Winter Annette Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Annette - Festive Helper 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 Winter Annette.

Heroes With the Same Name
Annette	Winter Annette

Special Heroes - Holiday Handoff Featured Heroes
Winter Dorothea [9.0/10]	Winter Cordelia [9.5/10]	Winter Black Knight [9.0/10]	Winter Annette [8.5/10]

Winter Annette 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)

Annette - Festive Helper: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Colorless / Bow / Armored
Rarity	5 Star 4 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Weapon skill inflicts Atk/Def debuffs on foe and prevents their follow-up attacks.

Winter Annette Skills at 5★

Peppy Bow+ Might: 12　 Range: 2 Effective against flying foes. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Atk/Def-5 on foe during combat and foe cannot make a follow-up attack.

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

Atk/Res Ideal 3 At start of combat, if unit's HP = 100% or if 【Bonus】 is active on unit, grants Atk/Res+5 to unit during combat.

Crafty Fighter 3 If unit's HP ≥ 25% and foe initiates combat, unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack and inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)

Winter Annette Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (19)		★★★★☆
Atk (13)		★★★★★
Spd (4)		★★☆☆☆
Def (12)		★★★★☆
Res (8)		★★★★★

◯ = 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.

+Atk/-Spd

The best IVs for Winter Annette are +Atk and -Spd. Her Atk is quite high at base 43, and increased to base 47 with a superboon. This allows her to deal significant damage to her foes.

Her Spd is a clear dump stat at only base 23 and can be safely taken as a bane.

+Atk for a +10 Merge

We recommend +Atk when merging Winter Annette up to +10 for similar reasons above. Atk is her most important stat and should be boosted as much as possible.

Winter Annette Best Builds

Res Tank Winter Annette

： Peppy Bow+ ： Pivot ： Moonbow ： -

： Atk/Res Ideal 3 ： Crafty Fighter 3 ： Atk/Res Menace ： Atk/Res Ideal 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This is a medium investment build for Winter Annette which focuses on using her as a magic wall. Atk/Res Menace provides visible buffs to activate Ideal skills.

Premium Far Save Winter Annette

HOT
： Wyvern Yumi+ ： Swap ： Ruptured Sky ： -	： Atk/Res Unity ： Special Fighter 4 ： A/R Far Save 3 ： Atk/Res Form 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This is a premium build using Annette as a Far Save tank. Wyvern Yumi+ fits slow armors allowing Annette to attack twice. Special Fighter 4 accelerates Ruptured Sky and provides a Guard effect. Ruptured Sky is used to patch up her relatively low Atk due to Wyvern Yumi's low Mt.

Budget Res Tank Winter Annette

： Peppy Bow+ ： Pivot ： Moonbow ： -

： Atk/Res Bond 3 ： Crafty Fighter 3 ： Atk Ploy 3 ： Atk/Res Bond 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This is a budget build using Winter Annette as a Res tank with cheap skills.

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Winter Annette Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
190
HP	43	Rank: 192/1171
Atk	43	Rank: 207/1171
Spd	23	Rank: 1002/1171
Def	40	Rank: 92/1171
Res	41	Rank: 71/1171

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	48	48	27	45	45	213
Lv.40 +10	48	48	27	45	45	213

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	43	43	23	40	41	190
5★ Lv.40	43	43	23	40	41	190

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	19	13	4	12	8	56

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Winter Claude	41	43	46	32	34	196
Winter Annette	43	43	23	40	41	190
Winter Ignatz	42	35	40	31	37	185
Winter Felix	44	38	37	32	29	180
Valentine's Faye	43	40	23	35	38	179
Plegian Raphael	48	42	28	38	23	179
Winter Marth	42	36	38	30	25	174
Halloween Jakob	42	35	23	33	32	165
Halloween Niles	37	34	39	25	29	164

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

Winter Annette Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Winter Annette Roles

Annette - Festive Helper 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

Winter Annette is a ranged physical 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 Def stat.

Winter Annette Strengths

Peppy Bow+ reduces foe's Atk/Def and denies follow-ups

Winter Annette's inheritable Peppy Bow+ inflicts Atk/Def-5 onto her foe and denies their follow-up attacks.

This is a great defensive weapon suited for bulky units like Winter Annette.

Winter Annette Weaknesses

Lack of Unique Skills

Winter Annette suffers from not having any unique skills to call her own, making her unable to stand out amongst other units.

While armored colorless bow is a rare movement/weapon type combo, her lack of exclusive skills leaves her undesired compared to other options.

Weak to Armor Effective Weapons

Winter Annette takes 1.5x damage from armor-effective weapons like Slaying Hammer+, Randgríðr, or Thani, and one blow from this type of weapon is sure to take her down. Make sure you know what weapons you are up against before hopping too far into the line of battle!

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Should you Unlock Potential?

Should You Unlock Potential for this Hero?

We Recommend Unlocking Potential for Annette - Festive Helper!

We recommend that you use Unlock Potential to bring Annette - Festive Helper from 4 Stars to 5 Stars. Annette - Festive Helper is very useful as a armored bow, so you may find using Unlock Potential on Annette - Festive Helper helpful if your team lacks a party member with this role.

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Winter Annette - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Iron Bow	4	2	Effective against flying units.	3★
Steel Bow	6	2	Effective against flying units.	3★
Peppy Bow	8	2	Effective against flying foes. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Atk/Def-5 on foe during combat and foe cannot make a follow-up attack.	3★
Peppy Bow+	12	2	Effective against flying foes. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Atk/Def-5 on foe during combat and foe cannot make a follow-up attack.	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/Res Ideal 1	At start of combat, if unit's HP = 100% or if 【Bonus】 is active on unit, grants Atk/Res+3 to unit during combat.	3★
Atk/Res Ideal 2	At start of combat, if unit's HP = 100% or if 【Bonus】 is active on unit, grants Atk/Res+4 to unit during combat.	3★
Atk/Res Ideal 3	At start of combat, if unit's HP = 100% or if 【Bonus】 is active on unit, grants Atk/Res+5 to unit during combat.	4★
Crafty Fighter 1	If unit's HP ≥ 75% and foe initiates combat, unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack and inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)	3★
Crafty Fighter 2	If unit's HP ≥ 50% and foe initiates combat, unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack and inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)	4★
Crafty Fighter 3	If unit's HP ≥ 25% and foe initiates combat, unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack and inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)	5★

Winter Annette as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★☆

Winter Annette comes with Peppy Bow+, Atk/Res Ideal 3, and Crafty Fighter 3 as inheritance options.

Crafty Fighter available on a demote unit is worth spending some orbs on if you need the skill.

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How to Get Winter Annette

Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

Winter Annette 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)	Abby Trott
Illustrator	kiyu
Appears In	Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes

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Special Heroes: Holiday Handoff

Heroes from Special Heroes - Holiday Handoff
Winter Dorothea [9.0/10]	Winter Cordelia [9.5/10]	Winter Black Knight [9.0/10]	Winter Annette [8.5/10]

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