New Year Gunnthrá Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Gunnthrá - Year's First Dream from the game Fire Emblem Heroes (FEH). Read on to learn the best IVs (Individual Values), best builds (Inherit Skill), weapon refinement, stats at Lv 40, and more for New Year Gunnthrá.

Heroes With the Same Name
Gunnthrá	New Year Gunnthrá
Summer Gunnthrá

Revival - New Year's of Fire and Ice (Revival) Featured Heroes
New Year Gunnthrá [8.5/10]	New Year Hríd [7.5/10]	New Year Fjorm [7.5/10]

New Year Gunnthrá Rating and Basic Information

Overall Rating	8.5/10
Reroll Ranking (excluding Inherit Skill)	Unranked (▶Reroll Ranking)
Ranking (including Inherit Skill)	B (▶FEH Tier List)

Gunnthrá - Year's First Dream: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Red / Sword / Flying
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Exclusive weapon can lower all of a foe's stat ・Casts a buff on adjacent allies ・Gains a stat bonus when initiating combat

New Year Gunnthrá Skills at 5★

Hikami Might: 16　 Range: 1 Grants Spd+3. At start of turn, inflicts Atk/Spd/Def/Res-4 on nearest foes within 4 spaces through their next actions.

Glimmer Cooldown Count = 2 Boosts damage dealt by 50%.

Swift Sparrow 2 If unit initiates combat, grants Atk/Spd +4 during combat.

Desperation 3 If unit's HP ≤ 75% and unit initiates combat, unit can make a follow-up attack before foe can counterattack.

Joint Hone Spd At start of turn, if unit is adjacent to an ally, grants Spd+5 to unit and adjacent allies for 1 turn.

New Year Gunnthrá Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (16)		★★★☆☆
Atk (24)		★★★★☆
Spd (14)		★★★★★
Def (8)		★★☆☆☆
Res (4)		★★☆☆☆

◯ = Stat gains +4 with a superboon, ✕= Stat goes down by -4 with a superbane, - = No assets or flaws

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When using an Ascendant Floret, we recommend getting the next superboon if it fits the hero. If not, consider what stat your hero needs most.

+Spd/-Res

The best IVs for New Year Gunnthrá are +Spd and -Res. A higher Spd stat allows New Year Gunnthrá to get more follow-up attacks on her foes. It also improves her defenses by making her less susceptible to follow-up attacks. With her somewhat low defensive stats, no bane would be best, but it is better to take a -Res superbane to focus on being able to tank physical attacks better.

New Year Gunnthrá Best Builds

Semi-Tank New Year Gunnthrá

HOT
： Hikami ： Reposition ： Ruptured Sky ： -	： Kestrel Stance 3 ： A/D Near Trace 3 ： Joint Drive Atk ： Quick Riposte 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

A defensive option for Gunnthrá where she can function as a semi-tank utilizing the effects of refined Hikami. Quick Riposte negates enemy effects that deny her follow-up attacks and turns combat into a Spd check.

Mobile New Year Gunnthrá

： Hikami ： Reposition ： Glimmer ： -

： Swift Sparrow 3 ： Aerobatics 3 ： Joint Hone Spd ： Guidance 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

A premium build for Gunnthrá that gives her offenses, buffs, and amazing mobility support! Make sure to get a movement-asisst skill to add to her ability to support allies with movement.

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New Year Gunnthrá Best Weapon Refine

Exclusive Weapon Effect from Refining (Special Effect Type)
Hikami	SP: 400
Might: 16　Range: 1　HP: 3 Grants Spd+3. At start of turn, inflicts Atk/Spd/Def/Res-6 on nearest foes within 4 spaces of unit through their next actions. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Atk/Spd/Def-4 on foe during combat. If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, inflicts Atk/Spd/Def-4 on foe during combat and grants bonus to unit's Atk = total penalties on foe. ：500　：200

We recommend the Special Effect Refine for Hikami

The special effect refine of Hikami applies additional debuffs during combat and grants bonus Atk equal to the total penalties on Gunnthrá's foe, which can be initially applied with Hikami's base effect.

