Armored Blow

Armored Blow Icon of the Armored Blow skill in Three Houses. If unit initiates combat, grants Def +6 during combat[sic]

Type(s) Class (Fates, Three Houses) Passive (Type A) (Heroes) Game(s) Fates Three Houses Heroes

Armored Blow (Japanese: 金剛の一撃 Diamond Strike) is a skill which debuted in Fire Emblem Fates. In Fates, it is a class skill associated with the Great Knight class; in Heroes, it is a three-tiered type A passive skill (whose individiual tiers are known as Armored Blow 1, Armored Blow 2, and Armored Blow 3 in order from lowest to highest). Armored Blow is a skill decreases the damage the user takes by a physical attack whenever the user initiates the battle; in Heroes, the size of the protection increases with the skill's tier.

Data

In the main Fire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Fates		+10 defense when activated.	If user initiates combat	--	--
Three Houses		+6 defense when activated.	If user initiates combat	--	Not factored into the defense-based damage boost for Glowing Ember or Armored Strike.

In other Fire Emblem series titles

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Heroes (Armored Blow 1)		+2 defense when activated.	If user initiates combat	--	Cost: 50 SP
Heroes (Armored Blow 2)		+4 defense when activated.	If user initiates combat	--	Cost: 100 SP
Heroes (Armored Blow 3)		+6 defense when activated.	If user initiates combat	--	Cost: 200 SP
Warriors		Prevents user's attacks from being interrupted by enemy attacks.	--	--	--

Availability

Fates

Classes

Great Knight (Learned from Level 15 and up)

Three Houses

Class mastery

Armored Knight (100 class Exp required)

Heroes

Armored Blow 1

Units

Athena: Borderland Sword • Brigid: Orgahil Pirate • Catria: Middle Whitewing • Cordelia: Knight Paradise • Frederick: Horizon Watcher • Gunter: Inveterate Soldier • Ingrid: Solstice Knight • Keaton: Resolved Wolfskin • Leif: Prince of Leonster • Lucina: Brave Princess • Tiki: Dragon Scion • Titania: Mighty Mercenary • Xander: Paragon Knight (Rarity requirements vary per character)

Armored Blow 2

Units

Catria: Middle Whitewing • Frederick: Horizon Watcher • Gunter: Inveterate Soldier • Tiki: Dragon Scion • Titania: Mighty Mercenary • Xander: Paragon Knight (Rarity requirements vary per character)

Armored Blow 3

Units

Catria: Middle Whitewing • Frederick: Horizon Watcher • Gunter: Inveterate Soldier • Tiki: Dragon Scion • Titania: Mighty Mercenary • Xander: Paragon Knight (Rarity requirements vary per character)

Warriors

Learned	Tiki (requires Tiki's Anklets ×3)
Borrowed	Requires ×1 each of Tiki's Essence and Tiki's Hairpin

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Armored Blow	--
Spanish	Ataque blindado	Armored Attack; used in Fates and Three Houses.
Spanish (Spain)	Golpe blindado	Armored blow; used in Heroes.
Spanish (Latin America)	Ataque muralla	Wall attack; used in Heroes.
French	Coup blindé	Armored Blow
German	Defensiver Hieb	Defensive Blow; abbreviated as Defens. Hieb in Heroes.
Italian	Colpo corazzato	Armored Blow; abbreviated as Colpo corazz. in Heroes.
Portuguese (Brazil)	Golpe blindado	Armored blow
Korean	금강의 일격	Diamond strike
Simplified Chinese	金刚一击	Diamond strike
Traditional Chinese	金剛一擊	Diamond Strike

Gallery

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  Icon of the Armored Blow 1 skill in Heroes.

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  Icon of the Armored Blow 2 skill in Heroes.

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  Icon of the Armored Blow 3 skill in Heroes.

