Double Bow

Not to be confused with the Doubler Bow.

Double Bow Icon of the Double Bow in Radiant Dawn. Archer classes only. Str +5.

Type Bow First game Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

The Double Bow (Japanese: バルフレチェ Valfleche) is a bow which was introduced in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. Said to be the work of an unidentified master craftsman, it possesses different and unique ranges between its appearances: in Path of Radiance, it has a unique range of 4, which is twice as far as the range of the usual, whereas in Radiant Dawn it instead is capable of attacking both at close range and at a distance, as per crossbows. Awakening has it act as a statistically vastly improved Longbow.

Stats

In the main Fire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Level	Might	Weight	Hit	Crit	Range	Uses	Worth	WEXP	Other effects and notes
Path of Radiance		S*	7	10	65	10	4	20	Cannot be sold	2	+3 strength when equipped. Deals bonus damage to flying units.
Radiant Dawn		SS	22	12	100	5	1–2	50	16,500	6	+3 strength when equipped. Deals bonus damage to flying units.
Awakening		A*	13	--	70	10	2–3	25	0	2	+5 strength when equipped. Deals bonus damage to flying units. Cannot be forged.

In other Fire Emblem series titles

Game	Icon	Type	Might	Range	SP cost	Refine cost	Prerequisites	Unusable by	Inheritable	Other effects and notes
Heroes (refine: Unrefined)			14	2	400	--	Silver Bow	--	✘	Grants −1 special cooldown count. Deals bonus damage to flying units. If user is not adjacent to an ally, grants +5 each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user during combat and user can counterattack regardless of range.
Heroes (refine: +Effect)			14	2	400	500 200	--	--	✘	Grants −1 special cooldown count. Deals bonus damage to flying units. If user is not adjacent to more than 1 ally, grants +5 each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user, user can counterattack regardless of range, and neutralizes effects that reduce user's special cooldown charge during combat, and when user deals damage to foe during combat (including 0 damage), restores 7 HP to user. If user's HP ≥ 25% at start of combat, grants +4 each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user, inflicts −⁠(8 − number of allies adjacent to user; minimum: 0) each to attack, speed, and defense to foe, and foe's first attack deals −⁠(user's speed × 20%) damage during combat, and user's next attack deals +⁠(total damage reduced from foe's first attack) damage.
Heroes (refine: +Atk)			15	2	400	500 200	--	--	✘	Grants −1 special cooldown count. Deals bonus damage to flying units. If user is not adjacent to more than 1 ally, grants +5 each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user, user can counterattack regardless of range, and neutralizes effects that reduce user's special cooldown charge during combat, and when user deals damage to foe during combat (including 0 damage), restores 7 HP to user. Grants +2 HP.
Heroes (refine: +Spd)			14	2	400	500 200	--	--	✘	Grants −1 special cooldown count. Deals bonus damage to flying units. If user is not adjacent to more than 1 ally, grants +5 each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user, user can counterattack regardless of range, and neutralizes effects that reduce user's special cooldown charge during combat, and when user deals damage to foe during combat (including 0 damage), restores 7 HP to user. Grants +2 HP and +2 speed.
Heroes (refine: +Def)			14	2	400	500 200	--	--	✘	Grants −1 special cooldown count. Deals bonus damage to flying units. If user is not adjacent to more than 1 ally, grants +5 each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user, user can counterattack regardless of range, and neutralizes effects that reduce user's special cooldown charge during combat, and when user deals damage to foe during combat (including 0 damage), restores 7 HP to user. Grants +2 HP and +3 defense.
Heroes (refine: +Res)			14	2	400	500 200	--	--	✘	Grants −1 special cooldown count. Deals bonus damage to flying units. If user is not adjacent to more than 1 ally, grants +5 each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user, user can counterattack regardless of range, and neutralizes effects that reduce user's special cooldown charge during combat, and when user deals damage to foe during combat (including 0 damage), restores 7 HP to user. Grants +2 HP and +3 resistance.

Locations

Path of Radiance

Dropped by

Chapter 27-1, enemy Thief

Radiant Dawn

Dropped by

Part 4: Endgame (1), enemy Sniper

Awakening

Treasure	Infinite Regalia, chosen at random from a pool of other items.
SpotPass distribution	Available for download from September 13th, 2012JP/June 27th, 2013US/August 22nd, 2013EU onward.

