Sage Nino Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Nino - Spirited Sorcerer 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 Sage Nino.

Heroes With the Same Name
Flying Nino	Nino
Winter Nino	Sage Nino
Attuned Nino

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Sage Nino [9.0/10]	Sage Linde [9.0/10]	Sage Byleth (M) [9.0/10]	Sage Ursula [9.0/10]

Sage Nino 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)

Nino - Spirited Sorcerer: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Red / Red Tome / Infantry
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Weapon skill removes terrain movement penalties, grants +1 movement, stat bonuses, and damage reduction on foe's first attack.

Sage Nino Skills at 5★

Child's Compass Might: 14　 Range: 2 Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). At start of turn, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants "unit cannot be slowed by terrain (does not apply to impassable terrain)" to unit for 1 turn and unit can move 1 extra space. (That turn only. Does not stack.) At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 during combat, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd = number of 【Bonus】 effects active on unit x 4 (excluding stat bonuses; max 16), and also, if unit deals damage to foe using a Special (excluding area-of-effect Specials), reduces damage from foe's next attack by 50% (once per combat; resets at end of combat; triggers even if 0 damage is dealt).

Glimmer Cooldown Count = 2 Boosts damage dealt by 50%.

Atk/Spd Finish 4 If unit is within 3 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd+7 to unit during combat, and also, if unit's Special is ready or unit's Special triggered before or during this combat, deals +5 damage during combat (except when dealing damage with area-of-effect Specials) and when unit deals damage during combat, restores 7 HP to unit. (Triggers even if 0 damage is dealt.)

Spd Preempt 3 Inflicts Spd-4 on foe during combat. If foe initiates combat and uses bow, dagger, magic, or staff and unit's Spd > foe's Spd unit can counter attack before foe's first attack. (Excluding when unit's Savior skill triggers.)

Time's Pulse 4 At start of turn, if Special cooldown count is at its maximum value, grants Special cooldown count-1. After combat, if Special cooldown count is at its maximum value, grants Special cooldown count-1.

Sage Nino Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (16)		★★☆☆☆
Atk (11)		★★★★☆
Spd (13)		★★★★★
Def (5)		★★☆☆☆
Res (6)		★★★☆☆

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

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+Spd / -Def

The best IVs for Sage Nino are +Spd and -Def. Her base Spd is the highest in the game as of her time of release at base 46, and the various Atk/Spd bonuses on her kit already allow her to hit hard. Maximizing her Spd is more important in order to create more follow-up attack opportunities.

Her Def is a clear dump stat at only base 20 and should be taken as a bane.

+Spd for a +10 merge

We recommend +Spd when merging Sage Nino to +10 to maximize her Spd and ensure she gets the best chance to create follow-up attacks.

Sage Nino Best Builds

Offensive Sage Nino

HOT
： Child's Compass ： Reposition ： Flare ： -	： Flash Sparrow ： Mag. Null Follow ： Creation Pulse ： Blade Session 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This build uses Flash Sparrow and Creation Pulse to quickly charge up Flare and trigger it on Nino's foe. Mag. Null Follow is used to ensure Nino can create follow-up attacks.

General Use / Budget Sage Nino

： Child's Compass ： Reposition ： Glimmer ： -

： Atk/Spd Finish 4 ： Spd Preempt 3 ： Time's Pulse 4 ： Atk/Spd Solo 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

Sage Nino's base kit already functions well as an offensive attacker and a Vantage sweeper.

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Sage Nino Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
177
HP	38	Rank: 875/1171
Atk	41	Rank: 343/1171
Spd	46	Rank: 62/1171
Def	20	Rank: 955/1171
Res	32	Rank: 307/1171

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	43	60	51	24	36	214
Lv.40 +10	43	46	51	24	36	200

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	38	55	46	20	32	191
5★ Lv.40	38	41	46	20	32	177

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	16	25	13	5	6	65

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Young Robin (M)	40	46	45	36	16	183
Nabata Tormod	40	43	45	25	30	183
Hayato	39	43	45	24	31	182
Sage Nino	38	41	46	20	32	177
Rearmed Ophelia	39	44	36	25	32	176
Salem	41	38	36	18	38	171
Hugh	40	38	42	27	24	171
Pelleas	43	40	36	21	31	171
Ewan	38	37	33	23	35	166
Miranda	38	36	35	21	36	166
Azelle	41	37	39	26	23	166
Erk	45	35	39	19	27	165
Nyx	36	42	40	19	28	165
Brave Lysithea	40	40	39	21	25	165
Gharnef	38	30	34	27	23	152
Bridal Tharja	39	35	35	21	21	151
Morgan (M)	37	33	34	20	26	150
Arvis	33	34	31	17	33	148
Tharja	39	32	34	23	20	148
Katarina	34	32	34	15	32	147

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

Sage Nino Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Sage Nino Roles

Nino - Spirited Sorcerer 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

Sage Nino 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.

Sage Nino Strengths

Child's Compass ignores terrain penalties, grants movement, stat bonuses, and damage reduction

Sage Nino's exclusive weapon Child's Compass accelerates Special trigger and ignores terrain penalties like all the other weapons for the heroes on her debut banner.

