Alert Stance

Alert Stance Icon of the Alert Stance ability in Three Houses. If unit takes no action except Wait, grants Avo +15 for 1 turn.

Type(s) Skill level (Three Houses) Passive (type B) (Heroes) Game(s) Three Houses Heroes

Alert Stance (Japanese: 警戒姿勢 Vigilance Stance) is an ability which debuted in Fire Emblem: Three Houses. It is learned by increasing a unit's skill level in flying. It grants the unit a significant boost in avoid if they end their turn with no action. As the user's skill level increases, the ability is later replaced with a higher-level version of the ability called Alert Stance+.

In Fire Emblem Heroes, its name is translated as Guard Bearing. In this game, it is a three-tiered passive type B skill; the individual tiers of the skill are known as Guard Bearing 1, Guard Bearing 2, and Guard Bearing 3 in order from lowest to highest. Units with a Guard Bearing skill can reduce the damage dealt by the first strike the user faces on the opposing phase.

Data

In the main Fire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Three Houses		+15 Avoid to the user for one turn.	Command (Wait)	--	--
Three Houses (Alert Stance+)		+30 Avoid to the user for one turn.	Command (Wait)	--	--

In other Fire Emblem titles

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Heroes (Guard Bearing 1)		Reduces the damage dealt by the first strike the bearer faces on the opposing phase by 30%.	--	--	Cost: 60 SP Only inheritable by Sword, Lance, and Axe fliers
Heroes (Guard Bearing 2)		Reduces the damage dealt by the first strike the bearer faces on the opposing phase by 40%.	--	--	Cost: 120 SP Only inheritable by Sword, Lance, and Axe fliers
Heroes (Guard Bearing 3)		Reduces the damage dealt by the first strike the bearer faces on the opposing phase by 50%.	--	--	Cost: 240 SP Only inheritable by Sword, Lance, and Axe fliers

Availability

Three Houses

Alert Stance

Skill level

Flying: B

Alert Stance+

Skill level

Flying: A+ (Replaces Alert Stance when obtained)

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Three Houses (Alert Stance)	If unit takes no action except Wait, grants Avo +15 for 1 turn.	行動せずに「待機」すると、 回避＋１５（１ターン）
Three Houses (Alert Stance+)	If unit takes no action except Wait, grants Avo +30 for 1 turn.	行動せずに「待機」すると、 回避＋３０（１ターン）
Heroes (Guard Bearing 1)	During unit's first combat in enemy phase, if foe initiates combat, reduces damage from foe's first attack by 30%.	敵から攻撃された時、 戦闘中、最初に受けた攻撃のダメージを３０％軽減 （各敵軍ターンの、このスキル所持者の最初の戦闘のみ）
Heroes (Guard Bearing 2)	During unit's first combat in enemy phase, if foe initiates combat, reduces damage from foe's first attack by 40%.	敵から攻撃された時、 戦闘中、最初に受けた攻撃のダメージを４０％軽減 （各敵軍ターンの、このスキル所持者の最初の戦闘のみ）
Heroes (Guard Bearing 3)	During unit's first combat in enemy phase, if foe initiates combat, reduces damage from foe's first attack by 50%.	敵から攻撃された時、 戦闘中、最初に受けた攻撃のダメージを５０％軽減 （各敵軍ターンの、このスキル所持者の最初の戦闘のみ）

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Alert Stance	Used in Three Houses
Japanese	警戒姿勢	Vigilance stance; identical to the name used in Heroes.
Spanish	Quiebro	Swerve
French	Attentif	Attentive
German	Alarmbereitschaft	Standby
Italian	In guardia	On guard
Korean	경계 태세	Alert stance
Simplified Chinese	警戒姿态	Alert stance
Traditional Chinese	警戒姿態	Alert stance; identical to the name used in Heroes.

Guard Bearing

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Guard Bearing	Used in Heroes.
Japanese	警戒姿勢	Vigilance stance
Spanish	Guardia recia	Tough guard
French	Maintien garde	Maintain guard
German	Schutzhaltung	Protection Stance
Italian	Postura guardia	Guard posture
Portuguese (Brazil)	Porte guarda	Guard posture
Traditional Chinese	警戒姿態	Alert stance; identical to the name used in Heroes.

