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Choose Your Legends
| “ | Make your choice! Choose legendary Heroes from the entire history of the Fire Emblem series. | ” | — Headline of the official website's about section |
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Choose Your Legends (Japanese:英雄総選挙Heroes General Election) is the name of a popularity polling event associated withFire Emblem Heroes. The first Choose Your Legends poll was run in 2017, and has been conducted each year since.
Overview
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In the weeks prior toFire Emblem Heroes's release, specifically Wednesday, January 18th to Tuesday, January 31st 2017, Nintendo and Intelligent Systems held a voting campaign known asChoose Your Legends. Visitors to the campaign's site were allowed to vote for their favorite characters, with the two highest-polling characters of each gender being selected to receive special playable versions of themselves wearing unique outfits. The development of these special outfits was shared through official Nintendo channels. The top ten ranked characters of each gender also featured ina series of 2017 calendar images, which were released each month throughout 2017.
The candidates for the first event included every playable character in the entire series to date, as well as significant bosses and non-player characters, with later events adding characters from newer entries and currently-featuredHeroes characters among others. Characters who appear in multiple games were also initially counted separately, though this was changed as of the 2019 event; select characters whose different appearances are distinct enough from each other, however, are still counted separately. Visitors could submit one vote per day, and voting with a My Nintendo account also awarded them 200 Platinum Points for the My Nintendo service.
| Iteration | Date | Roster changes | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Choose Your Legends | January 18 – January 31, 2017 | -- | Initial running of the event, took place before the release ofHeroes.Valentian characters featured their portraits fromFire Emblem Gaiden, asEchoes: Shadows of Valentia was not released at the time. | ||||
| Choose Your Legends: Round 2 | January 21 – January 28, 2018 | Characters original toHeroes up to the release of Book II and characters fromEchoes: Shadows of Valentia were added to the voting pool. The Round 1 winnersIke,Lyn,Roy andLucina were removed from the voting pool. | The duration of the event was shortened from two weeks to one week. Characters fromGaiden had their portraits updated to theirEchoes: Shadows of Valentia appearances. Zeak had his name updated to "Zeke". | ||||
| Choose Your Legends: Round 3 | January 21 – January 28, 2019 | The remainingHeroes Book II characters and the Book III charactersEir,Hel,Líf, andThrasir were added to the voting pool. The Round 2 winnersHector,Celica,Ephraim andVeronica were removed from the voting pool. | Characters with entries across separate games now have their votes tallied together. Thite had her name updated to "Thea". | ||||
| Choose Your Legends: Round 4 | January 22 – January 29, 2020 | Characters fromHeroes Book IV,Three Houses, andTokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE were added to the voting pool. The Round 3 winnersAlm,Micaiah,Eliwood, andCamilla were removed from the voting pool. | -- | ||||
| Choose Your Legends: Round 5 | January 22 – January 29, 2021 | Three characters appearing in Book V ofHeroes plus Book IV characterMirabilis,Three Houses'sAshen Wolves house,capturable bosses fromFates, and various non-playable characters from multiple games were added to the voting pool. The Round 4 winnersDimitri,Edelgard,Claude, andLysithea were removed from the voting pool. | Ulster and Wade had their names updated to "Scáthach" and "Ward". | ||||
| Choose Your Legends: Round 6 | January 20 – January 27, 2022 | The remainingHeroes Book V characters,Nifl andMúspell from theTempest Trials "Ice & Flame" series, characters from Book VI, andThórr were added to the voting pool. The Round 5 winnersGatekeeper,Marianne,Marth, andEirika, as well as theFlame Emperor were removed from the voting pool. | Oifey's andArvis's Early Story and Late Story entries now have their votes tallied together. | ||||
| Choose Your Legends: Round 7 | January 5 – January 12, 2023 | The remainingHeroes Book VI characters, the Book VII charactersSeiðr,Heiðr, andGullveig,Ganglöt andYmir from the Tempest Trials "Life & Death" series, and characters fromFire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes were added to the voting pool. The Round 6 winnersChrom,Tiki (Awakening),Seliph, andByleth (female) were removed from the voting pool. | Male Byleth'sEnlightened One appearance was removed from the voting pool. | ||||
| Choose Your Legends: Round 8 | January 13 – January 20, 2024 | The remainingHeroes Book VII characters,Eitr andGinnungagap from the Tempest Trials "Nihility & Dream" series, the Book VIII charactersRatatoskr,Hræsvelgr, andNíðhöggr, and characters fromEngage were added to the voting pool. The Round 7 winnersRobin (male),Gullveig,Soren, andCorrin (female) were removed from the voting pool. | Monica's entries for herThree Houses andWarriors: Three Hopes appearances no longer pool votes together. Abel's results erroneously don't list him as aMystery of the Emblem /New Mystery of the Emblem character. | ||||
| Choose Your Legends: Round 9 | January 19 – January 26, 2025 | The remainingHeroes Book VIII characters,Niðavellir andÞjazi from the Tempest Trials "Past King, Future Queen" series, the Book IX charactersRune,Baldr, andHöðr, andUllr,Elimine, andFomortiis were added to the voting pool. The Round 8 winnersFelix,Robin (female),Alfonse, andBernadetta were removed from the voting pool. | Boah's results erroneously do not list him as aMystery of the Emblem /New Mystery of the Emblem character. | ||||
| Choose Your Legends: Shadows Cup | January 18 – January 22, 2026 | Included all characters normally available with the exception ofLyn. | -- | ||||
| Choose Your Legends: Round 10 | January 22 – January 29, 2026 | The remainingHeroes Book IX characters,Melíai andVanitas from the "Askr's Kin" Tempest Trials series, the Book X characterFimbulvetr, and characters fromShadows were added to the voting pool. The Round 9 winnersEikþyrnir,Byleth (male),Baldr, andSharena were removed from the voting pool. | -- | ||||
Voting
There are two ways to select a character to vote for. One may choose the random button to randomly select any character from the ballot, or they may search for a character by game. The lists of characters by game are sorted alphabetically. Once a character has been voted for, the voter is given the option to share their vote on social media.
