Light Brand

Light Brand
Official artwork of the Light Sword from the TCG.
First Seen	Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
Weapon Type	Sword
Most Common Rank	C
Uses	25
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The Light Brand (光の剣, Hikari no Tsurugi lit. Light Sword in the Japanese versions) is a recurring magic sword in the series. It has the ability to perform ranged attacks, which are treated as light-based magic attacks (the spell animation is the same as the Light Tome Lightning), as well as direct attacks, which are treated as regular physical attacks. It is analogous to the Anima Wind Sword and the Dark Runesword, although it doesn't have any other side-effects like the other two do.

To calculate the damage for the ranged magic attack, the game takes half of the user's Str (round up if necessary) and adds it to the weapon's might. It then subtracts that total by the enemy's Res. This only applies in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade and in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. In Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade, the ranged attack's total might will always be 10, regardless of Str or Res.

The Weapon Triangle is used in direct combat and the Trinity of Magic is used in indirect combat.

Weapon Stats

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

Name				Type
Light Brand				Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Rng	Wt	Worth
C	50	12	70%	1-2	5	12,000
Effect
Hurls Lightning magic from afar.

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Name					Type
Light Brand					Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
*	60	12	80%	0%	1-2	10	1	-
Effect
Hurls Lightning magic from afar, Luck +10, can be used as an item to restore HP.

*Preference Leif

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

Name					Type
Light Brand					Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
C	25	9	70%	0%	1-2	9	?	1,250
Effect
Always deals 10 damage at range.

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade and Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

Name					Type
Light Brand					Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
C	25	9	70%	0%	1-2	9	1	1,250
Effect
Hurls Light magic from afar.

Fire Emblem Heroes

Name		Type
Light Brand		Sword
Mt	Rng	SP	Rarity
16	1	400	✯✯✯✯✯
Effect
Grants Def+3. If foe's Def ≥ foe's Res+5, deals +7 damage.

Item Locations

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

Method	Location
Event	Ch. 2 - Have Deirdre speak to Ethlyn at the start of the chapter.

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Method	Location
Inventory	Leif

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

Method	Location
Treasure	Ch. 8 - Chest
Armoury	Ch. 23

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

Method	Location
Dropped	Jerme (Ch. 25)
Treasure	Eliwood's Story: Ch. 22 - Hidden in the sand. Hector's Story: Ch. 23 - Hidden in the sand.

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

Method	Location
Event	Ch. 19 - End of chapter (provided that at least four of the eight Rausten Knights, the Rausten General and Mansel are kept alive by the time the chapter concludes).

Trivia

• The Leif's Blade weapon's appearance in Awakening is based on the Jugdral incarnation of the Light Brand.

Gallery

The Light Sword, as it appears in the second series of the TCG.

The Light Brand sprite from Fire Emblem Heroes.

Leif casting Lightning on an enemy Soldier with the Light Sword in Thracia 776.

Linus casting Lightning on Nino with the Light Brand in The Blazing Blade.