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FEH Content Update: 12/27/18 - Azura - Vallite Songstress

Seliph

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Tier Rating

Default
Attack
Special
Injured

Red Sword

Analysis by Cecil

Seliph - Heir of Light
3-4 Obtainable as a 3 - 4 only

Hero Stats

Max Avg Total Stats at Lvl 40

157

HP 47

ATK 34

SPD 24

DEF 30

RES 22

Stat Variations

Level 1 Stat Variation Weapon

5★

4★

3★

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	1818	723	66	77	44
Middle	1919	824	77	88	55
High	2020	925	88	99	66

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	1717	718	55	77	33
Middle	1818	819	66	88	44
High	1919	920	77	99	55

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	17 17	6 14	5 5	66	33
Middle	1818	715	66	77	44
High	1919	816	77	88	55

Level 40 Stat Variations Weapon

5★

4★

3★

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	4444	3147	2121	2626	1919
Middle	4747	3450	2424	3030	2222
High	5050	3753	2727	3333	2525

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	4141	2940	1919	2525	1717
Middle	4444	3243	2222	2828	2020
High	4747	3546	2525	3131	2323

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	4040	2735	1818	2323	1616
Middle	4343	3038	2121	2626	1919
High	4646	3341	2424	2929	2222

IV Sets

	Key stats worth increasing through nature if possible.
	Complementary stats that matter, but not to the point of picking them over key stats for nature increase.
	Relatively worthless stat that can safely be decreased through nature.

HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Average	Best	Worst	Best	Worst

Both of Seliph’s sets appreciate having more Attack, as they aim to hit back hard after receiving damage. In comparison Seliph can afford to sacrifice any of his other stats as they do not change his matchups significantly.

Boons

+ATK: Attack is by far the most desirable boon for Seliph. It lets him hit back harder against the blue mages he attempts to tank and KO.

Neutral

HP: HP is a stat of middling importance. Seliph has good physical defenses and lowering HP would reduce that.
DEF: Seliph has a decent base 30 Defense, enough to soak physical hits easily. However on the mage tank build, this stat is not important for him.

Banes

-SPD: Seliph has base 24 Speed, which means he is likely to be outsped and doubled regardless of investment. Speed is Seliph’s safest stat for a bane.
-RES: Because of Divine Tyrfing’s effect, Resistance actually has only half value for Seliph. It’s a safe bane on the physical or mage tank sets.

Skill Sets

Magical Tank

Recommended

	Divine Tyrfing	A	Distant Counter
	Reposition Alternate: Draw Back	B	Wrath 3
	Glimmer Alternate: Moonbow	C	Panic Ploy 3
SP	2,095	S	Quickened Pulse

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Preferred IV: +ATK / -SPD or -RES
Weapon: Divine Tyrfing
Assist: Reposition / Draw Back
Special: Glimmer / Moonbow
Passive A: Distant Counter
Passive B: Wrath
Passive C: Panic Ploy / Infantry Pulse
Sacred Seal: Quickened Pulse

Where Seliph shines over other sword-users is his exceptional magic bulk with Tyrfing and high HP. This build turns him into an effective anti-mage capable of tanking and KO’ing every mage in the game except the Dire Thunder users, Olwen and Reinhardt.

Divine Tyrfing’s effect means that Seliph can take one reduced hit of magical damage. However this also limits him, forcing Seliph to KO his opponent before they can strike again. Distant Counter is essential, letting Seliph trade back damage when he is attacked. Wrath and Glimmer are an excellent combination of skills. Together, they let Seliph fire a powerful Special off the turn he is attacked. Moonbow can be used in place of Glimmer as they have identical performances. Quickened Pulse is essential to activating his Special on the first turn.

Where things become more versatile is in his Assist and C slot skill. Seliph is a great partner for offensive mages and tanks alike. Take Repostion when working alongside tanks, and Draw Back when alongside mages. Seliph is a great Panic Ploy user, but can also wield Infantry Pulse very effectively. Seliph’s high HP makes it nearly guaranteed to trigger on allies with low HP such as offensive mages.

