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Zweihänder

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For info from Berwick Saga and Vestaria Saga, see Saga:Zweihander.

The Zweihänder (Japanese: ツヴァイハンダー Zweihänder) is a sword which was introduced in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. It has respectable, if average, stats, but it teaches a selection of powerful and useful offensive combat arts which greatly enhance critical hit rates at low cost, enable further movement after combat, and use the user's skill stat to enhance attack power.

Zweihänder

FESoV Zweihänder concept.png
Concept artwork of the Zweihänder from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.


A sword favored by competitive fighters.

Type

Sword

First game

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Stats

Game Icon Level Might Weight Hit Crit Range Uses Worth WEXP Other effects and notes
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia     8 3 70 10 1 --   100 -- Learned combat arts: Penetrate (10 SP), Sunder (15 SP), Tigerstance (25 SP)

Forged stats

Game Icon Level Might Weight Hit Crit Range Uses Worth WEXP Other effects and notes
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
(★)
    9 3 75 10 1 --   150 -- Learned combat arts: Penetrate (10 SP), Sunder (15 SP), Tigerstance (25 SP)
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
(★★)
    11 3 75 15 1 --   150
  1
-- Learned combat arts: Penetrate (10 SP), Sunder (15 SP), Tigerstance (25 SP)
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
(★★★)
    13 2 85 15 1 --   300
  2
-- Learned combat arts: Penetrate (10 SP), Sunder (15 SP), Tigerstance (25 SP)

Locations

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Forging Steel Sword (  1, ★★)
Treasure The Astral Temple, destroy urns (0.07% chance in small urns; 0.66% chance in medium urns)
The Inner Sanctum, destroy urns (0.07% chance in small urns; 0.66% chance in medium urns; 1.63% chance in large urns)

Flavor text

Game Text
(English)
Text
(Japanese)
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
A sword favored by
competitive fighters.
剣闘士のための剣

Etymology and other languages

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

Zweihänder

A Zweihänder (German for "two-hander") is a large sword of German origin which is wielded with two hands. It was widely used in the early sixteenth century AD as the trademark weapon of the Landsknechte, German mercenaries of the time.

Japanese

ツヴァイハンダー

Zweihänder; as above.

Spanish

Zweihänder

--

French

Espadon

Longsword

German

Zweihänder

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Italian

Zweihänder

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Dutch

Slagzwaard

Longsword

Korean

츠바이핸더

Zweihänder

Simplified Chinese

双手大剑

Two-hander greatsword

Traditional Chinese

雙手大劍

Two-hander greatsword

Gallery

References

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