This is a ranking page for the hero Tharja - Shadow Ninja 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 Ninja Tharja.

Heroes With the Same Name
Winter Tharja	Tharja
Bridal Tharja	Plegian Tharja
Summer Tharja	Ninja Tharja

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Ninja Tharja [9.5/10]	Ninja Céline [9.0/10]	Ninja Diamant [9.5/10]	Ninja Lucina [9.9/10]

Ninja Tharja Rating and Basic Information

Overall Rating	9.5/10
Reroll Ranking (excluding Inherit Skill)	S (▶Reroll Ranking)
Ranking (including Inherit Skill)	S (▶FEH Tier List)

Tharja - Shadow Ninja: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Red / Red Tome / Cavalry
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Scroll of Curses enables 【Canto (Dist.; Max 3)】, grants Atk/Spd+6, 【Anathema】 , and bonus Special charges per attack to Ninja Tharja and nearby allies at start of turn, grants a Brave effect, a Desperation effect, and bonus Atk/Spd during combat.

Ninja Tharja Skills at 5★

Scroll of Curses Might: 9　 Range: 2 Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Enables 【Canto (Dist.; Max 3)】. At start of turn, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk/Spd+6, 【Anathema】, and the following status to unit and allies within 2 spaces for 1 turn: "Grants Special cooldown charge +1 per attack during combat (only highest value applied; does not stack)." If unit initiates combat, unit attacks twice, and unit can make a follow-up attack before foe can counterattack. If unit initiates combat or if foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd during combat = 6 + 20% of unit's Spd at start of combat. 【Anathema】 Inflicts Spd/Def/Res-4 on foes within 3 spaces of unit during combat.

Luna Cooldown Count = 3 Treats foe's Def/Res as if reduced by 50% during combat.

Sly Swift Sparrow If unit initiates combat, grants Atk/Spd+8 to unit and unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack during combat, and also, if number of 【Bonus】 effects active on unit ≥ 2, excluding stat bonuses, or if number of 【Penalty】 effects active on foe ≥ 2, excluding stat penalties, unit deals +5 damage during combat (including when dealing damage with an area-of-effect Special; excluding Røkkr area-of-effect Specials).

Resonance 4 Deals damage to unit as combat begins = 20% of X (X = unit's max HP before entering battle - 20; "Max HP before entering battle" means unit's max HP excluding HP increases from Legendary Effects, Mythic Effects, Bonus Heroes, etc.; activates only when unit can attack in combat; effects that reduce damage "during combat" do not apply; will not reduce unit's HP below 1). Inflicts Spd/Res-4 on foe during combat. Unit deals damage = unit's HP at start of combat - current HP, x 2 during combat (max 12, min 6; excluding area-of-effect Specials) and reduces the percentage of foe's non-Special "reduce damage by X%" skills by percentage = unit's HP at start of combat - current HP, x 10 during combat (max 60%, min 30%; excludig area-of-effect Specials).

Def/Res Smoke 3 After combat, inflicts Def/Res-7 on target and foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions, grants Atk+6 to unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit for 1 turn, and grants 【Pathfinder】 to unit for 1 turn.

Ninja Tharja Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (19)		★★★★☆
Atk (7)		★★★★☆
Spd (12)		★★★★★
Def (5)		★☆☆☆☆
Res (6)		★★☆☆☆

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

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+Atk / -Def

The best IVs for Ninja Tharja are +Atk and -Res. Boosting Atk improves Ninja Tharja's damage output significantly with Scroll of Curses's brave effect. Ninja Tharja can also rely on Sly Swift Sparrow to generate a follow-up attack in case she fails to outspeed her foe.

Both -Def and -Res are viable banes to take due to Ninja Tharja being a glass cannon. We opted for -Def as Ninja Tharja is more likely to receive damage from ranged foes over melee foes.

+Atk for a +10 merge

We recommend a +Atk IV when merging Ninja Tharja up to +10 to maximize her damage output.

