Roderick Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Roderick - Steady Squire 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 Roderick.

Focus - New Power (July 2019) Featured Heroes
Luke [7.5/10]	Raigh [7.0/10]	Roderick [7.5/10]	Matthew [7.5/10]

Roderick Rating and Basic Information

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

Roderick - Steady Squire: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Blue / Lance / Cavalry
Rarity	4 Star 3 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Can attack while preventing a foe's counterattack ・Can raise his foes' Def/Res ・Drag Back is a useful skill to have

Roderick Skills at 5★

Steady Lance Might: 16　 Range: 1 Unit and foe cannot counterattack.

Rally Def/Res Range: 1 Grants Def/Res +3 to an adjacent ally until the end of turn.

Drag Back If unit initiates attack, the unit moves 1 space away after combat. Foe moves into unit’s previous space.

Drive Def 2 Grants allies within 2 spaces Def +3 during combat.

Roderick Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (18)		★★★☆☆
Atk (22)		★★★★☆
Spd (8)		★★★★★
Def (6)		★★☆☆☆
Res (7)		★☆☆☆☆

◯ = 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/-Res

The best IVs for Roderick are +Spd and -Res. A higher Spd stat allows Roderick to get a ton of follow-up attacks on his foes. It also protects him from hostile follow-up attacks. Since he carries a weapon that prevents counterattacks, his defensive stats are of less importance. His Res is of the least important so it is the best bane you can take on him

+Spd for a +10 Merge

We recommend a +Spd IV when merging Roderick to 10. This is for the same reasons above. With this IV, he will reach 41 Spd. This allows him to score follow follow-up attacks especially with his special effect refine.

Roderick Best Builds

Refined Steady Lance Roderick

HOT
： Steady Lance ： Reposition ： Moonbow ： -	： Swift Sparrow 3 ： S/D Near Trace 3 ： Atk/Spd Menace ： Swift Sparrow 2 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This is a build that uses Roderick's weapon refine. Stacking double Swift Sparrow ups his overall offensive power, while S/D Near Trace and Atk/Spd Menace will debuff enemy units.

Budget Roderick

： Steady Lance ： Rally Def/Res ： Luna ： -

： Darting Blow 3 ： Drag Back ： Drive Def 2 ： Swift Sparrow 2 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This budget build for Roderick allows him to score follow-up attacks on foes.

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Roderick Best Weapon Refine

Effect of Roderick's Refined Weapon

Exclusive Weapon Effect from Refining (Special Effect Type)
Steady Lance	SP: 400
Might: 16　Range: 1　HP: +3 Unit and foe cannot counterattack. If unit initiates combat, grants Spd+6 during combat. ：500　：200

We recommend the Special Effect Refine for Steady Lance

It grants a built-in effect identical to Darting Blow 3. This is perfect for Roderick as you would want to stack absurd amounts of Spd on him to be able to nail follow-up attacks. It completely stacks with the Darting Blow skill version and other similar skills such as Swift Sparrow 3. It also stacks with the Sacred Seal version of Darting Blow so if you need Spd then feel free to put these mentioned skills and seals onto Roderick.

Weapon Refinery Tier List

About the Weapon Refinery

Roderick Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
154
HP	40	Rank: 489/1171
Atk	31	Rank: 1030/1171
Spd	34	Rank: 624/1171
Def	25	Rank: 737/1171
Res	24	Rank: 761/1171

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	45	52	39	29	28	193
Lv.40 +10	45	36	39	29	28	177

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	40	47	34	25	24	170
5★ Lv.40	40	31	34	25	24	154
4★ Lv.40	37	29	32	23	22	143
3★ Lv.40	36	27	30	22	21	136

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	18	23	8	6	7	62
4★ Lv.1	17	18	8	5	6	54
3★ Lv.1	17	14	7	5	6	49

