Halloween Sakura Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Sakura - Gentle Nekomata 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 Halloween Sakura.

Heroes With the Same Name
Halloween Sakura	Sakura
Hostile Springs Sakura

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Halloween Nowi [8.5/10]	Halloween Henry [7.5/10]	Halloween Jakob [8.0/10]	Halloween Sakura [7.5/10]

Halloween Sakura 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)

Sakura - Gentle Nekomata: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Colorless / Dagger / Infantry
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Weapon skill is effective on magic foes ・Can slow a foe's special trigger with Guard ・Can help dagger units earn SP more easily

Halloween Sakura Skills at 5★

Kitty Paddle+ Might: 8　 Range: 2 Effective against foe using magic. After combat, if foe uses magic, foe suffers Def/Res -7 through foe’s next action.

Glacies Cooldown Count = 4 Boosts damage dealt by 80% of unit’s Res.

Warding Stance 3 If foe initiates combat, grants Res+6 during combat.

Guard 3 If unit’s HP ≥ 80% at start of combat, enemy is inflicted with Special cooldown charge -1. (If using similar skill, only highest value applied. )

Dagger Valor 3 If unit survives, all dagger users on team get 2x SP. (If similar skill effects also used, only highest multiplier applied. )

Halloween Sakura Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (16)		★★★☆☆
Atk (16)		★★★★☆
Spd (8)		★★★★★
Def (4)		★☆☆☆☆
Res (8)		★★★★☆

◯ = 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/-Def

The best IVs for Halloween Sakura are +Spd and -Def. She has a fair Spd stat, but a +IV will help her avoid more follow-up attacks and score more of her own. Her defenses are not that important, but since she relies on her Res to deal more damage with Glacies, she should go with a -Def IV instead.

Halloween Sakura Best Builds

Cancel Affinity Halloween Sakura

： Kitty Paddle+ ： Draw Back ： Iceberg ： -

： Warding Stance 3 ： Cancel Affinity 3 ： Atk Smoke 3 ： Mirror Stance 2 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This is a build for Halloween Sakura that uses Cancel Affinity so that those with colorless-effective weapons will be unable to deal extra damage to her.

Res Tank Halloween Sakura

HOT
： Courtly Mask+ ： Reposition ： Iceberg ： -	： Mirror Stance 3 ： Lull Atk/Res 3 ： Joint Drive Atk ： Mirror Stance 2 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This is a tanky build for Halloween Sakura that makes her a tank against magic users. Courtly Mask ups her firepower and also halves damage she receives if an enemy unit can make a follow-up attack. Lull Atk and Res will debuff those who attack her and Joint Drive Atk buffs both her and her allies.

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Halloween Sakura Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
147
HP	33	Rank: 965/1089
Atk	32	Rank: 765/1089
Spd	34	Rank: 491/1089
Def	14	Rank: 973/1089
Res	34	Rank: 171/1089

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	38	45	39	18	38	178
Lv.40 +10	38	37	39	18	38	170

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	33	40	34	14	34	155
5★ Lv.40	33	32	34	14	34	147

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	16	16	8	4	8	52

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Kaze	34	30	36	17	34	151
Flora	38	34	23	18	38	151
Felicia	34	23	37	18	35	147
Halloween Sakura	33	32	34	14	34	147

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

Halloween Sakura Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Halloween Sakura Roles

Sakura - Gentle Nekomata 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

Halloween Sakura is a ranged physical attacker (range = 2). 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.

Halloween Sakura Strengths

Slows Enemy Specials

Guard 3 inflicts special cooldown charge -1 per attack if Halloween Sakura' HP ≥ 80% at the start of combat. This allows Halloween Sakura and her allies to take less damage from enemies. This skill is also very helpful in Grand Hero Battles where delaying enemy specials is very important as enemy specials in those maps are very powerful.

Additionally, this makes Halloween Sakura a great match-up for units running set-ups that make specials very quick to trigger such as Heavy Blade or Brave Sword as the weapon skill and slapping skills such as Flashing Blade and Quickened Pulse for quick Moonbow or Glimmer activations

Very Strong against magic users

Kitty Paddle+ has the rare effect of being strong against magic foes. Use this to your advantage as that is a wide variety of units that Sakura is strong against. Coupled with Guard 3, Glacies, Warding Stance 3, a colorless attribute and Sakura's decent Res stat, Sakura makes for a strong check against many magic units! This niche role is what Halloween Sakura has over other dagger units.

