Dark Spikes

Dark Spikes Icon of Dark Spikes from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. Fell dragon spikes that deal damage to foes in range.

Type(s) Combat art (Personal) Game(s) Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Dark Spikes (Japanese: ダークスパイク Dark Spike) is a combat art which was introduced in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. It is possessed only by the Creation, who periodically uses it during its fight in the Thabes Labyrinth. When it activats this art, the Creation summons purple spikes from the ground which randomly inflict between 10 and 30 points of damage on all opposing units within a five-space radius at once.

Data

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes

Availability

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Unobtainable

Exclusively used by the Creation.

Trivia

The spikes variant of Expiration in Awakening.

• The concept of Dark Spikes is presumably taken from one of the two animations of Expiration, the Creation/Grima's other attack, in Awakening, where Grima would attack a target by summoning purple spikes. Grima also does this in the opening cutscene of his chapter, bringing all units' HP down to one (although health is restored prior to the map beginning).

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Dark Spikes	--
Spanish	Púas oscuras	Dark thorns
French	Piques noires	Dark spears
German	Dunkle Spieße	Dark Skewers
Italian	Scaglie nere	Dark flake
Dutch	Schaduwspiezen	Shadowpierce
Simplified Chinese	漆黑刺棘	Dark Thorns
Traditional Chinese	漆黑刺棘	Dark Thorns

Gallery

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  The Creation activating Dark Spikes in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

See also

• Upheaval