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Death Blow (combat art)

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Death Blow


Icon used by Death Blow inEchoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Effective against armored units.

Type(s)

Combat art

First game

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Death Blow (Japanese:殺撃破甲衝Kill Crush Armor Collision) is askill which debuted inFire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. A weapon skill linked to theIlwoon, Death Blow grants its user an anti-armor effect, allowing the user to dealbonus damage to armored adversaries; it can be seen as an enhanced variant of theArmorcrush skill with better stat alterations applied to it.

Data

GameIconMightHitCritAvo /Crit Avo*RangeCostOther effects and notes
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia+6+15+0+01−4HPDealsbonus damage toarmored units.
Cannot makefollow-up attacks.
Requires 20SP to learn.

Availability

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

WeaponsIlwoon

Flavor text

GameText
(English)		Text
(Japanese)
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Effective against armored
units.
【鎧兵】を持つ相手に対し
特効を得る

Etymology and other languages

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

Death Blow

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Japanese

殺撃破甲衝

Kill crush armor collision

Spanish

Golpe mortal

Mortal blow

French

Coup fatal

Fatal blow

Korean

견갑 파쇄

Armor shredder

Simplified Chinese

击杀破甲冲

Traditional Chinese

擊殺破甲衝

References

Skills inFire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Combat artsAegis •amiibo •Archballista •Armorcrush •Armor Disruptor •Astral Blade •Celestial Bow •Coral Cover •Crosswise Cut •Curved Shot •Death Blow •Destreza •Double Lion •Dragonhaze •Duelist Sword •Earth's Boon •Earth's Kiss •Encloser •Flamberge •Foudroyant •Grounder •Heaven or Hell •Heavy Draw •Hexblade •Hit and Run •Hunter's Volley •Knightkneeler •Leonine Poise •Longearche •Lunar Flash •Lunge •Mistdancer •Overrun •Pavise •Penetrate •Plenitude •Ragnarok Ω •Roundhouse •Scendscale •Shadow Gambit •Shove •Solar Thrust •Solo Triangle Attack •Speculum •Subdue •Sunder •Swap •Tempest Lance •Thunderclap •Tigerstance •Trance Shot •Triangle Attack •Vendetta •Ward Arrow •Windsweep •Wrath Strike
Other skillsAbsolve •Anathema •Anti-Armor •Anti-Cavalry •Anti-Fliers •Antihex •Anti-Terrors •Apotrope •Banish •Bowrange + •Dark Spikes •Defensive •Deicide •Discipline •Divide •Dragonskin •Duma's Gift •Eerie Screech •Evade Critical •Halve Axes •Halve Lances •Halve Swords •Heavy Armor •Hex •Incarnation •Influence •Lifetaker •Magic +5 •Miracle •Nullify Ailments •Pact •Phalanx •Phantasm •Reconstruct •Recovery •Resistance +5 •Sanctuary •Soothing Light •Sophisticate •Teleportation •Transmute •Tri-affliction •Upheaval •Vengeful Cry •Wildfire •Wrath
Combat arts
Sword combat artsArmor Disruptor •Assassinate •Astra •Astral Blade •Bane of Monsters •Beast Fang •Bloodletting •Crosswise Cut •Death Blow •Destreza •Double Lion •Duelist Sword •Earth's Boon •Electric Grounder •Finesse Blade •Firesweep •Flamberge •Flash Strike •Foudroyant Strike •Grounder •Haze Slice •Heaven's Fall •Hexblade •Iceblade •Lightblade •Magic Blade •Mortal Struggle •Penetrate •Plenitude •Ragnarok Ω •Roundhouse •Ruptured Heaven •Scendscale •Shadowblade •Shadow Gambit •Soulblade •Subdue •Sublime Heaven •Sunder •Swift Slice •Sword Dance •Thunderclap •Tigerstance •Windsweep •Wrath Strike
Lance combat artsAirshaker •Archballista •Armorcrush •Atrocity •Burning Quake •Dark Lance •Dragonhaze •Earthsplitter •Frozen Lance •Glowing Ember •Heaven or Hell •Hit and Run •Knightkneeler •Lance Jab •Leonine Poise •Lightstrike •Longearche •Lunge •Mistdancer •Monster Piercer •Overrun •Paraselene •Ruined Sky •Shatter Slash •Solar Thrust •Solo Triangle Attack •Stormblade •Swift Strikes •Tempest Lance •Thunder Rush •Titanic Might •Vendetta •Vengeance •Wheelsweep
Axe combat artsApocalyptic Flame •Armored Strike •Armor Smasher •Crush •Diamond Axe •Dust •Exhaustive Strike •Flickering Flower •Focused Strike •Fury •Helm Splitter •Invigorating Spirit •Lightning Axe •Monster Breaker •Raging Storm •Returning Axe •Shredder •Smash •Spike •Swinging Fury •War Master's Strike •Wild Abandon
Bow combat artsBreak Shot •Celestial Bow •Curved Shot •Deadeye •Drill Arrow •Encloser •Fallen Star •Flame Volley •Heavy Draw •Hide Presence •Hunter's Volley •Lunar Flash •Monster Blast •Point-Blank Volley •Precision Volley •Schism Shot •Spiral Shot •Thunderbolt •Tornado Shot •Tracking Shot •Trance Shot •Waning Shot •Ward Arrow •Wind God
Gauntlet combat artsBattle Trance •Bombard •Draining Blow •Dual Devastators •Eviscerate •Fading Blow •Fierce Iron Fist •Flamewhorl Kick •Frozen Fist •Lightning Fist •Mighty Blow •Monster Crusher •Mystic Blow •Nimble Combo •One-Two Punch •Pneuma Gale •Rushing Blow •Steady Mind •Whirlwind Kick
Movement-related combat artsDraw Back •Foul Play •Reposition •Shove •Smite •Swap
Other combat artsamiibo •Coral Cover •Dark Spikes •Defensive •Earth's Kiss •Healing Focus •Pavise •Triangle Attack •Upheaval
Unused combat artsAegis •Speculum