Valentine's Lucina Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Lucina - Future Fondness 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 Valentine's Lucina.

Heroes With the Same Name
Brave Lucina	Lucina
Legendary Lucina	Spring Lucina
Valentine's Lucina	Rearmed Lucina
Ninja Lucina

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Valentine's Chrom [9.5/10]	Valentine's Owain [8.5/10]	Valentine's Lucina [9.0/10]	Valentine's Robin (F) [9.0/10]

Valentine's Lucina 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)

Lucina - Future Fondness: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Green / Axe / Armored
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Weapon skill provides damage reduction and neutralizes enemy unit bonuses ・B skill also provides damage reduction and the Null Follow-Up 3 effect. ・Savior skill to take combat in place of an ally being attacked by melee units.

Valentine's Lucina Skills at 5★

Gerbera Axe Might: 16　 Range: 1 Grants Spd+3. If a movement Assist skill like (Reposition, Shove, Pivot, etc.) is used by unit or targets unit, grants "neutralizes foe's bonuses during combat" to unit and target ally or unit and targeting ally for 1 turn. If foe initiates combat or if foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 to unit during combat and reduces damage from foe's first attack during combat by 40%.

Future Vision Range: 1 Unit and target ally swap spaces. Grants another action to unit. (Additional action granted once per turn only. )

Kestrel Stance 3 If foe initiates combat, grants Atk/Spd +6 during combat and inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)

Savvy Fighter 3 If foe initiates combat, neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks and effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks during combat, and also if unit's Spd is ≥ foe's Spd-4, reduces damage from foe's first attack during combat by 30%.

A/D Near Save 3 If a foe uses sword, lance, axe, breath, or beast damage & initiates combat against an ally with 2 spaces of unit, triggers【Savior】on unit. If Savior triggers, grants Atk/Def+4 during combat. 【Savior】 Unit takes ally’s space, enters combat in ally’s place, and receives all after-combat effects. Doesn't trigger if ally is on terrain that unit can't move to or if multiple units are able to use Savior during the same combat. If Savior triggers, after-combat movement effects don't occur.

Valentine's Lucina Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (17)		★★★☆☆
Atk (9)		★★★★☆
Spd (12)		★★★★★
Def (11)		★★★★☆
Res (9)		★★☆☆☆

◯ = 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/-HP

We recommend a +Spd IV for Valentine's Lucina. Her Spd is of utmost importance and needs to be boosted as much as possible, as her role is a speedy armored unit with Spd-based damage reduction.

Her Res is decent at 31, thus we recommend taking -HP as a bane. HP is the easiest stat to patch up with Legendary and Mythic blessing bonuses.

+Spd for a +10 Merge

We also recommend +Spd when merging Valentine's Lucina up to +10 and investing max dragonflowers. Her Spd is very important and has to be as high as possible to avoid follow-up attacks and perform them herself.

Valentine's Lucina Best Builds

Near Save Speedy Tank Valentine's Lucina

HOT
： Gerbera Axe ： Future Vision ： Armored Blaze ： -	： Atk/Spd Unity ： Savvy Fighter 4 ： A/S Near Save 3 ： Atk/Spd Form 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This is a standard Near Save build for Valentine's Lucina. As a Spd-based unit, Lucina's Spd should be boosted as much as possible to maximize her performance.

Far Save Speedy Tank Valentine's Lucina

： Gerbera Axe ： Future Vision ： Armored Beacon ： -

： Distant Dart ： Savvy Fighter 4 ： A/S Far Save 3 ： Atk/Spd Form 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

Valentine's Lucina can also utilize a Far Save build, relying on her good Spd stat to prevent follow-up attacks and only absorb one hit per combat.

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Valentine's Lucina Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
190
HP	41	Rank: 342/1171
Atk	39	Rank: 458/1171
Spd	42	Rank: 217/1171
Def	37	Rank: 156/1171
Res	31	Rank: 337/1171

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	46	59	50	42	35	232
Lv.40 +10	46	43	47	42	35	213

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	41	55	45	37	31	209
5★ Lv.40	41	39	42	37	31	190

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	17	25	15	11	9	77

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Winter Black Knight	43	44	44	35	30	196
Ludveck	46	44	32	45	28	195
Ascended Fjorm	43	39	41	31	36	190
Valentine's Lucina	41	39	42	37	31	190
Winter Lissa	43	33	30	35	34	175
Picnic Felicia	43	30	37	30	35	175
Brave Ephraim	46	38	27	37	26	174
Halloween Dorcas	49	41	25	37	21	173
Amelia	47	34	34	35	23	173
Sheena	45	30	25	36	33	169

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

Valentine's Lucina Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Valentine's Lucina Roles

Lucina - Future Fondness 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

Valentine's Lucina 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.

Valentine's Lucina Strengths

Gerbera Axe Grants Great Offensive Bonuses

Lucina's bonuses from Gerbera Axe, Kestrel Stance 3, and A/D Near Save are shown here.

Lucina's Gerbera Axe has the following effects:

1	Grants Spd+3.
2	Grants Lucina and her target ally "neutralizes foe's bonuses during combat" for one turn if a movement Assist skill is used by Lucina or targets her.
3	Grants Lucina Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 during combat if an enemy unit initiates combat or if their HP is ≥ 75% at start of combat.
4	If the above conditions are met, she will also reduce damage from the enemy unit's first attack by 40%.

These are really good effects that benefit both Lucina and an ally since they put a stop to an enemy unit's buffs. Lucina will also gain buffs to her stats, making her a more potent unit.

