Luna

This article is about the skill. For other uses, see Luna (disambiguation).

Luna Icon of the Luna skill in Engage. While making an attack, may ignore half of foe's Def/Res. Trigger %=Dex.

Type(s) Personal (in Genealogy of the Holy War and Thracia 776) Class (The Sacred Stones, Awakening, Fates) Class (Mastery) (in Path of Radiance, Radiant Dawn) Special Sword (Genealogy of the Holy War) Capacity 20 (in Path of Radiance) 30 (in Radiant Dawn) First game Genealogy of the Holy War

Luna (Japanese: 月光 Moonlight), known as Pierce (Japanese: 貫通 Penetrate) in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, is an offensive skill which debuted in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. When activated, the user unleashes one strike which bypasses the enemy's defense and/or resistance to some extent, allowing the user to inflict significantly more damage to the enemy than usual. The skill's power and effects vary from game to game, with some games having Luna entirely nullify the enemy's defensive stats while others just halve the stats.

In Genealogy of the Holy War and Thracia 776, Luna is a personal skill, associated primarily with some relatives of the royal family of Isaach who bear Od holy blood. In The Sacred Stones, Pierce is learned exclusively by Wyvern Knights. In Path of Radiance, Luna is the mastery skill of the General and Halberdier classes, and in Radiant Dawn it is the mastery skill for the Marshall class. In Awakening and Fates, Luna is learned only by Great Knights, but can be possessed by units of any class by reclassing. Additionally, an enhanced, enemy-exclusive version of the skill exists in Awakening, named Luna+, that always activates when its user attacks.

Data

In the main Fire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Genealogy of the Holy War		Treats the target as if it has 0 defense during the strike.	(Skill)%	--	For further mechanics, see Offensive skill § Genealogy of the Holy War and Thracia 776.
Thracia 776		Treats the target as if it has 0 defense and magic during the strike.	(Skill)%	--	For further mechanics, see Offensive skill § Genealogy of the Holy War and Thracia 776.
The Sacred Stones	--	Treats the target as if it has 0 defense during the strike.	(Level)%	--	If an enemy's Great Shield activates, Pierce cannot activate at the same time.
Path of Radiance		Treats the target as if it has a 50% penalty to defense during the strike.	(Skill)%	20	For further mechanics, see Offensive skill § Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn.
Radiant Dawn		Triples the user's strength and treats the target as if it has 0 defense during the strike.	(Skill/2)%	30	For further mechanics, see Offensive skill § Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn.
Awakening		Treats the target as if it has a 50% penalty to defense and resistance during the strike.	(Skill)%	--	For further mechanics, see Offensive skill § Awakening.
Awakening (Luna+)		Treats the target as if it has a 50% penalty to defense and resistance.	--	--	--
Fates		Treats the target as if it has a 50% penalty to defense and resistance during the strike.	(Skill)%	--	For further mechanics, see Offensive skill § Fates. Base cost: 1500 G
Engage		Treats the target as if it has a 50% penalty to defense and resistance during the strike.	(Dexterity)%	--	--

In other Fire Emblem series titles

Game	Icon	Effect	Cooldown	SP cost	Unusable by	Inheritable	Notes
Heroes		Treats the target as if it has a 50% penalty to defense and resistance during the strike.	3	200 SP		✓	--

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Warriors		May reduce target's Defense and Resistance upon a successful hit; chance increases with user's Luck.	--	--	--

Availability

Genealogy of the Holy War

Units (As a personal skill)

First Generation: Chulainn Second Generation: (Larcei and Scáthach, Patty, Lene), if Chulainn was their father

Thracia 776

Units (As a personal skill)	Galzus • Mareeta
Items	Luna M

The Sacred Stones

Classes

Wyvern Knight

Path of Radiance

Classes (Occult)

General • Halberdier

Radiant Dawn

Classes

Marshall

Luna

Luna+

Unobtainable

Exclusively used by enemy units in Lunatic+ Mode. This skill is randomly distributed among all enemy units on this mode. Additionally, it will also appear on units in Apotheosis on all difficulty modes.

Fates

Classes

Great Knight (Learned from Level 5 and up)

Engage

Classes

Tireur d'élite (Learned at level 5)

Warriors

Learned	Chrom (requires Chrom's Leather Belt ×3)
Borrowed	Requires ×1 each of Chrom's Essence and Chrom's Pauldron

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Luna is present as a skill on one card in Fire Emblem Cipher: B06-029HN Wielder of Luna, Chulainn. It is a trigger skill which activates automatically when Chulainn is used to attack the opponent's lord unit. If the player chooses to do so, Luna also allows him to automatically destroy one other enemy unit with a cost of 3 or less in addition to their attack on the opponent's lord, in exchange for flipping three bond cards face-down.

