Dragonskin

Dragonskin
Name (JP)	邪悪なドラゴンの鱗, Evil Dragon's Scale 竜鱗, Dragon Scale
Name (Localized)	Dragonskin
First Seen	Fire Emblem Awakening
Effect	Halves damage, negates Counter and instant death
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Dragonskin is a Skill that debuted in Fire Emblem Awakening.

Overview

Dragonskin halves all damage taken by the user and also prevents opposing units from activating Counter or Lethality. It is used by Grima on all difficulties in the Final Chapter and in The Future Past 3. Validar will have this skill starting from Hard Mode and up. All enemy units in Xenologue 22 will have this skill equipped as well.

In Fates, Dragonskin also reduces the effect of critical hits and offensive skills, as well as preventing all damage outside of battle. It is used by Anankos and the human vessels he possesses.

In Fates, all final forms of the Yato (Blazing, Shadow, Omega) will deal 3/4 damage instead of 1/2 damage to units with Dragonskin.

In Heroes, it is the unique Skill A of Fell Vessel Robin and prevents weapons with flying effective damage from inflicting said bonus damage.

In Three Houses, the skill appears under the name Ancient Dragonskin, carried by certain monster-classified bosses. Besides halving damage and negating instant death, this variation of the skill also nullifies status conditions (save for paralysis caused by Armor Break) and prevents the holder from being forcibly moved.

Stats

Fire Emblem Awakening

Name	Activation	Capacity
Dragonskin	100%	-
Effects	Halves damage taken. Negates Counter and Lethality
Users	Grima, Validar on Hard Mode and up, and all Apotheosis enemies
Notes	Enemy Only; Exclusive to certain characters

Fire Emblem Fates

Name	Activation	Capacity
Dragonskin	100%	-
Effects	Halves damage taken and reduces the effects of criticals and offensive skills. Negates Lethality, Counter and non-battle damaging skills (e.g. Poison Strike, Grisly Wound, Savage Blow).
Users	Garon, Takumi (only in Night Breaks Through), Gunter (only in The Vallite King), and Anankos
Notes	Enemy Only; Exclusive to certain characters

Fire Emblem Heroes

• Dragonskin
• Dragonskin II

Name	Activation	SP
Dragonskin	Being attacked by flier-effective weapons and all other weapons	300
Effects	Neutralizes "effective against flying" bonuses. Grants Def/Res+4 during combat if foe initiates combat.
Users	Robin (Fell Vessel)
Notes	Skill cannot be inherited.

Name	Activation	SP
Dragonskin II	Start of combat	300
Effects	Neutralizes "effective against flying" bonuses. If foe initiates combat or if foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+6 to unit during combat and neutralizes foe's bonuses (from skills like Fortify, Rally, etc.).
Users	Robin (Fell Vessel)
Notes	Skill cannot be inherited.

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Name	Activation	Capacity
Ancient Dragonskin	Passive (100%)	-
Effects	Reduces damage taken by 50%, negates instant death, negates status conditions, and prevents the holder from being forcibly moved.
Users	Rhea (only as the Immaculate One), Macuil, Indech
Notes	Enemy Only; Exclusive to certain characters

Trivia

• In Mystery of the Emblem, Medeus and all enemy Earth Dragons are protected by a similar effect to Dragonskin, which halves the attack power of all enemies. This effect is also given by Loptous to Julius in Genealogy of the Holy War.
• Unlike most skills that appear in both Awakening and Fates, Dragonskin has different skill icons between the games.
• An item appearing in TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga, Holy Dragon's Scales, is known by the name "Dragon Skin" in some versions of Utna Heroes Saga fan translations. The Dragon Mail, another item appearing in Utna Heroes Saga, is closer to this skill in effect and use, halving incoming damage and being used by Gerxel, the game's final boss.