Luna (Skill)

Luna
Gatrie activating Luna in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn.
Name (JP)	月光, Moonlight 月光剣 (FE5) 風水の技 (TS1)
Name (Localized)	Luna (ENG) Lunaire (FRE) Selene (SPA) Geomancy (TS1)
First Seen	Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
Effect	Negates enemy's Defense. (FE4, FE5, FE8, TS1) Halves enemy's Defense and Resistance. (FE9, FE13) Triple Strength and negates enemy's Defense. (FE10)
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Luna, also known as Moonlight Sword and Pierce, is a skill that debuted in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War.

History in the Series

When activated, this skill allows its user to negate or halve the enemy's Defense, allowing him/her to inflict higher amounts of damage in the process.

In TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga, this skill is known as Geomancy, where it not just negates Defense, but also negates Magic.

Stats

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

Name	Activation	Capacity
Moonlight	(Skill)%	-
Effects	Negates enemy's Defense; Other sword skills may not activate simultaneously; Attack will always be successful.
Users	Base skill of Chulainn.
Notes	-

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Name	Activation	Capacity
Moonlight	(Skill)%	-
Effects	Negates enemy's Defense; Attack will always be successful.
Users	Base skill of Mareeta and Galzus; Can be assigned with the Moonlight Sword Manual.
Notes	-

TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga

Name	Activation	Capacity
Geomancy	(User's Skill - Enemy's Skill) +3)%	-
Effects	Negates the enemy's Defense/Magic.
Users	-
Notes	-

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

Name	Activation	Capacity
Pierce	(User's Level)%	-
Effects	Negates the enemy's Defense.
Users	Class skill of the Wyvern Knight class.
Notes	-

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Name	Activation	Capacity
Luna	(Skill)%	20
Effects	Halves the enemy's Defense and Resistance; Cannot critical.
Users	Occult skill of the Halberdier and General classes; Can be assigned with the Occult Scroll.
Notes	-

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

Name	Activation	Capacity
Luna	(Skill/2)%	30
Effects	Triples Strength and negates enemy's Defense; Can only be activated at 1 range.
Users	Class skill of Marshalls.
Notes	-

Fire Emblem Awakening

• Luna
• Luna+

Name	Activation	Capacity
Luna	(Skill)%	-
Effects	Ignores half of the enemy's defense or resistance when calculating damage inflicted.
Users	Class skill of Level 5 Great Knights.
Notes	-

Name	Activation	Capacity
Luna+	Always activates	-
Effects	Ignores half of the enemy's defense or resistance when calculating damage inflicted.
Users	Lunatic+, enemy only.
Notes	-

Fire Emblem Fates

Name	Activation	Capacity
Luna	(Skill)%	-
Effects	Ignores half of the enemy's defense or resistance when calculating damage inflicted.
Users	Learned by Great Knights at Level 5 or higher.
Notes	-

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Name		Roundhouse
HP/Dur	Rng	Mt	Hit	Avo	Crt
-7	1	+4	+20	+20	+20
Effects		Ignores half of the enemy's defense or resistance.
Users		Weapon skill: Silver Sword
Notes		-

Fire Emblem Heroes

Name	Charge	SP
Luna	3	200
Effects	Resolve combat as if foe suffered Def/Res -50%.
Users	Black Knight, Bramimond, Catria, Ced, Celica (Imprisoned Soul), Chrom (Knight Exalt), Claude (King of Unification), Dieck, Edelgard, Eirika (Pledged Restorer), Eirika (Twin Refulgence), Fae (Holiday Dear), Frederick, Freyja, Greil (Heroic Exemplar), Hel, Hinoka (Blue Sky Knight), Igrene (Ninja of Nabata), Ike, Ike (Brave), Ike (Zeal Unleased), Katarina (Torchlit Wanderer), Knoll, Kronya, Lewyn (Wind-Song Scion), Linus, Loki (Spring Trickster), Lucina, Malice, Mareeta, Mareeta (The Blade's Pawn), Mia, Naga, Nyx, Ótr, Perceval, Petra, Ryoma (Samurai at Ease), Sirius, Valter, Velouria, Walhart, Volke, Ylgr (Breaking the Ice), Zelgius
Notes	Requires New Moon

Fire Emblem Warriors

Name	Activation	Capacity
Luna	Luck	-
Effects	May reduce enemy's Def and Res on a hit; chance increases with user's Luck.
Users	Learned from Chrom's skill board.
Notes	-

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes

Name	Activation	Capacity
Luna	Passive	-
Effects	When attacking, causes enemies to incur a reduction in Def proportional to the user's Lck.
Users	Claude, Hilda, Lysithea, Edelgard, Ferdinand, Caspar, Linhardt, Monica, Felix, Annette, Flayn, Sothis (Great Knight Mastery Rank 2)
Notes	-

Fire Emblem Engage

Name	Activation	Capacity
Luna	(Dexterity)%	-
Effects	While making an attack, may ignore half of foe's Def/Res.
Users	Class skill of Level 5 Tireur d'elites and Wardens.
Notes	-

Non-Canon Appearances

Dragalia Lost

Luna appears in Dragalia Lost as one of Sharena's skills, who was a character released as part of the second Fire Emblem crossover event.

Luna
	Deals 1 hit of 504% and 1 hit of 601% light damage to enemies directly ahead, and reduces their defense by 5% for 10 seconds. This defense reduction effect will not stack.

Etymology

"Luna" means moon in Latin, as well as in Spanish, Italian and Russian.

Trivia

• Although in its first five appearances Luna is associated with a blue flash upon activation or striking, in Awakening a Luna blow instead shines yellow when striking the enemy.
• Unused text strings exist in Path of Radiance that refer to Luna's name from the Jugdral games. It was translated as Moonblade in the English version.
• The Pierce skill in The Sacred Stones is associated with a game-freezing glitch, which generally happens by activating Pierce on an enemy when the attacking unit will attack twice in a row, on an enemy that cannot counter-attack, which can also happen with a Brave Lance. If the enemy is not killed on the first strike and attacks a second time, a freeze may occur. The root of the glitch seems to be dealing damage again to an enemy before their HP bar has finished decreasing. This glitch does not occur in the Japanese version of Sacred Stones. This glitch does not seem to happen if animations are turned off.

Gallery

Moonlight Sword, as it appears in the first series of the TCG as a Surprise Card.

Moonlight Sword, as it appears in the second series of the TCG as a Surprise Card.

Vanessa Piercing an enemy Wight in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones.

Luna in Fire Emblem Heroes.

Sharena using Luna in Dragalia Lost.