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Desperation
- This article is about the skill. For the Path of Radiance trial map, see Desperation (Trial Map). For the Heroes Tactics Drill, see Skill Studies 5: Desperation.
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Desperation or Alacrity (Japanese: 攻め立て Incessant Attack) is a four-tiered passive type B skill which debuted in Fire Emblem Heroes; the individual tiers of the skill are known as Desperation 1, Desperation 2, Desperation 3, and Desperation 4 in order from lowest to highest. Units with a Desperation skill reorders any of their follow-up attacks to right after their initial attack provided their current HP is below a certain threshold; the maximum HP threshold needed for activation increases with the tier of the skill.
The skill was introduced to the main series in Three Houses, where it is an ability obtained by mastering the Cavalier class. It retains the same effect and use it had in Heroes. In Engage, Alacrity is gained by equipping Lyn's Emblem Ring, or by inheriting it from her. Similar to Heroes, the skill gains multiple variations. Its activation criteria is changed to be based on the user's speed relative to the enemy's, rather than based on the user's current HP, with the speed threshold needed lessening as the ability is upgraded. With Alacrity++, the final tier, the threshold is the same as the one for a follow-up attack.
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In the main Fire Emblem series
Game | Icon | Effect | Activation | Capacity | Notes |
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Three Houses | Reorders any follow-up attacks to take place right after the initial attack. | If user's HP ≤ 50% and user initiates combat | -- | -- | |
Engage (Alacrity) |
Reorders any follow-up attacks to take place right after the initial attack. | If (user's speed − foe's speed) ≥ 9 and user initiates combat | -- | Cost: 1,000 SP | |
Engage (Alacrity+) |
Reorders any follow-up attacks to take place right after the initial attack. | If (user's speed − foe's speed) ≥ 7 and user initiates combat | -- | Cost: 2,000 SP | |
Engage (Alacrity++) |
Reorders any follow-up attacks to take place right after the initial attack. | If (user's speed − foe's speed) ≥ 5 and user initiates combat | -- | Cost: 3,000 SP |
In other Fire Emblem series titles
Game | Icon | Type | Effect | SP cost | Prerequisites | Unusable by | Inheritable | Other effects and notes |
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Heroes (Desperation 1) |
B | If user's HP ≤ 25% and user initiates combat, user makes follow-up attack before foe's counterattack. | 50 | -- | -- | ✓ | -- | |
Heroes (Desperation 2) |
B | If user's HP ≤ 50% and user initiates combat, user makes follow-up attack before foe's counterattack. | 100 | Desperation 1 | -- | ✓ | -- | |
Heroes (Desperation 3) |
B | If user's HP ≤ 75% and user initiates combat, user makes follow-up attack before foe's counterattack. | 200 | Desperation 2 | -- | ✓ | -- | |
Heroes (Desperation 4) |
B | Inflicts −4 speed to foe during combat. If user's HP ≤ 99% at start of combat or number of spaces between user's start and end positions ≥ 2, and if user initiates combat, user makes follow-up attacks before foe's counterattack. |
300 | Desperation 3 | -- | ✓ | -- |
Game | Icon | Effect | Activation | Capacity | Notes |
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Warriors: Three Hopes | Strong attacks break enemy's guard. | If user's HP ≤ 50% | -- | -- |
Availability
Three Houses
Class mastery | Cavalier (100 class Exp required) |
Engage
Alacrity
Emblem Rings | Lyn (bond level 1) |
Alacrity+
Emblem Rings | Lyn (bond level 13) |
Alacrity++
Emblem Rings | Lyn (bond level 18) |
Heroes
Warriors: Three Hopes
Class mastery (★) | Cavalier: Annette • Balthus • Bernadetta • Catherine • Constance • Dedue • Dimitri • Felix • Flayn • Hapi • Linhardt • Lorenz • Marianne • Mercedes • Petra • Raphael • Rodrigue • Shez • Sylvain • Yuri |
Flavor text
Game | Text (English) |
Text (Japanese) |
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Three Houses | If unit initiates combat with HP ≤ 50%,
unit's follow-up attack (if possible) occurs before foe's counterattack. |
HPが50%以下で攻撃した時、
敵の反撃より先に追撃する (追撃発生時のみ) |
Engage (Alacrity) |
If unit initiates combat with a Spd
advantage of 9 or more, unit's follow-up (if possible) occurs before foe can counterattack. |
自分から攻撃した時に、追撃が発生する場合
かつ、速さが相手より9以上高い場合 相手の反撃より前に追撃を行う |
Engage (Alacrity+) |
If unit initiates combat with a Spd
advantage of 7 or more, unit's follow-up (if possible) occurs before foe can counterattack. |
自分から攻撃した時に、追撃が発生する場合
かつ、速さが相手より7以上高い場合 相手の反撃より前に追撃を行う |
Engage (Alacrity++) |
If unit initiates combat with a Spd
advantage of 5 or more, unit's follow-up (if possible) occurs before foe can counterattack. |
自分から攻撃した時に、追撃が発生する場合
かつ、速さが相手より5以上高い場合 相手の反撃より前に追撃を行う |
Heroes (Desperation 1) |
If unit’s HP ≤ 25% and unit initiates combat, unit
can make a follow-up attack before foe can counterattack. |
自分のHPが25%以下で、自分から攻撃した時、
追撃可能なら自分の攻撃の直後に追撃を行う |
Heroes (Desperation 2) |
If unit’s HP ≤ 50% and unit initiates combat, unit
can make a follow-up attack before foe can counterattack. |
自分のHPが50%以下で、自分から攻撃した時、
追撃可能なら自分の攻撃の直後に追撃を行う |
Heroes (Desperation 3) |
If unit’s HP ≤ 75% and unit initiates combat, unit
can make a follow-up attack before foe can counterattack. |
自分のHPが75%以下で、自分から攻撃した時、
追撃可能なら自分の攻撃の直後に追撃を行う |
Heroes (Desperation 4) |
Inflicts Spd-4 on foe during combat. At start
of combat, if unit's HP ≤ 99% and unit initiates combat, or number of spaces from unit's start position to end position ≥ 2 and unit initiates combat, unit can make a follow-up attack before foe can counterattack. |
戦闘中、敵の速さ-4
戦闘開始時、自身のHPが99%以下で、 自分から攻撃した時、 または、 移動前と移動後のマスの距離が2以上で、 自分から攻撃した時、 戦闘中、追撃可能なら自分の攻撃の直後に追撃を行う |
Warriors: Three Hopes | When HP is at 50% or below: strong attacks
will break an enemy's guard. |
HP50%以下の時、強攻撃で敵のガードを崩せるようになる
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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 |
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Japanese |
攻め立て |
Incessant Attack |
Spanish |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Portuguese |
Desespero |
Despair |
Korean |
연속 공격 |
Sequence attack |
Simplified Chinese |
强攻 |
Powerful attack |
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See also
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