Very useful for building other dagger units

Halloween Sakura's C skill Dagger Valor will allow all dagger users on the same party to gain 2x SP. This will make building your other dagger units and learning their skills extremely quick and painless. If done on the weekends where a 2x SP multiplier is already in effect, or when a unit is receiving some kind of 2x bonus from an event or blessing, these bonuses stack, which will allow dagger users to gain a ton of SP in no time.

Halloween Sakura Weaknesses

Raven weapons

Sakura has decent Res and amazing tools against magic users, but if your opponent has access to a Raven tome, they can still deal a considerable amount of damage to Sakura. It might be enough so that a 2nd enemy can swoop in and finish her off. Look out for Cecilia as she has the very powerful Tome of Order, a stronger variant of a Raven tome!

Weak Against Physical Attacks

Halloween Sakura's Def at Lv.40 only sits at 18.. This makes her very frail against physical attackers. Be mindful of Sakura's positioning in relation to physical attackers that can easily take her down. Also be wary of units that can take her out through a counterattack.

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Sakura - Gentle Nekomata Only Appears as a 5 Star Hero!

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

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Halloween Sakura - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Iron Dagger	3	2	After combat, inflicts Def/Res -3 on foe through its next action.	5★
Steel Dagger	5	2	After combat, inflicts Def/Res -3 on foe through its next action.	5★
Kitty Paddle	6	2	Effective against foe using magic. After combat, if foe uses magic, foe suffers Def/Res -7 through foe’s next action.	5★
Kitty Paddle+	8	2	Effective against foe using magic. After combat, if foe uses magic, foe suffers Def/Res -7 through foe’s next action.	5★

Assists

This Hero has no Assist skills that can be learned.

Specials

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Chilling Wind	(Cooldown Count = 4) Boosts damage dealt by 50% of unit’s Res.	5★
Glacies	(Cooldown Count = 4) Boosts damage dealt by 80% of unit’s Res.	5★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Warding Stance 1	If foe initiates combat, grants Res+2 during combat.	5★
Warding Stance 2	If foe initiates combat, grants Res+4 during combat.	5★
Warding Stance 3	If foe initiates combat, grants Res+6 during combat.	5★
Guard 1	If unit’s HP  = 100% at start of combat, enemy is inflicted with Special cooldown charge -1. (If using similar skill, only highest value applied. )	5★
Guard 2	If unit’s HP ≥ 90% at start of combat, enemy is inflicted with Special cooldown charge -1. (If using similar skill, only highest value applied. )	5★
Guard 3	If unit’s HP ≥ 80% at start of combat, enemy is inflicted with Special cooldown charge -1. (If using similar skill, only highest value applied. )	5★
Dagger Valor 1	If unit survives and uses a dagger, unit gets 1. 5x SP. (If similar skill effects also used, only highest multiplier applied. )	5★
Dagger Valor 2	If unit survives, all dagger users on team get 1. 5x SP. (If similar skill effects also used, only highest multiplier applied. )	5★
Dagger Valor 3	If unit survives, all dagger users on team get 2x SP. (If similar skill effects also used, only highest multiplier applied. )	5★

Halloween Sakura as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★☆☆

Halloween Sakura can be used to inherit Kitty Paddle+ or Warding Stance 3. However, Halloween Sakura is a special hero whom you can only get from specific banners. Please think carefully before fodderring her off!

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How to Get Halloween Sakura / Illustrations / Voice Actor / Quotes

How to Get Halloween Sakura

Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

Halloween Sakura is a limited time Hero who can be pulled from a Special Heroes Summoning Event. They do not appear in regular summons.

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

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Voice Actor and Illustrator Information

Voice Actor (English)	Brianna Knickerbocker
Illustrator	Fuzichoco (藤ちょこ)
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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All Types of Colorless Weapons

Close-Range	Ranged
Colorless Breath	Colorless Dagger
Colorless Beast	Colorless Bow
Colorless Tome	Staff