Seliph

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Red Sword

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

Related Heroes

Legendary Seliph

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	18 18 20 20	7 23 9 25	6 6 8 8	7 7 9 9	4 4 6 6
Middle	19 19 21 21	8 24 10 26	7 7 9 9	8 8 10 10	5 5 7 7
High	20 20 22 22	9 25 11 27	8 8 10 10	9 9 11 11	6 6 8 8

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	17 17 19 19	7 18 9 20	5 5 7 7	7 7 9 9	3 3 5 5
Middle	18 18 20 20	8 19 10 13	6 6 8 2	8 8 10 10	4 4 6 6
High	19 19 21 21	9 20 11 22	7 7 9 9	9 9 11 11	5 5 7 7

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	17 17 19 19	6 14 8 16	5 5 7 7	6 6 8 8	3 3 5 5
Middle	18 18 20 20	7 15 9 17	6 6 8 8	7 7 9 9	4 4 6 6
High	19 19 21 21	8 16 10 18	7 7 9 9	8 8 10 10	5 5 7 7

Level 40 Stat Variations

Weapon

5★

4★

3★

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	44 44 46 46	31 47 33 49	21 21 23 23	26 26 28 28	19 19 21 21
Middle	47 47 49 49	34 50 36 52	24 24 26 26	30 30 32 32	22 22 24 24
High	50 50 52 52	37 53 39 55	27 27 29 29	33 33 35 35	25 25 27 27

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	41 41 43 43	29 40 31 42	19 19 21 21	25 25 27 27	17 17 19 19
Middle	44 44 46 46	32 43 34 45	22 22 24 24	28 28 30 30	20 20 22 22
High	47 47 49 49	35 46 37 48	25 25 27 27	31 31 33 33	23 23 25 25

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	40 40 42 42	27 35 29 37	18 18 20 20	23 23 25 25	16 16 18 18
Middle	43 43 45 45	30 38 32 40	21 21 23 23	26 26 28 28	19 19 21 21
High	46 46 48 48	33 41 35 43	24 24 26 26	29 29 31 31	22 22 24 24

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
Best	Best	Worst	Best	Best

Skill Sets

Enduring Light (Aether Raids Defense)

Build by Chibi_Chu

Recommended

	Tyrfing (+Eff) Alternate: Tyrfing (+Atk)	A	Distant Counter
	Positional Assist	B	Vantage 3
	Vengeance	C	Joint Drive Atk Alternate: Infantry Pulse 3
IVs	+HP or +ATK / -SPD	S	Fierce Stance 3 Alternate: Brazen Atk/Def 3

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Weapon: Tyrfing (+Eff) / Tyrfing (+ATK)

Assist: Positional Assist / No Assist

Special: Vengeance / Bonfire

Passive A: Distant Counter

Passive B: Vantage

Passive C: Joint Drive Atk / Infantry Pulse / Time’s Pulse

Sacred Seal: Fierce Stance / Brazen Atk/Def / Quickened Pulse

Most people have probably run into this set at some point, and for good reason; the combination of Tyrfing, Vengeance, Distant Counter, and Vantage can be exceedingly difficult to handle. With the wrong team, it may be impossible to score a deathless victory. Why is that?
Tyrfing’s Miracle effect when Seliph’s HP is ≥ 50% at the start of combat means that he is impossible to OHKO when it is active. As such, units will have no choice but to receive a very powerful Vengeance as long as Seliph receives 2 Special charge and no Guard effect is active; Vengeance grants bonus damage equal to 50% of Seliph’s missing HP. If players manage to cut Seliph’s HP below 50% via Bolt Tower or AoE damage, they’ll now have to deal with a Vengeance-powered attack before scoring the KO thanks to Vantage, which allows Seliph to counterattack before the initiator can attack if his HP is ≤ 75%. If Seliph initiates and his HP is ≥ 50%, he’ll survive lethal attacks thanks to Tyrfing; afterwards, his Vengeance will be ready, and a Wings of Mercy refresher will likely refresh him.
Joint Drive Atk and Fierce Stance / Brazen Atk/Def are chosen to boost Seliph’s damage as much as possible, especially given that his gimmick tends to be a one-hit wonder. Alternatively, Infantry Pulse can be used to grant Special charge to Infantry allies with less HP than him, which can make it extremely difficult to bait Seliph if his range overlaps with an Infantry ranged ally’s range. Time’s Pulse and Quickened Pulse are also great alternatives to get Seliph’s Special ready on Turn 1.

