Distant Guard

Distant Guard Icon of the Distant Guard 1 skill in Heroes. Allies within 2 spaces gain: "If foe uses bow, dagger, magic, or staff, grants Def/Res+2/3/4 during combat."

Type(s) Passive (Type C) Game(s) Heroes

Distant Guard (Japanese: 救援の行路 Rescue Path) is a three-tiered passive type C skill which debuted in Fire Emblem Heroes; the individual tiers of the skill are known as Distant Guard 1, Distant Guard 2, and Distant Guard 3 in order from lowest to highest. Units with a Distant Guard skill allows their wielders' nearby allies to get boosts to their defensive skills during combat when fighting users of ranged-attacking skills; the size of the allies' boosts increase with the skill's tier.

Data

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Heroes (Distant Guard 1)		Allies within two spaces of user get +2 boosts each to Defense and Resistance when fighting enemies wielding any color of bow, dagger, red tome, blue tome, green tome, or staff skills.	--	--	Cost: 60 SP
Heroes (Distant Guard 2)		Allies within two spaces of user get +3 boosts each to Defense and Resistance when fighting enemies wielding any color of bow, dagger, red tome, blue tome, green tome, or staff skills.	--	--	Cost: 120 SP

Availability

Heroes

Units

Berkut: Debonair Noble • Caineghis: Gallia's Lion King • Kronya: Gleaming Blade • Laegjarn: Sheathed Steel • Lucina: Glorious Archer • Lyn: Lady of the Beach (Rarity requirements vary per character)

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Distant Guard 1 Distant Guard 2 Distant Guard 3	--

Gallery

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  Icon of the Distant Guard 1 skill in Heroes.

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  Icon of the Distant Guard 2 skill in Heroes.

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  Icon of the Distant Guard 3 skill in Heroes.

See also

• Close Guard
• Distant Defense