Close Counter

Close Counter Icon of the Close Counter ability in Three Houses. Allows unit to counterattack adjacent foes.

Type(s) Passive (Type A) (Heroes) Skill level (Three Houses) First game Heroes

Close Counter (Japanese: 近距離反撃 Short-range Counterattack) is a passive type A skill which debuted in Fire Emblem Heroes; Close Counter comes in only one tier. Units with Close Counter are able to launch a counterattack regardless of the range between the user and its target.

Close Counter returns as an ability in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, where it is obtained by raising a unit's skill level in bows. In this game, it simply allows bow-wielding units to counterattack adjacent opponents.

Data

In the main Fire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Three Houses		Allows unit to counterattack adjacent opponents.	If the unit has a bow equipped	--	--

In other Fire Emblem series titles

Game	Icon	Type	Effect	SP cost	Prerequisites	Usable by	Inheritable	Other effects and notes
Heroes		A	User can counterattack regardless of range.	300	--		✓	--

Availability

Three Houses

Skill level

Bow: C

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Three Houses	Allows unit to counterattack adjacent foes.	１距離で攻撃された時、反撃できる
Heroes	Unit can counterattack regardless of foe's range.	敵から攻撃された時、距離に関係なく反撃する

Trivia

• Takumi having the skill is a reference to his appearances in the Conquest route of Fire Emblem Fates, in which he has the Point Blank skill which allows him to attack and counterattack at 1 range. Unlike Fates however, he cannot initiate combat at 1 range in Heroes.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Close Counter	--
Japanese	近距離反撃	Short-range Counterattack
Spanish	Contra corta	Close counter
French	Contre rapproché	Close Counter
German	Nahkonter	Close Counter
Italian	Contrattacco vicino	Close counterattack; abbreviated as Contratt. vicino in Heroes.
Portuguese	Contra de perto	Close counter
Korean	근거리 반격	Close-range counterattack
Simplified Chinese	近距离反击	Close-range counterattack
Traditional Chinese	近距離反擊	Close-range counterattack

See also

• Counterattack (ability)
• Distant Counter

Type A passive skills in Heroes

Aether Raids skills AR-D Atk/Def • AR-D Atk/Res • AR-D Atk/Spd • AR-D Def/Res • AR-D Spd/Def • AR-D Spd/Res • AR-O Atk/Def • AR-O Atk/Spd • AR-O Spd/Res Bonus damage skills Ashera's Chosen • Dragonhide • Dragonscale • Dragonskin • Dragoon Shield • Grani's Shield • Iote's Shield • Svalinn Shield Counter-attack skills Close Counter • Close Foil • Close Reversal • Close Salvo • Close Ward • Distant Counter • Distant Dart • Distant Ferocity • Distant Foil • Distant Pressure • Distant Reversal • Distant Stance • Distant Storm • Distant Ward • Emblems' Miracle • Ostian Counter • Ostia's Heart • Realms United Proximity skills Ashera's Chosen • Atk/Def Bond • Atk/Def Finish • Atk/Def Form • Atk/Def Solo • Atk/Def Unity • Atk/Res Bond • Atk/Res Finish • Atk/Res Form • Atk/Res Scowl • Atk/Res Solo • Atk/Res Unity • Atk/Spd Bond • Atk/Spd Finish • Atk/Spd Form • Atk/Spd Hexblade • Atk/Spd Scowl • Atk/Spd Solo • Atk/Spd Unity • Atk/Spd Wild • Def/Res Bond • Def/Res Finish • Def/Res Form • Def/Res Scowl • Def/Res Solo • Def/Res Unity • Distant A/S Solo • Distant D/R Solo • Laws of Sacae • Power of Nihility • Sorcery Blade • Spd/Def Bond • Spd/Def Form • Spd/Def Solo • Spd/Res Bond • Spd/Res Finish • Spd/Res Form • Spd/Res Hexblade • Spd/Res Solo Stat-boosting skills Attack + • Attack/Def + • Atk/Def Catch • Atk/Def Clash • Atk/Def Ideal • Atk/Def Prime • Atk/Def Push • Attack/Res • Atk/Res Catch • Atk/Res Ideal • Atk/Res Push • Atk/Spd • Atk/Spd Catch • Atk/Spd Clash • Atk/Spd Hexblade • Atk/Spd Ideal • Atk/Spd Prime • Atk/Spd Push • Beyond Witchery • B Duel Cavalry • B Duel Flying • B Duel Infantry • Bonus Doubler • Brazen Atk/Def • Brazen Atk/Res • Brazen Atk/Spd • Brazen Def/Res • Brazen Spd/Def • Brazen Spd/Res • C Bonus Doubler • C Duel Cavalry • C Duel Flying • C Duel Infantry • Defense + • Def/Res Catch • Def/Res Ideal • Def/Res • Defiant Atk • Defiant Def • Defiant Res • Defiant Spd • D Bonus Doubler • Distant Pressure • Dragoon Shield • Duality • Earth Boost • Earthfire Boost • Earthwind Boost • Fell Wyrmscale • Fire Boost • Fireflood Boost • Firestorm Boost • Fortress Def • Fort. Def/Res • Fortress Res • Fury • G Duel Cavalry • G Duel Flying • G Duel Infantry • HP + • HP/Atk • HP/Def • HP/Res • HP/Spd • Knightly Devotion • Life and Death • Obsession • Part of the Plan • Rare Talent • R Duel Cavalry • R Duel Flying • R Duel Infantry • Resistance + • Scendscale • Self-Improver • Solid Ground • Speed + • Spd/Def • Spd/Def Catch • Spd/Def Clash • Spd/Def Ideal • Spd/Res • Spd/Res Catch • Spd/Res Hexblade • Spd/Res Ideal • Still Water • Swift Slice • Thunder's Fist • Triangle Adept • Verdict of Sacae • Water Boost • Wind Boost Turn-related skills Armored Blow • Blade Session • Bracing Blow • Bracing Stance • Close Def • Close Foil • Close Reversal • Close Ward • Darting Blow • Darting Breath • Darting Stance • Death Blow • Distant Def • Distant Foil • Distant Ward • Dragonskin • Fierce Breath • Fierce Stance • Flared Mirror • Flared Sparrow • Flash Sparrow • Gift of Magic • Kestrel Stance • Laws of Sacae • Mastermind • Mirror Impact • Mirror Stance • Mirror Strike • Nightmare • Remote Mirror • Remote Sparrow • Remote Sturdy • Shield Session • Steady Blow • Steady Breath • Steady Impact • Steady Posture • Steady Stance • Sturdy Blow • Sturdy Impact • Sturdy Stance • Sturdy Surge • Surge Sparrow • Swift Sparrow • Swift Stance • Swift Strike • Warding Blow • Warding Breath • Warding Stance Miscellaneous skills Gray Illusion • Flashing Blade • Heavy Blade • Mila's Turnwheel