A voter may submit one vote per day, and if they have a My Nintendo account they can track their previous votes on theirBattle Ballot page. Users without a My Nintendo account cannot view their previous votes. If a day of voting is missed the voter cannot "make up" their missed vote, so they become limited to one less overall vote; if there are seven days of voting and the first day is missed one can only vote six times if they make sure to vote every subsequent day.
One voter can vote for the same character multiple times, or they can choose to vote for a variety of characters.
Choose Your Legends 2017
- Main article:
Choose Your Legends/2017 results
2017 midterm poll results
On January 25th, 2017, Nintendo released the status of the poll halfway through the voting period. The twenty highest male and female character rankings were revealed. The standings provided at the time were as follows:[1]
| January 25th 2017 Midterm Results | ||
|---|---|---|
| Placement | Males | Females |
| First |  Ike (Path of Radiance) |  Lyn |
| Second |  Roy |  Lucina |
| Third |  Hector (The Blazing Blade) |  Tharja |
| Fourth |  Chrom |  Camilla |
| Fifth |  Ike (Radiant Dawn) |  Corrin (female) |
| Sixth |  Marth (Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light/Shadow Dragon) |  Eirika |
| Seventh |  Ephraim |  Cordelia |
| Eighth |  Robin (male) (Awakening) |  Azura |
| Ninth |  Takumi |  Micaiah |
| Tenth |  Donnel |  Robin (female) (Awakening) |
| Eleventh |  Henry |  Nowi |
| Twelfth |  Leo (Fates) |  Tiki (Awakening) |
| Thirteenth |  Lon'qu |  Elise |
| Fourteenth |  Marth (Mystery of the Emblem/New Mystery of the Emblem) |  Anna (Awakening) |
| Fifteenth |  Gaius |  Lute |
| Sixteenth |  Niles |  Felicia |
| Seventeenth |  Joshua |  Mia (Radiant Dawn) |
| Eighteenth |  Dorcas |  Nephenee (Path of Radiance) |
| Nineteenth |  Corrin (male) |  Sakura |
| Twentieth |  Owain |  Nino |
2017 overall results
The overall results were revealed on February 9th, 2017.[2] The highest rankings remained largely unchanged from the midterm results, with Ike and Roy topping the male poll, and Lyn and Lucina topping the female poll. As a show of gratitude for the large number of votes cast, it was announced that in addition to the poll winners, as was originally announced, the second-place male and female characters would also receive special costumes, while the top ten characters of each gender would receive special calendar images.
A later interview with staff from Intelligent Systems revealed that they were highly surprised byLyn's performance in the poll; they fully expectedLucina to win. They also stated that they were surprised by the overall high performance of characters from the GBA games. As a result, development of theChoose Your Legends character variants took longer than anticipated.[3]
The Choose Your Legend's version of Lucina's lance,Geirskögul, hasAncient Letters inscribed on it, that, when translated using the cipher provided inThe Art of Fire Emblem Awakening, state "animeprojectsubcess". The phrase is typically interpreted as "anime project success" though it is unclear what this implies.
Winners' variants
The variant units for the four winners were released aroundHeroes's six-month anniversary on August 31, 2017. These variants were revealed in aFeh Channel concerningChoose Your Legends on August 28, 2017.
The variants appear to have been mostly themed around each character's father's classes and weapons. The characters were initially released in theNew Heroes: Brave Heroes summoning event, and were added to the general summoning poll afterwards, meaning it is possible to summon them at any time if luck permits. Their initial release introduced a summoning event where the player can make their free pick of one of the four variants; this free pick banner remains even with the introduction of the second free pick banner forChoose Your Legends 2.
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| Lyn: Brave Lady | Ike: Brave Mercenary | Lucina: Brave Princess | Roy: Brave Lion |
Later on November 28, 2025, Harmonized Heroes based on these Choose Your Legends units were released in theHarmonized CYL Ike, Lyn summoning event.
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| Ike: Zealous Inheritors | Lyn: Glitters of Hope |
Choose Your Legends 2018
- Main article:
Choose Your Legends/2018 results
2018 midterm poll results
Like the first event, the standings wererevealed halfway through the polling period, on January 25th. Like last time the top twenty men and women were shown and the vote numbers were absent.
| January 25th 2018 Midterm Results | ||
|---|---|---|
| Placement | Males | Females |
| First | Hector (The Blazing Blade) |  Celica |
| Second | Ephraim | Camilla |
| Third | Marth (Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light/Shadow Dragon) | Eirika |
| Fourth |  Alm | Azura |
| Fifth |  Reinhardt |  Veronica |
| Sixth | Chrom | Micaiah |
| Seventh | Robin (male) |  Loki |
| Eighth | Takumi | Nino |
| Ninth | Marth (Mystery of the Emblem/New Mystery of the Emblem) | Corrin (female) |
| Tenth |  Leif (Thracia 776)* | Tharja |
| Eleventh |  Ryoma | Cordelia |
| Twelfth | Owain |  Morgan (female) (Awakening) |
| Thirteenth |  Eliwood |  Selkie |
| Fourteenth | Leo | Nowi |
| Fifteenth |  Kliff |  Lilina |
| Sixteenth |  Xander |  Laevatein |
| Seventeenth |  Sigurd |  Ninian |
| Eighteenth |  Keaton |  Myrrh |
| Nineteenth |  Alfonse | Mia (Radiant Dawn) |
| Twentieth |  Kaden |  Delthea |
2018 overall results
The final results of the second event were posted on February 1, 2018. Like the previous poll, the highest rankings were largely unchanged.Hector andEphraim remained in the top two spots respectively for the men's division, and whileCelica remained in the first place spot of the women's division,Veronica received enough votes to push her up to second place from fifth.
