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New Year Sedgar Builds and Best IVs

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This is a ranking page for the hero Sedgar - Festive Horseman 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 New Year Sedgar.

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Sedgar - Festive Horseman Icon New Year Sedgar

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[9.0/10]
New Year Sedgar IconNew Year Sedgar
[8.5/10]
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New Year Sedgar Rating and Basic Information

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Overall Rating 8.5/10
Reroll Ranking (excluding Inherit Skill) B
(▶Reroll Ranking)
Ranking (including Inherit Skill) B
(▶FEH Tier List)

Sedgar - Festive Horseman: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type
Rarity
What Kind of Character Are They? TBD

New Year Sedgar Skills at 5★


Might: 12  Range: 2
Effective against flying foes.
For foes within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on unit, inflicts Atk/Spd/Def/Res-5, foe suffers +10 damage from attacks (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and reduces the percentage of foe's non-Special "reduce damage by X%" skills by 50% during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials).
Unit deals +20 damage (excluding area-of-effect Specials) and reduces damage from foe's attacks by 10 during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials).

Range: 1
Moves adjacent ally to opposite side of unit.

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 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.

New Year Sedgar Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat Superboon/Superbane IV Recommendation
HP (19) HP Superbane ★★★☆☆
Atk (11) No Attack IV ★★★★☆
Spd (9) Spd Boon ★★★★★
Def (7) No Def IV ★★★☆☆
Res (5) Res Boon ★★☆☆☆

◯ = 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/-Res

The best IVs for New Year Sedgar are +Spd and -Res. A higher Spd stat allows Sedgar to prevent follow-up attacks and help him make follow-up attacks on his own.

Due to Sedgar's lack of exclusive skills, he will be reliant on raw stats to compete against the fastest metagame foes.

New Year Sedgar's Res is his least important stat and can be safely taken as a bane as it won't impact any of his matchups.

New Year Sedgar Best Builds

Offensive New Year Sedgar

HOT
Weapon Skill Icon: -
Updated on 01/06/2026

How to Use, Explanation

This offensive build maximizes Sedgar's damage output, relying on both Atk and Spd. Curved Shot can trigger more than once per fight given the right battle conditions.

Budget New Year Sedgar

Special Skill IconLuna
Emblem Icon: -
Attuned Skill Icon: -
Updated on 01/06/2026

How to Use, Explanation

This budget build uses skills easily obtainable from Divine Codes to have Sedgar function as an offensive unit.

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New Year Sedgar Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
190
HP
HP 41 41
Rank: 392/1332
Atk
Atk 46 46
Rank: 143/1332
Spd
Spd 48 48
Rank: 17/1332
Def
Def 31 31
Rank: 551/1332
Res
Res 24 24
Rank: 887/1332

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

HP Atk Spd Def Res Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses 46 63 53 35 28 225
Lv.40 +10 46 51 53 35 28 213

HP Atk Spd Def Res Total
+HP
Lv.40 +10
48 50 52 35 28 213
+Atk
Lv.40 +10
45 53 52 35 28 213
+Spd
Lv.40 +10
45 50 56 35 28 214
+Def
Lv.40 +10
45 50 52 38 28 213
+Res
Lv.40 +10
45 50 52 35 32 214

Stats at Lv 40

HP Atk Spd Def Res Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills 41 58 48 31 24 202
5★ Lv.40 41 46 48 31 24 190
4★ Lv.40 38 44 46 28 22 178

Initial Stats (with Skills)

HP Atk Spd Def Res Total
5★ Lv.1 19 11 9 7 5 51
4★ Lv.1 18 19 9 6 4 56

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero
HP
Atk
Spd
Def
Res
Total
41 46 48 31 24 190
40 47 49 30 24 190
40 45 48 28 24 185
40 45 47 27 21 180
40 42 46 28 23 179
40 39 42 28 20 169
40 40 41 27 20 168
41 37 27 40 23 168
40 39 41 30 18 168
41 36 39 27 19 162
40 30 36 28 23 157
38 32 38 22 26 156
40 38 22 29 27 156
39 31 34 17 30 151
39 33 37 20 21 150
35 33 35 18 28 149
34 35 19 27 30 145

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

New Year Sedgar Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

New Year Sedgar Roles

Sedgar - Festive Horseman Roles
Close Physical AttackClose-Physical Ranged Physical Attack ImageRanged-Physical Close Magic AttackClose-Magic Ranged MagicRanged-Magic
Physical Wall ImagePhysical Wall Magic WallMagic Wall Effective ImageEffective Weapon Movement AssistImageMovement 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

New Year Sedgar is a ranged physical 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 Def stat.

New Year Sedgar Strengths

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New Year Sedgar Weaknesses

Lack of Unique Skills

New Year Sedgar suffers from not having any unique skills to call his own, making him unable to stand out amongst other units.

Bow Cavalry units are quite abundant in the game, and lacking an exclusive weapon makes New Year Sedgar replaceable by better units.

Weak to Cavalry Effective Weapons

New Year Sedgar 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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New Year Sedgar - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name Might Range Effect Learned At
4 2 Effective against flying units. 3★
6 2 Effective against flying units. 3★
8 2 Effective against flying foes.
For foes within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on unit, inflicts Atk/Spd/Def/Res-5, foe suffers +10 damage from attacks (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and reduces the percentage of foe's non-Special "reduce damage by X%" skills by 50% during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials).
Unit deals +20 damage (excluding area-of-effect Specials) and reduces damage from foe's attacks by 10 during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials).
3★
12 2 Effective against flying foes.
For foes within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on unit, inflicts Atk/Spd/Def/Res-5, foe suffers +10 damage from attacks (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and reduces the percentage of foe's non-Special "reduce damage by X%" skills by 50% during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials).
Unit deals +20 damage (excluding area-of-effect Specials) and reduces damage from foe's attacks by 10 during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials).
5★

Assists

Skill Name Range Effect Learned At
1 Moves adjacent ally to opposite side of unit. 3★

Specials

This Hero has no Special skills that can be learned.

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★
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. 3★
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. 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. 4★
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★

New Year Sedgar as a Source Hero

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Value of Skills ★★★☆☆

New Year Sedgar has Horse Bow+, Atk/Spd Catch 3, and Spd/Def Detect as inheritable options.

Spd/Def Detect is great for units that generate actions after using assist skills, while Horse Bow+ is among the best inheritable bows in the game.

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How to Get New Year Sedgar / Illustrations / Voice Actor / Quotes

How to Get New Year Sedgar

Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

New Year Sedgar 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
Mortals
Mortals' New Year
Special Heroes Summon
Sedgar - Festive Horseman Icon New Year Sedgar

Starts:12/31/2025
Ends:02/01/2025

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Voice Actor and Illustrator Information

Voice Actor
(English)
Brandon Jay
Illustrator motsutsu
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