Devil Axe

“A mighty but cursed axe known to harm its user.”
—In-game description, Shadow Dragon and New Mystery of the Emblem

The Devil Axe is a special Axe that appears across the Fire Emblem Series, beginning from the Archanea Series.

Description[]

The Devil Axe has the ability to to randomly deflect damage back to its wielder when it is used, This makes the axe a risky weapon: while it is able to inflict enormous amounts of damage with a single strike, any backfires are similarly enormous.

In most games, the trigger rate of the Devil Axe's ability is based on the user's Luck stat. This ability can also be triggered when the axe is used to damage destructible map features like snags.

The The Blazing Blade and The Sacred Stones iterations of the Devil Axe award a very high amount of Weapon Experience per use, meaning that a unit could raise their axe Weapon Rank by a large amount in only a few uses. This is particularly useful for Paladins (The Blazing Blade) and Great Knights (The Sacred Stones), as it allows them to greatly accelerate their weapon ranks in Axes and more time to build up their ranks in Swords and Lances to solidify their control over the Weapon triangle.

In Heroes; the Devil Axe is the unique weapon of Barst. In reference to the original weapon's effect of dealing damage back to the wielder; this variation functions with an innate Fury-like effect, increasing all of his stats by 4 during combat; but inflicting 4 damage onto him after combat ends. In addition to this, the axe can be refined to further synergize with low health effects, providing Barst with Wrath on top of the stat boost with an effect refine.

The Devil Axe is analogous to the Devil Sword and the Devil Spear.

Weapon Stats[]

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light[]

Name				Type
Devil Axe				Axe
WLv	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	Worth
4	9	20	70%	0%	1	14	-
Effect
(21-Luck%) chance to damage the wielder instead.

Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem[]

Name				Type
Devil Axe				Axe
WLv	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	Worth
1	9	20	70%	0%	1	20	900
Effect
(21-Luck%) chance to damage the wielder instead. Cannot backfire on enemy units.

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776[]

Name					Type
Devil Axe					Axe
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
E	20	20	50%	0%	1	20	1	1,200
Effect
(21-Luck%) chance to damage the wielder instead.

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade[]

Name					Type
Devil Axe					Axe
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
E	20	18	55%	0%	1	18	1	900
Effect
(21-Level%) chance to damage the wielder instead.

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade[]

Name					Type
Devil Axe					Axe
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
E	20	18	55%	0%	1	18	8	800
Effect
(31-Luck%) chance to damage the wielder instead.

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones[]

“Might injure its wielder.”
—In-game description

Name					Type
Devil Axe					Axe
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
E	20	18	55%	0%	1	18	8	880
Effect
(31-Luck%) chance to damage the wielder instead.

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (Unused)[]

Name					Type
Devil Axe					Axe
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
E	20	18	55%	0%	1	18	8	900
Effect
May damage the wielder instead.

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon[]

Name					Type
Devil Axe					Axe
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
D	20	17	100%	0%	1	8*	2	-
Effect
(31-Luck%) chance to damage the wielder instead.

Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem[]

Name				Type
Devil Axe				Axe
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	WEx	Worth
D	25	17	100%	0%	1	2	-
Effect
(31-Luck%) chance to damage the wielder instead.

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia[]

Name			Type
Devil Axe			Axe
Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt
15	70%	5%	1	5
Effect
Hex, Lifetaker

Fire Emblem: Three Houses[]

Name					Type
Devil Axe					Axe
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	WEx	Wt	Worth
D	30	18	60%	0%	1	4	14	430
Effect
A diabolical axe that inflicts 10 damage after combat.

Name					Type
Devil Axe+					Axe
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	WEx	Wt	Worth
D	30	21	60%	0%	1	4	14	650
Effect
A reinforced devil axe that inflicts 10 damage on the wielder after combat.

Fire Emblem Heroes[]

Name		Type
Devil Axe		Axe
Mt	Rng	SP	Rarity
16	1	400
Effect
Grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 during combat, but if unit attacked, deals 4 damage to unit after combat.

Name			Cost
Devil Axe			400 SP, 500, 200
Type	HP	Mt	Spd	Def	Res
	+5	+ 2
	+5		+ 3
	+5			+ 4
	+5				+ 4
	HP +3. At start of turn, if unit's HP ≤ 75% and unit's attack triggers Special, grants Special cooldown count-1, and deals +10 damage when Special triggers.
Effect
Grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 during combat, but if unit attacked, deals 4 damage to unit after combat.

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