Distant Defense

Distant Defense Icon of the Distant Def 1 skill in Heroes. If foe initiates combat and uses bow, dagger, magic, or staff, grants Def/Res+2 during combat.

Type(s) Passive (Type A) Game(s) Heroes

Distant Def (Japanese: 遠距離防御 Long Distance Protection) is a four-tiered passive type A skill which debuted in Fire Emblem Heroes; the individual tiers of the skill are known as Distant Def 1, Distant Def 2, Distant Def 3, and Distant Def 4 in order from lowest to highest. Units with a Distant Def boost their Defense and, contrary to what the skill's name implies, Resistance when on the defending side of an attack initiated by the wielder of a bow, dagger, red tome, blue tome, green tome, or staff skill; the size of the boosts increases with the skill's tier.

Data

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Heroes (Distant Def 1)		Boosts user's Defense and Resistance by +2 each when attacked by a bow, dagger, red tome, blue tome, green tome, or staff.	--	--	Cost: 60 SP
Heroes (Distant Def 2)		Boosts user's Defense and Resistance by +4 each when attacked by a bow, dagger, red tome, blue tome, green tome, or staff.	--	--	Cost: 120 SP
Heroes (Distant Def 3)		Boosts user's Defense and Resistance by +6 each when attacked by a bow, dagger, red tome, blue tome, green tome, or staff.	--	--	Cost: 240 SP
Heroes (Distant Def 4)		Boosts user's Defense and Resistance by +8 each when attacked by a bow, dagger, red tome, blue tome, green tome, or staff, and also neutralizes any bonuses on target during combat.	--	--	Cost: 300 SP

Availability

Heroes

Distant Def 1

Units	Ashnard: Mad King • Caineghis: Gallia's Lion King • Celica: Caring Princess • Garon: King of Nohr • Henriette: Overflowing Love • Leo: Extra Tomatoes • Micaiah: Priestess of Dawn • Olivia: Festival Dancer • Rhajat: Black Magician (Rarity requirements vary per character)
Tempest Trials Mini	September 2017: 20,000 points
Sacred Seal Forge (Creation)	Requires 100 regular Azure Badges, 20 Great Azure Badges, and 40 Sacred Coins.

Distant Def 2

Units	Ashnard: Mad King • Caineghis: Gallia's Lion King • Celica: Caring Princess • Garon: King of Nohr • Henriette: Overflowing Love • Leo: Extra Tomatoes • Micaiah: Priestess of Dawn • Olivia: Festival Dancer • Rhajat: Black Magician (Rarity requirements vary per character)
Sacred Seal Forge (Enhancement)	Requires 200 regular Azure Badges, 60 Great Azure Badges, 50 Sacred Coins, and the Distant Def 1 seal.

Distant Def 3

Units	Ashnard: Mad King • Caineghis: Gallia's Lion King • Celica: Caring Princess • Garon: King of Nohr • Henriette: Overflowing Love • Leo: Extra Tomatoes • Micaiah: Priestess of Dawn • Olivia: Festival Dancer • Rhajat: Black Magician (Rarity requirements vary per character)
Sacred Seal Forge (Enhancement)	Requires 400 regular Azure Badges, 1,000 Great Azure Badges, 100 Sacred Coins, and the Distant Def 2 seal

Distant Def 4

Units

Caineghis: Gallia's Lion King • Henriette: Overflowing Love

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Distant Defense	Abbreviated as Distant Def.
Spanish	Defensa a distancia	Distant defense; abbreviated as Def a distancia in the European localization, and as Def. a distancia in the Latin American localization.
French	Défense à distance	Remote Defense; abbreviated as Déf à distance.
German	Fernverteidigung	Remote Defense; abbreviated as Fernver.
Italian	Difesa Distante	Distant Defense
Portuguese (Brazil)	Defesa distante	Distant defense; abbreviated as Def. distante.
Traditional Chinese	遠距離防禦	Long-distance defense

See also

• Guard Bow