Ninja Lucina Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Lucina - Shadows of Fate 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 Lucina.

Heroes With the Same Name
Brave Lucina	Lucina
Legendary Lucina	Spring Lucina
Valentine's Lucina	Rearmed Lucina
Ninja Lucina

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Ninja Lucina Rating and Basic Information

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

Lucina - Shadows of Fate: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Colorless / Bow / Cavalry
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Ylisse Ninja Bow grants a Brave effect, bonus stats, bonus damage based on Bonus and Penalty effects, 50% damage reduction piercing, an offensive Tempo effect, and Special cooldown -1 after first Special trigger in combat. ・Future Focus uses Swap, grants Ninja Lucina an extra action, and grants 【Future Witness】 and 【Null Follow-Up】 to allies within 2 spaces of Ninja Lucina and target ally. ・Duo Skill grants an extra action and refreshes Canto.

Ninja Lucina Skills at 5★

Ylisse Ninja Bow Might: 8　 Range: 2 Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Effective against flying foes. Unit attacks twice (even if foe initiates combat, unit attacks twice). If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd/Def/Res = 15% of unit's Spd at start of combat + 5, unit deals +X × 5 damage (max 25; X = number of 【Bonus】 effects active on unit, excluding stat bonuses + number of 【Penalty】 effects active on foe, excluding stat penalties; excluding area-of-effect Specials), reduces the percentage of foe's non-Special "reduce damage by X%" skills by 50% (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and neutralizes effects that inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit during combat, and also, if unit's attack can trigger unit's Special, grants Special cooldown count-1 to unit after first Special trigger per combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials).

Future Focus Range: 1 Unit and target ally swap spaces. Grants 【Future Witness】 and 【Null Follow-Up】 to allies within 2 spaces of both unit and target after movement for 1 turn (including unit and target), grants Special cooldown-1 to unit and those allies, and grants another action to unit (once per turn). 【Future Witness】 Enables 【Canto (2)】. Grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 to unit and reduces damage from foe's first attack by 7 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 unit initiates combat and foe's attack can trigger foe's Special, inflicts Special cooldown count+1 on foe before foe's first attack during combat (cannot exceed the foe's maximum Special cooldown).

Curved Shot Cooldown Count = 2 Boosts Special damage by 30% of the greater of foe's Spd or Def. If unit's or foe's Special is ready or unit's or foe's Special triggered before or during this combat and if unit can attack during combat, reduces damage from foe's next attack by 40% (once per combat; excluding area-of-effect Specials).

Flared Sparrow If unit initiates combat, deals 7 damage to foe as combat begins (effects that reduce damage "during combat" 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.)

Spd/Def Detect Inflicts Spd/Def-4 on foe during combat. If a movement Assist skill (like Reposition, Shove, Pivot, etc.) is used by unit or targets unit, inflicts 【Exposure】 on closest foes within 5 spaces of both unit and target ally or unit and targeting ally after movement and foes within 2 spaces of those foes through their next actions. Inflicts Spd/Def-5 on foes on the map with the 【Exposure】 effect active and neutralizes bonuses to Spd/Def for those foes during combat.

Shadow Shift 4 When Canto triggers, enables unit to use 【Reposition】 on ally (this effect is not treated as an Assist skill; if similar effects are active, this effect does not trigger). If unit is within 3 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+3 to unit during combat and restores 7 HP to unit after combat. 【Reposition】 Range = 1. Target moves to opposite side of unit.

Ninja Lucina's Duo Skill Effect

Duo Skill
Grants unit another action, and if Canto has already been triggered, re-enables Canto. (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 215, treats unit's stats as 215 in modes like Arena. (Higher-scoring opponents will appear. Stat total calculation excludes any values added by merges and skills.)

Ninja Lucina Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (18)		★★★☆☆
Atk (10)		★★★★☆
Spd (9)		★★★★★
Def (6)		★★☆☆☆
Res (7)		★★☆☆☆

◯ = 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 Ninja Lucina are +Spd and -Res. Ninja Lucina's Spd is among the highest in the game at base 48, raised to base 52 with a superboon. Boosting Spd helps her create follow-up attacks against her foes and prevent follow-up attacks from fast metagame foes.

Ninja Lucina's Res is her least important stat at only base 24 and can be safely taken as a bane.

+Spd for a +10 merge

We recommend +Spd when merging Ninja Lucina up to +10 to ensure she wins the Spd check against her foes.

