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Fierce Stance

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Fierce Stance

Is ns02 fierce stance.png
Icon of Fierce Stance in Engage.

If foe initiates combat, grants Str+6 during combat.

Type(s)

Passive (Type A)

First game

Heroes

Fierce Stance (Japanese: 鬼神の構え Fierce God Stance) is a three-tiered passive type A skill which debuted in Fire Emblem Heroes; the individual tiers of the skill are Fierce Stance 1, Fierce Stance 2, and Fierce Stance 3 in order from lowest to highest. Fierce Stance boosts its user's attack when their foe initiates combat, granting greater boosts at higher tiers. The skill entered the main series in Engage, where it instead boosts its user's strength.

In Engage, it is one of several skills that are exclusively used by some high-level enemies on the game's hardest difficulty mode, Maddening. Fierce Stance is exclusive to enemy Warriors.

Data

In the main Fire Emblem series

Game Icon Effect Activation Capacity Notes
Engage Is ns02 fierce stance.png +6 strength when activated. If foe initiates combat -- --

In other Fire Emblem series titles

Game Icon Type Effect SP cost Prerequisites Unusable by Inheritable Other effects and notes
Heroes
(Fierce Stance 1) 		Is feh fierce stance 1.png A If foe initiates combat, grants +2 attack to user during combat. 50 -- Staves ✓ --
Heroes
(Fierce Stance 2) 		Is feh fierce stance 2.png A If Foe initiates combat, grants +4 attack to user during combat. 100 Fierce Stance 1 Staves ✓ --
Heroes
(Fierce Stance 3) 		Is feh fierce stance 3.png A If foe initiates combat, grants +6 attack to user during combat. 200 Fierce Stance 2 Staves ✓ --

Availability

Engage

Unobtainable Exclusively used by enemy Warriors and Barbarians on Maddening Mode.

Heroes

Method Data
Fierce Stance 1 Fierce Stance 2 Fierce Stance 3
Unit (★★★) Bantu: Tiki's Guardian Bantu: Tiki's Guardian —
Unit (★★★★) Dorcas: Pumpkin Smasher — Bantu: Tiki's Guardian
Unit (★★★★★) Dheginsea: Harvest Goldoan • Dorcas: Serene Warrior • Ephraim: Legendary Lord • Kana: Dragon Princess • Robin: Fall Reincarnation • Ryoma: Supreme Samurai • Tiki: Legendary Dragon • Zelgius: Jet-Black General Dorcas: Serene Warrior • Kana: Dragon Princess • Tiki: Legendary Dragon • Zelgius: Jet-Black General Dorcas: Serene Warrior • Kana: Dragon Princess • Zelgius: Jet-Black General
Tempest Trials Life Is But Fleeting: 10,000 points — —
Sacred Seal Forge 100 Scarlet Badge, 20 Great Scarlet Badge, 20 Sacred Coin 200 Scarlet Badge, 60 Great Scarlet Badge, 50 Sacred Coin, Fierce Stance 1 seal 1,000 Scarlet Badge, 400 Great Scarlet Badge, 100 Sacred Coin, Fierce Stance 2 seal

Flavor text

Game Text
(English) 		Text
(Japanese)
Engage
If foe initiates combat, grants Str+6
during combat.
敵から攻撃された時、力＋6
Heroes
(Fierce Stance 1)
If foe initiates combat, grants Atk+2 during
combat.
敵から攻撃された時、戦闘中、攻撃＋２
Heroes
(Fierce Stance 2)
If foe initiates combat, grants Atk+4 during
combat.
敵から攻撃された時、戦闘中、攻撃＋４
Heroes
(Fierce Stance 3)
If foe initiates combat, grants Atk+6 during
combat.
敵から攻撃された時、戦闘中、攻撃＋６

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language Name Definition, etymology, and notes
English

Fierce Stance

--

Japanese

鬼神の構え

Fierce God Stance. From "Fierce God Blow", the Japanese name of Death Blow.

