Gotoh Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Gotoh - White Sage 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 Gotoh.

Legendary Heroes - Alear: Engaging Fire Featured Heroes
Attuned Triandra [9.5/10]	Harken [9.0/10]	Kvasir [9.0/10]	Legendary Myrrh [9.0/10]
Freyr [9.5/10]	Febail [9.0/10]	Legendary Ninian [9.9/10]	Heiðr [9.0/10]
Attuned Peony [9.5/10]	Gotoh [9.0/10]	Gullveig [9.5/10]	Legendary Alear (M) [9.5/10]

Gotoh 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)

Gotoh - White Sage: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Colorless / Colorless Tome / Infantry
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Weapon skill grants Def/Res+6 and damage reduction from area-of-effect Specials to unit and nearby allies, inflicts Atk/Res-6 on foe, neutralizes their Atk/Res bonuses, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's counterattacks, and restores HP post-combat. ・Exclusive A skill inflicts Atk/Res-10 on foe, grants a guaranteed follow-up attack to unit, grants damage reduction on consecutive attacks received, and forces foe to attack consecutively.

Gotoh Skills at 5★

Brilliant Starlight Might: 14　 Range: 2 Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). At start of turn, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Def/Res+6 and "reduces damage from area-of-effect Specials by 80%" to unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit for 1 turn. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Atk/Res-6 on foe during combat, neutralizes bonuses to foe's Atk/Res during combat, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's counterattacks, and restores 7 HP to unit after combat.

Iceberg Cooldown Count = 3 Boosts damage dealt by 50% of unit’s Res.

Gift of Magic If unit initiates combat or foe's Range = 2, inflicts Atk/Res-10 on foe during combat, unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack, and also, if unit receives consecutive attacks, reduces damage from foe's second attack onward by 80%. If foe with Range = 2 initiates combat and foe can make a follow-up attack, foe makes a follow-up attack before unit can counterattack.

Guard 4 At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Atk-4 and Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack during combat (only highest value applied; does not stack) and reduces damage from foe's first attack during combat by 30%.

Joint Dist. Guard Grants Def/Res+4 to allies within 2 spaces during combat against bow, dagger, magic, or staff foes. If unit is within 2 spaces of an ally and foe uses bow, dagger, magic, or staff, grants Def/Res+4 to unit during combat.

Gotoh Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (18)		★★★☆☆
Atk (12)		★★★★☆
Spd (4)		★☆☆☆☆
Def (8)		★★★★☆
Res (9)		★★★★★

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

See the IV Checker for All Units

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.

+Res / -Spd

The best IVs for Gotoh are +Res and -Spd. As a Mythic hero, survival is essential due to not receiving Mythic blessing bonuses. Boosting Res improves Gotoh's Magic bulk, allowing him to survive repeated attacks from his foes.

Spd is a clear dump stat and should be the bane of choice.

+Res for a +10 merge

We recommend +Res when merging Gotoh to +10 in order to excel in his Magic tank role. If opting into a more offensive role, +Atk is also a good choice.

Gotoh Best Builds

General Use / Budget Gotoh

HOT
： Brilliant Starlight ： Smite ： Iceberg ： -	： Gift of Magic ： Guard 4 ： Joint Dist. Guard ： Atk/Res Form 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

Gotoh's base kit works well in providing support to his allies while retaining a Magic tank role. Smite is used to collect Aether resources once most of the enemies have been dealt with; if using outside Aether Raids, Draw Back or Reposition are preferred.

Source Heroes for All Skills

Gotoh Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
176
HP	40	Rank: 419/1089
Atk	42	Rank: 123/1089
Spd	14	Rank: 978/1089
Def	38	Rank: 85/1089
Res	42	Rank: 19/1089

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	45	61	18	42	47	213
Lv.40 +10	45	47	18	42	47	199

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	40	56	14	38	42	190
5★ Lv.40	40	42	14	38	42	176

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	18	26	4	8	9	65

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Arlen	41	42	45	38	17	183
Laurent	39	46	30	24	43	182
Valentine's Robin (F)	42	41	16	39	42	180
Legendary Guinivere	37	39	45	16	40	177
Arval	40	44	27	23	43	177
New Year Askr	40	42	16	42	37	177
Summer Ymir	38	45	18	35	41	177
Gotoh	40	42	14	38	42	176
Gullveig	37	45	47	27	18	174
Brave Byleth (F)	39	41	43	26	24	173
Tea Lysithea	38	46	46	20	22	172
Niime	36	42	33	17	43	171
Young Soren	36	42	34	16	43	171
Tine	38	42	42	23	26	171
Ascended Celica	40	43	42	21	25	171
Legendary Micaiah	38	42	31	19	41	171
Brave Marianne	38	40	41	17	35	171
Kiran	41	35	35	28	28	167
Xane	47	30	34	25	30	166
Ashera	37	35	39	15	40	166
Summer Micaiah	38	42	30	16	37	163
Bramimond	39	40	27	21	35	162
Winter Lysithea	38	42	40	19	23	162
Bridal Micaiah	39	39	20	19	38	155

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

Gotoh Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Gotoh Roles

Gotoh - White Sage 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

Gotoh is a ranged magic 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 Res stat.

Gotoh Strengths

Brilliant Starlight is a great defensive weapon

Gotoh's Brilliant Starlight grants Def/Res+6 and 80% damage reduction against area-of-effect Specials to himself and his nearby allies at the start of each turn.

