Ascended Joshua Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Joshua - Resolute Tempest 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 Ascended Joshua.

Heroes With the Same Name
Joshua	Summer Joshua
Ascended Joshua

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Ascended Joshua 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)

Joshua - Resolute Tempest: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Colorless / Dagger / Infantry
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Weapon skill accelerates Special trigger, inflicts debuffs on target, prevents counterattacks if target is in a cardinal direction, but otherwise deals extra damage ・Passive C disables skills of enemy units if in combat with a Green unit and inflicts debuffs.

Ascended Joshua Skills at 5★

Blade of Jehanna Might: 14　 Range: 2 Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Spd/Def-6 on foe and neutralizes foe's bonuses to Spd/Def during combat, and also, if foe in combat is in cardinal direction of unit, foe cannot counterattack, but otherwise, unit deals damage = 15% of foe's Atk. Effect:【Dagger ７】 【Dagger ７】 After combat, if unit attacked, inflicts Def/Res-７ on target & foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions.

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

Life and Death 4 Grants Atk/Spd+7. Inflicts Def/Res-5.

Null Follow-Up 3 Disables foe’s skills that guarantee foe’s follow-up attack and foe’s skills that prevent unit’s follow-up attack.

Green Feud 3 If in combat against a green foe, disables skills of all foes, excluding foe in combat, and inflicts Atk/Spd/Def/Res-4 on foe during combat. During combat, disables skills of all green foes, excluding foe in combat.

Ascended Joshua Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (19)		★★★☆☆
Atk (9)		★★★★★
Spd (10)		★★★★★
Def (7)		★★☆☆☆
Res (6)		★★☆☆☆

◯ = 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.

+Atk/-Res

We recommend a +Atk/-Res IV on Ascended Joshua. He already has a superboon in Atk and increasing it further will up his already impressive damage.

His Res, while also a superboon, is really low and won't make much of a difference to his already glass cannon status.

You can also opt for +Spd so he can double almost all other units more easily.

+Atk for a +10 merge.

We recommend +Atk for a +10 merged Ascended Joshua. +Spd also works if you prefer consistent doubles.

Ascended Joshua Best Builds

General Use / Budget Ascended Joshua

HOT
： Blade of Jehanna ： Reposition ： Glimmer ： -	： Life and Death 4 ： Null Follow-Up 3 ： Green Feud 3 ： Life and Death 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This build uses Ascended Joshua's default kit, with Life and Death 3 as a Sacred Seal to further cement his glass cannon status.

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Ascended Joshua Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
177
HP	41	Rank: 342/1171
Atk	39	Rank: 458/1171
Spd	43	Rank: 182/1171
Def	29	Rank: 575/1171
Res	25	Rank: 668/1171

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	46	65	55	28	24	218
Lv.40 +10	46	44	48	33	29	200

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	41	60	50	24	20	195
5★ Lv.40	41	39	43	29	25	177

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	19	30	17	2	1	69

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Legendary Shez (M)	41	47	47	32	27	194
Attuned Nino	38	44	47	26	33	188
Rearmed Sothe	43	43	47	30	25	188
Ninja Heather	41	42	47	27	30	187
Legendary Shez (F)	40	43	44	31	25	183
Legendary Yuri	41	44	47	24	26	182
Yuri	40	39	43	26	29	177
Volke	40	41	43	28	25	177
Rennac	39	37	42	34	25	177
Ascended Joshua	41	39	43	29	25	177
Cath	41	36	43	27	30	177
Julian	40	38	38	33	18	167
Leila	40	36	41	23	26	166
Ylgr	38	33	38	22	20	151
Sothe	39	36	33	22	21	151
Jaffar	41	26	33	25	22	147

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

Ascended Joshua Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Ascended Joshua Roles

Joshua - Resolute Tempest 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

Ascended Joshua 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.

Ascended Joshua Strengths

Blade of Jehanna Comes With Pseudo-Windsweep

The stacking debuffs of Blade of Jehanna and Green Feud 3 are seen here.

Similar to his original self, Ascended Joshua comes with his own improved version of Windsweep 3.

Blade of Jehanna will prevent a foe from counterattacking if they are in a cardinal direction of him.

If they are in the intercardinal directions, however, he will simply just deal damage = 15% of the enemy unit's Atk.

Not a bad tradeoff - you either deal more damage or prevent a counter.