Winners' variants
Like 2017's running, the variant units for the four winners were released in late August. These variants were revealed in aFeh Channel concerningChoose Your Legends on August 20, 2018.
The themeing of the variants is slightly more varied than 2017's.Ephraim is based on his FatherFado,Hector is based on his elder brotherUther, andVeronica is based on her elder brotherBruno;Celica is the exception to the themeing and is instead based on herGaidenPriestess design.
The characters were initially released in theNew Heroes: Arrival of the Brave summoning event, and were added to the general summoning pool afterwards, meaning it is possible to summon them at any time if luck permits. Additionally, like the 2017 batch of variants, the player may select one hero of their choice for free any time after August 21st.
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| Hector: Brave Warrior | Celica: Warrior Priestess | Ephraim: Sacred Twin Lord | Veronica: Brave Princess |
Choose Your Legends 2019
- Main article:
Choose Your Legends/2019 results
2019 midterm poll results
The midterm standings for the event wererevealed on January 24, 2019, showing both the top twenty male and female characters as before.
| January 24th 2019 Midterm Results | ||
|---|---|---|
| Placement | Males | Females |
| First | Alm | Camilla |
| Second | Marth | Micaiah |
| Third | Eliwood The Blazing Blade | Robin |
| Fourth | Chrom | Eirika |
| Fifth | Robin | Corrin |
| Sixth |  Bruno | Anna (Awakening) |
| Seventh | Reinhardt | Azura |
| Eighth |  Líf | Loki |
| Ninth | Sigurd |  Anna (Heroes) |
| Tenth | Takumi | Tharja |
| Eleventh | Leo | Nino |
| Twelfth |  Soren |  Louise |
| Thirteenth |  Ranulf | Cordelia |
| Fourteenth |  Black Knight | Selkie |
| Fifteenth |  Seliph | Lilina |
| Sixteenth |  Surtr |  Mia |
| Seventeenth | Alfonse | Tiki (Awakening) |
| Eighteenth | Ryoma | Nephenee |
| Nineteenth |  Haar |  Thrasir |
| Twentieth |  Zelgius |  Tiki (Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light /Mystery of the Emblem) |
2019 overall results
The final results for the event were revealed on February 1, 2019. For the men's division,Alm remained in first place, whileEliwood overtookMarth for second place. While the top two placing characters in the women's division remained the same as the midterm results,Micaiah overtookCamilla as first place.
| 2019 Overall Results (top 20) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Placement | Males | Females |
| First | Alm | Micaiah |
| Second | Eliwood (The Blazing Blade) | Camilla |
| Third | Marth | Anna (Awakening) |
| Fourth | Chrom | Robin |
| Fifth | Robin | Eirika |
| Sixth | Bruno | Corrin |
| Seventh | Líf | Azura |
| Eighth | Reinhardt | Loki |
| Ninth | Soren | Anna (Heroes) |
| Tenth | Leo | Tharja |
| Eleventh | Takumi | Nino |
| Twelfth | Sigurd | Selkie |
| Thirteenth | Ranulf | Louise |
| Fourteenth | Black Knight | Lilina |
| Fifteenth | Alfonse | Cordelia |
| Sixteenth | Seliph | Mia |
| Seventeenth | Haar | Nephenee |
| Eighteenth | Surtr | Tiki (Awakening) |
| Nineteenth | Ryoma | Thrasir |
| Twentieth | Zelgius |  Laegjarn |
Winners' variants
The variant units for the four winners were released in mid-August. These variants were revealed in aFeh Channel concerningChoose Your Legends on August 1, 2019.
The characters were initially released in theNew Heroes: Brave Echoes summoning event, and were added to the general summoning pool afterwards, meaning it is possible to summon them at any time if luck permits. Additionally, like all other Choose Your Legends events, the player may select one hero of their choice to summon for free.
 |  |  |  |
| Alm: Imperial Ascent | Micaiah: Queen of Dawn | Eliwood: Marquess Pherae | Camilla: Light of Nohr |
Choose Your Legends 2020
- Main article:
Choose Your Legends/2020 results
2020 midterm poll results
The midterm standings for the event wererevealed on January 25, 2020, showing both the top twenty male and female characters as before.
| January 25th 2020 Midterm Results | ||
|---|---|---|
| Placement | Males | Females |
| First |  Dimitri |  Edelgard |
| Second |  Claude |  Lysithea |
| Third | Marth |  Bernadetta |
| Fourth | Chrom |  Byleth |
| Fifth | Seliph | Eirika |
| Sixth |  Felix |  Dorothea |
| Seventh | Robin |  Marianne |
| Eighth |  Byleth |  Plumeria |
| Ninth |  Sylvain | Anna Awakening) |
| Tenth |  Ashe |  Hilda (Three Houses) |
| Eleventh | Sigurd | Corrin |
| Twelfth | Soren | Robin |
| Thirteenth | Reinhardt |  Sothis |
| Fourteenth | Líf | Tharja |
| Fifteenth | Alfonse | Azura |
| Sixteenth | Black Knight | Nino |
| Seventeenth |  Ferdinand | Lilina |
| Eighteenth |  Linhardt |  Rhea |
| Nineteenth | Takumi |  Jill |
| Twentieth |  Itsuki &Chrom | Mia |
2020 overall results
The final results for the event were revealed on February 2, 2020. There was no change from the midterm results concerning the positions on who would get the Choose Your Legends-based variants; the highest position to see a change from midterm was sixth in the women's bracket, wherePlumeria jumped overDorothea andMarianne, while the highest position to change from midterm in the men's bracket was seventh, whereByleth overtookRobin.
