Valentine's Selena Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Selena - Admiring General 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 Valentine's Selena.

Heroes With the Same Name
Summer Selena	Selena
Valentine's Selena

Valentine's Selena 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)

Selena - Admiring General: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Red / Red Tome / Cavalry
Rarity	5 Star 4 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Weapon skill deals pre-combat damage based on foe's Atk and grants Atk/Spd bonuses to unit.

Valentine's Selena Skills at 5★

Devoted Basket+ Might: 12　 Range: 2 At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, deals damage to foe = X% of foe's Atk as combat begins (if unit has weapon-triangle advantage or if unit's Spd > foe's Spd, X = 30; otherwise, X = 15; activates only when unit can attack in combat; effects that reduce damage "during combat" do not apply; will not reduce foe's HP below 1), grants Atk/Spd+5 to unit during combat, and grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd during combat = 15% of unit's Spd at start of combat.

Rally Up Atk+ Range: 1 Grants Atk +6 to target ally and allies within 2 spaces of target (excluding unit) for 1 turn.

Atk/Spd Catch 3 At start of combat, if foe’s HP = 100% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, grants Atk/Spd+5 to unit during combat. 【Penalty】 All effects that last "on foe through its next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard).

A/R Far Trace 3 Enables 【Canto (Rem.)】. Inflicts Atk/Res-3 on foe during combat. 【Canto (Rem.)】 After combat, unit can move spaces equal to the number of spaces they have not used yet in their previous action according to their movement type. For example, a flying unit who has moved 1 space to attack an opponent, can move 1 spaces after as fliers have 2 spaces of movement.

Valentine's Selena Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (18)		★★★☆☆
Atk (6)		★★★★☆
Spd (16)		★★★★★
Def (3)		★☆☆☆☆
Res (5)		★★☆☆☆

◯ = 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 / -Def

The best IVs for Valentine's Selena are +Spd and -Def. Spd is a superboon and boosts Selena's base Spd up to 50, allowing her to keep up with all the fast metagame units, avoiding follow-up attacks from them while also creating her own follow-up attacks against slower foes.

Def is a safe bane to take as reducing it further will not change any of her matchups. Valentine's Selena will struggle against foes that deal physical damage no matter how much you invest into her physical bulk.

+Spd for a +10 merge

We recommend +Spd when merging Valentine's Selena up to +10 to retain her Spd advantage against a majority of her foes while also preventing faster units from generating a follow-up attack against her

Valentine's Selena Best Builds

Budget Valentine's Selena

： Devoted Basket+ ： Rally Up Atk+ ： Moonbow ： -

： Atk/Spd Catch 3 ： A/R Far Trace 3 ： Spd Smoke 3 ： Atk/Spd Catch 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This is a budget build utilizing Valentine's Selena's base kit to function as an offensive unit.

Offensive Valentine's Selena

HOT
： Devoted Basket+ ： Reposition ： Glimmer ： -	： Flared Sparrow ： Occultist's Strike ： Incite Atk/Spd ： Blade Session 3 ： Death Blow Echo

How to Use, Explanation

This premium build stacks up on pre-combat damage and boosts Atk/Spd as much as possible to wear down tanks and defeat them before they can even counterattack.

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Valentine's Selena Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
173
HP	40	Rank: 448/1089
Atk	45	Rank: 50/1089
Spd	46	Rank: 23/1089
Def	20	Rank: 858/1089
Res	22	Rank: 811/1089

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	45	62	51	24	26	208
Lv.40 +10	45	50	51	24	26	196

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	40	57	46	20	22	185
5★ Lv.40	40	45	46	20	22	173
4★ Lv.40	37	43	44	18	20	162

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	18	18	16	3	5	60
4★ Lv.1	17	14	16	2	4	53

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Kvasir	40	44	47	17	26	174
Ninja Sanaki	40	47	24	16	47	174
Valentine's Selena	40	45	46	20	22	173
Sage Linde	37	44	45	16	27	169
Legendary Veronica	38	42	45	19	25	169
Groom Robin (M)	40	46	35	23	24	168
Bridal Cecilia	40	41	25	18	38	162
Valentine's Líf	39	39	25	30	25	158
Arete	41	36	27	20	34	158
Legendary Lilina	39	42	21	16	40	158
Spring Severa	39	37	40	24	17	157
Summer Mercedes	38	39	25	17	38	157
Leo	39	29	22	25	30	145
Valentine's Titania	35	30	33	17	30	145
Red Tome Eirika	36	31	35	20	22	144

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

Valentine's Selena Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Valentine's Selena Roles

Selena - Admiring General 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

Valentine's Selena is a ranged magic attacker (range = 2). 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.

Valentine's Selena Strengths

Devoted Basket+ deals unmitigated pre-combat damage

Valentine's Selena comes with a pretty powerful inheritable red tome in Devoted Basket+. This tome deals pre-combat damage based on her foe's Atk stat and whether Selena outspeeds her foe or has weapon-triangle advantage against them.

