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 four-tiered type A passive skill (whose individiual tiers are known as Heavy Blade 1, Heavy Blade 2, Heavy Blade 3, and Heavy Blade 4 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 decreases with the skill's tier up to the third tier, with the fourth tier adding a boost to its user's damage.

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.	User's attack is at least 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.	User's attack is at least 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.	User's attack is higher than target's.	--	Cost: 240 SP
Heroes (Heavy Blade 4)		Accelerates cooldown for special skills by 1 point and boosts damage output by +5 per attack.	User's attack is higher than target's.	--	Cost: 300 SP

Availability

Fates

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

Heroes

Heavy Blade 1

Units	Ephraim: Dynastic Duo • Ike: Young Mercenary • Jamke: Prince of Verdane • Tibarn: Shipless Pirate (Rarity requirements vary per character)
Tempest Trials	December 2017: 40,000 points
Sacred Seal Forge (Creation)	Requires 100 , 20 , and 40 .

Heavy Blade 2

Units	Ephraim: Dynastic Duo • Ike: Young Mercenary • Jamke: Prince of Verdane • Tibarn: Shipless Pirate (Rarity requirements vary per character)
Sacred Seal Forge (Enhancement)	Requires 200 , 60 , 50 , and the Heavy Blade 1 seal.

Heavy Blade 3

Units	Ephraim: Dynastic Duo • Ike: Young Mercenary • Jamke: Prince of Verdane • Tibarn: Shipless Pirate (Rarity requirements vary per character)
Sacred Seal Forge (Enhancement)	Requires 400 , 100 , 100 , and the Heavy Blade 2 seal.

Heavy Blade 4

Units

Ephraim: Dynastic Duo • Tibarn: Shipless Pirate

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Fates	This unsubtle fighting style grants Str+3 but Spd-1.	??
Heroes (Heavy Blade 1)	If unit’s Atk ≥ foe’s Atk+5, grants Special cooldown charge +1 per unit's attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)	攻撃が敵より５以上高い時、自身の攻撃による奥義発動 カウント変動量＋１（同系統効果複数時、最大値適用）
Heroes (Heavy Blade 2)	If unit’s Atk ≥ foe’s Atk+3, grants Special cooldown charge +1 per unit's attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)	攻撃が敵より３以上高い時、自身の攻撃による奥義発動 カウント変動量＋１（同系統効果複数時、最大値適用）
Heroes (Heavy Blade 3)	If unit’s Atk > foe’s Atk, grants Special cooldown charge +1 per unit's attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)	攻撃が敵より１以上高い時、自身の攻撃による奥義発動 カウント変動量＋１（同系統効果複数時、最大値適用）
Heroes (Heavy Blade 4)	If unit's Atk > foe's Atk, grants Special cooldown charge +1 and deals +5 damage to foe per unit's attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)	攻撃が敵より１以上高い時、自身の攻撃による奥義発動 カウント変動量＋１（同系統効果複数時、最大値適用） かつ、ダメージ＋５

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
Portuguese (Brazil)	Espada maciça	Solid sword
Traditional Chinese	剛劍	Firm sword

See also

• Dancing Blade
• Infantry Rush

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 Ward • Distant Counter • Distant Foil • Distant Pressure • 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 • 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 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/Res • 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 • Surge Sparrow • Swift Sparrow • Swift Stance • Swift Strike • Warding Blow • Warding Breath • Warding Stance Miscellaneous skills Flashing Blade • Heavy Blade • Mila's Turnwheel

Sacred Seal skills in Heroes

Debuffing skills Atk Feint • Atk Ploy • Atk Smoke • Chill Atk • Chill Def • Chill Res • Chill Spd • Def Feint • Def Ploy • Def Smoke • Panic Ploy • Res Feint • Res Ploy • Res Smoke • Seal Atk • Spd Feint • Seal Spd • Spd Ploy • Spd Smoke Follow-up strike skills Brash Assault • Deflect Magic • Deflect Melee • Deflect Missile • Quick Riposte Healing skills Breath of Life • Live to Serve • Mystic Boost • Renewal Mobility skills Aerobatics • Air Orders • Armor March • Armored Boots • Flier Formation • Flier Guidance • Guidance • Obstruct Proximity skills Armor March • Atk Smoke • Atk/Def Bond • Atk/Def Form • Atk/Def Solo • Atk/Res Bond • Atk/Res Solo • Atk/Spd Bond • Atk/Spd Solo • Breath of Life • Close Guard • Def Tactic • Def/Res Bond • Def/Res Solo • Distant Guard • Drive Atk • Drive Def • Drive Res • Drive Spd • Hone Atk • Hone Beasts • Hone Dragons • Hone Spd • Infantry Rush • Res Tactic • Savage Blow • Sorcery Blade • Spd Tactic • Spd Smoke • Spd/Def Bond • Spd/Def Solo • Spd/Res Bond • Spd/Res Form • Spd/Res Solo • Spur Atk • Spur Atk/Def • Spur Atk/Spd • Spur Def • Spur Def/Res • Spur Res • Spur Spd • Threaten Atk • Threaten Def • Threaten Res • Threaten Spd • Ward Dragons Squad Ace skills Squad Ace A • Squad Ace AA • Squad Ace AB • Squad Ace AC • Squad Ace AD • Squad Ace AE • Squad Ace AF • Squad Ace AG • Squad Ace AH • Squad Ace AI • Squad Ace AJ • Squad Ace AK • Squad Ace AL • Squad Ace AM • Squad Ace AN • Squad Ace AO • Squad Ace AP • Squad Ace AQ • Squad Ace AR • Squad Ace AS • Squad Ace AT • Squad Ace AU • Squad Ace AV • Squad Ace AW • Squad Ace AX • Squad Ace AY • 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 • Squad Ace Z Stat-boosting skills Attack + • Attack/Def + • Atk/Def Push • Attack/Res • Atk/Spd • Blaze Dance • Brazen Atk/Def • Brazen Atk/Res • Brazen Atk/Spd • Brazen Def/Res • Brazen Spd/Def • Brazen Spd/Res • Defense + • Def/Res • Defiant Atk • Defiant Def • Defiant Spd • Earth Boost • Earth Dance • Fire Boost • Fortify Def • Fortify Res • Fortress Def • Fort. Def/Res • Fortress Res • Gale Dance • HP + • HP/Atk • HP/Def • HP/Res • HP/Spd • Initiate Seal Atk • Initiate Seal Def • Initiate Seal HP • Initiate Seal Res • Initiate Seal Spd • Life and Death • Resistance + • Res Opening • Speed + • Spd Opening • Spd/Def • Spd/Res • Torrent Dance • Water Boost • Wind Boost Turn-related skills Armored Blow • Blade Session • Bracing Stance • Breath of Life • Close Def • Darting Blow • Darting Stance • Death Blow • Distant Def • Even Atk Wave • Even Def Wave • Even Res Wave • Even Spd Wave • Fierce Stance • Kestrel Stance • Mirror Strike • Mirror Stance • Poison Strike • Quick Riposte • Savage Blow • Steady Blow • Steady Breath • Steady Posture • Steady Stance • Sturdy Blow • Sturdy Stance • Swift Sparrow • Swift Stance • Warding Blow • Warding Stance Miscellaneous skills Flashing Blade • Hardy Bearing • Heavy Blade • Iote's Shield • Phantom Res • Phantom Spd • Quickened Pulse Enemy-exclusive skills Blade Seal • Boots Seal • Charm Seal • Elixir Seal • Embla's Ward • Guardian Seal • Gullinbursti • Horn Seal • Múspellflame • Niðavellir Axiom • Røkkr • Veil Seal