Groom Roy Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Roy - Blazing Bachelors 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 Groom Roy.

Heroes With the Same Name
Brave Roy	Roy
Valentine's Roy	Legendary Roy
Groom Roy

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Bridal Sophia [9.0/10]	Bridal Cecilia [8.5/10]	Bridal Lilina [9.0/10]	Groom Roy [9.0/10]

Groom Roy Rating and Basic Information

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

Roy - Blazing Bachelors: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Green / Axe / Cavalry
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Weapon skill is effective against dragons and beasts, accelerates Special cooldown, grants Canto, grants stat bonuses, and inflicts stat penalties onto foe. ・Exclusive C skill grants bonuses to Atk/Spd to self and non-dragon, non-beast allies, and applies Tempo effect.

Groom Roy Skills at 5★

Blazing Polearms Might: 16　 Range: 1 Enables 【Canto 2】. Effective against dragon and beast foes. Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 to unit during combat, and inflicts penalty on foe's Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat = 50% of total bonuses on unit during combat (max -6).

Luna Cooldown Count = 3 Treats foe's Def/Res as if reduced by 50% during combat.

Sturdy Surge If unit initiates combat, grants Atk+7, Def+10 to unit during combat, and also, if unit deals damage to foe using a Special, restores HP = X% of unit's max HP (X = unit's max Special cooldown count value x 20, +10; max 100). (Triggers even if 0 damage is dealt.)

Flow Force 3 If unit initiates combat, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks and neutralizes unit's penalties to Atk/Spd during combat.

Faith in Humanity At start of turn, if unit is within 3 spaces of allies other than dragon or beast allies, grants Atk/Spd+6 to unit and those allies for 1 turn. If 2 or more allies on your current team other than dragon or beast allies have total bonuses ≥ 10 (excluding unit), neutralizes effects that grant "Special cooldown charge +X" to foe or inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit.

Groom Roy's Harmonized Skill Effect

Harmonized Skill
Grants Def/Res+6, 【Resonance: Shields】, and 【Treachery】 to unit and allies from the same titles as unit for 1 turn. 【Treachery】 Unit deals additional damage = total bonuses on unit for 1 turn. (Harmonized Skills can be used by tapping the Harmonized button. Harmonized Skills cannot be used by units deployed using Pair Up.)

Resonance Effect

The Binding Blade / The Blazing Blade
Increases scores in Resonant Battles.

Groom Roy Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (17)		★★★☆☆
Atk (10)		★★★★☆
Spd (9)		★★★★★
Def (8)		★★★☆☆
Res (6)		★★☆☆☆

◯ = Stat gains +4 with a superboon, ✕= Stat goes down by -4 with a superbane, - = No assets or flaws

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+Spd / -Res

Groom Roy's best IVs are +Spd and -Res. His Spd sits at a strong base 42 and together with Blazing Polearms and Faith in Humanity, he can reliably make a follow-up attack on his foes.

Groom Roy has no clear dump stat, but his Res is his least important stat. As a player phase physical unit with Canto, he isn't expected to take attacks from magical units quite often. Taking Res as a bane is his best option.

+Spd for a +10 Merge

We recommend +Spd when merging Groom Roy up to +10 for similar reasons above. He has very high Spd and should invest in it to lead to best combat results.

Groom Roy Best Builds

Surge Sparrow Groom Roy

HOT
： Blazing Polearms ： Reposition ： Luna ： -	： Surge Sparrow ： Flow Guard 3 ： Faith in Humanity ： Blade Session 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This build stacks Atk/Spd bonuses to have Groom Roy hit as hard and fast as possible. Flow Guard is used to prevent enemy Specials from triggering.

General Use / Budget Groom Roy

： Blazing Polearms ： Reposition ： Luna ： -

： Sturdy Surge ： Flow Force 3 ： Faith in Humanity ： Blade Session 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

Groom Roy's base kit is good to go right away as a budget option. Simply add a movement assist and a sacred seal.

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Groom Roy Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
174
HP	39	Rank: 778/1184
Atk	38	Rank: 510/1184
Spd	42	Rank: 217/1184
Def	30	Rank: 501/1184
Res	25	Rank: 668/1184

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	44	59	46	35	29	213
Lv.40 +10	44	43	46	35	29	197

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	39	54	42	30	25	190
5★ Lv.40	39	38	42	30	25	174

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	17	26	9	8	6	66

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Ice Tribe Felicia	41	43	47	35	24	190
Brave Alfonse	41	46	16	47	40	190
Young Frederick	41	46	28	47	23	185
Winter Dimitri	41	47	46	32	19	185
Rearmed Lucina	40	43	47	31	23	184
Summer Ephraim	41	47	16	44	31	179
Sylvain	40	44	35	37	23	179
Spring Karla	40	45	47	24	22	178
Legendary Xander	40	42	41	35	17	175
Fallen Gustav	40	41	25	38	30	174
Summer Dimitri	40	42	40	35	17	174
Groom Roy	39	38	42	30	25	174
Ótr	41	41	17	40	35	174
Summer Seth	40	40	38	31	24	173
Summer Caeda	39	33	42	26	28	168
Spring Saleh	41	37	36	26	28	168
Lex	45	36	30	38	19	168
Plegian Kris (M)	41	37	37	31	22	168
Groom Zelot	41	37	25	39	25	167
Pirate Veronica	38	39	19	36	29	161
Groom Marth	40	31	36	30	20	157
Walhart	41	37	27	36	16	157
Spring Alfonse	41	35	33	30	18	157
Titania	37	28	34	25	30	154
Frederick	43	35	25	36	14	153
Gunter	43	32	24	33	18	150

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

Groom Roy Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Groom Roy Roles

Roy - Blazing Bachelors 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

Groom Roy is a close physical attacker (range = 1). 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.

