Legendary Deirdre Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Deirdre - Fated Saint 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 Legendary Deirdre.

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Deirdre	Legendary Deirdre

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Legendary Deirdre [9.0/10]	Mozu [9.0/10]	Legendary Camilla [9.5/10]	Attuned Azura [9.5/10]
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Legendary Deirdre 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)

Deirdre - Fated Saint: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Blue / Blue Tome / Infantry
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・ Weapon skill is effective against dragons, grants a guaranteed follow-up attack, disables adaptive damage, and inflicts multiple Atk/Res penalties on foe. ・ Exclusive Special boosts damage by 40% of Res and has a Miracle effect.

Legendary Deirdre Skills at 5★

Spirit Forest Writ Might: 14　 Range: 2 Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Effective against dragon foes. If unit is within 3 spaces of an ally, inflicts Atk/Res-6 on foe during combat, unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack, disables foe's skills that "calculate damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res," and also, if unit's Res > foe's Res at start of combat, inflicts penalty on foe's Atk/Res during combat = 80% of difference between Res stats at start of combat. (Maximum penalty of -12.)

Circlet of Balance Cooldown Count = 2 Boosts Special damage by 40% of unit's Res. If unit's HP > 1, foe would reduce unit's HP to 0, and both following conditions apply, unit survives with 1 HP: ・ Unit or foe's Special is ready, or unit or foe's Special triggered during this combat. ・ Unit initoates combat or foe's Range = 2. (Once per map. Considered a non-Special effect. Does not stack with non-Special effects that allow unit to survive with 1 HP if foe's attack would reduce HP to 0.)

Still Water 4 Grants Atk/Res+7. Inflicts Def-5.

Atk/Res Tempo 3 Inflicts Atk/Res-3 on foe and neutralizes effects that grant "Special cooldown charge +X" to foe or inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit during combat.

Atk/Res Menace At start of turn, inflicts Atk/Res-6 on nearest foes within 4 spaces through their next actions and grants Atk/Res+6 to unit for 1 turn.

Legendary Deirdre Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (18)		★★★☆☆
Atk (13)		★★★★★
Spd (6)		★★★☆☆
Def (4)		★☆☆☆☆
Res (10)		★★★★★

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

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+Atk / -Def

The best IVs for Legendary Deirdre are +Atk and -Def. Her Atk is very high at base 43 and increasing it improves her prowess as a heavy nuker unit.

Her Def is a clear dump stat, especially with Still Water 4, and should be the bane of choice.

+Atk for a +10 merge

We recommend a +Atk IV when merging Legendary Deirdre to +10. Increasing Atk leads to the best performance.

+Spd is also an option when opting to Spd stack Legendary Deirdre in order to compete with other above average Spd heroes.

Legendary Deirdre Best Builds

Invested Res Tank Legendary Deirdre

HOT
： Spirit Forest Writ ： Draw Back ： Circlet of Balance ： -	： Crystalline Water ： Atk/Res Tempo 4 ： Atk/Res Ploy 3 ： Still Water 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This build uses premium skills to improve upon Legendary Deirdre's base kit, functioning as a Res tank while providing Ploy support at the same time.

General Use / Budget Legendary Deirdre

： Spirit Forest Writ ： Draw Back ： Circlet of Balance ： -

： Still Water 4 ： Atk/Res Tempo 3 ： Atk/Res Menace ： Still Water 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

Legendary Deirdre's base kit is already good to go as is. She will perform well as a magic attacker/check with it.

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Legendary Deirdre Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
177
HP	40	Rank: 489/1184
Atk	43	Rank: 207/1184
Spd	32	Rank: 730/1184
Def	19	Rank: 989/1184
Res	43	Rank: 47/1184

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	45	69	36	28	55	233
Lv.40 +10	45	48	36	23	48	200

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	40	64	32	24	50	210
5★ Lv.40	40	43	32	19	43	177

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	18	27	6	4	10	65

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Hestia	40	45	31	23	43	182
Veyle	39	46	30	21	46	182
Legendary Deirdre	40	43	32	19	43	177
Young Mark	40	44	27	20	46	177
Riev	43	39	25	23	40	170
Sonia	40	35	24	32	35	166
Marianne	36	41	32	17	39	165
Legendary Julia	40	39	28	19	36	162
Brunnya	42	35	31	21	33	162
New Year Alfonse	41	38	17	35	30	161
Micaiah	35	35	28	18	35	151
Ophelia	38	37	33	20	23	151

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

Legendary Deirdre Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Legendary Deirdre Roles

Deirdre - Fated Saint 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

Legendary Deirdre is a ranged magic attacker (range = 2). Therefore, when not accounting for the Weapon Triangle, the amount of damage she deals will be equivalent to her Atk minus the foe's Res stat.

Legendary Deirdre Strengths

Spirit Forest Writ is an amazing weapon for both offense and defense

Legendary Deirdre's Spirit Forest Writ is a powerful blue tome that has in-combat effects and stat swings that all help her win in combat.

