Aegis

Aegis
First Seen	Fire Emblem Awakening
Effect	Halves damage from certain weapons.
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Aegis (聖盾, Seijun lit. Sacred Shield in the Japanese version, Égide in the French version, Egida in the Italian version, Égida in the Spanish version) is a skill introduced in Fire Emblem Awakening.

In Awakening, Aegis halves damage from Bows, Tomes, and Dragonstones. The activation is (Skill)%. Aegis will not activate from Dual Strikes. This was changed in Fates, and it can now activate on any kind of attack with those weapons. It is learned by Paladins at Level 15.

In Heroes, Aegis is a special type skill which halves damage inflicted by attacks from foes two spaces away.

Stats

Fire Emblem Awakening

• Aegis
• Aegis+

Name	Activation	Capacity
Aegis	Skill%	-
Effects	Halves damage from Bows, Tomes, and Dragonstones.
Users	Does not activate from Dual Strikes.

Name	Activation	Capacity
Aegis+	100%	-
Effects	Halves damage from Bows, Tomes, and Dragonstones.
Users	Enemy only. Does not activate from Dual Strikes.

Fire Emblem Fates

Name	Activation	Capacity
Aegis	Skill%	-
Effects	Halves damage from Bows, Tomes, Shurikens, Dragonstones, Breaths and Boulders.
Users	Nohrian only.

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Name		Aegis
HP/Dur	Rng	Mt	Hit	Avo	Crt
-2	-	-	-	-	-
Effects		Halves damage from ranged attacks
Users		-
Notes		{{{4}}}

Fire Emblem Three Houses

Name	Activation	Capacity
Aegis	Dex%	-
Effects	Chance to reduce bow/magic damage by half.
Users	Learned by mastering the Paladin class.

Fire Emblem Heroes

Name	Charge	SP
Aegis	3	200
Effects	Reduces damage inflicted by attacks from foes 2 spaces away by 50%.
Users	-

Etymology

Aegis (from the Greek Αιγίς), as stated in the Iliad, is the shield or buckler, or breastplate, of Athena and Zeus, famously bearing Medusa's head, which, according to Homer, was fashioned by Hephaestus.