Ethereal Breath

Ethereal Breath (Japanese: 異空のブレス Strange heavens' breath) is a weapon skill in the breath category which debuted in Fire Emblem Heroes; it is a personal weapon of Nagi. Ethereal Breath is a skill with a wide myriad of effects: it reduces the cooldown for the user's special skills, deals bonus damage to breath wielders, grants weapon triangle advantage against colorless foes, and reduces damage done to the user by non-Røkkr area-of-effect special skills.

Ethereal Breath The Ethereal Breath as it appears in Heroes.

Type Breath Wielder(s) Nagi First game Heroes

Stats

Game	Icon	Type	Might	Range	SP cost	Refine cost	Prerequisites	Unusable by	Inheritable	Other effects and notes
Heroes (refine: Unrefined)			16	1	400	--	Flametongue	--	✗	Grants −1 special cooldown count. Deals bonus damage to breath users. Grants weapon triangle advantage against colorless foes and inflicts weapon triangle disadvantage on colorless foes during combat. User takes −80% damage from area-of-effect special skills (excluding Røkkr specials). If foe's range = 2, attack deals damage based on lower of their defense or resistance.
Heroes (refine: +Effect)			16	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants −1 special cooldown count. Deals bonus damage to breath users. Grants weapon triangle advantage against colorless foes and inflicts weapon triangle disadvantage on colorless foes during combat. User takes −80% damage from area-of-effect special skills (excluding Røkkr specials). If user's HP ≥ 25% at start of combat, inflicts −5 each to foe's attack and resistance during combat, and restores 7 HP to user after combat where they deal damage (including dealing 0 damage). If foe's range = 2, attack deals damage based on lower of their defense or resistance. Grants +3 HP. If foe initiates combat or foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, inflicts −5 each to foe's attack and defense during combat, inflicts −⁠(highest total attack bonuses of foe and enemies within two spaces of foe × 50%) to foe's attack, grants +⁠(highest total attack bonuses of user and allies within two spaces of user × 50%) to user's attack, and restores 7 HP to user after combat.
Heroes (refine: +Atk)			18	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants −1 special cooldown count. Deals bonus damage to breath users. Grants weapon triangle advantage against colorless foes and inflicts weapon triangle disadvantage on colorless foes during combat. User takes −80% damage from area-of-effect special skills (excluding Røkkr specials). If user's HP ≥ 25% at start of combat, inflicts −5 each to foe's attack and resistance during combat, and restores 7 HP to user after combat where they deal damage (including dealing 0 damage). If foe's range = 2, attack deals damage based on lower of their defense or resistance. Grants +5 HP.
Heroes (refine: +Spd)			16	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants −1 special cooldown count. Deals bonus damage to breath users. Grants weapon triangle advantage against colorless foes and inflicts weapon triangle disadvantage on colorless foes during combat. User takes −80% damage from area-of-effect special skills (excluding Røkkr specials). If user's HP ≥ 25% at start of combat, inflicts −5 each to foe's attack and resistance during combat, and restores 7 HP to user after combat where they deal damage (including dealing 0 damage). If foe's range = 2, attack deals damage based on lower of their defense or resistance. Grants +5 HP and +3 speed.
Heroes (refine: +Def)			16	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants −1 special cooldown count. Deals bonus damage to breath users. Grants weapon triangle advantage against colorless foes and inflicts weapon triangle disadvantage on colorless foes during combat. User takes −80% damage from area-of-effect special skills (excluding Røkkr specials). If user's HP ≥ 25% at start of combat, inflicts −5 each to foe's attack and resistance during combat, and restores 7 HP to user after combat where they deal damage (including dealing 0 damage). If foe's range = 2, attack deals damage based on lower of their defense or resistance. Grants +5 HP and +4 defense.
Heroes (refine: +Res)			16	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants −1 special cooldown count. Deals bonus damage to breath users. Grants weapon triangle advantage against colorless foes and inflicts weapon triangle disadvantage on colorless foes during combat. User takes −80% damage from area-of-effect special skills (excluding Røkkr specials). If user's HP ≥ 25% at start of combat, inflicts −5 each to foe's attack and resistance during combat, and restores 7 HP to user after combat where they deal damage (including dealing 0 damage). If foe's range = 2, attack deals damage based on lower of their defense or resistance. Grants +5 HP and +4 resistance.

Availability

Heroes

Method	Data
Unit (★★★★★)	Nagi: Dragon Avatar

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Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Heroes (Unrefined)	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Effective against dragon foes. Grants weapon- triangle advantage against colorless foes, and inflicts weapon-triangle disadvantage on colorless foes during combat. Reduces damage from area-of-effect Specials by 80% (excluding Røkkr area-of-effect Specials). If foe's Range = 2, calculates damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res.	竜特効 受けた範囲奥義のダメージを８０％軽減 （巨影の範囲奥義を除く） 無属性の敵と戦闘時、 自分は３すくみ有利、敵は３すくみ不利となる 奥義が発動しやすい（発動カウント－１） 射程２の敵に、敵の守備か魔防の低い方でダメージ計算
Heroes (Refined)	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Effective against dragon foes. Grants weapon-triangle advantage against colorless foes, and inflicts weapon-triangle disadvantage on colorless foes during combat. Reduces damage from area-of-effect Specials (excluding Røkkr area-of-effect Specials) by 80%. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Atk/Res-5 on foe during combat and when unit deals damage to foe during combat, restores 7 HP to unit (triggers even if 0 damage is dealt). If foe's Range = 2, calculates damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res.	竜特効 射程２の敵に、敵の守備か魔防の低い方でダメージ計算 奥義が発動しやすい（発動カウント－１） 受けた範囲奥義のダメージを８０％軽減 （巨影の範囲奥義を除く） 無属性の敵と戦闘時、 自分は３すくみ有利、敵は３すくみ不利となる 戦闘開始時、自身のＨＰが２５％以上なら、 戦闘中、敵の攻撃、魔防－５、かつ 戦闘中、自分の攻撃でダメージを与えた時、 自分は、７回復 （与えたダメージが０でも効果は発動）
Heroes (Refined: +effect)	If foe initiates combat or foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, inflicts Atk/Res-5 on foe and neutralizes unit's penalties to Def/Res during combat, and also, if unit's Res > foe's Res, reduces damage from attacks during combat and from area-of-effect Specials (excluding Røkkr area-of-effect Specials) by percentage = difference between Res stats × 4 (max 40%).	敵から攻撃された時、または、 戦闘開始時、敵のＨＰが７５％以上の時、 戦闘中、敵の攻撃、魔防－５、 自身の守備、魔防の弱化を無効、かつ 魔防が敵より高い時、受けた範囲奥義のダメージと、 戦闘中に攻撃を受けた時のダメージを 魔防の差×４％軽減（最大４０％） （巨影の範囲奥義を除く）

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Ethereal Breath	--
Japanese	異空のブレス	Strange heavens' breath
Spanish (Spain)	Aliento etéreo	Ethereal breath
Spanish (Latin America)	Soplo etéreo	Ethereal breath
French	Souffle éthéré	Ethereal breath
German	Ätherischer Atem	Ethereal Breath
Italian	Soffio etereo	Ethereal breath
Portuguese	Sopro etéreo	Ethereal breath
Traditional Chinese	異空吐息	Strange sky breath

Gallery

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  The Ethereal Breath as it appears in Heroes.