This is a ranking page for the hero Rafal - Atoning Dragon 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 Rafal.

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Rafal Rating and Basic Information

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

Rafal - Atoning Dragon: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Red / Red Breath / Armored
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Fell Slaystone grants nearby allies bonus stats, inflicts Guard onto their foes, and grants Rafal bonus stats, true damage, true damage reduction, a Preempt Pulse effect, and inflicts Guard onto his foe during combat.

Rafal Skills at 5★

Fell Slaystone Might: 16　 Range: 1 Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Effective against cavalry foes. If foe's Range = 2, calculates damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res. Grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to allies within 3 spaces of unit and inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on their foes per attack during combat (only highest value applied; does not stack). Grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to engaged allies within 3 spaces of unit during their combat. If foe initiates combat or foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd/Def/Res = number of allies within 3 spaces of unit × 3, + 5 (max 14; if unit triggers Savior, value is treated as 14), deals damage = 20% of unit's Def (excluding area-of-effect Specials), reduces damage from foe's attacks by 20% of unit's Def (excluding area-of-effect Specials), inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack (only highest value applied; does not stack), and grants Special cooldown count-1 to unit before foe's first attack during combat.

Armored Blaze Cooldown Count = 3 Boosts Special damage by 40% of unit's Def when Special triggers. If foe's Range = 1 and unit or foe's Special is ready or triggered before or during this combat, reduces damage from foe's next attack by 40% (once per combat; excluding area-of-effect Specials).

Atk/Def Scowl 4 If foe initiates combat or foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, grants Atk/Def+7 to unit during combat, and also, if foe's attack can trigger foe's Special and unit's Res ≥ foe's Res +5 during combat, inflicts Special cooldown count+1 on foe before foe's first attack. (Cannot exceed the foe's maximum Special cooldown.)

A/R Twin N Save If foe with Range = 1 initiates combat against an ally within 2 spaces of unit, triggers 【Savior】 on unit. If foe's Range = 1, grants Atk/Res+4 to unit during combat, any "reduces damage by X%" effect that can be triggered only once per combat by unit's equipped Special skill can be triggered up to twice per combat (excludes boosted Special effects from engaging; only highest value applied; does not stack), and restores 7 HP to unit when unit deals damage to foe during combat (triggers even if 0 damage is dealt).

Rafal Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (20)		★★★★☆
Atk (12)		★★★★★
Spd (5)		★☆☆☆☆
Def (10)		★★★★★
Res (14)		★★★★☆

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

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+Def / -Spd

The best IVs for Rafal are +Def and -Spd. Boosting Rafal's Def improves it to base 53 and allows Rafal to improve his Def checks from Fell Slaystone.

As a Savior unit, Rafal's Spd is of little importance and can be safely taken as a bane.

+Def for a +10 merge

We recommend +Def when merging Rafal up to +10 for similar reasons above.

Rafal Best Builds

Near Save Tank Rafal

HOT
： Fell Slaystone ： Swap ： Armored Blaze ： Emblem Ike	： Atk/Def Scowl 4 ： Slick Fighter 4 ： A/R Twin N Save ： Wily Fighter 3 ： -
Updated on 02/17/2025

How to Use, Explanation

Rafal excels as a Near Save tank due to Fell Slaystone being reliant on Def to provide its valuable in-combat effects.

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Rafal Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
207
HP	44	Rank: 177/1213
Atk	47	Rank: 23/1213
Spd	27	Rank: 908/1213
Def	49	Rank: 2/1213
Res	40	Rank: 103/1213

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	49	68	31	53	45	246
Lv.40 +10	49	52	31	53	45	230

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	44	63	27	49	40	223
5★ Lv.40	44	47	27	49	40	207

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	20	28	5	10	14	77

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Halloween Nagi	49	48	17	45	48	207
Rafal	44	47	27	49	40	207
Halloween Duma	47	46	19	40	43	195
Spring Idunn	46	37	26	37	38	184
Dheginsea	45	45	14	41	39	184
Halloween Myrrh	46	38	23	40	32	179
Idunn	45	35	26	39	34	179

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

Rafal Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Rafal Roles

Rafal - Atoning Dragon 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

Rafal is a close magic 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 Res stat.

Rafal Strengths

Fell Slaystone grants nearby allies support and has built-in true damage, true damage reduction, and Special manipulation

Rafal's Fell Slaystone deals effective damage against cavalry foes and grants allies within 3 spaces Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 , grants Engaged allies an additional Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4, and inflicts a Guard effect onto their foes during combat.

In combat, Fell Slaystone grants Rafal up to Atk/Spd/Def/Res+14 (based on number of nearby allies; if Rafal triggers Savior, value is set at +14), bonus true damage equal to 20% of Rafal's Def, true damage reduction equal to 20% of Rafal's Def, a Guard effect, and a Preempt Pulse effect before foe's first attack.

Fell Slaystone has a good combination of support, offense, and defense, making it a formidable weapon for a tank unit like Rafal.

Rafal Weaknesses

Weak to Armor Effective Weapons

Rafal takes 1.5x damage from armor-effective weapons like Randgríðr, 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!

Weak to Dragon Effective Weapons

Rafal takes 1.5x damage from dragon-effective weapons like Divine Mist, 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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Rafal - Atoning Dragon Only Appears as a 5 Star Hero!

