List of Skills in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

Normal Skills

Icon	Skill	Description	Characters	Classes	Items
	Great Shield	Level% chance of negating all damage		General, Baron, Emperor
	Wrath	Always inflicts critical hits when HP is below 50%	Tailtiu, Linda
	Pursuit	If (Attack Speed > Enemy's Attacks Speed) character double attacks	Sigurd, Alec, Finn, Azelle, Midayle, Erinys, Beowolf, Oifey, Deimne, Julia, Ares, Hawk	Swordfighter, Bow Fighter, Sniper, Swordmaster, Forrest, Master Knight, Thief Fighter, Dragon Master, Dark Bishop	Pursuit Ring
	Continue	(Attack Speed+20)% chance of attacking twice	Quan, Jamke, Lewyn, Julia, Hermina, Amid, Shannan, Ares, Hawk, Hannibal	Swordmaster, Ranger, Falcon Knight, Mage Fighter, Sage
	Steal	Steals enemy's money upon landing a hit		Thief, Thief Fighter	Thief Bracelet, Thief Sword
	Charisma	Allied units get +10 Hit/Avoid	Lachesis, Laylea	Emperor, Queen
	Awareness	Nullifies sword skills and critical hits (and weapon effectiveness by proxy)	Alec, Ayra, Deirdre, Julia
	Prayer	When HP<11 as a result of combat damage, Avoid +10*(11-Current HP) for 1 turn. Effect is negated if character is healed.	Finn, Sylvia, Daisy		Prayer Ring, Circlet, Prayer Sword, Tyrfing
	Critical	(Skill+Weapon Kill bonus+Combination bonus)% chance of doing a critical hit	Naoise, Ethlyn, Lewyn, Oifey, Tristan		Mystletainn, any weapon with 50 or more kills
	Ambush	Always attack first when HP is below 50%	Arden, Lex, Dalvin, Iuchar, Ares, Hannibal
	Charge	(Attack Speed-Enemy's Attack Speed+(HP/2))% of activating another round of combat. Only activates if character's HP is above 25	Naoise, Midayle, Jamke, Beowolf, Iucharba, Asaello
	Shooting Star Sword	Skill% chance of attacking five times. Sword Skill	Ayra, Shannan
	Moonlight Sword	Skill% chance of negating defence. Ensures hit. Sword Skill	Chulainn
	Sun Sword	Skill% chance of restoring HP equal to damage dealt. Ensures hit. Sword Skill	Dew
	Life	Restores 3~10 HP at the beginning if each turn			Life Bracelet, Circlet, Yewfelle
	Elite	User recieves double experience	Lex, Linda, Charlot		Elite Ring
	Bargain	Grants the character a 50% discount in the shops.	Dew		Bargain Bracelet
	Dance	Command: When used, gives another turn to all adjacent allies		Dancer

Hidden Skills

These skills do not appear on the skill menu. They do have unused icons, however.

Icon	Skill	Description	Classes	Items
	Holy Sword	???% chance of increasing damage dealt by 20 or decreasing damage taken by 20. Unused
	Darkness Sword	???% chance of doubling of tripling damage dealt or decreasing damage taken by 20. Unused
	Return	Command: when used, returns the character to Home Castle		Return Ring
	Re-move	Hidden; Allows user to use up leftover Movement after performing an action.	All mounted/flying classes	Knight Ring
	Recover	Fully heals the character at the beginning of each turn		Recover Ring