Luna (Skill)

Luna
First Seen	Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
Effect	Negates enemy's Defense.(FE4-FE5, FE8 & TS) Halves enemy's Defense and Resistance.(FE9 & FE13) Triple Strength and negates enemy's Defense.(FE10)
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Luna (月光 Gekkou, lit. Moonlight), also known as Moonlight Sword (月光剣, Gekkouken, Lunaire in the French version, Selene in the Spanish version) and Pierce, is a skill that is first introduced in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. 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 (風水の技 Fūsui no waza), where it not just negates Defense, but also negates Magic.

Stats

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

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

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Name	Activation	Capacity
Luna	(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.

TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga

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

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.

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.

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

Name	Activation	Capacity
Luna	(Skill/2)%	30
Effects	Triples Strength and negates enemy's Defense; Cannot be activated with thrown weapons.
Users	Class skill of Marshalls.

Fire Emblem Awakening

Name	Activation	Capacity
Luna	(Skill)%	-
Effects	Halves the enemy's Defense and Resistance.
Users	Class skill of Level 5 Great Knights.

Name	Activation	Capacity
Luna+	Always activates	-
Effects	Halves the enemy's Defense and Resistance.
Users	Lunatic+, enemy only.

Fire Emblem Fates

Name	Activation	Capacity
Luna	(Skill)%	-
Effects	Halves the enemy's Defense and Resistance.
Users	Learned by Great Knights at Level 5 or higher.

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Name	Activation	SP
Roundhouse	Command	20
Effects	Avoid +20; ignores half of the enemy's defense or resistance.
Users	Weapon skill of Silver Sword

Etymology

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

Trivia

• 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.