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This is a ranking page for the hero Nowi - Eternal Youth 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 Nowi.

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Nowi Rating and Basic Information

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Overall Rating 8.0/10
Reroll Ranking (excluding Inherit Skill) Unranked
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Ranking (including Inherit Skill) B
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Nowi - Eternal Youth: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type
Rarity
What Kind of Character Are They? Weapon allows her to counterattack at any range
・Powerful effect obtainable through the Weapon Refinery
・Can lower the foes' Res stat
・Boost stats and neutralizes penalties when at least 50% HP

Nowi Skills at 5★


Might: 16  Range: 1
Slows Special trigger (cooldown count+1). Unit can counterattack regardless of foe's range. If foe's Range = 2, calculates damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res.

Range: 1
Grants Def +4 to an adjacent ally until the end of the turn.

Grants Def + 3.

Inflicts Res -5 on foes within 2 spaces through their next actions at the start of each turn.

Resplendent Attire Available

Resplendent Hero

Resplendent Attire has been released for Nowi. With their Resplendent Attire equipped, they will have a different appearance, have new voice clips, and additionally, gain +2 to all stats. If you really like Nowi or you want to make them stronger, you may want to buy a FEH pass and get the Resplendent Attire.

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Nowi Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat Superboon/Superbane IV Recommendation
HP (17) Normal HP ★★☆☆☆
Atk (17) No Attack IV ★★★☆☆
Spd (5) Spd Bane ★★★★☆
Def (6) No Def IV ★★★★★
Res (5) Res Bane ★★★☆☆

◯ = 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.

+Def/-HP

The best IVs for Nowi are +Def and -HP. Nowi is a very powerful unit once Lightning Breath+ is upgraded to get the adaptive damage effect. This puts her damage output to respectable levels. The only thing you need to worry about is improving her bulk and a Def stat will definitely help with that.

If you prefer going with a Windsweep 3 build, you can go for +Spd IV instead. In both cases, her HP would not be of much importance so it is safe to take as a bane.

Nowi Best Builds

Refined - Quick Breath Nowi

HOT
Special Skill IconNoontime
Emblem Icon: -
Passive Skill A IconFury 4
Attuned Skill Icon: -

How to Use, Explanation

Even without dragonflowers or meges, Nowi will be a ball of stats with this build thanks to Fury 4 and her spec. eff. ref. Purifying Breath's Special delay is remedied by Steady Breath and Quick Riposte 3. Panic Ploy 3, when activated will highlight Nowi's balanced stat spread even further! You can replace Fury with any skill that improves her battle potential in both phases, but be warned as Tier 4 Bond skills are a bit redundan when she has her spec. eff. refine.

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Nowi Best Weapon Refine

Effect of Nowi's Refined Weapon

Exclusive Weapon Effect from Refining (Special Effect Type)
SP: 400
Might: 16 Range: 1 HP:
Slows Special trigger (cooldown count+1). Unit can counterattack regardless of foe's range. If foe's Range = 2, calculates damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res.
At start of combat, if units HP ≥ 50%, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to unit during combat and neutralizes unit's penalties.
Arena Medal:500 Divine Dew:200

We recommend the Special Effect Refine for Purifying Breath

Purifying Breath is a direct upgrade from the ever-staple Lightning Breath+ so its a no brainer that you would want to get the specially refined version. Though it does not get rid of the Special activation penalty, it grants Nowi mechanics that allow her to beef up with stats and neutralize her penalties as long as she has at least 50% HP. These are very important for her as she is a dual-phase dragon unit.

The trigger requirement is simple and pretty easy to use! To help meet the 50% HP requirement, you can go for healing specials such as Sol or Aether. If you do not prefer this, you can always rely on good old-fashioned staff units.

Weapon Refinery Tier List

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Nowi Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
163
HP
HP 45 45
Rank: 107/1171
Atk
Atk 34 34
Rank: 836/1171
Spd
Spd 27 27
Rank: 880/1171
Def
Def 30 30
Rank: 501/1171
Res
Res 27 27
Rank: 539/1171

Note that the graph reflects the units stats without bonuses from resplendent attire.

