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Nailah Builds and Best IVs

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This is a ranking page for the hero Nailah - Unflinching Eye 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 Nailah.

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Nailah Rating and Basic Information

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Overall Rating 9.0/10
Reroll Ranking (excluding Inherit Skill) A
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Nailah - Unflinching Eye: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type
Rarity
What Kind of Character Are They? ・Nullifies skills that prevent a counterattack
・Can counterattack foes from any range
・Her exclusive passive skill limits the movement of foes

Nailah Skills at 5★


Might: 14  Range: 1
Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1).
During combat, boosts unit’s Atk/Spd by number of allies within 2 spaces × 2. (Maximum bonus of +6 to each stat.) At start of turn, if unit is adjacent to only beast or dragon allies or if unit is not adjacent to any ally, unit transforms (otherwise, unit reverts). If unit transforms, grants Atk+2 and deals +10 damage when Special triggers.

Cooldown Count = 2
Treats foe's Def/Res as if reduced by 30% during combat.

Enables unit to counterattack regardless of distance to attacker.

Neutralizes status effects and disables skills that prevent counterattacks during combat.

After combat, if unit attacked, inflicts status on target and foes within 1 space of target restricting movement to 1 space through their next actions.

Nailah Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat Superboon/Superbane IV Recommendation
HP (18) HP Superbane ★★★☆☆
Atk (21) No Attack IV ★★★★☆
Spd (11) No Spd IV ★★★★★
Def (8) No Def IV ★★☆☆☆
Res (4) Res Boon ★★★★☆

◯ = 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/-Def

The best IVs for Nailah are +Spd and -Def. A higher Spd stat allows Nailah to prevent follow-up attacks against her and helps her make follow-up attacks on her own. This boosts both her offensive and survivability capabilities. Her low Def is of less importance, so it is safe to take Def as a bane.

+Spd for a +10 Merge

We recommend a +Spd IV when merging Nailah to 10. This is for the same reasons as above. With this IV at 10 merges, she reaches a Spd of 44. At that point, she will be scoring follow-up attacks on a wide range of units especially if she receives support from allies!

Nailah Best Builds

Budget Nailah

Special Skill IconMoonbow
Emblem Icon: -
Passive Skill CGlare
Attuned Skill Icon: -

How to Use, Explanation

A budget build for Nailah that simply adds an assist skill and Distant Def 3 in the Sacred Seal. This is to give her more bulk when baiting in staff or any ranged unit in battle. She makes for a great counter to units like Brave Veronica and Brave Camilla.

Wrathful Nailah

HOT
Special Skill IconMoonbow
Emblem Icon: -
Passive Skill BWrath 3
Passive Skill CGlare
Attuned Skill Icon: -

How to Use, Explanation

Replace Null C-Disrupt 3 with the more offensive Wrath 3, then you have a fiercer damage potential! This of course takes away the ability of Nailah to bait staff users, so you can just replace Distant Def 3 with a more offensive Seal like Quickened Pulse. This will make Moonbow available on the first turn! Make good use of the Wrath-boosted Moonbow to take out a priority unit in the early phases. If you want her to focus solely in the player phase, you can replace Distant Counter.

Refined Wolf Queen Fang Nailah

HOT
Special Skill IconGaleforce
Emblem Icon: -
Passive Skill CGlare
Attuned Skill Icon: -

How to Use, Explanation

Nailah's refined weapon grants her Canto, null Guard, null Special acceleration, 7 HP healing per hit, and buffs to all of her stats. This makes her an excellent player phase unit who can take advantage of Flashing Blade to activate Galeforce.

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Nailah Best Weapon Refine

Effect of Nailah's Refined Weapon

Exclusive Weapon Effect from Refining (Special Effect Type)
SP: 400
Might: 14 Range: 1 HP: 3
Accelerates Spec CD. In combat, if foe HP ≥ 75% or unit is within 3 spaces of ally, grants A/S+5, if both are met, inflicts A/D-5 on foe. At turn start, if standard beast transformation requirements are met, unit transforms (if not, unit reverts). This grants A+2, +7 dmg upon Spec, and blocks effects like "Spec CD charge +X" to foe or inflict "Spec CD charge -X" on unit.
Enables【Canto (Rem. +1)】if transformed. In combat, if unit HP ≥ 25%, grants A/S/D/R +4, and if unit hits foe, heals 7 HP
Arena Medal:500 Divine Dew:200

We recommend the Special Effect Refine for Wolf Queen Fang

Nailah is the first beast unit to receive a weapon refine, and she received a powerful one indeed.