Physical Tank

	Slaying Edge+ (+Def) Alternate: Divine Tyrfing	A	Steady Breath Alternate: Fury 3
	Reposition Alternate: Draw Back	B	Wrath 3 Alternate: Quick Riposte 3
	Bonfire	C	Panic Ploy 3 Alternate: Hone Atk 3
SP	1,605	S	Close Def 3

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Preferred IV: +ATK / -SPD or -RES
Weapon: Slaying Edge+ (+Def) / Divine Tyrfing
Assist: Reposition / Draw Back
Special: Bonfire / Ignis / Moonbow
Passive A: Steady Breath / Fury
Passive B: Wrath / Quick Riposte
Passive C: Panic Ploy / Infantry Pulse / Hone Atk
Sacred Seal: Close Def / Quickened Pulse

Thanks to his absurdly good HP and stellar Defense, Seliph fits the bill of a strong physical tank. This set can be run with Divine Tyrfing if desired, and is a good choice for those without the resources needed to build his optimal set. The strategy for this set is to fire off a powerful Special while maximizing Seliph’s Defense.

Steady Breath and Wrath are the best choices, accelerating and strengthening Seliph’s Special. Fury and Quick Riposte are good budget alternatives, however, and running Quick Riposte in B slot means you can use Quickened Pulse or Close Def in his Seal slot.

The most important choice for this build is Seliph’s Special. Depending on which skills are used, the choice of Special changes. A build running Steady Breath, Slaying Edge, and Quickened Pulse can afford to run Ignis, for instance. However, if you aren’t running cooldown shorteners, a weaker Special such as Moonbow can be taken.

Seliph’s choice of Assist and C slot skill depends on his allies. If using Seliph with other tanks, Reposition and Panic Ploy are the best choices. If you’re using him with offensive units or mages, Infantry Pulse or the budget Hone Atk are better.

Introduction

Seliph is the son of Sigurd, and hails from Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. He is a red sword-wielding infantry, the typical unit archetype for lords appearing in the game. However, his low Speed and extremely high HP make him quite unlike any other unit.

Previously considered an irredeemably bad unit, Seliph has gained a new lease on life with the Divine Tyrfing. This weapon grants +3 Resistance and reduces the damage of the first magic attack he takes by 50%, making him an excellent magical damage tank.

He can be built to tank either physical or magical damage, but he is far better at the latter, able to tank and revenge KO every mage in the game except for the Dire Thunder users. Seliph requires some investment to shine and does not fit the usual definition of a sword-user, but excels at his niche, making him a choice unit.

Strengths

Excellent magical bulk with Divine Tyrfing.

The Divine Tyrfing’s effects mean that Seliph is one of the best soakers of magical damage in the game. This is the primary factor that makes Seliph so good at countering mages. He also has a respectable 30 Defense, making his defenses fairly well-rounded.

High HP.

Usually considered a dump stat, high HP works in Seliph’s favor thanks to his great mixed bulk. Seliph’s base 47 HP scales very well with his decent defense and Divine Tyrfing. High HP also makes Seliph an excellent user of Panic Ploy, a great general-use skill for handling Blade tome users and class-based teams. Being an Infantry with high HP, Seliph is one of the best users of Infantry Pulse.

Weaknesses

Cripplingly low Speed.

Where he falls down is unsurprisingly, his base 24 Speed. Having low Speed is not a terrible problem for Seliph, as Divine Tyrfing only lets him take one reduced hit meaning he must KO with his first attack. It mainly affects his physical bulk and betrays his otherwise decent 30 Defense.

Can’t build to counter all mages.

Unlike other anti-magic specialists like Sigurd, Faye, and Felicia, Seliph finds himself unable to counter all mages at once. His standard build leaves him open to Reinhardt and Olwen. He can build to counter these units, but this leaves him exposed to others. Compared to Faye and Felicia, Seliph is weaker versus mages, but stronger against melee damage.

