Young Lyon Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Lyon - Grado's Gaze 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 Young Lyon.

Heroes With the Same Name
Lyon	Fallen Lyon
Young Lyon	Summer Lyon
Valentine's Lyon

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Duo Eirika [9.0/10]	Young Tana [9.0/10]	Young Lyon [8.5/10]	Young L'Arachel [9.0/10]

Young Lyon Rating and Basic Information

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

Lyon - Grado's Gaze: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Blue / Blue Tome / Infantry
Rarity	5 Star 4 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Tome of Grado is a powerful weapon regardless of battle phase ・Prf. weapon grants attribute advantage against colorless foes ・Is very available as a 4★ demote, but very powerful at high investment

Young Lyon Skills at 5★

Tome of Grado Might: 14　 Range: 2 Grant Atk+3. If foe initiates combat or if foe's HP = 100% at start of combat, inflicts Atk/Res-6 on foe and neutralizes unit's penalties to Atk/Res during combat, and also, if foe is colorless and uses bow, dagger, magic, or staff, grants weapon-triangle advantage to unit and inflicts weapon-triangle disadvantage on foe during combat.

Iceberg Cooldown Count = 3 Boosts damage dealt by 50% of unit’s Res.

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

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

Young Lyon Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (19)		★★★☆☆
Atk (25)		★★★★★
Spd (5)		★★☆☆☆
Def (8)		★★★★☆
Res (9)		★★★★☆

◯ = Stat gains +4 with a superboon, ✕= Stat goes down by -4 with a superbane, - = No assets or flaws

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+Atk/-Spd

Young Lyon's best IVs are hands down +Atk and -Spd. Young Lyon's offensive style is to hit hard with single strikes that are sometimes boosted by Iceberg whenever it is up so getting a +Atk IV is ideal. His Spd is really low and he relies on skills like Quick Riposte to nail follow-up attacks so -Spd is the ideal bane for him.

You could also get a +Res IV is you prefer a tanky Young Lyon build.

+Atk for a +10 Merge

We recommend a +Atk IV when merging Young Lyon to 10. This is for the same reasons as above. At this point, he will hit very hard especially against colorless units whom Tome of Grado is strong against.

Young Lyon Best Builds

Stance Young Lyon

HOT
： Tome of Grado ： Reposition ： Sol ： -	： Mirror Stance 3 ： Null C-Disrupt 3 ： Joint Drive Atk ： Quick Riposte 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This is a high budget build for Young Lyon that makes use of Mirror Stance 3 Sacred Seal to synergize with Tome of Grado, and Quick Riposte 3 to become a very powerful unit in the enemy phase. Null C-Disrupt 3 is taken to make sure that this Young Lyon build is not shut down by skills that block counterattacks. You could say this is a vital skill in competitive maps.

Budget Young Lyon

： Tome of Grado ： Reposition ： Sol ： -

： Atk/Res Solo 3 ： Quick Riposte 3 ： Def/Res Gap 3 ： Atk/Def Solo 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

A simple Solo setup for Young Lyon. Since his Spd is beyond saving, the efficient way to increase is survivability is to increase his Def/Res levels. Taking the Atk/Def Solo 3 Seal is one way to do this as he already has native access to Atk/Res Solo 3. Last but not the least, Quick Riposte 3 is taken to leverage his hard-hitting attacks and it synergizes well with Tome of Grado's effects that are centered in the enemy phase. Sol is taken for more sustain.

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Young Lyon Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
165
HP	38	Rank: 714/1089
Atk	38	Rank: 324/1089
Spd	18	Rank: 924/1089
Def	34	Rank: 236/1089
Res	37	Rank: 87/1089

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	43	60	22	38	42	205
Lv.40 +10	43	43	22	38	42	188

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	38	55	18	34	37	182
5★ Lv.40	38	38	18	34	37	165
4★ Lv.40	36	36	16	31	35	154

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	19	25	5	8	9	66
4★ Lv.1	18	17	4	7	9	55

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Young Lyon	38	38	18	34	37	165
Fallen Lyon	40	40	16	32	35	163
Lyon	41	34	21	26	30	152
Sophia	40	33	19	28	29	149
Robin (M)	40	29	29	29	22	149
Robin (F)	40	29	29	29	22	149
Boey	43	29	27	32	18	148
Henry	45	23	22	32	25	147

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

Young Lyon Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Young Lyon Roles

Lyon - Grado's Gaze 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

Young Lyon is a ranged magic attacker (range = 2). Therefore, when not accounting for the Weapon Triangle, the amount of damage he deals will be equivalent to his Atk minus the foe's Res stat.