Wolf Queen Fang's special effect refine grants Nailah 【Canto (Rem. +1)】and if she is transformed, also grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to her and heals 7 HP after combat.

The Canto effect alone is worth the Divine Dew to refine this weapon - the additional buffs are just gravy.

We highly recommend you refine Wolf Queen Fang if you use Nailah often.

Nailah Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
163
HP
HP 40 40
Rank: 489/1184
Atk
Atk 31 31
Rank: 1030/1184
Spd
Spd 37 37
Rank: 441/1184
Def
Def 32 32
Rank: 383/1184
Res
Res 23 23
Rank: 836/1184

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

HP Atk Spd Def Res Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses 45 49 42 37 27 200
Lv.40 +10 45 35 42 37 27 186

HP Atk Spd Def Res Total
+HP
Lv.40 +10
47 35 41 36 27 186
+Atk
Lv.40 +10
44 38 41 36 27 186
+Spd
Lv.40 +10
44 35 44 36 27 186
+Def
Lv.40 +10
44 35 41 39 27 186
+Res
Lv.40 +10
44 35 41 36 31 187

Stats at Lv 40

HP Atk Spd Def Res Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills 40 45 37 32 23 177
5★ Lv.40 40 31 37 32 23 163

Initial Stats (with Skills)

HP Atk Spd Def Res Total
5★ Lv.1 18 21 11 8 4 62

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero
HP
Atk
Spd
Def
Res
Total
42 48 16 48 45 199
40 45 16 45 47 193
41 44 19 44 40 188
48 43 29 43 24 187
40 43 26 43 31 183
41 39 27 41 34 182
40 39 43 35 25 182
45 43 40 31 23 182
45 39 26 41 30 181
41 38 40 34 23 176
48 41 24 43 20 176
40 35 41 31 25 172
40 35 37 33 23 168
45 41 24 38 19 167
47 37 24 39 20 167
Nailah Icon Nailah
40 31 37 32 23 163

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

Nailah Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Nailah Roles

Nailah - Unflinching Eye Roles
Close Physical Attack ImageClose-Physical Ranged Physical AttackRanged-Physical Close Magic AttackClose-Magic Ranged MagicRanged-Magic
Physical Wall ImagePhysical Wall Magic WallMagic Wall Effective ImageEffective Weapon Movement Assist ImageMovement Assist
Exclusive Skill ImageExclusive Skill All Range Counterattack ImageAll-Range Counter RecoveryRecovery No Refresher ImageRefresher
No Legendary Hero ImageLegendary No Mythic Hero ImageMythic No Duo and Harmonized ImageDuo /
Harmonized
No Resplendent ImageResplendent

Nailah 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.

Nailah Strengths

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Guarantees Counterattacks

Nailah has access to Null C-Disrupt 3 which neutralizes effects that prevent Nailah from executing counterattacks. Since Lyon is strong against long-ranged units, he is a great counter to heroes like Veronica or units using Firesweep Bow+. This also makes Nailah a great unit in Aether Raids. This is because of the presence of Veronica and other effects that prevent units from landing counterattacks.

This works well with her A skill, Distant Counter! Both combined Grants Nailah a wide range of great match-ups!

Atk/Spd Buff and pure damage bonus from Wolf Queen Fang

In addition to accelerating her special trigger, Wolf Queen Fang boosts her Atk/Spd by the number of allies within 2 spaces x 2. She can gain up to a maximum of +6 Atk/Spd through this skill.

If Nailah meets the requirements for transformation, Wolf Queen Fang grants her +2 Atk and +10 pure damage when her special triggers. Because of the special cooldown acceleration and the frequent follow-up attacks and counterattacks coming from Nailah, she will be able to consistently activate a +10 pure boosted Moonbow!