Needless to say, this refine option outperforms all the other refine options, and should be the refine of choice.

New Year Gunnthrá Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
162
HP	38	Rank: 714/1089
Atk	34	Rank: 647/1089
Spd	37	Rank: 314/1089
Def	27	Rank: 530/1089
Res	26	Rank: 481/1089

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	43	55	45	31	30	204
Lv.40 +10	43	39	42	31	30	185

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	38	50	40	27	26	181
5★ Lv.40	38	34	37	27	26	162

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	16	24	14	8	4	66

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Nabata Juno	38	43	46	35	27	189
Legendary Elincia	40	45	47	23	34	189
Fee	37	40	45	26	40	188
Syrene	37	39	45	21	41	183
Ninja Haar	44	42	24	44	28	182
Tanith	41	36	40	32	28	177
Thief Rickard	38	38	42	33	25	176
Valentian Palla	41	42	21	41	28	173
Annand	37	35	39	27	34	172
Ashnard	43	37	21	35	31	167
Valentian Catria	41	38	36	27	24	166
Altina	42	38	20	30	36	166
Young Caeda	36	33	42	25	30	166
Summer Fiora	40	32	37	26	28	163
New Year Hríd	42	38	19	36	27	162
New Year Gunnthrá	38	34	37	27	26	162
New Year Camilla	40	33	35	31	23	162
Legendary Ryoma	41	34	39	28	20	162
Bridal Sigrun	35	31	38	27	31	162
Laegjarn	41	32	36	36	17	162
Palla	42	31	31	28	26	158
Caeda	36	25	37	24	34	156
Elincia	35	34	36	24	27	156

Note: Stats bonuses from skills are not taken into account.

New Year Gunnthrá Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

New Year Gunnthrá Roles

Gunnthrá - Year's First Dream Roles
Close-Physical	Ranged-Physical	Close-Magic	Ranged-Magic
Physical Wall	Magic Wall	Effective Weapon	Movement Assist
Exclusive Skill	All-Range Counter	Recovery	Refresher
Legendary	Mythic	Duo / Harmonized	Resplendent

New Year Gunnthrá is a close physical attacker (range = 1). Therefore, when not accounting for the Weapon Triangle, the amount of damage she deals will be equivalent to her Atk minus the foe's Def stat.

New Year Gunnthrá Strengths

Debuff to All Stats

At the start of the turn, Hikami inflicts -4 to all stats to the nearest foe within 4 spaces throughout their next actions. This debuff is very easy to trigger and gives you a huge advantage over the affected foe! However, it only affects them thrugh their next action. This means if their actions are refreshed or if they use an ability such as Galeforce, they will be able to enjoy an action without the penalties.

Spd Buff for Gunnthrá and her Team

Joint Hone Spd grants +5 Spd to Gunnthrá if she is adjacent to an ally at the start of the turn. This bonus is also granted to the allies adjacent to her. This is a great buff as it is easy to utilize and Spd is useful for most units.

New Year Gunnthrá Weaknesses

Weak to bows

As a flying unit, New Year Gunnthrá takes 1.5x damage from bows and weapons effective on flying units. Be sure to keep them out of the range of archers and leave them to other units.
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New Year Gunnthrá Team and Counters

Teammates for New Year Gunnthrá

Flying Olivia	Bridal Ninian	Legendary Azura	Tana
Flying Nino	New Year Azura	Lewyn	Bow Hinoka

Units to buff her attack power and grant additional actions

Having a support unit to increase New Year Gunnthrá's damage output is ideal. Units like L! Azura and Flying Olivia who can buff Gunnthrá's while simultaneously granting additional actions can allow her to OHKO foes.

Units who can take down blue units

New Year Gunnthrá has very low defense stats. This means that even some mid-tier blue units can easily take her out. Make sure to cover her weaknesses by pairing her with green units such as Flying Nino or Lewyn.