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

HP Atk Spd Def Res Total'
Resplendent Base Stats
With Skills
52 52 33 40 33 210
Resplendent Base Stats 52 41 33 37 33 196
Resplendent +HP 54 40 33 36 33 196
Resplendent +Atk 51 43 33 36 33 196
Resplendent +Spd 51 40 36 36 33 196
Resplendent +Def 51 40 33 39 33 196
Resplendent +Res 51 40 33 36 36 196

HP Atk Spd Def Res Total
Neutral
+Skills
50 50 31 38 31 200
Neutral 50 39 31 35 31 186
+HP 52 38 31 34 31 186
+Atk 49 41 31 34 31 186
+Spd 49 38 34 34 31 186
+Def 49 38 31 37 31 186
+Res 49 38 31 34 34 186

Stats at Lv 40

HP Atk Spd Def Res Total
Resplendent
5★ Lv 40 +Skills
47 47 29 35 29 187
Resplendent
5★ Lv 40
47 36 29 32 29 173
Resplendent
4★ Lv 40
44 34 26 30 26 160
Resplendent
3★ Lv 40
43 32 25 28 25 153

HP Atk Spd Def Res Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills 45 45 27 33 27 177
5★ Lv.40 45 34 27 30 27 163
4★ Lv.40 42 32 24 28 24 150
3★ Lv.40 41 30 23 26 23 143

Initial Stats (with Skills)

HP Atk Spd Def Res Total
Resplendent
5★ Lv.1
19 19 7 8 7 60
Resplendent
4★ Lv.1
18 15 6 8 6 53
Resplendent
3★ Lv.1
18 15 6 7 6 52

HP Atk Spd Def Res Total
5★ Lv.1 17 17 5 6 5 50
4★ Lv.1 16 13 4 6 4 43
3★ Lv.1 16 13 4 5 4 42

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero
HP
Atk
Spd
Def
Res
Total
42 43 44 36 31 196
45 43 26 43 38 195
37 43 46 27 40 193
37 43 45 27 41 193
40 42 45 36 30 193
40 42 28 37 41 188
40 36 42 31 34 183
40 39 25 42 36 182
45 34 35 37 29 180
40 42 18 37 40 177
39 39 42 32 25 177
42 38 38 33 26 177
39 36 41 27 30 173
42 35 35 31 24 167
40 31 33 31 29 164
Nowi Icon Nowi
45 34 27 30 27 163
37 30 36 33 26 162
41 27 34 34 21 157

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

Nowi Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Nowi Roles

Nowi - Eternal Youth Roles
Close Physical AttackClose-Physical Ranged Physical AttackRanged-Physical Close Magic Attack ImageClose-Magic Ranged MagicRanged-Magic
Physical Wall ImagePhysical Wall Magic WallMagic Wall Effective ImageEffective Weapon Movement Assist ImageMovement Assist
No 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
Resplendent ImageResplendent

Nowi is a close magic 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 Res stat.

Nowi Strengths

Lightning Breath has Distant Counter built-in

Lightning Breath+ allows Nowi to counterattack ranged units. Combined with her great defensive stats, this weapon makes her an excellent enemy phase unit.

This is also present in her exclusive, specially refineable weapon, Purifying Breath.

Weapon upgrade grants her adaptive damage

Regardless of the weapon upgrade you choose for Lightning Breath+, it will grant Nowi adaptive damage against ranged foes. This further improves her ability as an enemy phase unit as it allows her to abuse ranged units that have imbalanced defenses such as Brave Lyn.

Against a unit like Brave Lyn, Nowi would normally have to go through her respectable 28 Res to deal damage. Because of adaptive damage, Nowi will instead use her 18 Def to calculate damage!

Again, this is also present in her exclusive, specially refineable weapon, Purifying Breath.

Possesses a Res debuff!

Threaten Res 3 inflicts -5 Res on foes within 2 spaces of Nowi at the start of each turn. This will be crippling to enemy units if Lightning Breath+'s adaptive damage targets a foe's already low Res stat.

Melee foes are not affected by Nowi's adaptive damage, so this skill directly increases Nowi's damage against said foes. Make sure to inflict this skill whenever Nowi can! She can take punishment as she is fairly sturdy so do not hesitate to position her deep in danger zones!

In the case of Brave Lyn, she will only rock a 13 Res if affected!

