Ragnell

Ragnell (Japanese: ラグネル Ragnell), referred to as the sacred blade (Japanese: 神剣 divine sword), is a regalia sword introduced in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. It is one of the national treasures of the Begnion Empire, once wielded by the beorc heroine Altina alongside its sister blade Alondite. It was blessed by the Goddess of Order Ashera, granting it immense power and rendering it invulnerable. In addition to its sheer power, the blade can be used to sling powerful shockwaves to attack from afar.

History

Along with Alondite, the newly-blessed Ragnell was bestowed upon Altina of the Three Heroes of Tellius, for use in combating the Chaos Goddess Yune, in the antiquity of Tellius. Following Yune's imprisonment within the Fire Emblem, Ragnell and Alondite became national treasures of Begnion, the kingdom founded and first ruled by Altina.^[1]

In the modern Tellius era, Ragnell was famously used on multiple occasions by the Radiant Hero, Ike. During the Mad King's War against Daein in Path of Radiance, Ragnell came into Ike's possession through the Black Knight, who attempted to have Ike's father Greil wield it in a duel. Following Greil's defeat and death, Ike took the sword with him, but refused to use it until his own duel against the Black Knight in Chapter 27. At the end of the War, Ike returned the blade to Sanaki, Begnion's empress.

Three years later in Radiant Dawn, Sanaki gave Ragnell back to Ike after naming him supreme commander of the combined armies of Crimea, Begnion, Gallia, and Phoenicis in the war against the Begnion faction controlled by Lekain. Later, when storming the Tower of Guidance, the blade was blessed by Yune for use against Ashera and her Disciples of Order; Ike used it in combination with Yune's power to perform the final blow to defeat Ashera.

Millennia later by the time of Fire Emblem Awakening, the sword had entered the possession of Ike's distant descendant Priam. By this point, it appears that Ashera and Yune's blessings upon the blade had begun to fade: it is noticeably duller in color, is riddled with numerous cracks from eons of use, is slightly weaker, is no longer impervious to wear, and can no longer fire shockwaves (though it can still be thrown from afar). Ragnell is also no longer restricted to just one character, as anyone with a high enough sword proficiency can wield it.

Ragnell appears again in Fire Emblem Fates and Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, appearing with Ike when his amiibo is scanned. It acts much like how it did in the Tellius games and is unable to be removed from Ike's inventory.

Stats

In the main Fire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Level	Might	Weight	Hit	Crit	Range	Uses	Worth	WEXP	Other effects and notes
Path of Radiance		Prf*	18	20	80	5	1–2	--	Cannot be sold	2	+5 defense when equipped. Negates non-Wrath critical hits. Negates the blessing on the Black Knight and Ashnard.
Radiant Dawn		Prf*	18	20	80	5	1–2	--	Cannot be sold	2	+5 defense when equipped. Must be used to deal the last blow to Ashera in the final battle against her.
Awakening		A	15	--	70	0	1–2	25	0	2	+5 defense when equipped. Cannot be forged.
Fates		E*	13	--	75	0	1–2	--	0	1	+3 defense, −5 avoid when equipped. −3 to user's ability to make follow-up attacks. Cannot be traded.
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia			0	0	90	0	1	--	--	--	--
Engage		D	16	15	80	5	1–2	--	100	--	+5 defense when equipped.

In other Fire Emblem series titles

For information pertaining to Ragnell's contribution to Altina's personal skill in Heroes, a fusion of this weapon with Alondite, see Ragnell·Alondite.