New Year Gunnthrá Counters

Halloween Myrrh	Idunn	Legendary Tiki (Young)	Effie
Legendary Lucina	Legendary Alm	Fallen Tiki (Young)	Klein

Units with high Def stats

Since New Year Gunnthrá does not have the best damage output, it would be difficult for her to take out units with high Def stats such as Idunn and Halloween Myrrh. If they are not able to take Gunnthrá out with the counterattack, she is sure to get taken out in the next enemy phase. Pair Gunnthrá with units that can take out foes that she have a hard time dealing with.

Weak to bow-wielding characters

As a flying unit, New Year Gunnthrá takes 1.5x damage from bows users such as Legendry Alm, Klein and especially Legendary Lucina who has an attribute strong against Gunnthrá's. Be sure to keep them out of the range of archers and leave them to other units.
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New Year Gunnthrá - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Iron Sword	6	1	No Effect	5★
Steel Sword	8	1	No Effect	5★
Silver Sword	11	1	No Effect	5★
Hikami	16	1	Grants Spd+3. At start of turn, inflicts Atk/Spd/Def/Res-4 on nearest foes within 4 spaces through their next actions.	5★

Assists

This Hero has no Assist skills that can be learned.

Specials

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Night Sky	(Cooldown Count = 3) Boosts damage dealt by 50%.	5★
Glimmer	(Cooldown Count = 2) Boosts damage dealt by 50%.	5★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Darting Blow 1	If unit initiates combat, grants Spd+2 during combat.	5★
Swift Sparrow 1	If unit initiates combat, grants Atk/Spd +2 during combat.	5★
Swift Sparrow 2	If unit initiates combat, grants Atk/Spd +4 during combat.	5★
Desperation 1	If unit's HP ≤ 25% and unit initiates combat, unit can make a follow-up attack before foe can counterattack.	5★
Desperation 2	If unit's HP ≤ 50% and unit initiates combat, unit can make a follow-up attack before foe can counterattack.	5★
Desperation 3	If unit's HP ≤ 75% and unit initiates combat, unit can make a follow-up attack before foe can counterattack.	5★
Hone Spd 1	At start of turn, grants Spd+2 to adjacent allies for 1 turn.	5★
Hone Spd 2	At start of turn, grants Spd+3 to adjacent allies for 1 turn.	5★
Hone Spd 3	At start of turn, grants Spd+4 to adjacent allies for 1 turn.	5★
Joint Hone Spd	At start of turn, if unit is adjacent to an ally, grants Spd+5 to unit and adjacent allies for 1 turn.	5★

New Year Gunnthrá as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★★

Inheriting Joint Hone Spd

New Year Gunnthrá can be used to inherit the skill Joint Hone Spd. However, since New Year Gunnthrá is a powerful special hero that you can only obtain from a special heroes banner, we recommend training and building her instead. If you do choose to fodder her off regardless, keep in mind that Joing Hone Spd is a very rare skill.

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How to Get New Year Gunnthrá / Illustrations / Voice Actor / Quotes

How to Get New Year Gunnthrá

Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

New Year Gunnthrá is a limited time Hero who can be pulled from a Special Heroes Summoning Event. They do not appear in regular summons.

Note: Not currently a featured hero in any Summon events.

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Voice Actor and Illustrator Information

Voice Actor (English)	Carrie Keranen
Illustrator	四々九
Appears In	Fire Emblem Heroes

Illustration

Quotes: Special Triggered

Special Triggered Quotes are voice lines that play upon activating a Special attack.

Lv 40 5★ Dialogue

Lv 40 5★ Dialogue become available when a hero attains Lv. 40 at 5★ rarity.

FEH: Related Guides

Heroes from Revival - New Year's of Fire and Ice (Revival)
New Year Gunnthrá [8.5/10]	New Year Hríd [7.5/10]	New Year Fjorm [7.5/10]

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