Heavy Blade

Heavy Blade Icon of the Heavy Blade skill in Fates. This unsubtle fighting style grants Str+3 but Spd-1.

Type(s) Class (Fates) Passive (Type A) (Heroes) Game(s) Fates Heroes

Heavy Blade (Japanese: 剛剣 Tough Sword) is a skill which debuted in Fire Emblem Fates. In Fates, it is a bonus class skill associated with the Vanguard class; in Heroes, it is a three-tiered type A passive skill (whose individiual tiers are known as Heavy Blade 1, Heavy Blade 2, and Heavy Blade 3 in order from lowest to highest). In Fates, Heavy Blade is a skill that grants a sizable boost to the user's Strength at the slight cost of a point of Speed; in Heroes, the skill accelerates the cooldown for special skills if the user's Attack is higher than the target's, the necessary gap in Attack stats presumably decreases with the skill's tier.

Data

In the main Fire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Fates		+3 Strength, -1 Speed	--	--	--

In other Fire Emblem series titles

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Heroes (Heavy Blade 1)		The user's special cooldown counter goes down by 2 instead of 1 during battle if user's Attack is 5 points higher than target's.	--	--	Cost: 60 SP
Heroes (Heavy Blade 2)		The user's special cooldown counter goes down by 2 instead of 1 during battle if user's Attack is 3 points higher than target's.	--	--	Cost: 120 SP
Heroes (Heavy Blade 3)		The user's special cooldown counter goes down by 2 instead of 1 during battle if user's Attack is higher than target's.	--	--	Cost: 240 SP

Availability

Fates

Units	amiibo interaction: Ike
Classes	Vanguard (Learned from level 1 or higher)
Items	Heavy Blade

Heroes

Heavy Blade 1

Units	Ike: Young Mercenary • Jamke: Prince of Verdane (Rarity requirements vary per character)
Tempest Trials	December 2017: 40,000 points
Sacred Seal Forge (Creation)	Requires 100 regular Scarlet Badges, 20 Great Scarlet Badges, and 40 Sacred Coins.

Heavy Blade 2

Units	Ike: Young Mercenary • Jamke: Prince of Verdane (Rarity requirements vary per character)
Sacred Seal Forge (Enhancement)	Requires 200 regular Scarlet Badges, 60 Great Scarlet Badges, 50 Sacred Coins, and the Heavy Blade 1 seal.

Heavy Blade 3

Units	Ike: Young Mercenary • Jamke: Prince of Verdane (Rarity requirements vary per character)
Sacred Seal Forge (Enhancement)	Requires 400 regular Scarlet Badges, 1,000 Great Scarlet Badges, 100 Sacred Coins, and the Heavy Blade 2 seal

Trivia

• In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, "Heavy Blade" is the name of one of the variants of Marth's side special, Dancing Blade.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology and notes
English	Heavy Blade	Due to the skills association with Ike, its name my be referring to his swordsmanship style, which contains a lot of strong, "heavy" attacks.
Japanese	剛剣	Tough Sword
Spanish	Sable pesado	Heavy Saber
French	Lame lourde	Heavy Blade
German	Schwere Klinge	Heavy Blade
Italian	Lame grevi	Heavy Blade

