Legendary Seliph Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Seliph - Scion of Light 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 Legendary Seliph.

Heroes With the Same Name
Seliph	Legendary Seliph
Brave Seliph

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Legendary Seliph [9.0/10]	Shez (M) [9.0/10]	Gregor [9.0/10]	Seiros [9.0/10]
Legendary Fae [9.0/10]	Legendary Byleth (F) [9.0/10]	Thórr [9.0/10]	Legendary Xander [9.0/10]
Legendary Robin (M) [9.5/10]	Ashera [9.0/10]	Elimine [9.5/10]	Rearmed Robin (F) [9.0/10]

Legendary Seliph Rating and Basic Information

Overall Rating	9.0/10
Reroll Ranking (excluding Inherit Skill)	A (▶Reroll Ranking)
Ranking (including Inherit Skill)	A (▶FEH Tier List)

Seliph - Scion of Light: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Red / Sword / Cavalry
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Refined weapon inflicts Atk/Def penalties onto foe, grants bonus damage, damage reduction, post-combat healing, a Miracle effect, and neutralizes sweep effects ・Exclusive B skill guarantees follow-up attack, denies his foe's follow-up attack, and grants a brave effect ・Can counterattack regardless of range

Legendary Seliph Skills at 5★

Virtuous Tyrfing Might: 16　 Range: 1 Grants Res +3. If foe initiates combat or if unit's HP < 100% at start of combat, inflicts Atk/Def -6 on foe during combat, and if unit deals damage to foe during combat, restores 7 HP to unit. (Triggers even if 0 damage is dealt.)

Ignis Cooldown Count = 4 Boosts damage dealt by 80% of unit’s Def.

Distant Ferocity Unit can counterattack regardless of foe's range. If foe initiates combat, grants Atk+5 to unit during combat.

Holy War's End II At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Atk/Def-5 on foe during combat, unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack, and foe cannot make a follow-up attack, and also, if foe initiates combat, unit attacks twice (does not stack).

Joint Hone Def At start of turn, if unit is adjacent to an ally, grants Def+5 to unit and adjacent allies for 1 turn.

Legendary Seliph Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (19)		★★★☆☆
Atk (27)		★★★★★
Spd (4)		★★☆☆☆
Def (9)		★★★★☆
Res (7)		★★★★☆

◯ = 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.

+Atk/-Spd

The best IVs for Legendary Seliph are +Atk and -Spd. Legendary Seliph's main strength lies in his ability to attack twice with Holy War's End in the enemy phasse, so even a small change to his Atk stat greatly changes his overall ability. As long as he has +Atk, his bane is not really of much significance, but since his Spd stat is practically useless, it is the ideal bane.

+Atk for a +10 Merge

We recommend a +Atk IV when merging Legendary Seliph to 10. For the same reason above, Legendary Seliph should always aim to increase his Atk. If his Atk is high enough, he can take out enemies before their second attack can hit him making it pointless to put points on Spd to try and avoid follow-up attacks.

Legendary Seliph Best Builds

Tank Legendary Seliph

HOT
： Virtuous Tyrfing ： Reposition ： No Quarter ： -	： Fireflood Boost 3 ： Holy War's End II ： Breath of Life 4 ： Distant Counter (M) ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This build maximizes Legendary Seliph's bulk against the current metagame, allowing him to function as an enemy phase unit, winning battles using Holy War's End II. Distant Counter (M) allows retaliating against ranged foes.

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Legendary Seliph Best Weapon Refine

Effect of Legendary Seliph's Refined Weapon

Exclusive Weapon Effect from Refining (Special Effect Type)
Virtuous Tyrfing	SP: 400
Might: 16　Range: 1　HP: 3 Grants Res+3. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≤ 99%, if foe's HP ≥ 75%, or if foe initiates combat, inflicts Atk/Def-6 on foe, deals damage = 15% of unit's Atk (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and neutralizes effects that prevent unit's counterattacks during combat, and also, if unit deals damage to foe during combat, restores 8 HP to unit (triggers even if 0 damage is dealt). If unit initiates combat or is within 3 spaces of an ally, inflicts Atk/Def-5 on foe and reduces damage from attacks by X% during combat (if foe uses magic or staff, X = 80; otherwise, X = 40; excluding area-of-effect Specials). If foe initiates combat, unit is within 3 spaces of an ally, unit's HP ≥ 50%, and foe would reduce unit's HP to 0 during combat, unit survives with 1 HP (once per turn; does not stack with non-Special effects that allow unit to survive with 1 HP if foe's attack would reduce unit's HP to 0; when any other such effect triggers, this effect will trigger too, regardless of its HP conditional). ：500　：200

We recommend the Special Effect Refine for Virtuous Tyrfing

Refined Virtuous Tyrfing inflicts Atk/Def penalties onto his foe, grants bonus damage, damage reduction, post-combat healing, a Miracle effect, and neutralizes sweep effects applied to Legendary Seliph.

This refine is massive, quickly turning Legendary Seliph from a meme into a formidable unit capable of tanking multiple attacks from his foes.

