Summer Shez (F) Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Shez - Mercenary Shine 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 Summer Shez (F).

Heroes With the Same Name
Shez (M)	Shez (F)
Legendary Shez (F)	Summer Shez (F)
Summer Shez (M)

Special Heroes - Summer Longing Featured Heroes
Summer Shez (F) [9.5/10]	Summer Shamir [9.0/10]	Summer Ephraim [9.0/10]	Summer L'Arachel [8.5/10]

Summer Shez (F) 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)

Shez - Mercenary Shine: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Red / Sword / Cavalry
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Weapon skill enables Canto, attacks twice, and deals bonus true damage. ・Exclusive A skill grants bonus stats and deals effective damage against all foes.

Summer Shez (F) Skills at 5★

Surfer's Spire Might: 11　 Range: 1 Enables 【Canto (Rem. +1)】. Grants Spd+5. Unit attacks twice (even if foe initiates combat, unit attacks twice). Deals damage = 20% of unit's Spd during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials). After an attack, Assist skill, or structure destruction, unit can move spaces = any movement not already used that turn + 1. (If unit used a movement skill that warped them, its remaining movement is 0.) (Unit moves according to movement type. Once per turn, cannot attack or assist. Only highest value applied. Does not stack. After moving, if a skill that grants another action would be triggered (like with Galeforce), Canto will trigger again. Unit's base movement has no effect on movement granted. Cannot warp (using skills like Wings of Mercy) a distance greater than unit's remaining movement +1.)

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

Swift Slice If unit initiates combat or if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+8 to unit during combat. If unit initiates combat against a non-dragon or non-beast infantry foe and unit's Spd ≥ foe's Spd+20, grants "effective against all weapon types" to unit during combat. Otherwise, if unit initiates combat and unit's Spd ≥ foe's Spd+5, grants "effective against all weapon types" to unit during combat.

Lull Spd/Def 4 Inflicts Spd/Def-X on foe (X = 4 + number of 【Bonus】 effects active on foe; max 8, excludes stat bonuses) and neutralizes foe's bonuses to Spd/Def (from skills like Fortify, Rally, etc.) during combat.

Atk/Def Menace At start of turn, inflicts Atk/Def-6 on nearest foes within 4 spaces through their next actions and grants Atk/Def+6 to unit for 1 turn.

Summer Shez (F) Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (18)		★★★☆☆
Atk (16)		★★★★★
Spd (10)		★★★★★
Def (4)		★★★☆☆
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 / -Res

The best IVs for Summer Shez (F) are +Spd and -Res. Her Spd is competitive with the fastest metagame units and is also used for Surfer's Spire's true damage. Boosting Spd improves her overall combat potential the most.

+Atk is also a good option, due to her superboon as well as increasing her overall damage output significantly with her brave attack and effective damage.

Shez's Res is below average and is a safe bane to take as it will not impact any of her matchups.

+Spd for a +10 merge

We recommend Spd when merging Summer Shez (F) up to +10 as it is her best IV, improving combat both offensively and defensively.

Summer Shez (F) Best Builds

Premium Offensive Summer Shez (F)

HOT
： Surfer's Spire ： Reposition ： Glimmer ： -	： Swift Slice ： Lull Spd/Def 4 ： Atk/Spd Menace ： Blade Session 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This build uses the most Atk/Spd boosting skills possible to maximize Shez's damage output. Atk/Spd Menace boosts Shez's own Atk/Spd while lowering her foe's Atk/Spd at the same time.

General Use / Budget Summer Shez (F)

HOT
： Surfer's Spire ： Reposition ： Glimmer ： -	： Swift Slice ： Lull Spd/Def 4 ： Atk/Def Menace ： Blade Session 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

Summer Shez (F)'s base kit is also good enough as is. Without a Spd boosting C skill, Shez will need support to outspeed her foes.

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Summer Shez (F) Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
179
HP	40	Rank: 419/1089
Atk	46	Rank: 3/1089
Spd	45	Rank: 27/1089
Def	30	Rank: 403/1089
Res	18	Rank: 895/1089

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	45	62	55	34	22	218
Lv.40 +10	45	51	50	34	22	202

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	40	57	50	30	18	195
5★ Lv.40	40	46	45	30	18	179

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	18	27	15	4	3	67

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Wind Tribe Dagr	41	45	46	30	22	184
Young Eliwood	39	45	46	29	20	179
Brave Seliph	40	43	41	37	18	179
Summer Shez (F)	40	46	45	30	18	179
Fallen Chrom	41	45	46	29	18	179
Tea Ayra	40	44	46	32	17	179
Legendary Nanna	40	39	42	27	25	173
Reginn	38	36	40	30	24	168
Legendary Seliph	41	41	17	37	26	162
Siegbert	41	34	35	31	16	157
Brave Roy	38	32	34	26	24	154

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

Summer Shez (F) Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Summer Shez (F) Roles

Shez - Mercenary Shine 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

Summer Shez (F) 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.

