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This is a ranking page for the hero Zelestia - Loving Leader 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 Zelestia.

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Zelestia Rating and Basic Information

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Overall Rating 8.0/10
Reroll Ranking (excluding Inherit Skill) C
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Ranking (including Inherit Skill) B
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Zelestia - Loving Leader: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type
Rarity
What Kind of Character Are They? ・An easily mergeable flying tome unit with a good offensive stat spread.
・Gronnlantern+ grants Unhindered Movement and Special cooldown acceleration per attack during combat.

Zelestia Skills at 5★


Might: 12  Range: 2
At start of turn, if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants "unit cannot be slowed by terrain (does not apply to impassable terrain)" and "Special cooldown charge +1 per attack during combat (only highest value applied; does not stack)" to unit for 1 turn.
If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Res+5 to unit during combat.

Cooldown Count = 2
Treats foe's Def/Res as if reduced by 30% during combat.

At start of combat, if foe’s HP = 100% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, grants Atk/Spd+5 to unit during combat.
【Penalty】
All effects that last "on foe through its next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard).

Inflicts Atk/Spd-4 on foes within 2 spaces during combat.

Zelestia Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat Superboon/Superbane IV Recommendation
HP (18) HP Superbane ★★★☆☆
Atk (10) Attack Bane ★★★★☆
Spd (8) Spd Boon ★★★★★
Def (7) No Def IV ★★☆☆☆
Res (8) Res Bane ★★★☆☆

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

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When using an Ascendant Floret, we recommend getting the next superboon if it fits the hero. If not, consider what stat your hero needs most.

+Spd / -Def

The best IVs for Zelestia are +Spd and -Def. As a demote unit without an exclusive skill, Zelestia needs every stat point she can get on key stats, and Spd is Zelestia's most important stat. She needs the Spd boost to keep up with fast metagame units.

Zelestia's Def is her least important stat and can be safely taken as a bane as it won't impact any of her matchups.

+Spd for a +10 merge

We recommend +Spd when merging Zelestia up to +10 to help her keep up with fast metagame foes as much as possible.

Zelestia Best Builds

Divine Codes / Budget Zelestia

Special Skill IconMoonbow
Emblem Icon: -
Attuned Skill Icon: -
Updated on 02/17/2025

How to Use, Explanation

This budget build gives Zelestia a better weapon than Gronnlantern+ that is easily obtainable through Heroic Grails and skills obtainable from Divine Codes and Heroic Grails.

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Zelestia Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
184
HP
HP 40 40
Rank: 510/1213
Atk
Atk 43 43
Rank: 244/1213
Spd
Spd 47 47
Rank: 19/1213
Def
Def 24 24
Rank: 825/1213
Res
Res 30 30
Rank: 411/1213

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

HP Atk Spd Def Res Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses 45 60 52 28 34 219
Lv.40 +10 45 48 52 28 34 207

HP Atk Spd Def Res Total
+HP
Lv.40 +10
47 47 51 28 34 207
+Atk
Lv.40 +10
44 50 51 28 34 207
+Spd
Lv.40 +10
44 47 55 28 34 208
+Def
Lv.40 +10
44 47 51 31 34 207
+Res
Lv.40 +10
44 47 51 28 37 207

Stats at Lv 40

HP Atk Spd Def Res Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills 40 55 47 24 30 196
5★ Lv.40 40 43 47 24 30 184
4★ Lv.40 37 41 45 22 27 172
3★ Lv.40 36 38 42 21 26 163

Initial Stats (with Skills)

HP Atk Spd Def Res Total
5★ Lv.1 18 22 8 7 8 63
4★ Lv.1 17 19 8 6 7 57
3★ Lv.1 17 15 7 6 7 52

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero
HP
Atk
Spd
Def
Res
Total
Zelestia Icon Zelestia
40 43 47 24 30 184
40 47 16 30 46 179
40 45 46 22 25 178
38 46 25 20 44 173
40 42 45 21 25 173
37 41 29 30 31 168
39 39 42 25 22 167
40 42 41 23 20 166
40 39 41 19 22 161
36 37 28 17 37 155
35 36 30 16 33 150
38 35 36 16 25 150
38 33 27 15 37 150
36 33 38 17 25 149
38 38 16 31 26 149
39 35 25 30 19 148

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

Zelestia Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Zelestia Roles

Zelestia - Loving Leader Roles
Close Physical AttackClose-Physical Ranged Physical AttackRanged-Physical Close Magic AttackClose-Magic Ranged Magic ImageRanged-Magic
Physical Wall ImagePhysical Wall Magic WallMagic Wall Effective ImageEffective Weapon Movement Assist ImageMovement Assist
No Exclusive Skill ImageExclusive Skill No All Range Counterattack ImageAll-Range Counter RecoveryRecovery No Refresher ImageRefresher
No Legendary Hero ImageLegendary No Mythic Hero ImageMythic No Duo and Harmonized ImageDuo /
Harmonized
No Resplendent ImageResplendent

Zelestia 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.

