Shove

Shove (Japanese: 体当たり Body Blow) is a field command and skill which debuted in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance as a hidden skill, and became a visible, defined skill in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. In the Tellius games, it is a class skill only available to non-mounted units, while mounted units instead receive Canto. After these games, the skill is no longer universally distributed and is instead tied to specific classes or items. In Fates, it is a class skill learned only by Oni Savages. In Engage it is tied to Mia's Bond Ring. In Echoes: Shadows of Valentia and Three Houses it appears as a combat art with no cost, having identical functionality to its skill appearances. It is learned in Echoes from the Emperor Lance or one of several shields, and in Three Houses from mastering the Fighter class. It also appears as a support skill in Heroes.

When used upon command, the user shoves a single neighboring allied, neutral, partner or (in the Tellius games only) enemy unit, pushing them one space away. In the skill's introduction in the Tellius games and later in Engage, this is dependent on certain statistics: weight in Path of Radiance, constitution in Radiant Dawn, and build in Engage. In all other games, Shove has no activation conditions and always works.

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In the main Fire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Path of Radiance	--	Pushes an adjacent unit one square away. Reduces duration of Sleep status on target by one turn.	Command, if (user's Wt + 2) ≥ (target's Wt)	--	Hidden skill.
Radiant Dawn		Pushes an adjacent unit one square away. Reduces duration of Sleep status on target by one turn.	Command, if (user's Cn + 2) ≥ (target's Wt)	5	Debut as a defined visible skill.
Fates		Pushes an adjacent allied unit one square away.	Command	--	Base cost: 1,500 G
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia		Pushes an adjacent allied unit one square away.	Command (Cost: 0 HP)	--	Requires 10 SP to learn.
Three Houses		Pushes an adjacent allied unit one square away.	Command	--	--
Engage		Pushes an adjacent allied unit one square away.	Command, if (user's Bld) > (target's Bld)	--	--

In other Fire Emblem series titles

Game	Icon	Effect	Range	SP cost	Prerequisites	Unusable by	Inheritable	Other effects and notes
Heroes		Moves target ally 1 space away from user.	1	150	--		✓	--

Availability

Path of Radiance

Radiant Dawn

Fates

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Three Houses

Engage

Heroes

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Trivia

• In the NTSC release of Radiant Dawn, Shove's description states that both the user and target's weights are compared, when in actuality, the user's constitution is compared to the target's weight. This may be due to the former comparison being used in the game's predecessor, Path of Radiance. This was fixed in the PAL release.
  • However, the skill assignment text in the PAL version incorrectly states that Shove does not work if the target's weight exceeds the user's con by 2 (i.e. (user's constitution + 2) > (target's weight)), when it actually cannot exceed by more than 2 (i.e. (user's constitution + 2) ≥ (target's weight)). This error was not made in the NTSC release.
• In Code Name: S.T.E.A.M., Ike's ability, "Push", allows him to move enemies and crates, similarly to the shove skill. This ability is shared with Henry Fleming.

Etymology and other languages

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See also

• Smite