See also

• Dancing Blade
• Infantry Rush

Passive skills in Heroes

Type A skills Aether Raids-Defensive Attack/Defense • Aether Raids-Defensive Attack/Resistance • Aether Raids-Defensive Speed/Defense • Aether Raids-Defensive Speed/Resistance • Aether Raids-Offensive Attack/Defense • Aether Raids-Offensive Attack/Speed • Aether Raids-Offensive Speed/Resistance • Armored Blow • Attack + • Attack/Defense + • Attack/Defense Bond • Attack/Defense Push • Attack/Defense Solo • Attack/Resistance • Attack/Resistance Bond • Attack/Resistance Solo • Attack/Speed • Attack/Speed Bond • Attack/Speed Form • Attack/Speed Push • Blue Duel Flying • Blue Duel Infantry • Bonus Doubler • Bracing Blow • Bracing Stance • Brazen Attack/Defense • Brazen Attack/Resistance • Brazen Attack/Speed • Brazen Defense/Resistance • Brazen Speed/Defense • Close Counter • Close Defense • Colorless Duel Infantry • Darting Blow • Darting Stance • Death Blow • Defense + • Defense/Resistance Bond • Defense/Resistance Solo • Defense/Resistance • Defiant Attack • Defiant Defense • Defiant Resistance • Defiant Speed • Distant Counter • Distant Defense • Dragonskin • Earth Boost • Fierce Breath • Fierce Stance • Fire Boost • Flashing Blade • Fortress Defense • Fortress Defense/Resistance • Fortress Resistance • Fury • Grani's Shield • Green Duel Flying • Green Duel Infantry • Heavy Blade • HP + • HP/Attack • HP/Defense • HP/Resistance • HP/Speed • Iote's Shield • Kestrel Stance • Laws of Sacae • Life and Death • Mirror Impact • Mirror Stance • Mirror Strike • Ostian Counter • Red Duel Flying • Red Duel Infantry • Resistance + • Scendscale • Sorcery Blade • Speed + • Speed/Defense • Speed/Defense Bond • Speed/Defense Form • Speed/Defense Solo • Speed/Resistance • Speed/Resistance Bond • Steady Blow • Steady Breath • Steady Stance • Sturdy Blow • Sturdy Impact • Sturdy Stance • Svalinn Shield • Swift Sparrow • Swift Stance • Swift Strike • Triangle Adept • Warding Blow • Warding Breath • Warding Stance • Water Boost • Wind Boost Type B skills Aerobatics • Attack Feint • Attack/Defense Link • Attack/Resistance Link • Attack/Speed Link • Attack/Speed Ruse • Axebreaker • Beorc's Blessing • Binding Shield • Blaze Dance • Blue Tomebreaker • Bold Fighter • Bowbreaker • Brash Assault • Bushido • Caldera Dance • Cancel Affinity • Chill Attack • Chill Defense • Chill Resistance • Chill Speed • Chilling Seal • Crusader's Ward • Daggerbreaker • Dazzling Staff • Defense Feint • Defense/Resistance Link • Defense/Resistance Ruse • Deluge Dance • Desperation • Disarm Trap • Double Lion • Drag Back • Dull Close • Dull Ranged • Earth Dance • Escape Route • Fireflood Dance • Firestorm Dance • Flier Formation • Follow-Up Ring • Freezing Seal • Gale Dance • Geyser Dance • Green Tomebreaker • Guard • Hit and Run • Killing Intent • Knock Back • Lancebreaker • Light and Dark • Live for Bounty • Live for Honor • Live to Serve • Lull Attack/Defense • Lull Attack/Speed • Lull Speed/Defense • Lunge • Mystic Boost • Null C-Disrupt • Null Follow-Up‎ • Odd Follow-Up • Obstruct • Pass • Poison Strike • Quick Riposte • Recover Ring • Red Tomebreaker • Renewal • Resistance Feint • Rockslide Dance • S Drink • Sabotage Attack • Sabotage Defense • Sabotage Resistance • Sacae's Blessing • Seal Attack • Seal Attack/Defense • Seal Attack/Speed • Seal Defense • Seal Defense/Resistance • Seal Resistance • Seal Speed • Seal Speed/Defense • Shield Pulse • Solar Brace • Special Fighter • Speed Feint • Speed/Defense Link • Speed/Resistance Link • Speed/Resistance Ruse • Sudden Panic • Swordbreaker • Torrent Dance • Vantage • Vengeful Fighter • Warp Powder • Wary Fighter • Watersweep • Windsweep • Wings of Mercy • Wrath • Wrathful Staff • Yune's Whispers Type C skills