Fallen Maria Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Maria - Ritual Sacrifice 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 Fallen Maria.

Heroes With the Same Name
Maria	Spring Maria
Fallen Maria

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Fallen Chrom [9.5/10]	Legendary Hinoka [9.5/10]	Legendary Elincia [9.5/10]	Seiros [9.0/10]
Gilliam [9.0/10]	Noah [9.0/10]	Dagr [9.0/10]	Legendary Byleth (M) [9.0/10]
Ótr [9.0/10]	Legendary Claude [9.0/10]	Gotoh [9.0/10]	Fallen Maria [9.5/10]

Fallen Maria Rating and Basic Information

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

Maria - Ritual Sacrifice: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Colorless / Staff / Infantry
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Weapon skill prevents foe's counterattacks, grants bonus stats, prevents effects that slow down unit's Special charges, and grants stat bonuses and a once-per-map Miracle to allies within 2 spaces.

Fallen Maria Skills at 5★

Sacrifice Staff Might: 14　 Range: 2 Foe cannot counterattack. Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1; max cooldown count value cannot be reduced below 1). If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 to unit and neutralizes effects that inflict "Special cooldown charge-X" on unit during combat. Grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 during combat and "if unit's HP > 1 and foe would reduce unit's HP to 0 during combat, unit survives with 1 HP and after combat, restores 99 HP to unit" to allies within 2 spaces of unit (effect only triggers for player's team once per map and does not stack with non-Special effects that allow units to survive with 1 HP if foe's attack would reduce unit's HP to 0; when any other such effect triggers on an ally granted this effect, this effect will trigger too).

Nudge+ Range: 1 Restores HP = 50% of unit's Atk (min 8 HP) to target ally and pushes target ally 1 space away. 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 Panic Cooldown Count = 2 If an Assist skill is used, unit's Special cooldown does not go down. When Special triggers, boosts damage by 25% of foe's Res. (Calculates damage from staff after combat damage is added.) If Special is triggered during combat, inflicts Atk/Spd-6 and【Panic】on target and foes within 2 spaces of target after combat.

Atk/Spd Unity If unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd+5 to unit during combat, and also, if unit is inflicted with any Atk/Spd penalty, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd during combat = current penalty on each of those stats x 2 (Example: If unit has -7 penalty to Atk, grants Atk+14, for a net bonus of Atk+12.) Calculates each stat bonus independently.

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.)

Even Recovery 3 At start of even-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).

Fallen Maria Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (15)		★★☆☆☆
Atk (11)		★★★★☆
Spd (15)		★★★★★
Def (3)		★☆☆☆☆
Res (7)		★★★☆☆

◯ = 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 Fallen Maria are +Spd and -Def. Spd is a superboon and raises Maria's base Spd from 45 to 49. Her base Spd is among the highest in the game and will ensure that she is not vulnerable to follow-up attacks while maximizing her own chances of generating a follow-up attack.

Her Def is a clear dump stat and should be taken as a bane, as she will fall to one hit from any halfway-decent physical attacker.

+Spd for a +10 merge

We recommend a +Spd IV when merging Fallen Maria up to +10 to have her keep up with the metagame's fastest units.

Fallen Maria Best Builds

General Use / Budget Fallen Maria

HOT
： Sacrifice Staff ： Nudge+ ： Holy Panic ： -	： Atk/Spd Unity ： Poetic Justice ： Even Recovery 3 ： Atk/Spd Solo 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

Fallen Maria's base kit is arguably her optimal kit already. Even Recovery can be replaced with Odd Recovery if preferred.

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Fallen Maria Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
177
HP	37	Rank: 796/1088
Atk	44	Rank: 42/1088
Spd	45	Rank: 27/1088
Def	16	Rank: 914/1088
Res	35	Rank: 130/1088

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	42	63	50	20	39	214
Lv.40 +10	42	49	50	20	39	200

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	37	58	45	16	35	191
5★ Lv.40	37	44	45	16	35	177

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	15	25	15	3	7	65

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Tina	44	43	46	19	31	183
Fallen Maria	37	44	45	16	35	177
Sara	35	40	37	16	37	165
Silque	39	33	23	35	31	161
Loki	42	33	35	16	25	151
Mikoto	38	35	32	20	26	151

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

Fallen Maria Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Fallen Maria Roles

Maria - Ritual Sacrifice 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

Fallen Maria 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.

