Valentine's Elise Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Elise - Sweetheart Royals 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 Valentine's Elise.

Heroes With the Same Name
Elise	Summer Elise
Hostile Springs Elise	Valentine's Elise

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Valentine's Hana [9.0/10]	Valentine's Takumi [9.0/10]	Valentine's Leo [9.0/10]	Valentine's Elise [9.5/10]

Valentine's Elise 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)

Elise - Sweetheart Royals: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Colorless / Staff / Cavalry
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Weapon skill prevents foe's counterattacks, grants Atk/Spd bonuses and Special cooldown charge acceleration, neutralizes effects that prevent follow-up attacks, and inflicts Flash status on multiple foes. ・Healer-exclusive Special deals damage based on foe's Res and inflicts 【Gravity】 on multiple foes. ・Duo Skill grants 【Dominance】 to unit and nearby allies and inflicts Def/Res-7 on multiple foes.

Valentine's Elise Skills at 5★

Dusk-Dawn Staff Might: 14　 Range: 2 Foe cannot counterattack. Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1; max cooldown count cannot be reduced below 1). If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd+6 to unit, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks, grants Special cooldown charge +1 to unit per attack during combat (only highest value applied; does not stack), and after combat, if unit attacked, inflicts status on target and foes within 2 space of target preventing counterattacks through their next actions.

Return+ Range: 1 Restores HP = 50% of unit's Atk (min 8 HP) to target ally and target ally moves to opposite side of unit. If ally cannot move to the target space (if another ally or foe is occupying the space), ally will not move. Using this skill has no effect on Special cooldown charge and unit does not gain EXP or SP. (This skill is treated as a movement skill only when movement takes place.)

Holy Pressure Cooldown Count = 3 If an Assist skill is used, unit's Special cooldown count does not go down. When Special triggers, boosts damage by 45% of foe's Res. (Calculates damage from staff after combat damage is added.) If this Special is triggered during combat, inflicts 【Gravity】 on target and adjacent foes after combat.

Atk/Spd Catch 4 At start of combat, if foe's HP=100% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, grants Atk/Spd+7 to unit during combat. At start of combat, if foe's HP=100% and【Penalty】is active on foe, grants an additional Atk/Spd+2 to unit during combat. 【Penalty】 All effects that last "on foe through its next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard).

Poetic Justice Calculates damage from staff like other weapons. Inflicts Spd-4 on foe during combat and unit deals damage = 15% of foe's attack. (If the "calculates damage from staff like other weapons" effect is neutralized, damage from staff is calculated after combat damage is added.)

Odd Recovery 3 At start of odd-numbered turns neutralizes any 【Penalty】 on allies within 2 spaces of unit and restores 20 HP to those units. 【Penalty】 All effects that last "on foe through next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard).

Valentine's Elise's Duo Skill Effect

Duo Skill
Grants 【Dominance】 to unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit. Inflicts Def/Res-7 on foes within 3 columns or 3 rows centered on unit through their next actions. (Duo Skills can be used once per map by tapping the Duo button. Duo Skills cannot be used by units deployed using Pair Up.)

Standard Effect 1

Duel
If unit is 5★ and level 40 and unit's stats total less than 200, treats unit's stats as 200 in modes like Arena. (Higher-scoring opponents will appear. Stat total calculation excludes any values added by merges and skills.)

Valentine's Elise Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (15)		★★☆☆☆
Atk (13)		★★★★★
Spd (13)		★★★★★
Def (3)		★☆☆☆☆
Res (3)		★★☆☆☆

◯ = 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.

+Spd / -Def

The best IVs for Valentine's Elise are +Spd and -Def. Boosting her Spd improves her combat potential by creating follow-up attack opportunities, aided by her very high Spd stat.

Her Def is abysmal and reducing it further does not change any of her matchups. It is a safe bane to take.

+Spd for a +10 merge

We recommend +Spd when merging Valentine's Elise up to +10 in order to maximize her best stat and compete against the fastest units in the metagame.