Team Options

Seliph’s ability to tank magical damage makes him a great partner to units who focus on surviving physical assaults. He also appreciates the abilities of a teammate who can beat Reinhardt and Olwen, cavalry mages he cannot.

Green Tanks: Brave Ike, Hector, (LA) Hector, (WE) Chrom and Amelia are all capable physical tanks who form a strong core with Seliph. Some of these units come with Distant Counter and can beat Reinhardt and Olwen for Seliph.
Blue Tanks: Seliph works well when paired up with blue tanks such as Nowi, Corrin-F, Effie, (WE) Robin and (LA) Eliwood. He can punch through the strong green tanks that wall these units. And he’s great at taking out Julia and Deirdre for the blue dragons.
Offensive mages: Seliph works best with green mages, due to their color coverage and ability to KO Reinhardt and Olwen. Offensive types such as Nino, Soren, and Rhajat work best with Seliph who can support them with buffs or Reposition.

Counters

Blue units in general are tough for Seliph to beat, due to their damage bonus. He does not have the Speed or raw power to punch through tanks nor the survivability to beat Reinhardt and Olwen.

Blue Tanks: This archetype of unit is a hard counter to Seliph. Dragons such as Nowi and Corrin-F or others such as Effie, Nephenee, (WE) Robin, and (LA) Eliwood all stop Seliph in his tracks.
Swordbreakers: Seliph must beware of slow Swordbreaker units such as Alfonse, Chrom and Eldigan. These guys have the power to KO Seliph despite his strong Defense and HP.
Reinhardt and Olwen: Because they have the same effect as a Brave Weapon, they can circumvent the Divine Tyrfing (Which only reduces one hit) and KO Seliph. He can build against them, but it’s better to leave them to a capable ally.

User Submitted Builds

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Seliph build by xxxHolic 12-25

	Divine Tyrfing	A	Steady Blow 2
	Rally Spd/Def	B	Guard 3
	Luna	C	Panic Ploy 3
S	Deflect Magic 3

Show Explanation/Analysis

Magic tank build with Divine Tyrfing, Seliph will now be able to tank Reinhardt like his father. And retaliate next turn. With panic ploy he can kill Reinhardt by himself or his teammate can do instead. Steady blow (or Death blow) will allow Seliph to catch up some kill with physical unit better and more power to land kill on some bulky green unit. Guard will ensure Seliph to be safety from special attacks and increase his potential to tank.

Seliph build by Poise_Ness 12-16

	Divine Tyrfing	A	Distant Counter
	Reposition	B	Quick Riposte 3
	Bonfire	C	Panic Ploy 3
S	Deflect Magic 3

Show Explanation/Analysis

God Himseliph™ is a set only to be run by the truly dedicated.

This set exists purely to counter Reinhardt, the bane of Seliph, when running God Himseliph Emblem™

A +Atk -Spd set is taken to take put a Reinhardt at up to +6 merge, with Seliph being at +0 merge. Speed is pointless here, so it’s best to not tamper with the rest of Seliph’s bulk.

Living up to his legacy, Divine Tyrfing is the clear weapon choice, and is partially responsible for seliph’s survival against Qp Deathblow Memeboe Reinhardt.

Being the defensive set this is, Distant Couter must be run to successfully take out Reinhardt.

Quick Riposte is good here for hitting Reinhardt twice, but if you’re running speed buffs, or choose a neutral speed nature, you may opt in to Vantage or perhaps a breaker skill for more coverage. It should be noted that a -Spd seliph will always double a -Spd Dire Thunder Reinhardt.

Because this set, once again, is defensive, you will want to run panic ploy as your C slot to mitigate any Horse Emblem shenanigans. Bait Reinhardt out of the way of Goaders.

Deflect Magic is a must to survive as Seliph, along with Divine Tyrfing. That -80% memebow is critical.

