New Year Fáfnir Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Fáfnir - Fresh Ambition 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 New Year Fafnir.

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New Year Fáfnir Rating and Basic Information

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

Fáfnir - Fresh Ambition: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Red / Red Dagger / Cavalry
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Weapon skill provides buffs, mobility, neutralizes effects that prevent follow-up attacks, and inflicts the Guard effect on enemies. ・Rest of his kit compliments his weapon by granting him even more buffs.

New Year Fáfnir Skills at 5★

Niðavellir Sprig Might: 14　 Range: 2 Grants Spd+3. Enables 【Canto (2)】 during turns 1 through 4. If unit initiates combat or is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 to unit, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks, and inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack during combat. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.) Effect: 【Dagger 7】 【Canto (2)】

Glimmer Cooldown Count = 2 Boosts damage dealt by 50%.

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

Disarm Trap 3 While attacking in Aether Raids, if unit ends movement on a space with a Bolt Trap or a Heavy Trap, cancels trap’s effect.

Rouse Atk/Def 4 At start of turn, if unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Def+6 and 【Null Panic】 to unit for 1 turn. 【Null Panic】 if unit is inflicted with Panic (bonuses converted into penalties), neutralizes the "converts bonuses on target into penalties" effect for 1 turn. (Even though the effect is neutralized, the Panic status remains, and is treated as a Penalty status.)

New Year Fáfnir Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (18)		★★★☆☆
Atk (10)		★★★★☆
Spd (9)		★★★★★
Def (7)		★★★☆☆
Res (3)		★★★☆☆

◯ = 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

New Year Fafnir wants to boost his Atk and Spd as much as possible to eliminate enemies quickly.

Since Spd is a superboon, we recommend +Spd as his boon of choice..

His Res is a dump stat and lowering it will not change his matchups, this -Res is a good bane to choose.

+Spd for a +10 Merge

We recommend +Spd as Fafnir's boon of choice. for a +10 merge, for similar reasons above.

New Year Fáfnir Best Builds

General Use / Budget New Year Fafnir

HOT
： Niðavellir Sprig ： Reposition ： Moonbow ： -	： Atk/Spd Solo 4 ： Windsweep 3 ： Rouse Atk/Def 4 ： Atk/Spd Solo 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This is a budget build where Fafnir takes advantage of Windsweep and his weapon's ability to negate Windsweep's drawbacks.

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New Year Fáfnir Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
169
HP	40	Rank: 489/1171
Atk	43	Rank: 207/1171
Spd	39	Rank: 368/1171
Def	31	Rank: 455/1171
Res	16	Rank: 1148/1171

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	45	62	47	35	20	209
Lv.40 +10	45	48	44	35	20	192

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	40	57	42	31	16	186
5★ Lv.40	40	43	39	31	16	169

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	18	24	12	7	3	64

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Ice Tribe Flora	40	47	21	31	46	185
Ginnungagap	40	47	31	30	32	180
Winter Yunaka	39	43	47	21	30	180
Yukimura	40	46	16	33	45	180
Wind Tribe Kagero	43	47	45	20	23	178
Ascended Eir	35	42	45	16	35	173
New Year Fafnir	40	43	39	31	16	169
Hatari Deen	43	36	39	27	23	168
Thief Nina	38	37	43	18	32	168
Merlinus	50	20	35	31	27	163
Summer Mia	38	35	41	17	25	156
Summer Gunnthrá	39	33	37	17	24	150
Summer Ursula	36	36	34	16	28	150
Summer Lilina	35	38	25	16	35	149
Hostile Springs Elise	34	33	37	18	22	144
Summer Linde	33	34	35	16	26	144

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

New Year Fáfnir Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

New Year Fáfnir Roles

Fáfnir - Fresh Ambition 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

New Year Fáfnir is a ranged physical 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 Def stat.

New Year Fáfnir Strengths

Loaded Weapon with Several Effects

New Year Fáfnir's full combat buffs are seen here.

