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''This article is about the [[skills|skill]] called "Sword Slayer" in Japanese. For the sword and axe bearing this name in English, see [[Swordslayer (weapon)]].  For the sword which grants this skill to its wielder, see [[Superior Edge]].''
:''For the sword/axe with a similar name, see '''[[Swordslayer (weapon)]]'''.  For the sword which grants this skill to its wielder, see '''[[Superior Edge]]'''.''
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{{Skill Infobox
{{Skill Infobox
|name=Swordbreaker
|name=Swordbreaker
|image=[[File:Is 3ds swordbreaker.png]]
|image=[[File:Is feh swordbreaker 1.png]]
|caption=Icon of the Swordbreaker skill in {{title|Awakening}} and {{title|Fates}}.
|caption=Icon of the Swordbreaker 1 skill in {{title|Heroes}}.
|help_text=Grants Hit/{{hover|Avo|Avoid}} +50 if the enemy is using a [[sword]].
|help_text=If unit's HP ≥ 90% in combat against a sword user, unit makes a follow-up attack and foe cannot.  
|type=Class <small>(''Awakening'' and ''Fates'')</small><br>Passive (Type B) <small>(''Heroes'')</small>
|type=
*Class <small>(''Awakening'', ''Fates'')</small>
*Passive (Type B) <small>(''Heroes'')</small>
|games=
|games=
*{{title|Awakening}}
*{{title|Awakening}}
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'''Swordbreaker''' ({{hover|剣殺し|Kenkoroshi}} ''Sword Slayer'') is a [[skills|skill]] which debuted in {{FE13}}.  In ''Awakening'' and ''Fates'', it is a class skill associated with the [[Wyvern Lord]] class which boosts the bearer's [[Hit]] and [[Avoid]] by 50 when in battle against an enemy who wields a [[sword]]; in {{title|Heroes}}, it is a three-tiered type B passive skill (whose individiual tiers are known as '''Swordbreaker 1''', '''Swordbreaker 2''', and '''Swordbreaker 3''' in order from lowest to highest), and is a skill that, when fighting the user of a [[sword]] skill while this skill's user's own HP is at a certain threshold or higher, allow this skill's user to automatically make a follow-up attack and the sword skill's user cannot; the percentage of total HP required to activate the skill decreases with the skill's tier.
'''Swordbreaker''' (Japanese: {{hover|剣殺し|Kengoroshi}} ''Sword Slayer'') is a [[skills|skill]] which debuted in {{FE13}}.  It gives its user enormous advantages when fighting an enemy who is wielding a [[knife|dagger]] or [[shuriken]]. In ''Fates'', where it a class skill learned by [[Wyvern Lord]]s, it provides enormous boosts to its user's [[hit rate]] and [[avoid]] when fighting these weapons.
In {{title|Heroes}}, it is a type B passive skill split into three levels, in order from lowest to highest: '''Swordbreaker 1''', '''Swordbreaker 2''', and '''Swordbreaker 3'''.  Units with a Swordbreaker skill will, when fighting the user of a sword skill while this skill's user's own HP is at a certain threshold or higher, automatically make a double-attack and prevent the sword skill's user from doing so themselves. The minimum amount of current HP required to activate the skill decreases with each level.


