Savage Blow

Not to be confused with the similarly-named Salvage Blow.

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Savage Blow Icon of the Savage Blow skill in Fates. Foes within two spaces lose up to 20% HP after any combat this unit initiates.

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

Savage Blow (Japanese: 死の吐息 Deadly Breath) is a combat skill which debuted in Fire Emblem Fates. In Fates, it is a class skill learned by members of the Malig Knight class; in Heroes, it is a three-tiered type C passive skill (whose individiual tiers are known as Savage Blow 1, Savage Blow 2, and Savage Blow 3 in order from lowest to highest). It allows its user to deal sizable damage to all enemies within their vicinity after an attack, if they are the ones who initiated that attack; in Heroes, the damage dealt increases with the skill's tier.

Data

In the main Fire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes

In other Fire Emblem series titles

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Heroes (Savage Blow 1)		Deals 3 HP damage to all enemies within a two-tile radius of the user at the end of an attack.	If user initiates combat	--	Cost: 50 SP
Heroes (Savage Blow 2)		Deals 5 HP damage to all enemies within a two-tile radius of the user at the end of an attack.	If user initiates combat	--	Cost: 100 SP

Availability

Fates

Units	Daniela (all difficulties)
Classes	Malig Knight (Learned from Level 5 and up)

Heroes

Savage Blow 1

Units	Bantu: Tiki's Guardian • Camilla: Bewitching Beauty • Leo: Sorcerous Prince • Narcian: Wyvern General • Rhajat: Black Magician (Rarity requirements vary per character)
Tempest Trials	November 2017: 12,000 points
Sacred Seal Forge (Creation)	Requires 100 regular Transparent Badges, 20 Great Transparent Badges, and 20 Sacred Coins.

Savage Blow 2

Units	Bantu: Tiki's Guardian • Camilla: Bewitching Beauty • Leo: Sorcerous Prince • Narcian: Wyvern General • Rhajat: Black Magician (Rarity requirements vary per character)
Sacred Seal Forge (Enhancement)	Requires 200 regular Transparent Badges, 60 Great Transparent Badges, 50 Sacred Coins, and the Savage Blow 1 seal.

Savage Blow 3

Units	Bantu: Tiki's Guardian • Camilla: Bewitching Beauty • Leo: Sorcerous Prince • Narcian: Wyvern General • Rhajat: Black Magician (Rarity requirements vary per character)
Sacred Seal Forge (Enhancement)	Requires 400 regular Transparent Badges, 1,000 Great Transparent Badges, 100 Sacred Coins, and the Savage Blow 2 seal

Trivia

• Based on its Japanese name and icon, Savage Blow is the first time in the Fire Emblem series that tamed wyvern mounts have used their breath to attack like they do in the wild.
• Savage Blow was the only type C passive skill in Heroes that did not debut in that game to be present in the game at its initial launch, and would remain the only type-C passive that did not originate in Heroes for nearly two years until Glare (Radiant Dawn in origin) was added to the game in the Countdown update.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Savage Blow
Spanish	Arrebato brutal	Brutal rage
French	Coup sauvage	Wild blow
German	Wilder Hieb	Wild Blow
Italian	Colpo selvaggio	Wild blow

See also

• Fearsome Blow