Mobility With Future Vision

Valentine's Lucina brings the same Assist as her Legendary version with Future Vision.

This skill allows Lucina to swap spaces with an ally and will also grant her another action.

This gives Lucina some mobility since she will be able to move again after swapping and can be used for some nasty surprise attacks!

Gerbera Axe and Savvy Fighter Stacks Multiplicatively, Not Additively

It's important to note that Lucina's Gerbera Axe and Savvy Fighter 3's damage reduction stacks multiplicatively and not additively.

What this means is that both triggering at the same time will not give Valentine's Lucina 70% damage reduction but 58% reduction instead.

Rather, both instances will be calculated as such:

1	100% of enemy unit's base damage.
2	40% of the first attack will be reduced by Gerbera Axe.
3	We are now left with 60% of the enemy unit's base damage.
4	30% of the 60% remaining damage will be reduced by Savvy Fighter 3.
5	We are now left with 42% damage of the enemy unit's base damage.
6	100% - 42% = 58% damage reduction in total.

Valentine's Lucina Weaknesses

No Distant Counter and Armor Unit

Without Distant Counter built into her kit, Valentine's Lucina has no way to retaliate against enemy units who can just chip away at her HP by kiting her.

If her A skill is replaced with Distant Counter, she will be losing some of the bonus bulk and bite from Kestrel Stance 3.

Weak to Armor Effective Weapons

Valentine's Lucina takes 1.5x damage from armor-effective weapons like Destiny's Bow or Randgríðr, and one blow from these types of weapons is sure to take her down or at least severely damage her.

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

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Valentine's Lucina - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Iron Axe	6	1	No Effect	5★
Steel Axe	8	1	No Effect	5★
Silver Axe	11	1	No Effect	5★
Gerbera Axe	16	1	Grants Spd+3. If a movement Assist skill like (Reposition, Shove, Pivot, etc.) is used by unit or targets unit, grants "neutralizes foe's bonuses during combat" to unit and target ally or unit and targeting ally for 1 turn. If foe initiates combat or if foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 to unit during combat and reduces damage from foe's first attack during combat by 40%.	5★

Assists

Skill Name	Range	Effect	Learned At
Swap	1	Swap places with an adjacent ally.	5★
Future Vision	1	Unit and target ally swap spaces. Grants another action to unit. (Additional action granted once per turn only. )	5★

Specials

This Hero has no Special skills that can be learned.

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Darting Stance 1	If foe initiates combat, grants Spd+2 during combat.	5★
Kestrel Stance 1	If foe initiates combat, grants Atk/Spd +2 during combat.	5★
Kestrel Stance 2	If foe initiates combat, grants Atk/Spd +4 during combat.	5★
Kestrel Stance 3	If foe initiates combat, grants Atk/Spd +6 during combat and inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)	5★
Savvy Fighter 1	If foe initiates combat, neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks and effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks during combat, and also, if unit's Spd is ≥ foe's Spd, reduces damage from foe's first attack during combat by 10%.	5★
Savvy Fighter 2	If foe initiates combat, neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks and effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks during combat, and also, if unit's Spd is ≥ foe's Spd-2, reduces damage from foe's first attack during combat by 20%.	5★
Savvy Fighter 3	If foe initiates combat, neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks and effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks during combat, and also if unit's Spd is ≥ foe's Spd-4, reduces damage from foe's first attack during combat by 30%.	5★
A/D Near Save 1	If a foe uses sword, lance, axe, dragonstone, or beast damage & initiates combat against an ally adjacent to unit, triggers【Savior】on unit. If Savior triggers, grants Atk/Def+2 during combat. 【Savior】 Unit takes ally’s space, enters combat in ally’s place, and receives all after-combat effects. Doesn't trigger if ally is on terrain that unit can't move to or if multiple units are able to use Savior during the same combat. If Savior triggers, after-combat movement effects don't occur.	5★
A/D Near Save 2	If a foe uses sword, lance, axe, breath, or beast damage & initiates combat against an ally with 2 spaces of unit, triggers【Savior】on unit. If Savior triggers, grants Atk/Def+2 during combat. 【Savior】 Unit takes ally’s space, enters combat in ally’s place, and receives all after-combat effects. Doesn't trigger if ally is on terrain that unit can't move to or if multiple units are able to use Savior during the same combat. If Savior triggers, after-combat movement effects don't occur.	5★
A/D Near Save 3	If a foe uses sword, lance, axe, breath, or beast damage & initiates combat against an ally with 2 spaces of unit, triggers【Savior】on unit. If Savior triggers, grants Atk/Def+4 during combat. 【Savior】 Unit takes ally’s space, enters combat in ally’s place, and receives all after-combat effects. Doesn't trigger if ally is on terrain that unit can't move to or if multiple units are able to use Savior during the same combat. If Savior triggers, after-combat movement effects don't occur.	5★

Valentine's Lucina as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★☆

Inheriting Kestrel Stance 3, Savvy Fighter 3, or A/D Near Save 3

Valentine's Lucina can be used to inherit Kestrel Stance 3, Savvy Fighter 3, or A/D Near Save 3.

Take note that A/D Near Save 3 can be taken from other units. Please consider all your other resources before foddering her off.

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How to Get Valentine's Lucina

Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

Valentine's Lucina 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)	Alexis Tipton
Illustrator	RIZ3
Appears In	Fire Emblem Awakening

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