Pretty much any Support Skill can be run here, but generally reposition would work well to get other team members out of the way of Reinhardt.

Bonfire is the clear winner here as a special, as it grants you the most damage and will always proc if attacked by Reinhardt.

Seliph build by ZixOsis 12-14

	Brave Sword+	A	Earth Boost 3
	Rally Atk/Spd	B	Brash Assault 3
	Moonbow	C	Threaten Def 3
S	HP +5

Show Explanation/Analysis

I saw that seliph(my seliph at least), has a ton hp, so I gave him a hp seal, Earth boost, for the cheeky tank stats, which actually works somewhat, get a support like elise with kindled fire balm and then you have so serious pain for the enemies,

Seliph build by wakamoli 12-11

	Divine Tyrfing	A	Distant Counter
	Reposition	B	Vantage 3
	Glacies	C	Threaten Def 3
S	Distant Def 3

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Just as a reminder, that is NOT Tyrfing but it is DIVINE TYRFING.
This build is like Lu Bu's magic Ike build where since I have a + Res Seliph and weapon refinery just came out, I thought to test it out.
This is a pure anti magic build where Seliph can tank easily but is held back by the fact that he cant counter dragons.
It's pretty troll but I promise that it works. Make sure to use healers with him or buffers
Pros:
Two Range opponents do no damage to him
He Has a semblance of usefulness now.
Cons:
-Just Use Sigurd

Seliph build by Knightmany 12-08

	Divine Tyrfing	A	Fury 3
	Rally Atk/Spd	B	Brash Assault 3
	Moonbow	C	Infantry Pulse 3
S	Deflect Magic 3

Show Explanation/Analysis

This build is like a mini-Sigurd build but is much more accessible as Seliph can be obtained at 4 stars, this build capitalises on Seliph's low speed as you will proc brash assault 3 more.
Pros:
More accessible
More HP than Sigurd
Rounded stats

Cons:
Expensive set - especially considering divine dew could be used on better heroes.
Only 2 movement
Will get doubled by some of the slowest units in the game
Generally there are better Sword units imo

Weapon Skills

Weapons	SP	Rng.	Mt.
Iron Sword Only Inheritable by Sword Units.	50	1	6
Steel Sword Learns by default at 3 ★ Only Inheritable by Sword Units.	100	1	8
Silver Sword Learns by default at 4 ★ Unlocks at 3 ★ Only Inheritable by Sword Units.	200	1	11
TyrfingGrants Def+4 in battle if unit's HP ≤ 50% Learns by default at 5 ★ Unlocks at 5 ★ Non-Inheritable skill.	400	1	16

Weapon Evolution

Weapons	SP	Rng.	Mt.
Divine TyrfingGrants Res+3. If in combat against foe using magic, unit receives 50% less damage from the first attack.	400	1	16

Weapon Upgrades

Support Skills

Support Skills	Rng.	SP
Rally SpeedGrants Spd +4 to an adjacent ally until the end of the turn Learns by default at 4 ★ Unlocks at 3 ★	1	150

Passive Skills

Passive Skills	SP	Slot
HP +3Grants +3 to max HP. Inheritable by all units.	40	A
HP +4Grants +4 to max HP. Unlocks at 3 ★ Inheritable by all units.	80	A
HP +5Grants +5 to max HP. Unlocks at 4 ★ Inheritable by all units.	160	A
Brash Assault 1Unit automatically makes a follow-up when at HP ≤ 30% and attacking a foe that can counter. Unlocks at 3 ★ Inheritable by all units.	50	B
Brash Assault 2Unit automatically makes a follow-up when at HP ≤ 40% and attacking a foe that can counter. Unlocks at 4 ★ Inheritable by all units.	100	B
Brash Assault 3If unit initiates combat against a foe that can counter and unit's HP ≤ 50%, unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack. Unlocks at 5 ★ Inheritable by all units.	200	B