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Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Genealogy of the Holy War	May negate the foe's defense.*	あいてのしゅびりょく をむこうにする
Thracia 776	(Skl %) chance for attack to ignore enemy's defense*	あいての守備力を むこうにする
Path of Radiance (skill assignment menu)	In certain conditions, reduces enemy defense by half. Halberdier General	一定の確率で 相手の防御を半分にする ハルバーディア ジェネラル
Path of Radiance (help)	In certain conditions, reduces enemy defense by half.	一定の確率で 相手の防御を半分にします
Radiant Dawn (skill assignment menu, NTSC)	Can neutralize an enemy's defenses and do 3 times normal damage. Cannot unassign	発動すると敵の『守備』を 無視した上で『力』を３倍 にした攻撃をおこなう 書に戻せない
Radiant Dawn (skill assignment menu, PAL)	Can neutralize an enemy's defenses and multiply the unit's strength by 3. Cannot unassign	--
Radiant Dawn (help, NTSC)	Can neutralize an enemy's defenses and do 3 times normal damage. Marshall	発動すると敵の『守備』を無視した上で 『力』を３倍にした攻撃をおこなう 【将帥奥義】
Radiant Dawn (help, PAL)	Can neutralize an enemy's defenses and multiply the unit's strength by 3. Marshall	--
Awakening	Halve enemy Def/Res when attacking. Trigger % = (Skill stat)	技％の確率で発動 敵の守備・魔防を半減して攻撃
Awakening (Luna+)	Half enemy Def/Res when attacking. Effects do not stack.	敵の守備・魔防を半減して攻撃 他の攻撃時スキルとは重複しない
Fates	Ignore half of enemy Def/Res when attacking. Trigger % = (Skill stat)	攻撃時、技％で発動 敵の守備・魔防を半分として攻撃
Engage	While making an attack, may ignore half of foe's Def/Res. Trigger %=Dex.	技％で、敵の守備・魔防半減で攻撃
Heroes	Treats foe’s Def/Res as if reduced by 50% during combat.	敵の守備、魔防－５０％扱いで攻撃
Warriors	Lowers enemy's Def and Res on a hit. Increases with Lck.	??

Trivia

• In Radiant Dawn, the NTSC-U description for the Black Knight erroneously states that it wields Luna instead of Eclipse. This error occurred due to Luna and Eclipse sharing the same Japanese name. This was corrected in the PAL release.
• Although in its first five appearances Luna is associated with a blue flash upon activation or striking, in Awakening a Luna blow instead shines yellow when striking the enemy.
• Unused text strings exist in Path of Radiance that refer to Luna's name from the Jugdral games. It was translated as Moonblade in the English version.
• The western localizations of Sacred Stones introduced a bug, where a unit activating the skill may soft-lock the game if they follow up with a ranged lance.

Etymology and other languages

Luna

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Luna	Latin: "moon", specifically that of Earth.
Japanese	• げっこう剣 • 月光	• Moonlight Sword. This name is used in Genealogy of the Holy War and Thracia 776. • Moonlight. This name is used from Path of Radiance onward.
Spanish	• Ra luna • Selene	• Most likely short for rayo de luna "moonbeam". The skill is known by this name only in Path of Radiance. • From the Ancient Greek σελήνη selḗnē "moon". Selene is also the name of the moon goddess of Greek mythology, who is the counterpart of the Roman Luna. The skill is known by this name from Radiant Dawn onward.
French	Lunaire	Lunar
German	Mond	Moon
Italian	Luna	--
Portuguese	Lua	Moon
Korean	월광	Moonlight
Simplified Chinese	月光	Moonlight
Traditional Chinese	月光	Moonlight

Pierce

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Pierce	--
Japanese	貫通	Penetrate
Spanish	Pica	Pike, a long spear.
French	Estoc	An estoc is a European variety of longsword intended for use against mail or plate armor.
German	Stich	Stab
Italian	Breccia	Breach

Gallery

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  Artwork of the Luna manual from the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game.

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  Mareeta activating Luna in Thracia 776.

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  Tana activating Pierce.

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  Devdan activating Luna (start-up flash) in Path of Radiance.

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  Devdan activating Luna (attack) in Path of Radiance.

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  Gatrie activating Luna (start-up flash) in Radiant Dawn.

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  Gatrie activating Luna (attack) in Radiant Dawn.

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  Kjelle activating Luna in Awakening.

See also

• Aether
• Eclipse
• Luna (tome)
• Luna (weapon)

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 • 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 • Circlet of Balance • Divine Pulse • Draconic Aura • Dragon Fang • Dragon Gaze • Enclosure • Fire Emblem • 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 • Twin Blades • Vengeance • Vital Astra Staff specials Deluge Balm • Earthfire Balm • Earthwater 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