Sain Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Sain - Green Lance 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 Sain.

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Sain 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)

Sain - Green Lance: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Blue / Lance / Cavalry
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・ Weapon skill grants Canto, Atk/Spd buffs to unit, and an additional action to unit after using a Rally assist skill.

Sain Skills at 5★

Jolly Jade Lance Might: 16　 Range: 1 Enables 【Canto (Rem. +1)】. Grants Atk+3. If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd+6 to unit during combat. If a Rally Assist is used by unit, grants Atk/Spd+6 to unit for 1 turn and grants unit another action. (Once per turn.) After an attack, Assist skill, or structure destruction, unit can move spaces = any movement not already used that turn + 1. (If unit used a movement skill that warped them, its remaining movement is 0.) (Unit moves according to movement type. Once per turn, cannot attack or assist. Only highest value applied. Does not stack. After moving, if a skill that grants another action would be triggered (like with Galeforce), Canto will trigger again. Unit's base movement has no effect on movement granted. Cannot warp (using skills like Wings of Mercy) a distance greater than unit's remaining movement +1.)

Rally Up Atk+ Range: 1 Grants Atk +6 to target ally and allies within 2 spaces of target (excluding unit) for 1 turn.

Spd/Def Catch 4 At start of combat, if foe's HP=100% or if 【Penalty】 is active on foe, grants Spd/Def+7 to unit during combat. At start of combat, if foe's HP = 100% and 【Penalty】 is active on foe, grants an additional Spd/Def+2 to unit during combat. 【Penalty】 All effects that last "on foe through its next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard).

Flow Refresh 3 If unit initiates combat, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks and restores 10 HP to unit after combat.

Sain Best IVs

Recommended IVs

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

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

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+Spd / -Res

Sain's best IVs are +Spd and -Res. His Spd is at a respectable base 38 and boosting it improves his performance in combat.

+Atk is also an option if opting for extra damage instead. With Sain's high base 42 Atk, additional Atk may be enough to punch through sturdier tanks.

Sain's Res is at an abysmal base 18. It is unsalvageable and should be the bane of choice.

+Spd for a +10 merge

We recommend +Spd when merging Sain up to +10. His Spd needs the boon in order to keep up with the fastest units in the metagame.

Sain Best Builds

Offensive Sain

HOT
： Jolly Jade Lance ： Rally Up Atk+ ： Bonfire ： -	： Atk/Spd Catch 4 ： Flow Guard 3 ： Atk/Spd Menace ： Blade Session 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This is a more offensive variant of Sain opting for Atk/Spd skills instead of his Spd/Def skills.

General Use / Budget Sain

： Jolly Jade Lance ： Rally Up Atk+ ： Bonfire ： -

： Spd/Def Catch 4 ： Flow Refresh 3 ： Atk Smoke 3 ： Blade Session 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

Sain's base kit also functions well. All you need is to fill in the missing skill slots to allow him to perform.

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Sain Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
174
HP	40	Rank: 419/1088
Atk	42	Rank: 123/1088
Spd	38	Rank: 273/1088
Def	36	Rank: 153/1088
Res	18	Rank: 895/1088

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	45	65	43	41	22	216
Lv.40 +10	45	46	43	41	22	197

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	40	61	38	36	18	193
5★ Lv.40	40	42	38	36	18	174

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	18	28	10	10	3	69

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Spring Sylvain	40	47	45	32	21	185
Isadora	38	43	46	32	25	184
Brave Chrom	41	42	42	37	17	179
Noah	40	45	45	31	18	179
Hardin	41	41	44	32	21	179
Sain	40	42	38	36	18	174
Brave Eirika	39	40	42	28	24	173
Summer Ashe	40	37	41	34	20	172
Spring Minerva	41	36	38	35	18	168
Ingrid	37	35	40	28	27	167
Nifl	39	38	40	27	23	167
Summer Ingrid	39	34	42	25	26	166
Brave Eliwood	40	37	35	32	18	162
Sirius	40	34	37	35	16	162
Perceval	38	32	37	28	27	162
Summer Cordelia	41	32	38	28	18	157

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

Sain Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Sain Roles

Sain - Green Lance 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

Sain 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.

