Poetic Justice

Poetic Justice Icon of the Poetic Justice skill in Heroes.

Type(s) Passive (Type B) First game Heroes

Poetic Justice (Japanese: ベオクの加護 Beorc Divine Protection) is a passive type B skill which debuted in Fire Emblem Heroes; Poetic Justice comes in only one tier. A unit with Poetic Justice deals damage with a staff like other weapons, reduces the foe's speed, and boosts the user's damage based on the foe's attack.

Data

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Heroes		Damage with a staff is calculated like normal weapons—damage is not halved after defense calculations. Inflicts −4 speed on the foe during combat and the user's damage is boosted by 15% of the foe's attack.	--	--	Cost: 300 SP

Availability

Heroes

Units

Elise: Sweetheart Royals

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Heroes	Calculates damage from staff like other weapons. Inflicts Spd-4 on foe during combat and unit deals damage = 15% of foe's attack. (If the "calculates damage from staff like other weapons" effect is neutralized, damage from staff is calculated after combat damage is added.)	杖は他の武器同様のダメージ計算になる 戦闘中、敵の速さ－４、 自分が与えるダメージ＋敵の攻撃の１５％ （「杖は他の武器同様のダメージ計算になる」が 　無効化された場合は、 　加算後に杖のダメージ計算が適用）

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Poetic Justice	--
Japanese	神罰・因果応報	Divine punishment · retribution
Spanish	Justicia poética	Poetic justice
French	Justice poétique	Poetic justice
German	Süßes Karma	Sweet Karma
Italian	Giustizia poetica	Poetic justice
Portuguese	Justiça poética	Poetic justice
Traditional Chinese	神罰・因果報應	Divine punishment · retribution

Type B passive skills in Heroes

Debuffing skills Armored Wall • Atrocity • Atk Cantrip • Atk/Def Bulwark • Atk/Def Snag • Atk Feint • A/D Far Trace • A/D Near Trace • A/R Far Trace • A/R Near Trace • A/S Far Trace • Atk/Res Ruse • Atk/Res Snag • Atk/Res Tempo • Atk/Spd Bulwark • A/S Near Trace • Atk/Spd Ruse • Atk/Spd Snag • Beast N Trace • Belief in Love • Chill Atk • Chill Atk/Def • Chill Atk/Res • Chill Atk/Spd • Chill Def • Chill Res • Chill Spd • Chill Spd/Def • Chill Spd/Res • Chilling Seal • Crafty Fighter • Deadly Balance • Def Cantrip • Def Feint • Def/Res Ruse • Def/Res Smoke • Def/Res Snag • Divine Recreation • Dull Close • Dull Ranged • Fallen Star • Freezing Seal • Fruit of Life • Guard • Killing Intent • Light and Dark • Lull Atk/Def • Lull Atk/Res • Lull Atk/Spd • Lull Spd/Def • Lull Spd/Res • Moon-Twin Wing • New Divinity • Prescience • Res Cantrip • Res Feint • Sabotage Atk • Sabotage A/R • Sabotage Def • Sabotage Res • Sabotage Spd • Savvy Fighter • Seal Atk • Seal Atk/Def • Seal Atk/Spd • Seal Def • Seal Def/Res • Seal Res • Seal Spd • Seal Spd/Def • Seal Spd/Res • Special Fighter • Spd/Def Bulwark • S/D Far Trace • S/D Near Trace • Spd/Def Ruse • Spd/Def Snag • Spd/Def Tempo • Spd Cantrip • Spd Feint • Spd/Res Bulwark • S/R Far Trace • S/R Near Trace • Spd/Res Tempo • Spd Preempt • Spd/Res Ruse • Spd/Res Snag • Sun-Twin Wing • Vengeful Fighter • Yune's Whispers Follow-up strike skills Assured Rebirth • Axebreaker • Beast Agility • Beast Follow-Up • Binding Shield • Black Eagle Rule • Blue Lion Rule • B Tomebreaker • Bold Fighter • Bowbreaker • Brash Assault • Crafty Fighter • Crusader's Ward • Daggerbreaker • Dive-Bomb • Dragon's Ire • Even Follow-Up • Faithful Loyalty • Flow Feather • Flow Flight • Flow Force • Flow Guard • Flow N Trace • Flow Refresh • Follow-Up Ring • G Tomebreaker • Hardy Fighter • Hoðr's Zeal • Holy War's End • Killing Intent • Lancebreaker • Null Follow-Up‎ • Odd Follow-Up • Quick Riposte • Raging Storm • R Tomebreaker • Slick Fighter • Soul of Zofia • Sun-Twin Wing • Swordbreaker • Vengeful Fighter • Wary Fighter • Watersweep • Wily Fighter • Windsweep • Yngvi Ascendant Healing skills Armored Wall • Flow Refresh • Live to Serve • Mystic Boost • Recover Ring • Renewal • S Drink • Solar Brace Mobility skills Aerobatics • A/D Far Trace • A/D Near Trace • A/R Far Trace • A/R Near Trace • A/S Far Trace • A/S Near Trace • Beast N Trace • Close Call • Drag Back • Escape Route • Flier Formation • Flow N Trace • Hit and Run • Knock Back • Lunge • Moonlight Bangle • Moonlit Bangle F • Murderous Lion • Obstruct • Pass • Raging Storm • Repel • S/D Far Trace • S/D Near Trace • S/R Far Trace • S/R Near Trace • Soaring Wings • Warp Powder • Wings of Mercy Proximity skills Binding Necklace • Murderous Lion • Sabotage Atk • Sabotage A/R • Sabotage Def • Sabotage Res • Sabotage Spd • Sudden Panic • Yune's Whispers Stat-boosting skills Atk/Def Link • Atk/Res Link • Atk/Spd Link • Blaze Dance • Caldera Dance • Def/Res Link • Deluge Dance • Earth Dance • Fireflood Dance • Firestorm Dance • Gale Dance • Geyser Dance • Lunar Brace • Rockslide Dance • Shield Pulse • Spd/Def Link • Spd/Res Link • Spurn • Torrent Dance • Velocity • Wrath Turn-related skills Blue Lion Rule • Bold Fighter • Brash Assault • Close Call • Crafty Fighter • Daring Fighter • Desperation • Dive-Bomb • Double Lion • Dragon's Ire • Flow Refresh • Frenzy • Hardy Fighter • Holy War's End • Killing Intent • Lunge • Poison Strike • Prescience • Quick Riposte • Raging Storm • Repel • Slick Fighter • Soul of Zofia • Special Spiral • Vantage • Vengeful Fighter • Yngvi Ascendant Miscellaneous skills Beorc's Blessing • Bushido • Cancel Affinity • Dazzling Shift • Dazzling Staff • Disarm Trap • Dragon Wall • Dragon's Wrath • Guard Bearing • Live for Bounty • Live for Honor • Moon-Twin Wing • Null C-Disrupt • Poetic Justice • Sacae's Blessing • True Dragon Wall • Wrathful Staff