Spring Minerva Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Minerva - Verdant Dragoon 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 Spring Minerva.

Heroes With the Same Name
Minerva	Young Minerva
Spring Minerva

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Spring Severa [9.0/10]	Spring Minerva [8.0/10]	Spring Inigo [8.0/10]	Spring Myrrh [9.0/10]

Spring Minerva Rating and Basic Information

Overall Rating	8.0/10
Reroll Ranking (excluding Inherit Skill)	Unranked (▶Reroll Ranking)
Ranking (including Inherit Skill)	B (▶FEH Tier List)

Minerva - Verdant Dragoon: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Blue / Lance / Cavalry
Rarity	5 Star 4 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Neutralizes debuffs to Atk/Spd through weapon skill ・Access to Atk/Def buffs when soloing ・Atk buff on odd-numbered turns

Spring Minerva Skills at 5★

Springy Lance+ Might: 14　 Range: 1 At start of combat, if foe's HP ≥ 75%, grants Atk/Spd+5 to unit and neutralizes penalties to Atk/Spd during combat.

Bonfire Cooldown Count = 3 Boosts damage dealt by 50% of unit’s Def.

Atk/Def Solo 3 If unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Def+6 during combat.

Odd Atk Wave 3 At start of odd-numbered turns, grants Atk +6 to unit and adjacent allies for 1 turn. (Bonus granted to unit even if no allies are adjacent. )

Spring Minerva Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (19)		★★★☆☆
Atk (22)		★★★★☆
Spd (8)		★★★★★
Def (9)		★★★☆☆
Res (5)		★★☆☆☆

◯ = 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.

+Spd/-Res

The best IVs for Spring Minerva are +Spd and -Res. A higher Spd stat allows Spring Minerva to get a ton of follow-up attacks on her foes. Additionally, er Spd is a superboon so you should take advantage of that as much as possible. Her Res is of less importance and thus safe to be taken as a bane. Be warned though as it is a superbane. Get a merge on her if you can!

+Spd for a +10 Merge

We recommend a +Spd IV when merging Spring Minerva to 10. It is best to aim for follow-up attacks to increase her offensive ability as her Atk combined with her Atk buffs is already high. If you prefer relying on skills and/or support to increase Minerva's Spd, you can go for a +Atk IV instead.

Spring Minerva Best Builds

Rouse Spring Minerva

HOT
： Springy Lance+ ： Reposition ： Bonfire ： -	： Atk/Def Solo 4 ： Lull Spd/Def 3 ： Rouse Atk/Spd 3 ： Atk/Spd Solo 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This is a premium set-up for Spring Minerva. This is a lot more expensive compared to the budget counterpart! You can also run Desperation with this build, if you like Desperation setups.

Budget Spring Minerva

： Springy Lance+ ： Reposition ： Bonfire ： -

： Atk/Def Solo 3 ： Desperation 3 ： Odd Atk Wave 3 ： Atk/Spd Solo 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

In addition to the standard Reposition, Desperation 3, and Atk/Spd Solo 3 Sacred Seal*

have been added to her base kit. The mentioned Seal synergizes with her native A skill. She can easily reach Desperation range if she attacks a physical unit thanks to her decent Spd and Def stats. Once she is in Desparation range, her weapon skill, and her Sacred Seal will help her in scoring one-sided engagements with foes.

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Spring Minerva Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
168
HP	41	Rank: 342/1171
Atk	36	Rank: 666/1171
Spd	38	Rank: 399/1171
Def	35	Rank: 244/1171
Res	18	Rank: 1076/1171

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	46	55	42	40	22	205
Lv.40 +10	46	41	42	40	22	191

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	41	50	38	35	18	182
5★ Lv.40	41	36	38	35	18	168
4★ Lv.40	38	34	35	33	16	156

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	19	22	8	9	5	63
4★ Lv.1	18	18	7	9	4	56

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Aided Reginn	41	46	48	38	22	195
Spring Sylvain	40	47	45	32	21	185
Bridal Sharena	40	44	47	32	21	184
Isadora	38	43	46	32	25	184
Noah	40	45	45	31	18	179
Hardin	41	41	44	32	21	179
Brave Chrom	41	42	42	37	17	179
Sain	40	42	38	36	18	174
Brave Eirika	39	40	42	28	24	173
Summer Ashe	40	37	41	34	20	172
Spring Minerva	41	36	38	35	18	168
Nifl	39	38	40	27	23	167
Ingrid	37	35	40	28	27	167
Summer Ingrid	39	34	42	25	26	166
Perceval	38	32	37	28	27	162
Sirius	40	34	37	35	16	162
Brave Eliwood	40	37	35	32	18	162
Summer Cordelia	41	32	38	28	18	157

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

Spring Minerva Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Spring Minerva Roles

Minerva - Verdant Dragoon 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

Spring Minerva is a close physical attacker (range = 1). 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.

