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Expiration
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Expiration (Japanese: 邪竜のブレス Evil Dragon's Breath) is a breath-type attack that first appeared in Fire Emblem Awakening. It is exclusively used by the Fell Dragon Grima, in his appearances as the final boss of Awakening and as "The Creation" in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. Being the weapon of a final boss, it is among the most dangerous weapons in both games, possessing both significant might and a very long range. In Shadows of Valentia, it is a monster weapon with the ability to ignore its target's defenses, like all breath weapons in that game.
In Awakening, Expiration has two distinct animations, which appear to be chosen completely at random every time Grima attacks and do not differ in terms of stats. One has Grima's human body summon a trail of purple spikes out of the ground to impale his foe, while the other has Grima breathe a shadowy fireball from his dragon head. This property is similar to how Idunn's Dark Breath has three separate animations. In Shadows of Valentia, it only appears as the shadowy fireball, although The Creation still uses the spikes separately as its Dark Spikes combat art.
Stats
In the main Fire Emblem series
| Game | Icon | Level | Might | Weight | Hit | Crit | Range | Uses | Worth | WEXP | Other effects and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awakening | 
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 --
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20 | -- | 80 | 0 | 1–5 | -- | -- | 2 | -- |
| Echoes: Shadows of Valentia | 
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14 | 8 | 70 | 0 | 1–5 | -- | -- | -- | Nullifies the foe's defense. |
In other Fire Emblem series titles
| This section is missing stats, calculations, or growth rates which may be currently unknown. If this information is available, please help improve the page by adding it. |
| Game | Icon | Type | Might | Range | SP cost | Refine cost | Prerequisites | Unusable by | Inheritable | Other effects and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heroes (refine: Unrefined) |
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16 | 1 | 400 | -- | Flametongue | -- | ✗ | User can counterattack regardless of range. If foe's range = 2, attack deals damage based on lower of their defense or resistance. |
| Heroes (refine: +Effect) |
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16 | 1 | 400 | 500  200 
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-- | -- | ✗ | User can counterattack regardless of range. If foe's range = 2, attack deals damage based on lower of their defense or resistance. Grants +3 HP. If user's HP ≥ 25% at start of combat, grants +4 each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user and inflicts −1 special cooldown charge on foe per attack during combat. |
| Heroes (refine: +Atk) |
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18 | 1 | 400 | 500 200
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-- | -- | ✗ | User can counterattack regardless of range. If foe's range = 2, attack deals damage based on lower of their defense or resistance. Grants +5 HP. |
| Heroes (refine: +Spd) |
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16 | 1 | 400 | 500 200
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-- | -- | ✗ | User can counterattack regardless of range. If foe's range = 2, attack deals damage based on lower of their defense or resistance. Grants +5 HP and +3 speed. |
| Heroes (refine: +Def) |
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16 | 1 | 400 | 500 200
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-- | -- | ✗ | User can counterattack regardless of range. If foe's range = 2, attack deals damage based on lower of their defense or resistance. Grants +5 HP and +4 defense. |
| Heroes (refine: +Res) |
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16 | 1 | 400 | 500 200
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-- | -- | ✗ | User can counterattack regardless of range. If foe's range = 2, attack deals damage based on lower of their defense or resistance. Grants +5 HP and +4 resistance. |
| Game | Icon | Level | Might | Weight | Hit | Crit | Range | Uses | Worth | WEXP | Other effects and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warriors | 
|
E* | ?? | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0 | -- | -- |
Locations
Awakening
| Unobtainable | Exclusively wielded by Grima. |
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
| Unobtainable | Exclusively wielded by the Creation. |
Heroes
| Method | Data |
|---|---|
| Unit (★★★★★) | Robin: Fell Reincarnation • Robin: Fell Vessel |
Warriors
| Unobtainable | Exclusively wielded by Velezark |
Flavor text
| Game | Text (English) |
Text (Japanese) |
|---|---|---|
| Awakening | Grima's shadowy breath.
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邪竜が吐く闇の息吹
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| Echoes: Shadows of Valentia | Shadowy breath that
bypasses defenses. |
邪竜が吐く闇の息吹
人間の防御は無効化される |
| Heroes | Unit can counterattack regardless of foe's
range. If foe's Range = 2, calculates damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res. |
敵から攻撃された時、距離に関係なく反撃する
射程２の敵に、敵の守備か魔防の低い方でダメージ計算 |
| Heroes (Refined: +effect) |
At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants
Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to unit during combat and inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack during combat. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.) |
戦闘開始時、自身のＨＰが２５％以上なら
戦闘中、攻撃、速さ、守備、魔防＋４、かつ、 戦闘中、敵の奥義発動カウント変動量－１ （同系統効果複数時、最大値適用） |
Trivia
- If hacked into the player's inventory in Awakening, it is sorted in the stones section of the convoy. This is presumably due to the convoy not having a breath category.
Etymology and other languages
| Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
| English |
Expiration |
Originally, "expiration" referred to the act of breathing out, the opposite of "inspiration" (breathing in). In modern English, this meaning is obsolete and "expiration" instead describes the act of dying or, more commonly, the spoiling of food. Grima's attack plays on both senses of the word. |
| Japanese |
邪竜のブレス |
Evil Dragon's Breath |
| Spanish |
Trance |
Trance |
| French |
Expiration |
Expiration |
| German |
Verfall |
Decay |
| Italian |
Estinzione |
Extinction |
| Dutch |
Demonenadem |
Demonbreath |
| Portuguese |
Extinção |
Extintion |
| Simplified Chinese |
邪龙吐息 |
Evil Dragon Breath |
| Traditional Chinese |
邪龍吐息 |
Evil Dragon Breath |
Gallery
The Creation using Expiration in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.
References
See also
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