Summer Gullveig Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Gullveig - Glittering 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 Summer Gullveig.

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Summer Gullveig

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Summer Gullveig Rating and Basic Information

Overall Rating	9.9/10
Reroll Ranking (excluding Inherit Skill)	S (▶Reroll Ranking)
Ranking (including Inherit Skill)	S (▶FEH Tier List)

Gullveig - Glittering Sunlight: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Red / Red Tome / Cavalry
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Weapon skill grants bonus stats, true damage, 50% damage reduction piercing, and 70% damage reduction on foe's first attack to unit, and grants an additional action after combat every three turns. ・Exclusive Special grants Null Guard and grants an additional action once triggered (once per turn). ・Duo Skill grants unit an extra action.

Summer Gullveig Skills at 5★

Golden Sunlight Might: 14　 Range: 2 Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). If unit initiates combat or if foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd/Def/Res = 5 + number of foes within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on unit × 3 (max 14; treated as 14 starting in unit's second combat in player phase and enemy phase), deals damage = 20% of unit's Spd (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and reduces the percentage of foe's non-Special "reduce damage by X%" skills by 50% during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials). If unit initiates combat, reduces damage from foe's first attack during combat by 70% ("first attack" normally means only the first strike; for effects that grant "unit attacks twice," it means the first and second strikes), and also, grants another action to unit after combat and inflicts "restricts movement to 1 space" on unit and Pair Up cohort through their next action. (Will not trigger again for 2 turns after triggering.)

Time and Light Cooldown Count = 2 Boosts Special damage by 30% of unit's Spd when Special triggers. Neutralizes effects that inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit during combat. If unit initiates combat, after combat, if unit's Special triggered and unit survives, grants another action to unit and inflicts "restricts movement to 1 space" on unit and Pair Up cohort through their next action (once per turn). (This effect has priority over other similar effects; in such cases, these other similar effects are treated as not having triggered.)

Flared Sparrow If unit initiates combat, deals 7 damage to foe as combat begins (effects that reduce damage "during comabt" do not apply; will not reduce foe's HP below 1), grants Atk/Spd+7 to unit during combat, and applies 【Divine Vein (Flame)】 on 5 spaces in a line centered on foe's space (oriented left to right based on the direction unit is facing) for 1 turn after combat. 【Divine Vein (Flame)】 Applies the following effects on space: Acts as difficult terrain for foes with Range = 2 (moving over this space costs +1 movement; movement cost cannot exceed unit's allowed movement; "cannot be slowed by terrain" effects do not apply). At start of enemy phase, deals 7 damage to foe, and also, as combat begins, deals an additional 7 damage to foe (effects that reduce damage "during combat" do not apply; will not reduce foe's HP below 1). (Divine Vein effects do not stack; replaces any existing Divine Vein effect; Divine Vein effects applied simultaneously cancel each other out.)

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

Odd Spd Wave 4 At start of turn, grants Spd+6 to unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit for 1 turn. If unit's Spd ≥ foe's Spd-5, neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks and effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks during combat. If it is an odd-numbered turn, grants Spd+6 to unit during combat.

Summer Gullveig's Duo Skill Effect

Duo Skill
Grants unit another action. (May be used only if unit has already entered combat during the current turn.) (Duo Skills can be used once per map by tapping the Duo button. Duo Skills cannot be used by units deployed using Pair Up.)

Standard Effect 1

Duel
If unit is 5★ and level 40 and unit's stats total less than 205, treats unit's stats as 205 in modes like Arena. (Higher-scoring opponents will appear. Stat total calculation excludes any values added by merges and skills.)

Summer Gullveig Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (18)		★★★☆☆
Atk (11)		★★★★★
Spd (8)		★★★★★
Def (7)		★★☆☆☆
Res (4)		★☆☆☆☆

◯ = 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 Summer Gullveig are +Spd and -Res. Boosting Spd improves Gullveig's Spd from base 47 to base 51, allowing her to outspeed a majority of the metagame.

Summer Gullveig's Res is unsalvageable at only base 17 and is a safe bane to take as she will fall to any decent magic attacker whenever she is attacked.

+Spd for a +10 merge

We recommend a +Spd IV when merging Summer Gullveig up to +10 to ensure she outspeeds her foes even through significant investment.

