listed competitors, and falls just under Karla in Attack.

Design
Melee Fraternity is in the class of "Fraternity" skills. Zihark possesses this skill because of his nature as a friend of the Laguz in Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn.