Desperation

This article is about the skill. For the Path of Radiance trial map, see Desperation (Trial Map).

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Desperation Icon of the Desperation ability in Three Houses. If unit initiates combat with HP ≤ 50%, unit's follow-up attack (if possible) occurs before foe's counterattack.

Type(s) Class (Three Houses) Passive (Type B) Game(s) Three Houses Heroes

Desperation (Japanese: 攻め立て Incessant Attack) is a three-tiered passive type B skill which debuted in Fire Emblem Heroes; the individual tiers of the skill are known as Desperation 1, Desperation 2, and Desperation 3 in order from lowest to highest. Units with a Desperation skill reorders any of their follow-up attacks to right after their initial attack provided their current HP is below a certain threshold; the maximum HP threshold needed for activation increases with the tier of the skill.

The skill was later introduced to the main series in Three Houses, where it is an ability obtained by mastering the Cavalier class. It retains the same effect and use it had in Heroes.

Data

In the main Fire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Three Houses		Reorders any follow-up attacks to take place right after the initial attack.	If user's HP ≤ 50% and unit initiates combat	--	--

In other Fire Emblem series titles

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Heroes (Desperation 1)		Reorders any follow-up attacks to take place right after the initial attack.	If user's HP ≤ 25% and user initiates combat	--	Cost: 50 SP
Heroes (Desperation 2)		Reorders any follow-up attacks to take place right after the initial attack.	If user's HP ≤ 50% and user initiates combat	--	Cost: 100 SP
Heroes (Desperation 3)		Reorders any follow-up attacks to take place right after the initial attack.	If user's HP ≤ 75% and user initiates combat	--	Cost: 200 SP

Availability

Three Houses

Class mastery

Cavalier (100 class Exp required)

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Three Houses	If unit initiates combat with HP ≤ 50%, unit's follow-up attack (if possible) occurs before foe's counterattack.	ＨＰが５０％以下で攻撃した時、 敵の反撃より先に追撃する （追撃発生時のみ）
Heroes (Desperation 1)	If unit’s HP ≤ 25% and unit initiates combat, unit can make a follow-up attack before foe can counterattack.	自分のＨＰが２５％以下で、自分から攻撃した時、 追撃可能なら自分の攻撃の直後に追撃を行う
Heroes (Desperation 2)	If unit’s HP ≤ 50% and unit initiates combat, unit can make a follow-up attack before foe can counterattack.	自分のＨＰが５０％以下で、自分から攻撃した時、 追撃可能なら自分の攻撃の直後に追撃を行う
Heroes (Desperation 3)	If unit’s HP ≤ 75% and unit initiates combat, unit can make a follow-up attack before foe can counterattack.	自分のＨＰが７５％以下で、自分から攻撃した時、 追撃可能なら自分の攻撃の直後に追撃を行う

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology and notes
English	Desperation	--
Japanese	攻め立て	Incessant Attack
Spanish	Arremetida	Charge
French	Adrénaline	Adrenalin
German	Verzweiflung	Desperation
Italian	Disperazione	Desperation
Portuguese (Brazil)	Desespero	Despair
Korean	연속 공격	Sequence attack
Simplified Chinese	强攻	Powerful charge
Traditional Chinese	猛攻 強攻	Violent attack; used in Heroes. Powerful charge; used in Three Houses.

See also

• Adept
• Battalion Desperation
• Sol Katti

Type B passive skills in Heroes

Debuffing skills Armored Wall • Atrocity • Atk Cantrip • Atk/Def Bulwark • Atk/Def Snag • Atk Feint • A/D Far Trace • A/D Near Trace • A/R Far Trace • A/R Near Trace • A/S Far Trace • Atk/Res Ruse • Atk/Res Snag • Atk/Res Tempo • 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/Def • Chill Spd/Res • Chilling Seal • Crafty Fighter • Deadly Balance • Def Cantrip • Def Feint • Def/Res Ruse • Def/Res Smoke • 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 • New Divinity • 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 • Spd/Def Bulwark • 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 • S/R Near Trace • Spd/Res Tempo • Spd Preempt • 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 Feather • 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/R Near Trace • A/S Far Trace • Close Call • Drag Back • Escape Route • Flier Formation • Hit and Run • Knock Back • Lunge • Moonlight Bangle • Moonlit Bangle F • Murderous Lion • Obstruct • Pass • Raging Storm • Repel • S/D Far Trace • S/D Near Trace • S/R Far Trace • S/R Near 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 • Velocity • 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