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Thunderbrand
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Thunderbrand (Japanese: 雷霆 Thunderstorm) is a sword that debuted in Fire Emblem: Three Houses. It is one of the Heroes' Relics, and is tied to the Crest of Charon. It was originally wielded by Charon of the 10 Elites, and is currently wielded by Catherine.
Stats
In the main Fire Emblem series
| Game | Icon | Level | Might | Weight | Hit | Crit | Range | Uses | Worth | WEXP | Other effects and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three Houses | 
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 E
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13 | 7 | 70 | 10 | 1 | 30 | -- | 2 | If user initiates combat, strikes twice consecutively. Grants units with the Crest of Charon access to Foudroyant Strike. If the user does not have a Crest, deals 10 damage to user after combat. |
| Three Houses (Dark Thunderbrand) |
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E
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13 | 7 | 70 | 10 | 1 | 30 | -- | 2 | If user initiates combat, strikes twice consecutively. If the user does not have a Crest, deals 10 damage to user after combat. |
In other Fire Emblem series titles
| 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 | -- | Silver Sword | -- | ✗ | Grants +3 speed. If foe's HP ≥ 50% at start of combat, grants +5 each to attack and speed to user during combat, neutralizes effects that prevent user's follow-up attacks during combat, and if user initiates combat, user can make a follow-up attack before foe's counterattack. |
| Heroes (refine: +Effect) |
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16 | 1 | 400 | 500  200 
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-- | -- | ✗ | Grants +3 speed. If user's HP ≥ 25% at start of turn, grants +6 each to attack and speed and Treachery[effect 1] to user and allies within 2 spaces of user for 1 turn. If foe's HP ≥ 50% at start of combat, grants +5 each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user and neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks or prevent user's follow-up attacks during combat, and if user initiates combat, user makes follow-up attack before foe's next attack. Grants +3 HP. If user initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants +5 each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user, neutralizes user's penalties to attack and speed, and user deals +(user's speed × 20%) damage during combat, and if user's speed ≥ (foe's speed − 20), triggers Potent Follow X%[effect 2] (if user can make a follow-up attack and attack twice consecutively, X = 40; otherwise, X = 80) during combat. |
| Heroes (refine: +Atk) |
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18 | 1 | 400 | 500 200
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-- | -- | ✗ | Grants +3 speed. If user's HP ≥ 25% at start of turn, grants +6 each to attack and speed and Treachery[effect 1] to user and allies within 2 spaces of user for 1 turn. If foe's HP ≥ 50% at start of combat, grants +5 each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user and neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks or prevent user's follow-up attacks during combat, and if user initiates combat, user makes follow-up attack before foe's next attack. Grants +5 HP. |
| Heroes (refine: +Spd) |
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16 | 1 | 400 | 500 200
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-- | -- | ✗ | Grants +3 speed. If user's HP ≥ 25% at start of turn, grants +6 each to attack and speed and Treachery[effect 1] to user and allies within 2 spaces of user for 1 turn. If foe's HP ≥ 50% at start of combat, grants +5 each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user and neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks or prevent user's follow-up attacks during combat, and if user initiates combat, user makes follow-up attack before foe's next attack. Grants +5 HP and +3 speed. |
| Heroes (refine: +Def) |
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16 | 1 | 400 | 500 200
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-- | -- | ✗ | Grants +3 speed. If user's HP ≥ 25% at start of turn, grants +6 each to attack and speed and Treachery[effect 1] to user and allies within 2 spaces of user for 1 turn. If foe's HP ≥ 50% at start of combat, grants +5 each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user and neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks or prevent user's follow-up attacks during combat, and if user initiates combat, user makes follow-up attack before foe's next attack. Grants +5 HP and +4 defense. |
| Heroes (refine: +Res) |
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16 | 1 | 400 | 500 200
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-- | -- | ✗ | Grants +3 speed. If user's HP ≥ 25% at start of turn, grants +6 each to attack and speed and Treachery[effect 1] to user and allies within 2 spaces of user for 1 turn. If foe's HP ≥ 50% at start of combat, grants +5 each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user and neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks or prevent user's follow-up attacks during combat, and if user initiates combat, user makes follow-up attack before foe's next attack. Grants +5 HP and +4 resistance. |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Unit deals +(total bonuses on unit) damage for 1 turn.
- ↑ Grants additional follow-up attack after unit's standard follow-up attack (if unit cannot follow-up, occurs after follow-up attack would occur) that deals X% of unit's normal attack damage; treated like a follow-up attack, but is not affected by effects preventing unit's follow-up attacks.
| Game | Icon | Level | Might | Weight | Hit | Crit | Range | Uses | Worth | WEXP | Other effects and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warriors: Three Hopes (Initial) |
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40 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 70 | -- | -- | If user does not have a crest, deals damage to them in battle. Grants units with the Crest of Charon access to Foudroyant Strike. |
| Warriors: Three Hopes (Effect Unleashed) |
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150 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 180 | -- | -- | If user does not have a crest, deals damage to them in battle. Grants units with the Crest of Charon access to Foudroyant Strike. Reduces cooldown of combat arts by 50%. |
Locations
Three Houses
Thunderbrand
| Inventory | Catherine   
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| Dropped by | Chapter 18  , enemy Catherine
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Dark Thunderbrand
| Unobtainable | Exclusively wielded by Charon in Chapter 22
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Heroes
| Method | Data |
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| Unit (★★★★★) | Catherine: Thunder Knight |
Warriors: Three Hopes
| Inventory | Catherine
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| Event | Received after clearing Clash at Ailell
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Flavor text
| Game | Text (English) |
Text (Japanese) |
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| Three Houses (Thunderbrand) |
Hero's Relic (Crest of Charon). Crest-bearer can
use Foudroyant.[sic] Strike twice if initiating combat. |
英雄の遺産 カロンの紋章なら戦技
「雷迅」 自分から攻撃時、２回攻撃 |
| Three Houses (Dark Thunderbrand) |
A sword created using ancient technology,
modeled after the Relic Thunderbrand. |
遺産“雷霆”を模した剣
古の技術で作られている |
| Heroes (Unrefined) |
Grants Spd+3. At start of combat, if foe's
HP ≥ 50%, grants Atk/Spd+5 during combat, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks during combat, and also, if unit initiates combat, unit can make a follow-up attack before foe can counterattack. |
速さ＋３
戦闘開始時、敵のＨＰが５０％以上なら、 戦闘中、攻撃、速さ＋５、自分の追撃不可を無効、かつ 自分から攻撃した時、 追撃可能なら自分の攻撃の直後に追撃を行う |
| Heroes (Refined) |
Grants Spd+3.
