Freyja Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Freyja - Lady of Nightmare 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 Freyja.

Heroes With the Same Name
Freyja	Summer Freyja

Mythic Heroes - Double Mythic Heroes (Fomortiis & Gotoh) Featured Heroes
Reginn [9.0/10]	Rearmed Líf [9.0/10]	Legendary Veronica [9.5/10]	Legendary Dimitri [9.0/10]
Ullr [9.0/10]	Monica [9.0/10]	Legendary Edelgard [9.0/10]	Freyja [9.0/10]
Ascended Hilda [9.0/10]	Arval [9.0/10]	Fomortiis [9.0/10]	Gotoh [9.0/10]

Freyja Rating and Basic Information

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

Freyja - Lady of Nightmare: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Green / Green Beast / Cavalry
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・A Light-Type Mythic Hero ・Exclusive weapon grants Distant Counter and damage reduction ・Creates a large gap of stats between Freyja and her foe through buffs and debuffs

Freyja Skills at 5★

Nightmare Horn Might: 14　 Range: 1 Grants Spd+3. Grants Distant Counter. If unit's Spd > foe's Spd, reduces damage from attacks during combat and from AoE Specials (excluding Røkkr AoEs) by percentage = difference between stats x 4 (max 40%). 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, grants Atk+2, and if unit initiates combat, inflicts Atk/Def-4 on foe during combat and disables foe follow-ups.

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

Atk/Spd Solo 4 If unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd +7 during combat.

Binding Necklace+ Removes the condition to transform. If a skill compares unit's Spd to a foe's or ally's Spd, treats unit's Spd as if granted +7. If foe initiates combat or number of allies adjacent to unit ≤ 1, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+3 to unit, inflicts Atk/Spd/Def/Res-3 on foe, and neutralizes effects that inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit during combat, and also, if foe has bonuses, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd/Def/Res and inflicts penalty on foe's Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat = current bonus on each of foe's stats. Calculates each stat bonus independently.

Spd Smoke 4 After combat, inflicts Spd-7 on target and foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions, and grants Spd+6 and 【Dodge】 to unit for 1 turn.

Freyja Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (16)		★★★☆☆
Atk (24)		★★★★☆
Spd (14)		★★★★★
Def (5)		★★★☆☆
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.

+Spd/-Res

The best IVs for Freyja are +Spd and -Res. Spd is a very important stat for Freyja as it allows her to reduce the damage she takes not only from decreasing the amount of follow-up attacks she takes, but also through the effects of Nightmare Horn. Additionally, and arguably more importantly, it allows her to increase the follow-up attacks she can score Her Res is of less importance and thus safe to be taken as a bane.

+Spd for a +10 Merge

We recommend a +Spd IV when merging Freyja to 10. This is for the same reasons as above. With this IV, she can reach 51 Spd at max merges. At that level, she can score lots of follow-up attacks and reduce lots of damage using her skills. If you prefer relying on skills to increase Freyja's Spd, you can go for a +Atk IV instead.

Freyja Best Builds

Galeforce Attacker Freyja

HOT
： Nightmare Horn ： Reposition ： Galeforce ： -	： Atk/Spd Clash 4 ： Binding Necklace+ ： Spd Smoke 4 ： Atk/Spd Catch 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This build maximizes Atk/Spd to reliably trigger Galeforce and allow Freyja to fulfill her role as an offensive Mythic hero.

Budget Freyja

： Nightmare Horn ： Reposition ： Luna ： -

： Atk/Spd Solo 4 ： Binding Necklace+ ： Spd Smoke 4 ： Atk/Spd Solo 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This budget build retains Freyja's offensive prowess while maximizing Spd to rely on damage reduction for her survival.