See also

• Imperial Lineage+
• Staunch Shield

Type B passive skills in Heroes

Debuffing skills Armored Wall • Atrocity • Atk Cantrip • Atk/Def Bulwark • Atk/Def Snag • Atk Feint • A/D Far Trace • A/D Near Trace • A/R Far Trace • A/R Near Trace • A/S Far Trace • Atk/Res Ruse • Atk/Res Snag • Atk/Res Tempo • A/S Near Trace • Atk/Spd Ruse • Atk/Spd Snag • Beast N Trace • Belief in Love • Chill Atk • Chill Atk/Def • Chill Atk/Res • Chill Atk/Spd • Chill Def • Chill Res • Chill Spd • Chill Spd/Def • Chill Spd/Res • Chilling Seal • Crafty Fighter • Deadly Balance • Def Cantrip • Def Feint • Def/Res Ruse • Def/Res Smoke • Def/Res Snag • Divine Recreation • Dull Close • Dull Ranged • Fallen Star • Freezing Seal • Guard • Killing Intent • Light and Dark • Lull Atk/Def • Lull Atk/Res • Lull Atk/Spd • Lull Spd/Def • Lull Spd/Res • Moon-Twin Wing • New Divinity • Prescience • Res Cantrip • Res Feint • Sabotage Atk • Sabotage Def • Sabotage Res • Sabotage Spd • Savvy Fighter • Seal Atk • Seal Atk/Def • Seal Atk/Spd • Seal Def • Seal Def/Res • Seal Res • Seal Spd • Seal Spd/Def • Seal Spd/Res • Special Fighter • Spd/Def Bulwark • S/D Far Trace • S/D Near Trace • Spd/Def Ruse • Spd/Def Snag • Spd/Def Tempo • Spd Cantrip • Spd Feint • Spd/Res Bulwark • S/R Far Trace • S/R Near Trace • Spd/Res Tempo • Spd Preempt • Spd/Res Ruse • Spd/Res Snag • Sun-Twin Wing • Vengeful Fighter • Yune's Whispers Follow-up strike skills Assured Rebirth • Axebreaker • Beast Agility • Beast Follow-Up • Binding Shield • Black Eagle Rule • Blue Lion Rule • B Tomebreaker • Bold Fighter • Bowbreaker • Brash Assault • Crafty Fighter • Crusader's Ward • Daggerbreaker • Dive-Bomb • Dragon's Ire • Even Follow-Up • Faithful Loyalty • Flow Feather • Flow Flight • Flow Force • Flow Guard • Flow N Trace • Flow Refresh • Follow-Up Ring • G Tomebreaker • Hardy Fighter • Hoðr's Zeal • Holy War's End • Killing Intent • Lancebreaker • Null Follow-Up‎ • Odd Follow-Up • Quick Riposte • Raging Storm • R Tomebreaker • Slick Fighter • Soul of Zofia • Sun-Twin Wing • Swordbreaker • Vengeful Fighter • Wary Fighter • Watersweep • Wily Fighter • Windsweep • Yngvi Ascendant Healing skills Armored Wall • Flow Refresh • Live to Serve • Mystic Boost • Recover Ring • Renewal • S Drink • Solar Brace Mobility skills Aerobatics • A/D Far Trace • A/D Near Trace • A/R Far Trace • A/R Near Trace • A/S Far Trace • A/S Near Trace • Beast N Trace • Close Call • Drag Back • Escape Route • Flier Formation • Flow N Trace • Hit and Run • Knock Back • Lunge • Moonlight Bangle • Moonlit Bangle F • Murderous Lion • Obstruct • Pass • Raging Storm • Repel • S/D Far Trace • S/D Near Trace • S/R Far Trace • S/R Near Trace • Soaring Wings • Warp Powder • Wings of Mercy Proximity skills Binding Necklace • Murderous Lion • Sabotage Atk • Sabotage Def • Sabotage Res • Sabotage Spd • Sudden Panic • Yune's Whispers Stat-boosting skills Atk/Def Link • Atk/Res Link • Atk/Spd Link • Blaze Dance • Caldera Dance • Def/Res Link • Deluge Dance • Earth Dance • Fireflood Dance • Firestorm Dance • Gale Dance • Geyser Dance • Lunar Brace • Rockslide Dance • Shield Pulse • Spd/Def Link • Spd/Res Link • Spurn • Torrent Dance • Velocity • Wrath Turn-related skills Blue Lion Rule • Bold Fighter • Brash Assault • Close Call • Crafty Fighter • Daring Fighter • Desperation • Dive-Bomb • Double Lion • Dragon's Ire • Flow Refresh • Frenzy • Hardy Fighter • Holy War's End • Killing Intent • Lunge • Poison Strike • Prescience • Quick Riposte • Raging Storm • Repel • Slick Fighter • Soul of Zofia • Special Spiral • Vantage • Vengeful Fighter • Yngvi Ascendant Miscellaneous skills Beorc's Blessing • Bushido • Cancel Affinity • Dazzling Shift • Dazzling Staff • Disarm Trap • Dragon Wall • Dragon's Wrath • Guard Bearing • Live for Bounty • Live for Honor • Moon-Twin Wing • Null C-Disrupt • Poetic Justice • Sacae's Blessing • True Dragon Wall • Wrathful Staff