Spanish

Postura feroz

Fierce posture

French

Posture féroce

Fierce posture

German

Wilde Haltung

Wild Posture

Italian

Posa fiera

Fierce pose

Portuguese

Postura feroz

Fierce posture

Korean

귀신의 자세

Fierce god stance

Simplified Chinese

鬼神架势

Fierce god stance

Traditional Chinese

鬼神架勢

Fierce god stance

See also

Skills in Fire Emblem Engage
Inheritable skills Art Focus • Avoid + • Axe Guard • Axe Power • Bow Agility • Bow Focus • Bow Guard • Build + • Defense + • Dexterity + • Dodge + • Hit + • HP + • HP/Lck + • Knife Guard • Knife Precision • Lance Agility • Lance Guard • Lance Power • Luck + • Magic + • Mag/Dex + • Mag/Res + • Magic Guard • Movement +1 • Resistance + • Special Guard • Speed + • Spd/Dex + • Spd/Res + • Staff Mastery • Strength + • Str/Def + • Str/Dex + • Sword Agility • Sword Focus • Sword Guard • Sword Power • Tome Precision
Personal skills Admiration • Alabaster Duty • Aspiring Hero • Big Personality • Blinding Flash • Blood Fury • Charmer • Contemplative • Crimson Cheer • Curious Dance • Disarming Sigh • Divinely Inspiring • Energized • Expertise • Fair Fight • Fairy-Tale Folk • Fell Protection • Friendly Boost • Generosity • Gentle Flower • Get Behind Me! • Knightly Code • Knightly Escort • Meditation • Moved to Tears • Not *Quite* • Party Animal • Protective • Racket of Solm • Seconds? • Self-Improver • Share Spoils • Single-Minded • Stunning Smile • Survival Plan • Trained to Kill • Verdant Faith • Weapon Insight • Will to Win • Wounded Pride
Class skills Air Raid • Allied Defense • Back at You • Brave Assist • Careful Aim • Chaos Style • Clear the Way • Convoy • Dark Spirit • Diffuse Healer • Divine Spirit • Enchant • Fell Spirit • Frost Domain • Golden Lotus • Grasping Void • Hobble • Ignis • Let Fly • Luna • Merciless • Miasma Domain • No Distractions • Pack Hunter • Pass • Pincer Attack • Pivot • Reforge • Resist Emblems • Run Through • Sandstorm • Self-Healing • Smash+ • Special Dance • Spur Emblems • Sol • Soulblade • Spell Harmony • Swap • World Tree
Sync skills Adaptability • Advance • Alacrity • Anima Focus • Arms Shield • Assign Decoy • Block Recovery • Book of Worlds • Bravery • Break Defenses • Brute Force • Canter • Charm • Cleric • Decisive Strike • Demolish • Detoxify • Divine Pulse • Draconic Hex • Dragon Vein • Dual Assist • Dual Strike • Dual Support • Eclipse Brace • Favorite Food • Flame Gambit • Friendly Rivalry • Gentility • Geosphere • Groundswell • Headlong Rush • Healing Light • Heavy Attack • Hold Out • Holy Stance • Keen Insight • Level Boost • Lifesphere • Lightsphere • Lineage • Lost & Found • Lunar Brace • Mentorship • Momentum • Night and Day • Pair Up • Perceptive • Piercing Glare • Poison Gambit • Quick Riposte • Rally Spectrum • Reposition • Reprisal • Resolve • Resonance • Sacred Twins • Shield Gambit • Silence Ward • Solar Brace • SP Conversion • Speedtaker • Starsphere • Surprise Attack • Quality Time • Unyielding • Vantage • Weapon Sync • Wrath
Engage skills Adaptable • Atrocity • Attuned • Augment • Blue Skies • Bond Forger • Bonded Shield • Boon of Elyos • Call Doubles • Combat Arts • Contract • Divine Speed • Draconic Form • Dreadful Aura • Echo • Eclipse Brace • Fallen Star • Flare • Gallop • Holy Aura • Holy Shield • Impenetrable • Instruct • Laguz Friend • Other Half • Raging Storm • Rise Above • Soar