Below is a summary of these effects:

Condition(s)	Effect
Always	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1).
Always	Effective against dragon foes.
Legendary Deirdre is within 3 spaces of an ally	Inflicts Atk/Res-6 on foe during combat.
Legendary Deirdre is within 3 spaces of an ally	Legendary Deirdre makes a guaranteed follow-up attack.
Legendary Deirdre is within 3 spaces of an ally	Disables foe's skills that apply adaptive damage.
Legendary Deirdre is within 3 spaces of an ally Legendary Deirdre's Res > foe's Res at start of combat	Inflicts penalty on foe's Atk/Res during combat = 80% of difference between Res stats at start of combat. (Maximum penalty of -12.)

Circlet of Balance deals high damage quickly and grants survivability

Legendary Deirdre's Circlet of Balance is a 2 cooldown Special (1 after Spirit Forest Writ) that boosts her attack by 40% of her Res.

It also grants a once per map Miracle effect if certain conditions are met. In order to trigger this effect:

• Legendary Deirdre must either initiate combat, or be in combat against a ranged foe.
• A Special skill (either Legendary Deirdre's or her foe's) must either be ready or triggered during combat.

Even without the Miracle effect, Circlet of Balance is a 1 cooldown mini-Iceberg, and with Legendary Deirdre's sky high Res stat, this will deal heavy damage often.

Legendary Deirdre Weaknesses

Abysmal Def

Legendary Deirdre's base Def sits at 19, which is further lowered by Still Water 4 if you choose to keep it equipped. This leaves her completely vulnerable to opponents that deal physical damage, especially melee foes that can partially avoid the conditions of Circlet of Balance.

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Deirdre - Fated Saint Only Appears as a 5 Star Hero!

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Legendary Deirdre - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Light	4	2	No Effect	5★
Ellight	6	2	No Effect	5★
Shine	9	2	No Effect	5★
Spirit Forest Writ	14	2	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Effective against dragon foes. If unit is within 3 spaces of an ally, inflicts Atk/Res-6 on foe during combat, unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack, disables foe's skills that "calculate damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res," and also, if unit's Res > foe's Res at start of combat, inflicts penalty on foe's Atk/Res during combat = 80% of difference between Res stats at start of combat. (Maximum penalty of -12.)	5★

Assists

This Hero has no Assist skills that can be learned.

Specials

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Chilling Wind	(Cooldown Count = 4) Boosts damage dealt by 50% of unit’s Res.	5★
Iceberg	(Cooldown Count = 3) Boosts damage dealt by 50% of unit’s Res.	5★
Circlet of Balance	(Cooldown Count = 2) Boosts Special damage by 40% of unit's Res. If unit's HP > 1, foe would reduce unit's HP to 0, and both following conditions apply, unit survives with 1 HP: ・ Unit or foe's Special is ready, or unit or foe's Special triggered during this combat. ・ Unit initoates combat or foe's Range = 2. (Once per map. Considered a non-Special effect. Does not stack with non-Special effects that allow unit to survive with 1 HP if foe's attack would reduce HP to 0.)	5★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Still Water 1	Grants Atk/Res+3. Inflicts Def-3.	5★
Still Water 2	Grants Atk/Res+4. Inflicts Def-4.	5★
Still Water 3	Grants Atk/Res+5. Inflicts Def-5.	5★
Still Water 4	Grants Atk/Res+7. Inflicts Def-5.	5★
Atk/Res Tempo 1	Inflicts Atk/Res-1 on foe and neutralizes effects that grant "Special cooldown charge +X" to foe or inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit during combat.	5★
Atk/Res Tempo 2	Inflicts Atk/Res-2 on foe and neutralizes effects that grant "Special cooldown charge +X" to foe or inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit during combat.	5★
Atk/Res Tempo 3	Inflicts Atk/Res-3 on foe and neutralizes effects that grant "Special cooldown charge +X" to foe or inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit during combat.	5★
Threaten Res 1	Inflicts Res -3 on foes within 2 spaces through their next actions at the start of each turn.	5★
Threat. Atk/Res 1	At start of turn, inflicts Atk/Res-3 on foes within 2 spaces through their next actions.	5★
Threat. Atk/Res 2	At start of turn, inflicts Atk/Res-4 on foes within 2 spaces through their next actions.	5★
Atk/Res Menace	At start of turn, inflicts Atk/Res-6 on nearest foes within 4 spaces through their next actions and grants Atk/Res+6 to unit for 1 turn.	5★

Legendary Deirdre as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★☆

Legendary Deirdre has Still Water 4, Atk/Res Tempo 3, and Atk/Res Menace as inheritance options.

Atk/Res Tempo is only found on Legendary Deirdre (as of August 31, 2022). Still Water 4 is also quite rare, and Atk/Res Menace can be found on other units in the permanent pool.

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How to Get Legendary Deirdre

Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

Legendary Deirdre is a limited time Hero who can be pulled from a Legendary Hero 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)	Erica Mendez
Illustrator	Haimura Kiyotaka
Appears In	Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

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