==Data==
==Data==
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|game1={{title|Awakening}}
|game1={{title|Awakening}}
|sprite1=[[File:Is 3ds swordbreaker.png]]
|sprite1=[[File:Is 3ds swordbreaker.png]]
|effect1=[[Hit]] and [[Avoid]] +50 when fighting an enemy equipped with a [[sword]].
|effect1=+50 [[hit]] and [[avoid]] when activated.
|active1=--
|active1=100%, if the target has a [[sword]] equipped
|capacity1=--
|capacity1=--
|notes1=--
|notes1=--
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|game2={{title|Fates}}
|game2={{title|Fates}}
|sprite2=[[File:Is 3ds swordbreaker.png]]
|sprite2=[[File:Is 3ds swordbreaker.png]]
|effect2=[[Hit]] and [[Avoid]] +50 when fighting an enemy equipped with a [[sword]].
|effect2=+50 [[hit]] and [[avoid]] when activated.
|active2=--
|active2=100%, if the target has a [[sword]] or [[katana]] equipped
|capacity2=--
|capacity2=--
|notes2=--
|notes2=--
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|game3={{title|Heroes}}<br/>(Swordbreaker 1)
|game3={{title|Heroes}}<br/>(Swordbreaker 1)
|sprite3=[[File:Is feh swordbreaker 1.png|20px]]
|sprite3=[[File:Is feh swordbreaker 1.png|20px]]
|effect3=If target has a [[sword]] skill equipped, unit automatically performs a follow-up attack and target cannot perform a follow-up attack if unit's own [[Hit point|HP]] is at 90% or above.
|effect3=Guarantees that the user will perform a [[Attack speed|double-attack]], and nullifies the target's ability to double-attack, when activated.
|active3=--
|active3=100%, if [[Hit point|HP]] is at or above 90% and if the target has a [[sword]] skill equipped
|capacity3=--
|capacity3=--
|notes3=Cost:  50 SP<br>Overrides enemy's skills that prevent follow up attacks, such as [[Wary Fighter]].
|notes3=Cost:  50 SP<br>If used against another breaker skill, they cancel each other out. Overrides enemy skills that prevent double-attacks (e.g. [[Wary Fighter]]). Does not nullify [[Quick Riposte]]/[[Brash Assault]]-induced double-attacks.
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|-
|game4={{title|Heroes}}<br/>(Swordbreaker 2)
|game4={{title|Heroes}}<br/>(Swordbreaker 2)
|sprite4=[[File:Is feh swordbreaker 2.png|20px]]
|sprite4=[[File:Is feh swordbreaker 2.png|20px]]
|effect4=If target has a [[sword]] skill equipped, unit automatically performs a follow-up attack and target cannot perform a follow-up attack if unit's own [[Hit point|HP]] is at 70% or above.
|effect4=Guarantees that the user will perform a [[Attack speed|double-attack]], and nullifies the target's ability to double-attack, when activated.
|active4=--
|active4=100%, if [[Hit point|HP]] is at or above 70% and if the target has a [[sword]] skill equipped
|capacity4=--
|capacity4=--
|notes4=Cost:  100 SP<br>Overrides enemy's skills that prevent follow up attacks, such as [[Wary Fighter]].
|notes4=Cost:  100 SP<br>If used against another breaker skill, they cancel each other out. Overrides enemy skills that prevent double-attacks (e.g. [[Wary Fighter]]). Does not nullify [[Quick Riposte]]/[[Brash Assault]]-induced double-attacks.
|-
|-
|gameo={{title|Heroes}}<br/>(Swordbreaker 3)
|gameo={{title|Heroes}}<br/>(Swordbreaker 3)
|spriteo=[[File:Is feh swordbreaker 3.png|20px]]
|spriteo=[[File:Is feh swordbreaker 3.png|20px]]
|effecto=If target has a [[sword]] skill equipped, unit automatically performs a follow-up attack and target cannot perform a follow-up attack if unit's own [[Hit point|HP]] is at 50% or above.
|effecto=Guarantees that the user will perform a [[Attack speed|double-attack]], and nullifies the target's ability to double-attack, when activated.
|activeo=--
|activeo=100%, if [[Hit point|HP]] is at or above 50% and if the target has a [[sword]] skill equipped
|capacityo=--
|capacityo=--
|noteso=Cost:  200 SP<br>Overrides enemy's skills that prevent follow up attacks, such as [[Wary Fighter]].
|noteso=Cost:  200 SP<br>If used against another breaker skill, they cancel each other out. Overrides enemy skills that prevent double-attacks (e.g. [[Wary Fighter]]). Does not nullify [[Quick Riposte]]/[[Brash Assault]]-induced double-attacks.
}}
}}


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|data1=[[Ashnard]] • [[Legion]] • [[Narcian]] • [[Priam]] • [[Travant]]
|data1=[[Ashnard]] • [[Legion]] • [[Narcian]] • [[Priam]] • [[Travant]]
|method2=Classes
|method2=Classes
|data2=[[Wyvern Lord]] <small>(Learned at level 15)
|data2=[[Wyvern Lord]] <small>(Learned at Level 15)
|methodlast=Items
|methodlast=Items
|datalast=[[Superior Edge]]}}
|datalast=[[Superior Edge]]}}
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{{ItemLoc1
{{ItemLoc1
|method=Classes
|method=Classes
|data=[[Wyvern Lord]] <small>(Learned from level 15 and up)
|data=[[Wyvern Lord]] <small>(Learned from Level 15 and up)
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{{ItemLoc1
{{ItemLoc1
|method=Units
|method=Units
|data=Unknown
|data=[[Abel]] ({{star|4}}) • [[Ike]] ({{star|5}}) • [[Sully]] ({{star|5}})
}}
}}
==Other appearances==
===''Fire Emblem Cipher''===
Swordbreaker is present as a skill on one card in {{TCGCipher}}: ''[[Gerome#Fire Emblem Cipher|B01-089HN Soaring Black Wing, Gerome]]''. It gives Gerome a +20 increase to his attack power whenever he is involved in combat against a sword-affinity unit.


==Trivia==
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
==Etymology and other languages==
==Etymology and other languages==
{{Names
{{Names
|eng-name=Swordbreaker
|eng-name=Swordbreaker
|eng-fan-name=Sword Slayer
|eng-mean=A [[wikipedia:Parrying dagger#Swordbreaker|swordbreaker]] is a type of defensive dagger used by swordfighters from the late Middle Ages onward, generally wielded in a fighter's off-hand while their dominant hand wields a sword. One edge of its blade forms a set of deep, comb-like teeth designed to catch and trap an opponent's sword when parrying. In ''Awakening'', the [[Superior Edge]] - which grants the Swordbreaker skill - has a set of teeth identical to those of a historical swordbreaker.
|eng-fan-mean=Popularly known by this name before the English release.  
|jap-name={{hover|剣殺し|Kengoroshi}}
|jap-name={{hover|剣殺し|Kenkoroshi}}
|jap-mean=Sword Slayer
|jap-mean=Sword Slayer
|span-name=Partesables
|span-sp-name=Partesables
|span-sp-mean=Blade-splitter
|span-la-name=Antiespadas
|span-la-mean=Anti-swords
|fren-name=Anti-épée
|fren-name=Anti-épée
|fren-mean=Anti-sword
|ger-name=Schwertbrecher
|ger-name=Schwertbrecher
|ital-name=Spezzaspada}}
|ger-mean=Swordbreaker
 
