Legendary Fae Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Fae - Childlike Dragon 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 Legendary Fae.

Heroes With the Same Name
Fae	Winter Fae
Legendary Fae

Legendary Heroes - Corrin: Child of Dawn Featured Heroes
Kvasir [9.0/10]	Emblem Marth [9.5/10]	Emblem Ike [9.9/10]	Legendary Fae [9.0/10]
Legendary Shez (F) [9.5/10]	Mythic Lumera [9.5/10]	Legendary Alear (F) [9.5/10]	Rearmed Lucina [9.5/10]
Legendary Corrin (M) [9.5/10]	Askr [9.5/10]	Gullveig [9.5/10]	Hortensia [9.5/10]

Legendary Fae Rating and Basic Information

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

Fae - Childlike Dragon: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Blue / Blue Breath / Infantry
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Dazzling Breath inflicts debuffs, denies follow-up attacks, and inflicts Guard on enemy units ・Life Unending allows her to survive lethal damage and if triggered, will heal her to full after combat

Legendary Fae Skills at 5★

Dazzling Breath Might: 16　 Range: 1 Grants Atk+3. If foe initiates combat or if foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, inflicts Atk/Spd/Def/Res-5 on foe during combat and foe cannot make a follow-up attack, and also, if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.) If foe's Range = 2, calculates damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res.

Life Unending Cooldown Count = 5 At the start of turn 1, grants Special cooldown count-5. When Special triggers, if unit's HP > 1 and foe would reduce unit's HP to 0, unit survives with 1 HP. After combat, if unit's Special triggered, restores 99 HP. (Once per map.)

Distant Stance Unit can counterattack regardless of foe's range. If foe initiates combat, grants Res+5 to unit during combat.

Dragon's Ire 3 If unit's HP ≥ 50% and foe initiates combat, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks and unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack.

Def/Res Menace At start of turn, if unit is within 4 spaces of a foe, inflicts Def/Res-6 on closest foes through their next actions and grants Def/Res+6 to unit for 1 turn.

Legendary Fae Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (16)		★★★★☆
Atk (9)		★★★★★
Spd (6)		★★★☆☆
Def (7)		★★★★★
Res (8)		★★★★★

◯ = 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.

+Def/-Spd

The best IVs for Legendary Fae are +Def and -Spd.

She has a Superboon in Def and it rounds out her bulk nicely.

Meanwhile, you can take Spd as her bane since she does not need it for her matchups.

Alternatively, if you want more damage, you can have a +Atk Fae.

+Def for a +10 Merge

We recommend a +Def IV when merging Legendary Fae to 10.

This is for the same reasons above. With a higher Def stat, she will be able to tank a wide variety of enemy units.

Legendary Fae Best Builds

Tank Legendary Fae

HOT
： Dazzling Breath ： Reposition ： Life Unending ： -	： Def/Res Scowl 4 ： High Dragon Wall ： Breath of Life 4 ： Distant Counter (D) ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This build maximizes Fae's bulk to mitigate as much damage as possible and then heal back up with Life Unending after she has soaked up too much damage.

General Use / Budget Legendary Fae

： Dazzling Breath ： Reposition ： Life Unending ： -

： Distant Stance ： Dragon's Ire 3 ： Def/Res Menace ： Shield Session 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

Fae's base kit works right out of the box as a premiere enemy phase tank. Shield Session is one of the best seals for defensive purposes; you may replace it with another seal if you wish.

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Legendary Fae Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
188
HP	40	Rank: 489/1171
Atk	42	Rank: 279/1171
Spd	28	Rank: 863/1171
Def	37	Rank: 156/1171
Res	41	Rank: 71/1171

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	45	66	32	41	46	230
Lv.40 +10	45	47	32	41	46	211

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	40	61	28	37	41	207
5★ Lv.40	40	42	28	37	41	188

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	16	28	6	7	8	65

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Fallen Anankos	42	43	44	36	31	196
Ascended Idunn	45	43	26	43	38	195
Mythic Lumera	37	43	46	27	40	193
New Year Kana (F)	37	43	45	27	41	193
Halloween Corrin (F)	40	42	45	36	30	193
Legendary Fae	40	42	28	37	41	188
Halloween Sothis	40	36	42	31	34	183
Legendary Myrrh	40	39	25	42	36	182
Legendary Tiki (Young)	45	34	35	37	29	180
Seiros	40	42	18	37	40	177
Halloween Tiki (Young)	39	39	42	32	25	177
Fallen Corrin (M)	42	38	38	33	26	177
Lilith	39	36	41	27	30	173
Adrift Corrin (M)	42	35	35	31	24	167
Kana (M)	40	31	33	31	29	164
Nowi	45	34	27	30	27	163
Naga	37	30	36	33	26	162
Corrin (F)	41	27	34	34	21	157

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

Legendary Fae Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Legendary Fae Roles

Fae - Childlike Dragon 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

Legendary Fae is a close magic 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 Res stat.