Engage attacks All for One • Astra Storm • Blazing Lion • Cataclysm • Dark Inferno • Divine Blessing • Goddess Dance • Dragon Blast • Giga Levin Sword • Great Sacrifice • Houses Unite • Lodestar Rush • Override • Great Aether • Quadruple Hit • Storm's Eye • Summon Hero • Torrential Roar • Twin Strike • Warp Ragnarok
Bond Ring skills Bane • Battlewise • Bushido • Chivalry • Deadly Blade • Dire Thunder • Draw Back • Flickering Flower • Fortify Def • Giga Excalibur • Great Thunder • Healtouch • Lethality • Mercy • Miracle • Paraselene • Raging Fire • Renewal • Rightful Ruler • Shove • Spur Attack • Spur Res • Strong Arm • Sure Strike • Sympathetic • Wind Adept • Wind God • Windsweep
Enemy-exclusive skills Anchor • Armored Blow • Artbreaker • Axebreaker • Bond Breaker • Bowbreaker • Certain Blow • Cornered Beast • Dark Barrier • Darting Blow • Darting Stance • Death Blow • Duelist's Blow • Fell Barrier • Fierce Stance • Knifebreaker • Lancebreaker • Life and Death • Poison Strike • Savage Blow • Seal Defense • Seal Magic • Seal Resistance • Seal Speed • Seal Strength • Sigil Protection • Spirit Strike • Stalwart • Steady Stance • Swordbreaker • Tomebreaker • Triangle Adept • Unbreakable • Unwavering • Veteran • Void Curse • Warding Blow • Warding Stance
Type A passive skills in Heroes
Aether Raids skills AR-D Atk/Def • AR-D Atk/Res • AR-D Atk/Spd • AR-D Def/Res • AR-D Spd/Def • AR-D Spd/Res • AR-O Atk/Def • AR-O Atk/Spd • AR-O Spd/Res
Bonus damage skills Ashera's Chosen • Dragonhide • Dragonscale • Dragonskin • Dragoon Shield • Grani's Shield • Iote's Shield • Svalinn Shield
Counter-attack skills Close Counter • Close Foil • Close Reversal • Close Salvo • Close Ward • Distant Counter • Distant Dart • Distant Ferocity • Distant Foil • Distant Pressure • Distant Reversal • Distant Stance • Distant Storm • Distant Ward • Emblems' Miracle • Ostian Counter • Ostia's Heart • Realms United
Proximity skills Ashera's Chosen • Atk/Def Bond • Atk/Def Finish • Atk/Def Form • Atk/Def Solo • Atk/Def Unity • Atk/Res Bond • Atk/Res Finish • Atk/Res Form • Atk/Res Fortune • Atk/Res Scowl • Atk/Res Solo • Atk/Res Unity • Atk/Spd Bond • Atk/Spd Finish • Atk/Spd Form • Atk/Spd Fortune • Atk/Spd Hexblade • Atk/Spd Scowl • Atk/Spd Solo • Atk/Spd Unity • Atk/Spd Wild • Def/Res Bond • Def/Res Finish • Def/Res Form • Def/Res Scowl • Def/Res Solo • Def/Res Unity • Distant A/S Solo • Distant D/R Solo • Laws of Sacae • Power of Nihility • Sorcery Blade • Spd/Def Bond • Spd/Def Finish • Spd/Def Form • Spd/Def Solo • Spd/Def Unity • Spd/Res Bond • Spd/Res Finish • Spd/Res Form • Spd/Res Hexblade • Spd/Res Scowl • Spd/Res Solo
Stat-boosting skills Attack + • Attack/Def + • Atk/Def Catch • Atk/Def Clash • Atk/Def Excel • Atk/Def Ideal • Atk/Def Prime • Atk/Def Push • Attack/Res • Atk/Res Catch • Atk/Res Ideal • Atk/Res Push • Atk/Spd • Atk/Spd Catch • Atk/Spd Clash • Atk/Spd Excel • Atk/Spd Hexblade • Atk/Spd Ideal • Atk/Spd Mastery • Atk/Spd Prime • Atk/Spd Push • Beyond Witchery • B Duel Cavalry • B Duel Flying • B Duel Infantry • Bonus Doubler • Brazen Atk/Def • Brazen Atk/Res • Brazen Atk/Spd • Brazen Def/Res • Brazen Spd/Def • Brazen Spd/Res • C Bonus Doubler • C Duel Cavalry • C Duel Flying • C Duel Infantry • Crystalline Water • Defense + • Def/Res Catch • Def/Res Ideal • Def/Res • Defiant Atk • Defiant Def • Defiant Res • Defiant Spd • Deluge Boost • D Bonus Doubler • Distant Pressure • Dragoon Shield • Duality • Earth Boost • Earthfire Boost • Earthwind Boost • Fell Wyrmscale • Fire Boost • Fireflood Boost • Firestorm Boost • Fortifications • Fortress Def • Fort. Def/Res • Fortress Res • Fury • G