Legendary Seliph Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
162
HP	41	Rank: 342/1171
Atk	41	Rank: 343/1171
Spd	17	Rank: 1115/1171
Def	37	Rank: 156/1171
Res	26	Rank: 596/1171

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	46	62	21	42	33	204
Lv.40 +10	46	46	21	42	30	185

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	41	57	17	37	29	181
5★ Lv.40	41	41	17	37	26	162

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	19	27	4	9	7	66

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Merrin	39	45	47	36	23	190
Forde	40	45	45	37	18	185
Wind Tribe Dagr	41	45	46	30	22	184
Bridal Lapis	41	42	47	30	24	184
Brave Seliph	40	43	41	37	18	179
Young Eliwood	39	45	46	29	20	179
Fallen Chrom	41	45	46	29	18	179
Summer Shez (F)	40	46	45	30	18	179
Tea Ayra	40	44	46	32	17	179
Legendary Nanna	40	39	42	27	25	173
Reginn	38	36	40	30	24	168
Legendary Seliph	41	41	17	37	26	162
Siegbert	41	34	35	31	16	157
Brave Roy	38	32	34	26	24	154

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

Legendary Seliph Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Legendary Seliph Roles

Seliph - Scion of Light 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

Legendary Seliph 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.

Legendary Effect raises Arena Score

Eff.	Atk+2	Spd+3	Def+4	Res+4	Pair Up

Pair Up and Eff.	Atk+2	Spd+3	Def+4	Res+4

As a Legendary Hero, you will gain an Earth Blessing when summoning Legendary Seliph. Additionally, being an Earth type Legendary Hero means that during Earth Seasons, other allies with an Earth Blessing will receive HP+3 when they appear in battle with Legendary Seliph, and Seliph's total stats will be treated as 180. This will lead to a higher Arena Score.

Legendary Seliph Strengths

Refined Virtuous Tyrfing is stacked with good effects

Refined Virtuous Tyrfing inflicts Atk/Def-11 onto his foe, grants bonus damage equal to 15% of Seliph's Atk, 80% damage reduction against magic or staff foes, 40% damage reduction against everything else, 8 HP post-combat healing, a Miracle effect, and neutralizes sweep effects applied to Legendary Seliph.

All of these effects are amazing defensively, turning Legendary Seliph into a strong enemy phase unit capable of withstanding multiple attacks. Paired with Holy War's End II, Legendary Seliph can retaliate and defeat his enemies quickly.

Holy War's End+ skews combat in his favor

Legendary Seliph's Remix skill Holy War's End II inflicts Atk/Def-5 onto his foe, grants him a guaranteed follow-up attack and denies his foe's follow-up attack, and allows him to attack twice on enemy phase.

Paired with his A skill Distant Ferocity, which allows counterattacks against ranged foes while granting Atk+5 when his foe initiates combat, Legendary Seliph can reliably defeat his opponents on enemy phase.

Excellent Physical Tank

Legendary Seliph's skills as discussed above, all synergnize to make him a durable enemy-phase unit can absorb and dish-out tons of damage just by stepping in the danger zone. His C skill, Joint Hone Def allows him to stack even more Def. For his special, Ignis, fills the slot perfectly as it makes use all of his physical durability and turns it into raw damage. Additionally, it further incentivizes stacking huge amounts of Def onto Seliph.

Legendary Seliph Weaknesses

Weak to Cavalry Effective Weapons

Legendary Seliph 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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Seliph - Scion of Light Only Appears as a 5 Star Hero!

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Legendary Seliph - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Iron Sword	6	1	No Effect	5★
Steel Sword	8	1	No Effect	5★
Silver Sword	11	1	No Effect	5★
Virtuous Tyrfing	16	1	Grants Res +3. If foe initiates combat or if unit's HP < 100% at start of combat, inflicts Atk/Def -6 on foe during combat, and if unit deals damage to foe during combat, restores 7 HP to unit. (Triggers even if 0 damage is dealt.)	5★

Assists

This Hero has no Assist skills that can be learned.

Specials

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Glowing Ember	(Cooldown Count = 4) Boosts damage dealt by 50% of unit’s Def.	5★
Ignis	(Cooldown Count = 4) Boosts damage dealt by 80% of unit’s Def.	5★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Distant Counter	Enables unit to counterattack regardless of distance to attacker.	5★
Distant Ferocity	Unit can counterattack regardless of foe's range. If foe initiates combat, grants Atk+5 to unit during combat.	5★
Holy War's End	If unit's HP ≥ 50% and foe initiates combat, unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack before foe can counterattack.	5★
Holy War's End II	At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Atk/Def-5 on foe during combat, unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack, and foe cannot make a follow-up attack, and also, if foe initiates combat, unit attacks twice (does not stack).	5★
Fortify Def 1	At start of turn, grants Def+2 to adjacent allies for 1 turn.	5★
Fortify Def 2	At start of turn, grants Def+3 to adjacent allies for 1 turn.	5★
Fortify Def 3	At start of turn, grants Def+4 to adjacent allies for 1 turn.	5★
Joint Hone Def	At start of turn, if unit is adjacent to an ally, grants Def+5 to unit and adjacent allies for 1 turn.	5★

Legendary Seliph as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★★

Inheriting Distant Counter

Legendary Seliph can be used to inherit the skills Distant Counter. However, Legendary Seliph is a very powerful enemy phase hero who can lead your team in the Arena. Not to mention that this skill can be inherited from other more common units. Please think carefully before using Legendary Seliph as a fodder for this skill.

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How to Get Legendary Seliph / Illustrations / Voice Actor / Quotes

How to Get Legendary Seliph

Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

Legendary Seliph is a limited time Hero who can be pulled from a Legendary Hero 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)	Christian La Monte
Illustrator	Akira Egawa
Appears In	Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

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Legendary Seliph [9.0/10]	Shez (M) [9.0/10]	Gregor [9.0/10]	Seiros [9.0/10]
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