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Death Blow
- This article is about the skill from Fates and Heroes. For the skill from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, see Death Blow (Echoes).
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Death Blow (Japanese: 鬼神の一撃 Oni-god's Strike) is a skill which debuted in Fire Emblem Fates. Associated with the Oni Chieftain class, it increases the user's critical rate considerably whenever its user initiates a battle.
In Fates, it is a class skill associated with the Oni Chieftain class; in Heroes, it is a three-tiered type A passive skill (whose individiual tiers are known as Death Blow 1, Death Blow 2, and Death Blow 3 in order from lowest to highest). In Fates, Death Blow is a skill increases the user's critical rate considerably whenever its user initiates a battle; in Heroes, the skill instead boosts the user's attack stat when initiating combat, with the bonus size increasing with the skill's tier.
Data
Game | Icon | Effect | Activation | Capacity | Notes |
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Fates | File:Is 3ds death blow.png | +20 critical rate when activated. | 100%, if user initiates the attack | -- | -- |
Heroes (Death Blow 1) |
+2 Attack when activated. | 100%, if user initiates the attack | -- | -- | |
Heroes (Death Blow 2) |
+4 Attack when activated. | 100%, if user initiates the attack | -- | -- |
Availability
Fates
Classes | Oni Chieftain (Learned from Level 5 and up) |
Heroes
Units | Alfonse • Effie • Hawkeye • Ursula (50 SP) |
Other appearances
TCG Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)
Death Blow is present as a skill on one card in Fire Emblem Cipher: B02-035HN Aloof Flame, Rinkah. It always gives Rinkah a +20 attack power bonus during her player's turn, which is temporarily doubled to +40 on the same turn that a base Rinkah changes class into this card.
Trivia
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Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
English |
Death Blow |
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English (unofficial) |
Ogre Strike |
Popularly known by this name prior to the English release. |
Spanish |
Muerte inminente |
Imminent death |
French |
Coup fatal |
Death blow |
German |
Voll ins Schwarze |
Bullseye (literally, "fully into the black") |
Italian |
Colpo mortale |
Death blow |