Ninja Lucina Best Builds

Offensive / Budget Ninja Lucina

HOT
： Ylisse Ninja Bow ： Future Focus ： Curved Shot ： -	： Flared Sparrow ： Spd/Def Detect ： Shadow Shift 4 ： Blade Session 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

Ninja Lucina's base kit already provides significant offensive pressure, especially with Spd/Def Detect debuffing enemies after she uses Future Focus.

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Ninja Lucina Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
185
HP	40	Rank: 489/1171
Atk	45	Rank: 95/1171
Spd	48	Rank: 1/1171
Def	28	Rank: 600/1171
Res	24	Rank: 761/1171

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	45	58	53	32	28	216
Lv.40 +10	45	50	53	32	28	208

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	40	53	48	28	24	193
5★ Lv.40	40	45	48	28	24	185

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	18	18	9	6	7	58

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Ninja Lucina	40	45	48	28	24	185
Niðavellir	40	45	47	27	21	180
Hoshidan Summer Takumi	40	42	46	28	23	179
Wolf	40	39	42	28	20	169
Ascended Laegjarn	40	39	41	30	18	168
Spring Henry	41	37	27	40	23	168
Scion Leif	40	40	41	27	20	168
Summer Leonie	41	36	39	27	19	162
Rolf	40	30	36	28	23	157
Legendary Leif	40	38	22	29	27	156
Bernadetta	38	32	38	22	26	156
Bridal Louise	39	31	34	17	30	151
Claude	39	33	37	20	21	150
Brave Lyn	35	33	35	18	28	149
Valentine's Roy	34	35	19	27	30	145

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

Ninja Lucina Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Ninja Lucina Roles

Lucina - Shadows of Fate 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 Lucina is a ranged physical 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 Def stat.

Ninja Lucina Strengths

Ylisse Ninja Bow grants bonus true damage and piercing

Ninja Lucina's exclusive Ylisse Ninja Bow has a built-in Brave effect and grants the following effects in combat:

• Bonus Atk/Spd/Def/Res equal to 15% of Ninja Lucina's Spd
• 50% damage reduction piercing
• Offensive Tempo
• Special cooldown count -1 after Ninja Lucina's first Special trigger per combat
• Up to +25 bonus true damage (based on the number of non-stat 【Bonus】 effects active on Ninja Lucina plus the number of non-stat 【Penalty】 effects active on her foe)

Ylisse Ninja Bow may look simple at a quick glance, but can be quite deadly if maximized properly. A brave attack with +25 true damage on each hit along with an unhindered Special due to offensive Tempo can heavily dent, or even outright defeat, almost any unit in the game.

Future Focus grants an extra action and multiple effects

The bulk of Ninja Lucina's strength comes from her exclusive assist, Future Focus.

Future Focus is a Swap that grants Ninja Lucina an extra action (similar to Future Vision from her other alts).

The main difference is that Future Focus grants the 【Future Witness】 and 【Null Follow-Up】 status effects to allies within 2 spaces of Ninja Lucina and the target ally being swapped, including themselves, and grants Special cooldown -1 to Ninja Lucina and the target ally.

【Future Witness】 is a new status effect that grants the affected unit 【Canto (2)】, Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 during combat, 7 damage reduction on the foe's first attack during combat, and applies a Scowl effect to the foe.

Together with Ninja Lucina's Spd/Def Detect on her base kit which inflicts 【Exposure】 onto the closest foes after using an assist and Spd/Def-5 in combat to foes with 【Exposure】, Ninja Lucina is best utilized by activating Future Focus on each turn before she enters combat to greatly buff up herself and her allies.

Duo Skill grants an extra action and refreshes Canto

Ninja Lucina also has a Duo Skill that refreshes her action upon use.

Unlike the Duo Skills of other Ninja units like Ninja Corrin (F) or Ninja Laegjarn, Ninja Lucina's Duo Skill also refreshes her ability to use Canto, making her Duo Skill a strict upgrade over the others.

