Alcryst Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Alcryst - Tender Archer 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 Alcryst.

Alcryst 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)

Alcryst - Tender Archer: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Colorless / Bow / Infantry
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Weapon skill grants bonus stats during combat, neutralizes unit's penalties and effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks, and grants a Desperation effect. ・Exclusive B skill inflicts Spd/Def penalties on foe and neutralizes effects that slow down unit's Special charges.

Alcryst Skills at 5★

Arcane Darkbow Might: 14　 Range: 2 Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Effective against flying foes. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk/Spd+6 to unit, neutralizes unit's penalties, and neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks during combat, and also, if unit initiates combat, unit can make a follow-up attack before foe can counterattack.

Deadeye Cooldown Count = 3 Doubles damage dealt. Disables non-Special skills that "reduce damage by X%."

Flash Sparrow If unit initiates combat, grants Atk/Spd+7 to unit during combat, and also, if unit's Spd ≥ foe's Spd-5, grants Special cooldown charge +1 to unit per attack during combat (only highest value applied; does not stack).

Get Behind Me! If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, inflicts Spd/Def-5 on foe, inflicts penalty on foe's Def = 30% of foe's Def at start of combat, and neutralizes effects that inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit during combat.

Def/Res Smoke 3 After combat, inflicts Def/Res-7 on target and foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions, grants Atk+6 to unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit for 1 turn, and grants 【Pathfinder】 to unit for 1 turn.

Alcryst Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (17)		★★☆☆☆
Atk (13)		★★★★★
Spd (13)		★★★★★
Def (4)		★★★☆☆
Res (5)		★★☆☆☆

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

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+Spd / -Res

The best IVs for Alcryst are +Spd and -Res. Boosting Spd improves upon Alcryst's ability to create follow-up attacks with the help of Arcane Darkbow's neutralization effects. Should Alcryst be able to create a follow-up attack, he will attack consecutively as well, potentially knocking out his opponents.

As a bow unit, enemies that may potentially survive two hits from Arcane Darkbow are more often than not the bulky Savior armors with high Def. As such, taking Res as a bane instead of Def is the best option, since most physically bulky Savior armors are physical damage dealers with Distant Counter effects.

+Spd for a +10 Merge

We recommend +Spd when merging Alcryst up to +10 to maximize his ability to create follow-up attacks.

Alcryst Best Builds

Offensive Alcryst

HOT
： Arcane Darkbow ： Draw Back ： Deadeye ： -	： Flash Sparrow ： Get Behind Me! ： Atk/Spd Oath 4 ： Blade Session 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This kit boosts Alcryst's Atk and Spd as much as possible to reliably perform follow-up attacks and knock out his foes.

General Use / Budget Alcryst

： Arcane Darkbow ： Draw Back ： Deadeye ： -

： Flash Sparrow ： Get Behind Me! ： Def/Res Smoke 3 ： Blade Session 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

Alcryst's base kit is good enough to perform an offensive role. Simply equip an Atk/Spd boosting Sacred Seal and a movement assist and he's good to go.

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Alcryst Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
182
HP	39	Rank: 630/1089
Atk	43	Rank: 76/1089
Spd	46	Rank: 8/1089
Def	30	Rank: 403/1089
Res	24	Rank: 626/1089

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	44	62	51	34	28	219
Lv.40 +10	44	48	51	34	28	205

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	39	57	46	30	24	196
5★ Lv.40	39	43	46	30	24	182

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	17	27	13	4	5	66

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Alcryst	39	43	46	30	24	182
Louise	41	37	42	16	36	172
Shinon	40	38	42	27	24	171
Shamir	41	40	40	25	24	170
Eleonora	42	37	38	25	24	166
Legendary Alm	40	37	37	26	22	162
Faye	42	30	25	26	31	154
Summer Noire	36	32	36	27	20	151
Nina	35	32	37	16	31	151
Takumi	40	32	33	25	18	148
Bridal Cordelia	36	35	35	19	22	148
Summer Gaius	34	30	37	19	28	148
Innes	35	33	34	14	31	147

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

Alcryst Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Alcryst Roles

Alcryst - Tender Archer 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

Alcryst is a ranged physical attacker (range = 2). 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.

Alcryst Strengths

Arcane Darkbow has multiple offensive effects

Alcryst's inheritable Arcane weapon Arcane Darkbow grants an accelerated Special trigger, Atk/Spd+6 in combat, neutralizes penalties applied to Alcryst, neutralizes effects that prevent his follow-up attacks, and grants a Desperation effect.

This weapon provides multiple offensive effects, allowing Alcryst to quickly dish out damage against his foes and potentially knock them out without fear of retaliation.

Get Behind Me!

Alcryst also comes with Get Behind Me!, an exclusive B skill. This skill neutralizes effects that slow down Alcryst's Special charges, inflicts Spd/Def-5 onto his foe and applies an extra Def penalty equal to 30% of his foe's Def at the start of combat.

These effects allow Alcryst to punch through tank units with high Def and ensures that he triggers his Special during combat.

Alcryst Weaknesses

We will fill in this section once more information about Alcryst is released!

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Alcryst - Tender Archer Only Appears as a 5 Star Hero!

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

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Alcryst - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Iron Bow	4	2	Effective against flying units.	5★
Steel Bow	6	2	Effective against flying units.	5★
Silver Bow	9	2	Effective against flying units.	5★
Arcane Darkbow	14	2	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Effective against flying foes. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk/Spd+6 to unit, neutralizes unit's penalties, and neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks during combat, and also, if unit initiates combat, unit can make a follow-up attack before foe can counterattack.	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★
Deadeye	(Cooldown Count = 3) Doubles damage dealt. Disables non-Special skills that "reduce damage by X%."	5★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Flashing Blade 1	If unit’s Spd ≥ foe’s Spd+5, grants Special cooldown charge +1 per unit’s attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)	5★
Flashing Blade 2	If unit’s Spd ≥ foe’s Spd+3, grants Special cooldown charge +1 per unit’s attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)	5★
Flashing Blade 3	If unit’s Spd ≥ foe’s Spd, grants Special cooldown charge +1 per unit’s attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)	5★
Flash Sparrow	If unit initiates combat, grants Atk/Spd+7 to unit during combat, and also, if unit's Spd ≥ foe's Spd-5, grants Special cooldown charge +1 to unit per attack during combat (only highest value applied; does not stack).	5★
Get Behind Me!	If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, inflicts Spd/Def-5 on foe, inflicts penalty on foe's Def = 30% of foe's Def at start of combat, and neutralizes effects that inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit during combat.	5★
Def Smoke 1	After combat, inflicts Def -3 on foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions.	5★
Def Smoke 2	After combat, inflicts Def -5 on foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions.	5★
Def Smoke 3	After combat, inflicts Def -7 on foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions.	5★
Def/Res Smoke 3	After combat, inflicts Def/Res-7 on target and foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions, grants Atk+6 to unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit for 1 turn, and grants 【Pathfinder】 to unit for 1 turn.	5★

Alcryst as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★★

Alcryst has Arcane Darkbow, Deadeye, Flash Sparrow, and Def/Res Smoke 3 as good inheritable options.

It is possible to acquire all of these skills at the same time by inheriting Silver Bow, Glimmer, Flashing Blade 3 or Swift Sparrow 2, and Def Smoke 3 or Res Smoke 3 onto the target unit beforehand.

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How to Get Alcryst

Obtain Through Regular Summon

Alcryst is a limited time Rearmed Hero who can be pulled from their debut banner or focus banners. 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)	Micah Solusod
Illustrator	sena
Appears In	Fire Emblem: Engage

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