History FireEmblemHeroes / TropesSToZ

** The [Feud] status effect has the one affected by it disable all ally's skill during combat, such as the Spur and Rein skills. The only source of this status effect is with Regular Embla's Severance.
** The [Sabotage] status effect as the one affected by it be inflicted penalties to their Atk, Spd, Def and Res during combat equal to the highest field stat debuff between the unit and allies within 2 spaces of that unit. The only source of this status effect is with Young Duo Mark & Lyn's Total War Tome.
** The [Discord] status effect has the one affected by it inflict -2 Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat and an additional -1 Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat for each of their ally within 2 spaces of the unit, up to -5 Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat. The only source of this status effect is with Summer Duo Shamir & Catherine's Partnership Bow.

** The [Null Panic] status effect allows the user to negate the reversing field stat buffs of the [Panic] status during combat. Sources of this status effect includes the Tier 4 Rouse skills Ashera's Order's Restraint and Legendary Azura's Gray Waves II.

** The [Dull]* status effect allows the user to ignore field stat buffs the foe has during combat. Sources of this skill include Valentine Lucina's Gerbera Axe and Velouria's refined Wolfpup Fang.
** The [Grand Strategy] status effect allows the user to effectively reverse any field stat debuffs they have during combat, where for example if the user has -7 Atk and -5 Spd, the user gains +14 Atk and +10 Spd during combat, effectively gaining +7 Atk and +5 Spd during combat, and any field stat debuffs still remains on the unit until the status effect is neutralized. Source of this status effect include Legendary Male Robin's Master's Tactics and Valentine Duo Chrom & Male Robin's Duo Skill.

** The [Foe Penalty Doubler] status effect allows the user to inflict Atk, Spd, Def, and Res during combat equal to the value on those foe's field stat debuff during combat. The only source of this skill is with the Panic Smoke 4 skill.

** Units with hard-to-get skills, like Spurn or Distant Counter. There are several levels of agonizing decisions to make - keep the unit or fodder them off for their valuable skills? If you choose to fodder them, who should get the skill?

** Downplayed by Thoron+, which cannot be obtained under normal circumstances. One can get it for Forma in Hall of Forms, though only if a unit starts with that weapon, never has it replaced with another weapon for the entire run of that event, and that unit is added to one's barracks with a Forma Soul during the recruitment period. The tome is also locked to that specific unit due to the restrictions of Forma Heroes added to one's barracks.

** Brash Assault is the full inverse of Quick Riposte, granting a followup attack regardless of Speed if the target can counter. Problem is, it is only usable at half health or less (if the skill is maxed out) and requires the enemy to counterattack, meaning the attacker is highly likely to be KO'ed before the skill can activate. However, Brash Assault got more viable when it became available as a Sacred Seal, since now units can combine its effect with Desperation, meaning Brash Assault users can attack twice before the opponent can counterattack.

** Most of the time unequipping a weapon from a unit means that unit cannot counterattack enemies at all and will actually hurt the score of those units in some competitive modes. However, it is a viable strategy for refresher units to do so on defense teams, especially on Aether Raids. If the refresher is under the computer's control and can deal 5 or more damage to a foe within range, she will prioritize attacking over refreshing an ally, even if said ally can do much more damage than the refresher. It is also a viable strategy in Summoner Duels, since the refresher unit ''shouldn't'' see combat, as well as the dent in scoring actually working out in the player's favor as it allows him/her to fight against teams with lower scoring, and therefore likely match up against a weaker team where the other four heroes can outmatch the opponent's five.

* SituationalSword: Some skills and Sacred Seals are effective against certain enemies and skill sets, but not so much against others. For example, the Deflect Seals reduce the damage of any consecutive attack they receive by up to 80%, which makes it useful against weapons with brave effects and enemies with Desperation. It can also work if the user cannot counterattack and the enemy is faster, but if the user can counterattack, the damage reduction does not activate because the second enemy attack is not a consecutive one, and therefore receive full damage from that attack.

** You can use your friends' shared units for your Brigades, which can be used in Rival Domains, Grand Conquests, and Pawns of Loki, so having more friends gives you a larger stable of powerful units to form brigades with.

** Units with the [Isolation] status cannot perform or be the target of assist skills, such as Reposition, Rally, Dance, or even any healing assist skills from staff users. Due to being unable to use Restore+ or Harsh Command+ to remove, this status is hard to dispel outside of having an ally Odd/Even Recovery, using Valentine Duo Alm & Celica's Duo Skill, or Regular Sara's Kia Staff. This status is inflicted by Bridal Fjorm's Gjallarbrú, Mila's unique C skill Mila's Turnwheel, and Summer Duo Hilda & Marianne's Duo Skill. Legendary and Valentine's Chrom's unique Assist, To Change Fate!, as well as Brave Chrom's A Fate Changed! also inflicts Isolation, but on himself and his Pair Up ally after using it, just to prevent him from abusing his Assist too much.

