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Cornered Beast

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Cornered Beast

Is ns02 cornered beast.png
Icon of the Cornered Beast skill in Engage.


If unit's HP is 50% or less at start of combat, grants Crit+30 during combat.

Type(s)

Personal

First game

Engage

Cornered Beast (Japanese: 噛猫 Cat bite) is a skill which debuted in Fire Emblem Engage. Cornered Beast greatly increases its user's critical rate when they have low HP, and is exclusively used by enemy Berserkers and Tetchie on the game's highest difficulty mode, Maddening. It is very similar to the effect of Wrath in most games, but in Engage itself, that skill has a new version of its effect that differentiates it from Cornered Beast.

Data

Game Icon Effect Activation Capacity Notes
Engage Is ns02 cornered beast.png +30 critical rate when active. If user's HP ≤ 50% -- --

Availability

Engage

Unobtainable Exclusively used by enemy Berserkers and Barbarians on Maddening mode.

Flavor text

Game Text
(English)
Text
(Japanese)
Engage
If unit's HP is 50% or less at start of
combat, grants Crit+30 during
combat.
HP50%以下の場合、必殺+30

Etymology and other languages

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

Cornered Beast

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Japanese

噛猫

Cat bite; from an idiom 窮鼠噛猫, literally "a cornered rat will bite a cat", meaning "one will take bold risks in desperate circumstances".

Spanish

Bestia acorralada

Cornered beast

French

Bête acculée

Cornered beast

German

In der Klemme

In a Bind

Italian

Bestia all'angolo

Cornered beast

Korean

고양이 물기

Biting a cat; from an idiom 궁지에 빠진 쥐가 고양이를 문다, a native Korean form of 窮鼠齧猫 (궁서설묘), literally "a cornered rat will bite a cat", meaning "one will take bold risks in desperate circumstances".

Simplified Chinese

狗急跳墙

Lit. "a cornered dog will jump a wall"; an idiom meaning "one will take bold risks in desperate circumstances".

Traditional Chinese

狗急跳牆

Lit. "a cornered dog will jump a wall"; an idiom meaning "one will take bold risks in desperate circumstances".

References

See also

Skills in Fire Emblem Engage
Inheritable skills Art FocusAvoid +Axe GuardAxe PowerBow AgilityBow FocusBow GuardBuild +Defense +Dexterity +Dodge +Hit +HP +HP/Lck +Knife GuardKnife PrecisionLance AgilityLance GuardLance PowerLuck +Magic +Mag/Dex +Mag/Res +Magic GuardMovement +1Resistance +Special GuardSpeed +Spd/Dex +Spd/Res +Staff MasteryStrength +Str/Def +Str/Dex +Sword AgilitySword FocusSword GuardSword PowerTome Precision
Personal skills AdmirationAlabaster DutyAspiring HeroBig PersonalityBlinding FlashBlood FuryCharmerContemplativeCrimson CheerCurious DanceDisarming SighDivinely InspiringEnergizedExpertiseFair FightFairy-Tale FolkFell ProtectionFriendly BoostGenerosityGentle FlowerGet Behind Me!Knightly CodeKnightly EscortMeditationMoved to TearsNot *Quite*Party AnimalProtectiveRacket of SolmSeconds?Self-ImproverShare SpoilsSingle-MindedStunning SmileSurvival PlanTrained to KillVerdant FaithWeapon InsightWill to WinWounded Pride
Class skills Air RaidAllied DefenseBack at YouBrave AssistCareful AimChaos StyleClear the WayConvoyDark SpiritDiffuse HealerDivine SpiritEnchantFell SpiritFrost DomainGolden LotusGrasping VoidHobbleIgnisLet FlyLunaMercilessMiasma DomainNo DistractionsPack HunterPassPincer AttackPivotReforgeResist EmblemsRun ThroughSandstormSelf-HealingSmash+Special DanceSpur EmblemsSolSoulbladeSpell HarmonySwapWorld Tree
Sync skills AdaptabilityAdvanceAlacrityAnima FocusArms ShieldAssign DecoyBlock RecoveryBook of WorldsBraveryBreak DefensesBrute ForceCanterCharmClericDecisive StrikeDemolishDetoxifyDivine PulseDraconic HexDragon VeinDual AssistDual StrikeDual SupportEclipse BraceFavorite FoodFlame GambitFriendly RivalryGentilityGeosphereGroundswellHeadlong RushHealing LightHeavy AttackHold OutHoly StanceKeen InsightLevel BoostLifesphereLightsphereLineageLost & FoundLunar BraceMentorshipMomentumNight and DayPair UpPerceptivePiercing GlarePoison GambitQuick RiposteRally SpectrumRepositionReprisalResolveResonanceSacred TwinsShield GambitSilence WardSolar BraceSP ConversionSpeedtakerStarsphereSurprise AttackQuality TimeUnyieldingVantageWeapon SyncWrath
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Engage attacks All for OneAstra StormBlazing LionCataclysmDark InfernoDivine BlessingGoddess DanceDragon BlastGiga Levin SwordGreat SacrificeHouses UniteLodestar RushOverrideGreat AetherQuadruple HitStorm's EyeSummon HeroTorrential RoarTwin StrikeWarp Ragnarok
Bond Ring skills BaneBattlewiseBushidoChivalryDeadly BladeDire ThunderDraw BackFlickering FlowerFortify DefGiga ExcaliburGreat ThunderHealtouchLethalityMercyMiracleParaseleneRaging FireRenewalRightful RulerShoveSpur AttackSpur ResStrong ArmSure StrikeSympatheticWind AdeptWind GodWindsweep
Enemy-exclusive skills AnchorArmored BlowArtbreakerAxebreakerBond BreakerBowbreakerCertain BlowCornered BeastDark BarrierDarting BlowDarting StanceDeath BlowDuelist's BlowFell BarrierFierce StanceKnifebreakerLancebreakerLife and DeathPoison StrikeSavage BlowSeal DefenseSeal MagicSeal ResistanceSeal SpeedSeal StrengthSigil ProtectionSpirit StrikeStalwartSteady StanceSwordbreakerTomebreakerTriangle AdeptUnbreakableUnwaveringVeteranVoid CurseWarding BlowWarding Stance