Summer Ephraim Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Ephraim - Sunshine Valiant 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 Ephraim.

Heroes With the Same Name
Legendary Ephraim	Ephraim
Brave Ephraim	Winter Ephraim
Duo Ephraim	Summer Ephraim
Valentine's Ephraim

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 Ephraim 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)

Ephraim - Sunshine Valiant: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Green / Axe / Cavalry
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Weapon skill grants bonus movement, Special cooldown charges, and damage reduction on foe's first attack, and also inflicts Atk/Def penalties onto foe. ・Exclusive B skill inflicts Atk/Def penalties onto foe, allows unit to attack twice, and restores HP for each attack, but allows foe to counterattack before unit attacks.

Summer Ephraim Skills at 5★

Seafoam Splitter Might: 16　 Range: 1 Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). At start of turn, if number of allies adjacent to unit ≤ 2, grants "unit can move 1 extra space" to unit (that turn only; does not stack). At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Atk/Def-6 on foe, grants Special cooldown charge +1 to unit per attack (only highest value applied; does not stack), and reduces damage from foe's first attack by 40% during combat.

Bonfire Cooldown Count = 3 Boosts damage dealt by 50% of unit’s Def.

Atk/Def Clash 4 If unit or foe initiates combat after moving to a different space, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Def during combat = X + 6 (X = number of spaces moved by whoever initated combat; max 4.) If X ≥ 2, neutralizes unit's penalties to Atk/Def during combat.

Sunlight Bangle If number of allies adjacent to unit ≤ 1, inflicts Atk/Def-X on foe during combat (X = 4 + number of spaces from start position to end position of whoever initiated combat; max 8), unit attacks twice, and when unit deals damage to foe during combat, restores 7 HP to unit (triggers even if 0 damage is dealt), but also, if unit initiates combat, foe can counterattack before unit's first attack.

Alarm Atk/Def At start of turn, if number of allies adjacent to unit ≤ 2, grants Atk/Def+6 and 【Canto (1)】 to unit for 1 turn. If number of allies adjacent to unit ≤ 1, grants Atk/Def+3 to unit during combat.

Summer Ephraim Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (17)		★★★☆☆
Atk (17)		★★★★★
Spd (3)		★☆☆☆☆
Def (9)		★★★★★
Res (5)		★★★☆☆

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

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+Atk / -Spd

The best IVs for Summer Ephraim are +Atk and -Spd. His Atk is very high at base 47, boosted to base 51 with a superboon. Ephraim is capable of defeating enemies in one hit, and boosting his Atk improves his odds even more.

Summer Ephraim's Spd is abysmal at base 16 and is the safest bane to take as no amount of investment will salvage his Spd.

+Atk for a +10 merge

We recommend +Atk when merging Summer Ephraim as it is his best boon to take.

Summer Ephraim Best Builds

General Use / Budget Summer Ephraim

HOT
： Seafoam Splitter ： Reposition ： Bonfire ： -	： Atk/Def Clash 4 ： Sunlight Bangle ： Alarm Atk/Def ： Atk/Def Catch 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

Summer Ephraim's base kit is already good enough out of the box. He can perform very well on the battlefield as a bulky offensive unit with it.

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Summer Ephraim Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
179
HP	41	Rank: 296/1089
Atk	47	Rank: 1/1089
Spd	16	Rank: 961/1089
Def	44	Rank: 9/1089
Res	31	Rank: 258/1089

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	46	68	20	49	35	218
Lv.40 +10	46	52	20	49	35	202

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	41	63	16	44	31	195
5★ Lv.40	41	47	16	44	31	179

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	17	33	3	9	5	67

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Young Frederick	41	46	28	47	23	185
Winter Dimitri	41	47	46	32	19	185
Rearmed Lucina	40	43	47	31	23	184
Sylvain	40	44	35	37	23	179
Summer Ephraim	41	47	16	44	31	179
Spring Karla	40	45	47	24	22	178
Legendary Xander	40	42	41	35	17	175
Groom Roy	39	38	42	30	25	174
Summer Dimitri	40	42	40	35	17	174
Fallen Gustav	40	41	25	38	30	174
Ótr	41	41	17	40	35	174
Summer Seth	40	40	38	31	24	173
Spring Saleh	41	37	36	26	28	168
Plegian Kris (M)	41	37	37	31	22	168
Summer Caeda	39	33	42	26	28	168
Lex	45	36	30	38	19	168
Groom Zelot	41	37	25	39	25	167
Pirate Veronica	38	39	19	36	29	161
Groom Marth	40	31	36	30	20	157
Spring Alfonse	41	35	33	30	18	157
Walhart	41	37	27	36	16	157
Titania	37	28	34	25	30	154
Frederick	43	35	25	36	14	153
Gunter	43	32	24	33	18	150

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

Summer Ephraim Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Summer Ephraim Roles

Ephraim - Sunshine Valiant 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 Ephraim is a close physical attacker (range = 1). Therefore, when not accounting for the Weapon Triangle, the amount of damage he deals will be equivalent to his Atk minus the foe's Def stat.

