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Devil Axe
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The Devil Axe (Japanese: デビルアクス Devil Axe) is a rare axe that was introduced in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light. It is a high-risk, high-reward weapon: it has exceptionally high raw power compared to other axes, but it has a chance of backfiring and damaging its wielder instead of the target. If it backfires, the wielder suffers the same amount of damage that would have been dealt to the target had the attack not backfired.
Despite the danger it poses to anybody who would use it, the Devil Axe has some advantages. In addition to its exceptional might, it has a low required weapon level which lets almost any axe user immediately use it, and in The Blazing Blade and The Sacred Stones, using it awards a very high amount of weapon experience to increase axe ranks. The risk of having it backfire is mitigated by its wielder's luck stat, although there is always a minimum 1% chance that it will backfire regardless of the user's luck. Additionally, in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia it heals its user when they defeat an enemy, although since axes are usable only by enemies in that game, this does not help the player. In Three Houses, rather than having a random chance of backfiring, it instead deals a fixed 10 damage to the user after every round of combat that it is used in.
Stats
In the main Fire Emblem series
Game | Icon | Level | Might | Weight | Hit | Crit | Range | Uses | Worth | WEXP | Other effects and notes |
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Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light | -- | Axe: 4 | 20 | 14 | 70 | 0 | 1 | 9 | -- | -- | Backfire rate: (21 - Luck)% |
Mystery of the Emblem | Axe: 1 | 20 | 20 | 70 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 900 | -- | Backfire rate: (21 - Luck)% Never backfires on enemy units. | |
Thracia 776 | E | 20 | 20 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 1,200 | 1 | Backfire rate: (21 - Luck)% | |
The Binding Blade | E | 18 | 18 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 900 | 1 | Backfire rate: (21 - Level)% | |
The Blazing Blade | E | 18 | 18 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 900 | 8 | Backfire rate: (31 - Luck)% | |
The Sacred Stones | E | 18 | 18 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 880 | 8 | Backfire rate: (31 - Luck)% | |
Path of Radiance | E | 18 | 18 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 900 | 8 | Unused. Backfire rate: Unknown | |
Shadow Dragon | D | 17 | 8 | 100 | 0 | 1 | 25 | Cannot be sold | 2 | Backfire rate: (31 - Luck)% Backfire damage: Calculate damage as if user attacked themselves | |
New Mystery of the Emblem | D | 17 | -- | 100 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 2 | Backfire rate: (31 - Luck)% Backfire damage: Calculate damage as if user attacked themselves | |
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia | 15 | 5 | 70 | 5 | 1 | -- | 50 | -- | Grants Hex and Lifetaker when equipped. | ||
Three Houses | D | 18 | 14 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 1,300 | 2 | Deals 10 damage to user after combat. |
Forged stats
Game | Icon | Level | Might | Weight | Hit | Crit | Range | Uses | Worth | WEXP | Other effects and notes |
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Three Houses | D | 21 | 14 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 1,950 | 2 | Deals 10 damage to user after combat. |
In other Fire Emblem series titles
Game | Icon | Level | Might | Weight | Hit | Crit | Range | Uses | Worth | WEXP | Other effects and notes |
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Heroes (Unrefined) |
5★ | 16 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 400 SP | -- | Increases Attack, Speed, Defense, & Resistance by +4 during combat, but if unit attacked, deals 4 damage to unit after combat. | |
Heroes (Refined: +Effect) |
File:Is feh wpn wrath refined.png | 5★ | 16 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 400 SP 500 200 |
-- | Increases Attack, Speed, Defense, & Resistance by +4 during combat, but if unit attacked, deals 4 damage to unit after combat. Grants +3 HP. At start of turn, if unit's HP is less than or equal to 75% and unit's attack triggers their Special, grants cooldown countdown-1, and deals +10 damage when Special triggers. |
Heroes (Refined: +Atk) |
5★ | 18 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 400 SP 500 200 |
-- | Increases Attack, Speed, Defense, & Resistance by +4 during combat, but if unit attacked, deals 4 damage to unit after combat. Grants +5 HP. | |
Heroes (Refined: +Spd) |