Duel Cavalry • G Duel Flying • G Duel Infantry • HP + • HP/Atk • HP/Def • HP/Res • HP/Spd • Knightly Devotion • Life and Death • Obsession • Obsidian Tactics • Part of the Plan • Rare Talent • R Duel Cavalry • R Duel Flying • R Duel Infantry • Resistance + • Scendscale • Self-Improver • Solid Ground • Speed + • Spd/Def • Spd/Def Catch • Spd/Def Clash • Spd/Def Ideal • Spd/Def Prime • Spd/Res • Spd/Res Catch • Spd/Res Hexblade • Spd/Res Ideal • Still Water • Stronghold • Swift Slice • Thunder's Fist • Triangle Adept • Verdict of Sacae • Verge of Death • Water Boost • Wind Boost
Turn-related skills Armored Blow • Blade Session • Bracing Blow • Bracing Stance • Close Def • Close Foil • Close Reversal • Close Ward • Darting Blow • Darting Breath • Darting Stance • Death Blow • Distant Def • Distant Foil • Distant Ward • Dragonskin • Fierce Breath • Fierce Stance • Flared Mirror • Flared Sparrow • Flash Sparrow • Gift of Magic • Kestrel Stance • Laws of Sacae • Mastermind • Mirror Impact • Mirror Stance • Mirror Strike • Nightmare • Remote Mirror • Remote Sparrow • Remote Sturdy • Shield Session • Sly Mirror • Sly Swift Sparrow • Steady Blow • Steady Breath • Steady Impact • Steady Posture • Steady Stance • Sturdy Blow • Sturdy Impact • Sturdy Stance • Sturdy Surge • Surge Sparrow • Swift Sparrow • Swift Stance • Swift Strike • Warding Blow • Warding Breath • Warding Stance
Miscellaneous skills Divine Toxin • Flashing Blade • Gray Illusion • Heavy Blade • Mila's Turnwheel • Oath of Ostia
Sacred Seal skills in Heroes
Debuffing skills Atk Feint • Atk Ploy • Atk Smoke • Chill Atk • Chill Atk/Def • Chill Atk/Res • Chill Def • Chill Def/Res • Chill Res • Chill Spd • Chill Spd/Def • Chill Spd/Res • Def Feint • Def Ploy • Def/Res Snag • Guard • Panic Ploy • Pegasus Flight • Res Feint • Res Ploy • Seal Atk • Seal Spd • Spd/Def Tempo • Spd Feint • Spd Ploy • Spd Smoke
Follow-up strike skills Bold Fighter • Brash Assault • Deflect Magic • Deflect Melee • Deflect Missile • Null Follow-Up • Quick Riposte • Special Fighter • Wily Fighter
Healing skills Breath of Life • Live to Serve • Mystic Boost • Renewal
Mobility skills Aerobatics • Air Orders • Armor March • Armored Boots • Even Tempest • Flier Formation • Flier Guidance • Ground Orders • Guidance • Obstruct • Odd Tempest
Proximity skills Armor March • Atk Smoke • Atk Tactic • Atk/Def Bond • Atk/Def Finish • Atk/Def Form • Atk/Def Oath • Atk/Def Solo • Atk/Res Bond • Atk/Res Form • Atk/Res Oath • Atk/Res Rein • Atk/Res Solo • Atk/Spd Bond • Atk/Spd Form • Atk/Spd Oath • Atk/Spd Rein • Atk/Spd Solo • Breath of Life • Close Guard • Def Tactic • Def/Res Bond • Def/Res Form • Def/Res Solo • Dist. Counter (D) • Dist. Counter (M) • Distant Guard • Drive Atk • Drive Def • Drive Res • Drive Spd • Fortify Beasts • Fortify Dragons • Goad Beasts • Goad Dragons • Hone Atk • Hone Beasts • Hone Dragons • Hone Spd • Inf. Hexblade • Infantry Rush • Res Tactic • Rouse Atk/Def • Rouse Atk/Spd • Rouse Def/Res • Rouse Spd/Def • Savage Blow • Sorcery Blade • Spd Tactic • Spd Smoke • Spd/Def Bond • Spd/Def Form • Spd/Def Rein • Spd/Def Solo • Spd/Res Bond • Spd/Res Finish • Spd/Res Form • Spd/Res Oath • Spd/Res Solo • Spur Atk • Spur Atk/Def • Spur Atk/Res • Spur Atk/Spd • Spur Def • Spur Def/Res • Spur Res • Spur Spd • Spur Spd/Def • Spur Spd/Res • Threaten Atk • Threat. Atk/Res • Threaten Def • Threaten Res • Threaten Spd • Threat. Atk/Def • Threat. Spd/Def • Threat. Spd/Res • Ward Beasts • Ward Dragons