Fallen Maria Strengths

Sacrifice Staff helps allies survive life-threatening combats!

Sacrifice Staff is one of Fallen Maria's best highlights. It is a meta-defining staff that helps one nearby ally survive dangerous combats and fully recover all missing HP after, similar to the defensive half of Legendary Fae's Life Unending. She only needs to be within two spaces for this effect to trigger.

With her powerful staff, she stands out as the best candidate for teams with save tanks and omnitanks, and for units with Vantage as their kit's foundation.

Great Offensive Set

Fallen Maria can dish out strong attacks on her own with her decently-high offensive stats. She is the third healer to debut a new offensive Special Holy Panic that helps her boost her damage on trigger. She also has Atk/Spd Unity and Poetic Justice to add to her offenses.

Fallen Maria Weaknesses

Lacks Physical Bulk

Fallen Maria does not have enough bulk to survive physical combats. With her poor Def stat, she will quickly go down to any physical attacks she might encounter. You can expect enemies to target her first for this reason, as defeating her will also stop her from using Sacrifice Staff's effects.

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Maria - Ritual Sacrifice Only Appears as a 5 Star Hero!

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

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Fallen Maria - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Assault	10	2	Restricted to units that use a Staff.	5★
Sacrifice Staff	14	2	Foe cannot counterattack. Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1; max cooldown count value cannot be reduced below 1). If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 to unit and neutralizes effects that inflict "Special cooldown charge-X" on unit during combat. Grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 during combat and "if unit's HP > 1 and foe would reduce unit's HP to 0 during combat, unit survives with 1 HP and after combat, restores 99 HP to unit" to allies within 2 spaces of unit (effect only triggers for player's team once per map and does not stack with non-Special effects that allow units to survive with 1 HP if foe's attack would reduce unit's HP to 0; when any other such effect triggers on an ally granted this effect, this effect will trigger too).	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★
Nudge	1	Restores 8 HP to target ally and pushes target ally 1 space away. 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★
Nudge+	1	Restores HP = 50% of unit's Atk (min 8 HP) to target ally and pushes target ally 1 space away. 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 Panic	(Cooldown Count = 2) If an Assist skill is used, unit's Special cooldown does not go down. When Special triggers, boosts damage by 25% of foe's Res. (Calculates damage from staff after combat damage is added.) If Special is triggered during combat, inflicts Atk/Spd-6 and【Panic】on target and foes within 2 spaces of target after combat.	5★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Atk/Spd Bond 1	If unit is adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd+3 during combat.	5★
Atk/Spd Bond 2	If unit is adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd+4 during combat.	5★
Atk/Spd Bond 3	If unit is adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd+5 during combat.	5★
Atk/Spd Unity	If unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd+5 to unit during combat, and also, if unit is inflicted with any Atk/Spd penalty, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd during combat = current penalty on each of those stats x 2 (Example: If unit has -7 penalty to Atk, grants Atk+14, for a net bonus of Atk+12.) Calculates each stat bonus independently.	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★
Even Recovery 1	At start of even-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★
Even Recovery 2	At start of even-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★
Even Recovery 3	At start of even-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★

Fallen Maria as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★★

Fallen Maria has Nudge+, Holy Panic, Atk/Spd Unity, Poetic Justice, and Even Recovery 3 as good inheritance options.

It is possible to get most of these skills in one go as most of the skills are readily available to get from the normal summoning pool. You can get Atk/Spd Bond 3 from Kent and Wrathful Staff 3 from Brave Veronica.

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How to Get Fallen Maria

Obtain Through Regular Summon

Fallen Maria is a Hero who can be pulled from any summon.

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

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Voice Actor and Illustrator Information

Voice Actor (English)	Wendee Lee
Illustrator	Mayo
Appears In	Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem and New Mystery of the Emblem

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Fallen Chrom [9.5/10]	Legendary Hinoka [9.5/10]	Legendary Elincia [9.5/10]	Seiros [9.0/10]
Gilliam [9.0/10]	Noah [9.0/10]	Dagr [9.0/10]	Legendary Byleth (M) [9.0/10]
Ótr [9.0/10]	Legendary Claude [9.0/10]	Gotoh [9.0/10]	Fallen Maria [9.5/10]

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