Swordbreaker

For the weapon with a similar name, see Swordslayer.

Swordbreaker Icon of the Swordbreaker skill in Engage. If unit's HP is 50% or higher at start of combat and foe has a sword equipped, unit can follow up and foe cannot follow up.

Type(s) Class (Awakening, Fates, Engage, Warriors: Three Hopes) Skill level (Three Houses) Passive (Type B) (Heroes) First game Awakening

Swordbreaker (Japanese: 剣殺し Sword Slayer) is a skill which debuted in Fire Emblem Awakening. It gives its user enormous advantages when fighting an enemy who is wielding a sword or katana. In Awakening and Fates, it is a class skill learned by Wyvern Lords; in Three Houses, it is an ability learned by units when they raise their skill level in lances. In these games, it provides boosts to its user's hit rate and avoid when fighting these weapons.

In Heroes, it is a type B passive skill split into three levels, in order from lowest to highest: Swordbreaker 1, Swordbreaker 2, and Swordbreaker 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.

In Fire Emblem Engage, the skill retains its effect from Heroes, 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 enemy Paladins.

Data

In the main Fire Emblem series

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

In other Fire Emblem series titles

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

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Warriors	--	A weapon attribute. If forged onto a weapon, damage dealt by that weapon against sword 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 a sword equipped	--	--

Availability

Awakening

Units	Ashnard • Legion • Narcian • Priam • Travant
Classes	Wyvern Lord (Learned at level 15)
Items	Superior Edge

Fates

Units	Momotaro (Bond unit; personal skill)
Classes	Wyvern Lord (Learned from level 15 and up)

Three Houses

Swordbreaker

Skill level

Lance: B

Swordbreaker+

Unobtainable

Exclusive to enemy units.

Engage

Unobtainable

Exclusively used by enemy Paladins on Maddening mode.

Warriors

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

Warriors: Three Hopes

Class mastery (★)

Death Knight: Jeritza Great Lord: Dimitri Holy Knight: Ferdinand • Leonie • Gatekeeper • Jeralt Dark Knight: Lorenz

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Swordbreaker is present as a skill on one card in Fire 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.

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Awakening	Grants Hit/Avo +50 if the enemy is using a sword.	敵が剣装備時、命中・回避＋５０
Fates	Grants Hit/Avo+50 if the enemy is using a sword/katana.	敵が剣を装備している場合、 自分の命中・回避+50
Three Houses (Swordbreaker)	Grants Hit/Avo +20 when using a lance against sword users.	自分が槍を装備して 剣の敵と戦う時、命中・回避＋２０
Three Houses (Swordbreaker+)	Grants Hit/Avo +30 when using a lance against sword users.	自分が槍を装備して 剣の敵と戦う時、命中・回避＋３０
Engage	If unit's HP is 50% or higher at start of combat and foe has a sword equipped, unit can follow up and foe cannot follow up.	HPが50％以上の時、敵の武器が剣なら 自分は追撃し、敵は追撃できない
Heroes (Swordbreaker 1)	If unit's HP ≥ 90% in combat against a sword foe, unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack and foe cannot make a follow-up attack.	敵の武器種が剣で、自分のＨＰが９０％以上の時、 自分は絶対追撃、敵は追撃不可
Heroes (Swordbreaker 2)	If unit's HP ≥ 70% in combat against a sword foe, unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack and foe cannot make a follow-up attack.	敵の武器種が剣で、自分のＨＰが７０％以上の時、 自分は絶対追撃、敵は追撃不可
Heroes (Swordbreaker 3)	If unit's HP ≥ 50% in combat against a sword foe, unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack and foe cannot make a follow-up attack.	敵の武器種が剣で、自分のＨＰが５０％以上の時、 自分は絶対追撃、敵は追撃不可
Warriors: Three Hopes	Grants one tier greater advantage against enemies equipped with swords. Increases damage to them by 50%.	??

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Swordbreaker	A swordbreaker is a type of defensive dagger used by swordfighters from the late Middle Ages onward, generally wielded in a fighter's off-hand while their dominant hand wields a sword. One edge of its blade forms a set of deep, comb-like teeth designed to catch and trap an opponent's sword when parrying. In Awakening, the Superior Edge – which grants the Swordbreaker skill – has a set of teeth identical to those of a historical swordbreaker.
Japanese	剣殺し	Sword Slayer
Spanish	Partesables	Blade-splitter
Spanish (Latin America)	Antiespadas	Anti-sword; used only in the Latin American localization of Heroes.
French	Anti-épée	Anti-sword
German	Schwertbrecher	Swordbreaker
Italian	Spezzaspada	Swordbreaker
Portuguese	Antiespada	Anti-sword
Korean	검 킬러	Sword killer
Simplified Chinese	破剑者	Swordbreaker
Traditional Chinese	破劍者	Swordbreaker

See also

• Artbreaker
• Axebreaker
• B Tomebreaker
• Bowbreaker
• Daggerbreaker
• Fistbreaker
• G Tomebreaker
• Lancebreaker
• R Tomebreaker
• Superior Edge
• Tomebreaker