Young Frederick Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Frederick - Youth in Service 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 Young Frederick.

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Summer Frederick	Frederick
Young Frederick

Young Frederick Rating and Basic Information

Overall Rating	9.0/10
Reroll Ranking (excluding Inherit Skill)	- (▶Reroll Ranking)
Ranking (including Inherit Skill)	A (▶FEH Tier List)

Frederick - Youth in Service: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Green / Axe / Cavalry
Rarity	5 Star 4 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Weapon skill grants Atk/Def bonuses, Bonus Doubler, and a status preventing foe's follow-up attacks to unit and nearby support partner or ally, grants bonus stats, a guaranteed follow-up attack, bonus damage, and damage reduction during combat.

Young Frederick Skills at 5★

Heavy War Axe Might: 16　 Range: 1 Grants Def+3. At start of turn, if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Def+6, 【Bonus Doubler】, and "foe cannot make a follow-up attack" to unit for 1 turn. At start of turn, grants Atk/Def+6,【Bonus Doubler】, and "foe cannot make a follow-up attack" to any support partner within 2 spaces of unit or, if unit is not on a team with unit's support partner, to ally with the highest Def within 2 spaces of unit for 1 turn. If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 to unit, unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack, deals damage = 20% of unit's Def (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and reduces damage from attacks by 30% during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials). 【Bonus Doubler】 Grants bonus to Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat = current bonus on each of unit's stats for 1 turn. Calculates each stat bonus independently.

Bonfire Cooldown Count = 3 Boosts damage dealt by 50% of unit’s Def.

Atk/Def Clash 3 If unit or foe initiates combat after moving to a different space, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Def during combat = X + 5. (X = number of spaces moved by whoever initiated combat; max 3.)

Close Guard 3 Allies within 2 spaces gain: "If foe uses sword, lance, axe, dragonstone, or beast damage, grants Def/Res+4 during combat."

Young Frederick Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (19)		★★★☆☆
Atk (13)		★★★★★
Spd (6)		★★☆☆☆
Def (8)		★★★★★
Res (6)		★★☆☆☆

◯ = 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

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Neutral IVs by default!

As a hero obtainable only through Tempest Trials, Young Frederick will always have neutral IVs by default. The only way to access IVs for this unit is through using Trait Fruits.

+Def / -Res

The best IVs for Young Frederick are +Def and -Res. Def is a superboon and boosts his already impressive Def up to base 51, allowing him to excel at tanking physical damage.

His Res is a clear weakness at only base 23 and no amount of investment will protect him against magic damage. Res is a safe bane to take.

+Def for a +10 merge

We recommend +Def when merging Young Frederick up to +10 to improve his physical tanking prowess even further.

Young Frederick Best Builds

Physical Tank Young Frederick

HOT
： Heavy War Axe ： Reposition ： Bonfire ： -	： Atk/Def Clash 4 ： A/D Near Trace 3 ： Panic Smoke 4 ： Atk/Def Clash 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This build improves upon Young Frederick's physical bulk, allowing him to function as a physical tank while also giving him decent damage output.

General Use / Budget Young Frederick

： Heavy War Axe ： Reposition ： Bonfire ： -

： Atk/Def Clash 3 ： Lull Atk/Def 3 ： Atk Smoke 3 ： Atk/Def Clash 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This budget build improves upon Young Frederick's Atk/Def stats, making him a decent physical tank while providing some damage output. Lull Atk/Def 3 can be acquired from Divine Codes.

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Young Frederick Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
185
HP	41	Rank: 342/1171
Atk	46	Rank: 45/1171
Spd	28	Rank: 863/1171
Def	47	Rank: 10/1171
Res	23	Rank: 836/1171

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	46	67	32	55	27	227
Lv.40 +10	46	51	32	52	27	208

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	41	62	28	50	23	204
5★ Lv.40	41	46	28	47	23	185
4★ Lv.40	38	44	25	45	21	173

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	19	29	6	11	6	71
4★ Lv.1	18	24	5	8	5	60

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Ice Tribe Felicia	41	43	47	35	24	190
Brave Alfonse	41	46	16	47	40	190
Young Frederick	41	46	28	47	23	185
Winter Dimitri	41	47	46	32	19	185
Rearmed Lucina	40	43	47	31	23	184
Summer Ephraim	41	47	16	44	31	179
Sylvain	40	44	35	37	23	179
Spring Karla	40	45	47	24	22	178
Legendary Xander	40	42	41	35	17	175
Fallen Gustav	40	41	25	38	30	174
Summer Dimitri	40	42	40	35	17	174
Groom Roy	39	38	42	30	25	174
Ótr	41	41	17	40	35	174
Summer Seth	40	40	38	31	24	173
Summer Caeda	39	33	42	26	28	168
Spring Saleh	41	37	36	26	28	168
Lex	45	36	30	38	19	168
Plegian Kris (M)	41	37	37	31	22	168
Groom Zelot	41	37	25	39	25	167
Pirate Veronica	38	39	19	36	29	161
Groom Marth	40	31	36	30	20	157
Walhart	41	37	27	36	16	157
Spring Alfonse	41	35	33	30	18	157
Titania	37	28	34	25	30	154
Frederick	43	35	25	36	14	153
Gunter	43	32	24	33	18	150

