Dancing Blade

Dancing Blade
First Seen	Fire Emblem Fates
Type	Passive (Type A) (Heroes)
Effect	Speed +3, Defense -1
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Dancing Blade (柔剣 Jūken, lit. Gentle Blade in the Japanese version) is a Skill in Fire Emblem Fates. It later resurfaced as a type A passive skill in Fire Emblem Heroes under the name Flashing Blade.

Overview

In Fates, units equipped with this skill gain 3 Speed points but lose 1 Defense point. It is learned by Lodestars and by Marth.

In Heroes, units equipped with this skill accelerate their special cooldown if they are at a threshold faster than their target, additionally if using the fourth tier of the skill the unit will do +5 damage per attack.

Stats

Fates

Name	Activation	Capacity
Dancing Blade	100%	-
Effects	+3 Speed, -1 Defense
Users	Learned by Lodestars at level 1 or higher.

Heroes

Name	Activation	SP
Flashing Blade 1	100%	60
Effects	If unit's Spd ≥ foe's Spd+5, grants Special cooldown charge +1 per unit's attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)
Users	-

Name	Activation	SP
Flashing Blade 2	100%	120
Effects	If unit's Spd ≥ foe's Spd+3, grants Special cooldown charge +1 per unit's attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)
Users	-

Name	Activation	SP
Flashing Blade 3	100%	240
Effects	If unit's Spd ≥ foe's Spd, grants Special cooldown charge +1 per unit's attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)
Users	-

Name	Activation	SP
Flashing Blade 4	100%	300
Effects	If unit's Spd > foe's Spd, grants Special cooldown charge +1 and deals +5 damage per unit's attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)
Users	-

Availability

Fates

Method	Location
Classes	Lodestar (level 1)
Units	Marth

Heroes

Method	Location
Units	Mia, Mareeta (Fallen), Thrasir, Ylgr (Summer)

Trivia

• This skill's English name in Fates is a reference to Marth and Lucina's side special in the Super Smash Bros. series.
  • Its association with Mia in Heroes may have led to that game's localization missing this reference and translating its name differently.