Glare makes it hard for enemies to engage and disengage

Nailah's signature skill, Glare, inflicts a status on the target that limits their movement to 1 space until their next action. It is a pretty niche effect, but it allows you to prevent slippery enemies from sniping your backliine units. For example, the high-mobility, high-powered Brave Lyn can usually snipe your supports, but with Glare, she stays locked-up in a designated area with Nailah. Because this skill only lasts until the next action, it wears away if the affected unit receives a refresher-assist.

Nailah makes for a decent defense unit on AI-controlled teams as it makes it hard for the player to disengage Nailah after they have committed to the danger zone.

Nailah Weaknesses

Low Res

Nailah's Res only sits at 23 at Lv.40. This makes it easy for magic users to take her out. Be mindful of Nailah's positioning in relation to magical units that can easily take her out.

Weak to Beast Effective Weapons

Nailah takes 1.5x damage from beast-effective weapons like Brave Eliwood's Nini's Ice Lance, and one blow from this type of weapon is sure to take her down. Make sure you know what weapons you are up against before hopping too far into the line of battle!
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Nailah - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name Might Range Effect Learned At
4 1 At start of turn, if unit is adjacent to only beast or dragon allies or if unit is not adjacent to any ally, unit transforms (otherwise, unit reverts). If unit transforms, grants Atk+2 and deals +10 damage when Special triggers. 5★
6 1 At start of turn, if unit is adjacent to only beast or dragon allies or if unit is not adjacent to any ally, unit transforms (otherwise, unit reverts). If unit transforms, grants Atk+2 and deals +10 damage when Special triggers. 5★
9 1 At start of turn, if unit is adjacent to only beast or dragon allies or if unit is not adjacent to any ally, unit transforms (otherwise, unit reverts). If unit transforms, grants Atk+2 and deals +10 damage when Special triggers. 5★
14 1 Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1).
During combat, boosts unit’s Atk/Spd by number of allies within 2 spaces × 2. (Maximum bonus of +6 to each stat.) At start of turn, if unit is adjacent to only beast or dragon allies or if unit is not adjacent to any ally, unit transforms (otherwise, unit reverts). If unit transforms, grants Atk+2 and deals +10 damage when Special triggers.
5★

Assists

This Hero has no Assist skills that can be learned.

Specials

Skill Name Effect Learned At
(Cooldown Count = 3) Resolve combat as if foe suffered Def/Res -30%. 5★
(Cooldown Count = 2) Treats foe's Def/Res as if reduced by 30% during combat. 5★

Passives

Skill Name Effect Learned At
Enables unit to counterattack regardless of distance to attacker. 5★
At start of combat, if unit’s HP = 100%, neutralizes status effects and disables skills that prevent counterattacks during combat. 5★
At start of combat, if unit’s HP ≥ 50%, neutralizes status effects and disables skills that prevent counterattacks during combat. 5★
Neutralizes status effects and disables skills that prevent counterattacks during combat. 5★
After combat, if unit attacked, inflicts status on target and foes within 1 space of target restricting movement to 1 space through their next actions. 5★

Nailah as a Source Hero

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Value of Skills ★★★★★

Inheriting Distant Counter and Null C-Disrupt 3

Nailah can be used to inherit the skills Distant Counter and Null C-Disrupt 3. However, Nailah is a powerful unit with valuable skills, so think carefully before foddering her off.

How to Get Nailah / Illustrations / Voice Actor / Quotes

How to Get Nailah

Obtain Through Regular Summon

Nailah is a Hero who can be pulled from any summon.

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

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Voice Actor and Illustrator Information

Voice Actor
(English)
Illustrator п猫R
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Quotes: Special Triggered

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

Let’s have a little fun.
I’m your opponent.
Not bad.
I’ll dye my fangs red.

Lv 40 5★ Dialogue

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

Something is troubling you—I can tell by your face. I will lend you an ear. Go on, speak.
I see. You lack the strength to take the field yourself, and you fret for the ones you send to battle in your stead.
Listen, {Summoner}. Everyone has a purpose. Take heart knowing you have found yours.
My companion is the same. He too lacks the strength for battle, but his beauty and kindness bring me peace.
Beorc live short lives—focus on what you can do rather than what you can’t, and yours will be free of regret.

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