Elffin Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Elffin - Truth Beholden 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 Elffin.

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Elffin Rating and Basic Information

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

Elffin - Truth Beholden: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Colorless / Colorless Tome / Infantry
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Support unit with high Spd/Res and a refresher skill. ・Light of Etruria grants Spd/Res+6 and Hexblade to Elffin and nearby allies, inflicts Atk/Spd-7, Guard, and Exposure onto foes within 3Rx3C, inflicts Atk/Spd penalties on foe in combat and has built-in Miracle.

Elffin Skills at 5★

Light of Etruria Might: 14　 Range: 2 Grants Res+3. At start of player phase or enemy phase, grants Spd/Res+6 and 【Hexblade】 to unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit for 1 turn, and also, if any foes within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on unit have Res less than unit's Res+5, inflicts Atk/Spd-7, 【Guard】, and 【Exposure】 on those foes through their next actions. If foe initiates combat, inflicts penalty on foe's Atk/Spd during combat = 6 + 20% of unit's Res at start of combat, and also, if unit's HP > 1 and foe would reduce unit's HP to 0, unit survives with 1 HP (once per combat; does not stack with non-Special effects that allow unit to survive with 1 HP if foe's attack would reduce HP to 0).

Play Range: 1 Grants another action to target ally. (That turn only. Does not stack. Cannot target an ally with Sing or Dance. This skill treated as Sing or Dance).

A/R Cantrip 3 If Sing or Dance is used, inflicts Atk/Res-7 and 【Sabotage】 on foes in cardinal directions of unit and target through their next actions.

Inf. Null Follow 4 At start of turn, if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants 【Null Follow-Up】 and the following status to unit for 1 turn: "Unit can move to a space adjacent to any ally within 2 spaces." At start of turn, grants 【Null Follow-Up】 to infantry allies within 2 spaces of unit.

Elffin Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (15)		★★☆☆☆
Atk (3)		★☆☆☆☆
Spd (14)		★★★★★
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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+Res / -Atk

The best IVs for Elffin are +Res and -Atk. Elffin's Res is among the highest in the game and is the basis for the penalties inflicted by Light of Etruria onto his foes. Boosting his Res improves his Res checks and allows him to more reliably support his team.

Elffin's Atk is nowhere near useful and is a safe bane to take as he will not be dealing significant damage to his foes either way.

+Spd for a +10 merge

We recommend a +Spd IV when merging Elffin up to +10. At maximum merges, Elffin's Res should be sufficient to win Res checks against all foes, thus we opt for Spd to prevent follow-up attacks from the fastest metagame foes.

Elffin Best Builds

Hybrid Support Tank Elffin

HOT
： Light of Etruria ： Play ： Glacies ： -	： Deluge Boost 3 ： A/R Cantrip 3 ： Breath of Life 4 ： Phantom Res 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This build uses Deluge Boost 3 to improve Elffin's magic tank role while using Phantom Res 3 to improve the Res check of Light of Etruria. Breath of Life 4 provides sustain to nearby allies, and combined with the buffs Light of Etruria provides, improves their overall bulk further.

General Use / Budget Elffin

： Light of Etruria ： Play ： Glacies ： -

： Spd/Res Ideal 4 ： A/R Cantrip 3 ： Inf. Null Follow 4 ： Phantom Res 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This is a budget version of the above build, using Elffin's base kit along with Spd/Res Ideal 4 which can be acquired using Divine Codes.

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Elffin Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
178
HP	37	Rank: 972/1173
Atk	20	Rank: 1170/1173
Spd	47	Rank: 7/1173
Def	28	Rank: 600/1173
Res	46	Rank: 11/1173

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	42	38	52	32	54	218
Lv.40 +10	42	24	52	32	51	201

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	37	34	47	28	49	195
5★ Lv.40	37	20	47	28	46	178

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	15	17	14	6	10	62

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Brave Robin (F)	40	45	47	30	26	188
Arlen	41	42	45	38	17	183
Fallen Veyle	40	47	16	32	47	182
Laurent	39	46	30	24	43	182
Valentine's Robin (F)	42	41	16	39	42	180
Elffin	37	20	47	28	46	178
Summer Ymir	38	45	18	35	41	177
Legendary Guinivere	37	39	45	16	40	177
New Year Askr	40	42	16	42	37	177
Arval	40	44	27	23	43	177
Gotoh	40	42	14	38	42	176
Hoshidan Summer Leo	37	46	27	18	46	174
Gullveig	37	45	47	27	18	174
Brave Byleth (F)	39	41	43	26	24	173
Tea Lysithea	38	46	46	20	22	172
Ascended Celica	40	43	42	21	25	171
Tine	38	42	42	23	26	171
Young Soren	36	42	34	16	43	171
Niime	36	42	33	17	43	171
Legendary Micaiah	38	42	31	19	41	171
Brave Marianne	38	40	41	17	35	171
Kiran	41	35	35	28	28	167
Ashera	37	35	39	15	40	166
Xane	47	30	34	25	30	166
Summer Micaiah	38	42	30	16	37	163
Bramimond	39	40	27	21	35	162
Winter Lysithea	38	42	40	19	23	162
Bridal Micaiah	39	39	20	19	38	155

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

Elffin Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Elffin Roles

Elffin - Truth Beholden 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

Elffin is a ranged magic attacker (range = 2). Therefore, when not accounting for the Weapon Triangle, the amount of damage he deals will be equivalent to his Atk minus the foe's Res stat.

