Ninja Zihark Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Zihark - Ninja Blademaster 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 Ninja Zihark.

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Ninja Zihark [8.5/10]	Ninja Navarre [8.5/10]	Ninja Laevatein [9.0/10]	Ninja Lyn [9.0/10]

Ninja Zihark Rating and Basic Information

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

Zihark - Ninja Blademaster: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Red / Sword / Infantry
Rarity	5 Star 4 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Weapon skill allows him to strike twice in one attack ・Provides Spd/Def buffs to allies with high Spd/Def ・Very high base Spd makes quad-attacks very easy to score

Ninja Zihark Skills at 5★

Ninja Katana+ Might: 9　 Range: 1 Grants Spd+ 4. Inflicts Def/Res-4. If unit initiates combat, unit attacks twice.

Astra Cooldown Count = 4 Boosts damage dealt by 150%.

Chill Spd 3 At the start of each turn, inflicts Spd -7 on foe on the enemy team with the highest Spd through its next action.

Spd/Def Gap 3 At start of turn, grants Spd/Def+5 to ally with the highest Spd+Def total for 1 turn. (Excludes unit)

Ninja Zihark Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (19)		★★☆☆☆
Atk (18)		★★★★★
Spd (16)		★★★★☆
Def (4)		★★☆☆☆
Res (1)		★★★☆☆

◯ = 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.

+Atk/-Def

The best IVs for Ninja Zihark are +Atk and -Def. Since his weapon can nail second strikes, and his kit is designed to make it easy for him to nail quad-attacks, getting a +Atk IV would be best in significantly increasing his damage. His Def is of less importance so it can be safely taken as his bane.

+Atk for a +10 Merge

We recommend a +Atk IV when merging Ninja Zihark to 10. This is for the same reasons as above and at this point, he can take out a lot of units out even with just 2 strikes.

Ninja Zihark Best Builds

Galeforce Attacker Ninja Zihark

HOT
： Ninja Katana+ ： Reposition ： Galeforce ： -	： Fury 4 ： Desperation 3 ： Rouse Atk/Spd 3 ： Flashing Blade 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

A very high budget build that takes advantage of Zihark's extreme player phase potential! Expect lots of one-sided fights with this build once Desperation 3 is online! Fury 4 helps set up Desperation.

Budget Ninja Zihark

： Ninja Katana+ ： Reposition ： Astra ： -

： Life and Death 3 ： Chill Spd 3 ： Spd/Def Gap 3 ： Swift Sparrow 2 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

A super budget build for Ninja Zihark! Life and Death 3 is pretty cheap so there should be no issues on getting it. If you can afford the Tier 4 version, then that's good too! The Seal slot is very flexible. When running this build, Zihark should function like a damage dealer-support hybrid.

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Ninja Zihark Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
176
HP	43	Rank: 164/1088
Atk	37	Rank: 398/1088
Spd	42	Rank: 96/1088
Def	30	Rank: 403/1088
Res	24	Rank: 626/1088

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	48	51	51	30	24	204
Lv.40 +10	48	42	47	34	28	199

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	43	46	46	26	20	181
5★ Lv.40	43	37	42	30	24	176
4★ Lv.40	40	35	40	27	22	164

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	19	18	16	4	1	58
4★ Lv.1	18	15	16	3	0	52

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Brave Robin (M)	40	46	45	35	27	193
Emblem Marth	41	45	47	33	27	193
Severa	42	43	47	37	24	193
Inigo	40	44	45	34	30	193
Kagetsu	42	43	47	35	25	192
Lapis	41	41	45	29	32	188
Felix	40	46	46	31	25	188
Summer Fjorm	43	43	46	28	28	188
Fallen Byleth (F)	40	44	47	32	25	188
Alear (M)	40	44	45	33	25	187
Ascended Fir	42	44	46	34	21	187
Lucia	40	41	45	29	32	187
Alear (F)	40	43	46	32	26	187
Lumera	43	43	43	33	25	187
Malice	40	39	43	32	28	182
Galzus	40	43	41	36	22	182
Ascended Mareeta	40	40	43	34	25	182
Priam	40	41	40	35	26	182
Yen'fay	43	37	42	32	28	182
Brave Marth	41	41	43	32	25	182
Kamui	44	38	41	36	22	181
Flavia	41	40	41	36	23	181
Duo Eirika	40	36	43	30	28	177
Ninja Zihark	43	37	42	30	24	176
Catherine	43	39	41	30	23	176
Larcei	41	36	40	30	25	172
Say'ri	40	35	40	23	34	172
Kris (M)	40	37	40	30	25	172
Young Marth	41	36	37	32	26	172
Mareeta	41	35	42	31	23	172
Fallen Mareeta	42	33	41	29	23	168
Byleth (F)	40	34	40	33	21	168

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

Ninja Zihark Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Ninja Zihark Roles

Zihark - Ninja Blademaster 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

Ninja Zihark 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.

