Vantage

Vantage Icon of the Vantage skill in Three Houses. If HP is half or less, always strike first, even when attacked.

Type(s) Personal (Genealogy of the Holy War, Thracia 776, Path of Radiance, Radiant Dawn) Class (Thracia 776, Awakening, Fates, Three Houses) Passive (Type B) (Heroes) Capacity 10 (Path of Radiance) 15 (Radiant Dawn) Game(s) Genealogy of the Holy War Thracia 776 Path of Radiance Radiant Dawn Awakening Fates Three Houses Heroes

Vantage (Japanese: 待ち伏せ Ambush) is a combat skill which debuted in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. In all of its appearances, it allows the user to strike the enemy first when said enemy initiates an attack on the user during the enemy phase. The activation criteria vary from game to game, but typically involve the user being at 50% or less HP. Awakening features a stronger variation, known as Vantage+, that activates regardless of the user's HP, exclusive to enemies on Lunatic+ difficulty. In Heroes, it is a three-tiered type B passive skill (whose individiual tiers are known as Vantage 1, Vantage 2, and Vantage 3 in order from lowest to highest), and activates its effect when its HP is at or below a certain threshold; the amount of HP remaining needed to activate the skill increases with the skill's tier.

Data

In the main Fire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Genealogy of the Holy War		The user always strikes first. Negates the foe's Accost.	If user's HP ≤ 50% and foe initiates combat	--	--
Thracia 776		The user always strikes first.	If foe initiates combat	--	If the user also has Wrath, Wrath will not activate unless the enemy also has Vantage.
Path of Radiance		The user always strikes first.	If foe initiates combat	10	--
Radiant Dawn		The user strikes first.	(Speed)%, if foe initiates combat	15	--
Awakening		The user always strikes first.	If user's HP ≤ 50% and foe initiates combat	--	--
Awakening (Vantage+)		The user always strikes first.	If foe initiates combat	--	--
Fates		The user always strikes first.	If user's HP ≤ 50% and foe initiates combat	--	--
Three Houses		The user always strikes first.	If user's HP ≤ 50% and foe initiates combat	--	Cannot be equipped by Heroes.

In other Fire Emblem series titles

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Heroes (Vantage 1)		Unit counterattacks first.	If user's HP ≤ 25% and foe initiates combat	--	Cost: 50 SP
Heroes (Vantage 2)		Unit counterattacks first.	If user's HP ≤ 50% and foe initiates combat	--	Cost: 100 SP
Heroes (Vantage 3)		Unit counterattacks first.	If user's HP ≤ 75% and foe initiates combat	--	Cost: 200 SP

Availability

Genealogy of the Holy War

Units (As a personal skill)

First Generation: Arden • Lex Second Generation: (Any set of two children*), if Arden or Lex was their father • Ares • Hannibal • Iuchar • Dalvin

Thracia 776

Units (As a personal skill)	Halvan • Machyua
Units (As a class skill)	Perne After promotion: Lara • Lifis
Classes	Thief Fighter
Items	Vantage M • Beo's Sword • Dragonpike

Path of Radiance

Units	Mia • Naesala
Items	Vantage

Radiant Dawn

Units	Mia • Naesala
Items	Vantage

Awakening

Vantage+

Unobtainable

Exclusively used by enemies on Lunatic+ Mode, and by enemies in Apotheosis on all difficulties.

Three Houses

Classes	Hero
Class mastery	Mercenary (100 class Exp required)

Heroes

Units

Anna: Commander • Altina: Dawn's Trueblade • Gaius: Thief Exposed • Gordin: Altean Archer • Ishtar: Thunder Goddess • Laevatein: Ninja of Múspell • Lon'qu: Solitary Blade • Mia: Lady of Blades • Orson: Passion's Folly • Reinhardt: Thunder's Fist • Reinhardt: Thunder's Sword • Rutger: Lone Swordsman (Rarity requirements vary per character)

