Dull Close

Dull Close Icon of the Dull Close 1 skill in Heroes. At start of combat, if unit's HP = 100% and foe uses sword, lance, axe, dragonstone, or beast damage, neutralizes foe's bonuses (from skills like Fortify, Rally, etc.) during combat.

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

Dull Close (Japanese: 強化無効・近距離 Nullify Strengthening · Close Range) is a three-tiered passive type B skill which debuted in Fire Emblem Heroes; the individual tiers of the skill are known as Dull Close 1, Dull Close 2, and Dull Close 3 in order from lowest to highest. Units with a Dull Close skill can, whenever their target wields a range-one weapon skill, neutralize any bonuses on the target; the HP threshold required for this to take effect drastically decreases with the skill's tier.

Data

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Heroes (Dull Close 1)		Neutralizes target's bonuses during combat.	User's HP is full and target has a sword, lance axe, breath, or beast skill equipped.	--	Cost: 60 SP
Heroes (Dull Close 2)		Neutralizes target's bonuses during combat.	User's HP is at least 50% and target has a sword, lance, axe, breath, or beast skill equipped	--	Cost: 120 SP
Heroes (Dull Close 3)		Neutralizes target's bonuses during combat.	Target has a sword, lance, axe, breath, or beast skill equipped	--	Cost: 240 SP

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Heroes (Dull Close 1)	At start of combat, if unit's HP = 100% and foe uses sword, lance, axe, dragonstone, or beast damage, neutralizes foe's bonuses (from skills like Fortify, Rally, etc.) during combat.	戦闘開始時、自身のＨＰが１００％で、 敵が剣、槍、斧、竜、獣の時、 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）
Heroes (Dull Close 2)	At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 50% and foe uses sword, lance, axe, dragonstone, or beast damage, neutralizes foe's bonuses (from skills like Fortify, Rally, etc.) during combat.	戦闘開始時、自身のＨＰが５０％以上で、 敵が剣、槍、斧、竜、獣の時、 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）
Heroes (Dull Close 3)	If foe uses sword, lance, axe, dragonstone, or beast damage, neutralizes foe's bonuses (from skills like Fortify, Rally, etc.) during combat.	敵が剣、槍、斧、竜、獣の時、 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）

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology and notes
English	Dull Close	--
Japanese	強化無効・近距離	Nullify Strengthening · Close Range
Spanish	Cobijo cercano	Close shelter
French	Affaiblir proche	Weaken close; abbreviated as Affaibl. proche.
German	Anti-Nahkampf	Anti-Close Combat
Italian	Anti-mischia	Anti-brawl
Portuguese (Brazil)	Abrigo perto	Close shelter
Traditional Chinese	強化無效・近距離	Nullify strengthening · close-range

See also

• Dull Ranged

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 • A/S Near Trace • 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 • Spd/Res Bulwark • 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 • Beast Agility • 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 • A/S Near 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