Valentine's Elise Best Builds

General Use / Budget Valentine's Elise

HOT
： Dusk-Dawn Staff ： Return+ ： Holy Pressure ： -	： Atk/Spd Catch 4 ： Poetic Justice ： Odd Recovery 3 ： Atk/Spd Solo 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

Valentine's Elise already comes with a pre-built kit and it works well, providing both offense and support.

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Valentine's Elise Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
169
HP	37	Rank: 796/1088
Atk	43	Rank: 76/1088
Spd	46	Rank: 8/1088
Def	16	Rank: 914/1088
Res	27	Rank: 435/1088

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	42	62	50	21	31	206
Lv.40 +10	42	48	50	21	31	192

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	37	57	46	16	27	183
5★ Lv.40	37	43	46	16	27	169

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	15	27	13	3	3	61

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Halloween Flayn	38	46	26	18	46	174
Valentine's Elise	37	43	46	16	27	169
Groom Saul	37	33	37	16	35	158
Young L'Arachel	36	37	38	16	30	157
Forrest	39	32	26	19	35	151
Elise	30	32	32	19	32	145
Maribelle	34	35	33	16	27	145
New Year Laevatein	33	36	30	27	18	144
Spring Bruno	41	30	24	35	14	144
Veronica	36	32	36	21	19	144
Picnic Genny	35	36	24	14	34	143

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

Valentine's Elise Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Valentine's Elise Roles

Elise - Sweetheart Royals 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

Valentine's Elise 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.

Valentine's Elise Strengths

Dusk-Dawn Staff is a great offensive staff

Valentine's Elise wields her exclusive Dusk-Dawn Staff which accelerates her Special trigger, grants Atk/Spd+6 during combat, neutralizes effects that prevent her follow-up attacks, grants Special charges per attack during combat, and applies the Flash status to her foe and all nearby foes.

This staff is both offensive and supportive at the same time, and when paired with the rest of her base kit, makes Valentine's Elise a formidable unit in combat.

Holy Pressure is a powerful offensive Special

Valentine's Elise debuts Holy Pressure, the first offensive Special for Staff units.

This Special has a cooldown of 3 (2 when using Dusk-Dawn Staff) and when triggered, boosts damage by 45% of the foe's Res and applies 【Gravity】 on the foe and all adjacent foes.

One drawback is that this Special causes assist skills to not reduce Special cooldown count. However, newer healing Specials that also provide movement such as Return+ and Nudge+ already do that, making this effect negligible.

Duo Skill grants Dominance to herself and allies and inflicts debuffs

Valentine's Elise's Duo Skill grants 【Dominance】 to herself and nearby allies and inflicts Def/Res-7 on foes within 3 columns and 3 rows.

This Duo Skill can generate that extra firepower needed to punch through the toughest of tanks.

Valentine's Elise Weaknesses

Abysmal Physical Bulk

Valentine's Elise suffers from having a very low base Def of 16, further reduced to 12 if she has her Def superbane.

Together with her below average base 37 HP, one attack from any physical attacker will be able to defeat her in combat.

While her Dusk-Dawn Staff helps her survive through preventing counterattacks, it does not save Elise if she is approached by a physical opponent.

Weak to Cavalry Effective Weapons

Valentine's Elise takes 1.5x damage from cavalry-effective weapons like Thani or Binding Reginleif, 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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Valentine's Elise - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Assault	10	2	Restricted to units that use a Staff.	5★
Dusk-Dawn Staff	14	2	Foe cannot counterattack. Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1; max cooldown count cannot be reduced below 1). If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd+6 to unit, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks, grants Special cooldown charge +1 to unit per attack during combat (only highest value applied; does not stack), and after combat, if unit attacked, inflicts status on target and foes within 2 space of target preventing counterattacks through their next actions.	5★