Seize the day! (Galeforce)

Build by Chibi_Chu

Recommended

	Divine Tyrfing (+Eff)	A	Death Blow (3 or 4) Alternate: Distant Counter
	Positional Assist	B	Wings of Mercy 3 Alternate: Null Follow-Up 3
	Galeforce	C	Time's Pulse 3 Alternate: Pulse Smoke 3
IVs	+ATK / -SPD	S	Heavy Blade 3

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Weapon: Divine Tyrfing (+Eff)

Assist: Positional Assist

Special: Galeforce

Passive A: Death Blow (3 or 4) / Distant Counter

Passive B: Wings of Mercy / Null Follow-Up

Passive C: Time’s Pulse / Pulse Smoke

Sacred Seal: Heavy Blade

Divine Tyrfing grants Seliph a guaranteed follow-up attack if the foe’s HP is ≥ 50% at the start of combat. With this, Seliph can become an excellent Player Phase unit dedicated to activating Galeforce, a Special that allows him to perform another action after being activated (once per turn).
Galeforce’s 5 cooldown means that if the enemy cannot counterattack against Seliph, he’ll fail to activate Galeforce. As such, Time’s Pulse is an amazing choice that allows Galeforce’s cooldown to be decreased from 5 to 4. Heavy Blade grants Seliph an additional +1 Special charge on each of his attacks if his Attack is higher than the enemy’s, which should occur pretty often given Divine Tyrfing’s effective +10 Attack and Death Blow or a Solo skill with Attack.
Galeforce chains in Aether Raids Offense commonly involve Wings of Mercy, which allows Seliph to warp adjacent to any ally with ≤ 50% HP.
Alternatively, Seliph can utilize a hybrid set that focuses on activating Galeforce to KO 2 enemies, then surviving the Enemy Phase onslaught. Distant Counter is a necessity to counterattack against the myriad of ranged units in Aether Raids. Swapping out Wings of Mercy for Null Follow-Up is vital to ensure Seliph can perform a follow-up attack as consistently as possible and to prevent enemies with guaranteed follow-up attacks from ripping through Seliph’s bulk. Pulse Smoke serves a similar role in preserving Seliph’s bulk, but does so by shutting down enemies reliant on their Specials to pierce through defenses.

Defend from the Dark (Enemy Phase)

Build by Chibi_Chu

	Divine Tyrfing (+Eff)	A	Distant Counter
	Positional Assist	B	Lull Atk/Def 3 Alternate: Null Follow-Up 3
	Noontime	C	Pulse Smoke 3 Alternate: Joint Drive Atk
IVs	+ATK or +DEF or +RES / -SPD	S	Mirror Stance 2 Alternate: Fierce Stance 3

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Weapon: Divine Tyrfing (+Eff)

Assist: Positional Assist

Special: Noontime

Passive A: Distant Counter

Passive B: Lull Atk/Def / Null Follow-Up / Null C-Disrupt

Passive C: Pulse Smoke / Joint Drive Atk

Sacred Seal: Mirror Stance / Fierce Stance

Given Divine Tyrfing’s guaranteed follow-up attack if the foe’s HP is ≥ 50% at the start of combat, Seliph can become an excellent Enemy Phase unit. The effective +10 Atk/Def significantly helps with damage output, physical tanking, and healing if utilizing Noontime. Note that Noontime works best with Brave Lucina because her Geirskögul refine allows Seliph to activate Noontime on his first counterattack if no Guard effect is active.
As always, Distant Counter is vital for Enemy Phase sets to ensure Seliph can take advantage of his tankiness to KO enemies and heal with Noontime. Pulse Smoke allows Seliph to shut down common Infantry Pulse Aether Raids Defense teams by inflicting +1 Special cooldown on the target and enemies within 2 spaces of the target. Joint Drive Atk, Mirror Stance, and Fierce Stance increase Seliph’s damage output, which in turn increases his Noontime healing.
B slot alternatives include Null Follow-Up and Null C-Disrupt. The former helps secure Seliph’s guaranteed follow-up attack while also preventing low-Speed units from using guaranteed follow-up attacks, while the latter allows Seliph to take down Dazzling Staff and Firesweep weapon users, which are very ubiquitous in Aether Raids.

Strengths

Great HP

Seliph’s excellent 47 HP significantly bolsters his bulk. In addition, he can use skills such as Vengeance and Infantry Pulse to great effect.

Decent Attack and Defense

While not anything special, 34 Attack grants Seliph decent damage and allows him to take advantage of guaranteed follow-ups fairly well. The combination of 47 HP and 30 Defense grants Seliph an excellent 76 physical bulk, too.

Tyrfing

Seliph’s claim to fame is none other than Tyrfing, his personal weapon.

If Seliph’s HP is ≥ 50% at the start of combat, Seliph is granted a Miracle effect.
In addition, if he’s adjacent to an ally, he gains +5 Atk/Def during combat (Atk/Def Bond).

