Hinoka Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Hinoka - Warrior Princess 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 Hinoka.

Heroes With the Same Name
Bow Hinoka	Hinoka
Hostile Springs Hinoka	Pirate Hinoka
Legendary Hinoka

Focus - Weekly Revival 7 Featured Heroes
Ryoma [9.0/10]	Hinoka [7.5/10]	Takumi [7.0/10]

Hinoka 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)

Hinoka - Warrior Princess: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Blue / Lance / Flying
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Grants Atk/Spd buffs to flying allies ・Powerful effect obtainable through the Weapon Refinery ・Has two different weapon skills to choose from

Hinoka Skills at 5★

Hinoka's Spear Might: 16　 Range: 1 Grants Atk/Spd +4 during combat if infantry or flying ally is within 2 spaces of unit.

Blazing Wind Cooldown Count = 4 Before combat this unit initiates, foes in an area near target take damage equal to 1.5x (unit’s Atk minus foe’s Def or Res).

Defiant Def 3 Grants Def +7 at start of turn if unit’s HP ≤ 50%.

Hone Fliers At start of turn, grants Atk/Spd+6 to adjacent flying allies for 1 turn.

Hinoka Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (19)		★★★☆☆
Atk (15)		★★★★☆
Spd (3)		★★★★★
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 Hinoka are +Spd and -Res. A higher Spd stat allows Hinoka to get a ton of follow-up attacks on her foes with Hinoka's Lance. It also improves her odds of prevent follow-up attacks against her. HP and Res are not much of importance to her, but since her HP is a superbane, it is best that you take a bane in Res instead.

+Spd for a +10 Merge

We recommend a +Spd IV when merging Hinoka to 10. This is for the same reasons as above. At this point, she will reach a Spd of 39. This range allows her to score follow-up attacks on more foes and protect her from follow-up attacks too. You can also go for a +Atk IV if you can supplement her Spd with buffs from other units.

+Atk for a Brave Bow build

If you are planning to use a Brave Lance+ on Hinoka, be sure to get a +Atk IV as a Spd IV will be quite useless. Said weapon allows Hinoka to strike twice consecutively so even a small change in +Atk means a big change in damage!

Hinoka Best Builds

Refined - Spear Hinoka

HOT
： Hinoka's Spear ： Reposition ： Galeforce ： -	： Swift Sparrow 3 ： Desperation 3 ： Hone Fliers ： Flashing Blade 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This set maximizes Hinoka's Atk/Spd for good offensive performance. Flashing Blade 3 helps to activate Galeforce. If you prefer, you can get a Lull skill instead of Desperation 3. Since Hinoka's spec. eff. ref encourages her to be ran in flier teams, you can just use her default Hone Fliers in the C slot. If you don't want to get her spec. eff. refine which doesn't add direct damage to her, you can just get the Spd or Atk upgrade. You could also use a Rein skill in the C slot.

Brave Hinoka

： Brave Lance+ ： Reposition ： Moonbow ： -

： Death Blow 4 ： A/D Far Trace 3 ： Hone Fliers ： Quickened Pulse ： -

How to Use, Explanation

A simple Brave Lance+ set for Hinoka. The S slot is very flexible. You can get another Death Blow 3 on it if you want. If A/D Far Trace 3 is too expensive, you can get a Breaker skill instead. You could also use a Rein skill in the C slot.

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Hinoka Best Weapon Refine

Effect of Hinoka's Refined Weapon

Exclusive Weapon Effect from Refining (Special Effect Type)
Hinoka's Spear	SP: 400
Might: 16　Range: 1　HP: +3 If unit is within 2 spaces of a flying or infantry ally, grants Atk/Spd+4 during combat Infantry and flying allies within 2 spaces can move to a space adjacent to unit. ：500　：200

We recommend the Special Effect Refine for Hinoka's Spear

Hinoka's Spear's special refinement effect allows her to facilitate the movement of her flying and infantry allies. This makes her very valuable not only on all-flier teams, but on mixed teams as well. This is especially important in wide maps such as Rival Domains and Grand Conquests or maps with various impassable terrain that makes it hard for infantry units to get around.

