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Critical (skill)

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Icon of the Critical skill inGenealogy of the Holy War.


User can inflict critical hits, doubling atk. power.

Type(s)
  • Personal
  • Combat
First game

Genealogy of the Holy War

Critical (Japanese:ひっさつCritical) is a combatskill exclusive toFire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. In the modifiedcritical hit system employed byGenealogy of the Holy War, Critical is the basic means through which critical hits are possible; without Critical, the only avenues of performing a critical hit open to aunit are activating acombination bonus orWrath. Unlike these other means, Critical is relatively easy to obtain by any unit through a weapon'skill bonus, and is not dependent on keeping a set other unit close at hand to the user.

Data

GameIconEffectActivationCapacityNotes
Genealogy of the Holy WarAllows the user to performcritical hits.Critical rate:
(Skill +kill bonus)%
--Nullified againstNihil.

Availability

Genealogy of the Holy War

Units(As a personal skill)First Generation:EthlynLewynNaoise
Second Generation: (Any child character), if Naoise or Lewyn was their father •AltenaLeifOifeyTristan
ItemsAny weapon once it has been used to kill 50 enemiesKiller BallistaKiller BowMystletainn

Flavor text

GameText
(English)
Text
(Japanese)
Genealogy of the Holy War
User can inflict
critical hits,
doubling atk. power.*
ひっさつのいちげき
こうげきりょくが
2ばいになる

Trivia

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
LanguageNameDefinition, etymology, and notes
English
(unofficial)

Critical

--

Japanese

ひっさつ

Critical; literally "deadly".

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References

Skills inFire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
Standard skillsBargainCharmDanceMiracleParagonRenewal
Combat skillsAccostAdeptCriticalNihilPaviseFollow-UpStealVantageWrath
Special sword skillsAstraLunaSol
Uncategorized skillsCantoRecoverReturn
Unused skillsDarkness SwordHoly Sword