Dark Breath

Dark Breath Icon of Dark Breath from New Mystery of the Emblem. Ddg+10. Cannot make follow-up attacks. The foul exhalations of the darkest dragon.

Type Breath First game Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem

Dark Breath (Japanese: 闇のブレス Dark Breath, or 暗夜竜の翼 Anya Dragon's Wing) is a powerful breath-type attack which was introduced in Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem. It is a recurring enemy-exclusive weapon which is used by evil dragons and is frequently seen as the weapon of final bosses: it is used by Medeus in both books of Mystery of the Emblem and the second book's remake, New Mystery of the Emblem, by Idunn in The Binding Blade, and by Garon in the Birthright campaign of Fates.

Owing to it often belonging to different wielders with different powers in different games, Dark Breath has had numerous effects over the years. In Mystery of the Emblem, as the weapon of the resilient Earth Dragons, Dark Breath halves the attack power of any foes who attack its user, a trait that was not carried over to the remake. Additionally, like all breath weapons in Mystery, it completely ignores the defense stat of human enemies, although all opposing Manaketes and dragons are immune to this effect.

Idunn's version in The Binding Blade possesses three different animations that seem to display at random, featuring Idunn breathing dark breath as the name implies, but also animations of her attacking with her tail, or her claws. Idunn's version is the only one which can only attack at melee range.

Garon's version in Fates is a physical weapon with extremely high raw power, excellent accuracy, and gives bonuses to Garon's ability to avoid attacks, but it also leaves him entirely incapable of follow-up attacking. Similar to The Binding Blade, it depicts Garon attacking the opponent with his wings at close range, and bursts of purple flames from his mouth at long range.

Stats

In the main Fire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Level	Might	Weight	Hit	Crit	Range	Uses	Worth	WEXP	Other effects and notes
Mystery of the Emblem		Breath: 1	12	20	70	0	1-2	--	Cannot be sold	--	Reduces the target's attack power by 50% for the duration of the round of combat. If the target is of a human class, it is treated as if it has 0 defense.
The Binding Blade		--	20	0	100	10	1	--	Cannot be sold	--	--
New Mystery of the Emblem		--	20	--	85	0	1-2	--	Cannot be sold	0	--
Fates		S	30	--	100	0	1-2	--	Cannot be sold	1	+10 avoid, +10 dodge when equipped. Cannot make follow-up attacks. Cannot be traded.

In other Fire Emblem series titles

Game	Icon	Level	Might	Weight	Hit	Crit	Range	Uses	Worth	WEXP	Other effects and notes
Heroes		3★	9	--	--	--	1	--	200 SP	--	When the user initiates an attack, after that attack it inflicts a -5 attack, -5 speed debuff on all enemy units in a 2-space radius of the user.
Heroes (+, unrefined)		5★	13	--	--	--	1	--	300 SP	--	When the user initiates an attack, after that attack it inflicts a -5 attack, -5 speed debuff on all enemy units in a 2-space radius of the user.
Heroes (+, refined: +Atk)		5★	16	--	--	--	1	--	350 SP 500 50	--	When the user initiates an attack, after that attack it inflicts a -7 attack, -7 speed debuff on all enemy units in a 2-space radius of the user. If target wields a weapon skill with 2 range, attack deals damage based on whichever of the target's Defense or Resistance is the lower value. Grants +5 HP.
Heroes (+, refined: +Spd)		5★	14	--	--	--	1	--	350 SP 500 50	--	When the user initiates an attack, after that attack it inflicts a -7 attack, -7 speed debuff on all enemy units in a 2-space radius of the user. If target wields a weapon skill with 2 range, attack deals damage based on whichever of the target's Defense or Resistance is the lower value. Grants +5 HP and +3 Speed.
Heroes (+, refined: +Def)		5★	14	--	--	--	1	--	350 SP 500 50	--	When the user initiates an attack, after that attack it inflicts a -7 attack, -7 speed debuff on all enemy units in a 2-space radius of the user. If target wields a weapon skill with 2 range, attack deals damage based on whichever of the target's Defense or Resistance is the lower value. Grants +5 HP and +4 Defense.
Heroes (+, refined: +Res)		5★	14	--	--	--	1	--	350 SP 500 50	--	When the user initiates an attack, after that attack it inflicts a -7 attack, -7 speed debuff on all enemy units in a 2-space radius of the user. If target wields a weapon skill with 2 range, attack deals damage based on whichever of the target's Defense or Resistance is the lower value. Grants +5 HP and +4 Resistance.

Locations

Mystery of the Emblem

Unobtainable

Exclusively used by enemy Earth Dragons and Shadow Dragons.

The Binding Blade

Unobtainable

Exclusively used by Idunn.

New Mystery of the Emblem

Unobtainable

Exclusively used by enemy Earth Dragons and Medeus.

Fates

Unobtainable

Exclusively used by Garon in Birthright.

Heroes

Dark Breath

Units

Bantu: Tiki's Guardian • Corrin: Fateful Princess

Dark Breath+

Units

Bantu: Tiki's Guardian • Corrin: Fateful Princess

Flavor text

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Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Mystery of the Emblem	??	??
The Binding Blade	A devastating wave of darkness.*	魔竜の息吹
New Mystery of the Emblem	Corrupted breath exhaled by dragons.*	竜が吐く闇の息吹
Fates	Ddg+10. Cannot make follow-up attacks. The foul exhalations of the darkest dragon.	暗夜竜が振るう黒翼

Trivia

• Dark Breath's weapon icon from The Binding Blade was reused in The Sacred Stones for Wretched Air.
• A weapon called Dark Breath also exists in TearRing Saga: Yutona Heroes War Chronicles.
• In Fire Emblem Fates, Garon's Dark Breath (暗夜竜の翼 "Anya Dragon's Wing" in Japanese) is internally referred to as 暗夜竜のブレス "Anya Dragon's Breath", which was later used to refer to Breath of Blight, Garon's weapon in Fire Emblem Heroes.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Dark Breath	--
Japanese	• 闇のブレス • 暗夜竜の翼	• Romanized as DARKBREATH in its internal file name in New Mystery of the Emblem; known by this name in Mystery of the Emblem, The Binding Blade, New Mystery of the Emblem, and Heroes. In Mystery of the Emblem, it is spelled alternatively in partial hiragana as やみのブレス. • Anya Dragon's Wing; known by this name only in Fates. "Anya" (literally, "dark night") is the Japanese name for Garon's country, Nohr, and "Anya Dragon" is the name of the class Garon wields Dark Breath in.
Spanish	Aliento negro	Black wind; used in Fates and the European localization of Heroes.
Spanish (Latin America)	Soplo sombrío	Dark breath; used in Heroes.
French	Souffle sombre	Shadow breath
German	Dunkler Atem	Dark Breath
Italian	• Soffioscuro • Soffio oscuro	• Dark breath; used in Fates. • Dark breath; used in Heroes.
Portuguese (Brazil)	Sopro vil	Vile breath
Korean	암야룡의 날개
Traditional Chinese	暗之吐息	Dark breath

Gallery

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  Medeus using Dark Breath in Mystery of the Emblem Book 1.

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  Medeus using Dark Breath in Mystery of the Emblem Book 2.

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  Idunn using Dark Breath (breath version) in The Binding Blade.

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  Idunn using Dark Breath (tail version) in The Binding Blade.

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  Idunn using Dark Breath (claw version) in The Binding Blade.

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  Medeus using Dark Breath in New Mystery of the Emblem.

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  Corrin using Dark Breath in Heroes.

See also

• Dragon Breath
• Expiration