“Strong against cavalry/armored units. For Marth.”
—In-game description, Shadow Dragon and New Mystery of the Emblem
The Rapier (レイピア Reipia) is a special Sword that recurrently appears in a majority of the titles within the Fire Emblem Series. In all its incarnations, the Rapier is exclusively bound to Lord characters who function as the paramount figures of importance in their respective stories. Exceptions to this strict rule include Mystery of the Emblem, in which the dancer Phina is also able to wield the blade, alongside Thracia 776 and Shadows of Valentia, in which all sword-wielding units may equip the blade. This blade possesses the unique ability of allowing its wielder to be able to inflict effective damage against cavalry and armoured units; a trait that is shared with seven other weapons in the series, including the Wolf Beil, Mani Katti, Reginleif, the Regal Sword, Thani, the Wing Spear and the Noble Rapier. The Regal Sword is known to boast statistics that parallel that of the Rapier.
It is possible for the player to procure multiple Rapiers (apart from the mandatory one that almost every Lord character wields at the beginning of their respective games) in a single play-through of any given Fire Emblem title, specifically through the visiting of Villages, the raiding of Chests or simply purchasing them from a select few armories. The Rapier still remains elusive nonetheless, to the point where even the armouries selling them only carry limited supplies of the weapon.
Weapon Stats
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Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of LightEdit
| Name | Type | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Rapier | |||||||
| WLv | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | Wt | Worth |
| * | 28 | 5 | 100% | 10% | 1 | 1 | 900 |
| Effect | |||||||
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Bonus damage to Social Knights/Paladins and armored units. | |||||||
*Marth only
Fire Emblem: Mystery of the EmblemEdit
| Name | Type | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| |||||||
| WLv | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | Wt | Worth |
| * | 30 | 5 | 90% | 10% | 1 | 1 | 3,000 |
| Effect | |||||||
|
Effective against horseback and armored units. | |||||||
Fire Emblem: Thracia 776Edit
| Name | Type | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Rank | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | Wt | WEx | Worth |
| C | 20 | 4 | 90% | 10% | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1,000 |
| Effect | ||||||||
|
Effective damage against horseback and armored units. | ||||||||
TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes SagaEdit
| Name | Type | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| |||||||
| WLv | WHp | Power | Hit | Crt | Rng | Wt | Worth |
| * | 25 | 5 | 100% | 3% | 1 | 3 | 2,500 |
| Effect | |||||||
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Effective against horseback and armored units. | |||||||
*Runan only.
Fire Emblem: The Binding BladeEdit
| Name | Type | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Rank | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | Wt | WEx | Worth |
| Prf* | 25 | 5 | 95% | 10% | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2,000 |
| Effect | ||||||||
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Effective against horseback and armored units. | ||||||||
*Roy only. Although its in-game description indicates otherwise, the Rapier in this game does not deal effective damage against Troubadours, Valkyries, Nomads and Nomadic Troopers.
Fire Emblem: The Blazing BladeEdit
| Name | Type | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| ||||||||
| Rank | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | Wt | WEx | Worth |
| Prf* | 40 | 7 | 95% | 10% | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6,000 |
| Effect | ||||||||
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Effective against horseback and armored units. | ||||||||
*Eliwood only.
Fire Emblem: The Sacred StonesEdit
“Effective against infantry.”
—In-game description
| Name | Type | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| ||||||||
| Rank | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | Wt | WEx | Worth |
| Prf* | 40 | 7 | 95% | 10% | 1 | 5 | 2 | - |
| Effect | ||||||||
|
Effective against horseback and armored units. | ||||||||
*Eirika only.
Fire Emblem: Shadow DragonEdit
| Name | Type | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| ||||||||
| Rank | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | Wt | WEx | Worth |
| E* | 28 | 5 | 100% | 10% | 1 | 4** | 2 | 1,120 |
| Effect | ||||||||
|
Does bonus damage to horseback and armored units. | ||||||||
*Marth only.
Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the EmblemEdit
| Name | Type | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| |||||||
| Rank | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | WEx | Worth |
| E* | 28 | 5 | 100% | 10% | 1 | 2 | 1,120 |
| Effect | |||||||
|
Does bonus damage to horseback and armored units. | |||||||
*Marth only.
Fire Emblem AwakeningEdit
| Name | Type | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| |||||||
| Rank | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | WEx | Worth |
| E* | 35 | 5 | 90% | 10% | 1 | ? | 1,600 |
| Effect | |||||||
|
Effective against beast and armored units. | |||||||
* Lords , Great Lords and Lodestars only.
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of ValentiaEdit
| Name | Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| |||
| Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | Wt |
| 3 | 90% | 5% | 1 | 1 |
| Effect | ||||
|
Teaches | ||||
Item LocationsEdit
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of LightEdit
| Method | Location |
|---|---|
| Inventory | Marth |
| Armory | Ch. 13 • Ch. 14 • Ch. 15 • Ch. 18 • Ch. 21 |
Fire Emblem: Mystery of the EmblemEdit
| Method | Location |
|---|---|
| Dropped | Book 1: Enemy Thief (Ch. 10) Book 2: Enemy Thief (Ch. 15) |
| Inventories | Book 1: Marth Book 2: Marth • Phina |
| Secret Shops | Book 1: Ch. 14 Book 2: Ch. 11 |
Fire Emblem: Thracia 776Edit
| Method | Location |
|---|---|
| Treasure | Ch. 4 - Chest |
| Visit | Ch. 6 - Village |
TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes SagaEdit
| Method | Location |
|---|---|
| Inventory | Runan |
| Shops | M26A • Razeria |
Fire Emblem: The Binding BladeEdit
| Method | Location |
|---|---|
| Inventory | Roy |
| Treasure | Ch. 7 - Chest |
Fire Emblem: The Blazing BladeEdit
| Method | Location |
|---|---|
| Dropped | Eliwood's Story: Enemy Myrmidon (Ch. 28) |
| Inventory | Eliwood |
Fire Emblem: The Sacred StonesEdit
| Method | Location |
|---|---|
| Event | Prologue |
| Treasure | Ch. 9A - Village |
Fire Emblem: Shadow DragonEdit
| Method | Location |
|---|---|
| Inventory | Marth |
| Armories | Ch. 8 (x1) • Ch. 11 (x1) • Ch. 15 (x1) • Ch. 18 (x1) • Ch. 20 (x1) • Ch. 24 (x1) |
Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the EmblemEdit
| Method | Location |
|---|---|
| Dropped | Enemy Thief (Ch. 15) |
| Inventory | Marth |
| Armories | Ch. 15 • Ch. 19 |
| Secret Shop | Ch. 11 |
Fire Emblem AwakeningEdit
| Method | Location |
|---|---|
| Inventories | Chrom • Lucina |
| Merchants | Ylisstol • Border Wastes • The Searoad |
Non-Canon AppearancesEdit
Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.Edit
The Rapier appears in the game under the possession of Marth. It allows Marth to strike enemies weak points much more easily.
EtymologyEdit
During the early 1500s, the rapier blade took on a rather prestigious status in Europe, where it was regarded as being extremely fashionable by the wealthier facets of society. Such a fact is more than apt in the context of the Fire Emblem Series, in which the Rapier's unique trait of being bound to Lord characters serves as a pivotal means to emphasize on the regal, venerated positions that they possess in the factions that they are respectively aligned to.
TriviaEdit
- The Florete blade closely resembles the traditional Rapier, not just due to the fact that they are bound to specific individuals in the respective games that they appear in, but also because they bear high Critical hit rates and are named after fencing swords (Rapier and foil respectively).
- In spite of the fact that the Rapier is effective against almost all mounted and and armoured units (depending on the game in question), the in-game description of the weapon states that it is "effective against infantry".
GalleryEdit
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