Ascended Fir Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Fir - Swordmaiden 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 Ascended Fir.

Heroes With the Same Name
Fir	Spring Fir
Ascended Fir

Mythic Heroes - Emblem Marth & Mythic Lumera Featured Heroes
Legendary Hinoka [9.5/10]	Ascended Fir [9.0/10]	Emblem Marth [9.5/10]	Rearmed Plumeria [9.5/10]
Veyle [9.0/10]	Mythic Lumera [9.5/10]	Thórr [9.0/10]	Ascended Ced [9.0/10]
Rearmed Sonya [9.0/10]	Legendary Micaiah [9.0/10]	Ash [9.0/10]	Elimine [9.5/10]

Ascended Fir 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)

Fir - Swordmaiden: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Red / Sword / Infantry
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Weapon skill grants a Time's Pulse 4 effect, grants bonus stats to unit, inflicts Spd/Def penalties onto foe, grants damage reduction on foe's first attack, and neutralizes effects that slow down unit's Special cooldown charges.

Ascended Fir Skills at 5★

Vassal-Saint Steel Might: 16　 Range: 1 Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). At start of turn, if unit's HP ≥ 25% and unit's Special cooldown count is at its maximum value, grants Special cooldown count-1 to unit At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 to unit, inflicts Spd/Def-X on foe (X = 11 - foe's max Special cooldown count value x 2; min 3; if foe does not have a Special skill, penalty = 3), and reduces damage from foe's first attack by 40% during combat, and also, if unit's Spd ≥ foe's Spd+5, neutralizes effects that inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit during combat. If unit's HP ≥ 25% at start of combat and unit's Special cooldown count is at its maximum value after combat, grants Special cooldown count-1 to unit after combat.

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.)

Phys. Null Follow Inflicts Spd/Def-4 on foe, neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks and effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks, and reduces the percentage of foe's non-Special "reduce damage by X%" skills by 50% during combat (example: a foe with a "reduce damage by 45%" skill would reduce damage by 23% instead).

Atk/Spd Oath 4 At start of turn, if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd+6 and the following status to unit for 1 turn: "Unit can move to a space adjacent to any ally within 2 spaces." If unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd+3 to unit during combat.

Ascended Fir Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (18)		★★★★☆
Atk (11)		★★★★★
Spd (16)		★★★★★
Def (6)		★★★☆☆
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.

+Spd / -Res

The best IVs for Ascended Fir are +Spd and -Res. Spd boosts her already high Spd, allowing her to keep up with all the fast metagame units. As a speedy sword infantry, Ascended Fir needs every bit of investment in her Spd to maximize her potential.

Her Res is a clear dump stat at only base 21 and is the easy bane of choice.

+Spd for a +10 merge

We recommend +Spd when merging up Ascended Fir to +10 for similar reasons above. Spd is her most important stat.

Ascended Fir Best Builds

General Use / Budget Ascended Fir

HOT
： Vassal-Saint Steel ： Reposition ： Glimmer ： -	： Atk/Spd Finish 4 ： Phys. Null Follow ： Atk/Spd Oath 4 ： Atk/Spd Form 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

Ascended Fir's base kit is already good enough to help her fulfill the role of a speedy and offensive sword unit capable of dealing massive blows.

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Ascended Fir Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
187
HP	42	Rank: 263/1184
Atk	44	Rank: 152/1184
Spd	46	Rank: 62/1184
Def	34	Rank: 309/1184
Res	21	Rank: 949/1184

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	47	65	51	38	25	226
Lv.40 +10	47	49	51	38	25	210

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	42	60	46	34	21	203
5★ Lv.40	42	44	46	34	21	187

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	18	27	16	6	4	71

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Aided Dagr	41	46	48	38	31	204
Brave Felix	40	47	48	35	29	199
Ogier	46	44	47	36	24	197
Severa	42	43	47	37	24	193
Brave Robin (M)	40	46	45	35	27	193
Inigo	40	44	45	34	30	193
Emblem Marth	41	45	47	33	27	193
Fallen Lloyd	41	43	46	31	32	193
Edward	40	43	46	43	21	193
Kagetsu	42	43	47	35	25	192
Lapis	41	41	45	29	32	188
Summer Fjorm	43	43	46	28	28	188
Fallen Byleth (F)	40	44	47	32	25	188
Felix	40	46	46	31	25	188
Alear (F)	40	43	46	32	26	187
Alear (M)	40	44	45	33	25	187
Ascended Fir	42	44	46	34	21	187
Lucia	40	41	45	29	32	187
Lumera	43	43	43	33	25	187
Ascended Mareeta	40	40	43	34	25	182
Galzus	40	43	41	36	22	182
Yen'fay	43	37	42	32	28	182
Priam	40	41	40	35	26	182
Malice	40	39	43	32	28	182
Brave Marth	41	41	43	32	25	182
Kamui	44	38	41	36	22	181
Flavia	41	40	41	36	23	181
Duo Eirika	40	36	43	30	28	177
Ninja Zihark	43	37	42	30	24	176
Catherine	43	39	41	30	23	176
Kris (M)	40	37	40	30	25	172
Say'ri	40	35	40	23	34	172
Young Marth	41	36	37	32	26	172
Larcei	41	36	40	30	25	172
Mareeta	41	35	42	31	23	172
Fallen Mareeta	42	33	41	29	23	168
Byleth (F)	40	34	40	33	21	168

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

Ascended Fir Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Ascended Fir Roles

Fir - Swordmaiden 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

Ascended Fir 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.

