Spring Sylvain Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Sylvain - Spring Flingster 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 Spring Sylvain.

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Spring Sylvain

Spring Sylvain 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)

Sylvain - Spring Flingster: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Blue / Lance / Cavalry
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Weapon skill grants Special charge acceleration, 7 HP healing, and another action to unit when unit uses a Rally Assist, grants bonus stats, damage reduction on foe's first attack, and a brave attack to unit, and neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-ups and effects that slow down unit's Special charges.

Spring Sylvain Skills at 5★

Flingster Spear Might: 16　 Range: 1 Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). If a Rally Assist skill is used by unit, grants "Special cooldown charge +1 per attack during combat (only highest value applied; does not stack)" to unit for 1 turn and restores 7 HP to unit, and afterward, once per turn, grants unit another action. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 to unit, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks, and reduces damage from foe's first attack by 40% during combat ("first attack" normally means only the first strike; for effects that grant "unit attacks twice," it means the first and second strikes), and also, if "Special cooldown charge +1 per attack during combat (only highest value applied; does not stack)" is active on unit, neutralizes effects that inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit during combat and unit attacks twice.

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

No Quarter Cooldown Count = 3 Boosts damage by X% of unit's Atk when Special triggers (if foe is armored, X = 40; otherwise, X = 30). If Special triggers, neutralizes foe's "reduces damage by X%" effects from non-Special skills.

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

S/D Near Trace 4 Enables 【Canto (Rem. +1; Min 2)】. Inflicts Spd/Def-4 on foe during combat and unit deals +7 damage including when dealing damage with a Special triggered before combat. 【Canto (Rem. +1; Min 2)】 After an attack, Assist skill, or structure destruction, unit can move spaces = any movement not already used that turn + 1 (min 2; if unit used a movement skill that warped them, its remaining movement is 2).

Spring Sylvain Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (18)		★★★☆☆
Atk (8)		★★★★★
Spd (12)		★★★★★
Def (6)		★★★☆☆
Res (8)		★★☆☆☆

◯ = 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 Spring Sylvain are +Spd and -Res. Boosting Spd helps him keep up with the fastest metagame units and prevents them from creating a follow-up attack through a Spd check.

Sylvain's Res is a clear dump stat at only base 21, and can be safely taken as a bane as it will not change any of his matchups.

+Spd for a +10 merge

We recommend +Spd when merging Spring Sylvain up to +10 to help him prevent follow-up attacks from faster foes.

Spring Sylvain Best Builds

Offensive Spring Sylvain

HOT
： Flingster Spear ： Rally Atk/Spd+ ： No Quarter ： -	： Atk/Spd Clash 4 ： S/D Near Trace 4 ： Incite Atk/Spd ： Atk/Spd Catch 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

Syivain's base kit is good enough to perform as an offensive unit. Incite Atk/Spd is used as it synergizes well with Sylvain's base kit.

General Use / Budget Spring Sylvain

： Flingster Spear ： Rally Atk/Spd+ ： No Quarter ： -

： Atk/Spd Clash 4 ： S/D Near Trace 4 ： Atk Smoke 4 ： Atk/Spd Catch 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

Spring Sylvain's base kit already functions well as an offensive unit. Atk Smoke 4 is the budget option as it is available from Divine Codes and works well with Sylvain too, preventing foe's follow-up attacks to help him survive.

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Spring Sylvain Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
185
HP	40	Rank: 452/1089
Atk	47	Rank: 2/1089
Spd	45	Rank: 67/1089
Def	32	Rank: 334/1089
Res	21	Rank: 867/1089

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	45	68	50	36	25	224
Lv.40 +10	45	52	50	36	25	208

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	40	63	45	32	21	201
5★ Lv.40	40	47	45	32	21	185

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	18	24	12	6	8	68

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Spring Sylvain	40	47	45	32	21	185
Isadora	38	43	46	32	25	184
Brave Chrom	41	42	42	37	17	179
Noah	40	45	45	31	18	179
Hardin	41	41	44	32	21	179
Sain	40	42	38	36	18	174
Brave Eirika	39	40	42	28	24	173
Summer Ashe	40	37	41	34	20	172
Spring Minerva	41	36	38	35	18	168
Ingrid	37	35	40	28	27	167
Nifl	39	38	40	27	23	167
Summer Ingrid	39	34	42	25	26	166
Brave Eliwood	40	37	35	32	18	162
Sirius	40	34	37	35	16	162
Perceval	38	32	37	28	27	162
Summer Cordelia	41	32	38	28	18	157

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

Spring Sylvain Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Spring Sylvain Roles

Sylvain - Spring Flingster 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

Spring Sylvain 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.

Spring Sylvain Strengths

Flingster Spear can Rally and still attack

Spring Sylvain's exclusive weapon Flingster Spear provides multiple buffs when using a Rally skill.

Upon using a Rally skill, Flingster Spear grants Sylvain Special cooldown charge +1 per attack, 7 HP healing, and more importantly, an extra action (once per turn). This effect allows Sylvain to provide the Rally bonuses to his allies while helping himself to some additional beneficial effects while retaining his action.

In combat, Flingster Spear grants Sylvain Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 and 40% damage reduction on his foe's first attack, neutralizes effects that prevent his follow-up attacks, and if Sylvain has a Special cooldown charge +1 per attack effect active on him, Flingster Spear also neutralizes effects that slow down Sylvain's Special cooldown charges and grants him a brave attack.

