Sigurd

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Red Sword

Sigurd - Holy Knight
5 Legacy Obtainable as a 5 during certain summoning events only.

Hero Stats

Max Avg Total Stats at Lvl 40

159

HP 41

ATK 35

SPD 32

DEF 34

RES 17

Stat Variations

Level 1 Stat Variation

Weapon

5★

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	18 18 20 20	8 24 10 26	7 7 9 9	5 5 7 7	3 6 5 5
Middle	19 19 21 21	9 25 11 27	8 8 10 10	6 6 8 8	4 7 6 6
High	20 20 22 22	10 26 12 28	9 9 11 11	7 7 9 9	5 8 7 7

Level 40 Stat Variations

Weapon

5★

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	37 37 39 39	32 48 34 50	29 29 31 31	31 31 33 33	13 16 15 15
Middle	41 41 43 43	35 51 37 53	32 32 34 34	34 34 36 36	17 20 19 19
High	44 44 46 46	38 54 40 56	35 35 37 37	37 37 39 39	20 23 22 22

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	Average	Best	Average

Skill Sets

Start The Justice: Refined Edition (Defensive)

Build by Wecondo12

Recommended

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

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Weapon: Divine Tyrfing(+Eff)

Assist: Positional Assist

Special: Noontime / Bonfire / Sol

Passive A: Distant Counter / Mirror Stance 2 or 3

Passive B: Lull Atk/Def / Crusader’s Ward

Passive C: Pulse Smoke / Joint Drive Atk / Preference

Sacred Seal: Fierce Stance / Mirror Stance

Before his refinement, Sigurd struggled to stand out compared to Sword Cavaliers such as Ares. However, Sigurd’s refined Divine Tyrfing gives him a new lease on life and makes him a terrifying threat on both Player and Enemy Phase.
The refined Divine Tyrfing grants Sigurd a total of +10 Attack and Defense and allows him to perform follow-up attacks on both phases, provided both he and his opponent are at full HP, while retaining it’s Defense against magic. This weapon means Speed investment is also much less of a concern, although an alternative Speed invested Distant Counter build is a viable option as it improves Sigurd’s matchup against Null Follow-up users and allows him to potentially KO faster impact users such as Eliwood in a single round of combat.
Healing Specials are ideal to keep Sigurd healthy so that his weapon retains it’s full effectiveness, but they can be substituted for a damage Special if he’s teamed up with a healer including but not limited to Ethlyn(lore points) or Brave Veronica.
Distant Counter and Lull Atk/Def are fantastic Enemy Phase skills for Sigurd. Distant Counter grants him the ability to counterattack dangerous ranged opponents and serve as a dangerous mage counter, while Lull Atk/Def increases his bulk and damage output. Crusader’s Ward can also be utilized for it’s 80% reduction, but Sigurd must be unable to counter ranged opponents in order to take advantage of it in most matchups, leaving it too situational to be of much use compared to a Lull skill.
Pulse Smoke and Joint Drive Atk are great C slot choices for Sigurd, but his C slot skill can be swapped according to player preference and availability.
Finally, Fierce Stance or Mirror Stance round out Sigurd’s kit by giving him additional stats on enemy phase, Fierce Stance maximizing his damage output and Mirror Stance improving his matchup against dragons, at the cost of some Attack.

The Part 1 Genealogy Experience (Player Phase)

Build by Wecondo12

Recommended

	Divine Tyrfing (+Eff)	A	Death Blow (3 or 4) Alternate: Heavy Blade 4
	Positional Assist	B	Lull Atk/Def 3 Alternate: Lull Atk/Spd 3
	Bonfire Alternate: Galeforce	C	Odd Atk Wave 3
IVs	+ATK or +SPD / -RES	S	Heavy Blade 3 Alternate: Death Blow 3

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Weapon: Divine Tyrfing(+Eff)