The conditional Miracle effect allows Seliph to be exceedingly obnoxious on Aether Raids Defense. With the help of skills that decrease Special cooldown such as Infantry Pulse, Time’s Pulse, and Quickened Pulse, Seliph can have Vengeance ready on Turn 1. In combination with Tyrfing, Distant Counter, and Vantage, the offensive player is put into a sticky situation: it’s impossible to OHKO Seliph with Tyrfing active, so the initiating unit may have to receive a high-damage Vengeance as a result. If the player’s Bolt Tower hits Seliph and drops him to < 50% HP, they still need to deal with Vantage, which allows Seliph to activate Vengeance anyways. Alternatively, even if Vengeance isn’t charged at all, he can survive nearly all combats he initiates, which should leave him with Vengeance fully charged after combat as long as at least one of the two combatants performed a follow-up attack and no Guard effect is active.

Divine Tyrfing

Inherited from his father is another personal weapon, Divine Tyrfing.

For starters, this weapon grants +3 Resistance, helping to make up for Seliph’s terrible base Resistance. In addition, if the foe uses magic, the amount of damage received from their first attack is cut in half; the magic foe also does not need to make a follow-up attack for this to occur.
If Seliph’s HP is ≥ 50% at the start of combat, he gains +5 Atk/Def during combat.
Perhaps most importantly, if the foe’s HP is ≥ 50% at the start of combat, Seliph gains an additional +5 Atk/Def and makes a guaranteed follow-up attack.

This weapon is quite the doozy, but in the best way possible. Cutting magic foes’ first attack’s damage by 50% significantly helps with Seliph’s otherwise-middling magical bulk. An effective +10 Atk/Def in addition to a guaranteed follow-up attack are extremely beneficial given Seliph’s low Speed and specialized statline; it even gives him a Player Phase set to work with!

Infantry advantages

As an Infantry unit, Seliph has access to powerful skills such as Time’s Pulse and Lull Atk/Def. In addition, the sparsity of Infantry-effective weapons means that Seliph rarely needs to worry about taking 1.5x damage.

Weaknesses

Shut down by common skills

No matter which build Seliph uses, he’s prone to being shut down in some way.

His Aether Raids Defense set of Tyrfing (+Eff), Vengeance, Distant Counter, and Vantage is ruined by Pulse Smoke, as it inflicts +1 Special cooldown on Seliph, making Vengeance unable to used on his first combat.
Both his Player Phase and general Enemy Phase sets get shut down by Null Follow-Up. While this shouldn’t be too much of an issue for the former since Aether Raids Defense units generally don’t use skills that prevent follow-up attacks when they are initiated against, the Enemy Phase set also becomes inconsistent against units with Sturdy Impact or Mirror Impact. The guaranteed follow-up attack and follow-up prevention cancel each other out, meaning whether or not follow-ups occur become dependent on Seliph’s Speed, which he doesn’t have much of.

User Submitted Builds

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Seliph build by Hujiba 08-03

	Divine Tyrfing (+Eff)	A	Sturdy Impact
	Reposition	B	Null Follow-Up 3
	Ignis	C	Atk/Def Menace
S	Atk/Def Solo 3

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Just a fun player phase build that stacks a LOT of attack and destroys most foes. You can swap out Null Follow-Up for Special Spiral if you want an Ignis every combat instead of more consistency with follow-ups.

Seliph build by [email protected] 04-18

	Divine Tyrfing (+Eff)	A	Distant Counter
	Positional Assist	B	Lull Atk/Def 2
	Noontime	C	Pulse Smoke 3
S	Mystic Boost 3

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Seliph: Scourge of the Femboys
Simple Tank build that should be able to carry through most pve content. Can get results in pvp due to the frankly insane combat potential Divine Tyrfing provides. This build doesn't score completely optimally in arena so it's best used in Aether Raids or other content. Mystic Boost in tandem with Noontime provides a lot of longevity, even against mages due to Divine Tyrfing's 50% damage reduction, and possible one shot potential to avoid follow ups, mostly from mages due to many being glass cannons. Unfortunately I had to put Lull 2 on, due to Lull 3 not being available on the unit builder for some reason, but you can use your imagination. Assist slot is flexible, since this won't be scoring high enough for Arena anyway, and Distant Counter is used for obvious reasons.

Seliph build by [email protected] 04-18

	Divine Tyrfing (+Eff)	A	R Duel Infantry 4
	Rally Atk/Spd+	B	Null Follow-Up 3
	Ruptured Sky	C	Joint Drive Atk
S	Mystic Boost 3

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This Seliph build mostly focuses on Arena, where high scoring skills like joint drive atk take priority over pulse smoke or time's pulse, and ranged units are rarer due to lower scoring. Mystic Boost allows him to stay alive to fight more units per map, and Null Follow up allows him to one round impact units on enemy phase, and bypass other skills that prevent his follow ups.
Unfortunately due to Seliph's gen 1 statline he needs a duel skill in his A Slot, unless you use a duel legendary, but it shouldn't affect his already stellar combat performance too much thankfully.