Summer Gullveig Best Builds

Offensive Summer Gullveig

HOT
： Golden Sunlight ： Draw Back ： Time and Light ： -	： Flared Sparrow ： Occultist's Strike ： Fatal Smoke 4 ： Blade Session 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This is the standard offensive build for modern day nukes, with Flared Sparrow and Occultist's Strike to deal pre-combat damage. Fatal Smoke 4 prevents healing and ensures enemies are at low HP before they get bursted down.

General Use / Budget Summer Gullveig

： Golden Sunlight ： Draw Back ： Time and Light ： -

： Flared Sparrow ： S/R Far Trace 4 ： Odd Spd Wave 4 ： Blade Session 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

Summer Gullveig's base kit already works well offensively, with S/R Far Trace to provide mobility instead of additional damage. Odd Spd Wave grants a Null Follow-Up effect which is quite good and better than most other options in the C slot.

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Summer Gullveig Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
174
HP	40	Rank: 472/1147
Atk	46	Rank: 32/1147
Spd	47	Rank: 3/1147
Def	24	Rank: 761/1147
Res	17	Rank: 1085/1147

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	45	65	52	28	21	211
Lv.40 +10	45	51	52	28	21	197

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	40	60	47	24	17	188
5★ Lv.40	40	46	47	24	17	174

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	18	25	8	7	4	62

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Ninja Sanaki	40	47	24	16	47	174
Kvasir	40	44	47	17	26	174
Summer Gullveig	40	46	47	24	17	174
Valentine's Selena	40	45	46	20	22	173
Legendary Veronica	38	42	45	19	25	169
Sage Linde	37	44	45	16	27	169
Groom Robin (M)	40	46	35	23	24	168
Bridal Cecilia	40	41	25	18	38	162
Legendary Lilina	39	42	21	16	40	158
Valentine's Líf	39	39	25	30	25	158
Arete	41	36	27	20	34	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.

Summer Gullveig Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Summer Gullveig Roles

Gullveig - Glittering 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

Summer Gullveig 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.

Summer Gullveig Strengths

Golden Sunlight has great offensive effects and grants an extra action

Summer Gullveig's exclusive weapon Golden Sunlight grants bonus Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat equal to 5 plus 3x the number of foes within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on Gullveig, grants bonus true damage equal to 20% of Gullveig's Spd, and reduces her foe's non-Special percentage-based damage reduction effects by 50%, allowing her to nuke down her foes with her high firepower.

Golden Sunlight also grants Summer Gullveig 70% damage reduction on her foe's first attack, improving her survivability. Gullveig is reliant on this effect to protect her from her foe's attacks, as her bulk isn't exactly ideal.

Finally, Golden Sunlight also grants Summer Gullveig an extra action after combat, but is inflicted with the Gravity status. This effect cannot trigger again for 2 turns after it has triggered as well.

Time and Light grants another action upon triggering

Summer Gullveig's exclusive Special skill Time and Light boosts Special damage by 30% of her Spd and neutralizes effects that slow down her Special cooldown charges.

Upon triggering, Time and Light grants Summer Gullveig an extra action after combat, but is inflicted with the Gravity status. This extra action effect has priority over other similar effects, including Golden Sunlight.

Duo Skill grants an extra action

Summer Gullveig also comes with a Duo Skill that grants her an extra action upon activation. This extra action effect does not come with the Gravity status, but can only be activated if Summer Gullveig has already entered combat this turn.

Combining Golden Sunlight, Time and Light, and her Duo Skill, Summer Gullveig can act up to four times in one turn!

Summer Gullveig Weaknesses

Low Bulk

Summer Gullveig's defensive stats are quite poor, with only base 40 HP, 24 Def, and 17 Res.

As a glass cannon unit, she is heavily reliant on the damage reduction effect of Golden Sunlight to survive combat.

Aim to have her enter combat against foes that fall in one hit to prevent Gullveig from taking unnecessary damage.

Weak to Cavalry Effective Weapons

Summer Gullveig 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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Summer Gullveig - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Fire	4	2	No Effect	5★
Elfire	6	2	No Effect	5★
Bolganone	9	2	No Effect	5★
Golden Sunlight	14	2	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). If unit initiates combat or if foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd/Def/Res = 5 + number of foes within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on unit × 3 (max 14; treated as 14 starting in unit's second combat in player phase and enemy phase), deals damage = 20% of unit's Spd (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and reduces the percentage of foe's non-Special "reduce damage by X%" skills by 50% during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials). If unit initiates combat, reduces damage from foe's first attack during combat by 70% ("first attack" normally means only the first strike; for effects that grant "unit attacks twice," it means the first and second strikes), and also, grants another action to unit after combat and inflicts "restricts movement to 1 space" on unit and Pair Up cohort through their next action. (Will not trigger again for 2 turns after triggering.)	5★

Assists

This Hero has no Assist skills that can be learned.

