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Bane

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Bane

Is ns02 bane.png
Icon of the Bane skill in Engage.


May reduce foe's HP to 1.

Type(s)

Class (Mastery)

Capacity

30

First game

Radiant Dawn

Bane (Japanese: 瞬殺 Instant Kill) is an offensive skill that debuted in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. It is the mastery skill of the Whisper class, and is similar to Lethality. When activated, it reduces the target to 1 HP with a single strike. It cannot activate on attacks that would have otherwise done enough damage to kill the target.

Data

Game Icon Effect Activation Capacity Notes
Radiant Dawn Is wii bane.png Deals (target's current HP − 1) damage to the target, leaving them with 1 HP. (Skill/2)% 30 Nullified against bosses and Nihil, or if either combatant has Parity active.
Will not activate if the user's attack would otherwise defeat the target.
For further mechanics, see Offensive skill § Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn.
Engage Is ns02 bane.png Deals (target's current HP − 1) damage to the target, leaving them with 1 HP. (Dexterity/2)% -- Nullified against bosses.

Availability

Radiant Dawn

Classes Whisper

Engage

Bond Rings Sothe S

Flavor text

Game Text
(English)
Text
(Japanese)
Radiant Dawn
(skill assignment menu, NTSC)
Can incapacitate with a
single strike. Does not
work on all opponents.
Cannot unassign
発動すると
一撃で敵を瀕死にする
一部の敵には効かない
書に戻せない
Radiant Dawn
(skill assignment menu, PAL)
Can reduce HP to 1 in
an instant. Does not
work on all opponents.
Cannot unassign
--
Radiant Dawn
(help, NTSC)
Can incapacitate with a single
strike. Does not work on all opponents.
Whisper
発動すると一撃で敵を瀕死にする
一部の敵には効かない
【密偵奥義】
Radiant Dawn
(help, PAL)
Can reduce an enemy's HP to 1 with a
strike. Does not work on all opponents.
Whisper
--
Engage
May reduce foe's HP to 1.
Trigger %=half of Dex. (Certain
foes are immune to this effect.)
(技÷2)%の確率で相手のHPを1にする
(一部の強力な敵は対象外)

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Bane is present as a skill on one card in Fire Emblem Cipher: B05-054SR Guardian of Hope, Sothe. It is a trigger skill which comes into play during the opponent's turn when they deploy a new unit, which lets Sothe disrupt the deployment. Sothe's player may pay the deploy cost of the opponent's new unit in order to immediately destroy that unit.

Trivia

  • Bane derives its icon and Japanese name from the Path of Radiance icon and Japanese name for Lethality, which has a different icon and Japanese name from Radiant Dawn onward. In Radiant Dawn, it also uses a variant of the Lethality screen flash, colored purple like how Lethality looked in the western version of The Sacred Stones.
  • The North American help description erroneously states that Bane incapacitates an enemy. It does reduce an enemy to 1 HP with a single strike, but it does not technically incapacitate them.

Etymology and other languages

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

Bane

A term for destruction and death, or an individual or object which kills or brings destruction or misery.

Japanese

瞬殺

Romanized as BANE in the skill's internal file name; literally "instant kill". In Path of Radiance, this was the Japanese name of the skill Lethality, which was renamed from Radiant Dawn onward.

Spanish

Maldición

Damnation

French

Fléau

Bane

German

Verderben

Ruin

Italian

Sciagura

Disaster

Korean

순살

Instant kill

Simplified Chinese

瞬杀

Instant kill

Traditional Chinese

瞬殺

Instant kill

Gallery

References

See also

Skills in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Command skills FlourishGambleGaldrarGlareParitySacrificeShoveSmiteStealWildheart
Counter skills CounterHowlMaelstromQuickclawShriek
Bonus damage skills BeastfoeBirdfoeDragonfoeNullify
Experience-related skills BlossomDisciplineParagon
Healing skills BlessingBoonGaldrarImbueMantleRenewalSacrifice
Low-HP skills MiracleResolveWrath
Mobility skills CantoCelerityGaldrarPassSaviorShoveSmite
Proximity skills Blood TideDauntNight TideWhite Pool
Miscellaneous skills AdeptCancelFortuneGuardMercyNihilPaviseProvokeVantage
Beorc-exclusive skills CorrosionDisarmDisciplineShadeStillness
Laguz-exclusive skills BlessingBlood TideBoonFormshiftGaldrarHowlInsightMaelstromNight TideQuickclawShriekVigilanceWhite PoolWildheart
Class skills CantoCritical +ShoveSteal
Mastery skills AetherAstraBaneColossusCoronaDeadeyeEclipseFlareImpaleIreLethalityLunaRendRoarSavageSolStunTear
Enemy-exclusive skills Aurora
Skills in Fire Emblem Engage
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