Young Lyon Strengths

Tome of Grado is a powerful tome, that is extra helpful against colorless foes!

If foe initiates combat, or if foe's HP = 100%:

• Inflicts -6 Atk/Res on foe.
• Neutralizes Lyon's penalties to Atk/Res during combat

Additionally, if it meets the previous condition and the foe is of the colorless attribute, it grants a Raven-effect to Young Lyon which basically grants him weapon-triangle advantage over the foe. This is a 20% damage bonus against the foe, and a 20% damage reduction benefiting Lyon.

Even if you are not against a colorless foe, Lyon can enjoy the primary effect and it is accessible on both phases of the game!

Access to a Nifty Atk/Res buff

Tome of Grado's penalty can also be seen above

Atk/Res Solo 3 grants +6 to Atk/Res when Young Lyon is not adjacent to allies. This adds to his offensive and defensive ability making him a good match-up to many magic-using foes.

This works well with the penalties inflicted by Tome of Grado

Adds Durability to Tanky Units

Def/Res Gap 3 adds +5 Def/Res to the ally unit with the highest Def + Res total in your team. This skill excludes Young Lyon, so it always gets applied to the tankiest member of your team, making him a good support for tank units.

Iceberg takes advantage of his high Res

Iceberg, Young Lyon's special, has a long cooldown but it hits very hard as it adds 50% of Young Lyon's Res to his damage. This it fitting for him since he already has high Res levels. This means that you can stack a ton of Res into Young, building his bulk, but also be able to dish out tons of damage!

Young Lyon Weaknesses

Should you Unlock Potential?

Should You Unlock Potential for this Hero?

We Recommend You Unlock Potential for Lyon - Grado's Gaze!

We can say with confidence that you should use Unlock Potential to bring Lyon - Grado's Gaze from 4 Stars to 5 Stars. Lyon - Grado's Gaze is a very useful blue raven tome, so we recommend you Unlock Potential for Lyon - Grado's Gaze if your team lacks a strong blue raven tome.

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Young Lyon - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Thunder	4	2	No Effect	3★
Elthunder	6	2	No Effect	3★
Thoron	9	2	No Effect	3★
Tome of Grado	14	2	Grant Atk+3. If foe initiates combat or if foe's HP = 100% at start of combat, inflicts Atk/Res-6 on foe and neutralizes unit's penalties to Atk/Res during combat, and also, if foe is colorless and uses bow, dagger, magic, or staff, grants weapon-triangle advantage to unit and inflicts weapon-triangle disadvantage on foe during combat.	5★

Assists

This Hero has no Assist skills that can be learned.

Specials

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Chilling Wind	(Cooldown Count = 4) Boosts damage dealt by 50% of unit’s Res.	3★
Iceberg	(Cooldown Count = 3) Boosts damage dealt by 50% of unit’s Res.	4★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Atk/Res Solo 1	If unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Res +2 during combat.	3★
Atk/Res Solo 2	If unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Res +4 during combat.	3★
Atk/Res Solo 3	If unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Res +6 during combat.	4★
Def/Res Gap 1	At start of turn, grants Def/Res+1 to ally with the highest Def+Res total for 1 turn. (Excludes unit.)	3★
Def/Res Gap 2	At start of turn, grants Def/Res+3 to ally with the highest Def+Res total for 1 turn. (Excludes unit.)	4★
Def/Res Gap 3	At start of turn, grants Def/Res+5 to ally with the highest Def+Res total for 1 turn. (Excludes unit.)	5★

Young Lyon as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★☆☆

Inheriting Atk/Res Solo 3 or Def/Res Gap 3

Young Lyon can be used to inherit the skills Atk/Res Solo 3 or Def/Res Gap 3. You can also get Iceberg from him if you need it.

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How to Get Young Lyon / Illustrations / Voice Actor / Quotes

How to Get Young Lyon

Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

Young Lyon 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)	Mark P. Whitten
Illustrator	azu - taro
Appears In	Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

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