Dragonskin

Dragonskin Icon of Dragonskin in Fates. Halves damage taken, crits, and off. skills. Prevents lethal, poison, and counter skills.

Type(s) Personal (Awakening and Fates) Class (Echoes: Shadows of Valenta) Game(s) Awakening Fates Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Dragonskin (Japanese: 竜鱗 Dragon Scales) is an enemy-exclusive combat skill which debuted in Fire Emblem Awakening. It is primarily used by draconic late-to-endgame bosses such as Grima and Anankos. It halves damage dealt to its bearer and negates the effects of certain skills. Its Fates version also weakens critical hits and certain other skills, whereas its Echoes: Shadows of Valentia incarnation only serves to halve damage dealt.

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In the main Fire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Awakening		Reduces all damage dealt to the user by 50%. Negates Counter and Lethality.	--	--	--
Fates		Reduces all damage dealt to the user by 50%. Negates Counter, Countermagic, Lethality, and out-of-combat damage such as Poison Strike. Weakens critical hits and offensive skills by 50%.	--	--	Critical hits deal ×1.5 damage instead of ×3. Sol and Aether heal 25% of damage dealt as HP instead of 50%.
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia		Reduces all damage dealt to the user by 50%.	--	--	--

In other Fire Emblem series titles

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Heroes		Nullifies bonus damage targeting flying units, and boosts user's Defense and Resistance by +4 each when enemy initiates combat.	--	--	Cost: 300 SP
Heroes (II)		Nullifies bonus damage targeting flying units, and boosts user's Attack, Speed, Defense, and Resistance by +6 each when enemy either initiates combat or has 75% or higher HP at start of combat, and additionally neutralizes any skill-placed bonuses in place on target (i.e. those granted by a Fortify or Rally).	--	--	Cost: 300 SP

Availability

Awakening

Unobtainable

Exclusively used by Grima on all difficulties, Validar on Hard Mode and above, and enemies in Apotheosis on all difficulties.

Fates

Unobtainable

Exclusively used by Garon, Takumi*, Gunter*, and Anankos on all difficulties.

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Classes

Fell Dragon

Heroes

Units

Robin: Fell Vessel

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Dragonskin is present as a skill on two cards in Fire Emblem Cipher, albeit with different effects between the two:

• Gunter's Dragonskin skill (B06-096R Traitorous Old Knight) protects him from being destroyed by the effects of skills or as the cost paid to activate a skill.
• Grima's Dragonskin skill (B08-048R Baleful Dragon) increases her attack power by 20 points if her player controls more units than the opponent. This incentivizes the use of one of her other skills, "The Grimleal", which enhances the player's ability to deploy as many Risen at once as they can to keep their numbers high and trigger Dragonskin.

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Awakening	Nullifies Lethality and Counter, and more than halves damage.	??
Fates	Halves damage taken, crits, and off. skills. Prevents lethal, poison, and counter skills.	??
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	Halves damage taken.	??
Heroes (Dragonskin)	Neutralizes "effective against flying" bonuses. If foe initiates combat, grants Def/Res+4 during combat.	飛行特効無効 敵から攻撃された時、戦闘中、 守備、魔防＋４
Heroes (Dragonskin II)	Neutralizes "effective against flying" bonuses. If foe initiates combat or if foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+6 to unit during combat and neutralizes foe's bonuses (from skills like Fortify, Rally, etc.).	飛行特効無効 敵から攻撃された時、または 戦闘開始時、敵のＨＰが７５％以上の時、 戦闘中、攻撃、速さ、守備、魔防＋６、かつ 戦闘中、敵の強化の＋を無効にする （無効になるのは、鼓舞や応援等の＋効果）

Trivia

• In Mystery of the Emblem, Medeus and all enemy Earth Dragons are protected by a similar effect to Dragonskin, which halves the attack power of all enemies. This effect is also given by Loptous to Julius in Genealogy of the Holy War.

