Pirate Tibarn Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Tibarn - Shipless Pirate 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 Pirate Tibarn.

Heroes With the Same Name
Tibarn	Pirate Tibarn

Special Heroes - Pirate's Pride Featured Heroes
Brigid [8.5/10]	Geese [8.0/10]	Pirate Veronica [9.0/10]	Pirate Tibarn [9.0/10]

Pirate Tibarn Rating and Basic Information

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

Tibarn - Shipless Pirate: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Colorless / Colorless Beast / Flying
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Guaranteed follow-up attacks when allies are not adjacent ・Can score a follow-up attack before enemy counterattacks ・Galeforce allows for a second action

Pirate Tibarn Skills at 5★

Sky-Pirate Claw Might: 14　 Range: 1 Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count -1). If unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk +5 to unit and inflicts Atk -5 on foe during combat and unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack. At start of turn, if unit is adjacent to only beast or dragon allies or if unit is not adjacent to any ally, unit transforms (otherwise, unit reverts). If unit transforms, unit can move 1 extra space. (That turn only. Does not stack.) If unit transforms, grants Atk +2.

Galeforce Cooldown Count = 5 If unit initiates combat, grants unit another action after combat. (Once per turn. )

Heavy Blade 4 If unit's Atk > foe's Atk, grants Special cooldown charge +1 and deals +5 damage to foe per unit's attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)

Dive-Bomb 3 At start of combat, if both unit's and foe's HP ≥ 80% and unit initiates combat, unit can make a follow-up attack before foe can counterattack.

Atk Smoke 3 After combat, inflicts Atk -7 on foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions.

Pirate Tibarn Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (20)		★★★☆☆
Atk (26)		★★★★★
Spd (7)		★★★☆☆
Def (11)		★★★★☆
Res (4)		★☆☆☆☆

◯ = 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/-Res

The best IVs for Pirate Tibarn are +Atk and -Res. Since he can guarantee follow-up attacks, it is best to maximize his Atk damage instead. It is also a superboon, so you should take advantage of it as much as possible. A superboon means he gets +4 in this stat instead of the normal +3 if he possesses a boon in said stat. His Res is very low and it is of less importance so it is safe to take it as his bane.

Pirate Tibarn Best Builds

Budget Pirate Tibarn

HOT
： Sky-Pirate Claw ： Reposition ： Galeforce ： -	： Heavy Blade 4 ： Dive-Bomb 3 ： Atk Smoke 3 ： Death Blow 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

Pirate Tibarn's base kit is already very complete so you only need a movement-assist of choice, and a reliable, compatible Seal like Death Blow 3. With this kit, he can fiercely dive enemy teams and score multiple KOs if conditions are favorable.

Sturdy Pirate Tibarn

HOT
： Sky-Pirate Claw ： Reposition ： Galeforce ： -	： Sturdy Impact ： Dive-Bomb 3 ： Ground Orders 3 ： Heavy Blade 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

Reminiscent of the original Tibarn, Pirate Tibarn makes use of Sturdy Impact in the A slot for this build. To make up for the lost bonus Special charge, take Heavy Blade 3 in the S slot. Sturdy Impact is generally superior in damage and utility to Heavy Blade so it justifies itself in taking the very valuable A slot.

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Pirate Tibarn Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
167
HP	42	Rank: 228/1088
Atk	41	Rank: 173/1088
Spd	30	Rank: 655/1088
Def	36	Rank: 153/1088
Res	18	Rank: 895/1088

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	47	60	34	41	22	204
Lv.40 +10	47	46	34	41	22	190

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	42	55	30	36	21	184
5★ Lv.40	42	41	30	36	18	167

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	20	25	6	10	3	64

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Flame Tribe Mordecai	48	43	29	43	24	187
New Year Elm	41	40	45	27	31	184
Embla	41	43	44	31	24	183
New Year Keaton	48	41	24	43	20	176
Bridal Nailah	40	35	41	31	25	172
Pirate Vika	41	34	40	17	40	172
Pirate Naesala	42	39	43	23	25	172
Freyja	40	38	44	24	22	168
Pirate Tibarn	42	41	30	36	18	167
Tibarn	41	38	31	34	18	162
New Year Lethe	41	35	41	27	18	162
Naesala	39	32	38	24	29	162
Ranulf	40	30	37	33	17	157
Yarne	40	35	33	32	17	157
Kaden	38	32	36	25	25	156

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

Pirate Tibarn Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Pirate Tibarn Roles

Tibarn - Shipless Pirate 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

Pirate Tibarn 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.