Summer Ephraim Strengths

Seafoam Splitter grants bonus movement, extra Special charges, and damage reduction

Summer Ephraim's Seafoam Splitter is a powerful axe, turning him into a 4-move cavalry unit similar to metagame powerhouses Legendary Sigurd and Brave Seliph.

In addition to the bonus movement, Seafoam Splitter grants Summer Ephraim bonus Special cooldown charges per attack, and 40% damage reduction on his foe's first attack.

Summer Ephraim is perfect for offensive team compositions, especially those reliant on triggering Galeforce.

Sunlight Bangle grants healing and brave attacks

Summer Ephraim's exclusive skill Sunlight Bangle allows Ephraim to attack twice and grants him 7 HP healing for each of his attacks. It also inflicts an Atk/Def penalty onto his foe based on distance travelled.

However, equipping this skill allows Ephraim's foe to counterattack before Ephraim makes his first attack. This drawback is fairly negligible, as Ephraim will utilize his healing per hit to recover the HP he lost from his foe's attacks anyway.

Summer Ephraim Weaknesses

Terrible Spd

Summer Ephraim's Spd is among the lowest in the game, sitting at base 16 with a superbane.

No amount of Spd stacking will salvage his low Spd, and without a way to prevent follow-up attacks, Summer Ephraim will be taking two attacks from most of his foes.

Weak to Cavalry Effective Weapons

Summer Ephraim 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 Ephraim - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Iron Axe	6	1	No Effect	5★
Steel Axe	8	1	No Effect	5★
Silver Axe	11	1	No Effect	5★
Seafoam Splitter	16	1	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). At start of turn, if number of allies adjacent to unit ≤ 2, grants "unit can move 1 extra space" to unit (that turn only; does not stack). At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Atk/Def-6 on foe, grants Special cooldown charge +1 to unit per attack (only highest value applied; does not stack), and reduces damage from foe's first attack by 40% during combat.	5★

Assists

This Hero has no Assist skills that can be learned.

Specials

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Glowing Ember	(Cooldown Count = 4) Boosts damage dealt by 50% of unit’s Def.	5★
Bonfire	(Cooldown Count = 3) Boosts damage dealt by 50% of unit’s Def.	5★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Atk/Def Clash 1	If unit or foe initiates combat after moving to a different space, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Def during combat = X + 1. (X = number of spaces moved by whoever initiated combat; max 1.)	5★
Atk/Def Clash 2	If unit or foe initiates combat after moving to a different space, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Def during combat = X + 3. (X = number of spaces moved by whoever initiated combat; max 2.)	5★
Atk/Def Clash 3	If unit or foe initiates combat after moving to a different space, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Def during combat = X + 5. (X = number of spaces moved by whoever initiated combat; max 3.)	5★
Atk/Def Clash 4	If unit or foe initiates combat after moving to a different space, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Def during combat = X + 6 (X = number of spaces moved by whoever initated combat; max 4.) If X ≥ 2, neutralizes unit's penalties to Atk/Def during combat.	5★
Sunlight Bangle	If number of allies adjacent to unit ≤ 1, inflicts Atk/Def-X on foe during combat (X = 4 + number of spaces from start position to end position of whoever initiated combat; max 8), unit attacks twice, and when unit deals damage to foe during combat, restores 7 HP to unit (triggers even if 0 damage is dealt), but also, if unit initiates combat, foe can counterattack before unit's first attack.	5★
Rouse Atk/Def 1	At start of turn, if unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Def+2 for 1 turn.	5★
Rouse Atk/Def 2	At start of turn, if unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Def+4 for 1 turn.	5★
Rouse Atk/Def 3	At start of turn, if unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Def+6 for 1 turn.	5★
Alarm Atk/Def	At start of turn, if number of allies adjacent to unit ≤ 2, grants Atk/Def+6 and 【Canto (1)】 to unit for 1 turn. If number of allies adjacent to unit ≤ 1, grants Atk/Def+3 to unit during combat.	5★

Summer Ephraim as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★☆

Summer Ephraim has Atk/Def Clash 4 and Alarm Atk/Def as inheritable options.

Both of these skills are quite rare and are worth inheriting onto your favorite units.

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How to Get Summer Ephraim

Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

Summer Ephraim 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)	Greg Chun
Illustrator	PenekoR
Appears In	Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

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

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