5★ | 16 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 400 SP 500 200 |
-- | Increases Attack, Speed, Defense, & Resistance by +4 during combat, but if unit attacked, deals 4 damage to unit after combat. Grants +5 HP and +3 Speed. | |
Heroes (Refined: +Def) |
5★ | 16 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 400 SP 500 200 |
-- | Increases Attack, Speed, Defense, & Resistance by +4 during combat, but if unit attacked, deals 4 damage to unit after combat. Grants +5 HP and +4 Defense. | |
Heroes (Refined: +Res) |
5★ | 16 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 400 SP 500 200 |
-- | Increases Attack, Speed, Defense, & Resistance by +4 during combat, but if unit attacked, deals 4 damage to unit after combat. Grants +5 HP and +4 Resistance. | |
Warriors: Three Hopes | D | 120 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 30 | 1,000 | -- | When HP is at 50% or above: attacking causes the unit to sustain damage for a period of time. |
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Locations
Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light
Treasure | Chapter 3, village |
Dropped by | Chapter 9, enemy Pirate |
Mystery of the Emblem
Treasure | Book 1: Chapter 3, village |
Thracia 776
Capture or steal | Chapter 4x, enemy Armored Axe • Chapter 16B, enemy Berserker • Chapter 24x, enemy Berserker (×13) • Final Chapter, enemy Berserker (×60) |
Treasure | Chapter 8x, chest |
The Binding Blade
Inventory | Gonzalez |
The Blazing Blade
Treasure | Eliwood's Tale: Chapter 16x, village Hector's Tale: Chapter 17x, village |
The Sacred Stones
Dropped by | Chapter 15, enemy Berserker |
Dropped by (Skirmish)* | Cyclops* • Tarvos* • Maelduin* |
Path of Radiance
Unused | If hacked into the game, it is usable by any unit with an E rank in axes. |
Shadow Dragon
Inventory | Ymir |
Treasure | Chapter 3, village |
New Mystery of the Emblem
Inventory | Main story: Dice Righteous Thieves: Dice That Which Was Done by the Sword Shall Be Undone by the Sword: Dice |
Dropped by | Chapter 12, enemy Barbarian • Chapter 21, enemy Berserker |
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Examination | Grieth's Citadel: Entrance |
Treasure | The Astral Temple, destroy urns (0.08% chance in medium urns) The Inner Sanctum, destroy urns (0.08% chance in medium urns; 0.78% chance in large urns) |
Forging | Rusted Axe ( 100) |
Three Houses
Devil Axe
Dropped by | Rumored Nuptials, enemy Brigand |
Pagan Altar | Chapter 1 onward, cost 600 Renown (Limited: 3) |
Devil Axe+
Forging | Devil Axe (Agarthium ×4, 780 G, Professor Level: D+) |
Archanea Saga
Inventory | Dice |
Heroes
Units | Barst: The Hatchet |
Flavor text
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Trivia
- The unused Devil Axe in Path of Radiance is unusual in that it lacks a 3D model for units to wield in battle scenes. If it is hacked into the game, the missing model causes its user to freeze up in a bind pose (pictured below with Boyd), and the game crashes as a result.
- In Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light and its remakes, the villager in Chapter 3 who gives Marth the Devil Axe describes its backfiring effect as consuming the blood and flesh of its user.[1]
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
English |
Devil Axe |
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Spanish |
• Hacha diablo |
• Devil axe. Used in The Blazing Blade and The Sacred Stones; abbreviated to H diablo for space reasons. |
French |
Hache noire |
Dark axe |
German |
Teufelsaxt |
Devil's axe |
Italian |
Ascia demonica |
Demonic axe. Abbreviated in gameplay to As. demonica in The Blazing Blade, and As. demon. in Shadow Dragon. |
Dutch |
Duivelsbijl |
Devilsaxe |
Portuguese (Brazil) |
Machado do mal |
Axe of evil |
Korean |
데빌 액스 |
Devil axe |
Simplified Chinese |
恶魔之斧 |
Devil's Axe |
Traditional Chinese |
惡魔之斧 |
Devil's Axe |
Gallery
Artwork of the Devil Axe from the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game.
Concept art of the Devil Axe's unused appearance in Path of Radiance.
Artwork of the Devil Axe from Warriors: Three Hopes.
The Devil Axe as it appears in Heroes.
Marty wielding a Devil Axe in Thracia 776.
Boyd "wielding" a Devil Axe in Path of Radiance.
An enemy Brigand wielding a Devil Axe in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.
Annette wielding a Devil Axe in Three Houses.
References
- ↑ "Oh, ho ho! Don't you look young and full of life! Such a warm smile here deserves a nice reward. Here, take this axe- this EVIL abomination of an axe! Beware! Its blade drinks blood and devours flesh. I'd hate to see you come to any harm!" — A villager, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
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