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 Attack.	--	--	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 Attack.	--	--	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 1 point higher than target's Attack.	--	--	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	--
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 Armored Blow • Attack + • Attack/Defense + • Attack/Defense Bond • Attack/Resistance • Attack/Resistance Bond • Attack/Resistance Solo • Attack/Speed • Attack/Speed Bond • Attack/Speed Push • Bracing Blow • Bracing Stance • Brazen Attack/Defense • Brazen Attack/Resistance • Brazen Attack/Speed • Brazen Defense/Resistance • Close Counter • Close Defense • Colorless Duel Infantry • Darting Blow • Darting Stance • Death Blow • Defense + • Defense/Resistance • Defiant Attack • Defiant Defense • Defiant Resistance • Defiant Speed • Distant Counter • Distant Defense • Dragonskin • Earth Boost • Fierce Stance • Fire Boost • Flashing Blade • Fortress Defense • Fortress Defense/Resistance • Fortress Resistance • Fury • Grani's Shield • 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 Stance • Mirror Strike • Ostian Counter • Red Duel Flying • Resistance + • Speed + • Speed/Defense • Speed/Defense Bond • Speed/Resistance • Speed/Resistance Bond • Steady Blow • Steady Breath • Steady Stance • Sturdy Blow • 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/Defense Link • Attack/Speed Link • Axebreaker • Beorc's Blessing • Binding Shield • Blaze Dance • Blue Tomebreaker • Bold Fighter • Bowbreaker • Brash Assault • Bushido • Cancel Affinity • Chill Attack • Chill Defense • Chill Resistance • Chill Speed • Crusader's Ward • Daggerbreaker • Dazzling Staff • Defense Feint • Defense/Resistance Link • Desperation • Double Lion • Drag Back • Dull Close • Dull Ranged • Earth Dance • Escape Route • Fireflood Dance • Firestorm Dance • Flier Formation • Follow-Up Ring • Gale Dance • Geyser Dance • Green Tomebreaker • Guard • Hit and Run • Knock Back • Lancebreaker • Live for Bounty • Live for Honor • Live to Serve • Lunge • Obstruct • Pass • Poison Strike • Quick Riposte • Recover Ring • Red Tomebreaker • Renewal • Rockslide Dance • S Drink • Sacae's Blessing • Seal Attack • Seal Attack/Defense • Seal Attack/Speed • Seal Defense • Seal Defense/Resistance • Seal Resistance • Seal Speed • Shield Pulse • Solar Brace • Special Fighter • Speed Feint • Speed/Resistance Link • Swordbreaker • Torrent Dance • Vantage • Vengeful Fighter • Warp Powder • Wary Fighter • Watersweep • Windsweep • Wings of Mercy • Wrath • Wrathful Staff Type C skills Armor March • Attack Ploy • Attack Smoke • Attack Tactic • Axe Experience • Axe Valor • Blue Tome Experience • Blue Tome Valor • Bow Experience • Bow Valor • Breath of Life • Close Guard • Dagger Valor • Defense Ploy • Defense Smoke • Defense Tactic • Distant Guard • 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 Cavalry • Fortify Defense • Fortify Dragons • Fortify Fliers • Fortify Resistance • Goad Armor • Goad Cavalry • Goad Dragons • Goad Fliers • Green Tome Experience • Green Tome Valor • Guidance • Hone Armor • Hone Attack • Hone Cavalry • Hone Dragons • Hone Fliers • Hone Speed • Infantry Flash • Infantry Pulse • Infantry Rush • Lance Valor • Odd Attack Wave • Odd Defense Wave • Odd Resistance Wave • Odd Speed Wave • Ostia's Pulse • Panic Ploy • Red Tome Experience • Red Tome Valor • Resistance Ploy • Resistance Smoke • Resistance Tactic • Savage Blow • 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 Valor • Sword Experience • Sword Valor • Threaten Attack • Threaten Defense • Threaten Resistance • Threaten Speed • Ward Armor • Ward Cavalry • Ward Dragons • Ward Fliers Sacred Seals Armored Boots • Attack Ploy • Attack + • Attack/Defense + • Attack Smoke • Blaze Dance • Brash Assault • Brazen Attack/Resistance • Breath of Life • Close Defense • Darting Stance • Defense Ploy • Defense + • Defense Tactic • Deflect Magic • Deflect Melee • Deflect Missile • Distant Defense • Drive Attack • Drive Defense • Drive Speed • Earth Dance • Embla's Ward • Flashing Blade • Flier Formation • Fortify Defense • Fortify Resistance • Fortress Defense • Fortress Resistance • Guidance • Hardy Bearing • Heavy Blade • Hone Attack • Hone Speed • HP + • HP/Resistance • 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 • Savage Blow • Seal Attack • Seal Speed • Speed Ploy • Speed + • Speed/Defense • Speed Smoke • Spur Attack • Spur Defense • 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 • Threaten Attack • Threaten Defense • Threaten Speed