Another notable performance came fromJorge, who jumped up to twelfth in the men's bracket from outside the top twenty at midterm; perhaps in recognition of this performance, Jorge had a normal variation added to the game alongside the Choose Your Legends-based variants to be distributed via aGrand Hero Battle.
| 2020 Overall Results (top 20) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Placement | Males | Females |
| First | Dimitri | Edelgard |
| Second | Claude | Lysithea |
| Third | Marth | Bernadetta |
| Fourth | Chrom |  Byleth |
| Fifth | Seliph | Eirika |
| Sixth | Felix | Plumeria |
| Seventh | Byleth | Dorothea |
| Eighth | Robin | Marianne |
| Ninth |  Ashe | Anna (Awakening) |
| Tenth | Sylvain | Hilda (Three Houses) |
| Eleventh | Soren | Corrin |
| Twelfth |  Jorge | Tharja |
| Thirteenth | Sigurd | Robin |
| Fourteenth | Líf | Jill |
| Fifteenth | Black Knight | Sothis |
| Sixteenth | Reinhardt | Azura |
| Seventeenth | Alfonse | Rhea |
| Eighteenth | Linhardt |  Ingrid |
| Nineteenth | Ferdinand |  Annette |
| Twentieth | Itsuki &Chrom | Nino |
Winners' variants
The variant units for the four winners were released in mid-August. These variants were revealed in aFeh Channel on August 13, 2020.
The designs of all four winners are based on late game classes ofThree Houses, the game in which they all appear; Dimitri is aGreat Lord, Edelgard is anEmperor, Claude is aBarbarossa and Lysithea is aGremory.
The characters were initially released in theNew Heroes: A New Future summoning event, and were added to the general summoning pool afterwards, meaning it is possible to summon them at any time if luck permits. Additionally, like all other Choose Your Legends events, the player may select one hero of their choice to summon for free.
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| Dimitri: King of Faerghus | Edelgard: Adrestian Emperor | Claude: Almyra's King | Lysithea: Earnest Seeker |
Choose Your Legends 2021
- Main article:
Choose Your Legends/2021 results
2021 midterm poll results
The midterm standings for the event wererevealed on January 25, 2021, showing both the top twenty male and female characters as before.
| January 25th 2021 Midterm Results | ||
|---|---|---|
| Placement | Males | Females |
| First | Marth | Eirika |
| Second |  Gatekeeper | Byleth |
| Third | Chrom | Marianne |
| Fourth | Byleth |  Bernadetta |
| Fifth | Felix | Corrin |
| Sixth | Robin | Hilda (Three Houses) |
| Seventh |  Yuri | Robin |
| Eighth | Seliph | Azura |
| Ninth |  Dedue | Dorothea |
| Tenth | Ashe | Tharja |
| Eleventh | Soren |  Henriette |
| Twelfth | Sylvain | Rhea |
| Thirteenth | Sigurd | Plumeria |
| Fourteenth | Alfonse | Sothis |
| Fifteenth | Linhardt |  Seiros |
| Sixteenth | Takumi |  Constance |
| Seventeenth | Black Knight | Nino |
| Eighteenth | Itsuki &Chrom | Tiki (Awakening) |
| Nineteenth | Reinhardt | Ingrid |
| Twentieth |  Caspar | Mia |
2021 overall results
The final results for the event were revealed on February 2, 2021. For the first time in the history of the event, none of the top two positions in either bracket maintained their midterm placings; in the men's bracket,Gatekeeper andMarth remained the top two in the men's bracket but switched positions from midterm, while in the women's bracket,Marianne jumped from third at midterm to the top spot, droppingEirika to second.
This event is also the first time in which both gender variations of the same avatar character placed in the same spot in their respective brackets, with bothRobins finishing in seventh place in their respective brackets.
| 2021 Overall Results (top 20) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Placement | Males | Females |
| First | Gatekeeper | Marianne |
| Second | Marth | Eirika |
| Third | Chrom | Byleth |
| Fourth | Byleth | Bernadetta |
| Fifth | Felix | Corrin |
| Sixth | Yuri | Hilda |
| Seventh | Robin | Robin |
| Eighth | Dedue | Henriette |
| Ninth | Ashe | Azura |
| Tenth | Seliph | Tharja |
| Eleventh | Soren | Dorothea |
| Twelfth | Sylvain | Rhea |
| Thirteenth | Itsuki &Chrom | Plumeria |
| Fourteenth | Alfonse | Lute |
| Fifteenth | Sigurd | Tiki (Awakening) |
| Sixteenth | Linhardt | Constance |
| Seventeenth | Takumi | Nino |
| Eighteenth | Black Knight | Ingrid |
| Nineteenth | Caspar | Mia |
| Twentieth | Reinhardt | Sothis |
Winners' variants
The variant units for the four winners were released in mid-August. These variants were revealed in a dedicatedFeh Channel on August 15, 2021.
The characters were initially released in theNew Heroes: Keepers of Faith summoning event, and were added to the general summoning pool afterwards, meaning it is possible to summon them at any time if luck permits. Additionally, like all previous Choose Your Legends events, the player may select one of the four Heroes of their choice to summon for free.