Zelestia Strengths

Easily mergeable Green Tome flier

As a demote unit on a New Heroes banner, Zelestia enters the summoning pool as a 3★-4★ unit. Through summoning, players can acquire Zelestia copies over time to merge her up completely.

Gronnlantern+ grants Unhindered Movement and Special charge acceleration

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Zelestia's inheritable Gronnlantern+ grants herself the ability to move unhindered by any terrain effects that slow down her movement, Special cooldown charge +1 per attack during combat, and Atk/Res+5 during combat if Zelestia initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally.

As a flying unit, the Unhindered Movement effect of Gronnlantern+ isn't too relevant for her. It's best used on Infantry units that can utilize it to move through trees.

Zelestia Weaknesses

Lack of Unique Skills

Zelestia suffers from not having any unique skills to call her own, making her unable to stand out amongst other units.

Flying tome units are quite abundant in the game, and lacking an exclusive weapon makes Zelestia replaceable by better units.

Weak to Bows

As a flying unit, Zelestia takes 1.5x damage from bows and weapons effective on flying units. Be sure to keep them out of the range of archers and leave them to other units.

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We Recommend Unlocking Potential for Zelestia - Loving Leader!

We recommend that you use Unlock Potential to bring Zelestia - Loving Leader from 4 Stars to 5 Stars. Zelestia - Loving Leader is very useful as a fast green tome flier, so you may find using Unlock Potential on Zelestia - Loving Leader helpful if your team lacks a party member with this role.

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Zelestia - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name Might Range Effect Learned At
4 2 No Effect 3★
6 2 No Effect 3★
8 2 At start of turn, if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants "unit cannot be slowed by terrain (does not apply to impassable terrain)" and "Special cooldown charge +1 per attack during combat (only highest value applied; does not stack)" to unit for 1 turn.
If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Res+5 to unit during combat.
3★
12 2 At start of turn, if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants "unit cannot be slowed by terrain (does not apply to impassable terrain)" and "Special cooldown charge +1 per attack during combat (only highest value applied; does not stack)" to unit for 1 turn.
If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Res+5 to unit during combat.
5★

Assists

This Hero has no Assist skills that can be learned.

Specials

Skill Name Effect Learned At
(Cooldown Count = 3) Resolve combat as if foe suffered Def/Res -30%. 3★
(Cooldown Count = 2) Treats foe's Def/Res as if reduced by 30% during combat. 4★

Passives

Skill Name Effect Learned At
At start of combat, if foe’s HP = 100% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, grants Atk/Spd+3 to unit during combat.
【Penalty】
All effects that last "on foe through its next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard).
3★
At start of combat, if foe’s HP = 100% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, grants Atk/Spd+4 to unit during combat.
【Penalty】
All effects that last "on foe through its next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard).
3★
At start of combat, if foe’s HP = 100% or if【Penalty】is active on foe, grants Atk/Spd+5 to unit during combat.
【Penalty】
All effects that last "on foe through its next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard).
4★
Inflicts Atk/Spd-2 on foes within 2 spaces during combat. 3★
Inflicts Atk/Spd-3 on foes within 2 spaces during combat. 4★
Inflicts Atk/Spd-4 on foes within 2 spaces during combat. 5★

Zelestia as a Source Hero

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Value of Skills ★★☆☆☆

Zelestia carries Gronnlantern+, Atk/Spd Catch 3, and Atk/Spd Rein 3 as inheritable options.

Zelestia is best used as bridge fodder for rarer tier 4 skills.

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How to Get Zelestia / Illustrations / Voice Actor / Quotes

How to Get Zelestia

Obtain Through Regular Summon

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

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Starts:02/16/2025
Ends:03/06/2025

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Voice Actor and Illustrator Information

Voice Actor
(English)
Elizabeth Maxwell
Illustrator Susumu Kuroi
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