Fáfnir's weapon, Niðavellir Sprig, is pretty loaded to the brim with the following effects:

1	Grants Fáfnir Spd+3.
2	Enables 【Canto (2)】 during turns 1 through 4.
3	Grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 if Fáfnir initiates combat or is not adjacent to an ally.
4	Neutralizes any skills that prevent him from making follow-up attacks.
5	Inflicts the Guard status per attack.
6	Inflicts Def/Res-7 on his target and nearby enemy units within 2 spaces of the target through their next actions.

With all these effects, we need to make sure Fáfnir takes advantage of all of them during combat, so keep in mind that he needs to be either the one initiating combat or not next to anyone during the enemy phase!

More Buffs with Atk/Spd Solo 4 and Rouse Atk/Def 4

Our King of Niðavellir isn't satisfied with just the buffs on his weapon, so the rest of his kit compliments him with even more buffs.

Atk/Spd Solo 4 further boosts his firepower by granting him Atk/Spd+7 and thus allowing him to score follow-ups easier, while Rouse Atk/Def 4 bulks him up even further by granting him Atk/Def+6 when he starts the turn not adjacent to any ally.

New Year Fáfnir Weaknesses

No Close Counter

Having no Close Counter in his kit means that Fáfnir is vulnerable to melee units, as he has no means to retaliate when they come up to say hi.

Weak to Cavalry Effective Weapons

New Year Fáfnir takes 1.5x damage from cavalry-effective weapons like Thani or Binding Reginleif, and one blow from this type of weapon is sure to take him down.

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

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New Year Fáfnir - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Iron Dagger	3	2	After combat, inflicts Def/Res -3 on foe through its next action.	5★
Steel Dagger	5	2	After combat, inflicts Def/Res -3 on foe through its next action.	5★
Silver Dagger	7	2	After combat, inflicts Def/Res -5 on foe through its next action.	5★
Niðavellir Sprig	14	2	Grants Spd+3. Enables 【Canto (2)】 during turns 1 through 4. If unit initiates combat or is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 to unit, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks, and inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack during combat. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.) Effect: 【Dagger 7】 【Canto (2)】	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%.	5★
Glimmer	(Cooldown Count = 2) Boosts damage dealt by 50%.	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★
Disarm Trap 1	While attacking in Aether Raids, if unit ends movement on a space with a Bolt Trap or a Heavy Trap and that trap's level ≤ 1, cancels trap's effect.	5★
Disarm Trap 2	While attacking in Aether Raids, if unit ends movement on a space with a Bolt Trap or a Heavy Trap and that trap's level ≤ 3, cancels trap's effect.	5★
Disarm Trap 3	While attacking in Aether Raids, if unit ends movement on a space with a Bolt Trap or a Heavy Trap, cancels trap’s effect.	5★
Rouse Atk/Def 1	At start of turn, if unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Def+2 for 1 turn.	5★
Rouse Atk/Def 2	At start of turn, if unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Def+4 for 1 turn.	5★
Rouse Atk/Def 3	At start of turn, if unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Def+6 for 1 turn.	5★
Rouse Atk/Def 4	At start of turn, if unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Def+6 and 【Null Panic】 to unit for 1 turn. 【Null Panic】 if unit is inflicted with Panic (bonuses converted into penalties), neutralizes the "converts bonuses on target into penalties" effect for 1 turn. (Even though the effect is neutralized, the Panic status remains, and is treated as a Penalty status.)	5★

New Year Fáfnir as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★★

New Year Fáfnir can be used to inherit Atk/Spd Solo 4, Disarm Trap, and Rouse Atk/Def 4.

However, you cannot inherit all these skills off of a single copy of him, unless you inherit other tiers of the skills from other units first.

We recommend, however, that you build a copy of him first as he is a great unit to have in your party and his weapon is incredibly useful to have.

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How to Get New Year Fáfnir

Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

New Year Fafnir 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)	Griffin Puatu
Illustrator	Niji Hayashi
Appears In	Fire Emblem Heroes

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