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Freyja Best Weapon Refine

Effect of Freyja's Refined Weapon

Exclusive Weapon Effect from Refining (Special Effect Type)
Nightmare Horn	SP: 400
Might: 14　Range: 1　HP: 3 Grants Spd+3. Unit can counterattack regardless of foe's range. At start of combat, if foe's HP ≥ 50%, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to unit during combat. If unit's Spd > foe's Spd, reduces damage from attacks during combat and from area-of-effect Specials (excluding Røkkr area-of-effect Specials) by percentage = difference between stats × 4 (max 40%). At start of turn, if unit is adjacent to only beast or dragon allies or is not adjacent to any ally, unit transforms (otherwise, unit reverts). If unit transforms, grants Atk+2 to unit, inflicts Atk/Def-X on foe during combat (X = number of spaces from start position to end position of whoever initiated combat + 3; max 6), and also, if X ≥ 5, reduces damage from foe's first attack by 30% during combat. Enables【Canto (Rem. +1)】. Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to unit and neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks and effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks during combat. ：500　：200

We recommend the Special Effect Refine for Nightmare Horn

Refined Nightmare Horn grants 【Canto (Rem. +1)】, an accelerated Special trigger, bonus stats, and a Null Follow-Up effect.

These effects turn Freyja into a strong offensive unit that can defeat her foes and then retreat to safety with ease.

Freyja Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
168
HP	40	Rank: 489/1171
Atk	38	Rank: 510/1171
Spd	44	Rank: 159/1171
Def	24	Rank: 791/1171
Res	22	Rank: 899/1171

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	45	57	52	28	26	208
Lv.40 +10	45	43	49	28	26	191

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	40	52	47	24	22	185
5★ Lv.40	40	38	44	24	22	168

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	16	24	14	5	7	66

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Halloween Lethe	40	44	47	35	24	190
Halloween Yarne	40	47	45	36	21	189
Eikþyrnir	45	47	16	47	30	185
Summer Nerþuz	40	46	47	33	19	185
New Year Nerþuz	40	45	47	32	21	185
Ratatoskr	40	44	46	34	21	185
Freyr	41	46	16	41	35	179
Eitr	40	44	46	33	16	179
Nerþuz	40	42	47	30	20	179
New Year Yarne	40	43	40	35	21	179
New Year Panne	40	41	44	32	21	178
New Year Lyre	40	37	42	27	28	174
Summer Freyr	41	38	16	38	35	168
New Year Kaden	41	35	39	25	28	168
Freyja	40	38	44	24	22	168
Summer Freyja	40	39	43	25	20	167
New Year Lethe	41	35	41	27	18	162
New Year Selkie	35	31	39	16	40	161
Panne	41	29	34	30	23	157
Yarne	40	35	33	32	17	157
Ranulf	40	30	37	33	17	157
Lethe	41	33	38	26	19	157
Selkie	35	29	38	19	35	156
Kaden	38	32	36	25	25	156

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

Freyja Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Freyja Roles

Freyja - Lady of Nightmare 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

Freyja 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 her Atk minus the foe's Def stat.

A Mythic Hero who can boost her allies' HP and Atk

Eff.	Atk+3	Spd+4	Def+5	Res+5

Freyja is a Mythic Hero who will also give you a Light Blessing when summoned. During Light Season, Freyja's allies who also have a Light Blessing will receive a HP+5 and Atk+33 to their stats, increasing the party's usability.

Freyja Strengths

Nightmare Horn provides offensive and defensive effects for both phases of combat

Freyja takes less damage compared to Anna thanks to Nightmare Horn

Nightmare Horn reduces damage depending on how much faster Freyja is compared to her foe. This damage reduction works for both in-combat damage, and AoE special attacks. This makes the minor Spd boost from this weapon skill very helpful.

When refined, Nightmare Horn grants 【Canto (Rem. +1)】, an accelerated Special trigger, bonus stats, and a Null Follow-Up effect, making Freyja even stronger and allows her to retreat to safety after her attack.

Binding Necklace+ creates a huge stat gap!

Freyja's Remix skill Binding Necklace+ is a significant upgrade over her older skill.

Binding Necklace+ removes the condition to transform, allowing Freyja access to her beast form immediately.