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Mauvier	42	44	18	46	35	185
Kyle	41	47	31	45	21	185
Matthis	41	43	32	38	25	179
Roshea	41	38	35	38	21	173
Valentine's Owain	41	38	42	31	21	173
Spring Luthier	41	38	36	31	27	173
Petrine	42	35	37	30	24	168
Ferdinand	41	32	35	30	24	162
New Year Laegjarn	38	32	35	35	17	157
Finn	40	34	33	32	18	157
Camus	42	32	33	31	17	155
Roderick	40	31	34	25	24	154
Peri	35	33	33	23	30	154
Sully	42	26	34	24	28	154
Oscar	40	33	34	26	21	154
Abel	39	33	32	25	25	154

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

Roderick Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Roderick Roles

Roderick - Steady Squire 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

Roderick 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.

Roderick Strengths

Prevents Counterattacks with Steady Lance

Steady Lance makes Roderick a formidable player phase unit as it prevents enemies from scoring counterattacks against him. Combined with his modest Spd and Darting Blow special effect refine he can eliminate a wide range of units in the player phase without taking damage. The downside to this is that he too can not score counterattacks on enemies. This is not too crippling as with awareness and strategy, you can turn Roderick into a player phase attacker that can easily sweep enemy teams.

Possesses a Def/Res buff

Rally Def/Res is a simple rally skill that grants +3 Def/Res to an adjacent ally. This works as is, but it also works well in boosting the offensive power of Blade tome units. This completely statcks with Drive Def 2 so you can play base kit Roderick as some kind of cavalry support unit.

Roderick Weaknesses

Highly dependent on Atk and Spd

Steady Lance is an upgraded version of a Firesweep Lance+. All Firesweep weapons rely on having powerful player phase tools such as a high Atk and Spd to be efficient. Therefore, when building Roderick, a summoner must be very careful in choosing his IVs, his skills and his allies to be able to be an effective Firesweep unit.

An effective Firesweep unit is generally a unit who can nail consistent follow-up attacks for maximum player damage as they basically do not have bite in the enemy phase. The best scenario is being able to take out the enemies in one player phase alone!

Weak to Cavalry Effective Weapons

Roderick takes 1.5x damage from cavalry-effective weapons like Ridersbane, and one blow from this type of weapon is sure to take him/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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Should you Unlock Potential?

Should You Unlock Potential for this Hero?

We Recommend Unlocking Potential for Roderick - Steady Squire!

We recommend that you use Unlock Potential to bring Roderick - Steady Squire from 4 Stars to 5 Stars. Roderick - Steady Squire is very useful as a Cavalry attacker, so you may find using Unlock Potential on Roderick - Steady Squire helpful if your team lacks a party member with this role.

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Roderick - 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★
Firesweep Lance	11	1	Unit and foes cannot counterattack.	3★
Firesweep Lance+	15	1	Unit and foes cannot counterattack.	5★
Steady Lance	16	1	Unit and foe cannot counterattack.	5★

Assists

Skill Name	Range	Effect	Learned At
Rally Defense	1	Grants Def +4 to an adjacent ally until the end of the turn.	3★
Rally Def/Res	1	Grants Def/Res +3 to an adjacent ally until the end of turn.	4★

Specials

This Hero has no Special skills that can be learned.

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Drag Back	If unit initiates attack, the unit moves 1 space away after combat. Foe moves into unit’s previous space.	3★
Spur Def 1	Grants adjacent allies Def +2 during combat.	3★
Drive Def 1	Grants allies within 2 spaces Def +2 during combat.	4★
Drive Def 2	Grants allies within 2 spaces Def +3 during combat.	5★

Roderick as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★☆

Inheriting Firesweep Lance+ and Rally Def/Res

Roderick can be used to inherit the skills Firesweep Lance+ and Rally Def/Res. Firesweep Lance+ can be inherited at 5★ and Rally Def/Res at 4★.

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How to Get Roderick / Illustrations / Voice Actor / Quotes

How to Get Roderick

Obtain Through Regular Summon

Roderick 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)	Christian La Monte
Illustrator	Itagaki Hako (板垣ハコ)
Appears In	Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem

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