Specials

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Retribution	(Cooldown Count = 3) Boosts damage dealt to foe by 30% of damage dealt to unit.	5★
Vengeance	(Cooldown Count = 3) Boosts damage dealt to foe by 50% of damage dealt to unit.	5★
Time and Light	(Cooldown Count = 2) Boosts Special damage by 30% of unit's Spd when Special triggers. Neutralizes effects that inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit during combat. If unit initiates combat, after combat, if unit's Special triggered and unit survives, grants another action to unit and inflicts "restricts movement to 1 space" on unit and Pair Up cohort through their next action (once per turn). (This effect has priority over other similar effects; in such cases, these other similar effects are treated as not having triggered.)	5★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Death Blow 1	If unit initiates combat, grants Atk +2 during combat.	5★
Swift Sparrow 1	If unit initiates combat, grants Atk/Spd +2 during combat.	5★
Swift Sparrow 2	If unit initiates combat, grants Atk/Spd +4 during combat.	5★
Flared Sparrow	If unit initiates combat, deals 7 damage to foe as combat begins (effects that reduce damage "during comabt" do not apply; will not reduce foe's HP below 1), grants Atk/Spd+7 to unit during combat, and applies 【Divine Vein (Flame)】 on 5 spaces in a line centered on foe's space (oriented left to right based on the direction unit is facing) for 1 turn after combat. 【Divine Vein (Flame)】 Applies the following effects on space: Acts as difficult terrain for foes with Range = 2 (moving over this space costs +1 movement; movement cost cannot exceed unit's allowed movement; "cannot be slowed by terrain" effects do not apply). At start of enemy phase, deals 7 damage to foe, and also, as combat begins, deals an additional 7 damage to foe (effects that reduce damage "during combat" do not apply; will not reduce foe's HP below 1). (Divine Vein effects do not stack; replaces any existing Divine Vein effect; Divine Vein effects applied simultaneously cancel each other out.)	5★
S/R Far Trace 1	Enables 【Canto (Rem.)】. Inflicts Spd/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.	5★
S/R Far Trace 2	Enables 【Canto (Rem.)】. Inflicts Spd/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.	5★
S/R Far Trace 3	Enables 【Canto (Rem.)】. Inflicts Spd/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★
S/R Far Trace 4	Enables 【Canto (Rem.; Min 1)】. Inflicts Spd/Res-4 on foe during combat and unit deals +7 damage including when dealing damage with a Special triggered before combat. 【Canto (Rem.; Min 1)】 After an attack, Assist skill, or structure destruction, unit can move spaces = any movement not already used that turn (min 1; if unit used a movement skill that warped them, its remaining movement is 1).	5★
Odd Spd Wave 1	At start of odd-numbered turns, grants Spd +2 to unit and adjacent allies for 1 turn. (Bonus granted to unit even if no allies are adjacent. )	5★
Odd Spd Wave 2	At start of odd-numbered turns, grants Spd +4 to unit and adjacent allies for 1 turn. (Bonus granted to unit even if no allies are adjacent. )	5★
Odd Spd Wave 3	At start of odd-numbered turns, grants Spd +6 to unit and adjacent allies for 1 turn. (Bonus granted to unit even if no allies are adjacent. )	5★
Odd Spd Wave 4	At start of turn, grants Spd+6 to unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit for 1 turn. If unit's Spd ≥ foe's Spd-5, neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks and effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks during combat. If it is an odd-numbered turn, grants Spd+6 to unit during combat.	5★

Summer Gullveig as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★★

Summer Gullveig has Flared Sparrow and Odd Spd Wave 4 as inheritable options.

It is possible to acquire both skills at once by inheriting the prerequisite skills first.

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How to Get Summer Gullveig

Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

Summer Gullveig 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)	Alice Himora with Valeria Rodriguez
Illustrator	Yoshiku
Appears In	Fire Emblem Heroes

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