See also

• Certain Blow
• Darting Blow
• Death Blow
• Duelist's Blow
• Warding Blow

Type A passive skills in Heroes

Aether Raids skills AR-D Atk/Def • AR-D Atk/Res • AR-D Atk/Spd • AR-D Def/Res • AR-D Spd/Def • AR-D Spd/Res • AR-O Atk/Def • AR-O Atk/Spd • AR-O Spd/Res Bonus damage skills Ashera's Chosen • Dragonhide • Dragonscale • Dragonskin • Dragoon Shield • Grani's Shield • Iote's Shield • Svalinn Shield Counter-attack skills Close Counter • Close Foil • Close Reversal • Close Salvo • Close Ward • Distant Counter • Distant Dart • Distant Ferocity • Distant Foil • Distant Pressure • Distant Reversal • Distant Stance • Distant Storm • Distant Ward • Emblems' Miracle • Ostian Counter • Ostia's Heart • Realms United Proximity skills Ashera's Chosen • Atk/Def Bond • Atk/Def Finish • Atk/Def Form • Atk/Def Solo • Atk/Def Unity • Atk/Res Bond • Atk/Res Finish • Atk/Res Form • Atk/Res Scowl • Atk/Res Solo • Atk/Res Unity • Atk/Spd Bond • Atk/Spd Finish • Atk/Spd Form • Atk/Spd Hexblade • Atk/Spd Scowl • Atk/Spd Solo • Atk/Spd Unity • Atk/Spd Wild • Def/Res Bond • Def/Res Finish • Def/Res Form • Def/Res Scowl • Def/Res Solo • Def/Res Unity • Distant A/S Solo • Distant D/R Solo • Laws of Sacae • Power of Nihility • Sorcery Blade • Spd/Def Bond • Spd/Def Form • Spd/Def Solo • Spd/Res Bond • Spd/Res Finish • Spd/Res Form • Spd/Res Hexblade • Spd/Res Scowl • Spd/Res Solo Stat-boosting skills Attack + • Attack/Def + • Atk/Def Catch • Atk/Def Clash • Atk/Def Ideal • Atk/Def Prime • Atk/Def Push • Attack/Res • Atk/Res Catch • Atk/Res Ideal • Atk/Res Push • Atk/Spd • Atk/Spd Catch • Atk/Spd Clash • Atk/Spd Excel • Atk/Spd Hexblade • Atk/Spd Ideal • Atk/Spd Prime • Atk/Spd Push • Beyond Witchery • B Duel Cavalry • B Duel Flying • B Duel Infantry • Bonus Doubler • Brazen Atk/Def • Brazen Atk/Res • Brazen Atk/Spd • Brazen Def/Res • Brazen Spd/Def • Brazen Spd/Res • C Bonus Doubler • C Duel Cavalry • C Duel Flying • C Duel Infantry • Crystalline Water • Defense + • Def/Res Catch • Def/Res Ideal • Def/Res • Defiant Atk • Defiant Def • Defiant Res • Defiant Spd • D Bonus Doubler • Distant Pressure • Dragoon Shield • Duality • Earth Boost • Earthfire Boost • Earthwind Boost • Fell Wyrmscale • Fire Boost • Fireflood Boost • Firestorm Boost • Fortress Def • Fort. Def/Res • Fortress Res • Fury • G Duel Cavalry • G Duel Flying • G Duel Infantry • HP + • HP/Atk • HP/Def • HP/Res • HP/Spd • Knightly Devotion • Life and Death • Obsession • Part of the Plan • Rare Talent • R Duel Cavalry • R Duel Flying • R Duel Infantry • Resistance + • Scendscale • Self-Improver • Solid Ground • Speed + • Spd/Def • Spd/Def Catch • Spd/Def Clash • Spd/Def Ideal • Spd/Res • Spd/Res Catch • Spd/Res Hexblade • Spd/Res Ideal • Still Water • Swift Slice • Thunder's Fist • Triangle Adept • Verdict of Sacae • Verge of Death • Water Boost • Wind Boost Turn-related skills Armored Blow • Blade Session • Bracing Blow • Bracing Stance • Close Def • Close Foil • Close Reversal • Close Ward • Darting Blow • Darting Breath • Darting Stance • Death Blow • Distant Def • Distant Foil • Distant Ward • Dragonskin • Fierce Breath • Fierce Stance • Flared Mirror • Flared Sparrow • Flash Sparrow • Gift of Magic • Kestrel Stance • Laws of Sacae • Mastermind • Mirror Impact • Mirror Stance • Mirror Strike • Nightmare • Remote Mirror • Remote Sparrow • Remote Sturdy • Shield Session • Steady Blow • Steady Breath • Steady Impact • Steady Posture • Steady Stance • Sturdy Blow • Sturdy Impact • Sturdy Stance • Sturdy Surge • Surge Sparrow • Swift Sparrow • Swift Stance • Swift Strike • Warding Blow • Warding Breath • Warding Stance Miscellaneous skills Gray Illusion • Flashing Blade • Heavy Blade • Mila's Turnwheel