Assassin's Bow

Assassin's Bow Icons of the Assassin's Bow in Heroes.

Type(s) Offensive (Bow) Game(s) Heroes

The Assassin's Bow (Japanese: 暗器殺しの弓 Concealed Weapon Killing Bow) is an offensive skill in the bow category which debuted in Fire Emblem Heroes. Assassin's Bow, if used against a dagger wielder, will prevent the dagger user from making a follow-up attack while granting the user one. The Assassin's Bow+ can be evolved into the Guard Bow+.

Stats

Game	Icon	Level	Might	Weight	Hit	Crit	Range	Uses	Worth	Exp	Other effects and notes
Heroes		3★	7	--	--	--	2	Infinite	200 SP	--	Like all bows, it deals bonus damage to flying units If the target wields a dagger, prevents them from using a follow-up attack while letting the user always deal one.
Heroes (+)		4★	11	--	--	--	2	Infinite	300 SP	--	Like all bows, it deals bonus damage to flying units If the target wields a dagger, prevents them from using a follow-up attack while letting the user always deal one.

Availability

Heroes

Assassin's Bow

Units

Setsuna: Absent Archer

Assassin's Bow+

Units

Setsuna: Absent Archer

Trivia

• The effect of Assassin's Bow may reflect how, in Fates, bows were in the green category while daggers were in the blue category, with green having weapon triangle advantage over blue.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology and notes
English	Assassin's Bow	It was presumably translated as assassin's bow because the Japanese word for "assassin" is 暗殺者, which is similar to the Japanese name of Daggerbreaker.
Japanese	暗器殺しの弓	Concealed Weapon Killing (i.e. Daggerbreaker) Bow

Gallery

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  The Assassin's Bow as it appears in Heroes.

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  The arrows used with the Assassin's Bow in Heroes.

See also

• Daggerbreaker

Bow skills in Heroes

Basic bow skills Iron Bow • Killer Bow / Slaying Bow • Silver Bow • Steel Bow Bow skills with secondary effects Assassin's Bow • Beguiling Bow • Big-Catch Bow • Brave Bow • Bouquet Bow • Budding Bow • Candlewax Bow • Clarisse's Bow • Cocobow • Cupid Arrow • Devilish Bow • Fiddlestick Bow • Firesweep Bow • Fishie Bow • Fortune Bow • Gratia • Guard Bow • Kabura Ya • Hama Ya • Monstrous Bow • Refreshing Bolt • Shining Bow • Short Bow Regalia and personal bow skills Argent Bow • Bow of Devotion • Cunning Bow • Deep-Blue Bow • Dignified Bow • Fujin Yumi • Guardian's Bow • Luna Arc • Meisterbogen • Mirage Longbow • Mulagir • Nidhogg • Niles's Bow • Parthia • Rebecca's Bow • Renowned Bow • Skadi • Tanngrisnir • Thögn • Warrior Princess Other bow skills Umbra Burst