Caltrop

It reappears as a Dagger and a weapon skill in Fire Emblem Heroes called the Caltrop Dagger.

Overview[]

In Fates, apart from raising its wielder's Speed by 2, the Caltrop reduces the Speed, Defense and Resistance of its target by a substantial amount upon successful striking. The Caltrop does, however, induce its wielder to suffer Strength and Skill penalties post-battle. Unlike other Shuriken, the Caltrop is limited to a range of 1. It makes up for its lack of range with having the best speed, defense, and resistance debuffs in the game by a considerable margin.

In Heroes, the Caltrop Dagger functions as an inheritable anti-Cavalry dagger weapon, complete with the typical dagger debuff effects. In addition; the weapon has the effect of Hardy Bearing built in; preventing alteration of attack priority. Due to this; it is a carbon copy of the Dusk Uchiwa; though more available due to being in the typical summoning pool.

The Caltrop Dagger is the default weapon of Julian.

Weapon Stats[]

Fire Emblem Fates[]

Fire Emblem Heroes[]

• Caltrop Dagger
• Caltrop Dagger+
• Upgrades

Name		Type
Caltrop Dagger		Dagger
Mt	Rng	SP	Rarity
8	2	200
Effect
Effective against cavalry foes. Disables unit's and foe's skills that change attack priority. Effect:【Dagger ５】 【Dagger ５】 After combat, if unit attacked, inflicts Def/Res-５ on target and foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions.

Name		Type
Caltrop Dagger+		Dagger
Mt	Rng	SP	Rarity
12	2	300
Effect
Effective against cavalry foes. Disables unit's and foe's skills that change attack priority. Effect:【Dagger ７】 【Dagger ７】 After combat, if unit attacked, inflicts Def/Res-７ on target and foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions.

Name			Cost
Caltrop Dagger+			350 SP, 500, 50
Type	HP	Mt	Spd	Def	Res
	+2	+ 1
	+2		+ 2
	+2			+ 3
	+2				+ 3
Effect
Effective against cavalry foes. Disables unit's and foe's skills that change attack priority. Effect:【Dagger ７】 【Dagger ７】 After combat, if unit attacked, inflicts Def/Res-７ on target and foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions.

Etymology[]

The Makibishi is the Japanese version of the caltrop. It is believed that they were among the tools utilized by Ninja. They were designed to be able to puncture the Waraji sandals commonly worn in Feudal Japan.

Trivia[]

• The appearance of the Caltrop in-game is actually an error, as the model directory was improperly assigned. The error causes weapons to take the appearance of standard bronze/brass weapons, hence why the Caltrop looks like a Brass Shuriken in-game. This trait is shared with the Bamboo Yumi, Harp Yumi, Sidelong Yumi, Rinkah's Club, and Robin's Primer (The Spell animation instead of Model.)

Gallery[]

Kaze wielding the Caltrop. (Directory Error in place)

Felicia wielding the actual Caltrop.