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| Gatekeeper: Nothing to Report | Marianne: Serene Adherent | Marth: Prince of Light | Eirika: Pledged Restorer |
Choose Your Legends 2022
- Main article:
Choose Your Legends/2022 results
2022 midterm poll results
The midterm standings for the event wererevealed on January 24, 2022, showing both the top twenty male and female characters as before.
| January 24th, 2022 Midterm Results | ||
|---|---|---|
| Placement | Males | Females |
| First | Chrom | Tiki (Awakening) |
| Second | Seliph | Byleth |
| Third | Felix | Bernadetta |
| Fourth |  Soren | Corrin |
| Fifth | Robin | Hilda |
| Sixth | Byleth | Azura |
| Seventh | Yuri | Robin |
| Eighth | Sigurd | Dorothea |
| Ninth | Sylvain | Anna (Awakening) |
| Tenth | Alfonse | Tharja |
| Eleventh | Ashe | Lilina |
| Twelfth | Black Knight |  Freyja |
| Thirteenth | Itsuki &Chrom |  Elincia |
| Fourteenth | Takumi | Nino |
| Fifteenth | Corrin | Mia |
| Sixteenth | Reinhardt |  Ingrid |
| Seventeenth |  Lyon |  Caeda |
| Eighteenth | Leo |  Tsubasa &Caeda |
| Nineteenth | Xander |  Petra |
| Twentieth |  Touma &Cain | Annette |
2022 overall results
The final results for the event were revealed on February 2, 2022. There was no change from the midterm results concerning the positions on who would get the Choose Your Legends-based variants; the highest position to see a change from midterm was ninth in the women's bracket whereTharja overtookAnna, while the highest position to change from midterm in the men's bracket was sixteenth whereLyon overtookReinhardt, in both cases being only one of two character pairs to switch positions in each bracket from midterm (the others being eleventh and twelfth in the women's bracket, and nineteenth and twentieth in the men's bracket). FemaleByleth is notably the first character to garner fewer votes than in the previous year's edition (she garnered 5,109 votes less than she did in 2021) yet still get a win from Choose Your Legends.
| 2022 Overall Results (top 20) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Placement | Males | Females |
| First | Chrom | Tiki (Awakening) |
| Second | Seliph | Byleth |
| Third | Felix | Bernadetta |
| Fourth | Soren | Corrin |
| Fifth | Robin | Hilda |
| Sixth | Byleth | Azura |
| Seventh | Yuri | Robin |
| Eighth | Sigurd | Dorothea |
| Ninth | Sylvain | Tharja |
| Tenth | Alfonse | Anna (Awakening) |
| Eleventh | Ashe | Freyja |
| Twelfth | Black Knight | Lilina |
| Thirteenth | Itsuki &Chrom | Elincia |
| Fourteenth | Takumi | Nino |
| Fifteenth | Corrin | Mia |
| Sixteenth | Lyon | Ingrid |
| Seventeenth | Reinhardt | Caeda |
| Eighteenth | Leo | Tsubasa &Caeda |
| Nineteenth | Touma &Cain | Petra |
| Twentieth | Xander | Annette |
Winners' variants
The variant units for the four winners were released in mid-August. These variants were revealed in a dedicatedFeh Channel on August 15, 2022.
The characters were initially released in theNew Heroes: Weave of Fate summoning event, and were added to the general summoning pool afterwards, meaning it is possible to summon them at any time if luck permits. Additionally, like all previous Choose Your Legends events, the player may select one of the four Heroes of their choice to summon for free.
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| Chrom: Fated Honor | Tiki: Fated Divinity | Seliph: Enduring Legacy | Byleth: Sublime Light |
Choose Your Legends 2023
- Main article:
Choose Your Legends/2023 results
2023 midterm poll results
The midterm standings for the event wererevealed on January 8, 2023, showing both the top twenty male and female characters. Unlike previous years, the top-placing characters during the midterm were instead listed in alphabetical order with no indication of their current placement.
2023 overall results
The final results for the event were revealed on February 2, 2023.
| 2023 Overall Results (top 20) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Placement | Males | Females |
| First | Robin 18,401 votes |  Gullveig 16,941 votes |
| Second | Soren 18,051 votes | Corrin 14,369 votes |
| Third | Felix 16,365 votes | Bernadetta 14,252 votes |
| Fourth |  Byleth 12,683 votes | Robin 9,075 votes |
| Fifth | Sigurd 7,142 votes | Azura 7,838 |
| Sixth | Alfonse 6,832 votes | Hilda 7,026 votes |
| Seventh | Black Knight 5,340 votes |  Sharena 6,757 votes |
| Eighth | Yuri 5,320 votes | Elincia 5,405 votes |
| Ninth |  Leif 4,924 votes | Tharja 5,078 votes |
| Tenth | Sylvain 4,608 votes | Anna (Awakening) 4,952 votes |
| Eleventh | Itsuki &Chrom 4,028 votes | Tsubasa &Caeda 4,709 votes |
| Twelfth |  Shez 3,956 votes | Dorothea 4,529 |
| Thirteenth | Lyon 3,580 votes | Freyja 4,389 votes |
| Fourteenth | Ashe 3,575 votes |  Shez 3,990 votes |
| Fifteenth | Corrin 3,528 votes | Lilina 3,174 votes |
| Sixteenth | Leo 2,967 votes | Mia 3,038 votes |
| Seventeenth | Ferdinand 2,916 votes | Nino 2,881 votes |
| Eighteenth | Takumi 2,743 votes | Caeda 2,617 votes |
| Nineteenth | Touma &Cain 2,679 votes | Ingrid 2,402 votes |
| Twentieth | Reinhardt 2,227 votes | Petra 2,338 votes |
Winners' variants
The variant units for the four winners were released in mid-August. These variants were revealed in a dedicatedFeh Channel on August 15, 2023.
