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Cornered Beast
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Cornered Beast (Japanese:噛猫Cat bite) is askill which debuted inFire Emblem Engage. Cornered Beast greatly increases its user'scritical rate when they have lowHP, and is exclusively used by enemyBerserkers andTetchie on the game's highest difficulty mode,Maddening. It is very similar to the effect ofWrath in most games, but inEngage itself, that skill has a new version of its effect that differentiates it from Cornered Beast.
Data
| Game | Icon | Effect | Activation | Capacity | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engage |  | +30critical rate when active. | If user'sHP ≤ 50% at start of combat | -- | -- |
Availability
Engage
| Unobtainable | Exclusively used by enemyBerserkers andBarbarians onMaddening mode. |
Flavor text
| Game | Text (English) | Text (Japanese) |
|---|---|---|
| Engage | If unit's HP is 50% or less at start of combat, grants Crit+30 during combat. | HP50％以下の場合、必殺＋30 |
Etymology and other languages
| Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
| English | Cornered Beast | -- |
| Japanese | 噛猫 | Cat bite; from an idiom窮鼠噛猫, literally "a cornered rat will bite a cat", meaning "one will take bold risks in desperate circumstances". |
| Spanish | Bestia acorralada | Cornered beast |
| French | Bête acculée | Cornered beast |
| German | In der Klemme | In a Bind |
| Italian | Bestia all'angolo | Cornered beast |
| Korean | 고양이 물기 | Biting a cat; from an idiom궁지에 빠진 쥐가 고양이를 문다, a native Korean form of窮鼠齧猫 (궁서설묘), literally "a cornered rat will bite a cat", meaning "one will take bold risks in desperate circumstances". |
| Simplified Chinese | 狗急跳墙 | Lit. "a cornered dog will jump a wall"; an idiom meaning "one will take bold risks in desperate circumstances". |
| Traditional Chinese | 狗急跳牆 | Lit. "a cornered dog will jump a wall"; an idiom meaning "one will take bold risks in desperate circumstances". |
