Julia

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Green Tome

Analysis by Lunare

Julia - Naga's Blood
5 Legacy Obtainable as a 5 during certain summoning events only.

Related Heroes

Hero Stats

Max Avg Total Stats at Lvl 40

148

HP 38

ATK 35

SPD 26

DEF 17

RES 32

Stat Variations

Level 1 Stat Variation

Resplendent Weapon

5★

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	15 15 17 17	8 22 10 24	6 6 8 8	3 3 5 5	7 7 9 9
Middle	16 16 18 18	9 23 11 25	7 7 9 9	4 4 6 6	8 8 10 10
High	17 17 19 19	10 24 12 26	8 8 10 10	5 5 7 7	9 9 11 11

Level 40 Stat Variations

Resplendent Weapon

5★

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	34 34 36 36	32 46 34 48	23 23 25 25	13 13 15 15	29 29 31 31
Middle	38 38 40 40	35 49 37 51	26 26 28 28	17 17 19 19	32 32 34 34
High	41 41 43 43	38 52 40 54	30 30 32 32	20 20 22 22	35 35 37 37

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	Best	Worst	Average

Assets

+ATK: An Attack Asset pushes Julia’s base stat to an impressive 38, greatly improving her damage output. +ATK serves Julia well in improving both her Player Phase and Enemy Phase ability and is easily her best choice.

+SPD: Julia’s base Speed is less than impressive, but a 4-point Asset, a possible +2 from Resplendent Hero bonuses and a high dragonflower cap allows her to bolster this value considerably. High Speed is primarily useful for Julia’s defensive combat against heroes that may otherwise make follow-up attacks against her.

Neutral

HP: As Julia suffers a 4-point Flaw in HP, this stat is worth preserving in order to avoid the additional penalty. HP is also useful against dragons and mages, who Julia is likely to fight.

RES: Julia’s Resistance is one of her greatest strengths when it comes to countering dragons, and is, therefore, best left neutral.

Flaws

-DEF: Julia’s physical bulk is already incredibly poor and she should avoid combat against physical attackers, so a Defense bane does little to harm Julia’s usefulness.

Skill Sets

Divine Justice (Player Phase Nuke)

Build by Lunare

Recommended

	Divine Naga (+Eff) Alternate: Naga (+Eff)	A	Fury (3 or 4)
	Draw Back	B	Lull Spd/Res 3 Alternate: Lull Atk/Res 3
	Iceberg Alternate: Moonbow	C	Rouse Atk/Res 3 Alternate: Atk/Res Oath 3
IVs	+ATK or +SPD / -DEF	S	Spd/Res Solo 3 Alternate: Atk/Res Bond 3

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Preferred IV: +ATK or +SPD / -DEF

Weapon: Divine Naga (+Eff) / Naga (+Eff)

Assist: Draw Back / Flexible

Special: Iceberg / Moonbow / Noontime

Passive A: Fury (3 or 4)

Passive B: Lull Spd/Res / Lull Atk/Res

Passive C: Rouse Atk/Res / Atk/Res Oath / Flexible

Sacred Seal: Spd/Res Solo / Atk/Res Bond

This build is designed to complement Divine Naga by boosting Julia’s visible stats as much as possible, most importantly, her Attack and Resistance. This ensures that she receives the +3 boost to all stats offered by Divine Naga, greatly improving her overall combat ability. +Atk or +Spd are the preferred assets: Attack is more versatile, while Speed can be effective with other investments like Lull Spd/Res and Spd/Res Solo.

Fury offers a boost to all of Julia’s stats, making Divine Naga’s effect more likely and improving her combat potential. The post-combat damage can be mitigated by Noontime, but offensive Special skills like Iceberg are preferred to capitalise on Julia’s immense Resistance stat.

A Lull skill is preferred in Julia’s B slot, though an argument can be made for both Lull Spd/Res and Lull Atk/Res: the former allows Julia to perform more effectively against high-Speed heroes, though is weaker if the enemy hero would double regardless. Alternatively, Lull Atk/Res offers defensive utility which can outweigh the benefit of a high Speed stat, especially against mages.

Julia’s C and S slot skills serve to further boost her Attack and Resistance: Rouse Atk/Res and Atk/Res Oath are her best options for C skills, whereas Spd/Res Solo are the available choices for the S slot. Any combination of these skills will suffice.