Pirate Tibarn Strengths

Sky-Pirate Claw grants buffs plus guaranteed follow-ups

Sky-Pirate Claw accelerates Tibarn's Special trigger. It also grants +5 Atk and inflicts -5 on foe during combat if Pirate Tibarn is not adjacent to an ally. If the same trigger condition is met, he is also guaranteed a follow-up attack.

Like other beast weapons, it grants him with a transformation bonus whenever he is adjacent to only beast or dragon allies or no allies at all at the start of a turn. The transformation bonus grants him 1 extra space of movement and +2 Atk. Take note that Pirate Tibarn is flying which means this is 3 spaces of flying movement. This makes him one of the most mobile units in the game on top of being able to dish out large amounts of damage.

Immediate follow-up attack

Dive-Bomb 3 allows Pirate Tibarn to score a follow-up attack immediately after his attack provided that him and his foe are at least 80% HP or more. It synergizes well with Sky-Pirate Claw as it potentially enables Tibarn to pick-out units without taking damage.

Amazing kit designed to make Pirate Tibarn an amazing offensive unit

As discussed above, Pirate Tibarn's kit makes him an amazing offensive powerhouse. Sky-Pirate Claw and Dive-Bomb 3 allows him to easily take out enemies with both high power and high mobility. On the other hand, Galeforce improves his mobility even more and in some situations, Pirate Tibarn can take out 2 units in one turn without refresher skills! Heavy Blade 4 drives the nail into the coffin as it adds pure damage to Tibarn's attacks and speeds-up Galeforce even more!

Pirate Tibarn Weaknesses

Low Res

Pirate Tibarn sports a very low Res. This makes it easy for magic users to take him out. Be mindful of Tibarn's positioning in relation to magical units that can easily take him out.

Weak to bows

As a flying unit, Pirate Tibarn 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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Pirate Tibarn Team and Counters

Teammates for Pirate Tibarn

Tibarn	Plumeria	Summer Byleth (F)	Naesala
Legendary Azura	Reyson	Leanne	Flayn

Plumeria & other top-tier refresher assists

Pirate Tibarn has an absurd amount of firepower even with little investment, so with refresher-assist units, you virtually double the firepower Tibarn is brigining to the table.

Reyson or Leanne

Reyson and Leanne are both refresher-assist fliers that can keep up with Pirate Tibarn's 3-space flying movement. They also provide passive heals to keep him healthy. Heals are still important for him even if he can effectively take damage! Additionally, they do not interfere with Pirate Tibarn's transformation as they too are beast units.

Flayn

Flayn is a great support that provides heals, movement-assist and an additional source of damage reduction for times when Pirate Tibarn needs more defenses.

Summer Byleth (F)

A great offensive partner to Legendary Claude as she is a flier, and a magic user. She can cover the matchups that have high Def stats. Additonally, she can grant a Desperation effect through her Duo Skill for Legendary Claude whenever that is useful.

Tibarn and Naesala

All-beast teams are very fun to run! Because of their 3-space, flying movement, they have a very fast pace of play. They do not perform well in the enemy phase though, so make use of positioning and quick KOs to dominate using lineups like this.

Reyson and Leanne are good for these lineups too! With Galeforce, Pirate Tibarn and others will have EXTREME MOBILITY and KO ability too!

Pirate Tibarn Counters

Plegian Dorothea	Legendary Azura	Legendary Chrom	New Year Peony
Shamir	Legendary Leif	Shinon	Brave Claude

Shinon and other high-powered bow units

Bows are the bane of Pirate Tibarn! Watch out for them as they can easily take 'em out.

On the other hand, bow units with very high mobility and reach such as Legendary Chrom, and Legendary Leif pose a big threat to Pirate Tibarn as they can reach Tibarn even with his high levels of mobility.

