Bane (Japanese:瞬殺Instant Kill) is anoffensive skill that debuted inFire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. It is themastery skill of theWhisper class, and is similar toLethality. When activated, it reduces the target to 1HP with a single strike. It cannot activate on attacks that would have otherwise done enough damage to kill the target.

Data

In the mainFire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Radiant Dawn		Deals (target's currentHP − 1) damage to the target, leaving them with 1 HP.	(Skill/2)%	30	Nullified againstbosses andNihil, or if either combatant hasParity active. Will not activate if the user's attack would otherwise defeat the target. For further mechanics, seeOffensive skill §Path of Radiance andRadiant Dawn.
Engage		Deals (target's currentHP − 1) damage to the target, leaving them with 1 HP.	(Dexterity/2)%	--	Nullified againstbosses.

In otherFire Emblem series titles

Game	Icon	Effect	Cooldown	SP cost	Prerequisites	Unusable by	Inheritable	Other effects and notes
Heroes		When special triggers, treats foe'sdefense andresistance as if inflicted −40%, disables foe's non-special "reduces damage by X%" effects, and if damage dealt before damage reduction < (foe'sHP − 1), user deals (foe'sHP − 1) damage (excluding certain foes[clarification needed]). If user's for foe's special is ready to trigger or triggered before or during this combat, foe's next attack deals −30% damage during combat (once per combat).	4	500	Moonbow		✓	--

Availability

Radiant Dawn

Engage

Heroes

Flavor text

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Bane is present as a skill on one card inFire Emblem Cipher:B05-054SR Guardian of Hope, Sothe. It is a trigger skill which comes into play during the opponent's turn when they deploy a new unit, which lets Sothe disrupt the deployment. Sothe's player may flip 2 bonds face down to destroy the foe as soon as they are deployed.

Trivia

• Bane derives its icon and Japanese name from thePath of Radiance icon and Japanese name for Lethality, which has a different icon and Japanese name fromRadiant Dawn onward. InRadiant Dawn, it also uses a variant of the Lethality screen flash, colored purple like how Lethality looked in the western version ofThe Sacred Stones.
• The North American help description erroneously states that Bane incapacitates an enemy. It does reduce an enemy to 1 HP with a single strike, but it does not technically incapacitate them.

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

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  Heather activating Bane (start-up flash) inRadiant Dawn.
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  Heather activating Bane (attack) inRadiant Dawn.

References

See also

• Lethality