New Year Kana (F) Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Kana - Rising Sunlight 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 New Year Kana (F).

Heroes With the Same Name
Kana (F)	Kana (M)
New Year Kana (M)	New Year Kana (F)

New Year Kana (F) Rating and Basic Information

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

Kana - Rising Sunlight: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Blue / Blue Breath / Infantry
Rarity	5 Star 4 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Weapon skill grants bonus stats, damage reduction on foe's first attack, and slows down foe's Special cooldown charges.

New Year Kana (F) Skills at 5★

New-Sun Stone+ Might: 14　 Range: 1 At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to unit, reduces damage from foe's first attack by 15% of unit's Atk ("first attack" normally means only the first strike; for effects that grant "unit attacks twice," it means the first and second strikes), and inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack during combat (only highest value applied; does not stack). If foe's Range = 2, calculates damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res.

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

Dragon's Ire 3 If unit's HP ≥ 50% and foe initiates combat, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks and unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack.

Drive Res 2 Grants allies within 2 spaces Res +3 during combat.

New Year Kana (F) Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (18)		★★☆☆☆
Atk (10)		★★★★☆
Spd (15)		★★★★★
Def (5)		★★☆☆☆
Res (8)		★★★★☆

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

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Trait Fruits—How to Change IVs

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.

Neutral IVs by default!

As a hero obtainable only through Tempest Trials, New Year Kana (F) will always have neutral IVs by default. The only way to access IVs for this unit is through using Trait Fruits.

+Spd / -HP

The best IVs for New Year Kana (F) are +Spd and -HP. Boosting Spd improves Kana's base Spd to base 49 which is competitive even against the fastest metagame units, allowing her to prevent as many follow-up attacks as possible.

New Year Kana (F)'s overall bulk is good, thus, we recommend taking HP as a bane as it is the easiest stat to patch up through blessings and other bonuses.

+Spd for a +10 merge

We recommend +Spd when merging New Year Kana (F) up to +10 to ensure she remains competitive against the fastest foes in the metagame.

New Year Kana (F) Best Builds

Premium Arcane New Year Kana (F)

HOT
： Arcane Grima ： Reposition ： Glimmer ： -	： Atk/Spd Finish 4 ： Counter Roar 4 ： Spd Smoke 4 ： Distant Counter (D) ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This premium build focuses on making New Year Kana (F) a versatile all-rounder, capable of tanking magic attacks while also being able to counter them with massive damage.

Budget New Year Kana (F)

： New-Sun Stone+ ： Reposition ： Glimmer ： -

： Atk/Res Scowl 3 ： Dragon's Ire 3 ： Rouse Atk/Res 3 ： Distant Counter (D) ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This is a budget build centered on improving New Year Kana (F)'s defensive stats, allowing her to survive most general battles she faces.

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New Year Kana (F) Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
193
HP	37	Rank: 972/1171
Atk	43	Rank: 207/1171
Spd	45	Rank: 119/1171
Def	27	Rank: 646/1171
Res	41	Rank: 71/1171

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	42	62	50	31	45	230
Lv.40 +10	42	48	50	31	45	216

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	37	57	45	27	41	207
5★ Lv.40	37	43	45	27	41	193
4★ Lv.40	35	41	43	24	38	181

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	18	24	15	5	8	70
4★ Lv.1	17	20	15	4	7	63

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Fallen Anankos	42	43	44	36	31	196
Ascended Idunn	45	43	26	43	38	195
Mythic Lumera	37	43	46	27	40	193
New Year Kana (F)	37	43	45	27	41	193
Halloween Corrin (F)	40	42	45	36	30	193
Legendary Fae	40	42	28	37	41	188
Halloween Sothis	40	36	42	31	34	183
Legendary Myrrh	40	39	25	42	36	182
Legendary Tiki (Young)	45	34	35	37	29	180
Seiros	40	42	18	37	40	177
Halloween Tiki (Young)	39	39	42	32	25	177
Fallen Corrin (M)	42	38	38	33	26	177
Lilith	39	36	41	27	30	173
Adrift Corrin (M)	42	35	35	31	24	167
Kana (M)	40	31	33	31	29	164
Nowi	45	34	27	30	27	163
Naga	37	30	36	33	26	162
Corrin (F)	41	27	34	34	21	157

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

New Year Kana (F) Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

New Year Kana (F) Roles

Kana - Rising Sunlight 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

New Year Kana (F) is a close magic 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 Res stat.