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Rafal - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Fire Breath	6	1	No Effect
Fire Breath+	8	1	No Effect	5★
Flametongue	11	1	No Effect	5★
Fell Slaystone	16	1	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Effective against cavalry foes. If foe's Range = 2, calculates damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res. Grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to allies within 3 spaces of unit and inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on their foes per attack during combat (only highest value applied; does not stack). Grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to engaged allies within 3 spaces of unit during their combat. If foe initiates combat or foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd/Def/Res = number of allies within 3 spaces of unit × 3, + 5 (max 14; if unit triggers Savior, value is treated as 14), deals damage = 20% of unit's Def (excluding area-of-effect Specials), reduces damage from foe's attacks by 20% of unit's Def (excluding area-of-effect Specials), inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack (only highest value applied; does not stack), and grants Special cooldown count-1 to unit before foe's first attack during combat.	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.	5★
Bonfire	(Cooldown Count = 3) Boosts damage dealt by 50% of unit’s Def.	5★
Armored Blaze	(Cooldown Count = 3) Boosts Special damage by 40% of unit's Def when Special triggers. If foe's Range = 1 and unit or foe's Special is ready or triggered before or during this 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
Atk/Def Scowl 1	If foe initiates combat or foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, grants Atk/Def+2 to unit during combat, and also, if foe's attack can trigger foe's Special and unit's Res ≥ foe's Res+15 during combat, inflicts Special cooldown count+1 on foe before foe's first attack. (Cannot exceed the foe's maximum Special cooldown.)	5★
Atk/Def Scowl 2	If foe initiates combat or foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, grants Atk/Def+4 to unit during combat, and also, if foe's attack can trigger foe's Special and unit's Res ≥ foe's Res+12 during combat, inflicts Special cooldown count+1 on foe before foe's first attack. (Cannot exceed the foe's maximum Special cooldown.)	5★
Atk/Def Scowl 3	If foe initiates combat or foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, grants Atk/Def+6 to unit during combat, and also, if foe's attack can trigger foe's Special and unit's Res ≥ foe's Res+9 during combat, inflicts Special cooldown count+1 on foe before foe's first attack. (Cannot exceed the foe's maximum Special cooldown.)	5★
Atk/Def Scowl 4	If foe initiates combat or foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, grants Atk/Def+7 to unit during combat, and also, if foe's attack can trigger foe's Special and unit's Res ≥ foe's Res +5 during combat, inflicts Special cooldown count+1 on foe before foe's first attack. (Cannot exceed the foe's maximum Special cooldown.)	5★
A/R Near Save 1	If a foe uses sword, lance, axe, breath, or beast damage & initiates combat against an ally adjacent to unit, triggers 【Savior】 on unit. If Savior triggers, grants Atk/Res+2 during combat. 【Savior】 Unit takes ally’s space, enters combat in ally’s place, and receives all after-combat effects. Doesn't trigger if ally is on terrain that unit can't move to or if multiple units are able to use Savior during the same combat. If Savior triggers, after-combat movement effects don't occur.	5★
A/R Near Save 2	If a foe uses sword, lance, axe, breath, or beast damage & initiates combat against an ally within 2 spaces of unit, triggers 【Savior】 on unit. If Savior triggers, grants Atk/Res+2 during combat. 【Savior】 Unit takes ally’s space, enters combat in ally’s place, and receives all after-combat effects. Doesn't trigger if ally is on terrain that unit can't move to or if multiple units are able to use Savior during the same combat. If Savior triggers, after-combat movement effects don't occur.	5★
A/R Near Save 3	If a foe uses sword, lance, axe, breath, or beast damage & initiates combat against an ally within 2 spaces of unit, triggers 【Savior】 on unit. If Savior triggers, grants Atk/Res+4 during combat. 【Savior】 Unit takes ally’s space, enters combat in ally’s place, and receives all after-combat effects. Doesn't trigger if ally is on terrain that unit can't move to or if multiple units are able to use Savior during the same combat. If Savior triggers, after-combat movement effects don't occur.	5★
A/R Twin N Save	If foe with Range = 1 initiates combat against an ally within 2 spaces of unit, triggers 【Savior】 on unit. If foe's Range = 1, grants Atk/Res+4 to unit during combat, any "reduces damage by X%" effect that can be triggered only once per combat by unit's equipped Special skill can be triggered up to twice per combat (excludes boosted Special effects from engaging; only highest value applied; does not stack), and restores 7 HP to unit when unit deals damage to foe during combat (triggers even if 0 damage is dealt).	5★

Rafal as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★★

Rafal carries Armored Blaze, Atk/Def Scowl 4, and A/R Twin N Save as inheritable options.

It is possible to acquire multiple skills with only one copy of Rafal by inheriting the prerequisite skills first.

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

Event Name	Focus
New Heroes: Aided Yunaka & Rearmed Nel New Heroes Summon	Nel Rafal Zelestia Aided Yunaka Starts：02/16/2025 Ends：03/06/2025

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Voice Actor and Illustrator Information

Voice Actor (English)	Y. Chang
Illustrator	Michi Masaki
Appears In	Fire Emblem: Engage

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