Weapon Refinery Tier List

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Hinoka Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
157
HP	41	Rank: 296/1089
Atk	35	Rank: 549/1089
Spd	32	Rank: 590/1089
Def	25	Rank: 602/1089
Res	24	Rank: 626/1089

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	46	56	37	29	28	196
Lv.40 +10	46	40	37	29	28	180

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	41	51	32	25	24	173
5★ Lv.40	41	35	32	25	24	157

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	19	15	3	6	7	50

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Bridal Say'ri	40	44	46	28	26	184
Rearmed Ingrid	38	44	47	30	25	184
Chloé	36	38	40	28	42	184
Caeldori	39	40	44	30	31	184
Winter Cordelia	40	44	43	33	23	183
Summer Shez (M)	41	44	44	31	23	183
Vanessa	39	40	43	27	34	183
Legendary Caeda	39	38	43	27	31	178
Valentian Est	35	41	38	25	37	176
Farina	39	36	38	30	30	173
Young Tana	40	39	41	29	23	172
Erinys	39	37	41	32	23	172
Díthorba	43	35	38	23	33	172
Tsubasa	39	32	40	26	30	167
Fiora	38	32	38	21	37	166
Sumia	39	30	39	29	25	162
Hostile Springs Ryoma	40	35	36	28	23	162
Spring Marisa	42	33	38	28	21	162
Bridal Tanith	37	34	36	33	21	161
Hinoka	41	35	32	25	24	157
Tana	36	34	36	25	25	156

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

Hinoka Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Hinoka Roles

Hinoka - Warrior Princess 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

Hinoka 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.

Hinoka Strengths

Access to two different weapons

At 5★, Hinoka has access to both Brave Lance+ and Hinoka's Spear.

• Brave Lance+ inflicts Spd -5, but grants her an extra attack if she initiates combat.
• Hinoka's Spear grants her +4 Atk/Spd during combat (works in both phases) provided that an infantry or flying unit is within 2 spaces of her.

Both weapons are fit for Hinoka as she has a decent offensive statline. We recommend Brave Lance+ if you prefer straight up player phase damage or Hinoka's Spear if you need a more well-rounded and strategy-oriented weapon.

Access to a special refinement effect!

Hinoka's Spear has access to a special refinement effect that grants great mobility to allied flying and infantry allies. Learn more about this upgrade in the weapon refine section. As you can see, it works well with Hinoka's Spear's primary effect!

Increases the firepower of allied fliers

With her flying-exclusive C skill Hone Fliers, Hinoka can grant Atk/Spd +6 to allied fliers. This makes using her in an all-flying party very easy to take advantage of.

Hinoka Weaknesses

Weak to bows

As a flying unit, Hinoka 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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Low Spd if using Brave Lance+

Keep in mind that Brave Lance+ inflicts -5 Spd to Hinoka. This puts her base Spd to 27, making her susceptible to follow-up attacks from a wide range of foes. Make sure to keep her away from units that can easily take her down.

On the other hand, Hinoka's Spear grants her +4 Atk/Spd on both phases under certain conditions. It also does not inflict -5 Spd unlike Brave Lance+. They are very different weapons and using one over the other turns Hinoka into a very different unit. Check our builds section to know which skills go with both weapons!

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Hinoka - Warrior Princess Only Appears as a 5 Star Hero!

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

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Hinoka - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Iron Lance	6	1	No Effect	5★
Steel Lance	8	1	No Effect	5★
Brave Lance	5	1	Spd -5. Attack twice when initiating combat.	5★
Brave Lance+	8	1	Spd -5. Attack twice when initiating combat.	5★
Hinoka's Spear	16	1	Grants Atk/Spd +4 during combat if infantry or flying ally is within 2 spaces of unit.	5★

Assists

This Hero has no Assist skills that can be learned.

Specials

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Rising Wind	(Cooldown Count = 4) Before combat this unit initiates, foes in an area near target take damage equal to (unit’s Atk minus foe’s Def or Res).	5★
Blazing Wind	(Cooldown Count = 4) Before combat this unit initiates, foes in an area near target take damage equal to 1.5x (unit’s Atk minus foe’s Def or Res).	5★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Defiant Def 1	Grants Def +3 at start of turn if unit’s HP ≤ 50%.	5★
Defiant Def 2	Grants Def +5 at start of turn if unit’s HP ≤ 50%.	5★
Defiant Def 3	Grants Def +7 at start of turn if unit’s HP ≤ 50%.	5★
Hone Spd 1	At start of turn, grants Spd+2 to adjacent allies for 1 turn.	5★
Hone Spd 2	At start of turn, grants Spd+3 to adjacent allies for 1 turn.	5★
Hone Fliers	At start of turn, grants Atk/Spd+6 to adjacent flying allies for 1 turn.	5★

Hinoka as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★☆

Inheriting Hone Fliers

Hinoka can be used to inherit the skill Hone Fliers. This skill is quite rare and valuable and Hinoka's other skills can be inherited from more common units. If you were to fodder off Hinoka, a 5★ exclusive unit, we strongly recommend that it would only be for this skill and not for her other more accessible skills.

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How to Get Hinoka / Illustrations / Voice Actor / Quotes

How to Get Hinoka

Obtain Through Regular Summon

Hinoka 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)	Cindy Robinson
Illustrator	HACCAN
Appears In	Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest and Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright

Illustration

Quotes: Special Triggered

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

Lv 40 5★ Dialogue

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

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