Ninja Tharja Best Builds

Offensive / Budget Ninja Tharja

HOT
： Scroll of Curses ： Reposition ： Luna ： -	： Sly Swift Sparrow ： Resonance 4 ： Def/Res Smoke 3 ： Blade Session 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

Ninja Tharja's base kit already functions well as an offensive unit. She uses her high HP stat to effectively maximize Resonance 4 and deal as much damage as possible.

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Ninja Tharja Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
179
HP	45	Rank: 107/1184
Atk	46	Rank: 45/1184
Spd	47	Rank: 7/1184
Def	20	Rank: 955/1184
Res	21	Rank: 949/1184

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	50	60	52	24	25	211
Lv.40 +10	50	51	52	24	25	202

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	45	55	47	20	21	188
5★ Lv.40	45	46	47	20	21	179

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	19	16	12	5	6	58

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Ninja Tharja	45	46	47	20	21	179
Summer Gullveig	40	46	47	24	17	174
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
Arete	41	36	27	20	34	158
Valentine's Líf	39	39	25	30	25	158
Legendary Lilina	39	42	21	16	40	158
Summer Mercedes	38	39	25	17	38	157
Spring Severa	39	37	40	24	17	157
Valentine's Titania	35	30	33	17	30	145
Leo	39	29	22	25	30	145
Red Tome Eirika	36	31	35	20	22	144

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

Ninja Tharja Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Ninja Tharja Roles

Tharja - Shadow Ninja 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

Ninja Tharja 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.

Ninja Tharja Strengths

Scroll of Curses has great offensive and mobility effects

Ninja Tharja's exclusive tome Scroll of Curses enables 【Canto (Dist.; Max 3)】, giving her impressive post-combat mobility to reposition herself after attacking.

At the start of each turn, Scroll of Curses grants Atk/Spd+6, 【Anathema】, and a Special cooldown charge +1 per attack status to Ninja Tharja and nearby allies.

【Anathema】 is a new status that is essentially a Spd/Def/Res Hold effect. However, since it is a status effect, it can apply multiple times if allies with 【Anathema】 are near a foe.

Scroll of Curses also has a Brave effect and a Desperation effect if Ninja Tharja initiates combat, and grants her Atk/Spd bonuses if she either initiates combat or her foe has HP ≥ 75%.

This weapon provides great offensive pressure, post-combat mobility, and good support with the 【Anathema】 status effect being granted to multiple allies.

A good situation for the 【Anathema】 status is on an Aether Raids Defense team. With multiple heroes with the 【Anathema】 status effect grouped up, players will find it difficult to engage a Defense team using a player phase strategy.

Ninja Tharja Weaknesses

Low Bulk

As a glass cannon unit, Ninja Tharja's Def and Res stats are very poor at only base 20 and 21 respectively.

Ensure that Ninja Tharja can defeat her foe before she attacks, as she is likely to die to a counterattack.

Weak to Cavalry Effective Weapons

Ninja Tharja 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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Ninja Tharja - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Flux	4	2	No Effect	5★
Ruin	6	2	No Effect	5★
Fenrir	9	2	No Effect	5★
Scroll of Curses	9	2	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Enables 【Canto (Dist.; Max 3)】. At start of turn, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk/Spd+6, 【Anathema】, and the following status to unit and allies within 2 spaces for 1 turn: "Grants Special cooldown charge +1 per attack during combat (only highest value applied; does not stack)." If unit initiates combat, unit attacks twice, and unit can make a follow-up attack before foe can counterattack. If unit initiates combat or if foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd during combat = 6 + 20% of unit's Spd at start of combat. 【Anathema】 Inflicts Spd/Def/Res-4 on foes within 3 spaces of unit during combat.	5★

Assists

This Hero has no Assist skills that can be learned.