|ital-name=Spezzaspada
|ital-mean=Swordbreaker
}}
{{refbar}}
==See also==
==See also==
* [[Axebreaker]]
{|
* [[B Tomebreaker]]
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* [[Bowbreaker]]
*[[Axebreaker]]
* [[Daggerbreaker]]
*[[B Tomebreaker]]
* [[G Tomebreaker]]
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* [[Lancebreaker]]
*[[Bowbreaker]]
* [[R Tomebreaker]]
*[[Daggerbreaker]]
* [[Shurikenbreaker]]
|
* [[Swordfaire]]
*[[G Tomebreaker]]
* [[Tomebreaker]]
*[[Lancebreaker]]
|
*[[R Tomebreaker]]
*[[Tomebreaker]]
|
|}


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Revision as of 13:23, 11 July 2017

For the sword/axe with a similar name, see Swordslayer (weapon). For the sword which grants this skill to its wielder, see Superior Edge.
Swordbreaker

Is feh swordbreaker 1.png
Icon of the Swordbreaker 1 skill in Heroes.

If unit's HP ≥ 90% in combat against a sword user, unit makes a follow-up attack and foe cannot.

Type(s)
  • Class (Awakening, Fates)
  • Passive (Type B) (Heroes)
Game(s)

Swordbreaker (Japanese: 剣殺し Sword Slayer) is a skill which debuted in Fire Emblem Awakening. It gives its user enormous advantages when fighting an enemy who is wielding a dagger or shuriken. In Fates, where it a class skill learned by Wyvern Lords, it provides enormous boosts to its user's hit rate and avoid when fighting these weapons.

In Heroes, it is a type B passive skill split into three levels, in order from lowest to highest: Swordbreaker 1, Swordbreaker 2, and Swordbreaker 3. Units with a Swordbreaker skill will, when fighting the user of a sword skill while this skill's user's own HP is at a certain threshold or higher, automatically make a double-attack and prevent the sword skill's user from doing so themselves. The minimum amount of current HP required to activate the skill decreases with each level.

Data

Game Icon Effect Activation Capacity Notes
Awakening File:Is 3ds swordbreaker.png +50 hit and avoid when activated. 100%, if the target has a sword equipped -- --
Fates File:Is 3ds swordbreaker.png +50 hit and avoid when activated. 100%, if the target has a sword or katana equipped -- --
Heroes
(Swordbreaker 1) 		Is feh swordbreaker 1.png Guarantees that the user will perform a double-attack, and nullifies the target's ability to double-attack, when activated. 100%, if HP is at or above 90% and if the target has a sword skill equipped -- Cost: 50 SP
If used against another breaker skill, they cancel each other out. Overrides enemy skills that prevent double-attacks (e.g. Wary Fighter). Does not nullify Quick Riposte/Brash Assault-induced double-attacks.
Heroes
(Swordbreaker 2) 		Is feh swordbreaker 2.png Guarantees that the user will perform a double-attack, and nullifies the target's ability to double-attack, when activated. 100%, if HP is at or above 70% and if the target has a sword skill equipped -- Cost: 100 SP
If used against another breaker skill, they cancel each other out. Overrides enemy skills that prevent double-attacks (e.g. Wary Fighter). Does not nullify Quick Riposte/Brash Assault-induced double-attacks.

Availability

Awakening

Units Ashnard • Legion • Narcian • Priam • Travant
Classes Wyvern Lord (Learned at Level 15)
Items Superior Edge

Fates

Classes Wyvern Lord (Learned from Level 15 and up)

Heroes

Units Abel (★★★★) • Ike (★★★★★) • Sully (★★★★★)

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Swordbreaker is present as a skill on one card in Fire Emblem Cipher: B01-089HN Soaring Black Wing, Gerome. It gives Gerome a +20 increase to his attack power whenever he is involved in combat against a sword-affinity unit.

Trivia

Gallery

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language Name Definition, etymology, and notes
English

Swordbreaker

A swordbreaker is a type of defensive dagger used by swordfighters from the late Middle Ages onward, generally wielded in a fighter's off-hand while their dominant hand wields a sword. One edge of its blade forms a set of deep, comb-like teeth designed to catch and trap an opponent's sword when parrying. In Awakening, the Superior Edge - which grants the Swordbreaker skill - has a set of teeth identical to those of a historical swordbreaker.

Spanish
(Spain)

Partesables

Blade-splitter

Spanish
(Latin America)

Antiespadas

Anti-swords

French

Anti-épée

Anti-sword

German

Schwertbrecher

Swordbreaker

Italian

Spezzaspada

Swordbreaker

References

See also

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