Defense/Resistance Ruse

Defense/Resistance Ruse Icon of the Def/Res Ruse 1 skill in Heroes. If a Rally Assist skill is used by unit or targets unit, inflicts Def/Res-1 and [Guard] on foes in cardinal directions of unit and target through their next actions.

Type(s) Passive (Type B) Game(s) Heroes

Defense/Resistance Ruse (Japanese: 守備魔防の大共謀 Great Defense/Resistance Conspiracy) is a three-tiered passive type B skill which debuted in Fire Emblem Heroes; the individual tiers of the skill are known as Def/Res Ruse 1, Def/Res Ruse 2, and Def/Res Ruse 3 in order from lowest to highest. Units with a Def/Res Ruse skill, when the user is either the user or recipient of a rally assist skill, drastically drops both the Defense and Resistance of enemies in cardinal directions of both allies involved through their following actions and inflicts the Guard status on those same enemies, slowing their special cooldown per attack by -1; the size of the Defense and Resistance drops are affected by the skill's tier.

Data

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Heroes (Def/Res Ruse 1)		Reduces Defense and Resistance of all enemies in cardinal directions of both user and target of a rally assist skill by 1 each and inflicts special cooldown -1 per attack during combat on all affected enemies through their following actions.	Unit is the user or target of a rally assist skill	--	Cost: 60 SP
Heroes (Def/Res Ruse 2)		Reduces Defense and Resistance of all enemies in cardinal directions of both user and target of a rally assist skill by 3 each and inflicts special cooldown -1 per attack during combat on all affected enemies through their following actions.	Unit is the user or target of a rally assist skill	--	Cost: 120 SP
Heroes (Def/Res Ruse 3)		Reduces Defense and Resistance of all enemies in cardinal directions of both user and target of a rally assist skill by 5 each and inflicts special cooldown -1 per attack during combat on all affected enemies through their following actions.	Unit is the user or target of a rally assist skill	--	Cost: 240 SP

Availability

Heroes

Units

Annette: Overachiever • Ursula: Clear-Blue Crow

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Heroes (Def/Res Ruse 1)	If a Rally Assist skill is used by unit or targets unit, inflicts Def/Res-1 and【Guard】on foes in cardinal directions of unit and target through their next actions. 【Guard】 Inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on target per attack during combat through its next action. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)	応援を使用した時、または自分に使用された時、 自分と相手の十字方向にいる敵は、 守備、魔防－１（敵の次回行動終了まで）かつ 【キャンセル】を付与 【キャンセル】 奥義発動カウント変動量－１になる状態異常 （同系統効果複数時、最大値適用） （敵の次回行動終了まで）
Heroes (Def/Res Ruse 2)	If a Rally Assist skill is used by unit or targets unit, inflicts Def/Res-3 and【Guard】on foes in cardinal directions of unit and target through their next actions. 【Guard】 Inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on target per attack during combat through its next action. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)	応援を使用した時、または自分に使用された時、 自分と相手の十字方向にいる敵は、 守備、魔防－３（敵の次回行動終了まで）かつ 【キャンセル】を付与 【キャンセル】 奥義発動カウント変動量－１になる状態異常 （同系統効果複数時、最大値適用） （敵の次回行動終了まで）
Heroes (Def/Res Ruse 3)	If a Rally Assist skill is used by unit or targets unit, inflicts Def/Res-5 and【Guard】on foes in cardinal directions of unit and target through their next actions. 【Guard】 Inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on target per attack during combat through its next action. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)	応援を使用した時、または自分に使用された時、 自分と相手の十字方向にいる敵は、 守備、魔防－５（敵の次回行動終了まで）かつ 【キャンセル】を付与 【キャンセル】 奥義発動カウント変動量－１になる状態異常 （同系統効果複数時、最大値適用） （敵の次回行動終了まで）

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology and notes
English	Defense/Resistance Ruse	Abbreviated as Def/Res Ruse.
Japanese	守備魔防の大共謀	Great Defense/Resistance Conspiracy
Spanish	Treta Defensa/Resistencia	Defense/Resistance trick; abbreviated as Treta Def/Res in the European localization and as Treta Def./Res. in the Latin American localization.
French	Leurre Défense/Résistance	Defense/Resistance lure; abbreviated as Leurre Déf/Rés.
German	Verteidigung/Resistenz-Kniff	Defense/Resistance Trick; abbreviated as Ver./Res.-Kniff.
Italian	Furto Difesa/Resistenza	Defense/Resistance theft; abbreviated as Furto Dif/Res.
Portuguese (Brazil)	Ardil Defesa/Resistência	Defense/Resistance ruse; abbreviated as Ardil Def./Res.
Traditional Chinese	防守魔防大共謀	Defense/Resistance great scheme