Sylvain is at his maximum potential after using a Rally skill, and should almost always be using one before he enters combat with his foes.

Spring Sylvain Weaknesses

Weak to Cavalry Effective Weapons

Spring Sylvain 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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Spring Sylvain - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Iron Lance	6	1	No Effect	5★
Steel Lance	8	1	No Effect	5★
Silver Lance	11	1	No Effect	5★
Flingster Spear	16	1	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). If a Rally Assist skill is used by unit, grants "Special cooldown charge +1 per attack during combat (only highest value applied; does not stack)" to unit for 1 turn and restores 7 HP to unit, and afterward, once per turn, grants unit another action. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 to unit, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks, and reduces damage from foe's first attack by 40% during combat ("first attack" normally means only the first strike; for effects that grant "unit attacks twice," it means the first and second strikes), and also, if "Special cooldown charge +1 per attack during combat (only highest value applied; does not stack)" is active on unit, neutralizes effects that inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit during combat and unit attacks twice.	5★

Assists

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

Specials

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Dragon Gaze	(Cooldown Count = 4) Boosts Atk by 30%.	5★
Draconic Aura	(Cooldown Count = 3) Boosts Atk by 30%.	5★
No Quarter	(Cooldown Count = 3) Boosts damage by X% of unit's Atk when Special triggers (if foe is armored, X = 40; otherwise, X = 30). If Special triggers, neutralizes foe's "reduces damage by X%" effects from non-Special skills.	5★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Atk/Spd Clash 1	If unit or foe initiates combat after moving to a different space, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd during combat = X + 1. (X = number of spaces moved by whoever initiated combat; max 1.)	5★
Atk/Spd Clash 2	If unit or foe initiates combat after moving to a different space, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd during combat = X + 3. (X = number of spaces moved by whoever initiated combat; max 2.)	5★
Atk/Spd Clash 3	If unit or foe initiates combat after moving to a different space, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd during combat = X + 5. (X = number of spaces moved by whoever initiated combat; max 3.)	5★
Atk/Spd Clash 4	If unit or foe initiates combat after moving to a different space, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd during combat = X + 6 (X = number of spaces moved by whoever initated combat; max 4.) If X ≥ 2, neutralizes unit's penalties to Atk/Spd during combat.	5★
S/D Near Trace 1	Enables【Canto (Rem. +1)】. Inflicts Spd/Def-1 on foe during combat. 【Canto (Rem. +1)】 After an attack, Assist skill, or structure destruction, unit can move spaces = any movement not already used that turn + 1. (If unit used a movement skill that warped them, its remaining movement is 0.) (Unit moves according to movement type. Once per turn, cannot attack or assist. Only highest value applied. Does not stack. After moving, if a skill that grants another action would be triggered (like with Galeforce), Canto will trigger again. Unit's base movement has no effect on movement granted. Cannot warp (using skills like Wings of Mercy) a distance greater than unit's remaining movement +1.)	5★
S/D Near Trace 2	Enables【Canto (Rem. +1)】. Inflicts Spd/Def-2 on foe during combat. 【Canto (Rem. +1)】 After an attack, Assist skill, or structure destruction, unit can move spaces = any movement not already used that turn + 1. (If unit used a movement skill that warped them, its remaining movement is 0.) (Unit moves according to movement type. Once per turn, cannot attack or assist. Only highest value applied. Does not stack. After moving, if a skill that grants another action would be triggered (like with Galeforce), Canto will trigger again. Unit's base movement has no effect on movement granted. Cannot warp (using skills like Wings of Mercy) a distance greater than unit's remaining movement +1.)	5★
S/D Near Trace 3	Enables【Canto (Rem. +1)】. Inflicts Spd/Def-3 on foe during combat. 【Canto (Rem. +1)】 After an attack, Assist skill, or structure destruction, unit can move spaces = any movement not already used that turn + 1. (If unit used a movement skill that warped them, its remaining movement is 0.) (Unit moves according to movement type. Once per turn, cannot attack or assist. Only highest value applied. Does not stack. After moving, if a skill that grants another action would be triggered (like with Galeforce), Canto will trigger again. Unit's base movement has no effect on movement granted. Cannot warp (using skills like Wings of Mercy) a distance greater than unit's remaining movement +1.)	5★
S/D Near Trace 4	Enables 【Canto (Rem. +1; Min 2)】. Inflicts Spd/Def-4 on foe during combat and unit deals +7 damage including when dealing damage with a Special triggered before combat. 【Canto (Rem. +1; Min 2)】 After an attack, Assist skill, or structure destruction, unit can move spaces = any movement not already used that turn + 1 (min 2; if unit used a movement skill that warped them, its remaining movement is 2).	5★

Spring Sylvain as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★★

Spring Sylvain has Rally Atk/Spd+, No Quarter, Atk/Spd Clash 4, and S/D Near Trace 4 as inheritable options.

It is possible to acquire multiple skills at the same time by inheriting the prerequisite skills first.

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How to Get Spring Sylvain

Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

Spring Sylvain 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)	Joe Brogie
Illustrator	Suekane Kumiko
Appears In	Fire Emblem: Three Houses

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