Naga’s Prodigy (Anti-Dragon Enemy Phase)

Build by Lunare

	Naga (+Eff) Alternate: Naga	A	Atk/Res Bond 3 Alternate: Mirror Stance (2 or 3)
	Draw Back Alternate: Positional Assist	B	Quick Riposte 3
	Dragon Fang Alternate: Iceberg	C	Atk/Res Oath 3 Alternate: Odd Atk Wave 3
IVs	+ATK / -DEF	S	Atk/Res Bond 3 Alternate: Fierce Stance 3

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Preferred IV: +ATK / -DEF

Weapon: Naga (+Eff)

Assist: Draw Back

Special: Dragon Fang / Draconic Aura / Iceberg / Glacies

Passive A: Atk/Res Bond / Mirror Stance / Fury

Passive B: Quick Riposte

Passive C: Atk/Res Oath / Odd Attack Wave / Flexible

Sacred Seal: Atk/Res Bond 3 / Fierce Stance

As the Naga tome’s unique refinement allows Julia to retaliate against dragon heroes in melee range, she can invest considerably in an Enemy Phase build that can perform reasonably well against mages too. +ATK is the clear choice, as no other Asset will improve Julia’s combat so considerably.

Regarding Julia’s choice of Special, Dragon Fang provides fantastic value as Julia can stack several sources of Attack to reach a fantastic combat value around 60-70. However, if she does not receive buffs or invests more heavily in Resistance, Iceberg may provide greater value.

Quick Riposte and the Naga tome are the two key skills in Julia’s possession. In conjunction, these two skills allow Julia to deliver two attacks to any dragon hero that initiates combat against her, likely ensuring their defeat. Mage heroes will also struggle to take down Julia: with Atk/Res Bond, Julia wields a respectable 37 base Resistance before buffs.

Atk/Res Oath in the C slot complements Julia’s role perfectly, whereas Atk/Res Bond or Fierce Stance both serve to improve Julia’s damage output and harmonise with Quick Riposte, though either of these can be replaced with more budget options.

Introduction

As one of the first heroes released after launch, Julia has struggled to remain capable against stronger heroes released more recently. Her stats are reasonably unimpressive, with the clear highlights being her base 35 Attack and 32 Resistance. However, she wields one clear defining trait: the Naga tome.

While not as powerful as it is in her origin game, Julia’s Naga tome vastly improves her combat potential against dragon heroes; who remain some of the strongest heroes around. In addition, with Naga’s unique refinement, Julia firmly cements a unique position for herself as one of the top counters to dragon heroes through improvements to her Enemy Phase potential.

Though Julia lost a lot of her power against dragons after they gained the ability to target Defense instead of Resistance, Naga’s new refinement reverses this effect. However, she remains incredibly frail against physical attackers, so should be reserved for enemy dragons and mages exclusively.

Overall, Julia is an incredibly average mage due to her balanced stats and low Speed, but the Naga tome and its unique refinement carve a powerful niche for her as a dragon counter with no additional support required.

“For the first time in my life I know what I’m here for. And that’s to fight… I’m not scared anymore.”

Julia, Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

Strengths

High Attack

Julia’s base 35 Attack, with +ATK pushing this to a base 38, provides a solid foundation for Julia’s combat to be further improved with passive skills and buffs from allied heroes. Her high Attack also serves to further boost Julia's effective damage against dragon heroes, allowing her to often defeat dragon heroes in a single strike.

Naga and Divine Naga

Julia’s access to both the Naga tome and the Divine Naga is her most distinguishing feature, granting her immense versatility. With the option of both a powerful Enemy Phase weapon suited to countering dragon heroes and a more general-use tome that complements her high Resistance, Julia can be an incredibly potent hero with the ability to adjust her skillset to counter whatever enemy heroes she may face.

Impressive Resistance

Julia's Resistance is only a base value of 32, but her ability to disable effects that calculate damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res, as well as her desire to stack Resistance boosting skills with either one of her tomes makes her a potent check to magical heroes.

Resplendent Hero

As a Resplendent Hero, Julia can benefit from a +2 to bonus to all of her stats. This is a considerable bonus, especially considering the effect of the Divine Naga tome which allows Julia to serve as a versatile generalist.

