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Nidhogg

From Fire Emblem Wiki, your source on Fire Emblem information. By fans, for fans.
Not to be confused with Níðhöggr, a character in Fire Emblem Heroes.
Nidhogg

Is feh nidhogg arrow.pngIs feh nidhogg.png
Nidhogg as it appears in Heroes.


Lck +10. Also known as the Serpent Bow.

Type

Bow

First game

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

Nidhogg (Japanese: ニーズヘッグ Nidhogg), also known as the Serpent Bow (Japanese: 蛇弓 Serpent Bow), is a regalia bow introduced in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. It is one of the ten Sacred Twin weapons of the continent Magvel, and is the property of the Kingdom of Frelia.

History

Along with the other Sacred Twins, including its twin weapon Vidofnir, Nidhogg was used by Magvel's Five Heroes in antiquty to combat Fomortiis, the Demon King, owing to their great power over monsters. Enshrined together with Frelia's Sacred Stone centuries ago in the Tower of Valni, Nidhogg and Vidofnir are entrusted by King Hayden and Prince Innes to Eirika and Ephraim of Renais, for use against the Demon King once more.

Stats

In the main Fire Emblem series

Game Icon Level Might Weight Hit Crit Range Uses Worth WEXP Other effects and notes
The Sacred Stones Is gba nidhogg.png Bows S 18 7 80 0 2 30 -- 1 +5 luck when equipped.
Deals bonus damage to monsters and flying units.
Awakening Is 3ds01 nidhogg.png Bows A 16 -- 75 10 2 25 0 2 +10 luck when equipped.
Deals bonus damage to Is 3ds01 pegasus.png flying units.
Cannot be forged.

In other Fire Emblem series titles

Game Icon Type Might Range SP cost Refine cost Prerequisites Unusable by Inheritable Other effects and notes
Heroes
(refine: Unrefined)
Is feh skill weapon.png Bows 14 2 400 -- Silver Bow -- Deals bonus damage to flying units.
Grants +⁠(number of allies adjacent to user × 2) each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user during combat.
Heroes
(refine: +Effect)
Is feh wpn nidhogg refined.png Bows 14 2 400 500 Arena Medal
200 Divine Dew
-- -- Deals bonus damage to flying units.
Grants +⁠(number of allies adjacent to user × 2) each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user during combat.
Red, blue, green, and colorless tome and breath foes cannot counterattack.
Heroes
(refine: +Atk)
Is feh wpn atk refined.png Bows 15 2 400 500 Arena Medal
200 Divine Dew
-- -- Deals bonus damage to flying units.
Grants +⁠(number of allies adjacent to user × 2) each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user during combat.
Grants +2 HP.
Heroes
(refine: +Spd)
Is feh wpn spd refined.png Bows 14 2 400 500 Arena Medal
200 Divine Dew
-- -- Deals bonus damage to flying units.
Grants +⁠(number of allies adjacent to user × 2) each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user during combat.
Grants +2 HP and +2 speed.
Heroes
(refine: +Def)
Is feh wpn def refined.png Bows 14 2 400 500 Arena Medal
200 Divine Dew
-- -- Deals bonus damage to flying units.
Grants +⁠(number of allies adjacent to user × 2) each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user during combat.
Grants +2 HP and +3 defense.
Heroes
(refine: +Res)
Is feh wpn res refined.png Bows 14 2 400 500 Arena Medal
200 Divine Dew
-- -- Deals bonus damage to flying units.
Grants +⁠(number of allies adjacent to user × 2) each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user during combat.
Grants +2 HP and +3 resistance.
Click "Expand" to view Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE information

The Nidhogg appears as one of Eleonora Yumizuru's Carnages in Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE.

Carnage tmsfe nidhogg.png
Icon Is tmsfe bow.png
Attack 126
Skills Unity Cost
Is tmsfe bow.png
Is tmsfe supportive.png
Is tmsfe passive.png
Is tmsfe bow.png
Is tmsfe passive.png
Grand Tack
Charge
Dodge Axe
Myriad Arrows
Sukukaja Bootup
Is tmsfe enemy performa.png Raijin Force ×1
Is tmsfe enemy performa.png Kaiju Hide ×1
Is tmsfe prestige performa.png 6-Star Prestige ×3
Weaknesses and Resistances
Is tmsfe sword.png -- Is tmsfe lance.png -- Is tmsfe axe.png Wk Is tmsfe bow.png -- Is tmsfe fire.png --
Is tmsfe ice.png -- Is tmsfe elec.png Rs Is tmsfe force.png Wk Is tmsfe spirit.png -- Is tmsfe body.png --
No added effect.

Locations

The Sacred Stones

Event Chapter 17, end of chapter

Awakening

Treasure Infinite Regalia, chosen at random from a pool of other items.
SpotPass distribution Available for download from August 16th, 2012JP/May 30th, 2013US/August 8th, 2013EU onward.

Heroes

Method Data
Unit (★★★★★) Innes: Regal Strategician

Other appearances

Monster Hunter: Frontier G

Two variants of Nidhogg are present in the Wii U version of Monster Hunter: Frontier G, a massively multiplayer online RPG in Capcom's Monster Hunter franchise, accompanying the Chrom and Lucina armor sets as part of a crossover promotion. The standard brown-colored design from Awakening (Japanese: 双聖器ニーズヘッグI Sacred Twin Nidhogg I) accompanies the Chrom armor, while a white-colored variant (Japanese: 蛇弓ニーズヘッグI Serpent Bow Nidhogg I) accompanies the Lucina armor.[1]

Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.

Lucina again wields Nidhogg in her guest appearance in Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.[2]

Flavor text

Game Text
(English)
Text
(Japanese)
The Sacred Stones
The Sacred Twin serpent bow. Luck +5.
双聖器『蛇弓ニーズヘッグ』幸運+5
Awakening
Lck +10. Also known as the Serpent Bow.
幸運+10 蛇弓と呼ばれる弓
Heroes
Effective against flying foes. During combat,
boosts unit's Atk/Spd/Def/Res by number of
adjacent allies × 2.
飛行特効 戦闘中、攻撃、速さ、守備、魔防が
隣接している味方の人数×2だけ上昇
Heroes
(Refined: +effect)
Magic and dragon foes cannot counterattack.
敵が魔法、竜の時、敵は反撃不可

Trivia

  • Nidhogg is the only Sacred Twin weapon available in Fire Emblem Awakening (not counting Excalibur, which is representing the Archanean variant rather than the Magvel variant).
  • Nidhogg and the Double Bow are the only regalia weapons which gives a higher equipping stat bonus in Awakening (+10 Luck in Nidhogg's case) than in its original games (+5 Luck).
  • In spin-off appearances post-Awakening, Lucina has been twice depicted as wielding Nidhogg as one of her primary weapons, in both Monster Hunter: Frontier G and Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. In Awakening itself, while Lucina can potentially wield Nidhogg through reclassing, there is no overt connection between her and it.
  • The first refined effect of Nidhogg in Fire Emblem Heroes is internally reffered to as 反撃抑制R魔竜, which roughly means "Counterattack Constraint Magic Dragon".

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language Name Definition, etymology, and notes
English

Nidhogg

Common anglicization of Níðhöggr, the name of the dragon gnawing at one of Yggdrasil's roots in Norse mythology.

Japanese

ニーズヘッグ

Nidhogg

Spanish

Nidhogg

--

French

Nidhogg

--

German

Nidhögger

German variant of Níðhöggr, as above.

Italian

Nidhogg

--

Portuguese

Nidhogg

--

Traditional Chinese

尼德霍格

Nidhogg

Gallery

References

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