Legendary Ryoma Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Ryoma - Supreme Samurai 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 Legendary Ryoma.

Heroes With the Same Name
Hoshidan Summer Ryoma	Ryoma
Legendary Ryoma	Hostile Springs Ryoma

Remix - Legendary & Mythic Hero Remix: Duma Featured Heroes
Legendary Marth [9.0/10]	Legendary Ryoma [9.0/10]	Legendary Ephraim [8.5/10]	Fjorm [8.5/10]
Legendary Hector [9.0/10]	Ascended Fjorm [9.0/10]	Duma [8.5/10]	Ascended Laegjarn [9.0/10]

Legendary Ryoma Rating and Basic Information

Overall Rating	9.0/10
Reroll Ranking (excluding Inherit Skill)	Unranked (▶Reroll Ranking)
Ranking (including Inherit Skill)	A (▶FEH Tier List)

Ryoma - Supreme Samurai: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Red / Sword / Flying
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・A Water-Type Legendary Hero ・Flying-type unit, can counterattack from any range ・Deals +10 damage when special triggers

Legendary Ryoma Skills at 5★

Raijinto Might: 16　 Range: 1 Enables counterattack regardless of distance if this unit is attacked.

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

Kestrel Stance 2 If foe initiates combat, grants Atk/Spd +4 during combat.

Bushido II Neutralizes "effective against flying" bonuses. Deals +7 damage. If unit's Spd > foe's Spd, reduces damage from attacks during combat and from area-of-effect Specials (excluding Rokkr area-of-effect Specials) by percentage = difference between stats x 4 (max 40%).

Atk/Spd Rein 3 Inflicts Atk/Spd-4 on foes within 2 spaces during combat.

Legendary Ryoma Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (17)		★★☆☆☆
Atk (24)		★★★★☆
Spd (11)		★★★★★
Def (6)		★★★☆☆
Res (5)		★★☆☆☆

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

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Trait Fruits—How to Change IVs

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/-HP

The best IVs for L!Ryoma are +Spd and -HP. A higher Spd stat allows L!Ryoma to prevent follow-up attacks and help him make follow-up attacks on his own. This boosts both his offensive and survivability capabilities. L!Ryoma's HP is of much less importance, so it is safe to take as a bane.

Legendary Ryoma Best Builds

Firesweep Legendary Ryoma

： Firesweep Sword+ ： Reposition ： Galeforce ： -

： Life and Death 4 ： Bushido II ： Atk/Spd Rein 3 ： Heavy Blade 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

A Firesweep set for Ryoma designed for a player phase gameplay. You can also take Swift Sparrow 3 in the A slot or anything that improves his Atk/Spd.

Budget Legendary Ryoma

： Raijinto ： Reposition ： Glimmer ： -

： Kestrel Stance 2 ： Bushido II ： Guidance 3 ： Fierce Stance 2 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

Making use of Legendary Ryoma's base kit, you simply need to add an assist skill and a Sacred Seal. It is not the most effective build, but it is cheap.

Budget II Legendary Ryoma

： Raijinto ： Reposition ： Glimmer ： -

： Kestrel Stance 2 ： Bushido II ： Atk/Spd Rein 3 ： Atk/Spd Solo 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

A low budget build that utilizes Ryoma's news skills. Thanks to Bushido II and Atk/Spd Rein 3, he is now a bit more viable in both phases of battle.

Refined Legendary Ryoma

HOT
： Raijinto ： Reposition ： Ruptured Sky ： -	： Swift Sparrow 3 ： Bushido II ： Atk/Spd Rein 3 ： Swift Sparrow 2 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This is a high budget build that takes advantage of Raijinto's refine and ups Ryoma's firepower by giving him more Atk/Spd with Swift Sparrow stacking.

Source Heroes for All Skills

Legendary Ryoma Best Weapon Refine

Effect of Legendary Ryoma's Refined Weapon

Exclusive Weapon Effect from Refining (Special Effect Type)
Raijinto	SP: 400
Might: 16　Range: 1　HP: +3 Unit can counterattack regardless of foe's range. If unit initiates combat or if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 during combat and neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks and effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks during combat. ：500　：200

We recommend the Special Effect Refine for Raijinto

Raijinto's refine gives Ryoma Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 and also gives him a Null Follow-Up 3 effect.

We recommend getting this refine as he will be able to go toe to toe with units like Fallen Edelgard or Fallen Corrin (M).

Weapon Refinery Tier List

Legendary Ryoma Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
162
HP	41	Rank: 296/1089
Atk	34	Rank: 647/1089
Spd	39	Rank: 243/1089
Def	28	Rank: 489/1089
Res	20	Rank: 829/1089

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	46	55	44	32	24	201
Lv.40 +10	46	39	44	32	24	185

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	41	50	39	28	20	178
5★ Lv.40	41	34	39	28	20	162

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	17	24	11	6	5	63

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.

Legendary Ryoma Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Legendary Ryoma Roles

Ryoma - Supreme Samurai 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

L!Ryoma is a close physical attacker (range = 1). Therefore, when not accounting for the Weapon Triangle, the amount of damage he deals will be equivalent to his Atk minus the foe's Def stat.