New Year Kana (F) Strengths

New-Sun Stone+ grants damage reduction and a Guard effect

New Year Kana (F)'s inheritable weapon New-Sun Stone+ grants her Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4, damage reduction on her foe's first attack equal to 15% of Kana's Atk stat, and slows down her foe's Special cooldown charges per attack.

This weapon isn't as good as most exclusive weapons, or even New Year Kana (M)'s Dragon's Stone+, but it is sufficient enough to allow New Year Kana (F) to hold her own.

High Spd and Res

New Year Kana (F) has high base Spd and Res stats equal to 45 and 41 respectively. She can utilize these stats against most magic enemies by ensuring she only takes one attack from them while taking less damage compared to other units.

New Year Kana (F) Weaknesses

Lack of Unique Skills

New Year Kana (F) suffers from not having any unique skills to call her own, making her unable to stand out amongst other units.

Infantry Breath units are quite abundant in the game, and lacking an exclusive weapon makes New Year Kana (F) replaceable by better units.

Weak to Dragon Effective Weapons

New Year Kana (F) takes 1.5x damage from dragon-effective weapons like Sealed Falchion or Divine Mist, 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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Should You Unlock Potential for this Hero?

We Recommend You Unlock Potential for Kana - Rising Sunlight!

We recommend that you use Unlock Potential to bring Kana - Rising Sunlight from 4 Stars to 5 Stars. Kana - Rising Sunlight is a very useful fast bulky manakete, so we recommend you Unlock Potential for Kana - Rising Sunlight if your team lacks a strong fast bulky manakete.

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New Year Kana (F) - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Fire Breath	6	1	No Effect	3★
Fire Breath+	8	1	No Effect	3★
New-Sun Stone	10	1	At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to unit, reduces damage from foe's first attack by 15% of unit's Atk ("first attack" normally means only the first strike; for effects that grant "unit attacks twice," it means the first and second strikes), and inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack during combat (only highest value applied; does not stack). If foe's Range = 2, calculates damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res.	3★
New-Sun Stone+	14	1	At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to unit, reduces damage from foe's first attack by 15% of unit's Atk ("first attack" normally means only the first strike; for effects that grant "unit attacks twice," it means the first and second strikes), and inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack during combat (only highest value applied; does not stack). If foe's Range = 2, calculates damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res.	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%.	3★
Glimmer	(Cooldown Count = 2) Boosts damage dealt by 50%.	4★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Dragon's Ire 1	If unit's HP = 100% and foe initiates combat, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks and unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack.	3★
Dragon's Ire 2	If unit's HP ≥ 75% and foe initiates combat, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks and unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack.	4★
Dragon's Ire 3	If unit's HP ≥ 50% and foe initiates combat, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks and unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack.	5★
Spur Res 1	Grants adjacent allies Res +2 during combat.	3★
Drive Res 1	Grants allies within 2 spaces Res +2 during combat.	3★
Drive Res 2	Grants allies within 2 spaces Res +3 during combat.	4★

New Year Kana (F) as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★☆☆

New Year Kana (F) has New-Sun Stone+, Dragon's Ire 3, and Drive Res 2 as inheritable options.

Unless you need Dragon's Ire 3, we recommend just merging up your Kana copies.

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How to Get New Year Kana (F) / Illustrations / Voice Actor / Quotes

How to Get New Year Kana (F)

Obtained as a Reward in Tempest Trials

New Year Kana (F) is a limited time Hero who can be obtained as a reward for your score in the Tempest Trials. They do not appear in regular summons. After the event has ended, they can be obtained by using Heroic Grails.

Voice Actor and Illustrator Information

Voice Actor (English)	Claudia Lenz
Illustrator	SATO POTE
Appears In	Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest and Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright

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