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| Robin: Exalt's Deliverer | Gullveig: Seer Beyond Time | Soren: Radiant Confidant | Corrin: Silent Bloodline |
Rising Hero Award
Announced alongside the midterm results of the main event, Choose Your Legends: Round 7 would also introduce the "Rising Hero Award", celebrating the characters whose placements had risen the most compared to the previous poll. The top three males and female candidates would receive special introductions on theFire Emblem Heroes social media accounts.
Midterm results
The midterm results would beannounced alongside those of the main vote on January 8, 2023, showing both the top ten male and female characters. As with the interrim results for the main vote, the current candidates for the Rising Hero Award were also shown in alphabetical order.
| January 8, 2023 Midterm Results | ||
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| Males | Females | |
 Bloom |  Díthorba | |
 Coirpre |  Flavia | |
 Danann |  Hermina | |
 Desaix |  Jeanne | |
 Frost |  Juno | |
 Garth |  Linda | |
 Jerome |  Monica | |
Jorge |  Phina | |
 Malledus |  Safy | |
 Munnir |  Yuliya | |
Overall results
The final results for the Rising Hero Award wereannounced on February 1, 2023, showing the top ten male and female characters.
| Overall results | ||
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| Placement | Males | Females |
| First | Desaix (+288) | Monica (+108) |
| Second | Coirpre (+196) | Yuliya (+94) |
| Third |  Arlen (+124) | Díthorba (+82) |
| Fourth | Bloom (+105) | Safy (+57) |
| Fifth |  Hinata (+99) |  Lana (+48) |
| Sixth |  Vyland (+95) |  Fee (+47) |
| Seventh |  Wendell (+89) | Linda (+46) |
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| Eighth | Munnir (+81) | |
| Ninth | Frost (+79) | Flavia (+44) |
| Tenth |  Garret (+75) |  Midia (+43) |
Choose Your Legends 2024
- Main article:
Choose Your Legends/2024 results
2024 midterm poll results
The midterm standings for the event wererevealed on January 17, 2024; the top twenty male and female characters and the top five from each title were shown in alphabetical order.
2024 overall results
The final results for the event were revealed on January 28, 2024.
| 2024 overall results (top 20) | ||
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| Placement | Males | Females |
| First | Alfonse 13,286 votes | Bernadetta 19,600 votes |
| Second | Felix 11,612 votes | Robin 12,319 votes |
| Third | Byleth 10,663 votes |  Yunaka 10,035 votes |
| Fourth | Sigurd 8,058 votes |  Ivy 9,082 votes |
| Fifth |  Diamant 6,356 votes | Azura 8,466 votes |
| Sixth | Leif 5,855 votes |  Alear 8,316 votes |
| Seventh | Black Knight 5,084 votes | Sharena 6,782 votes |
| Eighth |  Alcryst 4,728 votes | Tharja 5,335 votes |
| Ninth |  Alear 4,421 votes | Freyja 5,075 votes |
| Tenth | Shez 3,839 votes |  Veyle 4,233 votes |
| Eleventh | Corrin 3,797 votes | Tsubasa &Caeda 4,092 votes |
| Twelfth | Itsuki &Chrom 3,696 votes | Hilda 4,061 votes |
| Thirteenth | Yuri 3,648 votes | Elincia 3,533 votes |
| Fourteenth | Lyon 3,475 votes |  Lapis 3,423 votes |
| Fifteenth | Touma &Cain 3,364 votes | Shez 2,964 votes |
| Sixteenth |  Rosado 3,235 votes | Dorothea 2,929 votes |
| Seventeenth | Sylvain 3,100 votes |  Goldmary 2,813 votes |
| Eighteenth | Leo 2,684 votes | Mia 2,637 votes |
| Nineteenth | Takumi 2,491 votes |  Panette 2,614 votes |
| Twentieth |  Alfred 2,171 votes | Lilina 2,519 votes |
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The variant units for the four winners were revealed in a dedicatedFeh Channel on August 15, 2024. The summoning event featuring them, "In Those We Hope", ran from August 16, 2024 to September 17, 2024.
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Choose Your Legends 2025
- Main article:
Choose Your Legends/2025 results
2025 midterm poll results
The midterm standings for the event wererevealed on January 22, 2025; the top twenty male and female characters and the top five from each title were shown in alphabetical order.
| January 22, 2025 midterm results (top 20) | ||
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| Males | Females | |
Alcryst | Alear | |
Alear | Azura | |
Ashe |  Baldr | |
Black Knight | Caeda | |
Byleth | Dorothea | |
Corrin | Elincia | |
Diamant | Freyja | |
 Eikþyrnir | Hilda | |
 Fomortiis |  Höðr | |
Itsuki &Chrom | Ivy | |
Leif | Lapis | |
Leo | Lilina | |
Lyon | Mia | |
Reinhardt | Nino | |
Shez | Sharena | |
Sigurd | Shez | |
Sylvain | Tharja | |
Takumi | Tsubasa &Caeda | |
Touma &Cain | Veyle | |
Yuri | Yunaka | |
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2025 overall results
The final results for the event were revealed on February 2, 2025.
