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Flow Guard
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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
| Game | Icon | Type | Effect | SP cost | Prerequisites | Unusable by | Inheritable | Other effects and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heroes (Flow Guard 1) | B | If 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 | -- | ✓ | -- | ||
| Heroes (Flow Guard 2) | B | If 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. | 120 | Flow Guard 1 | ✓ | -- | ||
| Heroes (Flow Guard 3) | B | If user initiates combat, neutralizes effects that prevent user'sfollow-up attacks and inflicts −1 special cooldown charge on foe per attack during combat. | 240 | Flow Guard 2 | ✓ | -- | ||
| Heroes (Flow Guard 4) | B | If 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. | 300 | Flow Guard 3 | ✓ | -- |
Availability
Heroes
| Method | Data | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow Guard 1 | Flow Guard 2 | Flow Guard 3 | Flow Guard 4 | |
| Unit (★★★★★) | Cordelia: Unyielding Snow •Lapis: Mighty Bride •Noah: Mercenary-Errant •Reginn: Bearing Dawn •Thórr: War God | Cordelia: Unyielding Snow •Lapis: Mighty Bride •Noah: Mercenary-Errant •Reginn: Bearing Dawn •Thórr: War God | Cordelia: Unyielding Snow •Lapis: Mighty Bride •Noah: Mercenary-Errant •Reginn: Bearing Dawn •Thórr: War God | Lapis: Mighty Bride •Reginn: Bearing Dawn |
Flavor text
| Game | Text (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 | ||
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| Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
| English | Flow Guard | -- |
| 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 |



