Heavy Blade
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Heavy Blade (Japanese: 剛剣 Tough Sword) is a skill which debuted in Fire Emblem Fates. In Fates, it is a bonus class skill associated with the Vanguard class; in Heroes, it is a four-tiered type A passive skill (whose individiual tiers are known as Heavy Blade 1, Heavy Blade 2, Heavy Blade 3, and Heavy Blade 4 in order from lowest to highest). In Fates, Heavy Blade is a skill that grants a sizable boost to the user's Strength at the slight cost of a point of Speed; in Heroes, the skill accelerates the cooldown for special skills if the user's Attack is higher than the target's, the necessary gap in Attack stats decreases with the skill's tier up to the third tier, with the fourth tier adding a boost to its user's damage.
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In the main Fire Emblem series
| Game | Icon | Effect | Activation | Capacity | Notes |
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In other Fire Emblem series titles
| Game | Icon | Effect | Activation | Capacity | Notes |
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| Heroes (Heavy Blade 1) |
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The user's special cooldown counter goes down by 2 instead of 1 during battle if user's Attack is 5 points higher than target's. | -- | -- | Cost: 60 SP |
| Heroes (Heavy Blade 2) |
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The user's special cooldown counter goes down by 2 instead of 1 during battle if user's Attack is 3 points higher than target's. | -- | -- | Cost: 120 SP |
| Heroes (Heavy Blade 3) |
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The user's special cooldown counter goes down by 2 instead of 1 during battle if user's Attack is higher than target's. | -- | -- | Cost: 240 SP |
Availability
Fates
| Units | amiibo interaction: Ike |
| Classes | Vanguard (Learned from level 1 or higher) |
| Items | Heavy Blade |
Heroes
Heavy Blade 1
| Units | Ephraim: Dynastic Duo • Ike: Young Mercenary • Jamke: Prince of Verdane • Tibarn: Shipless Pirate (Rarity requirements vary per character) |
| Tempest Trials | December 2017: 40,000 points |
| Sacred Seal Forge (Creation) | Requires 100 regular Scarlet Badges, 20 Great Scarlet Badges, and 40 Sacred Coins. |
Heavy Blade 2
| Units | Ephraim: Dynastic Duo • Ike: Young Mercenary • Jamke: Prince of Verdane • Tibarn: Shipless Pirate (Rarity requirements vary per character) |
| Sacred Seal Forge (Enhancement) | Requires 200 regular Scarlet Badges, 60 Great Scarlet Badges, 50 Sacred Coins, and the Heavy Blade 1 seal. |
Heavy Blade 3
| Units | Ephraim: Dynastic Duo • Ike: Young Mercenary • Jamke: Prince of Verdane • Tibarn: Shipless Pirate (Rarity requirements vary per character) |
| Sacred Seal Forge (Enhancement) | Requires 400 regular Scarlet Badges, 1,000 Great Scarlet Badges, 100 Sacred Coins, and the Heavy Blade 2 seal |
Heavy Blade 4
| Units | Ephraim: Dynastic Duo • Tibarn: Shipless Pirate |
Flavor text
Trivia
- In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, "Heavy Blade" is the name of one of the variants of Marth's side special, Dancing Blade.
Etymology and other languages
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| Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
| English |
Heavy Blade |
Due to the skills association with Ike, its name my be referring to his swordsmanship style, which contains a lot of strong, "heavy" attacks. |
| Spanish |
Sable pesado |
Heavy Saber |
| French |
Lame lourde |
Heavy Blade |
| German |
Schwere Klinge |
Heavy Blade |
| Italian |
Lame grevi |
Heavy Blade |
