Assassin's Bow

Assassin's Bow Icons of the Assassin's Bow in Heroes. Effective against flying foes. In combat against a colorless dagger foe, unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack and foe cannot make a follow-up attack.

Type(s) Weapon (Bow) Game(s) Heroes

The Assassin's Bow (Japanese: 暗器殺しの弓 Concealed Weapon Killing Bow) is a weapon 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	WEXP	Other effects and notes
Heroes		3★	7	--	--	--	2	--	200 SP	--	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	--	300 SP	--	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

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Heroes	Effective against flying foes. In combat against a colorless dagger foe, unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack and foe cannot make a follow-up attack.	??

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
Spanish	Arco mortal	Deadly bow
French	Arc d'assassin	Assassing's bow
German	Assassinenbogen	Assassins Bow
Italian	Arco assassino	Assassin bow
Portuguese (Brazil)	Arco mortal	Deadly bow
Traditional Chinese	破暗器之弓	Concealed weapon-breaking 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