Other effects of this weapon include:

1	Accelerating his Special trigger.
2	Inflicts Spd/Def-6 to his target and neutralizes any bonuses to those same stats.
3	【Dagger ７】

All in all, Blade of Jehanna is a pretty powerful weapon with the potential to deal large amounts of damage.

Green Feud 3 can heavily skew combat against certain team compositions

Ascended Joshua comes with Green Feud 3, which is the third colored Feud skill in the game.

It disables skills of all green enemy units (excluding the target) during combat at all times.

Against a green foe, it disables the skills of all other foes during combat and inflicts an Atk/Spd/Def/Res-4 penalty on the target!

Summoners should try to have Ascended Joshua enter combat against green foes, which he heavily counters thanks to this skill.

Ascended Joshua Weaknesses

Green Feud 3 is color-conditional

As mentioned above, Green Feud 3 is a color-conditional skill that only triggers against green foes.

If there are no green foes alive, the skill does absolutely nothing and becomes an empty passive skill slot.

Ensure that you only use this skill against team compositions with at least one green foe, and ideally against multiple green foes.

Fragile

Ascended Joshua's low Def and Res, make him a fragile unit and vulnerable when attacked.

He's a true glass cannon and should be kept away from enemy units during the enemy phase!

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Should You Unlock Potential for this Hero?	Cannot Unlock Potential

Joshua - Resolute Tempest Only Appears as a 5 Star Hero!

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

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Ascended Joshua - 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★
Blade of Jehanna	14	2	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Spd/Def-6 on foe and neutralizes foe's bonuses to Spd/Def during combat, and also, if foe in combat is in cardinal direction of unit, foe cannot counterattack, but otherwise, unit deals damage = 15% of foe's Atk. Effect:【Dagger ７】 【Dagger ７】 After combat, if unit attacked, inflicts Def/Res-７ on target & foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions.	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
Life and Death 1	Grants Atk/Spd +3. Inflicts Def/Res -3.	5★
Life and Death 2	Grants Atk/Spd +4. Inflicts Def/Res -4.	5★
Life and Death 3	Grants Atk/Spd +5. Inflicts Def/Res -5.	5★
Life and Death 4	Grants Atk/Spd+7. Inflicts Def/Res-5.	5★
Null Follow-Up 1	At start of combat, if unit’s HP  = 100%, disables foe’s skills that guarantee foe’s follow-up attack and foe’s skills that prevent unit’s follow-up attack.	5★
Null Follow-Up 2	At start of combat, if unit’s HP ≥ 50%, disables foe’s skills that guarantee foe’s follow-up attack and foe’s skills that prevent unit’s follow-up attack.	5★
Null Follow-Up 3	Disables foe’s skills that guarantee foe’s follow-up attack and foe’s skills that prevent unit’s follow-up attack.	5★
Green Feud 1	If in combat against a red foe, disables skills of all foes, excluding foe in combat. During combat, disables skills of all green foes, excluding foe in combat.	5★
Green Feud 2	If in combat against a red foe, disables skills of all foes, excluding foe in combat, and inflicts Atk/Spd/Def/Res-2 on foe during combat. During combat, disables skills of all green foes, excluding foe in combat.	5★
Green Feud 3	If in combat against a green foe, disables skills of all foes, excluding foe in combat, and inflicts Atk/Spd/Def/Res-4 on foe during combat. During combat, disables skills of all green foes, excluding foe in combat.	5★

Ascended Joshua as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★★

His Windsweep may not be inheritable this time, but the rest of Ascended Joshua's kit can be inherited.

In particular, Green Feud 3 is unique to Ascended Joshua, as there are other units where you can obtain Glimmer, Life and Death 4, and Null Follow-Up 3.

You'll need multiple copies of Ascended Joshua to inherit all his skills, so we recommend inheriting either Life and Death 3 or Null Follow-Up 2 from another unit and then getting Green Feud 3 and the last tier of whichever skill you need.

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How to Get Ascended Joshua / Illustrations / Voice Actor / Quotes

How to Get Ascended Joshua

Obtain Through Regular Summon

Ascended Joshua is a Hero who can be pulled from any summon.

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

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Voice Actor and Illustrator Information

Voice Actor (English)	Todd Haberkorn
Illustrator	Okuma Yugo
Appears In	Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

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Legendary Byleth (M) [9.0/10]	Bramimond [9.0/10]	Legendary Claude [9.0/10]	Ascended Joshua [9.0/10]

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