Swordbreaker
- 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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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 sword or katana. In Awakening and 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 |
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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) |
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) |
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
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Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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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 |