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Vital Defense

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Vital Defense


Icon of the Vital Defense ability inThree Houses.


Makes critical hits against this unit impossible.

Type(s)

Class

First game

Three Houses

Vital Defense (Japanese:急所隠しHidden vitals) is anability which was introduced inFire Emblem: Three Houses. Linked exclusively tomonsterbarriers, it completely protects its user from any and allcritical hits by negating their foe's ability to activate them in the first place.

Data

GameIconEffectActivationCapacityNotes
Three HousesNegates the foe's ability to inflictcritical hits against the user.------

Availability

Three Houses

UnobtainableEnemy only.

Flavor text

GameText
(English)
Text
(Japanese)
Three Houses
Makes critical hits against this unit impossible.
自分への攻撃が斧殺にならない

Etymology and other languages

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

Vital Defense

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Japanese

急所隠し

Hidden vitals

Spanish

Fortaleza andante

Walking fortress

French

Protection vitale

Vital Protection

German

Gut geschützt

Well protected

Italian

Salvavita

Life saver

Korean

급소 가리기

Hidden vitals

Simplified Chinese

隐藏要害

Hidden vitals

Traditional Chinese

隱藏要害

Hidden vitals

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References

See also

Abilities inFire Emblem: Three Houses
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