Spring Minerva Strengths

Springy Lance+ grants bonuses to Atk and Spd while neutralizing debuffs

Spring Minerva's weapon grants her Atk/Spd+5 and will also neutralize any debuffs inflicted on those same stats during combat provided that foe's HP ≥ 75%.

This means that Minerva can attack without fear of her damage being nerfed by skills like Lull Atk/Spd 3 or Spd Ploy 3.

Strong Solo skill that buffs Atk/Def

Spring Minerva's many native buffs excluding Odd Atk Wave 3 shown.

Atk/Def Solo 3 grants Spring Minerva +6 Atk/Def during combat when she enters a fight without adjacent allies. This skill can be hard to take advantage of in smaller maps or maps with lots of units like Rival Domains, but it is perfectly convenient in normal maps. If you are not fond of being restricted by the trigger condition, you can choose to inherit Death Blow 3 or Life and Death 3 onto Minerva instead.

Team gets an Atk boost on Odd-numbered turns

Spring Minerva's default C skill Odd Atk Wave 3 will grant Minerva and adjacent allies Atk+6 on odd-numbered turns. Since this C skill actually gives the bonus to Spring Minerva and not just her allies, the combined effect of this skill, Springy Lance+, and Atk/Def Solo 3 give Tibarn +17 Atk +6 Def when entering combat unadjacent to allies.

Spring Minerva Weakness

Weak to Cavalry Effective Weapons

Spring Minerva takes 1.5x damage from cavalry-effective weapons like Ridersbane or a Wolf weapon like Rauðrwolf+, 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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Weak to Magic Due to Low Res

With only 18 Res at lvl 40, Spring Minerva is extremely vulnerable against any unit using magic.

Be careful and move her out of range of any enemy magic users when she attacks!

Should you Unlock Potential?

Should You Unlock Potential for this Hero?

We Recommend Unlocking Potential for Minerva - Verdant Dragoon!

We recommend that you use Unlock Potential to bring Minerva - Verdant Dragoon from 4 Stars to 5 Stars. Minerva - Verdant Dragoon is very useful as a cavalry lance attacker, so you may find using Unlock Potential on Minerva - Verdant Dragoon helpful if your team lacks a party member with this role.

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Spring Minerva - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Iron Lance	6	1	No Effect	3★
Steel Lance	8	1	No Effect	3★
Springy Lance	10	1	At start of combat, if foe's HP ≥ 75%, grants Atk/Spd+5 to unit and neutralizes penalties to Atk/Spd during combat.
Springy Lance+	14	1	At start of combat, if foe's HP ≥ 75%, grants Atk/Spd+5 to unit and neutralizes penalties to Atk/Spd during combat.	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.	3★
Bonfire	(Cooldown Count = 3) Boosts damage dealt by 50% of unit’s Def.	4★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Atk/Def Solo 1	If unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Def+2 during combat.	3★
Atk/Def Solo 2	If unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Def+4 during combat.	3★
Atk/Def Solo 3	If unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Def+6 during combat.	4★
Odd Atk Wave 1	At start of odd-numbered turns, grants Atk +2 to unit and adjacent allies for 1 turn. (Bonus granted to unit even if no allies are adjacent. )	3★
Odd Atk Wave 2	At start of odd-numbered turns, grants Atk +4 to unit and adjacent allies for 1 turn. (Bonus granted to unit even if no allies are adjacent. )	4★
Odd Atk Wave 3	At start of odd-numbered turns, grants Atk +6 to unit and adjacent allies for 1 turn. (Bonus granted to unit even if no allies are adjacent. )	5★

Spring Minerva as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★☆

Inheriting Springy Lance+ or Atk/Def Solo 3

Spring Minerva can be used to inherit Springy Lance+ or Odd Atk Wave 3. However, Spring Minerva is a special hero that can provide some power for your cavalry lineups. Please think carefully before fodderring her off.

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How to Get Spring Minerva / Illustrations / Voice Actor / Quotes

How to Get Spring Minerva

Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

Spring Minerva 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)	Cindy Robinson
Illustrator	Mayo
Appears In	Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem and New Mystery of the Emblem

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