Kriemhild

Kriemhild Concept artwork of the top and bottom of Kriemhild from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. A lance that came at a price.

Type Lance First game Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

The Kriemhild (Japanese: クリムヒルド Kriemhild) is a lance which was introduced in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. It is wielded by Berkut in his appearance as a boss in Act 5. It has the longest range of any lance in the game, which combined with its respectable might and good hit makes approaching Berkut to attack a dangerous prospect. It also gives him strong defensive abilities by providing both boosts to his defensive stats and the Phantasm skill, which reduces the damage he takes from bows and black magic: the only weapon types which can attack him from a far enough distance that he cannot counterattack.

Stats

In the main Fire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Level	Might	Weight	Hit	Crit	Range	Uses	Worth	WEXP	Other effects and notes
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia			10	2	85	0	1–3	--	--	--	+5 defense, +5 resistance when equipped. Grants Phantasm when equipped.

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)			16	1	400	--	Silver Lance	--	✗	If foe uses bow; dagger; red, blue, green, or colorless tome; or staff, foe initiates combat, and user is within 2 spaces of an ally, user can counterattack regardless of range, foe cannot make follow-up attacks, and if user attacked, after combat, deals 20 damage to nearest allies.
Heroes (refine: +Effect)			16	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	If foe initiates combat and user is within 3 spaces of an ally, user can counterattack regardless of range, foe cannot make follow-up attacks, and if user attacked, after combat, deals 20 damage to nearest allies. Grants +3 HP. If foe initiates combat or foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, inflicts −5 each to attack and defense on foe during combat and user makes guaranteed follow-up attack. If foe initiates combat or if foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, inflicts Atk/Def-5 on foe during combat and unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack.
Heroes (refine: +Atk)			18	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	If foe initiates combat and user is within 3 spaces of an ally, user can counterattack regardless of range, foe cannot make follow-up attacks, and if user attacked, after combat, deals 20 damage to nearest allies. Grants +5 HP.
Heroes (refine: +Spd)			16	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	If foe initiates combat and user is within 3 spaces of an ally, user can counterattack regardless of range, foe cannot make follow-up attacks, and if user attacked, after combat, deals 20 damage to nearest allies. Grants +5 HP and +3 speed.
Heroes (refine: +Def)			16	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	If foe initiates combat and user is within 3 spaces of an ally, user can counterattack regardless of range, foe cannot make follow-up attacks, and if user attacked, after combat, deals 20 damage to nearest allies. Grants +5 HP and +4 defense.
Heroes (refine: +Res)			16	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	If foe initiates combat and user is within 3 spaces of an ally, user can counterattack regardless of range, foe cannot make follow-up attacks, and if user attacked, after combat, deals 20 damage to nearest allies. Grants +5 HP and +4 resistance.

Locations

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Unobtainable

Exclusively used by Berkut.

Heroes

Method	Data
Unit (★★★★★)	Berkut: Purgatorial Prince

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	A lance that came at a price.	代償の槍
Heroes (Unrefined)	If a bow, dagger, magic, or staff foe initiates combat and unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, unit can counterattack regardless of foe's range and foe cannot make a follow-up attack, but after combat, if unit attacked, deals 20 damage to nearest ally.	周囲２マス以内に味方がいる状態で 弓、暗器、魔法、杖の敵から攻撃された時、 距離に関係なく反撃する、かつ敵は追撃不可 その状態で攻撃した時、戦闘後、 最も近い味方に２０ダメージ
Heroes (Refined)	If foe initiates combat and unit is within 3 spaces of an ally, unit can counterattack regardless of foe's range and foe cannot make a follow-up attack, but after combat, if unit attacked, deals 20 damage to nearest ally.	周囲３マス以内に味方がいる状態で 敵から攻撃された時、距離に関係なく反撃する、 かつ敵は追撃不可 その状態で攻撃した時、戦闘後、 最も近い味方に２０ダメージ
Heroes (Refined: +effect)	If foe initiates combat or if foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, inflicts Atk/Def-5 on foe during combat and unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack.	敵から攻撃された時、または 戦闘開始時、敵のＨＰが７５％以上の時、 戦闘中、敵の攻撃、守備－５、自分は絶対追撃

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Kriemhild is present as a skill on one of Berkut's cards in Fire Emblem Cipher: B09-046R Delusions of Conquest, Berkut. It is a manual-activation skill which, for a cost of discarding one untapped ally unit in play, grants Berkut +10 attack and 1-3 range until the opponent's next turn ends.

Trivia

• Kriemhild's design may be intended to be a corrupted version of Duma's Lance; both weapons feature a claw-like tri-pronged head, spikes resembling Duma's horns at the base of the head, and a red centerpiece: a gem on Duma's Lance and a red eye on Kriemhild.
• A sword known as Grimhild appears in TearRing Saga Series: Berwick Saga, although the katakana spelling is different.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Kriemhild	"Kriemhild" was the name given to the Germanic mythological character Gudrun, traditionally the wife of the hero Sigurd (Siegfried), in the Middle High German epic poem, the Nibelungenlied. The poem tells the story of Kriemhild's revenge for Siegfried's murder.
Japanese	クリムヒルド	Kriemhild
Spanish	Kriemhild	--
French	Kriemhild	--
German	Kriemhild	--
Italian	Kriemhild	--
Dutch	Kriemhild	--
Portuguese	Kriemhild	--
Korean	크림힐트	Kriemhild
Simplified Chinese	克里姆希尔特	Kriemhild
Traditional Chinese	克里姆希爾特	Kriemhild

Gallery

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  Concept artwork of the top and bottom of Kriemhild from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

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  Kriemhild as it appears in Heroes.

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  Berkut wielding Kriemhild in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

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  Berkut wielding Kriemhild in Heroes.