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Pavise
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- This article is about the skill known as Cancel in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. For the skill known as Cancel in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, see Cancel.
Pavise (Japanese: 大盾 Great Shield), previously known as Great Shield and Cancel, is a combat skill debuting in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. In most appearances, when activated, it protects the user from a single attack by reducing or - prior to Awakening - completely nullifying the damage that would have been inflicted on them by that attack. The skill's activation rate has widely varied from game to game, as has its availability, but it is most commonly available to Generals and members of other advanced armored classes. Awakening and Fates have split its functionality in two and restrict Pavise to working only against physical attacks, while a new skill, Aegis, offers the same protection against magical and bow attacks; Echoes: Shadows of Valentia also splits its functionality with another skill, Earth's Kiss in this case, with Pavise reducing physical damage and Earth's Blessing applying to magical damage.
In Genealogy of the Holy War, Thracia 776, The Sacred Stones, Awakening, and Fates, Pavise is a class skill belonging to Generals and similar classes, and in Path of Radiance, Cancel is the mastery skill of the Hawk laguz. In Radiant Dawn, Pavise is a personal skill which can be equipped to any unit, while in Echoes, it is an item skill associated with the Duma's Shield and Sage's Shield.
Data
Game | Icon | Effect | Activation | Capacity | Notes |
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Genealogy of the Holy War | It nullifies damage dealt by the enemy. | (User's level)% | -- | - | |
Thracia 776 | It nullifies damage dealt by the enemy. | (User's level)% | -- | -- | |
The Sacred Stones | -- | It nullifies damage dealt by the enemy. | (Enemy's level)% | -- | -- |
Path of Radiance | It nullifies damage dealt by the enemy. | (Skill)% | 20 | -- | |
Radiant Dawn | It nullifies damage dealt by the enemy. | (Skill)% | 20 | -- | |
Awakening | File:Is 3ds pavise.png | It halves the damage dealt by enemy attacks using swords, lances, axes, Beaststones, Blighted Claws and Blighted Talons. | (Skill)% | -- | Will not activate against a Dual Strike. |
Fates | File:Is 3ds pavise.png | It halves the damage dealt by enemy attacks using swords, lances, axes, Beaststones, monster attacks, and automaton attacks. | (Skill)% | -- | Will not activate against a Dual Strike. |
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia | It halves the damage dealt by physical strikes. | Command (Cost: 4 HP) |
-- | Requires 20 SP to learn. |
Availability
Genealogy of the Holy War
Units (As a class skill) | Hannibal After promotion: Arden |
Classes | General • Baron • Emperor |
Thracia 776
Units (As a personal skill) | Xavier |
Classes | Baron |
The Sacred Stones
Units (As a class skill) | After promotion: Amelia • Gilliam |
Classes | General |
Path of Radiance
Units (As a class skill) | Tibarn |
Classes (Occult) | Hawk |
Radiant Dawn
Units | Tibarn |
Items | Pavise |
Awakening
Units | Arvis • Black Knight • Hardin • Hector • Raydrik • Zephiel |
Classes | General (Learned at Level 15) |
Fates
Classes | General (Learned from Level 15 and up) |
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Items | Duma's Shield • Sage's Shield |
Heroes
Units | Arden • Draug • Hector • Hinata |
Trivia
- Pavise has appeared in all eight games in the core Fire Emblem series to feature a defined skill system and, as the only defined skill to appear in The Sacred Stones that didn't debut in that game, is the only skill with this distinction.
- In The Sacred Stones, Great Shield will never activate if the enemy is attacking with a poison weapon (Toxin Lance, Poison Sword). This was implemented to prevent special effects conflicts with the purple glow used by poisoned units and the yellow glow produced by Great Shield.
Gallery
Hannibal activating Pavise in Genealogy of the Holy War.
Gilliam activating Great Shield in The Sacred Stones.
Janaff activating Cancel in Path of Radiance.
Meg activating Pavise in Radiant Dawn.
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
English |
• Great Shield |
• This name is used only in The Sacred Stones. |
English (unofficial) |
Big Shield |
Used in the Thracia 776 fan translation patch. |
Spanish |
• Pavés |
• Pavise |
French |
• Protection |
• Protection |
German |
• Pavise |
• As above. |
Italian |
• Ultradifesa |
• Ultra-defense |