Karin Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Karin - Driven Knight 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 Karin.

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Karin Rating and Basic Information

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

Karin - Driven Knight: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Blue / Lance / Flying
Rarity	5 Star 4 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Weapon skill buffs Atk/Def for self and nearby allies ・Receives passive bonuses to Atk/Def for being near allies and grants those allies bonus Atk

Karin Skills at 5★

Allied Lance+ Might: 14　 Range: 1 Grants Atk/Def+4 to allies within 2 spaces during combat. If unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Def+4 to unit during combat.

Moonbow Cooldown Count = 2 Treats foe's Def/Res as if reduced by 30% during combat.

Atk/Def Form 3 Grants Atk/Def+X to unit during combat. (X = 2 × number of allies within 2 spaces, + 1; max 7.)

Drive Atk 2 Grants allies within 2 spaces Atk +3 during combat.

Karin Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (19)		★★★☆☆
Atk (7)		★★★☆☆
Spd (12)		★★★★★
Def (7)		★★☆☆☆
Res (7)		★★★☆☆

◯ = 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.

+Spd/-HP

The best IVs for Karin are +Spd and -HP. Spd increases Karin's already high Spd stat to higher levels, allowing her to compete with the speediest units in the game.

Her Def and Res are serviceable, thus we take -HP as a bane because it is the easiest stat to patch up through Legendary or Mythic blessing bonuses.

+Spd for a +10 Merge

We recommend +Spd when merging Karin to +10 for similar reasons above. Karin is one of the fastest units in the game, maximizing her Spd stat is essential in competing against the metagame.

Karin Best Builds

General Use / Budget Karin

HOT
： Allied Lance+ ： Reposition ： Moonbow ： -	： Atk/Def Form 3 ： Aerobatics 3 ： Drive Atk 2 ： Atk/Def Form 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This is a budget build using most of Karin's base kit. Dual Atk/Def Form stacks the bonuses to keep her alive throughout multiple engagements. Aerobatics provides mobility to maximize her Form skills.

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Karin Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
177
HP	41	Rank: 342/1171
Atk	37	Rank: 584/1171
Spd	42	Rank: 217/1171
Def	26	Rank: 700/1171
Res	31	Rank: 337/1171

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	41	51	42	26	31	191
5★ Lv.40	41	37	42	26	31	177
4★ Lv.40	38	35	40	24	28	165

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	19	21	12	7	7	66
4★ Lv.1	18	17	12	6	6	59

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Zeiss	43	48	36	41	25	193
Phila	38	37	42	26	40	183
Marcia	41	37	41	32	26	177
Karin	41	37	42	26	31	177
Seteth	44	36	36	32	24	172
Sigrun	37	32	36	28	34	167
Cynthia	38	32	37	27	29	163
Thea	37	31	35	31	28	162
Shigure	40	33	37	27	25	162
Shanna	39	30	35	25	29	158
Cordelia	40	35	35	22	25	157
Clair	37	26	36	24	33	156

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

Karin Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Karin Roles

Karin - Driven Knight 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

Karin is a close physical attacker (range = 1). Therefore, when not accounting for the Weapon Triangle, the amount of damage he/she deals will be equivalent to her Atk minus the foe's Def stat.

Karin Strengths

Allied Lance+ is a great support weapon

Karin comes with a new inheritable weapon in Allied Lance+.

This weapon provides Atk/Def+4 to Karin and her nearby allies as long as they are within 2 spaces away from each other.

Allied Lance+'s effects stack with other passive skills that grant bonuses such as Karin's Atk/Def Form 3 and Drive Atk 2, further improving the combat capabilities of Karin and her allies!

Karin Weaknesses

Weak to bows

As a flying unit, Karin takes 1.5x damage from bows and weapons effective on flying units. Be sure to keep them out of the range of archers and leave them to other units.
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Competition and lack of unique skills

Karin is yet another lance flier released into the game, and she has no unique skill to call her own (as of March 2022).

This makes her a difficult choice to field on your team, especially if you already have other invested lance fliers in your barracks.

Should you Unlock Potential?

Should You Unlock Potential for this Hero?

We Recommend Unlocking Potential for Karin - Driven Knight!

We recommend that you use Unlock Potential to bring Karin - Driven Knight from 4 Stars to 5 Stars. Karin - Driven Knight is very useful as a speedy lance flier, so you may find using Unlock Potential on Karin - Driven Knight helpful if your team lacks a party member with this role.

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Karin - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Iron Lance	6	1	No Effect	3★
Steel Lance	8	1	No Effect	3★
Allied Lance	10	1	Grants Atk/Def+4 to allies within 2 spaces during combat. If unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Def+4 to unit during combat.	3★
Allied Lance+	14	1	Grants Atk/Def+4 to allies within 2 spaces during combat. If unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Def+4 to unit during combat.	5★

Assists

This Hero has no Assist skills that can be learned.

Specials

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
New Moon	(Cooldown Count = 3) Resolve combat as if foe suffered Def/Res -30%.	3★
Moonbow	(Cooldown Count = 2) Treats foe's Def/Res as if reduced by 30% during combat.	4★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Atk/Def Form 1	Grants Atk/Def+X to unit during combat. (X = number of allies within 2 spaces; max 3.)	3★
Atk/Def Form 2	Grants Atk/Def+X to unit during combat. (X = number of allies within 2 spaces + 2; max 5.)	3★
Atk/Def Form 3	Grants Atk/Def+X to unit during combat. (X = 2 × number of allies within 2 spaces, + 1; max 7.)	4★
Spur Atk 1	Grants adjacent allies Atk +2 during combat.	3★
Drive Atk 1	Grants allies within 2 spaces Atk +2 during combat.	4★
Drive Atk 2	Grants allies within 2 spaces Atk +3 during combat.	5★

Karin as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★☆☆

Karin comes with Allied Lance+, Atk/Def Form 3, and Drive Atk 2 as inheritance options.

Only Allied Lance+ is worth inheriting, however. The other skills can be found on other heroes.

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How to Get Karin

Obtain Through Regular Summon

Karin 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)	Anairis Quiñones
Illustrator	Naruse Uroko
Appears In	Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

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