Elffin Strengths

Light of Etruria is a great support weapon

Elffin's Light of Etruria is a pure support weapon, providing bonuses to himself and his allies while inflicting various penalties onto his foes.

At the start of each phase, Light of Etruria grants Spd/Res+6 and 【Hexblade】 to Elffin and nearby allies, and inflicts Atk/Spd-7, 【Guard】, and 【Exposure】 onto foes within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on Elffin upon winning a Res check.

In combat, Light of Etruria inflicts an Atk/Spd penalty onto Elffin's foe equal to 6 + 20% of Elffin's Res, and has a built-in Miracle effect, allowing Elffin to survive lethal damage once per combat.

With Light of Etruria and Elffin's min-maxed statline, Elffin becomes a good support unit for his team.

Elffin Weaknesses

Very Low Atk

Elffin's base 20 Atk is outright abysmal, tied for the lowest in the entire game with Merlinus, and will render him unable to deal significant damage to anyone.

Keep him in the backline and have him focus on support to maximize his skillset.

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Elffin - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Stone	4	2	No Effect	5★
Elstone	6	2	No Effect	5★
Atlas	9	2	No Effect	5★
Light of Etruria	14	2	Grants Res+3. At start of player phase or enemy phase, grants Spd/Res+6 and 【Hexblade】 to unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit for 1 turn, and also, if any foes within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on unit have Res less than unit's Res+5, inflicts Atk/Spd-7, 【Guard】, and 【Exposure】 on those foes through their next actions. If foe initiates combat, inflicts penalty on foe's Atk/Spd during combat = 6 + 20% of unit's Res at start of combat, and also, if unit's HP > 1 and foe would reduce unit's HP to 0, unit survives with 1 HP (once per combat; does not stack with non-Special effects that allow unit to survive with 1 HP if foe's attack would reduce HP to 0).	5★

Assists

Skill Name	Range	Effect	Learned At
Play	1	Grants another action to target ally. (That turn only. Does not stack. Cannot target an ally with Sing or Dance. This skill treated as Sing or Dance).	5★

Specials

This Hero has no Special skills that can be learned.

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Atk Cantrip 1	If Sing or Dance is used, inflicts Atk-3 on nearest foes within 4 spaces of unit through their next actions.	5★
Atk Cantrip 2	If Sing or Dance is used, inflicts Atk-5 on nearest foes within 4 spaces of unit through their next actions.	5★
Atk Cantrip 3	If Sing or Dance is used, inflicts Atk-7 on nearest foes within 4 spaces of unit through their next actions.	5★
A/R Cantrip 3	If Sing or Dance is used, inflicts Atk/Res-7 and 【Sabotage】 on foes in cardinal directions of unit and target through their next actions.	5★
Inf. Null Follow 1	At start of turn, if unit's HP ≥ 50%, grants 【Null Follow-Up】to adjacent infantry allies.	5★
Inf. Null Follow 2	At start of turn, grants【Null Follow-Up】 to adjacent infantry allies.	5★
Inf. Null Follow 3	At start of turn, grants 【Null Follow-Up】 to infantry allies within 2 spaces of unit.	5★
Inf. Null Follow 4	At start of turn, if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants 【Null Follow-Up】 and the following status to unit for 1 turn: "Unit can move to a space adjacent to any ally within 2 spaces." At start of turn, grants 【Null Follow-Up】 to infantry allies within 2 spaces of unit.	5★

Elffin as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★☆☆

Elffin has A/R Cantrip 3 and Inf. Null Follow 4 as inheritance options.

A/R Cantrip 3 is useful for refresher units and may be worth inheriting if you prefer this effect over other refresher B skills like Rockslide Dance 3.

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Elffin is a Hero who can be pulled from any summon.

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New Heroes: Rearmed Þjazi & Rearmed Lilina New Heroes Summon	Elffin Ogier Rearmed Lilina Þjazi Starts：11/14/2024 Ends：12/05/2024

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Voice Actor and Illustrator Information

Voice Actor (English)	Kayleigh McKee
Illustrator	PavilionUshima
Appears In	Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

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