| 2025 overall results (top 20) | ||
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| Placement | Males | Females |
| First | Eikþyrnir 15,138 votes | Sharena 11,381 votes |
| Second | Byleth 14,345 votes | Baldr 11,158 votes |
| Third | Sigurd 10,597 votes | Azura 9,260 votes |
| Fourth | Fomortiis 9,066 votes | Ivy 8,748 votes |
| Fifth | Sylvain 5,611 votes | Tsubasa &Caeda 7,155 votes |
| Sixth | Black Knight 5,221 votes | Yunaka 7,048 votes |
| Seventh | Diamant 4,117 votes | Alear 6,480 votes |
| Eighth | Leif 3,783 votes | Hilda 4,560 votes |
| Ninth | Itsuki &Chrom 3,426 votes | Tharja 4,172 votes |
| Tenth | Yuri 3,184 votes | Freyja 3,458 votes |
| Eleventh | Corrin 3,012 votes | Dorothea 3,213 votes |
| Twelfth | Alear 2,569 votes | Höðr 2,605 votes |
| Thirteenth | Touma &Cain 2,421 votes | Elincia 2,591 votes |
| Fourteenth | Takumi 2,404 votes | Veyle 2,567 votes |
| Fifteenth | Lyon 2,298 votes | Mia 2,279 votes |
| Sixteenth | Shez 2,237 votes | Shez 2,038 votes |
| Seventeenth | Alcryst 2,228 votes | Lapis 1,913 votes |
| Eighteenth | Ashe 2,154 votes | Nino 1,885 votes |
| Nineteenth | Leo 2,064 votes | Lilina 1,869 votes |
| Twentieth | Reinhardt 1,348 votes | Caeda 1,760 votes |
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Winners' variants
The variant units for the four winners were revealed in a dedicatedFeh Channel on August 14, 2025. The summoning event featuring them, "Shining Resolve", ran from August 15, 2025 to September 4, 2025.
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Choose Your Legends: Shadows Cup
- Main article:
Choose Your Legends/Shadows Cup results
To celebrate the release ofFire Emblem Shadows the previous year, the Choose Your Legends: Shadows Cup was held from January 18, 2026, to January 22, 2026, before the main 2026 Choose Your Legends event. Characters for this event were listed with a movement type (infantry, armor, flying, cavalry), with the highest-placing character of each type being given a specialShadows-themed variation. For this event, the voting pool featured all non-Shadows characters within the standard pool including previous winners, with the exception ofLyn, whoseShadows variant had already been added toHeroes. As with previous events, certain characters would have their votes tallied together.
Results
The final results for this event were released on February 1, 2025.
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| Placement | Infantry | Armored | Cavalry | Flying |
| First | Dimitri 2,982 votes | Edelgard 4,082 votes | Claude 2,279 votes | Tsubasa &Caeda 3,567 votes |
| Second | Ike 2,663 votes | Fomortiis 1,117 votes | Eirika 1,533 votes | Camilla 2,809 votes |
| Third | Lucina 2,098 votes | Corrin(female) 1,080 votes | Bernadetta 1,161 votes | Gullveig 1,207 votes |
| Fourth | Soren 1,987 votes | Hector 997 votes | Sigurd 1,141 votes | Ivy 883 votes |
| Fifth | Azura 1,629 votes | Black Knight 879 votes | Marianne 1,074 votes | Veronica 580 votes |
Choose Your Legends 2026
- Main article:
Choose Your Legends/2026 results
2026 midterm poll results
The midterm standings for the event wererevealed on January 25, 2026, with the top twenty male and female characters being presented in alphabetical order. Unlike the previous two events, the interim results for the top 5 characters by title were not given.
| January 25, 2025 midterm results (top 20) | ||
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Alcryst | Alear | |
Alear | Anna | |
Ashe | Azura | |
 Berkut | Caeda | |
Black Knight | Dorothea | |
Corrin | Elincia | |
Diamant |  Fimbulvetr | |
Fomortiis |  Fjorm | |
 Hubert | Freyja | |
Itsuki &Chrom | Hilda | |
Leif | Ivy | |
Leo |  Kurt | |
Lyon | Lilina | |
Líf | Mia | |
Shez | Nino | |
Sigurd | Shez | |
Sylvain | Tharja | |
Takumi | Tsubasa &Caeda | |
Touma &Cain | Veyle | |
Yuri | Yunaka | |
2026 overall results
The final results for this event were revealed on February 1, 2025.
| 2026 overall results (top 20) | ||
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| Placement | Males | Females |
| First | Sigurd 9,542 votes | Tsubasa &Caeda 21,381 votes |
| Second | Sylvain 9,045 votes | Azura 13,407 votes |
| Third | Fomortiis 6,127 votes | Ivy 11,626 votes |
| Fourth | Black Knight 3,850 votes | Freyja 4,811 votes |
| Fifth | Diamant 2,516 votes | Anna (Heroes) 4,566 votes |
| Sixth | Leif 2,313 votes | Alear 3,883 votes |
| Seventh | Corrin 2,290 votes | Kurt 3,875 votes |
| Eighth | Yuri 2,239 votes | Fimbulvetr 3,253 votes |
| Ninth | Alear 1,835 votes | Hilda 3,010 votes |
| Tenth | Takumi 1,647 votes | Tharja 2,985 votes |
| Eleventh | Lyon 1,604 votes | Yunaka 2,520 votes |
| Twelfth | Shez 1,529 votes | Dorothea 2,343 votes |
| Thirteenth | Ashe 1,507 votes | Elincia 2,001 votes |
| Fourteenth | Itsuki &Chrom 1,475 votes | Mia 1,825 votes |
| Fifteenth | Berkut 1,364 votes | Fjorm 1,528 votes |
| Sixteenth | Leo 1,324 votes | Veyle 1,347 votes |
| Seventeenth | Hubert 1,250 votes | Caeda 1,291 votes |
| Eighteenth | Alcryst 1,218 votes | Shez 1,272 votes |
| Nineteenth | Touma &Cain 1,162 votes | Lilina 1,205 votes |
| Twentieth | Líf 1,082 votes | Nino 1,186 votes |
Trivia
- ANintendo of America tweet for the 2017 running of the event mistakenly refers to it as "Choose your Heroes".[4]
- Jedah was excluded from the eligible voting list of characters in the 2017Choose Your Legends poll, despite other major antagonists fromFire Emblem Gaiden, likeRudolf,Desaix, andGrieth, being present. The reason behind Jedah's exclusion is unknown; though he was added to the ballot for Choose Your Legends: Round 2.
