Beast Killer
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Icon of the Beast Killer from Awakening.
Effective against beasts and riders.
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The Beast Killer (Japanese: ビーストキラー Beast Killer) is a weapon which at different points in the Fire Emblem series has been a knife and a lance. In all cases, it is effective against the game in question's beast-type units; as a knife in Radiant Dawn, it is effective against transformed beast-type laguz, while as a lance in Awakening and Fates it is effective against Taguel, other beast units, and units mounted on horses, pegasi or griffons.
Stats
Locations
Radiant Dawn
Awakening
Fates
- This list may be incomplete.
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Radiant Dawn
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A special blade designed for use against beast tribe laguz. It does increased damage to such foes.
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Awakening
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Effective against beasts and riders.
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Fates
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Effective against beasts. Weak against nonbeast units.
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Trivia
- The Beast Killer is one of the few bonus damage-dealing weapons that kept the word "Killer" in the name when localized from Japanese to English. This is shared with Path of Radiance's Knight Killer. (Note that the Shadowkiller's name did not fit the pattern in Japanese.)
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions
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Language
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Name
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Definition, etymology, and notes
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English
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Beast Killer
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Spanish
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Aterrafieras
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Beast-scarer
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French
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• Félincide • Besticide
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• Cat-killer. Used in Radiant Dawn. • Beast-killer. Used in Awakening and Fates.
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German
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• Raubtiertod • Bestientöter
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• Predator-death. Used in Radiant Dawn. • Beast-killer. Used in Awakening and Fates.
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Italian
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Ammazzabestie
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Beast-slayer
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References
See also