It also grants Sage Nino movement +1, Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 during combat, bonus Atk/Spd equal to number of non-stat bonuses applied to Sage Nino, and 50% damage reduction on foe's next attack if Sage Nino triggered her Special during combat.

The extra movement and terrain buff make her a very mobile hero with 3 movement and able to pass though trees easily.

Child's Compass also grants two non-stat bonuses by itself, granting Atk/Spd+8 from the Atk/Spd bonus stacking right away. This Atk/Spd bonus can reach up to +16 if two more non-stat bonuses are applied.

Time's Pulse 4 manipulates Special cooldown often

Sage Nino also debuts a new inhertable C skill in Time's Pulse 4. This skill reduces Special cooldown at start of turn and after combat as long as the Special is at its maximum value.

By equipping a 2 cooldown Special like Glimmer or Ruptured Sky, Time's Pulse 4 ensures that Sage Nino's Special is always active, which enables the damage reduction on Child's Compass every combat.

Sage Nino Weaknesses

Child's Compass relies on an HP check

Child's Compass has many powerful effects, but they are all reliant on Sage Nino having HP ≥ 25%.

While this is a simple condition to meet, her bulk isn't noteworthy, and she can be brought down below the threshold after one attack.

Sage Nino will be reliant on engaging first in order to trigger her Special and thus activate the damage reduction from her weapon.

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Sage Nino - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Fire	4	2	No Effect	5★
Elfire	6	2	No Effect	5★
Bolganone	9	2	No Effect	5★
Child's Compass	14	2	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). At start of turn, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants "unit cannot be slowed by terrain (does not apply to impassable terrain)" to unit for 1 turn and unit can move 1 extra space. (That turn only. Does not stack.) At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 during combat, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd = number of 【Bonus】 effects active on unit x 4 (excluding stat bonuses; max 16), and also, if unit deals damage to foe using a Special (excluding area-of-effect Specials), reduces damage from foe's next attack by 50% (once per combat; resets at end of combat; triggers even if 0 damage is dealt).	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★
Glimmer	(Cooldown Count = 2) Boosts damage dealt by 50%.	5★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Atk/Spd Finish 1	If unit is within 3 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd+2 to unit during combat, and also, if unit's Special is ready or unit's Special triggered before or during this combat, deals +1 damage during combat. (Except when dealing damage with area-of-effect Specials.)	5★
Atk/Spd Finish 2	If unit is within 3 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd+4 to unit during combat, and also, if unit's Special is ready or unit's Special triggered before or during this combat, deals +1 damage during combat. (Except when dealing damage with area-of-effect Specials.)	5★
Atk/Spd Finish 3	If unit is within 3 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd+6 to unit during combat, and also, if unit's Special is ready or unit's Special triggered before or during this combat, deals +5 damage during combat. (Except when dealing damage with area-of-effect Specials.)	5★
Atk/Spd Finish 4	If unit is within 3 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd+7 to unit during combat, and also, if unit's Special is ready or unit's Special triggered before or during this combat, deals +5 damage during combat (except when dealing damage with area-of-effect Specials) and when unit deals damage during combat, restores 7 HP to unit. (Triggers even if 0 damage is dealt.)	5★
Spd Preempt 1	Inflicts Spd-2 on foe during combat. If foe initiates combat and uses bow, dagger, magic, or staff and unit's Spd ≥ foe's Spd+5, unit can counterattack before foe's first attack. (Excluding when unit's Savior skill triggers.)	5★
Spd Preempt 2	Inflicts Spd-3 on foe during combat. If foe initiates combat and uses bow, dagger, magic, or staff and unit's Spd ≥ foe's Spd+3, unit can counterattack before foe's first attack. (Excluding when unit's Savior skill triggers.)	5★
Spd Preempt 3	Inflicts Spd-4 on foe during combat. If foe initiates combat and uses bow, dagger, magic, or staff and unit's Spd > foe's Spd unit can counter attack before foe's first attack. (Excluding when unit's Savior skill triggers.)	5★
Time's Pulse 1	At the start of every third turn, if Special cooldown count is at its maximum value, grants Special cooldown count-1.	5★
Time's Pulse 2	At the start of every second turn, if Special cooldown count is at its maximum value, grants Special cooldown count-1.	5★
Time's Pulse 3	At start of turn, if Special cooldown count is at its maximum value, grants Special cooldown count-1.	5★
Time's Pulse 4	At start of turn, if Special cooldown count is at its maximum value, grants Special cooldown count-1. After combat, if Special cooldown count is at its maximum value, grants Special cooldown count-1.	5★

Sage Nino as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★★

Sage Nino comes with Atk/Spd Finish 4, Spd Preempt 3, and Time's Pulse 4 as valuable inheritance options.

All of these skills are highly sought after, making Sage Nino a top tier unit for fodder reasons.

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How to Get Sage Nino

Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

Sage Nino 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)	Sarah Blandy
Illustrator	Miwabe Sakura
Appears In	Fire Emblem (The Blazing Blade)

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