Valter Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Valter - Dark Moonstone 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 Valter.

Valter Rating and Basic Information

Overall Rating	7.5/10
Reroll Ranking (excluding Inherit Skill)	N/A (▶Reroll Ranking)
Ranking (including Inherit Skill)	C (▶FEH Tier List)

Valter - Dark Moonstone: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Blue / Lance / Flying
Rarity	4 Star 3 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Can only be obtained as a reward from a Grand Hero Battle ・Spd increases when initiating combat ・Converts the foe's bonuses from skills like Hone/Fortify passives into penalties

Valter Skills at 5★

Cursed Lance Might: 16　 Range: 1 Grants Atk/Spd +2 and accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count -1). Unit takes 4 damage after combat.

Luna Cooldown Count = 3 Treats foe's Def/Res as if reduced by 50% during combat.

Darting Blow 3 If unit initiates combat, grants Spd+6 during combat.

Panic Ploy 3 At start of turn, converts bonuses on foes in cardinal directions with HP ≤ unit’s HP into penalties through their next actions.

Valter Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (18)		★★★☆☆
Atk (19)		★★★★★
Spd (9)		★★★★☆
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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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.

Neutral IVs by default!

As a hero obtainable only through Grand Hero Battle, Valter will always have neutral IVs by default. The only way to access IVs for this unit is through using Trait Fruits.

+Atk/-Res

The best IVs for Valter are +Atk and -Res. Valter's main stat is Atk so you should maximize it as much as possible with this IV. This helps him in taking out a wide range of foes in one hit. His Res is very low and is of less importance to it can be safely taken as a bane.

+Spd for a +10 Merge

We recommend a +Spd IV when merging Valter to 10. At +10 Merges, Valter's Atk will reach such high levels that pushing it up higher is a waste, especially if you merge him up, use dragonflowers or inherit skills onto him. At this point, it would be better to opt with a +Spd IV instead to help him take less follow-up attacks and allow him to make some follow-up attacks on his own.

With this IV, he reaches 40 Spd if you include Cursed Lance's effects. With a skill like Hone Fliers or Goad Fliers, this Spd level is enough to nail follow-up attacks on most of the units in the game.

Valter Best Builds

Refined - Galeforce Valter

： Cursed Lance ： Reposition ： Galeforce ： -

： Swift Sparrow 3 ： Desperation 3 ： Spd/Def Rein 3 ： Heavy Blade 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This build uses the recoil from Cursed Lance to activate Desperation and allow consecutive attacks for future engagements. Make sure to keep the unit alive after the first combat since they will be in exploitable HP ranges! Heavy Blade 3 is taken to help with activating Galeforce. This makes Valter a beast in the player phase.

Refined - Tanky Valter

： Cursed Lance ： Reposition ： Moonbow ： -

： Surge Sparrow ： Guard Bearing 3 ： Spd/Def Rein 3 ： Mystic Boost 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This build aims to make Valter very tanky since his special effect refined is a good cornerstone of a tanky build. The combination of Cursed Lance's Special counter reduction, Moonbow, Surge Sparrow and Mystic Boost 3 overpower his weapon's self-inflicted damage. Guard Bearing 3 and Spd/Def Rein 3 add more to his tankiness.

Budget Valter

： Cursed Lance ： Reposition ： Luna ： -

： Darting Blow 3 ： Hit and Run ： Panic Ploy 3 ： Speed +3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

A simple budget build for Valter that makes use of his base kit.

Aether Raids / General Use Valter

HOT
： Cursed Lance ： Reposition ： Bonfire ： -	： Atk/Spd Push 4 ： Desperation 3 ： Spd/Def Rein 3 ： Brazen Atk/Spd 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This build works for Aether Raids and general use. You can use Brazen Atk/Spd 4 if you don't have Atk/Spd Push 4 and Vantage 3 instead of Desperation 3. These will be easy to trigger due to the effects of Valter's weapon.

Arena Valter

HOT
： Cursed Lance ： Rally Atk/Def+ ： Blue Flame ： -	： Brazen Atk/Spd 4 ： Vantage 3 ： Atk/Spd Menace ： Brazen Atk/Spd 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This is a build designed to give Valter the most points in Arena. Any Dual Rally skill will work as his Assist, while Brazen Atk/Spd 4 and Brazen Atk/Spd 3 will increase his firepower when he is within the HP threshhold. You can opt for Desperation 3 instead of Vantage 3, and Atk/Spd Push 4 for his A slot. Atk/Spd Menace is needed to make up for the scoring loss due to the usage of Vantage 3 or Desperation 3.

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Valter Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
158
HP	42	Rank: 228/1089
Atk	32	Rank: 765/1089
Spd	31	Rank: 628/1089
Def	34	Rank: 236/1089
Res	19	Rank: 867/1089

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	47	55	38	38	23	201
Lv.40 +10	47	37	36	38	23	181

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	42	50	33	34	19	178
5★ Lv.40	42	32	31	34	19	158
4★ Lv.40	39	30	29	31	17	146
3★ Lv.40	38	28	27	30	16	139

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	18	19	9	8	4	58
4★ Lv.1	17	19	9	7	3	55
3★ Lv.1	17	15	8	7	3	50

Valter Best Weapon Refine

Effect of Valter's Refined Weapon

Exclusive Weapon Effect from Refining (Special Effect Type)
Cursed Lance	SP: 400
Might: 16　Range: 1　HP: +3 Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+3. After combat, deals 6 damage to unit. If unit's HP < 100% at start of combat, or if 【Penalty】 is active on foe, grants Atk/Spd/Def+5 to unit during combat and inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack during combat. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.) ：500　：200

We recommend the Special Effect Refine for Cursed Lance

Any Cursed Lance upgrade strengthens the deault effect of Cursed Lance. Upon upgrade, its primary effect will now be identical to Fury 3.