Air Orders • Armor March • Attack Opening • Attack Ploy • Attack Smoke • Attack Tactic • Attack/Resistance Gap • Attack/Resistance Oath • Axe Experience • Axe Valor • Beast Experience • Beast Valor • Blue Tome Experience • Blue Tome Valor • Bow Experience • Bow Valor • Breath of Life • Chaos Named • Close Guard • Dagger Valor • Defense Opening • Defense Ploy • Defense Smoke • Defense Tactic • Distant Guard • Divine Fang • Dragon Valor • Drive Attack • Drive Defense • Drive Resistance • Drive Speed • Even Attack Wave • Even Defense Wave • Even Resistance Wave • Even Speed Wave • Flier Guidance • Fortify Armor • Fortify Beasts • Fortify Cavalry • Fortify Defense • Fortify Dragons • Fortify Fliers • Fortify Resistance • Glare • Goad Armor • Goad Beasts • Goad Cavalry • Goad Dragons • Goad Fliers • Green Tome Experience • Green Tome Valor • Ground Orders • Guidance • Hone Armor • Hone Attack • Hone Beasts • Hone Cavalry • Hone Dragons • Hone Fliers • Hone Speed • Human Virtue • Infantry Flash • Infantry Pulse • Infantry Rush • Infantry Hexblade • Joint Hone Attack • Joint Hone Defense • Joint Hone Speed • Lance Valor • Odd Attack Wave • Odd Defense Wave • Odd Resistance Wave • Odd Speed Wave • Ostia's Pulse • Panic Ploy • Panic Smoke • Pulse Smoke • Red Tome Experience • Red Tome Valor • Resistance Opening • Resistance Ploy • Resistance Smoke • Resistance Tactic • Rouse Attack/Defense • Savage Blow • Solitary Dream • Speed Opening • Speed Ploy • Speed Smoke • Speed Tactic • Spur Attack • Spur Attack/Defense • Spur Attack/Resistance • Spur Attack/Speed • Spur Defense • Spur Defense/Resistance • Spur Resistance • Spur Speed • Spur Speed/Defense • Spur Speed/Resistance • Staff Experience • Staff Valor • Surtr's Menace • Sword Experience • Sword Valor • Threaten Attack • Threaten Defense • Threaten Resistance • Threaten Speed • Time's Pulse • Upheaval • Vision of Arcadia • Ward Armor • Ward Beasts • Ward Cavalry • Ward Dragons • Ward Fliers • With Everyone! Sacred Seals Armored Boots • Attack Ploy • Attack + • Attack/Defense Bond • Attack/Defense + • Attack/Speed • Attack/Speed Bond • Attack Smoke • Blaze Dance • Brash Assault • Brazen Attack/Resistance • Breath of Life • Chill Attack • Close Defense • Darting Stance • Defense Ploy • Defense + • Defense Tactic • Deflect Magic • Deflect Melee • Deflect Missile • Distant Defense • Drive Attack • Drive Defense • Drive Resistance • Drive Speed • Earth Dance • Embla's Ward • Even Resistance Wave • Fierce Stance • Flashing Blade • Flier Formation • Fortify Defense • Fortify Resistance • Fortress Defense • Fortress Resistance • Gale Dance • Guidance • Hardy Bearing • Heavy Blade • Hone Attack • Hone Speed • HP + • HP/Resistance • HP/Speed • Initiate Seal Attack • Initiate Seal Defense • Initiate Seal HP • Initiate Seal Resistance • Initiate Seal Speed • Iote's Shield • Live to Serve • Múspellflame • Obstruct • Panic Ploy • Phantom Speed • Poison Strike • Quick Riposte • Quickened Pulse • Resistance Ploy • Resistance + • Resistance Tactic • Røkkr • Savage Blow • Seal Attack • Seal Speed • Sparkling Boost • Speed Ploy • Speed + • Speed/Defense • Speed/Resistance Bond • Speed Smoke • Spur Attack • Spur Defense • Spur Defense/Resistance • Spur Resistance • Spur Speed • Squad Ace A • Squad Ace B • Squad Ace C • Squad Ace D • Squad Ace E • Squad Ace F • Squad Ace G • Squad Ace H • Squad Ace I • Squad Ace J • Squad Ace K • Squad Ace L • Squad Ace M • Squad Ace N • Squad Ace O • Squad Ace P • Squad Ace Q • Squad Ace R • Squad Ace S • Squad Ace T • Squad Ace U • Squad Ace V • Squad Ace W • Squad Ace X • Squad Ace Y • Threaten Attack • Threaten Attack/Speed • Threaten Defense • Threaten Resistance • Threaten Speed • Warding Stance • Water Boost • Wind Boost