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Deadly Balance

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Deadly Balance (Japanese: 死者の帳尻を To Balance the Cohort of the Dead) is a passive type B skill which debuted in Fire Emblem Heroes; Deadly Balance comes in only one tier. When its user has moderate HP or an active penalty, Deadly Balance reduces the foe's attack and defense and boosts its user's special cooldown charge.

Deadly Balance

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Icon of the Deadly Balance skill in Heroes.

Type(s)

Passive (Type B)

First game

Heroes

Data

Game Icon Type Effect SP cost Prerequisites Unusable by Inheritable Other effects and notes
Heroes
(Deadly Balance)
  B If user's HP ≥ 50% or user has active penalty at start of combat, inflicts −5 each to foe's attack and defense and grants +1 special cooldown charge per foe's attack to user. 300 -- -- --
Heroes
(Deadly Balance+)
  B If user's HP ≥ 25% or user has active penalty at start of combat, inflicts −5 each to foe's attack, speed, and defense, inflicts −1 special cooldown charge per attack on foe, grants +1 special cooldown charge per foe's attack to user, and if special skill triggers, neutralizes effects from non-special skills that reduce damage by a percentage.
If special triggers before or during combat, grants −2 special cooldown count to user after combat.
300 Deadly Balance -- --

Availability

Heroes

Method Data
Deadly Balance Deadly Balance+
Unit (★★★★★) Líf: Arcane BladeLíf: Lethal Swordsman Líf: Lethal Swordsman

Flavor text

Game Text
(English)
Text
(Japanese)
Heroes
(Deadly Balance)
At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 50% or
if【Penalty】is active on unit, inflicts
Atk/Def-5 on foe and grants Special cooldown
charge +1 per foe's attack during combat.
(Only highest value applied. Does not stack.
Special cooldown charge granted even if foe's
attack deals 0 damage.)

【Penalty】
All effects that last "on foe through its next
action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill
like Panic or Threaten and negative status
effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting
movement, or the effects of a skill like
Triangle Adept or Guard).
戦闘開始時、自分のHPが50%以上、または
自分が【不利な状態異常】を受けている時、
戦闘中、敵の攻撃、守備-5、かつ、敵の攻撃により
ダメージを受けた時、奥義発動カウント変動量+1
(同系統効果複数時、最大値適用)
(この効果は受けたダメージが0の場合も発動する)

【不利な状態異常】
「敵の次回行動終了まで」の効果全般
(弱化、移動制限、パニック、反撃不可、
相性激化、キャンセル等)
Heroes
(Deadly Balance+)
At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25% or
if【Penalty】is active on unit, inflicts
Atk/Spd/Def-5 on foe, inflicts Special cooldown
charge -1 on foe per attack (only highest value
applied; does not stack), and grants Special
cooldown charge +1 to unit per foe's attack
(only highest value applied; does not stack;
Special cooldown charge granted even if foe's
attack deals 0 damage) during combat, and
also, if Special triggers, neutralizes "reduces
damage by X%" effects from non-Special
skills (excluding area-of-effect Specials).
If Special triggers before or during combat,
grants Special cooldown count-2 to unit
after combat.

【Penalty】
All effects that last "on foe through its next
action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill
like Panic or Threaten and negative status
effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting
movement, or the effects of a skill like
Triangle Adept or Guard).
戦闘開始時、自分のHPが25%以上、または
自分が【不利な状態異常】を受けている時、
戦闘中、敵の攻撃、速さ、守備-5、
敵の奥義発動カウント変動量-1
(同系統効果複数時、最大値適用)、かつ
敵の攻撃によりダメージを受けた時、
自身の奥義発動カウント変動量+1
(同系統効果複数時、最大値適用)
(この効果は受けたダメージが0の場合も発動する)、
かつ、奥義発動時、奥義以外のスキルによる
「ダメージを◯◯%軽減」を無効
(範囲奥義を除く)

戦闘(または戦闘前)で奥義を発動した場合、
戦闘後、奥義発動カウント-2

【不利な状態異常】
「敵の次回行動終了まで」の効果全般
(弱化、移動制限、パニック、反撃不可、
相性激化、キャンセル等)

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language Name Definition, etymology, and notes
English

Deadly Balance

--

Japanese

死者の帳尻を

To Balance the Cohort of the Dead; the Japanese name uses similar wording to how Líf describes his deal with Hel: ヘルが言った、死者の数の帳尻を合わせよ "Hel told me to balance the cohort of the dead".

Spanish

Equilibrio mortal

Mortal balance

French

Équilibre mortel

Mortal balance

German

Tödliche Balance

Deadly Balance

Italian

Equilibrio funereo

Mournful balance

Portuguese

Equilíbrio mortal

Mortal balance

Traditional Chinese

填補死者的數量

Fill the number of the dead

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