Sain Strengths

Jolly Jade Lance is a powerful weapon that allows both offense and support

Sain's Jolly Jade Lance is a unique and powerful weapon that grants an additional action to Sain upon using a Rally assist skill on his allies.

With Sain's cavalry movement, you can move in front of an ally, use a Rally skill, and then go on the offensive. Using this pattern of attack, Sain can move up to 6 spaces in one turn, plus an extra space with Jolly Jade Lance's Canto effect!

Great physical bulk and sustain

Sain's stats and skills work together to keep him alive and healthy at all times.

His Spd/Def Catch 4 can prevent enemies from making a follow-up attack against him while improving his bulk simultaneously. Flow Refresh 3 ensures that effects that deny Sain's follow-up attacks are neutralized and heals him 10 HP after every combat.

These skills, together with Sain's high Spd and Def make him deceptively tanky and difficult to defeat with physical damage.

Sain Weaknesses

Abysmal Res

Sain's Res is sitting at a very low base 18. No amount of investment will help him survive magical attacks from the metagame's key magic attackers.

Keep Sain away from magic damage at all costs.

Weak to Cavalry Effective Weapons

Sain 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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Sain - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Iron Lance	6	1	No Effect	5★
Steel Lance	8	1	No Effect	5★
Silver Lance	11	1	No Effect	5★
Jolly Jade Lance	16	1	Enables 【Canto (Rem. +1)】. Grants Atk+3. If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd+6 to unit during combat. If a Rally Assist is used by unit, grants Atk/Spd+6 to unit for 1 turn and grants unit another action. (Once per turn.)	5★

Assists

Skill Name	Range	Effect	Learned At
Rally Attack	1	Grants Atk +4 to an adjacent ally until the end of the turn.	5★
Rally Up Atk	1	Grants Atk +3 to target ally and allies within 2 spaces of target (excluding unit) for 1 turn.	5★
Rally Up Atk+	1	Grants Atk +6 to target ally and allies within 2 spaces of target (excluding unit) for 1 turn.	5★

Specials

This Hero has no Special skills that can be learned.

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Spd/Def Catch 1	At start of combat, if foe’s HP = 100% or if 【Penalty】 is active on foe, grants Spd/Def+3 to unit during combat. 【Penalty】 All effects that last "on foe through its next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard).	5★
Spd/Def Catch 2	At start of combat, if foe’s HP = 100% or if 【Penalty】 is active on foe, grants Spd/Def+4 to unit during combat. 【Penalty】 All effects that last "on foe through its next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard).	5★
Spd/Def Catch 3	At start of combat, if foe’s HP = 100% or if 【Penalty】 is active on foe, grants Spd/Def+5 to unit during combat. 【Penalty】 All effects that last "on foe through its next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard).	5★
Spd/Def Catch 4	At start of combat, if foe's HP=100% or if 【Penalty】 is active on foe, grants Spd/Def+7 to unit during combat. At start of combat, if foe's HP = 100% and 【Penalty】 is active on foe, grants an additional Spd/Def+2 to unit during combat. 【Penalty】 All effects that last "on foe through its next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard).	5★
Flow Refresh 1	At start of combat, if unit's HP = 100% and unit initiates combat, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks and restores 5 HP to unit after combat.	5★
Flow Refresh 2	At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 50% and unit initiates combat, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks and restores 7 HP to unit after combat.	5★
Flow Refresh 3	If unit initiates combat, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks and restores 10 HP to unit after combat.	5★

Sain as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★☆

Sain comes with Rally Up Atk+, Spd/Def Catch 4, and Flow Refresh 3 as great inheritance options.

Spd/Def Catch 4 is unique to Sain as of June 2022. However, it isn't as useful as Atk/Spd Catch 4 on most heroes. Flow Refresh 3 is a better way of utilizing additional copies of Sain you may have.

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How to Get Sain

Obtain Through Regular Summon

Sain 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)	Edward Aaron Mendoza
Illustrator	maCo
Appears In	Fire Emblem (The Blazing Blade)

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