Dodge

For evasion of attacks, see Avoid.

Dodge (Japanese: 必殺回避 critical avoidance), abbreviated Ddg, known as critical avoidance in Three Houses, abbreviated Crit Avo, is a calculation determining a unit's ability to protect themself from enemy critical hits. It is directly based on a unit's luck stat and serves as the primary use for luck, so the higher a unit's luck, the less likely they are to be struck by a critical hit; dodge is subtracted from the opponent's critical rate to produce their chance of scoring a critical hit in that battle. Dodge was first implemented in Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem, and the earlier Family Computer-era games had no way of reducing or avoiding critical hit risk; dodge is also absent in Genealogy of the Holy War, as very few units can inflict critical hits in the first place.

Unlike most other calculations, dodge is very rarely shown directly to the player, likely because its status in most games as being entirely based on the luck stat means that showing the calculation could be seen as redundant. Only Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn show a unit's dodge on their profile.

Calculations

Dodge

Items and skills affecting dodge

Items and skills awarding dodge bonuses or penalties
	Item	Effect	Games
	Iron Rune	A device that negates enemy critical attacks.	The Blazing Blade
	Hoplon Guard	A device that negates enemy critical attacks.	The Sacred Stones
	Vigilance	Raises Avoid and Dodge by 20.	Radiant Dawn
	Fortune	Nullifies enemy's critical attacks.	Radiant Dawn
	Solidarity	Grants Crit/Ddg +10 to all adjacent allies.	Awakening, Fates
	Anathema	Reduces Avo/Ddg by 10 for all enemies within three spaces.	Awakening
	Demoiselle	Grants Avo/Ddg +10 to all male allies within three spaces.	Awakening
	Solidarity	+10 avoid and dodge for all adjacent allied units.	Fates
	Misfortunate	The user gets Ddg -5, while enemies within 2 spaces get -15 Ddg.	Fates
	Fortunate Son	The user gets Ddg +5, while allies within 2 spaces get +15 Ddg.	Fates
	All Silver weapons	-5 Dodge.	Fates
	All Bronze and Brass weapons	+10 Dodge.	Fates
	Bottle, Daikon Radish, Broom, Bamboo Pole, Frying Pan, Carp Streamer, Rubber Bow, Bamboo Yumi, Quill Pen, Chopstick, Ember, Paper, Pebble	+10 Dodge.	Fates
	All Stone weapons	+10 Dodge.	Fates
	Siegfried	+10 Dodge.	Fates
	Selena's Blade	-5 Dodge.	Fates
	Waterwheel	+20 Dodge.	Fates
	Beruka's Axe	-20 Dodge.	Fates
	Rinkah's Club	-5 Dodge.	Fates
	Odin's Grimoire	-20 Dodge.	Fates
	Brynhildr	+10 Dodge.	Fates
	Thoron	+5 Dodge.	Fates
	Ganglari	+5 Dodge.	Fates
	Bölverk	+20 Dodge.	Fates
	Skadi (Night Breaks Through)	+20 Dodge.	Fates

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Trivia

• While dodge/critical avoidance is never mentioned by name in the GBA games, there are unused strings in the English versions of The Blazing Blade and The Sacred Stones that say "CritAvoid" and "CritAvo", respectively.

Etymology and other languages

References

See also

• Avoid
• Critical hit