Brave Sword

Brave Sword
Concept artwork of the Brave Sword from Fire Emblem: Three Houses.
First Seen	Fire Emblem Gaiden
Weapon Type	Sword
Most Common Rank	B
Uses	Varies
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“A sword with which the wielder always strikes twice.”
—In-game description from New Mystery of the Emblem

The Brave Sword (勇者の剣 Yūsha no Ken) is a special Sword that has appeared across several titles in the Fire Emblem Series. The sword version of the Brave series of weapons, the Brave Sword, like its counterparts, grants its wielder the unique ability to perform twice as many attacks as they are normally able to perform. This sword is usually found in the middle or end of any given title, and are thus notorious for being difficult to obtain.

Coupled with the Brave Sword's unique ability is the fact that it is a well-rounded weapon, characterized by substantial Might, supple Durability and a decent Accuracy rate. This allows the Brave Sword's wielder to gain a tactical edge, and is a good weapon for use against slower units like Knights and Generals. To this end, the Brave Sword is a favorable candidate to consider for forging purposes.

The only drawback to the Brave Sword is the fact that its Durability has the tendency to deplete rapidly, the result of the consecutive attacks that it induces its wielder to perform. Furthermore, the Brave Sword is relatively heavier when compared with most other swords.

The sword's only appearance in which it does not possess it's signature ability is the spin-off title Fire Emblem Warriors, due to the lack of turn-based combat mechanics in that title. Due to Silver Swords being Rank B weapons, Brave Swords are Rank A

Weapon Stats

Fire Emblem Gaiden

Name			Type
Hero Sword			Sword
Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt
5	100%	30%	1	0
Effect
-

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

Name				Type
Hero Sword				Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Rng	Wt	Worth
B	50	12	100%	1	3	8,000
Effect
Doubles the number of attacks that the wielder can perform.

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Name					Type
Hero Sword					Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
B	60	15	75%	0%	1	14	1	-
Effect
Doubles the number of attacks that the wielder can perform.

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

Name					Type
Hero Sword					Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
B	30	9	80%	0%	1	12	1	3,000
Effect
Doubles the number of attacks that the wielder can perform.

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade and Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

“Can strike consecutively.”
—In-game description, The Sacred Stones

Name					Type
Brave Sword					Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
B	30	9	75%	0%	1	12	1	3,000
Effect
Doubles the number of attacks that the wielder can perform.

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Name					Type
Brave Sword					Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
B	30	9	75%	0	1	16	1	5,400
Effect
Doubles the number of attacks that the wielder can perform.

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

Name					Type
Brave Sword					Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
C	40	9	90%	0%	1	9	2	2,800
Effect
Doubles the number of attacks that the wielder can perform.

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon

Name					Type
Brave Sword					Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
B	30	7	80%	0%	1	7	1	2,400
Effect
Doubles the number of attacks that the wielder can perform.

Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem

Name				Type
Brave Sword				Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	WEx	Worth
B	30	7	80%	0%	1	1	2,400
Effect
Doubles the number of attacks that the wielder can perform.

Fire Emblem Awakening

Name				Type
Brave Sword				Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	WEx	Worth
A	30	9	80%	0%	1	?	2,100
Effect
Doubles the number of attacks that the wielder can perform.

Fire Emblem Fates

Name					Type
Brave Sword					Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Avo	Rng	WEx	Worth
A	∞	6	75%	0%	0%	1	?	8,000
Effect
Two consecutive attacks when user initiates battle; Def/Res -4.

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Name			Type
Brave Sword			Sword
Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt
5	90%	30%	1	0
Effect
Teaches Penetrate Grounder

Forging
★			Mt	Hit	Crt	Wt
1	50		+1
2	100		+2		+5
3	200		+4		+10
Evolution
★			New weapon
0	50		Shadow Sword
0		1	Rapier

Fire Emblem Heroes

Name		Type
Brave Sword		Sword
Mt	Rng	SP	Rarity
5	1	200	✯✯✯
Effect
Inflicts Spd-5. If unit initiates combat, unit attacks twice.

Name		Type
Brave Sword+		Sword
Mt	Rng	SP	Rarity
8	1	300	✯✯✯✯✯
Effect
Inflicts Spd-5. If unit initiates combat, unit attacks twice.

