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Attack speed
Attack speed (攻撃速度 attack speed) is a calculation based on a unit's speed which acts as their practical speed stat in battle. In all games until Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, attack speed factors in the weight of a unit's weapon, simulating the bulk of heavier weapons encumbering them in battle more than lighter weapons, with the effect thereof in turn mitigated by a unit's strength or physical bulk in games from Thracia 776 onward.
The primary use of attack speed is to determine whether or not a unit is fast enough compared to their opponent to double-attack them. In a battle, the two participants' mutual attack speed is compared, and if one unit meets a certain threshold of higher attack speed than the other, they are allowed to double attack the opponent: to perform a second attack after both units have performed their first attacks.
In New Mystery of the Emblem and Awakening, weapon weight has been removed and attack speed is now calculated solely based on the speed of the two units.
Calculations
Attack speed
| style="Template:Roundtl; border: 1px solid #b0b0b0; background: #222222" | Game | Formula | style="Template:Roundtr; border: 1px solid #b0b0b0; background: #222222" | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ankoku Ryuu | Speed - Weapon weight | -- |
| Gaiden | Speed - Weapon weight | -- |
| Mystery of the Emblem | Speed - Weapon weight | -- |
| Genealogy of the Holy War | Speed - Weapon weight | -- |
| Thracia 776 | Weapons: Speed - (Weapon weight - Constitution) Magic: Speed - Weight |
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| The Binding Blade | Speed - (Weapon weight - Constitution) | If (Weight-Con) is negative, the result is taken to be 0. |
| Blazing Sword | Speed - (Weapon weight - Constitution) | If (Weight-Con) is negative, the result is taken to be 0. |
| The Sacred Stones | Speed - (Weapon weight - Constitution) | If (Weight-Con) is negative, the result is taken to be 0. |
| Path of Radiance | Speed - (Weapon weight - Strength) | If (Weight-Strength) is negative, the result is taken to be 0. |
| Radiant Dawn | Speed - (Weapon weight - Strength) | If (Weight-Strength) is negative, the result is taken to be 0. |
| Shadow Dragon | Speed - (Weapon weight - Strength) | If (Weight-Strength) is negative, the result is taken to be 0. |
| New Mystery of the Emblem | Speed | -- |
| style="Template:Roundbl; border: 1px solid #b0b0b0; background: #222222; text-align: center" | Awakening | Speed | style="Template:Roundbr; border: 1px solid #b0b0b0; background: #222222; text-align: center" | -- |
Double attack threshold
| style="Template:Roundtl; border: 1px solid #b0b0b0; background: #222222" | Game | Formula | style="Template:Roundtr; border: 1px solid #b0b0b0; background: #222222" | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ankoku Ryuu | (Unit's attack speed) > (target's attack speed) | -- |
| Gaiden | (Unit's attack speed) > (target's attack speed) | -- |
| Mystery of the Emblem | [(Unit's attack speed) - (target's attack speed)] ≥ 3 | -- |
| Genealogy of the Holy War | (Unit's attack speed) > (target's attack speed) | Only units with Pursuit can double-attack. |
| Thracia 776 | [(Unit's attack speed) - (target's attack speed)] ≥ 4 | -- |
| The Binding Blade | [(Unit's attack speed) - (target's attack speed)] ≥ 4 | -- |
| Blazing Sword | [(Unit's attack speed) - (target's attack speed)] ≥ 4 | -- |
| The Sacred Stones | [(Unit's attack speed) - (target's attack speed)] ≥ 4 | -- |
| Path of Radiance | [(Unit's attack speed) - (target's attack speed)] ≥ 4 | -- |
| Radiant Dawn | [(Unit's attack speed) - (target's attack speed)] ≥ 4 | -- |
| Shadow Dragon | [(Unit's attack speed) - (target's attack speed)] ≥ 4 | -- |
| New Mystery of the Emblem | [(Unit's attack speed) - (target's attack speed)] ≥ 4 | -- |
| style="Template:Roundbl; border: 1px solid #b0b0b0; background: #222222; text-align: center" | Awakening | [(Unit's attack speed) - (target's attack speed)] ≥ 5 | style="Template:Roundbr; border: 1px solid #b0b0b0; background: #222222; text-align: center" | -- |
Trivia
Etymology and other languages
| Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
| English |
Attack speed |
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| Spanish |
Velocidad de ataque |
Attack speed |
| French |
Vitesse d'attaque |
Attack speed |
| German |
Angriffgeschwindigkeit |
Attack speed |
| Italian |
Velocità di attacco |
Attack speed |
