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Armored Blow
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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 individual tiers are 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.
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In the main Fire Emblem series
Game | Icon | Effect | Activation | Capacity | Notes |
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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 |
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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) |
Tempest Trials+ | June 2019: 6,000 points |
Sacred Seal Forge (Creation) | Requires 100 , 20 , and 20 |
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) |
Sacred Seal Forge (Enhancement) | Requires 200 , 60 , 50 , and the Armored Blow 1 seal |
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) |
Sacred Seal Forge (Enhancement) | Requires 400 , 1,000 , 100 , and the Armored Blow 2 seal |
Warriors
Learned | Tiki (requires Tiki's Anklet ×3) |
Borrowed | Requires ×1 each of Tiki's Essence and Tiki's Hairpin |
Flavor text
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
English |
Armored Blow |
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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
Icon of the Armored Blow 1 skill in Heroes.
Icon of the Armored Blow 2 skill in Heroes.
Icon of the Armored Blow 3 skill in Heroes.
References
See also
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