Weaknesses

Pitiful Defense

Julia’s base Defense of 17 leaves her incredibly susceptible to physical attackers, especially as she’s likely to drop another 4 points with a Defense Flaw. Julia should avoid reckless encounters against physical heroes.

Naga Tome is poor against Non-dragons

The Divine Naga tome offers Julia reasonable general use thanks to the boost to all of her combat stats. As for the Naga tome, while the refined effect is powerful and transforms Julia into an immensely potent counter to dragon heroes, she'll struggle to have much impact against non-dragon heroes.

Weapon Skills

Weapons	SP	Rng.	Mt.
Wind Green Tome Users Only	50	2	4
Elwind Green Tome Users Only	100	2	6
Rexcalibur Green Tome Users Only	200	2	9
Naga Effective against dragons. Grants Def/Res+2 when this unit is attacked. Learns by default at 5 ★ Non-Inheritable skill.	400	2	14

Weapon Evolution

Weapons	SP	Rng.	Mt.
Divine NagaEffective against dragons. Foe's bonuses (from skills like Fortify, Rally, etc.) are nullified during combat.	400	2	14

Weapon Upgrades

Weapons	HP	SP	Rng.	Mt.
Naga (+Eff) Effective against dragon foes. If foe initiates combat, grants Def/Res+4 during combat. In combat against a dragon foe, disables foe's skills that "calculate damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res" and unit can counterattack regardless of foe's range.		400	2	14
Naga (+Atk) Effective against dragon foes. If foe initiates combat, grants Def/Res+2 during combat.	+2	400	2	15
Naga (+Spd) +2Effective against dragon foes. If foe initiates combat, grants Def/Res+2 during combat.	+2	400	2	14
Naga (+Def) +3 Effective against dragon foes. If foe initiates combat, grants Def/Res+2 during combat.	+2	400	2	14
Naga (+Res) +3 Effective against dragon foes. If foe initiates combat, grants Def/Res+2 during combat.	+2	400	2	14

Weapons	HP	SP	Rng.	Mt.
Divine Naga (+Eff) Effective against dragon foes. Neutralizes foe's bonuses (from skills like Fortify, Rally, etc.) during combat, and disables foe's skills that "calculate damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res." At start of combat, if unit's Res ≥ foe's Res+3, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+3 during combat.		400	2	14
Divine Naga (+Atk) Effective against dragon foes. Neutralizes foe's bonuses (from skills like Fortify, Rally, etc.) during combat, and disables foe's skills that "calculate damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res."	+2	400	2	15
Divine Naga (+Spd) +2Effective against dragon foes. Neutralizes foe's bonuses (from skills like Fortify, Rally, etc.) during combat, and disables foe's skills that "calculate damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res."	+2	400	2	14
Divine Naga (+Def) +3 Effective against dragon foes. Neutralizes foe's bonuses (from skills like Fortify, Rally, etc.) during combat, and disables foe's skills that "calculate damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res."	+2	400	2	14
Divine Naga (+Res) +3 Effective against dragon foes. Neutralizes foe's bonuses (from skills like Fortify, Rally, etc.) during combat, and disables foe's skills that "calculate damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res."	+2	400	2	14

Special Skills

Special Skills	SP	Turns
Dragon Gaze Boosts damage by 30% of unit's Atk. Learns by default at 5 ★ Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units.	100	4
Dragon Fang Boosts damage by 50% of unit's Atk. Unlocks at 5 ★ Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units.	200	4

Passive Skills

Passive Skills	SP	Slot
Resistance +1 Grants Res+1 Inheritable by all units.	30	A
Resistance +2 Grants Res+2 Inheritable by all units.	60	A
Resistance +3 Grants Res+3 Inheritable by all units. Unlocks at 5 ★	120	A
Breath of Life 1 If unit initiates attack, adjacent allies recover 3 HP after combat. Inheritable by all units.	50	C
Breath of Life 2 If unit initiates attack, adjacent allies recover 5 HP after combat. Inheritable by all units.	100	C
Breath of Life 3 If unit initiates attack, adjacent allies recover 7 HP after combat. Inheritable by all units. Unlocks at 5 ★	200	C