Bow Hinoka Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Hinoka - Blue Sky Warrior 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 Bow Hinoka.

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

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Fallen Berkut [8.0/10]	Hector [8.0/10]	Bow Hinoka [8.5/10]

Bow Hinoka Rating and Basic Information

Overall Rating	8.5/10
Reroll Ranking (excluding Inherit Skill)	A (▶Reroll Ranking)
Ranking (including Inherit Skill)	A (▶FEH Tier List)

Hinoka - Blue Sky Warrior: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Colorless / Bow / Flying
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Her exclusive weapon is effective on armored and flying units ・Atk/Spd increase when adjacent to another hero ・Well equipped with movement skills

Bow Hinoka Skills at 5★

Warrior Princess Might: 14　 Range: 2 Effective against flying and armored foes. Grants Spd+3. Grants Atk+3 to allies within 2 spaces during combat.

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

Atk/Spd Bond 3 If unit is adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd+5 during combat.

Flier Formation 3 Unit can move to a space adjacent to a flying ally within 2 spaces.

Flier Guidance 3 Flying allies within 2 spaces can move to a space adjacent to unit.

Bow Hinoka Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (18)		★★☆☆☆
Atk (20)		★★★★☆
Spd (12)		★★★★★
Def (4)		★★★☆☆
Res (7)		★★☆☆☆

◯ = Stat gains +4 with a superboon, ✕= Stat goes down by -4 with a superbane, - = No assets or flaws

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+Atk/-Res

The best IVs for Bow Hinoka are +Atk and -Res. A higher Atk stat allows Hinoka to take out other flying and armored units more effectively. You can also go for a +Spd stat if you prefer scoring or avoiding follow-up attacks. Since she can afford to take some ponts off Res, it is a fitting bane for her as to not harm her Def even more.

Bow Hinoka Best Builds

Buff Support Bow Hinoka

HOT
： Warrior Princess ： Rally Atk/Def+ ： Aether ： -	： Atk/Spd Bond 3 ： Desperation 3 ： Joint Drive Atk ： Drive Atk 2 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This build makes Bow Hinoka a support unit for her allies. Atk/Spd Bond and Desperation 3 makes her still able to go on the offense, while Joint Drive Atk and Drive Atk 2 serve to boost her teammates.

Budget Bow Hinoka

： Warrior Princess ： Reposition ： Luna ： -

： Atk/Spd Bond 3 ： Flier Formation 3 ： Flier Guidance 3 ： Iote's Shield ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This is a budget build for Bow Hinoka. Flier Formation and Flier Guidance gives her flier allies mobility, while Iote's Shield nullifies any flier-effective weapons.

Mobile Flier Support Bow Hinoka

： Warrior Princess ： Rally Atk/Spd ： Moonbow ： -

： Atk/Spd Bond 3 ： Flier Formation 3 ： Flier Guidance 3 ： Drive Atk 2 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

A highly mobile support build for Bow Hinoka. iI provides both mobility and firepower to her flying allies. Make sure to get the special effect refine for Warrior Princess to get the most out of the build as it provides her with high range debuffs! Feel free to replace the assist skill or the Sacred Seal with the things you need most as the cornerstone of this build is Warrior Princess, Flier Formation and Flier Guidance.

Refined - Rein Bow Hinoka

HOT
： Warrior Princess ： Reposition ： Deadeye ： -	： Sturdy Impact ： Lull Spd/Def 3 ： Spd/Def Rein 3 ： Death Blow 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This build is mainly for debuffing enemies, inflicting them to a maximum of -11 to defense and speed. This gives Hinoka and her allies more powerful attacks. You can also opt for Aerobatics 3 as a B skill or Flier Formation 3 for flier-centric teams.

Aether Raids Support Bow Hinoka

HOT
： Warrior Princess ： Reposition ： Moonbow ： -	： Swift Sparrow 3 ： A/D Far Trace 3 ： Atk/Def Rein 3 ： Drive Atk 2 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This build maximizes the support potential of Hinoka's refined Warrior Princess and Atk/Def Rein 3 to debuff nearby enemies while buffing allies with both her weapon and Drive Atk 2. A/D Far Trace 3 can be used to pick off either enemies or buildings and canto back to nearby allies and resume her support duties. Spd/Def Rein 3 and other Drive skills may be used instead if the main recepient of Hinoka's passive buffs prefers boosts to those stats instead.

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Bow Hinoka Best Weapon Refinement

Effect of Bow Hinoka's Refined Weapon

Exclusive Weapon Effect from Refining (Special Effect Type)
Warrior Princess	SP: 400
Might: 14　Range: 2　HP: Effective against flying and armored foes. Grants Spd+3. Grants Atk/Spd+4 to allies within 2 spaces during combat. If unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd+4 to unit during combat. Inflicts Atk/Spd/Def-4 on foes within 3 spaces during combat. ：500　：200

We recommend the Special Effect Refine for Warrior Princess

It is a straightforward effect that inflicts a debuff on enemies. The debuff greatly improves matchups when using physical units and since it is applied even if Hinoka does not take part in combat, it can be used for supporting allies too!

Combined with the Atk boost from the default effect of Warrior Princess, Flier Formation 3, and Flier Guidance 3, Bow Hinoka can be conveniently ran as a flier support! You would only need to pay for the special effect refine and a get Sacred Seal of choice to make this build work.

Check out The builds for Bow Hinoka, as we have 2 support builds for her if you want to run her that way.