Heroes

Method	Data
Unit (★★★★★)	Shinon: Scathing Archer

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Path of Radiance	A unique bow made by a master craftsman. It's powerful but difficult to wield.	名匠がきたえあげた世に２つなき名弓 遠くの敵を攻撃できるよう細工がほどこされている
Radiant Dawn	A unique and tremendously powerful bow. It is extremely difficult to use.	この世に２つなき名弓 絶大な威力を誇るが扱いは極めて難しい
Awakening	Archer classes only. Str +5.	アーチャー系専用　力＋５
Heroes (Unrefined)	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Effective against flying foes. If unit is not adjacent to an ally, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 during combat and unit can counterattack regardless of foe's range.	飛行特効 奥義が発動しやすい（発動カウント－１） 周囲１マス以内に味方がいない時、 戦闘中、攻撃、速さ、守備、魔防＋５、かつ、 距離に関係なく反撃する
Heroes (Refined)	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Effective against flying foes. If number of allies adjacent to unit ≤ 1, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 to unit, unit can counterattack regardless of foe's range, and neutralizes effects that inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit during combat, and also, when unit deals damage to foe during combat, restores 7 HP to unit (triggers even if 0 damage is dealt).	飛行特効 奥義が発動しやすい（発動カウント－１） 周囲１マス以内の味方が１体以下の時、 戦闘中、攻撃、速さ、守備、魔防＋５、かつ、 距離に関係なく反撃する、 自身の奥義発動カウント変動量－を無効、かつ、 戦闘中、自分の攻撃でダメージを与えた時、７回復 （与えたダメージが０でも効果は発動）
Heroes (Refined: +effect)	At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to unit, inflicts penalty on foe's Atk/Spd/Def = 8 - number of allies adjacent to unit × 2 (min 0), and reduces damage from foe's first attack by 20% of unit's Spd during combat ("first attack" normally means only the first strike; for effects that grant "unit attacks twice," it means the first and second strikes), and unit's next attack deals damage = total damage reduced from foe's first attack (by any source, including other skills; resets at end of combat).	戦闘開始時、自身のＨＰが２５％以上なら、 戦闘中、自身の攻撃、速さ、守備、魔防＋４、 敵の攻撃、速さ、守備が ８－自分の周囲１マス以内の味方の数×２だけ減少 （最低０）、 自分が最初に受けた攻撃と２回攻撃の ダメージ－速さの２０％ （最初に受けた攻撃と２回攻撃： 　通常の攻撃は、１回目の攻撃のみ 　「２回攻撃」は、１～２回目の攻撃）、 最初に受けた攻撃で軽減した値を、 自身の次の攻撃のダメージに＋ （その戦闘中のみ。 　軽減値はスキルによる軽減効果も含む）

Trivia

• The Double Bow and Nidhogg are the only weapons which give a higher equipping stat bonus in Awakening (+5 strength in the Double Bow's case) than they did in their original games (+3 strength).

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Double Bow	--
Japanese	バルフレチェ	Referred to as LONGLONGBOW in the internal data of Path of Radiance, and as VALFLECHE in the internal data of Radiant Dawn. The latter spelling and the katakana may be derived from the French words val, an antiquated term for "valley", and flèche, "arrow".
Spanish	• Balfleche • Arco doble	• Transliteration of the Japanese name, which interprets it as the French balflèche, "ball arrow". This name is used only in Path of Radiance. • Double Bow; this name is used in Radiant Dawn, Awakening, and Heroes.
French	Arc double	Double bow
German	Doppelbogen	Double bow
Italian	Arco doppio	Double bow
Portuguese	Arco duplo	Double bow
Traditional Chinese	弘烈弓	Great fierce bow

Gallery

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  The Double Bow in Heroes.
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  The Double Bow's arrows in Heroes.
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  Rolf wielding the Double Bow in Path of Radiance.
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  Rolf wielding the Double Bow in Radiant Dawn.
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  Noire wielding the Double Bow in Awakening.

See also

• Longbow