Ascended Fir Strengths

Vassal-Saint Steel speeds up Specials and has other in-combat effects

Ascended Fir's exclusive weapon Vassal-Saint Steel wields multiple effects that swing combat in her favor.

The most important effect is the Time's Pulse 4 effect which pre-charges a 2 cooldown Special like Glimmer, ensuring Fir's Special is available at all times.

For in-combat stat swings, Vassal-Saint Steel grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 during combat and inflicts Spd/Def-X on Fir's foe, where X is dependent on the foe's Special skill.

Finally, Vassal-Saint Steel also grants Fir 40% damage reduction on her foe's first attack, and if she wins a Spd check, neutralizes effects that slow down her Special cooldown charges, ensuring that she triggers her Special very often.

Ascended Fir Weaknesses

Saturation

Ascended Fir is yet another speedy sword infantry unit in the sea of similar units in Fire Emblem Heroes. There are a lot of them out there, and some of them stand out in areas that Ascended Fir doesn't.

As an example, Fallen Byleth (F) has multiple layers of damage reduction, a pre-charged exclusive Special in Divine Pulse, a Bulwark effect to block off foes, and a Vantage effect to ensure she attacks first at all times.

Most of these speedy sword infantry units have similar checks, and players should already have these checks on their barracks.

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Ascended Fir - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Iron Sword	6	1	No Effect	5★
Steel Sword	8	1	No Effect	5★
Silver Sword	11	1	No Effect	5★
Vassal-Saint Steel	16	1	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). At start of turn, if unit's HP ≥ 25% and unit's Special cooldown count is at its maximum value, grants Special cooldown count-1 to unit At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 to unit, inflicts Spd/Def-X on foe (X = 11 - foe's max Special cooldown count value x 2; min 3; if foe does not have a Special skill, penalty = 3), and reduces damage from foe's first attack by 40% during combat, and also, if unit's Spd ≥ foe's Spd+5, neutralizes effects that inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit during combat. If unit's HP ≥ 25% at start of combat and unit's Special cooldown count is at its maximum value after combat, grants Special cooldown count-1 to unit after combat.	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★
Null Follow-Up 1	At start of combat, if unit’s HP  = 100%, disables foe’s skills that guarantee foe’s follow-up attack and foe’s skills that prevent unit’s follow-up attack.	5★
Null Follow-Up 2	At start of combat, if unit’s HP ≥ 50%, disables foe’s skills that guarantee foe’s follow-up attack and foe’s skills that prevent unit’s follow-up attack.	5★
Null Follow-Up 3	Disables foe’s skills that guarantee foe’s follow-up attack and foe’s skills that prevent unit’s follow-up attack.	5★
Phys. Null Follow	Inflicts Spd/Def-4 on foe, neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks and effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks, and reduces the percentage of foe's non-Special "reduce damage by X%" skills by 50% during combat (example: a foe with a "reduce damage by 45%" skill would reduce damage by 23% instead).	5★
Atk/Spd Oath 1	At start of turn, if unit is adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd+3 for 1 turn.	5★
Atk/Spd Oath 2	At start of turn, if unit is adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd+4 for 1 turn.	5★
Atk/Spd Oath 3	At start of turn, if unit is adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd+5 for 1 turn.	5★
Atk/Spd Oath 4	At start of turn, if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd+6 and the following status to unit for 1 turn: "Unit can move to a space adjacent to any ally within 2 spaces." If unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd+3 to unit during combat.	5★

Ascended Fir as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★★

Ascended Fir has Atk/Spd Finish 4, Phys. Null Follow, and Atk/Spd Oath 4 as valuable inheritance options.

When using Ascended Fir as inheritance fodder, ensure you take as many premium skills from her as possible by inheriting the lower tier skills like Null Follow-Up 3 and Atk/Spd Oath 3 onto the receiving unit first.

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Ascended Fir 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)	Liv Strander
Illustrator	kiyu
Appears In	Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

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Legendary Hinoka [9.5/10]	Ascended Fir [9.0/10]	Emblem Marth [9.5/10]	Rearmed Plumeria [9.5/10]
Veyle [9.0/10]	Mythic Lumera [9.5/10]	Thórr [9.0/10]	Ascended Ced [9.0/10]
Rearmed Sonya [9.0/10]	Legendary Micaiah [9.0/10]	Ash [9.0/10]	Elimine [9.5/10]

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