Vantage (Skill)

Vantage
First Seen	Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
Effect	Allows the user to always attack first.
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Vantage (待ち伏せ Machibuse, also known as Ambush in the Japanese versions, Initiative in the French version, Vantaggio in the Italian version, Emboscada, lit. Ambush, in the Spanish version) is a recurring skill in the Fire Emblem franchise. It allows the user to initiate an attack when an enemy engages him/her in battle.

This skill is first introduced in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War, in which the user will always attack first if the user has less than 50% HP left.

This skill is later integrated into the more advanced skill systems of Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, where its effect is made more noticeable. However, in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, Vantage becomes dependent on the user's Speed stat, meaning it will not be as consistent in terms of activation.

In Fire Emblem: Awakening and Fire Emblem Fates, Vantage returns back to functioning how it did in the Judgral series in terms of automatically activating when the user's HP is below 50%. In Awakening's Lunatic Mode+, an enemy exclusive skill of Vantage appears on enemies.

This skill is known as Gale (烈風の技 Reppū no waza) in TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga.

Vantage is an extremely useful skill for units to carry, as when activated, the user can follow up with other skills which can make them relatively dangerous to defeat if they fall below half health and have powerful skills such as Lethality on them.

In Fire Emblem Heroes it can be learned without inheriting by: Anna, Gordin, Lon'qu and Reinhardt.

Stats

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

Name	Activation	Capacity
Ambush	100%	-
Effects	Allows the user to always attack first when his/her HP is below Max HP/2; Negates enemy's Charge skill.
Users	Base skill of Arden, Lex, Dalvin, Iuchar, Ares and Hannibal.

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Name	Activation	Capacity
Ambush	100%	-
Effects	Allows the user to always attack first.
Users	Base skill of Machyua, Halvan and Perne; Can be assigned with the Ambush Manual.

TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga

Name	Activation	Capacity
Gale	Max [(User's Skill - Enemy's Skill) +3]%	-
Effects	Allows the user to always attack first, provided that he/she is faster than the enemy.
Users	Base skill of Mahter, Roger and Rishel.

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Name	Activation	Capacity
Vantage	100%	10
Effects	Allows the user to always attack first.
Users	Base skill of Mia and Naesala; Can be assigned with the Vantage Scroll.

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

Name	Activation	Capacity
Vantage	(Speed)%	10
Effects	Allows the user to attack first.
Users	Base skill of Mia and Naesala; Can be assigned with the Vantage Scroll.

Fire Emblem Awakening

Name	Activation	Capacity
Vantage	100%	-
Effects	When the user's HP is reduced to below half, he/she will always be able to attack first during the enemy's turn.
Users	Class skill of Level 10 Myrmidons.

Name	Activation	Capacity
Vantage+	100%	-
Effects	Always strike first, even when attacked. (Cannot override Vantage on the Enemy's turn.)
Users	Enemy skill, Lunatic+ only.

Fire Emblem Fates

Name	Activation	Capacity
Vantage	100%	-
Effects	When the user's HP is reduced to below half, he/she will always be able to attack first during the enemy's turn.
Users	Learned by Samurai at level 10 or higher.

Fire Emblem Heroes

• Vantage 1
• Vantage 2
• Vantage 3

Name	Activation	SP
Vantage 1	Being attacked at HP ≤ 25%	50
Effects	Unit counterattacks first when attacked at HP ≤ 25%.
Users	Rarity: ✯✯

Name	Activation	SP
Vantage 2	Being attacked at HP ≤ 50%	100
Effects	Unit counterattacks first when attacked at HP ≤ 50%.
Users	Rarity: ✯✯✯

Name	Activation	SP
Vantage 3	Being attacked at HP ≤ 75%	200
Effects	Unit counterattacks first when attacked at HP ≤ 75%.
Users	Rarity: ✯✯✯✯

Gallery

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

Ambush, as it appears in the third series of the TCG as a Surprise Card.