Her exclusive weapon is a more powerful version of Lightning Breath+

Purifying Breath, Nowi's exclusive weapon, possesses the same base effect of Lightning Breath+. However, it has 5 more Mt. and it also has access to a special effect refine. The refine makes Nowi an all-around better unit. Lightning Breath+ is of one the most sought for skills in the game and Nowi possessing an upgraded version speaks volumes for her potential as a unit! If she is one of your main units, this is definitely an upgrade that you should get as the value you will get from it long term will outweigh its cost.

Nowi Weaknesses

Lightning Breath+ makes specials hard to activate

Lightning Breath has Distant Counter built-in, but it slows Nowi's special trigger by 1. Because of this, we recommend inheriting skills that grants bonus cooldown charge such as the ones listed below to make-up for the higher special trigger.

This limiting mechanic is also present in her exclusive weapon, Purifying Breath.

Low Spd

Nowi has somewhat low Spd. This makes her susceptible to follow-up attacks and makes it hard for her to score follow-up attacks. We suggest inheriting Quick Riposte 3 to allow her to score follow-up attacks in the enemy phase. You can also inherit a skill like Fury 4 to improve her overall statline.

Weak to Dragon Effective Weapons

Nowi takes 1.5x damage from dragon-effective weapons like Falchion or Naga, and one blow from these types of weapons 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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We Recommend You Unlock Potential for Nowi - Eternal Youth!

We recommend that you use Unlock Potential to bring Nowi - Eternal Youth from 4 Stars to 5 Stars. Nowi - Eternal Youth is a very useful tank, so we recommend you Unlock Potential for Nowi - Eternal Youth if your team lacks a strong tank.

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Nowi - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name Might Range Effect Learned At
6 1 No Effect 3★
8 1 No Effect 3★
7 1 Slows Special trigger (cooldown count+1).
Unit can counterattack regardless of foe’s range.
3★
11 1 Slows Special trigger (cooldown count+1).
Unit can counterattack regardless of foe’s range.
5★
16 1 Slows Special trigger (cooldown count+1). Unit can counterattack regardless of foe's range. If foe's Range = 2, calculates damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res. 5★

Assists

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

Specials

This Hero has no Special skills that can be learned.

Passives

Skill Name Effect Learned At
Grants Def + 1. 3★
Grants Def + 2. 4★
Grants Def + 3. 5★
Inflicts Res -3 on foes within 2 spaces through their next actions at the start of each turn. 3★
Inflicts Res -4 on foes within 2 spaces through their next actions at the start of each turn. 3★
Inflicts Res -5 on foes within 2 spaces through their next actions at the start of each turn. 4★

Nowi as a Source Hero

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Value of Skills ★★★★☆

Inheriting Lightning Breath+ and Threaten Res 3

Nowi can be used to inherit the skills Lightning Breath+ and Threaten Res 3. Lightning Breath+ can be inherited at 5★ and Threaten Res 3 at 4★.

How to Get Resplendent Nowi / Illustrations / Quotes

How to Get Resplendent Nowi

Obtain Via FEH Pass

FEH Pass
Distribution Date 12/09/2021 - 12/24/2021

Resplendent Nowi can be obtained by buying a FEH Pass. After the distribution period has ended, they can also be purchased by FEH pass subscribers.

Feh Pass Benefits and Special Features

Illustrations

Illustrator Kousei Horiguchi
Attire Múspell

How to Get Nowi / Illustrations / Voice Actor / Quotes

How to Get Nowi

Obtain Through Regular Summon

Nowi 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)
Hunter MacKenzie Austin
Illustrator lack
Appears In

Illustration

Quotes: Special Triggered

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

Who do you think I am?!
I’m gonna crush you!
A-aa—aCHOO!
Dragon rampage!

Lv 40 5★ Dialogue

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

Found you, {Summoner}! Let’s play together! How about some hide-and-dragonseek? Tag?
Huh? You just want to chat? I like to run around a bunch, but if that’s what you want, we can do that!
I love playing with you—you’re nice and you’re fun and I feel safe with you. Hm? Aww! How sweet!
Well, if that’s how we both feel, let’s stick together forever and ever!
Since I’m older, I’ll be sure to always keep you safe, {Summoner}! It’s a promise!

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