Ninja Lucina Weaknesses

Weak to Cavalry Effective Weapons

Ninja Lucina 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 Lucina - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Iron Bow	4	2	Effective against flying units.	5★
Steel Bow	6	2	Effective against flying units.	5★
Silver Bow	9	2	Effective against flying units.	5★
Ylisse Ninja Bow	8	2	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Effective against flying foes. Unit attacks twice (even if foe initiates combat, unit attacks twice). If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd/Def/Res = 15% of unit's Spd at start of combat + 5, unit deals +X × 5 damage (max 25; X = number of 【Bonus】 effects active on unit, excluding stat bonuses + number of 【Penalty】 effects active on foe, excluding stat penalties; excluding area-of-effect Specials), reduces the percentage of foe's non-Special "reduce damage by X%" skills by 50% (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and neutralizes effects that inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit during combat, and also, if unit's attack can trigger unit's Special, grants Special cooldown count-1 to unit after first Special trigger per combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials).	5★

Assists

Skill Name	Range	Effect	Learned At
Swap	1	Swap places with an adjacent ally.	5★
Future Focus	1	Unit and target ally swap spaces. Grants 【Future Witness】 and 【Null Follow-Up】 to allies within 2 spaces of both unit and target after movement for 1 turn (including unit and target), grants Special cooldown-1 to unit and those allies, and grants another action to unit (once per turn). 【Future Witness】 Enables 【Canto (2)】. Grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 to unit and reduces damage from foe's first attack by 7 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 unit initiates combat and foe's attack can trigger foe's Special, inflicts Special cooldown count+1 on foe before foe's first attack during combat (cannot exceed the foe's maximum Special cooldown).	5★

Specials

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
New Moon	(Cooldown Count = 3) Resolve combat as if foe suffered Def/Res -30%.	5★
Moonbow	(Cooldown Count = 2) Treats foe's Def/Res as if reduced by 30% during combat.	5★
Curved Shot	(Cooldown Count = 2) Boosts Special damage by 30% of the greater of foe's Spd or Def. If unit's or foe's Special is ready or unit's or foe's Special triggered before or during this combat and if unit can attack during combat, reduces damage from foe's next attack by 40% (once per combat; excluding area-of-effect Specials).	5★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Darting Blow 1	If unit initiates combat, grants Spd+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 combat" 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★
Spd/Def Snag 1	If a movement Assist skill (like Reposition, Shove, Pivot, etc.) is used by unit or targets unit, inflicts Spd/Def-6 on nearest foes within 4 spaces of both unit and target through their next actions.	5★
Spd/Def Snag 2	If a movement Assist skill (like Reposition, Shove, Pivot, etc.) is used by unit or targets unit, inflicts Spd/Def-4 on nearest foes within 4 spaces of both unit and target through their next actions.	5★
Spd/Def Snag 3	If a movement Assist skill (like Reposition, Shove, Pivot, etc.) is used by unit or targets unit, inflicts Spd/Def -6 on nearest foes within 4 spaces of both unit and target through their next actions.	5★
Spd/Def Detect	Inflicts Spd/Def-4 on foe during combat. If a movement Assist skill (like Reposition, Shove, Pivot, etc.) is used by unit or targets unit, inflicts 【Exposure】 on closest foes within 5 spaces of both unit and target ally or unit and targeting ally after movement and foes within 2 spaces of those foes through their next actions. Inflicts Spd/Def-5 on foes on the map with the 【Exposure】 effect active and neutralizes bonuses to Spd/Def for those foes during combat.	5★
Shadow Shift 1	If unit's HP = 100%, when Canto triggers, enables unit to use 【Reposition】 on ally (this effect is not treated as an Assist skill; if similar effects are active, this effect does not trigger).	5★
Shadow Shift 2	If unit's HP ≥ 50%, when Canto triggers, enables unit to use 【Reposition】 on ally (this effect is not treated as an Assist skill; if similar effects are active, this effect does not trigger).	5★
Shadow Shift 3	If unit's HP ≥ 25%, when Canto triggers, enables unit to use 【Reposition】 on ally (this effect is not treated as an Assist skill; if similar effects are active, this effect does not trigger).	5★
Shadow Shift 4	When Canto triggers, enables unit to use 【Reposition】 on ally (this effect is not treated as an Assist skill; if similar effects are active, this effect does not trigger). If unit is within 3 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+3 to unit during combat and restores 7 HP to unit after combat. 【Reposition】 Range = 1. Target moves to opposite side of unit.	5★

Ninja Lucina as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★★

Ninja Lucina has Curved Shot, Flared Sparrow, Spd/Def Detect, and Shadow Shift 4 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 Lucina is a limited time Hero who can be pulled from a Special Heroes Summoning Event. They do not appear in regular summons.

Event Name	Focus
Family Ninja Class Special Heroes Summon	Ninja Tharja Ninja Céline Ninja Diamant Ninja Lucina Starts：11/05/2024 Ends：12/05/2024

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Voice Actor and Illustrator Information

Voice Actor (English)	Alexis Tipton with Matt Mercer
Illustrator	PenekoR
Appears In	Fire Emblem Awakening

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