Fire Emblem Warriors

Name			Type
Brave Sword			Sword
Rank	Mt	Worth	Slots	Seventh Slot
A	155~165	5000	-	-
Effect
-

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Name					Type
Brave Sword					Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	WEx	Wt	Worth
B	30	8	75	0	1	-	10	-
Effect
-

Name					Type
Brave Sword+					Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	WEx	Wt	Worth
B	40	9	85	0	1	-	10	-
Effect
-

Item Locations

Fire Emblem Gaiden

Method	Location
Dropped	Deen (North Desert in Ch. 3) • Enemy Witches (0.0055% chance)

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

Method	Location
Dropped	Second Generation: Coruta (Ch. 8)
Events	First Generation: Ch. 3 - Have Ayra speak to either Lex or Chulainn. Second Generation: Ch. 7 - Have Patty or Daisy speak to Seliph.

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Method	Location
Treasure	Ch. 4x - Chest

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

Method	Location
Unobtainable	Solely wielded by enemy units.

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

Method	Location
Inventory:	Harken

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

Method	Location
Dropped (Skirmish)	Wight
Treasure	Tower of Valni Floor 8 - Chest
Secret Shop	Grado Keep (Creature Campaign only.)

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Method	Location
Treasure	Ch. 21 - Chest

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

Method	Location
Event	Part 1: Ch. 7 - View the Base Conversation titled "Pelleas".

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon

Method	Location
Armory	Online Shop

Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem

Method	Location
Treasure	Ch. 20 - Chest
Armory	Online Shop

Fire Emblem Fates

Method	Location
Armories	Level 3 Nohrian Armory (1 only)
Chests	DLC Museum Melee (Random)
Lotteries	Level 3 Dusk Armory [Jackpot Prize] (Conquest and Revelation only)

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Method	Location
Dropped	Deen (Act 3: North Desert) • Enemy Dread Fighter (Duma's Ordeals)
Inventory	Deen

Additional Tips

• The Brave Sword is a sword best wielded by Myrmidons and Swordmasters. Of course, any unit (even slower ones) can use Speedwings to improve their Speed and have an increased chance for quadruple the strike opportunities. A good strategy for Brave weapons is to save them for the final battle or for an exceptionally hard enemy unit (usually a boss like Ena or Bryce), because the sword's Durability decreases rapidly (they typically have 30 uses).
• The Brave Sword's design in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia seems to be based off of a real-life single-edged falchion blade, which shares its name with the iconic Falchion of the Fire Emblem series.
• In Gaiden and Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, the Brave Sword has a different effect where it has a high critical rate instead of allowing its user to double attack consecutively, much like the Killer weapons.
• In Radiant Dawn, Trueblades can attack a total of 8 consecutive times by using the Adept skill, a Brave Sword, and having 4 or more Attack Speed as compared to the selected foe. With the Mastery Skill Astra, it is possible to link up 20 consecutive attacks.

This is possible because:

1. Having an Attack Speed of 4 or higher than that of the enemy doubles one's hit count to 2.
2. Using a Brave weapon doubles it again to 4.
3. (A) Adept doubles further doubles it to 8.

• Or

1. (B) Astra multiplies it by 5, making it 20.

• It is worth noting that the Skill Astra does not activate in pair with the Adept Skill. If it were possible, the number of attacks would go up to 40 if both skills activated in every chance.
• In Awakening, when a Brave weapon wielder is supported by another Brave weapon wielder, the support will attack twice for every attack the primary unit does, leading to a total of 12 hits.

See also

• Brave Lance
• Brave Axe
• Brave Bow
• Amiti

Gallery

Concept artwork of the Brave Sword from Path of Radiance.

Concept artwork of the Brave Sword from Awakening.

Concept artwork of the Brave Sword from Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

The Hero Sword, as it appears in the first series of the TCG.

Mia wielding the Brave Sword in Path of Radiance.

Meg wielding the Brave Sword in Radiant Dawn.

Robin wielding the Brave Sword in Awakening.

Laslow wielding the Brave Sword in Fates.

In-game model of the Brave Sword from Heroes.

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