During combat, it inflicts Atk/Res-6 on his foe, neutralizes their Atk/Res Bonuses, neutralizes effects that prevent counterattacks, and restores 7 HP to himself after combat.

This is an amazing defensive weapon that protects his team from offensive foes while granting Gotoh defensive bonuses to ensure his survival in combat.

Gift of Magic inflicts massive Atk/Res penalties and grants a follow-up attack and damage reduction

Gotoh also comes with an exclusive A skill in Gift of Magic. This skill inflicts Atk/Res-10 on his foe, grants him a guaranteed follow-up attack, and has a similar effect to refined Urvan where it grants him 80% damage reduction on consecutive attacks received after the first while forcing his foe to make all of his/her attacks consecutively.

Brave Ike is a formidable tank unit due to refined Urvan, and Gift of Magic is no different. This skill makes Gotoh a very bulky unit that will take significant effort to take down.

Gotoh Weaknesses

Vulnerable to damage-reduction piercing effects

The damage reduction sources in Gotoh's kit are all non-Special, which makes piercing effects from skills like Lethality and Deadeye threatening to his survival.

Keep Gotoh away from units with this effect in order to keep him alive.

Should you Unlock Potential?

Should You Unlock Potential for this Hero?	Cannot Unlock Potential

Gotoh - White Sage Only Appears as a 5 Star Hero!

Gotoh - White Sage only appears as a 5 Star Hero. We will include whether or not you should Unlock Potential for Gotoh - White Sage if a 4 Star version is released!

Unlock Potential Tier List

Gotoh - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Stone	4	2	No Effect	5★
Elstone	6	2	No Effect	5★
Atlas	9	2	No Effect	5★
Brilliant Starlight	14	2	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). At start of turn, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Def/Res+6 and "reduces damage from area-of-effect Specials by 80%" to unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit for 1 turn. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Atk/Res-6 on foe during combat, neutralizes bonuses to foe's Atk/Res during combat, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's counterattacks, and restores 7 HP to unit after combat.	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★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Gift of Magic	If unit initiates combat or foe's Range = 2, inflicts Atk/Res-10 on foe during combat, unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack, and also, if unit receives consecutive attacks, reduces damage from foe's second attack onward by 80%. If foe with Range = 2 initiates combat and foe can make a follow-up attack, foe makes a follow-up attack before unit can counterattack.	5★
Guard 1	If unit’s HP  = 100% at start of combat, enemy is inflicted with Special cooldown charge -1. (If using similar skill, only highest value applied. )	5★
Guard 2	If unit’s HP ≥ 90% at start of combat, enemy is inflicted with Special cooldown charge -1. (If using similar skill, only highest value applied. )	5★
Guard 3	If unit’s HP ≥ 80% at start of combat, enemy is inflicted with Special cooldown charge -1. (If using similar skill, only highest value applied. )	5★
Guard 4	At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Atk-4 and Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack during combat (only highest value applied; does not stack) and reduces damage from foe's first attack during combat by 30%.	5★
Distant Guard 1	Allies within 2 spaces gain: "If foe uses bow, dagger, magic or staff, grants Def/Res +2 during combat."	5★
Distant Guard 2	Allies within 2 spaces gain: "If foe uses bow, dagger, magic or staff, grants Def/Res +3 during combat."	5★
Distant Guard 3	Allies within 2 spaces gain: "If foe uses bow, dagger, magic or staff, grants Def/Res +4 during combat."	5★
Joint Dist. Guard	Grants Def/Res+4 to allies within 2 spaces during combat against bow, dagger, magic, or staff foes. If unit is within 2 spaces of an ally and foe uses bow, dagger, magic, or staff, grants Def/Res+4 to unit during combat.	5★

Gotoh as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★☆

Gotoh has Guard 4 and Joint Dist. Guard as inheritance options.

Both of these skills can be acquired at the same time by inheriting their pre-requisite skills first prior to using Gotoh as fodder.

List of Source Heroes

The Best Fodder Units

Community Feedback

How would you rate Gotoh?

If you have feedback about this hero page, let us know in the comments section below!

How to Get Gotoh / Illustrations / Voice Actor / Quotes

How to Get Gotoh

Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

Gotoh is a limited time Hero who can be pulled from a Mythic Hero Summoning event. They do not appear in regular summons.

Note: Not currently a featured hero in any Summon events.

Voice Actor and Illustrator Information

Voice Actor (English)	Leonard Draper
Illustrator	Shimomura Watari
Appears In	Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem and New Mystery of the Emblem

Illustration

FEH: Related Guides

Legendary Heroes - Alear: Engaging Fire

Heroes from Legendary Heroes - Alear: Engaging Fire
Attuned Triandra [9.5/10]	Harken [9.0/10]	Kvasir [9.0/10]	Legendary Myrrh [9.0/10]
Freyr [9.5/10]	Febail [9.0/10]	Legendary Ninian [9.9/10]	Heiðr [9.0/10]
Attuned Peony [9.5/10]	Gotoh [9.0/10]	Gullveig [9.5/10]	Legendary Alear (M) [9.5/10]

See All Colorless Heroes

▶︎Return to the Colorless Heroes Page

All Types of Colorless Weapons

Close-Range	Ranged
Colorless Breath	Colorless Dagger
Colorless Beast	Colorless Bow
Colorless Tome	Staff