Assist: Positional Assist

Special: Bonfire / Galeforce

Passive A: Death Blow 4 / Swift Sparrow 3 / Heavy Blade 4

Passive B: Lull Atk/Def / Lull Atk/Spd / Lull Spd/Def

Passive C: Odd Atk Wave / Preference

Sacred Seal: Heavy Blade / Death Blow / Swift Sparrow / Sturdy Blow

Sigurd can also invest fully into his Player Phase capabilities, and the additional Attack and automatic follow-up attacks granted by his weapon allows him to shred through enemies easily.
Defense scaling Specials are one of Sigurd’s best options, and he can use them even better than he could before thanks to his refinement granting him additional Defense. Galeforce is also a solid option, but it requires a source of Cooldown reduction such as Groom Rafiel’s Groom’s Wings or Grandscratcher to bring it down to a more consistent 4cd.
Offensive A slot skills such as Death Blow 4 and Heavy Blade 4 help Sigurd greatly improve his Player Phase damage output. Sigurd will have little trouble activating Heavy Blade due to his weapon, so it’s a great option in his Sacred Seal as well. Sigurd can also make good use of Swift Sparrow to improve his matchup against Null Follow-Up users and win more Speed Checks against follow-up prevention skill users.
Lulls are once again Sigurd’s best choice of B slot, although which one is used is up to preference. Lull Spd/Def and Lull Atk/Spd help Sigurd against Null-Follow Up users while increasing his damage output and bulk respectively, while Lull Atk/Def ignores Speed in favor of extra bulk and damage.
Finally, Player Phase sacred seals such as Death Blow and Swift Sparrow are excellent alternatives to Heavy Blade if it’s run in the A slot or a different sacred seal is desired.

Strengths

Cavalry

Sigurd’s status as a cavalier grants him increased movement and access to cavalry buffs, at the cost of a weakness to cavalry slaying weapons, although Tyrfing will usually allow him to survive a hit from magic based cavalry effective weaponry, such as Duo Micaiah’s Joyful Vows and Keen Blárwolf.

Divine Tyrfing

Sigurd’s Refined Divine Tyrfing is an extremely powerful weapon, granting him guaranteed follow-up Attacks on both phases, damage reduction against mages, and a total of +10 Attack and Defense on both phases as long as both his HP and his Opponent’s HP are 50% or higher, making him a deadly threat on both phases and greatly improving his combat in general.

Weaknesses

Terrible Resistance

While Tyrfing and his high Attack makes most mages a non issue, his terrible resistance leaves him vulnerable to Dragons and Staff users, who completely bypass Tyrfing’s protection.

Vulnerability to Null Follow-Up

Without Speed investment, Sigurd is completely reliant on his Weapon's effect to secure follow-ups on most opponents due to his average Speed, meaning any foe with Null Follow-up can render Sigurd a sitting duck if he cannot outspeed them or KO in a single hit. Other Follow-up prevention skills can also pose a problem if Sigurd fails to win the Speed check and the foe survives a hit.

User Submitted Builds

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Sigurd build by DarkMessiah 01-03

	Divine Tyrfing	A	Distant Counter
	Reposition	B	Guard 3
	Aether	C	Hone Cavalry
S	Darting Stance 3

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This build makes sigurd work defensively without the need of quick riposte. If quick riposte, close defense and distant defense seals are already taken by other units, this build enables him to imitate the effects by stacking spd on defense.

Assuming he is used on a cavalry team where he receives a hone and a fortify cav buff, Sigurd is able to tank very well. Guard prevents opponents to trigger strong specials, while darting stance along with a hone cav buff boosts his spd over 45, allowing him to double the vast majority of the game. This more or less imitates quick riposte.

Sigurd build by BraveHero 11-09

	Divine Tyrfing	A	Grani's Shield
	Swap	B	Chill Def 3
	Aether	C	Goad Cavalry
S	Deflect Magic 3

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Making sigurd an all round cavalry tank letting him charge up his aether. Removing cavalry weakness with grani shield. And removing magic weakness almost completly with defkect magic and his weapon devine terfing. Stave users might atill be able to hit him hard. Use allies with attack/speed boosts to keep him from getting doubled by stave users since they can and will take him out (veronica)

Sigurd build by Antoinemenz 08-15

	Divine Tyrfing	A	Brazen Atk/Def 3
	Reposition	B	Crusader's Ward
	Aether	C	Atk Smoke 3
S	Close Def 3

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Here's a solid build for Sigurd, my favorite unit in the game!
I only pulled one and it turned out to be +ATK/-DEF, which is not too bad. I think best IVs would be SPD or DEF boon paired with HP or RES bane but he is still very, veeeery strong as he is now, even without summoner's support (which I eventually gave to him for his loyal service).
You should definitely run him in an horse emblem team with both Hone/Fortify buffs. Mine is L!Ephraim, Reinhardt (Hone), and either Elise or Clarine (Fortify). He is meant to rush for the enemies in order to bait and damage them.
Reposition: allows him to protect an ally once the latter has attacked and needs cover (Reinhardt i.e.).
Aether: needed if he wants to sustain successive battle on his own.
Brazen ATK/DEF: Surprised to see no build with Brazen skill on our boy Sigurd. I think these skills are really underrated: only one condition, rather easy to fullfill, and you get bonus for any phase, any range! Since the magic damages he takes are halved on first turn, there is no need to boost his RES further. With different IVs you may prefer Brazen ATK/SPD.
Crusader's Ward: Could be changed if the enemies are not too fast, or if you choose to maximise his speed. Never touched that one personally.
ATK smoke 3: While Sigurd comes naturally with SPD smoke, which is amazing, I prefer to ensure that he gets as less damage as possible when fighting hordes of enemies.
Close Counter: Our lord's weapon and B skill makes up for a solid defense to ranged weapon, so Close Counter has to be the best choice here.