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

Young Frederick Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Young Frederick Roles

Frederick - Youth in Service 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

Young Frederick 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.

Young Frederick Strengths

Heavy War Axe grants Bonus Doubler and follow-up denial to unit and allies

Young Frederick's Heavy War Axe grants Atk/Def+6, 【Bonus Doubler】, and a status effect that grants foe follow-up denial to himself and either his support partner or (if the support partner isn't present) the ally with the highest Def within 2 spaces.

In combat, Heavy War Axe grants Frederick Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5, a guaranteed follow-up attack, bonus damage equal to 20% of his Def, and 30% damage reduction on his foe's attacks.

These effects make Frederick a very sturdy physical tank while also being able to dish out good damage at the same time.

Young Frederick Weaknesses

Low Spd and Res

Young Frederick's Spd is middling at only base 28, and his Res is even worse at only base 23. These low stats leave him vulnerable to magic damage, especially from fast foes that can create follow-up attacks against him.

Even his damage reduction effect will not be able to protect Frederick from modern magical attackers.

Weak to Cavalry Effective Weapons

Young Frederick 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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We Recommend You Unlock Potential for Frederick - Youth in Service!

We recommend that you use Unlock Potential to bring Frederick - Youth in Service from 4 Stars to 5 Stars. Frederick - Youth in Service is a very useful bulky axe cavalry, so we recommend you Unlock Potential for Frederick - Youth in Service if your team lacks a strong bulky axe cavalry.

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Young Frederick - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Iron Axe	6	1	No Effect	3★
Steel Axe	8	1	No Effect	3★
Silver Axe	11	1	No Effect	3★
Heavy War Axe	16	1	Grants Def+3. At start of turn, if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Def+6, 【Bonus Doubler】, and "foe cannot make a follow-up attack" to unit for 1 turn. At start of turn, grants Atk/Def+6,【Bonus Doubler】, and "foe cannot make a follow-up attack" to any support partner within 2 spaces of unit or, if unit is not on a team with unit's support partner, to ally with the highest Def within 2 spaces of unit for 1 turn. If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 to unit, unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack, deals damage = 20% of unit's Def (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and reduces damage from attacks by 30% during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials). 【Bonus Doubler】 Grants bonus to Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat = current bonus on each of unit's stats for 1 turn. Calculates each stat bonus independently.	5★

Assists

This Hero has no Assist skills that can be learned.

Specials

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Glowing Ember	(Cooldown Count = 4) Boosts damage dealt by 50% of unit’s Def.	3★
Bonfire	(Cooldown Count = 3) Boosts damage dealt by 50% of unit’s Def.	4★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Atk/Def Clash 1	If unit or foe initiates combat after moving to a different space, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Def during combat = X + 1. (X = number of spaces moved by whoever initiated combat; max 1.)	3★
Atk/Def Clash 2	If unit or foe initiates combat after moving to a different space, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Def during combat = X + 3. (X = number of spaces moved by whoever initiated combat; max 2.)	4★
Atk/Def Clash 3	If unit or foe initiates combat after moving to a different space, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Def during combat = X + 5. (X = number of spaces moved by whoever initiated combat; max 3.)	5★
Close Guard 1	Allies within 2 spaces gain: "If foe uses sword, lance, axe, dragonstone, or beast damage, grants Def/Res+2 during combat."	3★
Close Guard 2	Allies within 2 spaces gain: "If foe uses sword, lance, axe, dragonstone, or beast damage, grants Def/Res+3 during combat."	3★
Close Guard 3	Allies within 2 spaces gain: "If foe uses sword, lance, axe, dragonstone, or beast damage, grants Def/Res+4 during combat."	4★

Young Frederick as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★☆☆

Young Frederick has Atk/Def Clash 3 and Close Guard 3 as inheritance options.

We recommend merging up your Young Frederick copies instead.

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How to Get Young Frederick

Obtained as a Reward in Tempest Trials

Young Frederick 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)	Kyle Hebert
Illustrator	Wada Sachiko
Appears In	Fire Emblem Awakening

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