See also

• Attack/Speed Ruse
• Speed/Defense Ruse
• Speed/Resistance Ruse
• Attack/Resistance Ruse

Type B passive skills in Heroes

Debuffing skills Armored Wall • Atrocity • Atk Cantrip • Atk/Def Snag • Atk Feint • A/D Far Trace • A/R Far Trace • A/S Far Trace • Atk/Res Ruse • Atk/Spd Ruse • Atk/Spd Snag • Belief in Love • Chill Atk • Chill Atk/Def • Chill Atk/Res • Chill Atk/Spd • Chill Def • Chill Res • Chill Spd • Chill Spd/Res • Chilling Seal • Crafty Fighter • Deadly Balance • Def Cantrip • Def Feint • Def/Res Ruse • Def/Res Snag • Divine Recreation • Dull Close • Dull Ranged • Fallen Star • Freezing Seal • Guard • Killing Intent • Light and Dark • Lull Atk/Def • Lull Atk/Res • Lull Atk/Spd • Lull Spd/Def • Lull Spd/Res • Moon-Twin Wing • Prescience • Res Cantrip • Res Feint • Sabotage Atk • Sabotage Def • Sabotage Res • Sabotage Spd • Savvy Fighter • Seal Atk • Seal Atk/Def • Seal Atk/Spd • Seal Def • Seal Def/Res • Seal Res • Seal Spd • Seal Spd/Def • Seal Spd/Res • Special Fighter • S/D Far Trace • S/D Near Trace • Spd/Def Ruse • Spd/Def Snag • Spd/Def Tempo • Spd Cantrip • Spd Feint • S/R Far Trace • Spd/Res Ruse • Spd/Res Snag • Sun-Twin Wing • Vengeful Fighter • Yune's Whispers Follow-up strike skills Assured Rebirth • Axebreaker • Binding Shield • Black Eagle Rule • Blue Lion Rule • B Tomebreaker • Bold Fighter • Bowbreaker • Brash Assault • Crafty Fighter • Crusader's Ward • Daggerbreaker • Dive-Bomb • Dragon's Ire • Even Follow-Up • Faithful Loyalty • Flow Flight • Flow Force• Flow Guard • Flow Refresh • Follow-Up Ring • G Tomebreaker • Hardy Fighter • Hoðr's Zeal • Holy War's End • Killing Intent • Lancebreaker • Null Follow-Up‎ • Odd Follow-Up • Quick Riposte • Raging Storm • R Tomebreaker • Slick Fighter • Soul of Zofia • Sun-Twin Wing • Swordbreaker • Vengeful Fighter • Wary Fighter • Watersweep • Wily Fighter • Windsweep • Yngvi Ascendant Healing skills Armored Wall • Flow Refresh • Live to Serve • Mystic Boost • Recover Ring • Renewal • S Drink • Solar Brace Mobility skills Aerobatics • A/D Far Trace • A/D Near Trace • A/R Far Trace • A/S Far Trace • Close Call • Drag Back • Escape Route • Flier Formation • Hit and Run • Knock Back • Lunge • Moonlight Bangle • Murderous Lion • Obstruct • Pass • Raging Storm • Repel • S/D Far Trace • S/R Far Trace • Warp Powder • Wings of Mercy Proximity skills Binding Necklace • Murderous Lion • Sabotage Atk • Sabotage Def • Sabotage Res • Sabotage Spd • Sudden Panic • Yune's Whispers Stat boosting skills Atk/Def Link • Atk/Res Link • Atk/Spd Link • Blaze Dance • Caldera Dance • Def/Res Link • Deluge Dance • Earth Dance • Fireflood Dance • Firestorm Dance • Gale Dance • Geyser Dance • Lunar Brace • Rockslide Dance • Shield Pulse • Spd/Def Link • Spd/Res Link • Spurn • Torrent Dance • Wrath Turn-related skills Blue Lion Rule • Bold Fighter • Brash Assault • Close Call • Crafty Fighter • Daring Fighter • Desperation • Dive-Bomb • Double Lion • Dragon's Ire • Flow Refresh • Frenzy • Hardy Fighter • Holy War's End • Killing Intent • Lunge • Poison Strike • Prescience • Quick Riposte • Raging Storm • Repel • Slick Fighter • Soul of Zofia • Special Spiral • Vantage • Vengeful Fighter • Yngvi Ascendant Miscellaneous skills Beorc's Blessing • Bushido • Cancel Affinity • Dazzling Staff • Disarm Trap • Dragon Wall • Dragon's Wrath • Guard Bearing • Live for Bounty • Live for Honor • Moon-Twin Wing • Null C-Disrupt • Sacae's Blessing • True Dragon Wall • Wrathful Staff