For the weapon with a similar name, seeSwordslayer.

Swordbreaker (Japanese:剣殺しSword Slayer) is askill which debuted inFire Emblem Awakening. It gives its user enormous advantages when fighting an enemy who is wielding asword orkatana. InAwakening andFates, it is a class skill learned byWyvern Lords; inThree Houses, it is an ability learned by units when they raise theirskill level inlances. In these games, it provides boosts to its user'shit rate andavoid when fighting these weapons.

InHeroes, it is a type B passive skill split into three levels, in order from lowest to highest:Swordbreaker 1,Swordbreaker 2, andSwordbreaker 3. Units with a Swordbreaker skill will, when fighting the user of a sword skill while this skill's user's own HP is at a certain threshold or higher, automatically make a follow-up attack and prevent the sword skill's user from doing so themselves. The minimum amount of current HP required to activate the skill decreases with each level.

InFire Emblem Engage, the skill retains its effect fromHeroes, though it does not have multiple versions and activates by remaining above half health. In this game, it is one of several skills that are exclusively used by some high-level enemies on the game's hardest difficulty mode,Maddening. Swordbreaker and all other "breaker" skills are exclusive to enemyPaladins.

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In the mainFire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Awakening		+50hit, +50avoid when active.	If foe has asword equipped	--	--
Fates		+50hit, +50avoid when active.	If foe has asword orkatana equipped	--	Base cost: 1,500G
Three Houses		+20hit, +20avoid when active.	If foe has asword equipped and user has alance equipped	--	--
Three Houses (Swordbreaker+)		+30hit, +30avoid when active.	If foe has asword equipped and user has alance equipped	--	--
Engage		User makes a guaranteedfollow-up attack. Foe cannot make follow-up attacks.	If user'sHP ≥ 50% and foe has asword equipped	--	--

In otherFire Emblem series titles

Game	Icon	Type	Effect	SP cost	Prerequisites	Unusable by	Inheritable	Other effects and notes
Heroes (Swordbreaker 1)		B	If user'sHP ≥ 90% at start of combat againstsword foe, user makes guaranteedfollow-up attack and foe cannot make follow-up attacks.	50	--		✓	--
Heroes (Swordbreaker 2)		B	If user'sHP ≥ 70% at start of combat againstsword foe, user makes guaranteedfollow-up attack and foe cannot make follow-up attacks.	100	Swordbreaker 1		✓	--
Heroes (Swordbreaker 3)		B	If user'sHP ≥ 50% at start of combat againstsword foe, user makes guaranteedfollow-up attack and foe cannot make follow-up attacks.	200	Swordbreaker 2		✓	--

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Warriors	--	Aweapon attribute. Ifforged onto a weapon, damage dealt by that weapon againstsword users is increased.	--	--	Forging cost: 2,000G
Warriors: Three Hopes		Increases advantage against enemies by one tier. Increases damage dealt by 50%.	If foe has asword equipped	--	--

Availability

Awakening

Fates

Three Houses

Swordbreaker

Swordbreaker+

Engage

Heroes

Warriors

Swordbreaker can appear as a weapon attribute on weapons acquired from battle.

Warriors: Three Hopes

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Swordbreaker is present as a skill on one card inFire Emblem Cipher:B01-089HN Soaring Black Wing, Gerome. It gives Gerome a +20 increase to his attack power whenever he is involved in combat against a sword-affinity unit.

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