Death Blow
- This article is about the skill first present in Fates. For the combat art from Shadows of Valentia, see Death Blow (combat art).
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Death Blow (Japanese: 鬼神の一撃 Fierce God Blow) is a skill which debuted in Fire Emblem Fates. In Fates, it is a class skill associated with the Oni Chieftain class; in Heroes, it is a four-tiered type A passive skill (whose individual tiers are Death Blow 1, Death Blow 2, Death Blow 3, and Death Blow 4 in order from lowest to highest).
In Fates, Death Blow increases the user's critical rate considerably whenever its user initiates a battle; in Heroes, the skill instead boosts the user's attack stat when initiating combat, with the bonus size increasing with the skill's tier. This version of the skill also appears in Three Houses, where it only has one version boosting attack by 6, and is learned by mastering the Brigand class.
In Engage, the skill returns to its original form, and boosts the user's critical rate once again. In this game, it is one of several skills that are exclusively used by some high-level enemies on the game's hardest difficulty mode, Maddening. Death Blow is exclusive to enemy Swordmasters.
Data
In the main Fire Emblem series
Game | Icon | Effect | Activation | Capacity | Notes |
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Fates | +20 critical rate when activated. | If user initiates combat | -- | Base cost: 1000 G | |
Three Houses | +6 physical attack when activated. | If user initiates combat | -- | -- | |
Engage | +20 critical rate when activated. | If user initiates combat | -- | -- |
In other Fire Emblem series titles
Game | Icon | Type | Effect | SP cost | Prerequisites | Unusable by | Inheritable | Other effects and notes |
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Heroes (Death Blow 1) |
A | If user initiates combat, grants +2 attack to user during combat. | 50 | -- | ✓ | -- | ||
Heroes (Death Blow 2) |
A | If user initiates combat, grants +4 attack to user during combat. | 100 | Death Blow 1 | ✓ | -- | ||
Heroes (Death Blow 3) |
A | If user initiates combat, grants +6 attack to user during combat. | 200 | Death Blow 2 | ✓ | -- | ||
Heroes (Death Blow 4) |
A | If user initiates combat, grants +8 attack to user during combat. | 300 | Death Blow 3 | ✓ | -- |
Game | Icon | Effect | Activation | Capacity | Notes |
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Warriors: Three Hopes | The Stun Gauge stays visible longer. | -- | -- | -- |
Availability
Fates
Classes | Oni Chieftain (Learned from Level 5 and up) |
Three Houses
Class mastery | Brigand (100 class Exp required) |
Engage
Unobtainable | Exclusively used by enemy Swordmasters on Maddening Mode. |
Heroes
Warriors: Three Hopes
Class mastery (★) | Brigand: Ashe • Dedue • Dorothea • Hapi • Ignatz • Leonie • Mercedes • Petra • Raphael • Shamir • Shez • Yuri |
Other appearances
Fire Emblem Cipher
Death Blow is present as a skill on one card in Fire Emblem Cipher: B02-035HN Aloof Flame, Rinkah. It always gives Rinkah a +20 attack power bonus during her player's turn, which is temporarily doubled to +40 on the same turn that a base Rinkah changes class into this card.
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Game | Text (English) |
Text (Japanese) |
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Fates | Grants Crit+20 when the unit initiates an
attack. |
自分から攻撃した時、
その戦闘中、必殺+20 |
Three Houses | If unit initiates combat, grants Str +6
during combat. |
自分から攻撃した時、力+6
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Engage | When unit initiates combat, grants
Crit+20 during combat. |
自分から攻撃した時、必殺+20
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Heroes (Death Blow 1) |
If unit initiates combat, grants Atk+2 during
combat. |
自分から攻撃した時、戦闘中の攻撃+2
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Heroes (Death Blow 2) |
If unit initiates combat, grants Atk+4 during
combat. |
自分から攻撃した時、戦闘中の攻撃+4
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Heroes (Death Blow 3) |
If unit initiates combat, grants Atk+6 during
combat. |
自分から攻撃した時、戦闘中の攻撃+6
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Heroes (Death Blow 4) |
If unit initiates combat, grants Atk+8 during
combat. |
自分から攻撃した時、戦闘中の攻撃+8
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Warriors: Three Hopes | Keeps the Stun Gauge visible for longer.
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Trivia
- Death Blow is the first skill in Heroes to get a fourth-tier version, with this tier added to the game in the Arrival of the Brave update.
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
English |
Death Blow |
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Japanese |
鬼神の一撃 |
Fierce God Blow; "fierce god" literally translates to "ogre/oni god". |
Spanish |
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French |
Coup fatal |
Death blow |
German |
Voll ins Schwarze |
Bullseye (literally, "fully into the black") |
Italian |
Colpo mortale |
Death blow |
Portuguese |
Golpe mortal |
Mortal blow |
Korean |
귀신의 일격 |
Fierce god blow |
Simplified Chinese |
鬼神一击 |
Fierce god blow |
Traditional Chinese |
鬼神一擊 |
Fierce god blow |
References
See also
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