Warding Blow

Warding Blow Icon of the Warding Blow skill in Fates. Unit receives -20 magical damage when the unit initiates an attack.

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

Warding Blow (Japanese: 明鏡の一撃 Mirror Strike) is a skill which debuted in Fire Emblem Fates. In Fates, it is a class skill associated with pegasus-mounted classes; in Heroes, it is a three-tiered type A passive skill (whose individiual tiers are known as Warding Blow 1, Warding Blow 2, and Warding Blow 3 in order from lowest to highest). Warding Blow is a skill decreases the damage the user takes from a magical attack whenever the user initiates the battle; in Heroes, the size of the protection increases with the skill's tier.

Data

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Fates		+20 resistance when activated.	100%, if user initiates the attack	--	--
Heroes (Warding Blow 1)		+2 Resistance when activated.	100%, if user initiates the attack	--	Cost: 50 SP
Heroes (Warding Blow 2)		+4 Resistance when activated.	100%, if user initiates the attack	--	Cost: 100 SP

Availability

Fates

Classes

Falcon Knight (Learned from Level 15 and up) • Pegasus Knight (Learned from Level 35 and up)

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Warding Blow	--
Spanish	Empuje antimagia	Antimagic Thrust
French	Coup gardien	Guard blow
German	Bannender Hieb	Banner blow
Italian	Colpo scudo	Shield blow

See also

• Armored Blow
• Certain Blow
• Darting Blow
• Death Blow
• Duelist's Blow