Levin Sword

For the Jugdral character, see Lewyn.

Levin Sword
Concept artwork of the Levin Sword from Three Houses.
Name (JP)	サンダーソード, Thunder Sword いかづちの剣, Lightning Sword FE4, FE5, FE15 雷の剣, Lightning Sword FE2
First Seen	Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light
Weapon Type	Sword
Most Common Rank	C
Uses	Varies
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“A lightning sword. Can be used to attack indirectly.”
—In-game description from New Mystery of the Emblem

The Levin Sword, also known as Lightning Sword, is a magic sword that recurrently appears across the Fire Emblem Series. Unlike its other physical brethren, the Levin Sword inflicts magical damage, and can be used for both melee and ranged combat. The sword's various incarnations sees it inflicting magical damage only when used from afar, with the exception of Awakening, in which the wielder's Magic stat is always taken into account to determine their resultant damage output.

Weapon Stats

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light

Name				Type
Levin Sword				Sword
WLv	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	Worth
8	20	7	90%	0%	1~2	2	1,600
Effect
Cannot be wielded by Generals.

Fire Emblem Gaiden

Name			Type
Thunder Sword			Sword
Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt
-	80%	0%	1~2	3
Effect
Always inflicts 15 points of damage. Lowered by Resistance.

Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem

Name				Type
Thunder Sword				Sword
WLv	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	Worth
8	28	-	90%	0%	1~2	5	1,400
Effect
Always inflicts 10 points of damage.

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

Name				Type
Thunder Sword				Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Rng	Wt	Worth
C	50	12*	70%	1~2	5	10,000
Effect
Casts the Elthunder spell when used from afar.

*Inflicts magical damage.

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Name					Type
Thunder Sword					Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
B	40	9*	70%	0%	1~2	9	1	8,200
Effect
Increases its wielder's Skill by 5; Inflicts thunder-based damage when used from afar.

*Inflicts magical damage.

TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga

Name				Type
Thunder Sword				Sword
WLv	WHp	Power	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	Worth
8	23	8	65%	0%	1-2	7	3,450
Effect
Inflicts magical damage.

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon

“A sword of lightning used to attack indirectly.”
—In-game description, Shadow Dragon

Name					Type
Levin Sword					Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
C	20	6*	90%	0%	1~2	6	2	1,600
Effect
Inflicts magical-based damage.

*Employs Magic for attacks.

Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem

Name				Type
Levin Sword				Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	WEx	Worth
C	20	10	90%	0%	1-2	2	1,600
Effect
Inflicts magical (thunder) damage.

Fire Emblem Awakening

Name				Type
Levin Sword				Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	WEx	Worth
C	25	10	80%	0%	1-2	?	1,600
Effect
Inflicts magical damage based on the Magic stat of its user.

Fire Emblem Fates

Name					Type
Levin Sword					Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Avo	Rng	WEx	Worth
C	∞	11	80%	0%	-20%	1-2	?	3,300
Effect
Magic weapon. Cannot inflict critical hits or trigger offensive skills.

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

• Stats
• Forging

Name			Type
Lightning Sword			Sword
Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt
15	80%	-10%	1-2	3
Effect
CEV -1, Ignores user's Atk Teaches Transmute, Foudroyant, Thunderclap

Forging
★			Mt	Hit	Crt	Wt
1		1	+1
2	30	1	+2	+5		-1
3	50	1	+4	+10		-1

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

• Levin Sword
• Forged

Name					Type
Levin Sword					Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	WEx	Wt	Worth
C	25	9	70%	0%	1~2	?	9	-
Effect
Deals magic-based damage.

Name					Type
Levin Sword+					Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	WEx	Wt	Worth
C	30	9	70%	0%	1~3	?	9	-
Effect
Deals magic-based damage.

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes

Name			Type
Levin Sword			Sword
Rank	Mt	Durability	Worth	Attributes
C	Varies	Varies	-	Lightning Crash (Varies)
Effect
Deals magic-based damage.