Specials

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
New Moon	(Cooldown Count = 3) Resolve combat as if foe suffered Def/Res -30%.	5★
Luna	(Cooldown Count = 3) Treats foe's Def/Res as if reduced by 50% during combat.	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★
Sly Swift Sparrow	If unit initiates combat, grants Atk/Spd+8 to unit and unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack during combat, and also, if number of 【Bonus】 effects active on unit ≥ 2, excluding stat bonuses, or if number of 【Penalty】 effects active on foe ≥ 2, excluding stat penalties, unit deals +5 damage during combat (including when dealing damage with an area-of-effect Special; excluding Røkkr area-of-effect Specials).	5★
Resonance 1	Deals damage to unit as combat begins = 20% of X (X = unit's max HP before entering battle - 20; "max HP before entering battle" means unit's max HP excluding HP increases from Legendary Effects, Mythic Effects, Bonus Heroes, etc.; activates only when unit can attack in combat; effects that reduce damage "during combat" do not apply; will not reduce unit's HP below 1). Unit deals damage = unit's HP at start of combat - current HP, × 2 during combat (max 12, min 6; excluding area-of-effect Specials).	5★
Resonance 2	Deals damage to unit as combat begins = 20% of X (X = unit's max HP before entering battle - 20; "max HP before entering battle" means unit's max HP excluding HP increases from Legendary Effects, Mythic Effects, Bonus Heroes, etc.; activates only when unit can attack in combat; effects that reduce damage "during combat" do not apply; will not reduce unit's HP below 1). Unit deals damage = unit's HP at start of combat - current HP, × 2 during combat (max 12, min 6; excluding area-of-effect Specials) and reduces the percentage of foe's non-Special "reduce damage by X%" skills by percentage = unit's HP at start of combat - current HP, × 4 during combat (max 24%, min 12%; excluding area-of-effect Specials).	5★
Resonance 3	Deals damage to unit as combat begins = 20% of X (X = unit's max HP before entering battle - 20; "max HP before entering battle" means unit's max HP excluding HP increases from Legendary Effects, Mythic Effects, Bonus Heroes, etc.; activates only when unit can attack in combat; effects that reduce damage "during combat" do not apply; will not reduce unit's HP below 1). Unit deals damage = unit's HP at start of combat - current HP, × 2 during combat (max 12, min 6; excluding area-of-effect Specials) and reduces the percentage of foe's non-Special "reduce damage by X%" skills by percentage = unit's HP at start of combat - current HP, × 7 during combat (max 42%, min 21%; excluding area-of-effect Specials).	5★
Resonance 4	Deals damage to unit as combat begins = 20% of X (X = unit's max HP before entering battle - 20; "Max HP before entering battle" means unit's max HP excluding HP increases from Legendary Effects, Mythic Effects, Bonus Heroes, etc.; activates only when unit can attack in combat; effects that reduce damage "during combat" do not apply; will not reduce unit's HP below 1). Inflicts Spd/Res-4 on foe during combat. Unit deals damage = unit's HP at start of combat - current HP, x 2 during combat (max 12, min 6; excluding area-of-effect Specials) and reduces the percentage of foe's non-Special "reduce damage by X%" skills by percentage = unit's HP at start of combat - current HP, x 10 during combat (max 60%, min 30%; excludig area-of-effect Specials).	5★
Res Smoke 1	After combat, inflicts Res -3 on foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions.	5★
Res Smoke 2	After combat, inflicts Res -5 on foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions.	5★
Res Smoke 3	After combat, inflicts Res -7 on foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions.	5★
Def/Res Smoke 3	After combat, inflicts Def/Res-7 on target and foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions, grants Atk+6 to unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit for 1 turn, and grants 【Pathfinder】 to unit for 1 turn.	5★

Ninja Tharja as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★★

Ninja Tharja has Sly Swift Sparrow, Resonance 4, and Def/Res Smoke 3 as inheritable options.

All of these skills are quite good and worth inheriting onto your favorite units.

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Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

Ninja Tharja 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)	Stephanie Sheh
Illustrator	Alan Smithee
Appears In	Fire Emblem Awakening

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