Legendary Skill grants HP and Def bonuses to allies

Eff.	Atk+2	Spd+3	Def+4	Res+4	Pair Up

Pair Up and Eff.	Atk+2	Spd+3	Def+4	Res+4

Legendary Ryoma is a Water-Type Legendary Hero, and when summoned, you will receive a Water Blessing. During Water Season, allies who appear in a team alongside L!Ryoma will gain HP+3 and Def+4 when they have been given a Water Blessing.

L!Ryoma Strengths

Can Counterattack Regardless of Distance

Raijinto provides L!Ryoma the ability to counterattack enemy units regardless of their range. Because of his access to Glimmer, Bushido, and Kestrel Stance 2, he can be a decent enemy phase unit if you are able to buff his somewhat low defensive stats.

Weapon Refinement Gives Him Null Follow-Up 3

In addition to giving him Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4, refinining Ryoma's weapon will also grant him the Null Follow-Up 3 effect, neutralizing effects that guarantee an enemy unit' follow-up attacks and also effects that prevent him from performing follow-up attacks.

Bushido II Reduces Damage

Bushido II not only neutralizes any effective against flying bonuses against Ryoma, but also reduces damage from enemy units if his Spd is higher.

This is good because Ryoma can tank more hits and will be able to survive ranged attacks.

Atk/Spd inflicted onto a wide area

Legendary Ryoma's C skill, Atk/Spd Rein 3 inflicts -4 Atk/Spd on foes within 2 spaces during combat. It helps both Ryoma and allies as the range is modest and it affects enemies even if Ryoma is not directly part of combat. Ryoma's flying movement makes it easy to position him in effectively utilizing this skill. It is an in-combat buff which makes it easy to stack with other debuffs such as Atk Ploy 3.

Extra Mobility for Infantry and Armored Units

Guidance 3 allows infantry and armored allies move to an adjacent space to L!Ryoma if they are within 2 spaces of him. This allows armored units to potentially move up to 3 spaces in one turn!

Access to a Special effect refine!

He has access to a Special effect refine and you can read more about it in the Weapon Refinement section!!

L!Ryoma Weaknesses

Weak to blue mage units

Due to his low Res, Ryoma won't be able to take a lot of hits from blue mage units like Reinhardt or Ophelia, as they'll be able to punch through him even with the damage reduction from Bushido II.

Heroes with Effective Skills

Legendary Ryoma Team and Counters

Teammates for Legendary Ryoma

Young Caeda	Erinys	New Year Peony	Legendary Claude

Fliers

Legendary Ryoma is best ran on an all-flier team. Here are some top fliers in the current meta to pair Ryoma with (2021). Arguably, New year Peony is the best flier support in the game as of late.

Legendary Ryoma Counters

Brave Hector	Shamir	Legendary Leif	Shinon

Bow units and Blue Armors

Ryoma will be easily taken out by high-powered bow units like Shinon. He will also have trouble dealing with powerful blue attribute units like Brave Hector.

Should you Unlock Potential?

Should You Unlock Potential for this Hero?	Cannot Unlock Potential

Ryoma - Supreme Samurai Only Appears as a 5 Star Hero!

Ryoma - Supreme Samurai only appears as a 5 Star Hero. We will include whether or not you should Unlock Potential for Ryoma - Supreme Samurai if a 4 Star version is released!

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Legendary Ryoma - 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★
Raijinto	16	1	Enables counterattack regardless of distance if this unit is attacked.	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
Fierce Stance 1	If foe initiates combat, grants Atk+2 during combat.	5★
Kestrel Stance 1	If foe initiates combat, grants Atk/Spd +2 during combat.	5★
Kestrel Stance 2	If foe initiates combat, grants Atk/Spd +4 during combat.	5★
Bushido	Deals +10 damage when Special triggers.	5★
Bushido II	Neutralizes "effective against flying" bonuses. Deals +7 damage. If unit's Spd > foe's Spd, reduces damage from attacks during combat and from area-of-effect Specials (excluding Rokkr area-of-effect Specials) by percentage = difference between stats x 4 (max 40%).	5★
Atk/Spd Rein 1	Inflicts Atk/Spd-2 on foes within 2 spaces during combat.	5★
Atk/Spd Rein 2	Inflicts Atk/Spd-3 on foes within 2 spaces during combat.	5★
Atk/Spd Rein 3	Inflicts Atk/Spd-4 on foes within 2 spaces during combat.	5★
Guidance 1	If unit has 100% HP, infantry and armored allies within 2 spaces can move to a space adjacent to unit.	5★
Guidance 2	If unit has ≥ 50% HP, infantry and armored allies within 2 spaces can move to a space adjacent to unit.	5★
Guidance 3	Infantry and armored allies within 2 spaces can move to a space adjacent to unit.	5★

Legendary Ryoma as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★☆

Inheriting Guidance 3

L!Ryoma can be used to inherit the skill Guidance 3. However, L!Ryoma is a powerful Water-type legendary hero that can empower allies during in the Arena, so we recommend training and building around him instead.

You can also get Atk/Spd Rein 3 and Kestrel Stance 2 from him.

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How to Get Legendary Ryoma / Illustrations / Voice Actor / Quotes

How to Get Legendary Ryoma

Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

Legendary Ryoma is a limited time Hero who can be pulled from a Legendary Hero 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)	Matt Mercer
Illustrator	Kita Senri (北千里)
Appears In	Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest and Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright

Illustration

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