- Despite being major bosses with legendary weapons, bothBryce ofPath of Radiance andLevail ofRadiant Dawn were absent from the poll until 2021.
- Despite being added as a playable character inHeroes in 2019,Altina could not be voted for in the 2020 running of Choose Your Legends; she joined the poll in 2021.Ullr andElimine would face the same distinction in 2022 onwards, as wouldFomortiis andMark in 2024; all except Mark were added in 2025.
- Despite being called "Thea" inShanna's dialogue inFire Emblem Heroes, the 2018 poll still called her "Thite". Her name was corrected to "Thea" for the 2019 poll onward.
- Tharja (4th in 2017),Marth (4th in 2020),Chrom (3rd in 2021),Felix (4th in 2023), andIvy (3rd in 2026) placed in the top 4 overall in their respective polls, but because of the rules of the poll stipulating that the top two characters of each gender would receive winners' variants, all were passed over for winners' variants in favor of characters with fewer votes (Roy in 2017,Lysithea in 2020,Marianne andEirika in 2021, FemaleCorrin in 2023, andSigurd andSylvain in 2026). Likewise,Camilla andIke placed 4th and 5th respectively in the Shadows Cup, but because of movement type stipulations were passed over in favor ofClaude.
- Edelgard andTiki are the only characters to be featured in a poll after already winning in a previous Choose Your Legends event. Edelgard'sFlame Emperor identity was considered a separate character in the 2021 poll, but she was removed from the poll in 2022 onwards. Tiki's young version as depicted inShadow Dragon andMystery of the Emblem and the Mirage version of her depicted inTokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE both remained as options for the 2023, 2024, and 2025 polls as they are each considered separate characters.
- The rules on multiple-variation vote pooling state that the title that garnered the most votes for that character would gain the Choose Your Legends variation; however, this rule appears to not have been followed upon forMarth, as hisShadow Dragon and the Blade of Light incarnation was shown to have garnered more votes than hisMystery of the Emblem incarnation in both the midterm and final results announcements of the 2021 voting event, yet his Choose Your Legends variant was based on the latter incarnation and the 2022 voting site makes a statement contradicting the 2021 final results announcement in stating that the latter incarnation, not the former, was a winner of that event.
- Characters that debuted inFire Emblem Warriors, such asLianna andRowan, cannot be voted for, nor canRandal,Emma,Yuzu orShade, the playableFire Emblem CipherDLC characters fromFire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.
Gallery
The splash screen for the 2017 results.
Viewing the character selection by game.
Voting confirmation screen, confirming a vote for the characterMyrrh.
Screen shown to visitors of the site before the final results of Choose Your Legends: Round 2 were revealed.
Screen shown to visitors of the site before the final results of Choose Your Legends: Round 3 were revealed.
Wallpapers
These wallpapers were given as rewards to people who voted in Choose Your Legends events past the first one.
Round 2 three-vote reward.
Round 2 five-vote reward.
Round 2 seven-vote reward.
Round 3 three-vote reward.
Round 3 six-vote reward.
Round 4 three-vote reward.
Round 4 six-vote reward.
Round 5 three-vote reward.
Round 5 six-vote reward.
Round 6 three-vote reward.
Round 6 six-vote reward.
Round 7 two-vote reward.
Round 7 four-vote reward.
Round 7 six-vote reward.
Round 8 two-vote reward.
Round 8 four-vote reward.
Round 8 six-vote reward.
Round 9 two-vote reward.
Round 9 four-vote reward.
Round 9 six-vote reward.
External links
- Choose Your Legends 2017 site
- Choose Your Legends 2018 site
- Choose Your Legends 2019 site
- Choose Your Legends 2020 site
- Choose Your Legends 2021 site
- Choose Your Legends 2022 site
- Choose Your Legends 2023 site
- Choose Your Legends 2024 site
- Choose Your Legends 2025 site
- Choose Your Legends: Shadows Cup site
- Choose Your Legends 2026 site
References
- ↑ Nintendo of America,[1], Twitter,Published: January 25, 2015,Retrieved: January 25, 2017
- ↑ Nintendo of America,[2], Twitter,Published: February 8, 2017,Retrieved: February 21, 2017
- ↑"We did not expect Lyn to get first place. We knew that Lucina was very popular, but we never expected Lucina to lose to Lyn. One other thing we noticed is that characters from the Game Boy Advance era tended to be popular, and that was a little unexpected. Also, because the final results were a little unexpected, it also meant that development for the Choose Your Legends characters took a bit more time than expected." —An Interview with the Directors of 'Fire Emblem Heroes': On Events, Design Challenges, and the Possibility of 'Advance Wars' on Mobile, toucharcade.com,Published: September 4th 2017,Retrieved: December 24th 2017
- ↑"The #FEChoose Your Heroes event has officially surpassed 1.2 million votes. Thank you, and stay tuned for the final results! #FEHeroes" — Nintendo of America,[3], Twitter,Published: February 1, 2017,Retrieved: June 27, 2018
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