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Swordbreaker
- For the weapon with a similar name, see Swordslayer.
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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, it is a class skill learned by Wyvern Lords; in Three Houses, it is an ability learned by units when they raise their skill level in lance. 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 follow-up 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.
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In the main Fire Emblem series
Game | Icon | Effect | Activation | Capacity | Notes |
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Awakening | +50 hit, +50 avoid when active. | If foe has a sword equipped | -- | -- | |
Fates | +50 hit, +50 avoid when active. | If foe has a sword or katana equipped | -- | -- | |
Three Houses | +20 hit, +20 avoid when active. | If foe has a sword equipped and user has a lance equipped | -- | -- | |
Three Houses (Swordbreaker+) |
+30 hit, +30 avoid when active. | If foe has a sword equipped and user has a lance equipped | -- | -- |
In other Fire Emblem series titles
Game | Icon | Effect | Activation | Capacity | Notes |
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Heroes (Swordbreaker 1) |
Guarantees that the user will perform a follow-up attack, and nullifies the target's ability to follow-up attack, when activated. | If HP ≥ 90% and if the target has a sword skill equipped | -- | Cost: 50 SP If used against another breaker skill, they cancel each other out. If the target has Wary Fighter equipped, the user may follow-up attack if their speed allows them to do so naturally. If the target has Brash Assault or Quick Riposte equipped, they may follow-up attack only if their speed allows them to do so naturally. | |
Heroes (Swordbreaker 2) |
Guarantees that the user will perform a follow-up attack, and nullifies the target's ability to follow-up attack, when activated. | If HP ≥ 70% and if the target has a sword skill equipped | -- | Cost: 100 SP If used against another breaker skill, they cancel each other out. If the target has Wary Fighter equipped, the user may follow-up attack if their speed allows them to do so naturally. If the target has Brash Assault or Quick Riposte equipped, they may follow-up attack only if their speed allows them to do so naturally. | |
Heroes (Swordbreaker 3) |
Guarantees that the user will perform a follow-up attack, and nullifies the target's ability to follow-up attack, when activated. | If HP ≥ 50% and if the target has a sword skill equipped | -- | Cost: 200 SP If used against another breaker skill, they cancel each other out. If the target has Wary Fighter equipped, the user may follow-up attack if their speed allows them to do so naturally. If the target has Brash Assault or Quick Riposte equipped, they may follow-up attack only if their speed allows them to do so naturally. | |
Warriors | -- | A weapon attribute. If forged onto a weapon, damage dealt by that weapon against sword users is increased. | -- | -- | Forging cost: 2,000G |
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) |
Three Houses
Swordbreaker
Skill level | Lance: B |
Swordbreaker+
Unobtainable | Exclusive to enemy units. |
Heroes
Units | Abel: The Panther (★★★★) • Fernand: Traitorous Knight (★★★★★) • Ike: Young Mercenary (★★★★★) • Sully: Crimson Knight (★★★★★) |
Warriors
Swordbreaker can appear as a weapon attribute on weapons acquired from battle, and will allow you to deal increased damage against foes using swords.
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.
Flavor text
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 |
Partesables |
Blade-splitter |
Spanish (Latin America) |
Antiespadas |
Anti-sword; used only in the Latin American localization of Heroes. |
French |
Anti-épée |
Anti-sword |
German |
Schwertbrecher |
Swordbreaker |
Italian |
Spezzaspada |
Swordbreaker |
Portuguese (Brazil) |
Antiespada |
Anti-sword |
Korean |
검 킬러 |
Sword killer |
Simplified Chinese |
破剑者 |
Swordbreaker |
Traditional Chinese |
破劍者 |
Swordbreaker |
References
See also
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