Fire Emblem Engage

Name				Type
Levin Sword				Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Wt	Rng	Worth
C	∞	13	85	0	11	1-2	3000
Effect
A magical sword that can strike close or at range. Deals Magic damage.

Robin's Version

Name				Type
Levin Sword				Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Wt	Rng	Worth
D	∞	10	80%	0%	8	1-2	100
Effect
Engage Weapon. Magic sword wielded by Emblem Robin. Can hit foes with magic lightning from a distance.

Fire Emblem Heroes

Name		Type
New Levin Sword		Sword
Mt	Rng	SP	Rarity
16	1	400	✯✯✯✯✯
Effect
Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-2; max cooldown count value cannot be reduced below 1). Unit can counterattack regardless of foe's range. Calculates damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res. At start of combat, if foe's HP ≥ 75% or if number of allies adjacent to unit ≤ 1, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 to unit, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd/Def/Res = 15% of unit's Spd at start of combat, neutralizes effects that inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit, and reduces the percentage of foe's non-Special "reduce damage by X%" skills by 50% during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials).

Item Locations

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light

Method	Location
Dropped	Minerva (Ch. 10) • Enemy Wyvern Knight (Ch. 25)
Inventory	Minerva
Treasure	Ch. 10 - Chest
Shops	Ch. 12 • Ch. 18 • Ch. 21 • Ch. 22 • Ch. 24

Fire Emblem Gaiden

Method	Location
Treasure	Ch. 1 (South Fort)

Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem

Method	Location
Dropped	Book 1: Enemy Hero (Ch. 13) Book 2: Dahl (Ch. 7)
Treasure	Book 1: Ch. 8 - Chest

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

Method	Location
Dropped	Jacobi (Ch. 3)
Vendor	Ch. 8

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Method	Location
Dropped	Enemy Mercenary (Ch. 24)
Inventory	Fred
Steal	Fred (Ch. 10) • Fred (Ch. 11)

TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga

Method	Location
Dropped	M13
Visit	M17 - Village
Treasure	M8

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon

Method	Location
Dropped	Kannival (Ch. 8) • Enemy Hero (Ch. 25)
Treasure	Ch. 10 - Chest
Armories	Ch. 18 • Ch. 24

Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem

Method	Location
Dropped	Dahl (Ch. 7)
Inventories	Malice • Beck

Fire Emblem Awakening

Method	Location
Dropped	Gangrel (Ch. 11) • Ch. 25
Inventory	Gangrel
Treasure	Para. 10 - Chest
Armoury	Garden of Giants
Merchants	Border Wastes • Mila Tree • Valm Castle • Great Gate • Mila Shrine Ruins • Mercenary Fortress • Law's End • Manor of Lost Souls
SpotPass	Nino • Lyn • Hector • Eliwood • Sothe • Navarre • Malice • Katarina • Leif
Renown	Obtain 270 Renown points to obtain this item; Only one may be acquired per save game file.

Fire Emblem Fates

Method	Location
Armory	Nohr Armory Level 2 (one only) Nohr Armory Level 3 (two only)

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Method	Location
Dropped	Bishop (An Ocean View)
Treasure	Chap 6 - Chest
Vendor	Armory (x2, Chap 8 & 13) Pagan Statue (x3, 600 Renown; DLC)
Forging	Forge Steel Sword into Levin Sword (x2 Arcane Crystals) Professor Level C+ Levin Sword into Levin Sword+ (x6 Arcane Crystals) Professor Level B+

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes

Method	Location
Amiibo	Amiibo Presents
Dropped	Random weapon drops

Non-Canon Appearances

The Levin Sword is a weapon that Robin can use in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, appearing in their smash attacks and aerials (except neutral aerial*). Alluding to Weapon Durability, the Levin Sword can only be used for a certain amount of hits before it breaks. Once their Levin Sword breaks, Robin will use the standard Bronze Sword in place of those attacks until either a new Levin Sword respawns or they are KO'd. Its indirect attack properties are represented by Robin's Smash Attacks having extended range due to magic jolts while it's equipped, allowing Robin to use them even when they're a short distance away from the opponent without as much risk of being hit (a property known in the fighting game community as a "disjoint hit box"). Of Robin's two swords, the Levin Sword is the only one that has spike frames for Robin's down aerial.