Assists

Skill Name	Range	Effect	Learned At
Heal	1	Restores 5 HP.	5★
Reconcile	1	Restores 7 HP each to target and this unit.	5★
Return	1	Restores 8 HP to target ally and target ally moves to opposite side of unit. If ally cannot move to the target space (if another ally or foe is occupying the space), ally will not move. Using this skill has no effect on Special cooldown charge and unit does not gain EXP or SP. (This skill is treated as a movement skill only when movement takes place.)	5★
Return+	1	Restores HP = 50% of unit's Atk (min 8 HP) to target ally and target ally moves to opposite side of unit. If ally cannot move to the target space (if another ally or foe is occupying the space), ally will not move. Using this skill has no effect on Special cooldown charge and unit does not gain EXP or SP. (This skill is treated as a movement skill only when movement takes place.)	5★

Specials

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Miracle	(Cooldown Count = 5) If unit’s HP > 1 and foe would reduce unit’s HP to 0, unit survives with 1 HP.	5★
Imbue	(Cooldown Count = 1) When healing an ally with a staff, restores an additional 10 HP to target ally.	5★
Holy Pressure	(Cooldown Count = 3) If an Assist skill is used, unit's Special cooldown count does not go down. When Special triggers, boosts damage by 45% of foe's Res. (Calculates damage from staff after combat damage is added.) If this Special is triggered during combat, inflicts 【Gravity】 on target and adjacent foes after combat.	5★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Atk/Spd Catch 1	At start of combat, if foe’s HP = 100% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, grants Atk/Spd+3 to unit during combat. 【Penalty】 All effects that last "on foe through its next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard).	5★
Atk/Spd Catch 2	At start of combat, if foe’s HP = 100% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, grants Atk/Spd+4 to unit during combat. 【Penalty】 All effects that last "on foe through its next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard).	5★
Atk/Spd Catch 3	At start of combat, if foe’s HP = 100% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, grants Atk/Spd+5 to unit during combat. 【Penalty】 All effects that last "on foe through its next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard).	5★
Atk/Spd Catch 4	At start of combat, if foe's HP=100% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, grants Atk/Spd+7 to unit during combat. At start of combat, if foe's HP=100% and【Penalty】is active on foe, grants an additional Atk/Spd+2 to unit during combat. 【Penalty】 All effects that last "on foe through its next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard).	5★
Wrathful Staff 1	If unit has 100% HP at the start of combat, damage from their staff will be calculated the same as other weapons.	5★
Wrathful Staff 2	If unit has ≥ 50% HP at the start of combat, damage from their staff will be calculated the same as other weapons.	5★
Wrathful Staff 3	Damage from unit’s staff will be calculated the same as other weapons.	5★
Poetic Justice	Calculates damage from staff like other weapons. Inflicts Spd-4 on foe during combat and unit deals damage = 15% of foe's attack. (If the "calculates damage from staff like other weapons" effect is neutralized, damage from staff is calculated after combat damage is added.)	5★
Odd Recovery 1	At start of odd-numbered turns neutralizes any 【Penalty】 on allies within 2 spaces of unit and restores 5 HP to those units. 【Penalty】 All effects that last "on foe through next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard).	5★
Odd Recovery 2	At start of odd-numbered turns neutralizes any 【Penalty】 on allies within 2 spaces of unit and restores 10 HP to those units. 【Penalty】 All effects that last "on foe through next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard).	5★
Odd Recovery 3	At start of odd-numbered turns neutralizes any 【Penalty】 on allies within 2 spaces of unit and restores 20 HP to those units. 【Penalty】 All effects that last "on foe through next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard).	5★

Valentine's Elise as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★★

Valentine's Elise comes with Holy Pressure, Atk/Spd Catch 4, Poetic Justice, and Odd Recovery 3 as valuable inheritance options.

We heavily recommend acquiring Holy Pressure and Poetic Justice at the same time by inheriting Wrathful Staff 3 first.

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How to Get Valentine's Elise

Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

Valentine's Elise 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)	Liv Strander with Brianna Knickerbocker
Illustrator	Fuzichoco
Appears In	Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest and Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright

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