At start of turn, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk/Spd+6 and【Treachery】to unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit for 1 turn. At start of combat, if foe's HP ≥ 50%, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 to unit and neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks and effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks during combat, and also, if unit initiates combat, unit can make a follow-up attack before foe's next attack. 【Treachery】 Unit deals additional damage = total bonuses on unit for 1 turn. |
速さ＋３
ターン開始時、自身のＨＰが２５％以上なら、 自分と周囲２マス以内の味方の 攻撃、速さ＋６、 【強化ダメージ＋】を付与（１ターン） 戦闘開始時、敵のＨＰが５０％以上の時、 戦闘中、攻撃、速さ、守備、魔防＋５、 敵の絶対追撃を無効、かつ、自分の追撃不可を無効、 かつ、自分から攻撃した時、 追撃可能なら自分の攻撃の直後に追撃を行う 【強化ダメージ＋】 ダメージ＋自分が受けている強化の合計値 （１ターン） |
| Heroes (Refined: +effect) |
If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of
an ally, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 to unit, neutralizes unit's penalties to Atk/Spd, and deals damage = 20% of unit's Spd during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and also, if decreasing the Spd difference necessary to make a follow-up attack by 25 would allow unit to trigger a follow-up attack (excluding guaranteed or prevented follow-ups), triggers【Potent Follow X%】 during combat (if unit cannot perform follow-up and attack twice, X = 80; otherwise, X = 40). 【Potent Follow X%】 Triggers an additional follow-up attack immediately after unit's standard follow-up attack and deals damage = X% of unit's normal attack damage (if unit cannot make a follow-up attack, this effect triggers when the standard follow-up attack would occur; this effect is treated like a follow-up attack, so effects like "reduce damage by X%" still apply, but this effect is not affected by effects that prevent follow-ups or "attacks twice" effects; only highest value applied; does not stack). |
自分から攻撃した時、または、
周囲２マス以内に味方がいる時、 戦闘中、攻撃、速さ、守備、魔防＋５、 攻撃、速さの弱化を無効、 ダメージ＋速さの２０％（範囲奥義を除く）、かつ 追撃の速さ条件を－２５した状態で 追撃の速さ条件を満たしている時 （絶対追撃、追撃不可は含まない）、 戦闘中、【神速追撃：ダメージ○％】を発動 （○は、自分が２回攻撃でない、かつ 追撃ができない時は８０、それ以外は４０） 【神速追撃：ダメージ○％】 自分の通常の追撃の直後、さらに追撃が発動する 神速追撃で与えるダメージは通常の攻撃時の○％ （自分が追撃できない時は、通常の追撃のタイミングで発動） （神速追撃は追撃として扱い、 「ダメージを◯◯％軽減」等の対象となる、ただし、 追撃不可、２回攻撃の効果は受けない） （同系統効果複数時、最大値適用） |
| Warriors: Three Hopes | A Hero's Relic attuned to the Crest of Charon.
Allows the matching Crest-bearer to use Foudroyant Strike when wielding it. |
英雄の遺産（カロンの紋章）
紋章一致で戦技「雷迅」を使用可能 |
Etymology and other languages
| Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
| English |
Thunderbrand |
-- |
| Japanese |
雷霆 |
Thunderstorm |
| Spanish |
Filo del Trueno |
Edge of Thunder |
| French |
Fulgurante |
Lightning |
| German |
Donnerbrand |
Thunderbolt |
| Italian |
Tonitrus |
Thunder |
| Portuguese |
Trovoada |
Thunder |
| Korean |
뇌정 |
Thunderclap |
| Simplified Chinese |
雷霆 |
Thunderclap |
| Traditional Chinese |
雷霆 |
Thunderclap |
Dark Thunderbrand
| Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
| English |
Dark Thunderbrand |
-- |
| Japanese |
雷霆・闇 |
Dark thunderstorm |
| Spanish |
Filo del Trueno oscuro |
Dark edge of Thunder; abbreviated to F. del trueno oscuro |
| French |
Fulgurante du Chaos |
Lightning of Chaos |
| German |
Dunkles Donnerbrand |
Dark Thunderbolt |
| Italian |
Tonitrus oscura |
Dark thunder |
| Korean |
뇌정・암흑 |
Dark thunderclap |
| Simplified Chinese |
雷霆·暗 |
Dark thunderclap |
| Traditional Chinese |
雷霆‧闇 |
Dark thunderclap |
Gallery
Official artwork
Artwork of Thunderbrand from Three Houses.
Concept art of Catherine with Thunderbrand from Three Houses.
Artwork of Thunderbrand from Warriors: Three Hopes.
Screenshots
Dorothea, a Crestless unit, wielding Thunderbrand in Three Houses.
Ingrid, a non-Charon Crest-bearer, wielding Thunderbrand in Three Houses.
Catherine, a Charon Crest-bearer, wielding Thunderbrand in Three Houses.
Heroes artwork
Thunderbrand as it appears in Heroes.
Artwork of Catherine: Thunder Knight with Thunderbrand.
Cipher artwork
Artwork of Catherine with Thunderbrand.
See also
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