It also grants Freyja Atk/Spd/Def/Res+3, inflicts Atk/Spd/Def/Res-3 onto her foe, neutralizes effects that slow down Freyja's Special charges, and steals her foe's visible bonuses by applying an equal penalty to them and granting an equal bonus to herself during combat.

Binding Necklace+ also grants a Phantom Spd effect, treating her Spd as if granted +7 for any skills which require a Spd check, such as 【Dodge】 from her C skill Spd Smoke 4.

Freyja Weaknesses

Great competition in Aether Raids

Freyja is an excellent offensive unit, but she has great competition as a Light type Mythic hero in Mila and Peony. Unlike the both of them, Freyja is an offensive main which means that teams should be built around her for her to shine. Mila and Peony are capable of supporting and that allows them to fit in many teams.

Unless you plan to build around Freyja, she might not be worth pulling for given the fact that all players have access to a free Peony.

This is all under the context of Aether Raids. She is an excellent unit outside Aether Raids, but as a Light type Mythic hero, she is a tiny bit outshined

Weak to high-Spd red attribute units

If a foe is as fast or faster than Freyja, the damage reduction effects of Nightmare Horn will not work. If the foe is of the red attribute, they will enjoy a damage boost against Freyja's green attribute so she will take lots of damage from these units. Watch out for units like Ninja Zihark or even an Eliwood with high investment!

Weak to Beast and Cavalry Effective Weapons

Freyja takes 1.5x damage from beast-effective weapons like Brave Eliwood's Nini's Ice Lance or Picnic Flora's Sæhrímnir, and even one blow from this type of weapon is sure to deal lots of damage to her.

She also takes lots of damage from cavalry-effective weapons like Ridersbane. Make sure you know what weapons you are up against before hopping too far into the line of battle!

Heroes with Effective Skills

Freyja Team and Counters

Teammates for Freyja

Mirabilis	Reinhardt	Legendary Azura	Peony
Kaden	Reyson	Leanne	Flayn

Dökkálfar and Legendary Azura

Her fellow dream fairies and the goddess Azura both provide refresher skills and straight up buffs! This allows Freyja not only to hit more, but have more weight behind her hits. They might not match Freyja's 3 space movement, but the nature of flying movement more than makes up for it especially in some Aether Raids maps. If you use the Galeforce build we have listed, then Freyja has full permssion to wreck the field if she has solid refresher supports to back her up!

Reinhardt

The ever reliable Reinhardt can be a great partner of Freyja in the frontline. He can not only cover over red units that Freyja is weak to, but he can also cover the magic department of the offense.

Magic is everything! -Reinhardt, Thunder's Fist

Beast supports

Reyson, Kaden and Leanne are some great examples of beast supports. Reyson and Leanne dishes out amazing heals and refreshes on flying movement so they can definitely keep up with the goddess Freyja. Kaden on the other hand, dishes out some mad buffs that can make Freyja's laser beam extra scary!

Flayn

Flayn is a recently released hero who is a prodigy in the support department! Her Caduceus Staff provides Freyja with damage reduction, and Rescue+ functions both as a heal and a movement-assist. Her C skill can provide Freyja with more movement as if her 3 space movement is not enough!

Freyja Counters

Eliwood	Raigh	Picnic Flora	Sothis
Young Caeda	Summer Byleth (F)	Brave Lysithea	Ninja Zihark

Raigh and Picnic Flora

Raigh and Picnic Flora possesses weapons that are strong against not only Freyja's beast and cavalry status, but her color attribute as well. If you can get to Raigh first, he would not be very problem as he cannot counterattack and he is fairly squishy. At most times, he would not be able to survive 2 hits from Freyja. Picnic Flora on the other hand, should be left to other units as she is very bulky.

Sword brawlers: Young Caeda and Eliwood

These two are simply solid sword units that can deal heavy damage to Freyja. Watch out for them! As of the current meta (December 2020), high-investment Eliwood builds are rampant in Aether Raids! Be careful and only engage when the situation and factors are ideal.