It is once again used by Robin for their warrior special in Fire Emblem Warriors.

*In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, this was changed, and Robin now uses the Levin Sword for their neutral aerial attack as well.

Etymology

Levin is an archaic noun that means "lightning and thunderbolts".

It's Japanese name simply transliterates to "thunder sword" which is further reinforced because the blade is crooked and resembles a lightning bolt.

Trivia

• In Awakening, there is a glitch that does not show a character's cut-in when a critical is performed, like with the Bolt Axe and Shockstick.
  • In Awakening, the Levin Sword and Bolt Axe normally use only their ranged attack animation, even if the unit engages in direct combat with an enemy. However if one checks their unit while they are equipped with a Levin Sword or Bolt Axe, that unit will be shown using it for melee attacks. This appears to have been fixed by the time Fates was released, in which all units perform melee strikes with all magic weapons in direct combat.
  • It is unknown whether or not the cut-in glitch was also able to be fixed by the release of Fates, as all three weapons were made incapable of performing critical hits to account for their infinite durability in that game, though the former issue may have also been a contributing factor to this change in the weapons' function.
• In Smash, Robin can be shown holding two Levin Swords, but only if he catches a used up Levin Sword, and waiting for a fresh one to replace the Bronze Sword.
• The Levin Sword isn't the only lightning infused sword; however, it was the first to ever come to fruition. Its successors in the series came in the forms of Eckesachs and Raijinto. Unlike the Levin Sword, both Eckesachs and Raijinto are star ranked, whereas the Levin Sword is usually only a C-Rank weapon.
  • In addition to this, both legendary weapons deal Strength-based damage rather than Magic – making them substantially less effective than the Levin Sword against units such as Great Knights or Wyvern Lords.
    • The relationship between the Bolt Axe and Armads is also similar, though once again the latter differs in relying exclusively on the strength stat and is either the highest ranked-axe or star ranked—effectively making the connection between the two almost entirely aesthetic.

• In Kirby Star Allies, when infusing any sword-based character with the zap element, the blade of the sword takes on a very similar design to that of the Levin Sword's (possibly as a reference or homage to said sword).
• The sharp, crooked design of the Levin Sword is also reminiscent of the kris, a sword with a wavy blade that was popular throughout many tribes in Southeast Asia. In many Southeast Asian cultures, the kris was believed to possess magical powers. The Levin Sword's connection to the kris is strengthened because it utilizes the user's magic stat for attacking instead of their strength.
• The wavy blade is also reminiscent of the European weapon style known as Flamberge, which was primarily present in swords not intended for constant combat, and instead more ceremonial or decorative uses.
• The Levin Sword in Fire Emblem Three Houses, alongside the Arrow of Indra, Bolt Axe, and Magic Bow, are the only weapons in the series where forging was able to increase a weapon's range.

Gallery

Concept artwork of the Levin Sword from Awakening.

Concept artwork of the Lightning Sword from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

The Thunder Sword, as it appears in the fifth series of the TCG.

Artwork of the Thunder Sword from TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga.

Official artwork utilized as the background image on the Epilogue of the Fire Emblem Awakening website, featuring Anna chasing Havetti with a Levin Sword.

Anna wielding the Levin Sword in Awakening.

Laslow wielding the Levin Sword in Fates.

Gray with the Lightning Sword in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Emblem Robin's Levin Sword in Engage.

Sprite of the Levin Sword from Engage.

Sprite of Robin's Levin Sword from Engage.

Robin using the Levin Sword in Warriors.

New Levin Sword from Heroes.