Squad Ace skills Squad Ace A • Squad Ace B • Squad Ace C • Squad Ace D • Squad Ace E • Squad Ace F • Squad Ace G • Squad Ace H • Squad Ace I • Squad Ace J • Squad Ace K • Squad Ace L • Squad Ace M • Squad Ace N • Squad Ace O • Squad Ace P • Squad Ace Q • Squad Ace R • Squad Ace S • Squad Ace T • Squad Ace U • Squad Ace V • Squad Ace W • Squad Ace X • Squad Ace Y • Squad Ace Z • Squad Ace AA • Squad Ace AB • Squad Ace AC • Squad Ace AD • Squad Ace AE • Squad Ace AF • Squad Ace AG • Squad Ace AH • Squad Ace AI • Squad Ace AJ • Squad Ace AK • Squad Ace AL • Squad Ace AM • Squad Ace AN • Squad Ace AO • Squad Ace AP • Squad Ace AQ • Squad Ace AR • Squad Ace AS • Squad Ace AT • Squad Ace AU • Squad Ace AV • Squad Ace AW • Squad Ace AX • Squad Ace AY • Squad Ace AZ • Squad Ace BA • Squad Ace BB • Squad Ace BC • Squad Ace BD • Squad Ace BE • Squad Ace BF • Squad Ace BG • Squad Ace BH • Squad Ace BI • Squad Ace BJ • Squad Ace BK • Squad Ace BL • Squad Ace BM • Squad Ace BN • Squad Ace BO • Squad Ace BP • Squad Ace BQ • Squad Ace BR • Squad Ace BS • Squad Ace BT • Squad Ace BU • Squad Ace BV • Squad Ace BW • Squad Ace BX • Squad Ace BY • Squad Ace BZ • Squad Ace CA • Squad Ace CB • Squad Ace CC • Squad Ace CD • Squad Ace CE • Squad Ace CF • Squad Ace CG • Squad Ace CH • Squad Ace CI • Squad Ace CJ • Squad Ace CK
Stat-boosting skills Attack + • Attack/Def + • Atk/Def Catch • Atk/Def Clash • Atk/Def Ideal • Atk/Def Prime • Atk/Def Push • Attack/Res • Atk/Res Catch • Atk/Res Ideal • Atk/Res Push • Atk/Spd • Atk/Spd Catch • Atk/Spd Clash • Atk/Spd Ideal • Atk Opening • Atk/Spd Push • Blaze Dance • Bonus Doubler • Brazen Atk/Def • Brazen Atk/Res • Brazen Atk/Spd • Brazen Def/Res • Brazen Spd/Def • Brazen Spd/Res • Defense + • Def Opening • Def/Res • Def/Res Catch • Def/Res Ideal • Defiant Atk • Defiant Def • Defiant Spd • Earth Boost • Earth Dance • Fire Boost • Fortify Def • Fortify Res • Fortress Def • Fort. Def/Res • Fortress Res • Fury • Gale Dance • HP + • HP/Atk • HP/Def • HP/Res • HP/Spd • Initiate Seal Atk • Initiate Seal Def • Initiate Seal HP • Initiate Seal Res • Initiate Seal Spd • Life and Death • Resistance + • Res Opening • Speed + • Spd Opening • Spd/Def • Spd/Def Catch • Spd/Def Ideal • Spd/Def Oath • Spd/Def Catch • Spd/Res Ideal • Spd/Res • Still Water • Torrent Dance • Water Boost • Wind Boost
Turn-related skills Armored Blow • Blade Session • Bracing Blow • Bracing Stance • Breath of Life • Close Def • Darting Blow • Darting Breath • Darting Stance • Death Blow • Desperation • Distant Def • Even Atk Wave • Even Def Wave • Even Res Wave • Even Spd Wave • Fierce Breath • Fierce Stance • Kestrel Stance • Mirror Strike • Mirror Stance • Odd Atk Wave • Odd Def Wave • Odd Res Wave • Odd Spd Wave • Poison Strike • Quick Riposte • Savage Blow • Shield Session • Steady Blow • Steady Breath • Steady Posture • Steady Stance • Sturdy Blow • Sturdy Stance • Swift Sparrow • Swift Stance • Swift Strike • Warding Blow • Warding Breath • Warding Stance
Miscellaneous skills Beast • Dragon's Wrath • Flashing Blade • Hardy Bearing • Heavy Blade • Iote's Shield • Phantom Res • Phantom Spd • Quickened Pulse
Enemy-exclusive skills Blade Seal • B Time Traveler • Boots Seal • Charm Seal • C Time Traveler • Gold Perfection • G Time Traveler • Elixir Seal • Embla's Ward • Guardian Seal • Gullinbursti • Horn Seal • Múspellflame • Niðavellir Axiom • Nine-Realm Pact • R Time Traveler • Røkkr • Veil Seal
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