Winter Cordelia Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Cordelia - Unyielding Snow 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 Cordelia.

Heroes With the Same Name
Summer Cordelia	Cordelia
Bridal Cordelia	Winter Cordelia

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 Cordelia Rating and Basic Information

Overall Rating	9.5/10
Reroll Ranking (excluding Inherit Skill)	S (▶Reroll Ranking)
Ranking (including Inherit Skill)	S (▶FEH Tier List)

Cordelia - Unyielding Snow: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Blue / Lance / Flying
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Weapon skill grants Orders buff and brave attacks to unit and allies within 2 spaces. ・Harmonized skill grants Atk/Spd bonuses, 【Resonance: Blades】, and 【Treachery】 to unit and allies.

Winter Cordelia Skills at 5★

Inseverable Spear Might: 16　 Range: 1 Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). At start of turn, if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants the following effects to unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit for 1 turn: "unit can move to a space adjacent to an ally within 2 spaces" and 【Dual Strike】. If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd+6 and Special cooldown charge +1 to unit per attack during combat. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.) 【Dual Strike】 If unit initiates combat and is adjacent to an ally with Dual Strike (excluding unit), unit attacks twice. (That turn only. Does not stack.)

Galeforce Cooldown Count = 5 If unit initiates combat, grants unit another action after combat. (Once per turn. )

Atk/Spd Clash 4 If unit or foe initiates combat after moving to a different space, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd during combat = X + 6 (X = number of spaces moved by whoever initated combat; max 4.) If X ≥ 2, neutralizes unit's penalties to Atk/Spd during combat.

Flow Guard 3 If unit initiates combat, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks and inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack during combat. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)

Def/Res Hold Inflicts Def/Res-4 on foes within 3 spaces during combat.

Winter Cordelia's Harmonized Skill Effect

Harmonized Skill
Grants Atk/Spd+6, 【Resonance: Blades】, 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

Awakening / Fates
Increases scores in Resonant Battles.

Winter Cordelia Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (18)		★★★☆☆
Atk (14)		★★★★★
Spd (10)		★★★★★
Def (7)		★★★☆☆
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.

+Atk/-Res

The best IVs for Winter Cordelia are +Atk and -Res. Her Atk is very high at base 44, and increased to base 48 with a superboon. 【Dual Strike】 allows her to dish out brave attacks and quickly defeat her foes; boosting her Atk improves this significantly.

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

The exception is if you're opting for a support Winter Cordelia build which aims to win the Res check against Elimine. In this case, we recommend +Res as a boon.

+Atk for a +10 Merge

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

Winter Cordelia Best Builds

Offensive Winter Cordelia

HOT
： Inseverable Spear ： Reposition ： Galeforce ： -	： Atk/Spd Clash 4 ： Flow Guard 3 ： Spd/Def Hold ： Blade Session 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

Using Spd/Def Hold allows Winter Cordelia to deal more damage and be more of an offensive option for the team.

Budget Winter Cordelia

HOT
： Inseverable Spear ： Reposition ： Galeforce ： -	： Atk/Spd Clash 4 ： Flow Guard 3 ： Def/Res Hold ： Atk/Spd Form 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

Winter Cordelia's base kit is good enough to use on a budget. Def/Res Hold helps her entire team and not just physical attackers.

Anti-Elimine Winter Cordelia

： Inseverable Spear ： Reposition ： Moonbow ： -	： Still Water 4 ： Chill Def/Res 3 ： Atk/Res Oath 4 ： Phantom Res 3 ： -
+ Res	- Def

How to Use, Explanation

Stacking up visible Res and using Phantom Res 3 improves Winter Cordelia's chances to win the Res check of Elimine's Staff of the Saint. This is more of a support build to grant Dual Strike to her team.

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Winter Cordelia Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
183
HP	40	Rank: 489/1171
Atk	44	Rank: 152/1171
Spd	43	Rank: 182/1171
Def	33	Rank: 346/1171
Res	23	Rank: 836/1171

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	45	49	48	37	27	206
Lv.40 +10	45	49	48	37	27	206

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	40	44	43	33	23	183
5★ Lv.40	40	44	43	33	23	183

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	18	14	10	7	4	53

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Bridal Say'ri	40	44	46	28	26	184
Rearmed Ingrid	38	44	47	30	25	184
Chloé	36	38	40	28	42	184
Caeldori	39	40	44	30	31	184
Summer Shez (M)	41	44	44	31	23	183
Vanessa	39	40	43	27	34	183
Winter Cordelia	40	44	43	33	23	183
Legendary Caeda	39	38	43	27	31	178
Valentian Est	35	41	38	25	37	176
Farina	39	36	38	30	30	173
Young Tana	40	39	41	29	23	172
Díthorba	43	35	38	23	33	172
Erinys	39	37	41	32	23	172
Tsubasa	39	32	40	26	30	167
Fiora	38	32	38	21	37	166
Hostile Springs Ryoma	40	35	36	28	23	162
Sumia	39	30	39	29	25	162
Spring Marisa	42	33	38	28	21	162
Bridal Tanith	37	34	36	33	21	161
Hinoka	41	35	32	25	24	157
Tana	36	34	36	25	25	156

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

Winter Cordelia Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Winter Cordelia Roles

Cordelia - Unyielding Snow 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 Cordelia is a close physical attacker (range = 1). 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 Cordelia Strengths

Inseverable Spear grants Orders and Dual Strike to herself and nearby allies

Winter Cordelia's Inseverable Spear accelerates her Special trigger and grants the Orders buff and 【Dual Strike】 to herself and allies within 2 spaces at the start of each turn.