Fast red units: Ninja Zihark, Sothis, Brave Lysithea and Summer Byleth (F)

These units possess not only the Atk stat to hurt Freyja, but they also have huge Spd stats or tools to lower Freyja's Spd! As her defensive stats are not the best, she heavily relies on her Spd and Nightmare Horn's damage reduction effects for her defense. This allows these units to bypass Freyja's major defense mechanism and easily take her out.

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Freyja - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Whelp (Cavalry)	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, grants Atk+2, and if unit initiates combat, inflicts Atk/Def-4 on foe during combat	5★
Yearling (Cavalry)	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, grants Atk+2, and if unit initiates combat, inflicts Atk/Def-4 on foe during combat	5★
Adult (Cavalry)	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★
Nightmare Horn	14	1	Grants Spd+3. Grants Distant Counter. If unit's Spd > foe's Spd, reduces damage from attacks during combat and from AoE Specials (excluding Røkkr AoEs) by percentage = difference between stats x 4 (max 40%). 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, grants Atk+2, and if unit initiates combat, inflicts Atk/Def-4 on foe during combat and disables foe follow-ups.	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 Solo 1	If unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd +2 during combat.	5★
Atk/Spd Solo 2	If unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd +4 during combat.	5★
Atk/Spd Solo 3	If unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd +6 during combat.	5★
Atk/Spd Solo 4	If unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd +7 during combat.	5★
Binding Necklace	If unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+2 to unit and inflicts Atk/Spd/Def/Res-2 on foe during combat, and also if foe has bonuses, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd/Def/Res and inflicts penalty on foe's Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat = current bonus on each of foe's stats. Calculates each stat bonus independently.	5★
Binding Necklace+	Removes the condition to transform. If a skill compares unit's Spd to a foe's or ally's Spd, treats unit's Spd as if granted +7. If foe initiates combat or number of allies adjacent to unit ≤ 1, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+3 to unit, inflicts Atk/Spd/Def/Res-3 on foe, and neutralizes effects that inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit during combat, and also, if foe has bonuses, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd/Def/Res and inflicts penalty on foe's Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat = current bonus on each of foe's stats. Calculates each stat bonus independently.	5★
Spd Smoke 1	After combat, inflicts Spd -3 on foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions.	5★
Spd Smoke 2	After combat, inflicts Spd -5 on foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions.	5★
Spd Smoke 3	After combat, inflicts Spd -7 on foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions.	5★
Spd Smoke 4	After combat, inflicts Spd-7 on target and foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions, and grants Spd+6 and 【Dodge】 to unit for 1 turn.	5★
Pulse Smoke 1	If unit initiates combat, inflicts Special cooldown count+1 on target and foes within 1 space of target after combat. (No effect on Special cooldown counts already at maximum.)	5★
Pulse Smoke 2	If unit initiates combat, inflicts Special cooldown count+1 on target and foes within 2 spaces of target after combat. (No effect on Special cooldown counts already at maximum.)	5★
Pulse Smoke 3	Inflicts Special cooldown count+1 on target and foes within 2 spaces of target after combat. (No effect on Special cooldown counts already at maximum.)	5★

Freyja as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★★

Inheriting Pulse Smoke 3 or Atk/Spd Solo 4

Freyja can be used to inherit Pulse Smoke 3 or Atk/Spd Solo 4. If you are able to inherit Atk/Spd Solo 3 from another unit, you can get both skills from Freyja! However, Freyja is a powerful Mythic hero whom can lead your team in Aether Raids. Please think carefully before fodderring her off!

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How to Get Freyja / Illustrations / Voice Actor / Quotes

How to Get Freyja

Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

Freyja is a limited time Hero who can be pulled from a Mythic Hero Summoning event. They do not appear in regular summons.

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

Voice Actor and Illustrator Information

Voice Actor (English)	Stephanie Southerland
Illustrator	Yoshiku
Appears In	Fire Emblem Heroes

Illustration

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