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Taking advantage of unoptimal IVs

We've all summoned units where they've either had weird, unoptimal, and/or "bad" IVs. (If you haven't, you're just extremely lucky.) But different IV sets can provide a niche advantage if built right. Have you built any units with that take advantage of less than perfered IVs? I've got a +Spd vanilla Ephraim, so I'm gonna make his Windsweep build. (It's funny and actually rather effective, just need to summon some Almonds.)

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I got +def -atk on H.Henry. Gave him raven+TA, and he's singlehandedly beaten every version of Reinhardt+B.Lyn+dancer I ever saw in AA regardless of buffs, merges, anything except the firesweep+CA Lyn against whom I had to deploy my bowbreaker Cecilia.

+def Sakura, she's by far my tankiest healer with good stats all round. 28/30 def/res with middling speed, rehabilitate, and live to serve means she's pretty hard to kill. I usually stick fortress def on her for TT and it leaves close/distant def seals for others.

But that's arguably her best IV

Have you tried martyr+ with it?

I like it, I just don't see recommended at all (like on her gamepress page). I remember when I first got her +def was considered suboptimal which is why I mention it. I have not tried martyr, but I might try it out.

I got a +def Nina so I refined her bow for Def and gave her Brazen Atk/Def. 29 Def isn't bad.

A lot of people seem to get discouraged by a +Spd Micaiah... but I think that this is a good IV for running her Desperation + Brash Assault set. She gets up to 34 Speed with a boon and Fury 3; the latter also combos well with Speed/Res ploy, since she gets 41 Res at neutral. When Micaiah lands the ploy, she basically has 39 Speed. It is probably unnecessary when dealing with armors due to their common low Speed (unless Desperation is active), but is valuable for activating Desperation in many matchups.

I recently pulled a +spd -def one and was planning her giving her this

+spd red sanaki it's kind of ridiculous,but with speed ploy active she has 45 effective spd without buffs.

Generally never a bad iv. Because if you could make something work really well with it it wouldn't be a bad iv.

The closest thing to me salvaging unusable IVs was using +Def -Spd Zelgius with Steady Breath and QR. Other than that, I don’t bother using and/or salvaging unusable IV units

Here is my attempt to salvage my +Res/-Atk F!Celica I got on the Luna banner way back when. It kind of backfired because I didn't know the damage penalty included her counterattacks but it still has its uses. I like using her because she plays differently compared to your average sword lord.

I have too many bad IV units, and I am happy to see others who make the best of their situation. I got a Hp+ Atk- Regular Hector who carried me through the game as my first 5 star hero. He is a good Panic Ploy spreader, and his Armads and Bonfire combo have helped me a lot. I also had a Def+ Atk- Bunny Lucina who I've gone to tier 14 with , even with her 36 total Atk, who I put swordbreaker on. Finally, I still keep my Def+ Spd- Elincia on my Flier team since I couldn't get any better Red fliers, who works well with goad and hone fliers.

For about a year, I had a Soren with +spd -atk. He still did pretty well. And then I finally land one with -def...

Elincia is a staple in my Flier team despite her +HP -atk.

Legendary Lyn was saddled with -spd +res. Kept her bow and A skill, and made her set work.

Micaiah came with +spd -atk, yet she can still butcher up cavs and armors, and her medic build I had for her works well.

In The Wing Of Fates Banner, On My First Circle I Got A -Atk +Res L'Arachel (Along With +Spd -Res Kana).This Is Her Now(Done With FEH Unit Builder Because I Play In Italian)