Brave Claude, and Legendary Claude are also great matchups against him! Stay clear off them especially when they have refresher-assist units to back them up!

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Tibarn - Shipless Pirate Only Appears as a 5 Star Hero!

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Pirate Tibarn - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Hatchling (Flier)	4	1	At start of turn, if unit is adjacent to only beast or dragon allies or if unit is not adjacent to any ally, unit transforms (otherwise, unit reverts). If unit transforms, unit can move 1 extra space. (That turn only. Does not stack.) If unit transforms,	5★
Fledgling (Flier)	6	1	At start of turn, if unit is adjacent to only beast or dragon allies or if unit is not adjacent to any ally, unit transforms (otherwise, unit reverts). If unit transforms, unit can move 1 extra space. (That turn only. Does not stack.) If unit transforms,	5★
Adult (Flier)	9	1	At start of turn, if unit is adjacent to only beast or dragon allies or if unit is not adjacent to any ally, unit transforms (otherwise, unit reverts). If unit transforms, unit can move 1 extra space. (That turn only. Does not stack.) If unit transforms,	5★
Sky-Pirate Claw	14	1	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count -1). If unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk +5 to unit and inflicts Atk -5 on foe during combat and unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack. At start of turn, if unit is adjacent to only beast or dragon allies or if unit is not adjacent to any ally, unit transforms (otherwise, unit reverts). If unit transforms, unit can move 1 extra space. (That turn only. Does not stack.) If unit transforms, grants Atk +2.	5★

Assists

This Hero has no Assist skills that can be learned.

Specials

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Night Sky	(Cooldown Count = 3) Boosts damage dealt by 50%.	5★
Astra	(Cooldown Count = 4) Boosts damage dealt by 150%.	5★
Galeforce	(Cooldown Count = 5) If unit initiates combat, grants unit another action after combat. (Once per turn. )	5★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Heavy Blade 1	If unit’s Atk ≥ foe’s Atk+5, grants Special cooldown charge +1 per unit’s attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)	5★
Heavy Blade 2	If unit’s Atk ≥ foe’s Atk+3, grants Special cooldown charge +1 per unit’s attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)	5★
Heavy Blade 3	If unit’s Atk ≥ foe’s Atk, grants Special cooldown charge +1 per unit’s attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)	5★
Heavy Blade 4	If unit's Atk > foe's Atk, grants Special cooldown charge +1 and deals +5 damage to foe per unit's attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)	5★
Dive-Bomb 1	At start of combat, if both unit's and foe's HP = 100% and unit initiates combat, unit can make a follow-up attack before foe can counterattack.	5★
Dive-Bomb 2	At start of combat, if both unit's and foe's HP ≥ 90% and unit initiates combat, unit can make a follow-up attack before foe can counterattack.	5★
Dive-Bomb 3	At start of combat, if both unit's and foe's HP ≥ 80% and unit initiates combat, unit can make a follow-up attack before foe can counterattack.	5★
Atk Smoke 1	After combat, inflicts Atk -3 on foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions.	5★
Atk Smoke 2	After combat, inflicts Atk -5 on foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions.	5★
Atk Smoke 3	After combat, inflicts Atk -7 on foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions.	5★

Pirate Tibarn as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★★

Inheriting Dive-Bomb 3 and Heavy Blade 4

Pirate Tibarn can be used to inherit the skills Heavy Blade 4 or Dive-Bomb 3. If you are able to inherit Heavy Blade 4 from another unit, you can inherit both Heavy Blade 4 and Dive-Bomb 3 from Pirate Tibarn. However, Pirate Tibarn is a very powerful special hero whom you can only get from specific banners. Please think carefully before fodderring him off!

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How to Get Pirate Tibarn / Illustrations / Voice Actor / Quotes

How to Get Pirate Tibarn

Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

Pirate Tibarn 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)	Joe J. Thomas
Illustrator	Kita Senri
Appears In	Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

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Special Heroes: Pirate's Pride

Heroes from Special Heroes - Pirate's Pride
Brigid [8.5/10]	Geese [8.0/10]	Pirate Veronica [9.0/10]	Pirate Tibarn [9.0/10]

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