Sigurd build by Chaoxdriver 06-25

	Divine Tyrfing	A	Close Def 3
	Swap	B	Crusader's Ward
	Ignis	C	Spd Smoke 3
S	Distant Def 3

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Preferred IV: +ATK or +DEF / -RES or -SPD
Weapon: Divine Tyrfing
Assist: Reposition / Swap
Special: Bonfire / Ignis / Moonbow
Passive A: Close Def
Passive B: Crusader's Ward
Passive C: Atk Smoke / Spd Smoke
Sacred Seal: Distant Def / Close Defence / Quick Riposte / Res +3 / Def +3

Sacred Seal forging has given defensive units a great boon in the Distant Def seal. With Close Def in Sigurd's base kit, adding this seal grants Sigurd an effective +6 to his defensive stats no matter the scenario, provided he isn't initiating combat. The rest of his skills serve to compliment this -- Atk Smoke 3 isn't easily accessible, but allows Sigurd to engage on an enemy and lower the Attack of nearby enemies to improve his survivability during Enemy Phase. Bonfire is the optimal special to capitalize on his solid Defense stat, though Ignis is a fine replacement.

The optimal boon/bane for this build is up for debate, but we propose +DEF/-SPD. +DEF improves Sigurd's damage output from Bonfire, and pushes his Defense when attacked towards the mid-40 range. Alternatively, -SPD isn't too bad for Sigurd as most of the units he'll be defending against will double him regardless of a neutral or bane Speed stat. Spd Smoke also helps remedy a -SPD bane. With that said, Sigurd's boon/bane stats are incredibly flexible.

The Close Def seal allows Sigurd to double up for superior melee tanking, but Distant Def remains the primary choice for those looking to use Sigurd as a mixed tank.

Sigurd build by VkHero 06-12

	Divine Tyrfing	A	Close Def 3
	Reposition	B	Crusader's Ward
	Sacred Cowl	C	Spd Smoke 3
S	Distant Def 3

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Con esta build puedes cubrir casi todos los ataques de magos y personajes cuerpo a cuerpo, dejando un tanque defensivo que puede soportar cualquier ataque del juego.

Weapon Skills

Weapons	SP	Rng.	Mt.
Iron Sword Only Inheritable by Sword Units.	50	1	6
Steel Sword Only Inheritable by Sword Units.	100	1	8
Silver Sword Only Inheritable by Sword Units.	200	1	11
Divine TyrfingGrants Res+3. If in combat against foe using magic, unit receives 50% less damage from the first attack. Learns by default at 5 ★ Non-Inheritable skill.	400	1	16

Weapon Evolution

Weapon Upgrades

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

Special Skills

Special Skills	SP	Turns
MiracleIf unit's HP > 1 and foe would reduce unit's HP to 0, unit survives with 1 HP. Learns by default at 5 ★ Inheritable by all units.	200	5

Passive Skills

Passive Skills	SP	Slot
Close Def 1If unit is attacked by foe using sword, axe, lance, dragonstone, or beast damage, unit receives Def/Res+2 during combat. Inheritable by all units.	60	A
Close Def 2If unit is attacked by foe using sword, axe, lance, dragonstone, or beast damage, unit receives Def/Res+4 during combat. Inheritable by all units.	120	A
Close Def 3If unit is attacked by foe using sword, axe, lance, dragonstone, or beast damage, unit receives Def/Res+6 during combat. Inheritable by all units. Unlocks at 5 ★	240	A
Crusader's WardIf unit receives consecutive attacks from a foe 2 spaces away, damage from second attack onward reduced by 80%. (Skill cannot be inherited) Non-Inheritable skill. Unlocks at 5 ★	300	B
Spd Smoke 1After combat, inflicts Spd-3 on foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions. Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units.	60	C
Spd Smoke 2After combat, inflicts Spd-5 on foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions. Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units.	120	C
Spd Smoke 3After combat, inflicts Spd-7 on foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions. Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units. Unlocks at 5 ★	240	C