Seliph build by ørasfear 06-08

	Divine Tyrfing	A	Distant Counter
	Reposition	B	Null C-Disrupt 3
	Noontime	C	Time's Pulse 3
S	Deflect Magic 3

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For this AR Defense build for Seliph, at least one merge is recommended. This build involves tanking magic. Divine Tyrfing blocks 50% magic damage on the first hit Seliph takes, and Deflect Magic blocks 80% for every other hit he takes in the same fight he is in. Distant Counter and Null C-Disrupt are also for AR Defense purposes, and they make him able to counterattack without being blocked by Dazzling Staff or Windsweep or anything. Time's Pulse helps charge up Noontime.

Seliph build by fcrtune 01-23

	Divine Tyrfing	A	Distant Counter
	Reposition	B	Null C-Disrupt 3
	Bonfire	C	Panic Ploy 3
S	Deflect Magic 3

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My absolute pride & joy! Fully merged (including max dragonflowers). Requires rather high fodder, but in my opinion the payoff is well worth it :)
Pretty much the standard Reinhardt/brave tome/mage desperation counter set with an added bonus. Null C-Disrupt works wonders on him, letting him not only counter aforementioned mages but also common AR nuisances such as Veronica & Brave Lyn. Glass cannon firesweeps or other staff users with a Dazzling skill/effect are also taken care of pretty well.
Wanted to share this build for ages since I honestly hadn't seen too many people utilizing this skillset for him despite how well it seems to work.

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

Weapons	HP	SP	Rng.	Mt.
Tyrfing (+Eff) At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 50%, grants: “If unit’s HP > 1 and foe would reduce unit’s HP to 0, unit survives with 1 HP. (Once per combat. Does not stack.)” If unit is adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Def+5 during combat.	+3	400	1	16
Tyrfing (+Atk) At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 50%, grants: “If unit’s HP > 1 and foe would reduce unit’s HP to 0, unit survives with 1 HP. (Once per combat. Does not stack.)”	+5	400	1	18
Tyrfing (+Spd) +3At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 50%, grants: “If unit’s HP > 1 and foe would reduce unit’s HP to 0, unit survives with 1 HP. (Once per combat. Does not stack.)”	+5	400	1	16
Tyrfing (+Def) +4 At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 50%, grants: “If unit’s HP > 1 and foe would reduce unit’s HP to 0, unit survives with 1 HP. (Once per combat. Does not stack.)”	+5	400	1	16
Tyrfing (+Res) +4 At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 50%, grants: “If unit’s HP > 1 and foe would reduce unit’s HP to 0, unit survives with 1 HP. (Once per combat. Does not stack.)”	+5	400	1	16

Weapons	HP	SP	Rng.	Mt.
Divine Tyrfing (+Eff) Grants Res+3. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 50%, grants Atk/Def+5 during combat. If foe uses magic, reduces damage from magic foe's first attack by 50%. At start of combat, if foe's HP ≥ 50%, grants Atk/Def+5 during combat and unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack.	+3	400	1	16
Divine Tyrfing (+Atk) Grants Res+3. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 50%, grants Atk/Def+5 during combat. If foe uses magic, reduces damage from magic foe's first attack by 50%.	+5	400	1	18
Divine Tyrfing (+Spd) +3Grants Res+3. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 50%, grants Atk/Def+5 during combat. If foe uses magic, reduces damage from magic foe's first attack by 50%.	+5	400	1	16
Divine Tyrfing (+Def) +4 Grants Res+3. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 50%, grants Atk/Def+5 during combat. If foe uses magic, reduces damage from magic foe's first attack by 50%.	+5	400	1	16
Divine Tyrfing (+Res) +4 Grants Res+3. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 50%, grants Atk/Def+5 during combat. If foe uses magic, reduces damage from magic foe's first attack by 50%.	+5	400	1	16

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 ★	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. Inheritable by all units. Unlocks at 3 ★	80	A
HP +5Grants +5 to max HP. Inheritable by all units. Unlocks at 4 ★	160	A
Brash Assault 1Unit automatically makes a follow-up when at HP ≤ 30% and attacking a foe that can counter. Inheritable by all units. Unlocks at 3 ★	50	B
Brash Assault 2Unit automatically makes a follow-up when at HP ≤ 40% and attacking a foe that can counter. Inheritable by all units. Unlocks at 4 ★	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. Inheritable by all units. Unlocks at 5 ★	200	B