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Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Genealogy of the Holy War	User will always strike first in a pinch.*	ピンチになったとき せんせいこうげき をする
Thracia 776	Initiate fight when attacked (Cannot stack with Wrath)*	必ず せんせい攻撃 をする
Path of Radiance	Allows this unit to attack first in all fights.	??
Radiant Dawn (skill assignment menu)	Can allow this unit to attack first even when an enemy initiates combat.	??
Radiant Dawn (help)	??	??
Awakening	If HP is half or less, always strike first, even when attacked.	??
Awakening (Vantage+)	Always strike first, even when attacked.	??
Fates	At start of combat, if HP=50% or less, always strike first, even when attacked.	??
Three Houses	When foe initiates combat, unit still attacks first if HP is ≤ 50%.	ＨＰが５０％以下で 敵から攻撃された時、 先制攻撃する
Heroes (Vantage 1)	If unit’s HP ≤ 25% and foe initiates combat, unit can counterattack before foe’s first attack.	自分のＨＰが２５％以下で、 敵から攻撃された時、先制攻撃
Heroes (Vantage 2)	If unit’s HP ≤ 50% and foe initiates combat, unit can counterattack before foe’s first attack.	自分のＨＰが５０％以下で、 敵から攻撃された時、先制攻撃
Heroes (Vantage 3)	If unit’s HP ≤ 75% and foe initiates combat, unit can counterattack before foe’s first attack.	自分のＨＰが７５％以下で、 敵から攻撃された時、先制攻撃

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology and notes
English	Vantage	An advantage, usually in the context of situations and conditions which provide an advantage.
Japanese	待ち伏せ	Ambush
Spanish	Emboscada	Ambush
Spanish (Latin America)	Ventaja	Advantage; used only in the Latin American localization of Heroes.
French	Initiative	Initiative
German	Vorteil	Advantage
Italian	Vantaggio	Advantage
Portuguese (Brazil)	Vantagem	Vantage
Korean	매복	Ambush
Simplified Chinese	埋伏	Ambush
Traditional Chinese	埋伏	Ambush

Gallery

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

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  Mia activating Vantage in Path of Radiance.

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  Mia activating Vantage in Radiant Dawn.

See also

• Battalion Vantage

Type B passive skills in Heroes

Debuffing skills Armored Wall • Atrocity • Atk Cantrip • Atk/Def Snag • Atk Feint • A/D Far Trace • A/R Far Trace • A/S Far Trace • Atk/Res Ruse • Atk/Spd Ruse • Atk/Spd Snag • Belief in Love • Chill Atk • Chill Atk/Def • Chill Atk/Res • Chill Atk/Spd • Chill Def • Chill Res • Chill Spd • Chill Spd/Res • Chilling Seal • Crafty Fighter • Deadly Balance • Def Cantrip • Def Feint • Def/Res Ruse • Dull Close • Dull Ranged • Fallen Star • Freezing Seal • Guard • Killing Intent • Light and Dark • Lull Atk/Def • Lull Atk/Res • Lull Atk/Spd • Lull Spd/Def • Lull Spd/Res • Moon-Twin Wing • Prescience • Res Cantrip • Res Feint • Sabotage Atk • Sabotage Def • Sabotage Res • Sabotage Spd • 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 • S/D Near Trace • Spd/Def Ruse • Spd/Def Snag • Spd Feint • S/R Far Trace • Spd/Res Ruse • Spd/Res Snag • Sun-Twin Wing • Vengeful Fighter • Yune's Whispers Follow-up strike skills Axebreaker • 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 • Flow Refresh • Follow-Up Ring • G Tomebreaker • 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 • 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/S Far Trace • Close Call • Drag Back • Escape Route • Flier Formation • Hit and Run • Knock Back • Lunge • Moonlight Bangle • Murderous Lion • Obstruct • Pass • Raging Storm • Repel • S/R Far Trace • Warp Powder • Wings of Mercy Proximity skills Binding Necklace • Murderous Lion • Sabotage Atk • 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 • 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 • 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 Staff • Disarm Trap • Dragon Wall • Dragon's Wrath • Guard Bearing • Live for Bounty • Live for Honor • Moon-Twin Wing • Null C-Disrupt • Sacae's Blessing • Wrathful Staff