Bracing Blow is a two-tiered passive type A skill which debuted in Fire Emblem Heroes; the individual tiers of the skill are known as Bracing Blow 1 and Bracing Blow 2 in order from lowest to highest. Units with a Bracing Blow skill boosts both the Defense and Resistance stats on its user during combat when initiating the strike, similar to activating both Armored Blow and Warding Blow of the matching tier simultaneously; the stat boosts increase with the skill's tier.