Summer Claude Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Claude - Tropical Trouble 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 Summer Claude.

Heroes With the Same Name
Claude	Brave Claude
Legendary Claude	Summer Claude
Wind Tribe Claude	Winter Claude

Special Heroes - Summer Vacation Featured Heroes
Summer Edelgard [9.5/10]	Summer Claude [9.0/10]	Summer Dimitri [9.0/10]	Summer Micaiah [9.0/10]

Summer Claude 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)

Claude - Tropical Trouble: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Blue / Blue Dagger / Flying
Rarity	5 Star 4 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・ Weapon skill accelerates Specials, grants Canto, Atk/Spd buffs, and attacks twice. ・ Exclusive B skill grants massive damage reduction and inflicts Gravity onto foes.

Summer Claude Skills at 5★

Frozen Delight Might: 14　 Range: 2 Enables 【Canto (Rem.)】. Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd+6 to unit during combat, and also, if unit initiates combat and total bonuses on unit + total penalties on foe ≥ 12, unit attacks twice. Effect: 【Dagger 7】

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

Fallen Star If unit initiates combat, reduces damage from foe's first attack by 80% during combat, and after combat, grants 【Fallen Star】 to unit and inflicts 【Gravity】 on target and foes within 1 space of target. 【Fallen Star】 For 1 turn, during unit's first combat in player phase and enemy phase, reduces damage from foe's first attack by 80%.

Spd/Def Rein 3 Inflicts Spd/Def-4 on foes within 2 spaces during combat.

Summer Claude Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (17)		★★★★☆
Atk (10)		★★★☆☆
Spd (12)		★★★★★
Def (6)		★★★☆☆
Res (4)		★★★☆☆

◯ = 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

The best IVs for Summer Claude are +Spd and -HP. His Spd is a superboon and boosting it improves the performance of Frozen Delight.

His defensive stats are all serviceable, thus we chose HP as a bane because it is the easiest to patch using Legendary or Mythic blessing bonuses.

+Spd for a +10 merge

We recommend +Spd when merging Summer Claude to +10. His Spd is his best stat and should be boosted as much as possible.

Summer Claude Best Builds

Menace Summer Claude

HOT
： Frozen Delight ： Reposition ： Moonbow ： -	： Atk/Spd Catch 4 ： Fallen Star ： Atk/Spd Menace ： Atk/Spd Solo 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

A Menace skill guarantees that Frozen Delight will trigger its brave condition, making it a necessary skill for invested Summer Claudes. The rest of the build focuses on Atk/Spd while retaining Fallen Star for survivability.

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Summer Claude Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
172
HP	41	Rank: 342/1171
Atk	38	Rank: 510/1171
Spd	42	Rank: 217/1171
Def	25	Rank: 737/1171
Res	26	Rank: 596/1171

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	46	57	47	29	30	209
Lv.40 +10	46	43	47	29	30	195

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	41	52	42	25	26	186
5★ Lv.40	41	38	42	25	26	172

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	17	24	12	6	4	63

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Wind Tribe Claude	42	44	47	24	26	183
Flame Tribe Tana	39	39	42	26	32	178
Spring Ashe	40	43	46	32	17	178
Ninja Igrene	40	43	38	22	30	173
Summer Claude	41	38	42	25	26	172
Thief Sothe	41	39	41	28	23	172
Ninja Lyn	40	38	42	21	26	167
Spring Palla	38	37	34	17	29	155
Petra	40	32	38	25	20	155
Hostile Springs Camilla	38	33	35	17	28	151
Spring Kagero	36	35	34	18	27	150
Hostile Springs Hinoka	38	35	35	16	26	150
Eir	35	32	37	14	31	149

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

Summer Claude Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Summer Claude Roles

Claude - Tropical Trouble 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

Summer Claude 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.

Summer Claude Strengths

Frozen Delight grants Canto, accelerated Special, and can potentially attack twice

Summer Claude ditches his bow in favor of some Frozen Delights. This blue dagger grants 【Canto (Rem.)】, accelerates his Special trigger, grants Atk/Spd buffs, and can allow him to attack twice.

The brave effect is conditional on Summer Claude meeting the threshold of 12 for total bonuses on himself and total penalties on foe. This requires some setup in order to be reliable, but using Menace skills makes this condition simple.

Fallen Star grants massive damage reduction and applies Gravity to his foes

Similar to his Legendary version, Summer Claude carries Fallen Star.

This skill grants the 【Fallen Star】 status which gives Summer Claude a massive 80% damage reduction and applies 【Gravity】 to his foe and all surrounding foes.

While Summer Claude's bulk may not look impressive, this skill alone improves his survivability by a ton.

Summer Claude Weaknesses

Fallen Star requires it to be triggered first

Fallen Star requires that Summer Claude attack first in order to receive the buff after combat.

This leaves him vulnerable if he is attacked first before he can attack himself.

Weak to Bows

As a flying unit, Summer Claude 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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Should You Unlock Potential for this Hero?

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Summer Claude - 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.	3★
Steel Dagger	5	2	After combat, inflicts Def/Res -3 on foe through its next action.	3★
Silver Dagger	7	2	After combat, inflicts Def/Res -5 on foe through its next action.	3★
Frozen Delight	14	2	Enables 【Canto (Rem.)】. Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd+6 to unit during combat, and also, if unit initiates combat and total bonuses on unit + total penalties on foe ≥ 12, unit attacks twice. Effect: 【Dagger 7】	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
Fallen Star	If unit initiates combat, reduces damage from foe's first attack by 80% during combat, and after combat, grants 【Fallen Star】 to unit and inflicts 【Gravity】 on target and foes within 1 space of target. 【Fallen Star】 For 1 turn, during unit's first combat in player phase and enemy phase, reduces damage from foe's first attack by 80%.	5★
Spd/Def Rein 1	Inflicts Spd/Def-2 on foes within 2 spaces during combat.	3★
Spd/Def Rein 2	Inflicts Spd/Def-3 on foes within 2 spaces during combat.	4★
Spd/Def Rein 3	Inflicts Spd/Def-4 on foes within 2 spaces during combat.	5★

Summer Claude as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★☆

Summer Claude only has Spd/Def Rein 3 as a valuable inheritance option.

Since Summer Claude can be obtained at 4 star rarity, this makes him a valuable and easy to obtain source of this skill.

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How to Get Summer Claude

Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

Summer Claude 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)	Joe Zieja
Illustrator	azu taro
Appears In	Fire Emblem: Three Houses

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Special Heroes: Summer Vacation

Heroes from Special Heroes - Summer Vacation
Summer Edelgard [9.5/10]	Summer Claude [9.0/10]	Summer Dimitri [9.0/10]	Summer Micaiah [9.0/10]

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