Counter

Counter File:Is 3ds counter.png Icon of the Counter skill in Awakening. Damage taken from an adjacent enemy is dealt back to that foe.

Type(s) Personal Class Game(s) Path of Radiance Radiant Dawn Awakening

Counter (Japanese: カウンター Counter) is a combat skill which debuted in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. In all of its appearances, when an enemy unit attacks and damages the skill's user, the skill reflects the damage back at the enemy in order to damage them too; the amount of damage reflected and other specifics of the skill's operation vary from game to game.

Data

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Path of Radiance		It deals half of the damage dealt to the user back at the attacking enemy.	(Skill/2)%	10	--
Radiant Dawn		It deals half of the damage dealt to the user back at the attacking enemy.	(Skill)%	10	--

Availability

Genealogy of the Holy War

Units	Titania
Items	Counter

Radiant Dawn

Units	Titania
Items	Counter

Awakening

Units	Deen • Linus • Palla • Titania
Classes	Warrior (Learned at Level 15)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. series

Marth using Counter in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

This article or section is a short summary of Counter. SmashWiki features a more in-depth article.

In Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, Counter is Marth, Roy, Ike and Lucina's down special move. When used, the user becomes invulnerable for a second and, if hit in this short window, will reflect the damage back at the attacker. Its properties vary slightly depending on which of the three characters use it.

• Marth's Counter is faster and more reliable than Roy or Ike's, but is less potent. In Melee, it deals a flat 7% damage no matter what, while in Brawl it reflects back 1.1x the damage the incoming attack would have dealt.
• Roy's Counter is slower than Marth's and lasts for less time, but deals far more damage by reflecting back 1.5x the damage the incoming attack would have dealt.
• Ike's Counter is slower than Marth's and reflects back 1.2x the damage the incoming attack would have dealt. Its range and knockback are both higher.
• The properties of Lucina's Counter are as yet unknown.

Trivia

• In Awakening, if a unit possesses both Counter and Miracle, it is possible for both of them to activate simultaneously against a Lethality activation by an enemy; if this happens, an "infinite" amount of damage (expressed in-game as 99 damage) is reflected back at the enemy, guaranteed to kill it.

Gallery

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  Basilio activating Counter in Awakening.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Counter	--
Spanish	Contraatacar	Counter-attack
French	Contre	Against
German	Talion	An obscure English word for "retaliation".
Italian	Scudo	Shield