The special effect refine is described below:

If

• Valter's HP < 100% at start of combat or
• a 【Penalty】is active on Valter's foe

Then, Cursed Lance will grant Valter the following effects:

• Grants +5 Atk/Spd/Def/Res to Valter
• Inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack during combat.

Since you only have to meet at least one of the trigger conditions and the former can easily be met through Cursed Lance's self-damage and the latter can be met through Panic Ploy 3 (or an ally that has a skill with a similar effect), not only are the effects very powerful, but they are easily accessible as well.

This is a must get upgrade as it provides so much power to Valter without having very complex trigger conditions.

Weapon Refinery Tier List

About the Weapon Refinery

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Arion	41	45	36	46	21	189
Spring Michalis	43	45	32	47	17	184
Melady	41	40	33	41	17	172
Galle	46	38	22	38	28	172
Heath	40	35	33	33	27	168
Cormag	42	36	32	34	23	167
Spring Narcian	43	35	34	37	18	167
Young Palla	40	39	31	33	24	167
Altena	45	37	25	39	20	166
Travant	46	36	26	40	18	166
Catria	39	31	34	29	25	158
Valter	42	32	31	34	19	158
Subaki	40	25	35	35	22	157
Est	36	35	30	24	32	157
Florina	42	29	27	25	34	157

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

Valter Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Valter Roles

Valter - Dark Moonstone 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

Valter 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.

Valter Strengths

Offensive boosts and easy access to Desperation!

Valter's weapon, Cursed Lance, grants +2 Atk/Spd and accelerates his special trigger by 1 counter at the cost of inflicting 4 HP to Valter after every battle. Not to mention, Cursed Lance has a fair Mt of 16! This makes the HP penalty well worth it and you can even turn the penalty into an advantage if you inherit Desperation onto Valter.

Check out our recommended builds for Valter!

Access to a powerful special effect refine

Cursed Lance has a very powerful special effect refine that boosts Valter's overall powerful without hard trigger conditions. Read more about it in the weapon refine section.

Can Weaken Buffed Enemies

Panic Ploy 3 converts units' bonuses in Valter's cardinal directions into penalties, meaning all positive stat boosts turn into negative stat reductions. This affects all units in spaces above, below, to the right, or to the left of Valter.

With his fairly high HP, this is a powerful skill for Valter, since it is easy for him to debuff many enemy units with lower HP. This skill is a hard counter to teams running Blade tomes!

Those units are highly reliant on buffs to increase their attack power and this skill neutralizes all that if Valter wins the HP check.

The HP requirement also makes a 5★ Valter a good candidate for Summoner Support as he greatly benefits from the +5 HP. Be warned though as increasing Valter's HP makes it harder for Cursed Lance to trigger something like Desperation.

Valter Weaknesses

Low Res

Valter's Res only sits at 19 at Lv.40. This makes it easy for magic users to take him out. Be mindful of Valter's positioning in relation to magical units that can easily take him out.

Watch out especially for Merric as his green tome, Excalibur is strong against flying units. He is truly Valter's worst nightmare as even the weakest Merric can take out a highly-invested Valter.

Weak to bows

As a flying unit, Valter 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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Should you Unlock Potential?

Should You Unlock Potential for this Hero?

We Recommend Unlocking Potential for Valter - Dark Moonstone!

We recommend that you use Unlock Potential to bring Valter - Dark Moonstone from 4 Stars to 5 Stars. Valter - Dark Moonstone is very useful as a physical tank, so you may find using Unlock Potential on Valter - Dark Moonstone helpful if your team lacks a party member with this role.

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Valter - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Iron Lance	6	1	No Effect	3★
Steel Lance	8	1	No Effect	3★
Silver Lance	11	1	No Effect	3★
Cursed Lance	16	1	Grants Atk/Spd +2 and accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count -1). Unit takes 4 damage after combat.	5★

Assists

This Hero has no Assist skills that can be learned.

Specials

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
New Moon	(Cooldown Count = 3) Resolve combat as if foe suffered Def/Res -30%.	3★
Luna	(Cooldown Count = 3) Treats foe's Def/Res as if reduced by 50% during combat.	4★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Darting Blow 1	If unit initiates combat, grants Spd+2 during combat.	3★
Darting Blow 2	If unit initiates combat, grants Spd+4 during combat.	3★
Darting Blow 3	If unit initiates combat, grants Spd+6 during combat.	4★
Panic Ploy 1	At start of turn, converts bonuses on foes in cardinal directions with HP ≤ unit’s HP-5 into penalties through their next actions.	3★
Panic Ploy 2	At start of turn, converts bonuses on foes in cardinal directions with HP ≤ unit’s HP-3 into penalties through their next actions.	4★
Panic Ploy 3	At start of turn, converts bonuses on foes in cardinal directions with HP ≤ unit’s HP into penalties through their next actions.	5★

Valter as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★☆

Inheriting Panic Ploy 3

Valter can be used to inherit the skill Panic Ploy 3. However, you can only acquire Valter from Grand Hero Battles or from using Heroic Grails, so think carefully before foddering him off.

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How to Get Valter / Illustrations / Voice Actor / Quotes

How to Get Valter

Obtain through a Grand Hero Battle

Valter is a Hero who, for a limited time, can be obtained through completing a Grand Hero Battle for the first time. They do not appear in regular summons. After the event has ended, they can be obtained by using Heroic Grails.

Voice Actor and Illustrator Information

Voice Actor (English)	Imari
Illustrator	PenekoR (п猫R)
Appears In	Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

Illustration

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