This article is about the skill. For the weapon, seeAstra (weapon).

Astra (Japanese:流星Meteor) is anoffensiveskill which debuted inFire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. When activated, the user deals five consecutive strikes. In most appearances each of the five strikes inflicts the normal amount of damage on the enemy, while others have each strike inflict half the usual damage.

Throughout its existence, Astra has been almost completely associated withsword-wielding units, particularly those of theMyrmidon class family. InFire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War andThracia 776, Astra is a personal skill, associated exclusively with members and relatives of the royal family ofIsaach. InPath of Radiance andRadiant Dawn, Astra is themastery skill of theSwordmaster andTrueblade classes. InAwakening andFates, Astra is again learned only bySwordmasters, but can be possessed by units of any class by using areclassing seal after learning it.

InThree Houses, Astra is acombat art that, in exchange for a heavy durability cost, inflicts five blows with 30% the normal damage, and the user cannot double. This is similar in function to theAstral Blade combat art fromEchoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Data

In the mainFire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Genealogy of the Holy War		Strikes five times consecutively. It is possible for any and all of the strikes to be acritical hit or to miss.	(Skill)%	--	Nullified againstNihil. For further mechanics, seeOffensive skill §Genealogy of the Holy War andThracia 776.
Thracia 776		Strikes five times consecutively. It is possible for any and all of the strikes to be a critical hit or to miss.	(Skill)%	--	Nullified againstNihil. For further mechanics, seeOffensive skill §Genealogy of the Holy War andThracia 776.
Path of Radiance		Strikes five times consecutively. Each strike deals half the damage a normal strike would, and it is possible for any and all of the strikes to be a critical hit.	(Skill/2)%	20	Nullified againstNihil, or if either combatant hasParity. For further mechanics, seeOffensive skill §Path of Radiance andRadiant Dawn.
Radiant Dawn		Strikes five times consecutively. None of the strikes can be critical hits, but it is possible for any of them to miss.	(Skill/2)%	30	Nullified againstNihil, or if either combatant hasParity active. For further mechanics, seeOffensive skill §Path of Radiance andRadiant Dawn.
Awakening		Strikes five times consecutively. Each strike deals half the damage a normal strike would, and it is possible for any and all of the strikes to be a critical hit or to miss.	(Skill/2)%	--	Consumes only 1 point ofdurability. For further mechanics, seeOffensive skill §Awakening.
Fates		Strikes five times consecutively. Each strike deals half the damage a normal strike would, and it is possible for any and all of the strikes to be a critical hit or to miss.	(Skill/2)%	--	If the foe hasDragonskin, the damage is reduced further to 25%, or 37.5% if the user has theBlazing, Shadow, or Omega Yato equipped. For further mechanics, seeOffensive skill §Fates. Base cost: 2,000G

Game	Icon	Might	Hit	Crit	Avo /Crit Avo*	Range	Cost	Other effects and notes
Three Houses		+0	-10	+0	+0	1	9durability	Strikes five times consecutively. Each strike deals 30% of the damage a normal strike would, and it is possible for any and all of the strikes to be a critical hit or to miss. Cannot makefollow-up attacks. Swordmasters only.

In otherFire Emblem series titles

Game	Icon	Effect	Cooldown	SP cost	Prerequisites	Unusable by	Inheritable	Other effects and notes
Heroes		User deals +150% damage.	4	200	Night Sky		✓	Cooldown count was reduced from 5 to 4 in version 2.0.0.

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Warriors		Increases the speed at which the user's regular and combo attacks are dealt.	--	--	--

Game	Icon	Might	Hit	Crit	Avo /Crit Avo*	Range	Cost	Other effects and notes
Warriors: Three Hopes		Large	--	--	--		20/18/16durability	Breaks the opponent's guard. Base cooldown: 20 seconds. Needs15/20 uses to level up.

Availability

Genealogy of the Holy War

Thracia 776

Path of Radiance

Radiant Dawn

Awakening

Fates

Three Houses

Heroes

Warriors

Warriors: Three Hopes

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Both the Astra skill and several unique derivatives of it are present on five cards inFire Emblem Cipher, all of which feature members of theIsaach royal family:

• Astra itself is present onB06-024SR Astral Blade Princess, Ayra. It is a trigger skill which activates automatically if Ayra's opponent evades an attack. The player is given an opportunity to untap Ayra by paying the cost of flipping one bond card depicting Ayra face-down, if they have one.
• Larcei andScáthach (B08-059R Astral Heavens-Dancer, andB08-057HN Astral Earth-Runner) possessSoul of Astra, which allows the player to, once per turn, spend one bond card to reveal five cards that are on the top of their deck. The skill's user then receives a 20 point boost to their attack for every revealed card that depicts them.
• Larcei (B08-059R Astral Heavens-Dancer) also possessesPolar Astra. If Larcei's attack currently totals 100 or greater as a result of boosts from other units, the player may spend two bond cards to untap her.
• Shannan (B08-076SR Astral Sword Sovereign) possessesCritical Astra, a trigger skill which activates automatically if Shannan executes a critical hit but his opponent evades it. If this happens, the player untaps Shannan with no cost in bonds.

Super Smash Bros. series

While Astra has not appeared in theSuper Smash Bros series,Dancing Blade and Double Edge Dance were likely inspired by Astra's appearance inGenealogy of the Holy War andThracia 776.

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Trivia

• Unused text strings exist inPath of Radiance that refer to Astra's name from the Jugdral games. It was translated as Starblade in the English version.

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

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  Artwork of the Astramanual from theFire Emblem Trading Card Game.
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  Larcei activating Astra inGenealogy of the Holy War.
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  Lucia activating Astra (start-up flash) inPath of Radiance.
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  Lucia activating Astra (attacks) inPath of Radiance.
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  Mia activating Astra (start-up flash) inRadiant Dawn.
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  Mia activating Astra (fourth strike) inRadiant Dawn.
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  Say'ri activating Astra inAwakening.
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  Roy using Astra inHeroes.

References

See also

• Adept
• Astra (weapon)
• Astra Storm
• Astral Blade
• Brave weapon