Ragnell Chaos Ragnell Ancient Ragnell Emblem Ragnell

Game	Icon	Type	Might	Range	SP cost	Refine cost	Prerequisites	Unusable by	Inheritable	Other effects and notes
Heroes (Ragnell; refine: Unrefined)			16	1	400	--	Silver Sword	--	✗	User can counterattack regardless of range.
Heroes (Ragnell; refine: +Effect)			16	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	User can counterattack regardless of range. Grants +3 HP. Grants −1 special cooldown charge. If user's HP ≥ 25% at start of combat, grants +4 each to user's attack, speed, and defense.
Heroes (Ragnell; refine: +Atk)			18	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	User can counterattack regardless of range. Grants +5 HP.
Heroes (Ragnell; refine: +Spd)			16	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	User can counterattack regardless of range. Grants +5 HP and +3 speed.
Heroes (Ragnell; refine: +Def)			16	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	User can counterattack regardless of range. Grants +5 HP and +4 defense.
Heroes (Ragnell; refine: +Res)			16	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	User can counterattack regardless of range. Grants +5 HP and +4 resistance.

Game	Icon	Type	Might	Range	SP cost	Refine cost	Prerequisites	Unusable by	Inheritable	Other effects and notes
Heroes (Chaos Ragnell; refine: Unrefined)			16	1	400	--	Silver Sword	--	✗	User can counterattack regardless of range. Grants +⁠(current penalty on user's stat × 2; calculated independently) each to user's attack, speed, defense, and resistance.
Heroes (Chaos Ragnell; refine: +Effect)			16	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	User can counterattack regardless of range. Grants +4 each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user during combat. Grants +⁠(current penalty on user's stat × 2; calculated independently) each to user's attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user during combat. Neutralizes effects that reduce user's special cooldown charge during combat. Grants +3 HP. If user's HP ≥ 25% at start of combat, grants +4 each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user and foe's first attack deals −7 damage during combat, and when user's special triggers, neutralizes foe's non-special "reduces damage by X%" effects. If user's HP ≥ 25% at start of combat and user's attack can trigger user's special, grants −⁠(user's maximum special cooldown count × 50%) special cooldown count to user before user's first attack during combat.
Heroes (Chaos Ragnell; refine: +Atk)			18	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	User can counterattack regardless of range. Grants +4 each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user during combat. Grants +⁠(current penalty on user's stat × 2; calculated independently) each to user's attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user during combat. Neutralizes effects that reduce user's special cooldown charge during combat. Grants +5 HP.
Heroes (Chaos Ragnell; refine: +Spd)			16	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	User can counterattack regardless of range. Grants +4 each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user during combat. Grants +⁠(current penalty on user's stat × 2; calculated independently) each to user's attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user during combat. Neutralizes effects that reduce user's special cooldown charge during combat. Grants +5 HP and +3 speed.
Heroes (Chaos Ragnell; refine: +Def)			16	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	User can counterattack regardless of range. Grants +4 each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user during combat. Grants +⁠(current penalty on user's stat × 2; calculated independently) each to user's attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user during combat. Neutralizes effects that reduce user's special cooldown charge during combat. Grants +5 HP and +4 defense.
Heroes (Chaos Ragnell; refine: +Res)			16	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	User can counterattack regardless of range. Grants +4 each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user during combat. Grants +⁠(current penalty on user's stat × 2; calculated independently) each to user's attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user during combat. Neutralizes effects that reduce user's special cooldown charge during combat. Grants +5 HP and +4 resistance.

Game	Icon	Type	Might	Range	SP cost	Refine cost	Prerequisites	Unusable by	Inheritable	Other effects and notes
Heroes (Ancient Ragnell)			16	1	400	--	Silver Sword	--	✗	Grants +3 defense. User can counterattack regardless of range. If user's HP ≥ 50% or bonus is active on user at start of combat, inflicts −6 each to foe's attack and defense during combat.

Game	Icon	Type	Might	Range	SP cost	Refine cost	Prerequisites	Unusable by	Inheritable	Other effects and notes
Heroes			16	1	400	--	Silver Sword	--	✗	Grants −1 special cooldown count. User can counterattack regardless of range. If user's HP ≥ 25% at start of combat, grants +⁠([user's attack at start of combat × 25%] − 2; maximum: 16; minimum: 2) attack to user and −⁠([user's attack at start of combat × 25%] − 2; maximum: 16; minimum: 2) attack to foe, neutralizes penalties on user, neutralizes effects that prevent user's counterattacks, and neutralizes effects that reduce user's special cooldown charge.