Ninja Zihark Strengths

Nail consistent quad-attacks with Ninja Katana+!

Ninja Katana+ is similar to a Brave weapon in the sense that it allows its user to score 2 strikes in one attack if they initiate damage. This is an extra attack and not a follow-up attack so when you are able to get an outspeed, Ninja Zihark can land 4 strikes in one action. This makes him a very powerful player phase attacker. Another key difference between his weapon and Brave weapons is that Ninja Katana+ grants +4 Spd unlike Brave weapons that inflict a Spd penalty. This makes scoring quad-attacks very easy for Zihark.

Buffs an ally with the highest Spd/Def

Ninja Zihark's C skill Spd/Def Gap gives Spd/Def+5 to the ally with the highest Spd and Def total value.This buff activates regardless of map positions, so you can essentially edit your team and determine beforehand which ally you will want the buff to be cast on. It allows affected unit to be extra tankier to physical units, even the faster ones.

High base Spd!

Ninja Zihark's base Spd is 46. This makes it very easy for him to score follow-up attacks on opponents. Try to get skills like Swift Sparrow 3 or Fury 4 to improve his rates of follow-up attacks even more.

Ninja Zihark Weaknesses

Weak defenses

Ninja Zihark's defensive stats are not very high and considering that Ninja Katana+ inflicts -4 Def/Res to him, he is very vulnerable to strong attacks. Losing him in battle would be detrimental to your team as he provides lots of knock-out potential on a wide range of units. Use strategy to position him away from units that can easily take him out.

Should you Unlock Potential?

Should You Unlock Potential for this Hero?

We Do Not Recommend Unlocking Potential for Zihark - Ninja Blademaster!

We cannot recommend you to Unlock Potential to make Zihark - Ninja Blademaster a 5 Star Hero. Zihark - Ninja Blademaster is difficult to make use of except under specific conditions. Unless Zihark - Ninja Blademaster is a favorite character of yours or you have excess Hero Feathers to spare, we recommend you pass on Unlocking their Potential.

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Ninja Zihark - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Iron Sword	6	1	No Effect	4★
Steel Sword	8	1	No Effect	4★
Ninja Katana	6	1	Grants Spd+4. Inflicts Def/Res-4. If unit initiates combat, unit attacks twice.	4★
Ninja Katana+	9	1	Grants Spd+ 4. Inflicts Def/Res-4. If unit initiates combat, unit attacks twice.	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%.	4★
Astra	(Cooldown Count = 4) Boosts damage dealt by 150%.	4★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Chill Spd 1	At the start of each turn, inflicts Spd -3 on foe on the enemy team with the highest Spd through its next action.	4★
Chill Spd 2	At the start of each turn, inflicts Spd -5 on foe on the enemy team with the highest Spd through its next action.	4★
Chill Spd 3	At the start of each turn, inflicts Spd -7 on foe on the enemy team with the highest Spd through its next action.	5★
Spd/Def Gap 3	At start of turn, grants Spd/Def+5 to ally with the highest Spd+Def total for 1 turn. (Excludes unit)	4★
Spd/Def Gap 2	At start of turn, grants Spd/Def+4 to ally with the highest Spd+Def total for 1 turn. (Excludes unit)	4★
Spd/Def Gap 1	At start of turn, grants Spd/Def+3 to ally with the highest Spd+Def total for 1 turn. (Excludes unit)	4★

Ninja Zihark as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★★

Inheriting Ninja Katana+

Ninja Zihark can be used to inherit the skill Ninja Katana+. However, Zihark is a pretty powerful unit. He is also a special hero whom you can only get from specific banners. Please think carefully before fodderring him off.

It is easy to get multiple copies of him as he is a 4★ demote. Carry on passing down his sword weapon to your units that use Brave Sword+ if you have multiples!

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How to Get Ninja Zihark / Illustrations / Voice Actor / Quotes

How to Get Ninja Zihark

Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

Ninja Zihark 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)	Zeno Robinson
Illustrator	Kano Akira
Appears In	Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

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