The damage dealt by this effect is applied right as combat begins and cannot be prevented, allowing Selena to wear down bulky units beforehand.

Devoted Basket+ also grants Atk/Spd+5 and additional Atk/Spd bonuses equal to 15% of Selena's Spd during combat, giving her the offensive stats necessary to finish off her foe after the pre-combat damage effect kicks in.

Valentine's Selena Weaknesses

Lack of Unique Skills

Valentine's Selena suffers from not having any unique skills to call her own, making her unable to stand out amongst other units.

Cavalry mage units are quite abundant in the game, and lacking an exclusive weapon makes Valentine's Selena replaceable by better units.

Weak to Cavalry Effective Weapons

Valentine's Selena 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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Should You Unlock Potential for this Hero?

We Recommend You Unlock Potential for Selena - Admiring General!

We recommend that you use Unlock Potential to bring Selena - Admiring General from 4 Stars to 5 Stars. Selena - Admiring General is a very useful fast mage cavalry, so we recommend you Unlock Potential for Selena - Admiring General if your team lacks a strong fast mage cavalry.

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Valentine's Selena - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Fire	4	2	No Effect	3★
Elfire	6	2	No Effect	3★
Devoted Basket	8	2	At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, deals damage to foe = X% of foe's Atk as combat begins (if unit has weapon-triangle advantage or if unit's Spd > foe's Spd, X = 30; otherwise, X = 15; activates only when unit can attack in combat; effects that reduce damage "during combat" do not apply; will not reduce foe's HP below 1), grants Atk/Spd+5 to unit during combat, and grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd during combat = 15% of unit's Spd at start of combat.	3★
Devoted Basket+	12	2	At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, deals damage to foe = X% of foe's Atk as combat begins (if unit has weapon-triangle advantage or if unit's Spd > foe's Spd, X = 30; otherwise, X = 15; activates only when unit can attack in combat; effects that reduce damage "during combat" do not apply; will not reduce foe's HP below 1), grants Atk/Spd+5 to unit during combat, and grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd during combat = 15% of unit's Spd at start of combat.	5★

Assists

Skill Name	Range	Effect	Learned At
Rally Attack	1	Grants Atk +4 to an adjacent ally until the end of the turn.	3★
Rally Up Atk	1	Grants Atk +3 to target ally and allies within 2 spaces of target (excluding unit) for 1 turn.	4★
Rally Up Atk+	1	Grants Atk +6 to target ally and allies within 2 spaces of target (excluding unit) for 1 turn.	5★

Specials

This Hero has no Special skills that can be learned.

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Atk/Spd Catch 1	At start of combat, if foe’s HP = 100% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, grants Atk/Spd+3 to unit during combat. 【Penalty】 All effects that last "on foe through its next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard).	3★
Atk/Spd Catch 2	At start of combat, if foe’s HP = 100% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, grants Atk/Spd+4 to unit during combat. 【Penalty】 All effects that last "on foe through its next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard).	3★
Atk/Spd Catch 3	At start of combat, if foe’s HP = 100% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, grants Atk/Spd+5 to unit during combat. 【Penalty】 All effects that last "on foe through its next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard).	4★
A/R Far Trace 1	Enables 【Canto (Rem.)】. Inflicts Atk/Res-1 on foe during combat. 【Canto (Rem.)】 After combat, unit can move spaces equal to the number of spaces they have not used yet in their previous action according to their movement type. For example, a flying unit who has moved 1 space to attack an opponent, can move 1 spaces after as fliers have 2 spaces of movement.	3★
A/R Far Trace 2	Enables 【Canto (Rem.)】. Inflicts Atk/Res-2 on foe during combat. 【Canto (Rem.)】 After combat, unit can move spaces equal to the number of spaces they have not used yet in their previous action according to their movement type. For example, a flying unit who has moved 1 space to attack an opponent, can move 1 spaces after as fliers have 2 spaces of movement.	4★
A/R Far Trace 3	Enables 【Canto (Rem.)】. Inflicts Atk/Res-3 on foe during combat. 【Canto (Rem.)】 After combat, unit can move spaces equal to the number of spaces they have not used yet in their previous action according to their movement type. For example, a flying unit who has moved 1 space to attack an opponent, can move 1 spaces after as fliers have 2 spaces of movement.	5★

Valentine's Selena as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★☆

Valentine's Selena comes with Devoted Basket+, Rally Up Atk+, Atk/Spd Catch 3, and A/R Far Trace 3 as inheritable options.

Devoted Basket+ is among the best inheritable weapons in the game and should be the priority skill to acquire when using Selena as inheritance fodder.

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How to Get Valentine's Selena

Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

Valentine's Selena 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)	Tiana Camacho
Illustrator	Suzuki Rika
Appears In	Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

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