Etymology and other languages

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Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology and notes
English	Dragonskin	--
Japanese	• 邪竜の鱗 • 竜鱗	• Evil Dragon's Scales. This name is used in Awakening, Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, and Heroes. • Dragon Scales. This name is used in Fates.
Spanish	Piel dragontina	Draconic skin
French	• Écailles dragon • Écailles de dragon	• Dragon's scales; used in Awakening, Fates, and Heroes. • Draon scales; used in Shadows of Valentia.
German	Drachenhaut	Dragonskin
Italian	Scaglie di drago	Dragon's scales
Portuguese (Brazil)	Pele de dragão	Dragon's skin
Korean	• 용의 비늘 • 사룡의 비늘	• Used in Fates. • Evil dragon's scales; used in Shadows of Valentia.
Traditional Chinese	邪龍之鱗	Evil dragon's scales

See also

• Ancient Dragonskin

Type A passive skills in Heroes

Aether Raids skills AR-D Atk/Def • AR-D Atk/Res • AR-D Atk/Spd • AR-D Def/Res • AR-D Spd/Def • AR-D Spd/Res • AR-O Atk/Def • AR-O Atk/Spd • AR-O Spd/Res Bonus damage skills Ashera's Chosen • Dragonskin • Dragoon Shield • Grani's Shield • Iote's Shield • Svalinn Shield Counter-attack skills Close Counter • Close Foil • Close Reversal • Close Salvo • Close Ward • Distant Counter • Distant Dart • Distant Foil • Distant Pressure • Distant Stance • Distant Storm • Distant Ward • Ostian Counter Proximity skills Ashera's Chosen • Atk/Def Bond • Atk/Def Form • Atk/Def Solo • Atk/Def Unity • Atk/Res Bond • Atk/Res Form • Atk/Res Solo • Atk/Res Unity • Atk/Spd Bond • Atk/Spd Form • Atk/Spd Solo • Atk/Spd Unity • Def/Res Bond • Def/Res Form • Def/Res Solo • Def/Res Unity • Laws of Sacae • Sorcery Blade • Spd/Def Bond • Spd/Def Form • Spd/Def Solo • Spd/Res Bond • Spd/Res Form • Spd/Res Solo Stat boosting skills Attack + • Attack/Def + • Atk/Def Catch • Atk/Def Ideal • Atk/Def Push • Attack/Res • Atk/Res Catch • Atk/Res Ideal • Atk/Res Push • Atk/Spd • Atk/Spd Catch • Atk/Spd Ideal • Atk/Spd Push • B Duel Cavalry • B Duel Flying • B Duel Infantry • Bonus Doubler • Brazen Atk/Def • Brazen Atk/Res • Brazen Atk/Spd • Brazen Def/Res • Brazen Spd/Def • Brazen Spd/Res • C Duel Cavalry • C Duel Flying • C Duel Infantry • Defense + • Def/Res Catch • Def/Res Ideal • Def/Res • Defiant Atk • Defiant Def • Defiant Res • Defiant Spd • Distant Pressure • Dragoon Shield • Earth Boost • Fire Boost • Fortress Def • Fort. Def/Res • Fortress Res • Fury • G Duel Cavalry • G Duel Flying • G Duel Infantry • HP + • HP/Atk • HP/Def • HP/Res • HP/Spd • Life and Death • R Duel Cavalry • R Duel Flying • R Duel Infantry • Resistance + • Scendscale • Speed + • Spd/Def • Spd/Def Ideal • Spd/Res • Still Water • Triangle Adept • Water Boost • Wind Boost Turn-related skills Armored Blow • Blade Session • Bracing Blow • Bracing Stance • Close Def • Close Foil • Close Reversal • Close Ward • Darting Blow • Darting Breath • Darting Stance • Death Blow • Distant Def • Distant Foil • Distant Ward • Dragonskin • Fierce Breath • Fierce Stance • Kestrel Stance • Laws of Sacae • Mirror Impact • Mirror Stance • Mirror Strike • Shield Session • Steady Blow • Steady Breath • Steady Impact • Steady Posture • Steady Stance • Sturdy Blow • Sturdy Impact • Sturdy Stance • Sturdy Surge • Surge Sparrow • Swift Sparrow • Swift Stance • Swift Strike • Warding Blow • Warding Breath • Warding Stance Miscellaneous skills Flashing Blade • Heavy Blade • Mila's Turnwheel