Defense/Resistance Menace

Def/Res Menace Icon of the Def/Res Menace skill in Heroes.

Type(s) Passive (Type C) First game Heroes

Defense/Resistance Menace (Japanese: 守備魔防の脅嚇 Defense/Resistance Intimidation) is a passive type C skill which debuted in Fire Emblem Heroes; Defense/Resistance Menace comes in only one tier, Def/Res Menace. Defense/Resistance Menace is a greatly-enhanced fourth-tier equivalent of Threat. Def/Res, in that users with it drop the Defense and Resistance of the nearest enemy units at the start of the user's phase while boosting the user's Defense and Resistance by the same amount.

Data

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Heroes		At start of user's phase, drops the Defense and Resistance of nearest enemy units by 6 each through their following actions, and boosts user's Defense and Resistance by 6 each for remainder of turn.	User is within four spaces of an enemy	--	Cost: 300 SP

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Heroes	At start of turn, if unit is within 4 spaces of a foe, inflicts Def/Res-6 on nearest foes through their next actions and grants Def/Res+6 to unit for 1 turn.	ターン開始時、周囲４マス以内に敵がいる時、 最も近い敵の 守備、魔防－６（敵の次回行動終了まで）、かつ 自身の守備、魔防＋６（１ターン）

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Defense/Resistance Menace	Abbreviated as Def/Res Menace.
Japanese	守備魔防の脅嚇	Defense/Resistance Intimidation
Spanish	Amenaza Defensa/Resistencia	Defense/Resistance menace; abbreviated as Amenaza Def/Res in the European localization and as Minaccia Dif/Res in the Latin American localization.
French	Menace Défense/Résistance	Defense/Resistance menace; abbreviated as Menace Déf/Rés.
German	Verteidigung/Resistenz-Geißel	Defense/Resistance Scourge; abbreviated as Ver./Res.-Geißel.
Italian	Minaccia Difesa/Resistenza	Defense/Resistance menace; abbreviated as Minaccia Dif/Res.
Portuguese	Defesa/Resistência ameaça	Defense/Resistance menace; abbreviated as Def./Res. ameaça.
Traditional Chinese	防守魔防的恐嚇	Defense/Magic defense menace

See also

• Atk/Spd Menace
• Atk/Def Menace
• Atk/Res Menace
• Spd/Def Menace
• Spd/Res Menace

Type C passive skills in Heroes

Debuffing skills Atk Ploy • Atk Smoke • Atk/Def Rein • Atk/Res Rein • Atk/Spd Rein • Chaos Named • Def Ploy • Def Smoke • Glare • Panic Ploy • Res Ploy • Res Smoke • Spd Ploy • Spd Smoke Experience-related skills Axe Experience • Axe Valor • Beast Exp. • Beast Valor • B Tome Exp. • B Tome Valor • Bow Exp. • Bow Valor • Dagger Exp. • Dagger Valor • Dragon Exp. • Dragon Valor • G Tome Exp. • G Tome Valor • Lance Exp. • Lance Valor • R Tome Exp. • R Tome Valor • Staff Exp. • Staff Valor • Sword Exp. • Sword Valor Healing skills Breath of Life • Even Recovery • Odd Recovery • Sparkling Boost Mobility skills Air Orders • Armor March • Armored Stride • Assault Troop • A/D Near Save • A/S Far Save • A/R Near Save • A/R Far Save • Canto Control • D/R Far Save • D/R Near Save • Even Tempest • Flier Guidance • Ground Orders • Guidance • Odd Tempest • Opening Retainer • Solitary Dream Proximity skills Armor March • Armored Stride • Atk Tactic • A/D Far Save • Atk/Def Gap • Atk/Def Hold • Atk/Def Menace • A/D Near Save • Atk/Def Oath • Atk/Def Rein • A/S Far Save • A/R Far Save • Atk/Res Gap • Atk/Res Hold • Atk/Res Menace • A/R Near Save • Atk/Res Oath • Atk/Res Rein • Atk Smoke • Atk/Spd Gap • Atk/Spd Hold • Atk/Spd Menace • Atk/Spd Oath • Atk/Spd Rein • Breath of Life • Chaos Named • Close Guard • Cross Spur Atk • Cross Spur Res • Darkling Guardian • Def Tactic • Def/Res Gap • Def/Res Hold • Def/Res Menace • D/R Near Save • Def/Res Oath • Def/Res Rein • Def Smoke • Distant Guard • Divine Fang • Domain of Flame • Domain of Ice • Drive Atk • Drive Def • Drive Res • Drive Spd • Even Recovery • Everliving Domain • Faith in Humanity • Fatal Smoke • Fortify Armor • Fortify Beasts • Fortify Cavalry • Fortify Def • Fortify Dragons • Fortify Fliers • Fortify Res • Glare • Goad Armor • Goad Beasts • Goad Cavalry • Goad Dragons • Goad Fliers • Goddess Bearer • Heir to Light • Holy Ground • Hone Armor • Hone Atk • Hone Beasts • Hone Cavalry • Hone Dragons • Hone Fliers • Hone Spd • Human Virtue • Inevitable Death • Infantry Breath • Infantry Flash • Inf. Hexblade • Inf. Null Follow • Infantry Pulse • Infantry Rush • Inf. Spd Tactic • Joint Dist. Guard • Joint Drive Atk • Joint Drive Def • Joint Drive Res • Joint Drive Spd • Joint Hone Atk • Joint Hone Def • Joint Hone Res • Joint Hone Spd • Odd Recovery • Opened Domain • Order's Restraint • Ostia's Pulse • Panic Smoke • Pulse Smoke • Res Smoke • Res Tactic • Rouse Atk/Def • Rouse Atk/Res • Rouse Atk/Spd • Rouse Def/Res • Rouse Spd/Def • Rouse Spd/Res • Savage Blow • Severance • Solitary Dream • Spd/Def Gap • Spd/Def Hold • Spd/Def Menace • Spd/Def Oath • Spd/Def Rein • Spd/Res Gap • Spd/Res Hold • Spd/Res Menace • Spd/Res Oath • Spd/Res Rein • Spd Smoke • Spd Tactic • Spur Atk • Spur Atk/Def • Spur Atk/Res • Spur Atk/Spd • Spur Def • Spur Def/Res • Spur Res • Spur Spd • Spur Spd/Def • Spur Spd/Res • Stall Ploy • Surtr's Menace • Surtr's Portent • Threaten Atk • Threat. Atk/Def • Threat. Atk/Res • Threat. Atk/Spd • Threaten Def • Threat. Def/Res • Threaten Res • Threaten Spd • Threat. Spd/Def • Threat. Spd/Res • Ward Armor • Ward Beasts • Ward Cavalry • Ward Dragons • Ward Fliers • With Everyone! Stat-boosting skills All Together! • Atk Opening • Def Opening • Res Opening • Spd Opening • Vision of Arcadia • Wings of Light Turn-related skills A/D Near Save • A/R Far Save • Breath of Life • D/R Near Save • Even Atk Wave • Even Def Wave • Even Recovery • Even Res Wave • Even Spd Wave • Even Tempest • Fatal Smoke • Future-Focused • Odd Atk Wave • Odd Def Wave • Odd Recovery • Odd Res Wave • Odd Spd Wave • Odd Tempest • Savage Blow Miscellaneous skills Blue Feud • C Feud • Divine Fang • Green Feud • Impenetrable Dark • Red Feud • Time's Pulse • Upheaval • Worldbreaker