Shield Pulse

Shield Pulse Icon of the Shield Pulse 1 skill in Heroes.

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

Shield Pulse (Japanese: 盾の鼓動 Shield Beating) is a three-tiered passive type B skill which debuted in Fire Emblem Heroes; the individual tiers of the skill are Shield Pulse 1, Shield Pulse 2, and Shield Pulse 3 in order from lowest to highest. If a unit has Shield Pulse equipped alongside a special skill which activates when they are attacked—such as Pavise, Aegis, or Miracle—they will have their special cooldown reduced at the start of turn 1; tiers 2 and 3 also reduce damage taken by 5 points when the special activates, and tier 3 increases the special cooldown reduction.

Shield Pulse may only be used by melee units in the infantry and armored movement categories.

Data

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Heroes (Shield Pulse 1)		Reduces special skill cooldown count by 1 at start of turn 1.	User has a special skill equipped which activates upon being attacked by an enemy	--	Cost: 60 SP
Heroes (Shield Pulse 2)		Reduces special skill cooldown count by 1 at start of turn 1. Reduces damage dealt to user by an enemy's attack by 5 whenever the user's special skill activates.	User has a special skill equipped which activates upon being attacked by an enemy	--	Cost: 120 SP
Heroes (Shield Pulse 3)		Reduces special skill cooldown count by 2 at start of turn 1. Reduces damage dealt to user by an enemy's attack by 5 whenever the user's special skill activates.	User has a special skill equipped which activates upon being attacked by an enemy	--	Cost: 240 SP

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Heroes (Shield Pulse 1)	At the start of turn 1, if foe's attack can trigger unit's Special, grants Special cooldown count-1.	敵から攻撃を受ける際に発動する奥義を装備していたら、 １ターン目開始時、奥義発動カウント－１
Heroes (Shield Pulse 2)	At the start of turn 1, if foe's attack can trigger unit's Special, grants Special cooldown count-1. Reduces damage dealt to unit by 5 when Special triggers.	敵から攻撃を受ける際に発動する奥義を装備していたら、 １ターン目開始時、奥義発動カウント－１ かつ、奥義発動時に受けるダメージ－５
Heroes (Shield Pulse 3)	At the start of turn 1, if foe's attack can trigger unit's Special, grants Special cooldown count-2. Reduces damage dealt to unit by 5 when Special triggers.	敵から攻撃を受ける際に発動する奥義を装備していたら、 １ターン目開始時、奥義発動カウント－２ かつ、奥義発動時に受けるダメージ－５

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Shield Pulse	--
Japanese	盾の鼓動	Shield Beating
Spanish (Spain)	Pulso Escudo	Shield Pulse
Spanish (Latin America)	Pulso Blindado	Armored Pulse
French	Influx Écu	Shield Impulse
German	Schildpuls	Shield pulse
Italian	Battito scudo	Shield beating
Portuguese	Escudo pulso	Shield pulse
Traditional Chinese	盾之躍動	Shield pulse

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 Def/Res • 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 • Gold Unwinding • 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 • Twin-Sky Wing • Vengeful Fighter • Yune's Whispers Follow-up skills Aerial Maneuvers • 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 • Mag. Null Follow • Null Follow-Up‎ • Odd Follow-Up • Phys. Null Follow • 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 • Deep Star • 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 • Sunlight Bangle • Warp Powder • Wings of Mercy Proximity skills Binding Necklace • Get Behind Me! • 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 Aerial Maneuvers • Blue Lion Rule • Bold Fighter • Brash Assault • Close Call • Crafty Fighter • Daring Fighter • Desperation • Dive-Bomb • Double Lion • Dragon's Ire • Flow Desperation • 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 Beast Sense • Beorc's Blessing • Bushido • Cancel Affinity • Counter Roar • Dazzling Shift • Dazzling Staff • Disarm Trap • Dragon Wall • Dragon's Wrath • Gambit • Guard Bearing • Live for Bounty • Live for Honor • Moon-Twin Wing • Null C-Disrupt • Poetic Justice • Sacae's Blessing • True Dragon Wall • Wrathful Staff