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Bow Hinoka Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
150
HP	37	Rank: 796/1089
Atk	32	Rank: 765/1089
Spd	35	Rank: 425/1089
Def	17	Rank: 870/1089
Res	29	Rank: 348/1089

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	42	50	43	21	34	190
Lv.40 +10	42	36	40	21	34	173

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	37	46	38	17	29	167
5★ Lv.40	37	32	35	17	29	150

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	18	20	12	4	7	61

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Wind Tribe Catria	39	45	45	25	30	184
Ninja Reina	40	43	45	24	31	183
Ninja Heath	42	43	23	40	30	178
Ninja Laegjarn	40	44	19	37	38	178
Legendary Hinoka	40	46	46	23	22	177
Rearmed Tana	40	45	47	22	23	177
Summer Elincia	38	36	40	25	33	172
Ascended Florina	39	37	43	22	31	172
New Year Dagr	40	41	42	27	22	172
Bridal Shanna	37	38	42	23	27	167
Spring Inigo	40	38	40	22	27	167
Pirate Hinoka	40	40	40	23	23	166
Legendary Claude	41	37	41	23	24	166
Brave Claude	42	36	40	23	25	166
Spring Loki	39	31	34	27	25	156
Summer Lyn	37	33	38	20	27	155
Summer Takumi	40	35	35	21	19	150
New Year Fjorm	39	35	35	20	21	150
Bow Hinoka	37	32	35	17	29	150

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

Bow Hinoka Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Bow Hinoka Roles

Hinoka - Blue Sky Warrior 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

Bow Hinoka is a ranged physical attacker (range = 2). 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.

Bow Hinoka Strengths

Warrior Princess is strong against armored units and it can also be ran as a support skill

Warrior Princess is effective not only against flying units, but also armored units as well! This allows Hinoka to be a great match-up against powerful armored units such as Surtr and Idunn!

It also has a built-in effect similar to Drive Atk! It Grants +3 Atk to allies within 2 spaces during combat. Additionally, it will have access to a powerful debuff if you choose to get the special effect refine. At that point, Bow Hinoka can be run as an effective fighter-support hybrid!

Atk/Spd Bond Increases Offensive Power

Atk/Spd Bond 3 increases Bow Hinoka's Atk and Spd by +5 if she is adjacent to an ally. Since it is an in-combat buff, it stacks with other combat buffs. This makes Bow Hinoka high-powered, but not susceptible to panics and chills. This, of course, stacks with the Drive Atk effects of Warrior Princess.

Flier Formation 3 grants extra mobility

Flier Formation 3 allows Bow Hinoka to move to spaces that are adjacent to units 2 squares away. This allows Bow Hinoka to potentially jump from unit to unit and help them through attacking nearby foes or by triggering skills that require an adjacent ally. This skill provides lots of strategic value if you are using at least two other flying units aside from Bow Hinoka.

Flier Guidance 3 synergizes well with Flier Formation 3

Combined with Flier Formation 3, Flier Guidance 3 allows Bow Hinoka and all of her allies to bounce around each other while enjoying the benefits of flying movement! This makes Bow Hinoka's presence in an all-flying party very important as she brings ton of mobility into the team.

Bow Hinoka Weaknesses

Weak to bows

As a flying unit, Bow 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 Def

Bow Hinoka's Def only sits at 17 at Lv. 40. This further magnifies her weaknesses to co-bow units. Be wary of counterattacks from physical units! Remember that taking attacks from magical units is a different story as her Res is at a fair 29!

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Bow Hinoka - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Iron Bow	4	2	Effective against flying units.	5★
Steel Bow	6	2	Effective against flying units.	5★
Silver Bow	9	2	Effective against flying units.	5★
Warrior Princess	14	2	Effective against flying and armored foes. Grants Spd+3. Grants Atk+3 to allies within 2 spaces during 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%.	5★
Luna	(Cooldown Count = 3) Treats foe's Def/Res as if reduced by 50% during combat.	5★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Atk/Spd Bond 1	If unit is adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd+3 during combat.	5★
Atk/Spd Bond 2	If unit is adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd+4 during combat.	5★
Atk/Spd Bond 3	If unit is adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd+5 during combat.	5★
Flier Formation 1	If unit’s HP = 100%, unit can move to a space adjacent to a flying ally within 2 spaces.	5★
Flier Formation 2	If unit’s HP ≥ 50%, unit can move to a space adjacent to a flying ally within 2 spaces.	5★
Flier Formation 3	Unit can move to a space adjacent to a flying ally within 2 spaces.	5★
Flier Guidance 1	If unit’s HP  = 100%, flying allies within 2 spaces can move to a space adjacent to unit.	5★
Flier Guidance 2	If unit’s HP ≥ 50%, flying allies within 2 spaces can move to a space adjacent to unit.	5★
Flier Guidance 3	Flying allies within 2 spaces can move to a space adjacent to unit.	5★

Bow Hinoka as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★★

Inheriting Atk/Spd Bond 3 and Flier Guidance 3

Bow Hinoka can be used to inherit the skills Atk/Spd Bond 3 and Flier Guidance 3. However, Bow Hinoka is a powerful bow-flier unit that is only available at a 5★ rarity. Please think carefully before fodderring her off.

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How to Get Bow Hinoka / Illustrations / Voice Actor / Quotes

How to Get Bow Hinoka

Obtain Through Regular Summon

Bow 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	Chiko (チーコ)
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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