Growing Thunder

Growing Thunder Icon used by Growing Thunder in Heroes. Before combat this unit initiates, foes in a wide area around target take damage equal to (unit's Atk minus foe's Def or Res).

Type(s) Special First game Heroes

Growing Thunder (Japanese: 爆雷 Bursting thunder) is a special skill which debuted in Fire Emblem Heroes. Growing Thunder allows the user to deal damage to all foes within its range based on the game's typical damage formulas. Growing Thunder can be considered one of two stronger variations of the Rising Thunder skill, dealing the same damage but in a wider range.

Data

Game	Icon	Effect	Cooldown	SP cost	Unusable by	Inheritable	Notes
Heroes		At the start of combat, foes within a specific range of the target take damage based on the formula	4	300 SP	--	✓	Formula: User's Attack - Target's Defense/Resistance Range: 7 tiles vertically and 3 tiles horizontally, centered on the target.

Trivia

• As the damage is done outside of battle, skills such as Gronnblade or Spur Attack do not increase how much damage these skills deal.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Growing Thunder	--
Japanese	爆雷	Bursting thunder
Spanish	Rayo cegador	Blinding lightning
French	Éclair croissant	Increasing lightning
German	Tosender Donner	Raging Thunder
Italian	Tuono crescente	Growing thunder
Portuguese (Brazil)	Trovão intenso	Intense thunder
Traditional Chinese	爆雷	Bursting thunder

See also

• Rising Thunder
• Blazing Thunder
• Growing Flame, this skill's fire-themed counterpart
• Growing Light, this skill's light-themed counterpart
• Growing Wind, this skill's wind-themed counterpart

Special skills in Heroes

Area-of-effect skills Blazing Flame • Blazing Light • Blazing Thunder • Blazing Wind • Gifted Magic • Growing Flame • Growing Light • Growing Thunder • Growing Wind • Rising Flame • Rising Light • Rising Thunder • Rising Wind Defensive skills Aegis • Buckler • Circlet of Balance • Escutcheon • Frostbite Mirror • Godlike Reflexes • Holy Panic • Holy Vestments • Ice Mirror • Life Unending • Miracle • Negating Fang • Pavise • Sacred Cowl Healing skills Aether • Daylight • Heavenly Light • Imbue • Mayhem Aether • Noontime • Open the Future • Radiant Aether • Righteous Wind • Sol Offensive skills Aether • Armored Beacon • Armored Floe • Astra • Black Luna • Blue Flame • Bonfire • Brutal Shell • Chilling Wind • Chivalric Aura • Circlet of Balance • Divine Pulse • Draconic Aura • Dragon Blast • Dragon Fang • Dragon Gaze • Enclosure • Fire Emblem • Flare • Glacies • Glimmer • Glowing Ember • Godlike Reflexes • Hero's Blood • Holy Pressure • Holy-Knight Aura • Iceberg • Ignis • Imperial Astra • Lethality • Light's Restraint • Luna • Lunar Flash • Mayhem Aether • Moonbow • New Moon • Night Sky • Open the Future • Radiant Aether • Regnal Astra • Reprisal • Retribution • Righteous Wind • Ruptured Sky • Seiðr Shell • Shining Emblem • Sirius • Sublime Heaven • Supreme Astra • Twin Blades • Vengeance • Vital Astra Staff specials Deluge Balm • Earthfire Balm • Earthwater Balm • Earthwind Balm • Fireflood Balm • Heavenly Light • Imbue • Kindled-Fire Balm • Solid-Earth Balm • Still-Water Balm • Swift-Winds Balm • Windfire Balm Miscellaneous skills Galeforce • Njörun's Zeal • Requiem Dance • Umbra Blast • Umbra Calamity • Umbra Eruption