However, because of the effects of Dazzling Breath, she will use the Def stat to calculate damage if it is lower than the foe's Res stat.

Legendary Effect Raises Your Arena Score

Eff.	Atk+2	Spd+3	Def+4	Res+4	Pair Up

Pair Up and Eff.	Atk+2	Spd+3	Def+4	Res+4

As a Legendary Hero, Fae will gain the Earth Blessing when summoned. Additionally, being an Earth type Legendary Hero means that during Earth Seasons, other allies with an Earth Blessing will receive HP+3, and Fae's total stats will be treated as 185. This will lead to a higher Arena Score.

Legendary Fae Strengths

Powerful enemy phase weapon!

Legendary Fae's debuffs are shown on this Sword Cavalier!

Legendary Fae's Dazzling Breath gives the following effects:

1	Inflicts Atk/Spd/Def/Res-5 to an enemy unit if they initiate combat or their HP's ≥ 75%.
2	Enemy unit cannot make a follow-up attack if the above conditions are met.
3	Inflicts the Guard status per attack.

These debuffs are very powerful in the enemy phase, as enemy units initiating on her will be hit by all 3 effects if the conditions are met, making Legendary Fae a very durable unit.

Let's also not forget that she will inflict more debuffs with her Def/Res Menace and she has even more durability with Dragon's Ire 3!

Special gives her Miracle and heals her to full!

Fae's Special heals her to full after the effect has been triggered.

Legendary Fae comes with a new Prf Special, Life Unending.

This skill gives her cooldown count-5 on the first turn, which means that it will often be active from the very beginning.

When it triggers, it will grant Fae the Miracle effect, allowing her to survive lethal damage.

On top of that, if it triggered, she will heal to full HP after combat.

This is a mindblowing Special that reinforces her tankiness and provides her with great sustain.

Do note, however, that this can only be used once per map!

New A skill puts a spin on Distant Counter

Legendary Fae debuts with a new inheritable A skill - Distant Stance.

Similar to Close Reversal, this skill gives the Distant Counter effect and will give Legendary Fae an additional Res+5 when an enemy unit initiates combat.

This makes her great at tanking ranged magic attacks, which in turn will allow her to inflict the debuffs from her weapon.

Legendary Fae Weaknesses

Poor player phase

Since many of Legendary Fae's effects are active during the enemy phase, this means that she won't have access to them during the player phase.

Be careful when attacking with her, as she does not get her guaranteed follow-up attack nor her damage reduction, making her more vulnerable.

Weak to Dragon Effective Weapons

Fae takes 1.5x damage from dragon-effective weapons like Sealed Falchion or Ífingr, and one blow from these types of weapons is sure to take her down.

Make sure you know what weapons you are up against before hopping too far into the line of battle!
Heroes with Effective Skills

Legendary Fae Team and Counters

Teammates for Legendary Fae

Ayra	Legendary Eliwood	Brave Lucina	Legendary Azura
Peony	Brave Dimitri	New Year Peony	Flayn

Flexible Unit That Can Fit in Any Team

Legendary Fae can fit in a wide variety of teams as she can mostly take care of herself.

She can be paired with those that can boost his firepower even more, like Legendary Eliwood's Bonus Doubler effect on his Ardent Durandal or any of the dancers above.

Good supports

Brave Lucina and Flayn are excellent supports for Legendary Fae - Flayn gives damage reduction through her weapon, while Brvae Lucina gives Special acceleration.

Make Brave Lucina Fae's Support Partner, with Flayn being another member of the team to take advantage of both their kits to make the little dragon even sturdier.

Legendary Fae Counters

Brave Hector	Naga	Brave Ike	Julia
Thrasir	Deirdre	Legendary Edelgard	Brave Edelgard

Heroes with Dragon-Effective Weapons or Specials

As a dragon, Legendary Fae is weak to weapons that are effective against dragons.

