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For the skill from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, see Death Blow (Shadows of Valentia).

Death Blow is a Skill that debuted in Fire Emblem Fates.

Overview[]

When the user starts a battle, +20 to their Critical hit rate. It is learned by Oni Chieftains at level 5.

Combined with high critical weapons, users with Killer weapons (also including the Barb Shuriken, Mjölnir, Odin's Grimoire, Beruka's Axe and the Great Club) can deal extremely high damage. It is best combined with high damage-boosting skills like Rend Heaven (to the applying stat), as it will almost always guarantee a one-hit strike if the target does not have any sort of Miracle protection on them. It is best combined with other factors (e.g Berserker provides additional critical bonus) to further increase the damage dealt in a critical hit.

However, most critical dealing weapons have low accuracy (and usually come with other penalties), so ensure that your units have high hit rates, as a chance to hit is rolled before the critical hit chance.

In Fire Emblem Heroes, it affects the damage dealt rather than crit chance, but only when the unit initiates combat. It appears as a Type A passive skill which can be learned without inheriting by: Alfonse, Brunnya, Camilla (Tropical Beauty, Celica (Warrior Priestess), Eliwood (Blazing Knight), Dimitri, Delthea, Delthea (Tatarrah's Puppet), Effie, Elincia, Faye (Drawn Heartstring), Hawkeye, Klein*, Reinhardt (Lightning's Rondo), Reinhardt (Thunder's Sword), Roy (Youthful Gifts), Siegbert and Ursula. Of these; only Celica (Warrior Priestess), Eliwood (Blazing Knight), Dimitri and Faye (Drawn Heartstring) have Death Blow 4 by default.

In addition, due to how Skill Inheritance works in Heroes, a large number of characters have default access to Death Blow 1 as a stepping stone towards a two stat Blow-type skill. Celica (Queen of Valentia), Eirika (Anamnesis Lady), Eliwood (Marquess Pherae), Katarina, L'Arachel (Harvest Princess), Lyn (Brave Lady), Lucina (Glorious Archer) and Nino (Pale Flower) all progress from Death Blow to Swift Sparrow; Alfonse (Spring Prince), Lyn (Lady of the Beach), Ophelia and Tibarn go into the Steady Blow family, while Laevatein (Bonfire's Blaze) progresses to Mirror Strike.

In Three Houses, it functions similarly to how it does in Heroes, increasing the Strength of the unit during combat if they initiate combat. It's learned as a mastery skill for the Brigand class.

The skill is changed again in Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, where with the absence of turn based combat, the skill instead keeps the Stun Gauge visible for longer. It is once again a mastery skill for the Brigand class for certain characters.

Stats[]

Fire Emblem Fates[]

Name Activation Capacity
Ogre Strike (Skill) Death Blow - -
Effects When user triggers the battle, Critical rate +20
Users Learned by Oni Chieftain at Level 5 or higher.
Notes -

Fire Emblem Heroes[]

Name Activation SP
FEH Death Blow 1 Death Blow 1 Upon initiating combat. 50
Effects If unit initiates combat, grants Atk+2 during combat.
Users Alfonse, Camilla (Tropical Beauty, Celica (Warrior Priestess), Eliwood (Blazing Knight), Dimitri, Delthea, Effie, Elincia, Hawkeye, Klein*, Reinhardt (Thunder's Sword), Roy (Youthful Gifts), Siegbert and Ursula
Notes Rarity: ✯✯

Name Activation SP
FEH Death Blow 2 Death Blow 2 Upon initiating combat. 100
Effects If unit initiates combat, grants Atk+4 during combat.
Users Alfonse, Camilla (Tropical Beauty, Celica (Warrior Priestess), Eliwood (Blazing Knight), Dimitri, Delthea, Effie, Elincia, Hawkeye, Klein*, Reinhardt (Thunder's Sword), Roy (Youthful Gifts), Siegbert and Ursula
Notes Rarity: ✯✯✯

Name Activation SP
FEH Death Blow 3 Death Blow 3 Upon initiating combat. 200
Effects If unit initiates combat, grants Atk+6 during combat.
Users Alfonse, Camilla (Tropical Beauty, Celica (Warrior Priestess), Eliwood (Blazing Knight), Dimitri, Delthea, Effie, Elincia, Hawkeye, Klein*, Reinhardt (Thunder's Sword), Roy (Youthful Gifts), Siegbert, Ursula
Notes Rarity: ✯✯✯✯

Name Activation SP
FEH Death Blow 4 Death Blow 4 Upon initiating combat. 300
Effects If unit initiates combat, grants Atk+8 during combat.
Users Celica (Warrior Priestess), Eliwood (Blazing Knight), Dimitri
Notes Rarity: ✯✯✯✯✯

Name Activation SP
FEH Death Blow Echo Death Blow Echo Upon initiating combat. 300
Effects If unit initiates combat, grants Atk+4 during combat.
Users Attuned Triandra
Notes Rarity: ✯✯✯✯✯

Fire Emblem Three Houses[]

Name Activation Capacity
Death Blow FE16
Death Blow
Upon initiating combat. -
Effects If unit initiates combat, grants Str +6 during combat.
Users Learned by mastering the Brigand class.
Umbral Beast
Notes -

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes[]

Name Activation Capacity
Death Blow FE16
Death Blow
Passive -
Effects Keeps the Stun Gauge visible for longer.
Users Shez, Dorothea, Petra, Dedue, Ashe, Mercedes, Raphael, Ignatz, Leonie, Yuri, Hapi, Manuela, Shamir, Byleth, Jeralt, Gatekeeper, Arval (Brigand Mastery Rank 1)
Notes -

Trivia[]

  • In Fire Emblem: Three Houses, despite saying that the skill increases Strength by 6 during combat, it will, unlike other Strength-boosting skills, increase Strength above the game's 99 stat cap. However, the increased strength is not accounted for by the check for doubling, which in Three Houses reduces the AS penalty from weapon weight by 1 for every 5 points of strength. This means that the skill effectively increases Atk by 6 instead of Str.
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