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The Ragnell appears as one of Yashiro Tsurugi's Carnages in Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE. Icon Attack 117 Skills Unity Cost S Counter Heat Wave Inferno Strike Dodge Lance Elec-Blaze† Bishop Force ×1 Violet Crest ×1 6-Star Prestige ×3 Weaknesses and Resistances -- Wk Rs -- Nu -- Wk -- -- Wk No added effect.

Locations

Path of Radiance

Radiant Dawn

Awakening

Fates

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Engage

Heroes

Ragnell

Chaos Ragnell

Ancient Ragnell

Emblem Ragnell

Other appearances

Ike wielding Ragnell in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

Super Smash Bros. series

Ragnell appears as Ike's weapon in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, retaining its undamaged pre-Awakening design. Ike uses Ragnell for all of his moves, with the exception of the first two strikes of his neutral attack and his pummel and throws. Unlike Marth's Falchion or Roy's Binding Blade, Ragnell does not have a sweet spot, and every attack Ike makes with it is equally strong across all parts of the blade.

Like the Super Smash Bros. Melee portrayal of the Binding Blade, Super Smash Bros. depicts it as being imbued with fire powers which can be channeled by Ike in his Eruption move; when performing Eruption, the blade radiates red flames in Brawl, but in for 3DS and Wii U, these were replaced with blue flames which more faithfully depict events in Radiant Dawn. However, unlike how it acts in the mainstream Fire Emblem games, Ragnell cannot fire shockwaves or be thrown, other than through the Aether animation where it is projected upwards and then grabbed by Ike.

Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.

Ragnell is Ike's main weapon in his guest appearance in Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. As in Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn, Ike can use it to sling shockwaves at foes over an impressive distance.^[2] Even though each of its hits is very weak compared to other weapons, its range is immense and classed as among the best in the game. One use of Ragnell consumes four units of steam.

Fire Emblem Cipher

Ragnell is present as a skill on two of Ike's cards in Fire Emblem Cipher: S05-001ST Brave Crimean General, Ike, and B03-001SR Brave General of the Blessed Blade, Ike. It is a Level S Skill which can be activated by the player if Ike is in a stack of 3 or more cards. For the cost of flipping one bond card, the player may activate Ragnell to increase Ike's range to 1-2 until the end of the turn. However, it can only be used if Ike is positioned in the player's Vanguard.

Flavor text

Trivia

• Along with Amatsu, the Awakening version of Ragnell is one of the first ranged swords in the Fire Emblem series whose attack at 2 range does not involve slinging a beam of energy. Instead, it is physically thrown by its wielder to attack at long range.

Etymology and other languages

Chaos Ragnell

Ancient Ragnell

Emblem Ragnell

Gallery

Official artwork

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  Concept artwork of Ragnell from Path of Radiance.

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  Altina wielding Ragnell and Alondite in Radiant Dawn.

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  Concept artwork of Ragnell from Awakening.

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  Artwork of Priam with Ragnell from Awakening.

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  Ragnell as it appears in Heroes.

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  Chaos Ragnell as it appears in Heroes.

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  Ancient Ragnell as it appears in Heroes.

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  Emblem Ragnell as it appears in Heroes.

Screenshots

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  Ike wielding Ragnell in Path of Radiance.

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  Ike wielding Ragnell in Radiant Dawn.

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  Ike using Ragnell to attack at range in Radiant Dawn.

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  Priam wielding Ragnell in Awakening.

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  Céline wielding Ragnell in Engage.

Other appearances

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  Artwork of Ragnell from Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

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  Ike wielding Ragnell in Brawl.

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  Ike wielding Ragnell in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS.

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  Ike wielding Ragnell in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

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  Ike wielding Ragnell in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

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  Ike wielding Ragnell in Code Name: S.T.E.A.M..

References

See also

• Alondite
• Ragnell·Alondite