Tea Ferdinand Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Ferdinand - Highborn Sipper 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 Tea Ferdinand.

Heroes With the Same Name
Ferdinand	Tea Ferdinand

Tea Ferdinand Rating and Basic Information

Overall Rating	8.5/10
Reroll Ranking (excluding Inherit Skill)	B (▶Reroll Ranking)
Ranking (including Inherit Skill)	B (▶FEH Tier List)

Ferdinand - Highborn Sipper: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Green / Green Tome / Flying
Rarity	5 Star 4 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Weapon skill grants Canto, Atk/Spd bonuses, and neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks.

Tea Ferdinand Skills at 5★

Teatime Set+ Might: 12　 Range: 2 Enables 【Canto (1)】. If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd+5 during combat, and also, if unit's Spd > foe's Spd, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks during combat.

Rally Spd/Res+ Range: 1 Grants Spd/Res+6 to target ally for 1 turn.

Windsweep 3 If unit initiates attack, no follow-up occurs. Against foe with sword, lance, axe, bow, or dagger, or beast damage, if unit’s Spd - foe’s Spd ≥ 1, foe can’t counterattack.

Spd/Res Rein 3 Inflicts Spd/Res-4 on foes within 2 spaces during combat.

Tea Ferdinand Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (18)		★★★☆☆
Atk (12)		★★★★☆
Spd (12)		★★★★★
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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+Spd / -Def

The best IVs for Tea Ferdinand are +Spd and -Def. Tea Ferdinand's base 45 Spd is high enough to keep up with fast metagame units and should be boosted as much as possible to help him both offensively, by generating follow-up attacks, and defensively, by preventing his foes from outspeeding him.

Tea Ferdinand's Def is abysmal at only base 21 and is a safe bane to take. No amount of investment will protect him against physical damage.

+Spd for a +10 merge

We recommend +Spd when merging Tea Ferdinand to +10 as it is his best stat by far.

Tea Ferdinand Best Builds

Offensive Tea Ferdinand

HOT
： Teatime Set+ ： Reposition ： Glimmer ： -	： Atk/Spd Catch 4 ： Windsweep 3 ： Spd/Res Hold ： Blade Session 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This build maximizes Tea Ferdinand's offenses while retaining Windsweep to attack safely.

General Use / Budget Tea Ferdinand

HOT
： Teatime Set+ ： Reposition ： Glimmer ： -	： Atk/Spd Solo 3 ： Windsweep 3 ： Spd/Res Rein 3 ： Blade Session 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This is a similar build to the one above, except using base kit and budget skills available to most players.

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Tea Ferdinand Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
173
HP	40	Rank: 419/1089
Atk	42	Rank: 123/1089
Spd	45	Rank: 27/1089
Def	21	Rank: 756/1089
Res	25	Rank: 545/1089

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	45	59	50	25	29	208
Lv.40 +10	45	47	50	25	29	196

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	40	54	45	21	25	185
5★ Lv.40	40	42	45	21	25	173
4★ Lv.40	37	40	43	19	22	161

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	18	24	12	4	3	61
4★ Lv.1	17	20	12	3	2	54

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Legendary Camilla	40	45	46	22	25	178
Summer Ivy	38	46	25	20	44	173
Tea Ferdinand	40	42	45	21	25	173
Eitri	37	41	29	30	31	168
Summer Eirika	39	39	42	25	22	167
Spring Sonya	40	42	41	23	20	166
Plegian Tharja	40	39	41	19	22	161
Brave Micaiah	36	37	28	17	37	155
Bridal Sanaki	35	36	30	16	33	150
Spring Veronica	38	35	36	16	25	150
Flying Nino	36	33	38	17	25	149
Summer Laevatein	38	38	16	31	26	149
Spring Camilla	39	35	25	30	19	148

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

Tea Ferdinand Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Tea Ferdinand Roles

Ferdinand - Highborn Sipper 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

Tea Ferdinand is a ranged magic 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 Res stat.

Tea Ferdinand Strengths

Teatime Set+ is a good offensive tome

Tea Ferdinand's inheritable weapon Teatime Set+ grants 【Canto (1)】, Atk/Spd+5 during combat and neutralizes effects that prevent his follow-up attacks if he outspeeds his foe.

This is a good weapon for speedy green tome units, as it allows them to maximize their Spd stats as well as utilize skills like Windsweep 3 and Watersweep 3 to attack safely.

Tea Ferdinand Weaknesses

Lack of Unique Skills

Tea Ferdinand suffers from not having any unique skills to call his own, making him unable to stand out amongst other units.

Offensive flying tome units are defined by their unique effects, and lacking an exclusive effect of his own makes Tea Ferdinand replaceable by better units.

Weak to Bows

As a flying unit, Tea Ferdinand takes 1.5x damage from bows and weapons effective on flying units. Be sure to keep them out of the range of archers and leave them to other units.

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Should You Unlock Potential for this Hero?

We Recommend You Unlock Potential for Ferdinand - Highborn Sipper!

We recommend that you use Unlock Potential to bring Ferdinand - Highborn Sipper from 4 Stars to 5 Stars. Ferdinand - Highborn Sipper is a very useful speedy tome flier, so we recommend you Unlock Potential for Ferdinand - Highborn Sipper if your team lacks a strong speedy tome flier.

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Tea Ferdinand - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Wind	4	2	No Effect	3★
Elwind	6	2	No Effect	3★
Teatime Set	8	2	Enables 【Canto (1)】. If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd+5 during combat, and also, if unit's Spd > foe's Spd, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks during combat.	3★
Teatime Set+	12	2	Enables 【Canto (1)】. If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd+5 during combat, and also, if unit's Spd > foe's Spd, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks during combat.	5★

Assists

Skill Name	Range	Effect	Learned At
Rally Resistance	1	Grants Res+4 to an adjacent ally until the end of turn.	3★
Rally Spd/Res	1	Grants Spd/Res+3 to an adjacent ally until the end of the the turn	4★
Rally Spd/Res+	1	Grants Spd/Res+6 to target ally for 1 turn.	5★

Specials

This Hero has no Special skills that can be learned.

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Windsweep 1	If unit initiates attack, no follow-up occurs. Against foe with sword, lance, axe, bow, dagger, or beast damage, if unit’s Spd - foe’s Spd ≥ 5, foe can’t counterattack.	3★
Windsweep 2	If unit initiates attack, no follow-up occurs. Against foe with sword, lance, axe, bow, dagger, or beast damage, if unit’s Spd - foe’s Spd ≥ 3, foe can’t counterattack.	3★
Windsweep 3	If unit initiates attack, no follow-up occurs. Against foe with sword, lance, axe, bow, or dagger, or beast damage, if unit’s Spd - foe’s Spd ≥ 1, foe can’t counterattack.	4★
Spd/Res Rein 1	Inflicts Spd/Res-2 on foes within 2 spaces during combat.	3★
Spd/Res Rein 2	Inflicts Spd/Res-3 on foes within 2 spaces during combat.	4★
Spd/Res Rein 3	Inflicts Spd/Res-4 on foes within 2 spaces during combat.	5★

Tea Ferdinand as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★☆

Tea Ferdinand has Teatime Set+, Rally Spd/Res+, and Spd/Res Rein 3 as good inheritance options.

All of these skills are good choices for inheritance onto your favorite units.

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How to Get Tea Ferdinand

Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

Tea Ferdinand 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)	Ricco Fajardo
Illustrator	Sainosuke
Appears In	Fire Emblem: Three Houses

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