Summer Shez (F) Strengths

Surfer's Spire attacks twice with true damage

Summer Shez (F) wields an exclusive sword in Surfer's Spire. This weapon is fairly straightforward, granting bonus Spd, brave attacks, and true damage equal to 20% of Shez's Spd.

It also grants Summer Shez (F) 【Canto (Rem. +1)】, allowing for post-combat mobility.

Swift Slice deals effective damage

Summer Shez (F) also has an exclusive A skill in Swift Slice similar to her Legendary counterpart.

This skill grants Shez Atk/Spd/Def/Res+8 whenever she is initiating combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally. More importantly, it grants effective damage against all weapon types upon winning a conditional Spd check depending on her opponent whenever she initiates combat:

Opponent	Condition
Infantry, non-Beast, non-Dragon	Summer Shez (F)'s Spd ≥ foe's Spd+20
Infantry, Beast or Dragon	Summer Shez (F)'s Spd ≥ foe's Spd+5
Cavalry, Flying, or Armored	Summer Shez (F)'s Spd ≥ foe's Spd+5.

Sources that nullify effective damage are usually tied to movement types, such as Iote's Shield, Brave Hector's refined Maltet, and so on. Swift Slice dodges all of them by being effective against weapon types instead.

Attacking twice with a brave effect and with effective damage will more often than not defeat her foe in one combat.

Summer Shez (F) Weaknesses

Subpar Bulk

Summer Shez (F)'s offensive prowess is amazing, but this leaves her defensive bulk sorely lacking.

Shez only has base 40 HP, with base 30 Def and base 18 Res. With no way to prevent follow-up attacks or reduce incoming damage, most foes will be able to defeat Shez in one attack.

Weak to Cavalry Effective Weapons

Summer Shez (F) takes 1.5x damage from cavalry-effective weapons like Thani or Binding Reginleif, and one blow from this type of weapon will deal significant damage. Make sure you know what weapons you are up against before hopping too far into the line of battle!

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Summer Shez (F) - 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★
Surfer's Spire	11	1	Enables 【Canto (Rem. +1)】. Grants Spd+5. Unit attacks twice (even if foe initiates combat, unit attacks twice). Deals damage = 20% of unit's Spd during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials).	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
Swift Slice	If unit initiates combat or if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+8 to unit during combat. If unit initiates combat against a non-dragon or non-beast infantry foe and unit's Spd ≥ foe's Spd+20, grants "effective against all weapon types" to unit during combat. Otherwise, if unit initiates combat and unit's Spd ≥ foe's Spd+5, grants "effective against all weapon types" to unit during combat.	5★
Lull Spd/Def 1	Inflicts Spd/Def-1 on foe and neutralizes foe's bonuses to Spd/Def (from skills like Fortify, Rally, etc.) during combat.	5★
Lull Spd/Def 2	Inflicts Spd/Def-2 on foe and neutralizes foe's bonuses to Spd/Def (from skills like Fortify, Rally, etc.) during combat.	5★
Lull Spd/Def 3	Inflicts Spd/Def-3 on foe and neutralizes foe's bonuses to Spd/Def (from skills like Fortify, Rally, etc.) during combat.	5★
Lull Spd/Def 4	Inflicts Spd/Def-X on foe (X = 4 + number of 【Bonus】 effects active on foe; max 8, excludes stat bonuses) and neutralizes foe's bonuses to Spd/Def (from skills like Fortify, Rally, etc.) during combat.	5★
Threaten Def 1	At start of turn, inflicts Def-3 on foes within 2 spaces through their next actions.	5★
Threat. Atk/Def 1	At start of turn, inflicts Atk/Def-3 on foes within 2 spaces through their next actions.	5★
Threat. Atk/Def 2	At start of turn, inflicts Atk/Def-4 on foes within 2 spaces through their next actions.	5★
Atk/Def Menace	At start of turn, inflicts Atk/Def-6 on nearest foes within 4 spaces through their next actions and grants Atk/Def+6 to unit for 1 turn.	5★

Summer Shez (F) as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★★

Summer Shez (F) has Lull Spd/Def 4 and Atk/Def Menace as good inheritance options.

Lull Spd/Def 4 is the key skill to acquire here. However, Summer Shez (F) is a very powerful unit. Consider using her as a unit instead.

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How to Get Summer Shez (F)

Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

Summer Shez (F) 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)	Dawn M. Bennett
Illustrator	yamanokami
Appears In	Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes

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