Dance
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Dance (Japanese: 踊る Dance) is a skill which debuted as a command in Mystery of the Emblem, then debuted as a defined visible skill in Genealogy of the Holy War, and has appeared in some form in almost every Fire Emblem series title since. Exclusively held by Dancers, its function is to refresh adjacent allied units to grant them a second movement opportunity in the turn, if they had previously moved already.
A small few games feature classes which replace Dancers or act as a counterpart to them, but otherwise perform an identical function. In The Binding Blade and Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, the Bard acts as a direct male countepart to Dancers, performs the same function through the Play (Japanese: 奏でる Play) command and, in Fire Emblem, can make full use of the same four dancer ring items as the Dancer. Neither appears in Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn, replaced by Herons who can use the functionally identical Galdrar skill to fill the same role. In Fates, the Dancer is instead replaced by the Songstress class, who also performs the same function with the Sing command.
Data
Game | Icon | Effect | Activation | Capacity | Notes |
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Mystery of the Emblem | -- | Refreshes one adjacent ally, allowing them to move again if they have already moved. | Command | -- | Exists only as a command; this game does not have a skills system. |
Genealogy of the Holy War | Refreshes all four adjacent allies, allowing them to move again if they have already moved. | Command | -- | Debut as a defined, visible skill. | |
Thracia 776 | Refreshes one adjacent ally, allowing them to move again if they have already moved. | Command | -- | Appears as a defined, visible skill. | |
The Binding Blade | -- | Refreshes one adjacent ally, allowing them to move again if they have already moved. | Command | -- | Exists only as a command; this game does not have a skills system. |
Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade | -- | Refreshes one adjacent ally, allowing them to move again if they have already moved. If the unit has Ninis' Grace, Thor's Ire, Filla's Might and/or Set's Litany in their inventory, they can choose between doing the normal refreshing dance or using one of these items. |
Command | -- | Exists only as a command; this game does not have a skills system. |
The Sacred Stones | -- | Refreshes one adjacent ally, allowing them to move again if they have already moved. | Command | -- | Exists only as a command. |
New Mystery of the Emblem | -- | Refreshes one adjacent ally, allowing them to move again if they have already moved. | Command | -- | Exists only as a command; this game does not have a skills system. |
Awakening | File:Is 3ds dance.png | Refreshes one adjacent ally, allowing them to move again if they have already moved. If the unit has Special Dance equipped, it activates alongside the dance. |
Command | -- | Exists only as a command. An unused skill icon suggests it may have been intended to be a defined skill at one point. |
Availability
Mystery of the Emblem
Classes | Dancer |
Genealogy of the Holy War
Classes | Dancer |
Thracia 776
Classes | Dancer |
The Binding Blade
Classes | Bard • Dancer |
Fire Emblem
Classes | Bard • Dancer |
The Sacred Stones
Classes | Dancer |
New Mystery of the Emblem
Classes | Dancer |
Awakening
Classes | Dancer |
Heroes
Units | Olivia |
Gallery
- Ss fe03 feena dance.png
Feena dancing in Mystery of the Emblem.
- Ss fe04 leen dance.png
Leen dancing in Genealogy of the Holy War.
Lara dancing in Thracia 776.
- Ss fe06 lalum dance.png
Lalum dancing in The Binding Blade.
Ninian dancing in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade.
Tethys dancing in The Sacred Stones.
- Ss fe12 feena dance.png
Feena dancing in New Mystery of the Emblem.
Trivia
- In the Spanish version of Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, the Play command is mistranslated as "Jugar" which does mean to play, but in the sense of playing a game, not an instrument.
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
English |
Dance |
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Spanish |
Bailar |
Dance |
French |
Danser |
Dance |
German |
Tanzen |
Dance |
Italian |
Danza |
Dance |