Be mindful, as well, of units that have Ruptured Sky. They have the potential to one shot her because of the damage that Ruptured Sky can bring.

Units with Null Follow-Up 3

Because of Fae's poor Spd, good counters are units that use Null Follow-Up 3 like Brave Ike.

This skill allows them to perform follow-up attacks during their player phase, while nullifying Fae's follow-up attacks in the enemy phase.

Enemy Phase Armored Units

These units are those that can do well in the enemy phase, like Brave Edelgard, Legendary Edelgard, and Brave Hector.

Brave Edelgard can reduce Fae's damage by 80% if she attacks her, as well as debuffing her with her weapon.

Brave Hector, meanwhile, has his own sheer bulk that Fae will have to get through, not to mention his weapon refine that not only debuffs her, but also prevents her from making follow up attacks.

Hector himself can make him even bulkier with Ostian Counter.

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Fae - Childlike Dragon Only Appears as a 5 Star Hero!

Fae - Childlike Dragon only appears as a 5 Star Hero. We will include whether or not you should Unlock Potential for Fae - Childlike Dragon if a 4 Star version is released!

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Legendary Fae - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Fire Breath	6	1	No Effect	5★
Fire Breath+	8	1	No Effect	5★
Flametongue	11	1	No Effect	5★
Dazzling Breath	16	1	Grants Atk+3. If foe initiates combat or if foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, inflicts Atk/Spd/Def/Res-5 on foe during combat and foe cannot make a follow-up attack, and also, if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.) If foe's Range = 2, calculates damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res.	5★

Assists

This Hero has no Assist skills that can be learned.

Specials

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Miracle	(Cooldown Count = 5) If unit’s HP > 1 and foe would reduce unit’s HP to 0, unit survives with 1 HP.	5★
Life Unending	(Cooldown Count = 5) At the start of turn 1, grants Special cooldown count-5. When Special triggers, if unit's HP > 1 and foe would reduce unit's HP to 0, unit survives with 1 HP. After combat, if unit's Special triggered, restores 99 HP. (Once per map.)	5★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Distant Counter	Enables unit to counterattack regardless of distance to attacker.	5★
Distant Stance	Unit can counterattack regardless of foe's range. If foe initiates combat, grants Res+5 to unit during combat.	5★
Dragon's Ire 1	If unit's HP = 100% and foe initiates combat, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks and unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack.	5★
Dragon's Ire 2	If unit's HP ≥ 75% and foe initiates combat, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks and unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack.	5★
Dragon's Ire 3	If unit's HP ≥ 50% and foe initiates combat, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks and unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack.	5★
Threaten Res 1	Inflicts Res -3 on foes within 2 spaces through their next actions at the start of each turn.	5★
Threat. Def/Res 1	At start of turn, inflicts Def/Res-3 on foes within 2 spaces through their next actions.	5★
Threat. Def/Res 2	At start of turn, inflicts Def/Res-4 on foes within 2 spaces through their next actions.	5★
Def/Res Menace	At start of turn, if unit is within 4 spaces of a foe, inflicts Def/Res-6 on closest foes through their next actions and grants Def/Res+6 to unit for 1 turn.	5★

Legendary Fae as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★☆☆

Inheriting Distant Stance, Dragon's Ire 3, or Def/Res Menace

Legendary Fae's Distant Stance, Dragon's Ire 3, and Def/Res Menace slots are all very good fodder, though you won't be able to inherit all skills from one copy.

We recommend either building her if you manage to pull one or picking one of her skills to fodder off to another unit.

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How to Get Legendary Fae / Illustrations / Voice Actor / Quotes

How to Get Legendary Fae

Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

Legendary Fae is a limited time Hero who can be pulled from a Legendary Hero 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)	Sarah Blandy
Illustrator	Himukai Yuji
Appears In	Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

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FEH: Related Guides

Legendary Heroes - Corrin: Child of Dawn

Heroes from Legendary Heroes - Corrin: Child of Dawn
Kvasir [9.0/10]	Emblem Marth [9.5/10]	Emblem Ike [9.9/10]	Legendary Fae [9.0/10]
Legendary Shez (F) [9.5/10]	Mythic Lumera [9.5/10]	Legendary Alear (F) [9.5/10]	Rearmed Lucina [9.5/10]
Legendary Corrin (M) [9.5/10]	Askr [9.5/10]	Gullveig [9.5/10]	Hortensia [9.5/10]

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