Groom Roy Strengths

Blazing Polearms is a very powerful weapon with multiple effects

Groom Roy's Blazing Polearms has multiple effects that swing combat in his favor.

Below is a summary of these effects:

Condition(s)	Effect
Always	Enables 【Canto 2】.
Always	Effective against dragon and beast foes.
Always	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1).
Groom Roy initiates combat OR Groom Roy is within 2 spaces of an ally	Grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 to Groom Roy during combat.
Groom Roy initiates combat OR Groom Roy is within 2 spaces of an ally	Inflicts penalty on foe's Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat = 50% of total bonuses on Groom Roy during combat (max -6).

With Canto and the stat swing effects being tied to Groom Roy initiating combat or meeting an HP condition, a player phase style brings out his best potential.

Faith in Humanity grants stat bonuses and a Tempo effect

Groom Roy also comes with an exclusive C skill in Faith in Humanity.

This skill grants Atk/Spd+6 to Groom Roy and any non-dragon, non-beast allies at the start of each turn, if Groom Roy is within 3 spaces of said allies.

Additionally, if 2 or more allies on Groom Roy's team (excluding himself) have total bonuses ≥ 10, this skill applies a Tempo effect which prevents Special manipulation that harms Groom Roy or helps his foes.

The Tempo effect ensures that Groom Roy will trigger his Special, and Sturdy Surge's healing as a result of that.

Harmonized skill grants Def/Res bonuses and Treachery

Groom Roy's Harmonized skill grants Def/Res+6 and 【Treachery】to units from Binding Blade and Blazing Blade for 1 turn.

Treachery is a blade tome effect where the affected unit deals additional damage equal to the amount of bonuses on the unit.

With Faith in Humanity granting Atk/Spd buffs, this Harmonized skill grants Def/Res buffs allowing for maximum damage with the blade tome effect!

Groom Roy Weaknesses

Faith in Humanity brings teambuilding restrictions

Groom Roy's Faith in Humanity only affects non-dragon and non-beast allies, and the Tempo effect is reliant on having multiple human allies receiving bonuses.

This skill effectively prevents Groom Roy from being fielded together with dragon or beast units.

Either field Groom Roy with human allies, or exchange this skill for another C skill if you wish to field him with dragon or beast allies.

Weak to Cavalry Effective Weapons

Groom Roy 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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Groom Roy - 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★
Blazing Polearms	16	1	Enables 【Canto 2】. Effective against dragon and beast foes. Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 to unit during combat, and inflicts penalty on foe's Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat = 50% of total bonuses on unit during combat (max -6).	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%.	5★
Luna	(Cooldown Count = 3) Treats foe's Def/Res as if reduced by 50% during combat.	5★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Sturdy Blow 1	If unit initiates combat, grants Atk/Def +2 during combat.	5★
Sturdy Blow 2	If unit initiates combat, grants Atk/Def +4 during combat.	5★
Sturdy Surge	If unit initiates combat, grants Atk+7, Def+10 to unit during combat, and also, if unit deals damage to foe using a Special, restores HP = X% of unit's max HP (X = unit's max Special cooldown count value x 20, +10; max 100). (Triggers even if 0 damage is dealt.)	5★
Flow Force 1	At the start of combat, if unit's HP = 100% and unit initiates combat, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks and neutralizes unit's penalties to Atk/Spd during combat.	5★
Flow Force 2	At the start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 50% and unit initiates combat, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks and neutralizes unit's penalties to Atk/Spd during combat.	5★
Flow Force 3	If unit initiates combat, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks and neutralizes unit's penalties to Atk/Spd during combat.	5★
Faith in Humanity	At start of turn, if unit is within 3 spaces of allies other than dragon or beast allies, grants Atk/Spd+6 to unit and those allies for 1 turn. If 2 or more allies on your current team other than dragon or beast allies have total bonuses ≥ 10 (excluding unit), neutralizes effects that grant "Special cooldown charge +X" to foe or inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit.	5★

Groom Roy as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★☆

Groom Roy comes with Sturdy Surge and Flow Force 3 as great inheritable options.

Sturdy Surge is a very rare skill and Flow Force 3 is only found on Groom Roy (as of May 2022).

It is possible to obtain both of these with one copy of Groom Roy by inheriting Sturdy Blow 2 to your preferred unit first. With the rarity of these two skills, ensure that you do not waste your Groom Roy copy by doing this first.

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How to Get Groom Roy

Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

Groom Roy 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)	Ray Chase with Yuri Lowenthal
Illustrator	Wada Sachiko
Appears In	Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

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