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Flow Guard


Icon of the Flow Guard 1 skill inHeroes.

Type(s)

Passive (Type B)

First game

Heroes

Flow Guard (Japanese:怒涛・キャンセルSurging waves · cancel) is a four-tiered passive type Bskill which debuted inFire Emblem Heroes; the individual tiers of the skill areFlow Guard 1,Flow Guard 2,Flow Guard 3, andFlow Guard 4 in order from lowest to highest. Flow Guard neutralizes effects that prevent its user from makingfollow-up attacks and reduces the foe's special cooldown charge when its user initiates combat; theHP required to activate decreases with the skill's tier.

Data

GameIconTypeEffectSP costPrerequisitesUnusable byInheritableOther effects and notes
Heroes
(Flow Guard 1)
BIf user'sHP = 100% at start of combat and user initiates combat, neutralizes effects that prevent user'sfollow-up attacks and inflicts −1 special cooldown charge on foe per attack during combat.60--CavalryFlying
SwordsLancesAxes
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Heroes
(Flow Guard 2)
BIf user'sHP ≥ 50% at start of combat and user initiates combat, neutralizes effects that prevent user'sfollow-up attacks and inflicts −1 special cooldown charge on foe per attack during combat.120Flow Guard 1CavalryFlying
SwordsLancesAxes
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Heroes
(Flow Guard 3)
BIf user initiates combat, neutralizes effects that prevent user'sfollow-up attacks and inflicts −1 special cooldown charge on foe per attack during combat.240Flow Guard 2CavalryFlying
SwordsLancesAxes
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Heroes
(Flow Guard 4)
BIf user initiates combat, inflicts −4 each tospeed anddefense on foe, neutralizes effects that guarantee foe'sfollow-up attacks or prevent user's follow-up attacks, and inflicts −1 special cooldown charge on foe per attack during combat, and if foe's attack can trigger foe's special, inflicts +1 special cooldown count on foe before foe's first attack during combat.300Flow Guard 3CavalryFlying
SwordsLancesAxes
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Availability

Heroes

MethodData
Flow Guard 1Flow Guard 2Flow Guard 3Flow Guard 4
Unit (★★★★★)Cordelia: Unyielding SnowLapis: Mighty BrideNoah: Mercenary-ErrantReginn: Bearing DawnThórr: War GodCordelia: Unyielding SnowLapis: Mighty BrideNoah: Mercenary-ErrantReginn: Bearing DawnThórr: War GodCordelia: Unyielding SnowLapis: Mighty BrideNoah: Mercenary-ErrantReginn: Bearing DawnThórr: War GodLapis: Mighty BrideReginn: Bearing Dawn

Flavor text

GameText
(English)
Text
(Japanese)
Heroes
(Flow Guard 1)
At the start of combat, if unit's HP = 100% and
unit initiates combat, neutralizes effects that
prevent unit's follow-up attacks and inflicts
Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack
during combat. (Only highest value applied.
Does not stack.)
戦闘開始時、自身のHPが100%で
自分から攻撃した時、
戦闘中、自分の追撃不可を無効、
敵の奥義発動カウント変動量-1
(同系統効果複数時、最大値適用)
Heroes
(Flow Guard 2)
At the start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 50% and
unit initiates combat, neutralizes effects that
prevent unit's follow-up attacks and inflicts
Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack
during combat. (Only highest value applied.
Does not stack.)
戦闘開始時、自身のHPが50%以上で
自分から攻撃した時、
戦闘中、自分の追撃不可を無効、
敵の奥義発動カウント変動量-1
(同系統効果複数時、最大値適用)
Heroes
(Flow Guard 3)
If unit initiates combat, neutralizes effects that
prevent unit's follow-up attacks and inflicts
Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack
during combat. (Only highest value applied.
Does not stack.)
自分から攻撃した時、
戦闘中、自分の追撃不可を無効、
敵の奥義発動カウント変動量-1
(同系統効果複数時、最大値適用)
Heroes
(Flow Guard 4)
If unit initiates combat, inflicts Spd/Def-4 on
foe, neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's
follow-up attacks and effects that prevent
unit's follow-up attacks, and inflicts Special
cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack during
combat (only highest value applied; does not
stack), and also, if foe's attack can trigger foe's
Special, inflicts Special cooldown count+1 on
foe before foe's first attack during combat
(cannot exceed foe's maximum Special
cooldown).
自分から攻撃した時、
戦闘中、敵の速さ、守備-4、
敵の絶対追撃を無効、かつ、自分の追撃不可を無効、
敵の奥義発動カウント変動量-1
(同系統効果複数時、最大値適用)、かつ
敵が攻撃時に発動する奥義を装備している時、
敵の最初の攻撃前に敵の奥義発動カウント+1
(奥義発動カウントの最大値は超えない)

Etymology and other languages

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

Flow Guard

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Japanese

怒涛・キャンセル

Surging waves · cancel

Spanish

Anula corriente

Annul flow

French

Flots négation

Wave negation

German

Erschwernis

Complication

Italian

Ritarda

Slow

Portuguese

Guarda onda

Wave guard

Traditional Chinese

怒濤・取消

Raging waves · cancel

See also

Type B passive skills inHeroes
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Healing skillsArmored WallAssault ImpetusFlow RefreshLive to ServeMystic BoostRecover RingRenewalS DrinkSolar Brace
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