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Certain Blow

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Certain Blow


Icon of the Certain Blow skill inEngage.


Grants Hit+40 when the unit initiates an attack.

Type(s)

Class

First game

Fates

Certain Blow (Japanese:凶鳥の一撃Evil Bird's Strike) is askill which debuted inFire Emblem Fates. Associated with theSniper class, it drastically increases the user'shit rate whenever its user initiates a battle.

InEngage, it is one of several skills that are exclusively used by some high-level enemies on the game's hardest difficulty mode,Maddening. Certain Blow is exclusive to enemyWyvern Knights.

Data

GameIconEffectActivationCapacityNotes
Fates+40hit rate when activated.If user initiates combat--Base cost: 1,000G
Engage+40hit rate when activated.If user initiates combat----

Availability

Fates

UnitsKumagera (all difficulties) •Gazak (Hard/Lunatic)
ClassesSniper(Learned fromlevel 5 and up)

Engage

UnobtainableExclusively used by enemyWyvern Knights onMaddening Mode.

Flavor text

GameText
(English)
Text
(Japanese)
Fates
Grants Hit+40 when the unit initiates an
attack.
自分から攻撃した時、
その戦闘中、命中+40
Engage
When unit initiates combat, grants
Hit+40 during combat.
自分から攻撃した時、命中+40

Trivia

  • In the German translation ofFates, the flavor text for Certain Blow erroneously claims that the skill increases the user's hit rate by 10 instead of 40.[1]

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
LanguageNameDefinition, etymology, and notes
English

Certain Blow

--

Japanese

凶鳥の一撃

Evil Bird's Strike

Spanish

Golpe certero

Direct hit

French

Coup inéluctable

Inevitable blow

German

Gezielter Hieb

Well-aimed blow

Italian

Colpo sicuro

Clear shot

Korean

흉조의 일격

Ominous bird's strike

Simplified Chinese

凶鸟一击

Evil Bird's Strike

Traditional Chinese

凶鳥一擊

Evil Bird's Strike

References

  1. "Trefferchance +10, wenn die Einheit einen Angriff einleitet." — The German description text for Certain Blow,Fire Emblem Fates

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