Lethality

Lethality Icon of the Lethality skill in Radiant Dawn. Fell an enemy in one hit. Trigger % = (Skill stat ÷ 4)

Type(s) Class (Mastery) Capacity 20 (in Path of Radiance) 30 (in Radiant Dawn) Game(s) Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade The Sacred Stones Path of Radiance Radiant Dawn Awakening Fates

Lethality, formerly Silencer, (Japanese: 瞬殺 Instant Kill, or 滅殺 Annihilator) is an offensive skill which debuted in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade despite a defined skill system not existing, before first appearing as a proper defined skill in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. In all of its appearances save Fates (where it is instead associated with Master Ninjas), it is the defining trait of the Assassin class; when activated, it instantly kills the enemy, independent of all other factors.

Data

In the main Fire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade	--	Instantly defeats the enemy.	(Critical rate/2)%	--	Activation rate halved against bosses; nullified against the dragon. For further mechanics, see here.
The Sacred Stones	--	Instantly defeats the enemy.	(Critical rate/2)%	--	Activation rate halved against bosses; nullified against Fomortiis. For further mechanics, see here.
Path of Radiance		Instantly defeats the enemy.	(Critical rate/2)%	20	Nullified against bosses. For further mechanics, see here.
Radiant Dawn		Instantly defeats the enemy.	(Skill/2)%	30	Nullified against bosses. For further mechanics, see here.
Awakening		Instantly defeats the enemy.	(Skill/4)%	--	Nullified against Dragonskin. For further mechanics, see here.

In other Fire Emblem series titles

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes

Availability

Fire Emblem

Units (As a class skill)	Jaffar
Classes	Assassin

The Sacred Stones

Classes

Assassin

Path of Radiance

Classes (Occult)

Assassin

Radiant Dawn

Units (As a class skill)	Volke
Classes	Assassin

Awakening

Units	Jaffar
Classes	Assassin (Learned at Level 5)

Fates

Classes

Master Ninja (Learned from Level 5 and up)

Warriors

Learned	Niles (requires Niles's Hood ×3)
Borrowed	Requires ×1 each of Niles's Essence and Niles's Eye Patch

Trivia

• In Fire Emblem and The Sacred Stones, Lethality's animation is identical to that of a standard Assassin critical hit, differentiated only by the user's sprite vibrating briefly when it activates, and the screen being dominated by bright red/purple flashes when the Lethality attack connects with the target.
• In the Japanese version of The Sacred Stones the flash is identical to its appearance in Fire Emblem, being red. For unknown reasons the localizations changed the flash's color to purple.
• The Path of Radiance version of Lethality is currently the only one which, when its attack lands, does not completely block out the entire screen with its flash.
• The skill Bane in Radiant Dawn shares both the name and the icon of Path of Radiance Lethality in the Japanese version. In international versions, it only shares its icon.

Gallery

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  Jaffar activating Lethality in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade.

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  Joshua activating Silencer in The Sacred Stones.

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  Volke activating Lethality (start-up flash) in Path of Radiance.

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  Volke activating Lethality (attack) in Path of Radiance.

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  Volke activating Lethality (start-up flash) in Radiant Dawn.

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  Volke activating Lethality (attack) in Radiant Dawn.

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  Gaius activating Lethality in Awakening.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	• Silencer • Lethality	• This name is used only in The Sacred Stones. • This name is used in all games from Path of Radiance onward.
Spanish	Letalidad	Lethality
French	Meurtrier	Murderer
German	Exitus	Latin: departure, figuratively used to refer to death.
Italian	Flagello	Scourge

See also

• Bane