【Dual Strike】 allows units to attack twice if they are adjacent to another unit with 【Dual Strike】.

This effect is very similar to Bridal Catria's Wedding-Bell Axe. The differences between these two are:

• Inseverable Spear's 【Dual Strike】 only requires one nearby ally, but the ally has to be adjacent to another ally with 【Dual Strike】.
• Wedding-Bell Axe's 【Triangle Attack】 requires two allies, but they can be within 2 spaces instead.

Additionally, when initiating combat or being within two spaces of an ally, Inseverable Spear also grants Winter Cordelia Atk/Spd+6 and Special cooldown acceleration.

With a brave effect and Special acceleration, Winter Cordelia can reliably charge up her equipped Galeforce and obtain another action. Alternatively, she can equip a 3 cooldown Special like Luna and immediately trigger it using the brave effect.

Harmonized Skill grants Atk/Spd buffs and Treachery

Winter Cordelia's Harmonized Skill grants Atk/Spd+6, 【Resonance: Blades】, and 【Treachery】 to herself and her allies from Awakening and Fates.

【Treachery】 is a blade effect similar to blade tomes like Gronnblade+. It grants bonus damage equal to the amount of stat bonuses applied to the unit.

This Harmonized Skill allows Winter Cordelia and her team to punch through even the sturdiest of tanks with massive bonus damage!

Winter Cordelia Weaknesses

Weak to Bows

As a flying unit, Winter Cordelia 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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Winter Cordelia - 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★
Inseverable Spear	16	1	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). At start of turn, if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants the following effects to unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit for 1 turn: "unit can move to a space adjacent to an ally within 2 spaces" and 【Dual Strike】. If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd+6 and Special cooldown charge +1 to unit per attack during combat. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.) 【Dual Strike】 If unit initiates combat and is adjacent to an ally with Dual Strike (excluding unit), unit attacks twice. (That turn only. Does not stack.)	5★

Assists

This Hero has no Assist skills that can be learned.

Specials

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Night Sky	(Cooldown Count = 3) Boosts damage dealt by 50%.	5★
Astra	(Cooldown Count = 4) Boosts damage dealt by 150%.	5★
Galeforce	(Cooldown Count = 5) If unit initiates combat, grants unit another action after combat. (Once per turn. )	5★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Atk/Spd Clash 1	If unit or foe initiates combat after moving to a different space, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd during combat = X + 1. (X = number of spaces moved by whoever initiated combat; max 1.)	5★
Atk/Spd Clash 2	If unit or foe initiates combat after moving to a different space, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd during combat = X + 3. (X = number of spaces moved by whoever initiated combat; max 2.)	5★
Atk/Spd Clash 3	If unit or foe initiates combat after moving to a different space, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd during combat = X + 5. (X = number of spaces moved by whoever initiated combat; max 3.)	5★
Atk/Spd Clash 4	If unit or foe initiates combat after moving to a different space, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd during combat = X + 6 (X = number of spaces moved by whoever initated combat; max 4.) If X ≥ 2, neutralizes unit's penalties to Atk/Spd during combat.	5★
Flow Guard 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 inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack during combat. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)	5★
Flow Guard 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 inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack during combat. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)	5★
Flow Guard 3	If unit initiates combat, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks and inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack during combat. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)	5★
Def/Res Rein 1	Inflicts Def/Res -2 on foes within 2 spaces during combat.	5★
Def/Res Rein 2	Inflicts Def/Res -3 on foes within 2 spaces during combat.	5★
Def/Res Rein 3	Inflicts Def/Res -4 on foes within 2 spaces during combat.	5★
Def/Res Hold	Inflicts Def/Res-4 on foes within 3 spaces during combat.	5★

Winter Cordelia as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★★

Winter Cordelia has Galeforce, Atk/Spd Clash 4, Flow Guard 3, and Def/Res Hold as valuable inheritance options.

Def/Res Hold is unique to Winter Cordelia as of the time of her release, while Atk/Spd Clash 4 and Flow Guard 3 are rare and powerful skills as well.

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How to Get Winter Cordelia

Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

Winter Cordelia 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)	Julie Ann Taylor
Illustrator	sachie
Appears In	Fire Emblem Awakening

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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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