* StoneWall: The Fortress skills grant a flat boost to Def or Res at the cost of Atk. Fortress Def 3 gives +5 Def but -3 Atk, Fortress Res 3 gives +5 Res but -3 Atk, and Fort Def/Res 3 gives +6 Def/Res but -2 Atk. These can stack with the Seals, so a unit could go all in on Def or Res with double Fortress Def or Res, granting +10 Def or Res at the cost of -6 Atk, or if the unit has Fort Def/Res 3, equipping the Fort Def/Res 2 Seal will grant +10 Def ''and'' Res but at the cost of -5 Atk.

** Some heroes who are considered either on par or subpar to other heroes can be built to counter specific heroes usually common on enemy defense teams in Arena and Arena Assault thanks to either their default weapons and/or statspread, and especially so when they inherit the -breaker skills. For example, Leon equipped with Bowbreaker and Bonfire to go along his refined +Def Slaying Bow+ or refined Bow of Beauty can hard counter other Colorless Bows common in the Metagame, such as Brave Lyn and Claude.

** Using Forma Souls. While one was given as a quest reward for the 4th Anniversary and another in Summoner Duels, more are [[BribingYourWayToVictory behind a paywall]] and one can be gained by exchanging 3 Celestial Stones around every several months since update 5.4.0 in April 2021, they let a player be able to let a Forma that players used in the Hall of Forms to join your barracks, but only one Forma each for every Forma Soul. Not only that, but it's a LuckBasedMission to get those units desirable skills such as Distant/Close Counter and the Tier 4 Skills, while still having their entire base skill kit at their disposal when you add them to your barracks, and they're available for a limited time after the event has finished. Do you get one rare unit that has no assets and flaws, cannot be turned into a combat manual, and cannot be used as a source for Skill Inheritance, but can be used as a base for merges of other copies of the hero and get skills from other heroes, or do you wait for a future Hall of Forms with more desirable heroes and get more Forma Souls in the future so you can get more than one Forma added to your barracks from one event?
** Using 100 Trait Fruits to change the traits of a hero in your barracks, outside on free, gifted, and Forma units who start with the Normalized Trait. With the Trait Fruits players usually gain every week are in the single digit [[BribingYourWayToVictory without the Loyalty Perks of Feh Pass giving more Dragonfruits per subscription refresh every month]], with only players in the top tiers of multiple gamemodes reaching the double digits each week, and a few events giving more, do you use those Trait Fruits to give one of your units a more desirable Asset now, do you wait to see if you can summon copies that have that desired Asset first, or wait until one of your favorite heroes will be released and use it on them?

** Kinshi Hinoka's Warrior Princess, Summer Lyn's Deep-Blue Bow, Legendary Chrom's Randgríðr, Pirate Duo Hinoka & Camilla's Mermaid Bow, and Valentine Duo Chrom & Male Robin's Destiny's Bow are effective against Armor and Flying units.

** The Kitty Paddle(+) and Guinivere's Auerola are effective against Tomes.

** Legendary Female Shez's Swift Slice allows the user to deal effective damage to ''all'' weapon types if the user initiates combat and has a certain amount of Spd over the foe during combat depending on the foe's weapon and movement type combination[[note]]20 or more Spd against Infantry non-Dragon or Beast foes, or 5 or more Spd against Cavalry, Armoed, Flying, and Dragon or Beast Infantry foes[[/note]].

* WindIsGreen: The wind-based tomes are Green Tomes, and their magic is depicted with green effects. The same can be said for the wind insignia for Legendary Wind Heroes and the Wind Blessings.

** Units with the [Deep Wounds] status cannot recover HP during their next actions. This status is currently inflicted by the Múspell's Flamelick Breath, Serpentine Staff(+)/Uncurable(+) and the Fatal Smoke skill.

** Downplayed with skills such as Múspell's Flamelick Breath, the Fatal Smoke skill, and Serpentine Staff+, which inflict the [Deep Wounds] status effect on a target and other foes within two spaces of the target, preventing them from being able to recover HP through their next actions. There are skills and weapons that reduces the effectiveness of this, however, where for example Brave Claude's refined Wind Parthia reducing their effects by 60% and Forsyth's Sol Lance and Special Fighter 4 reducing their effects by 50%.

** Like ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', the Weapon Triangle consists of one set of weapons being effective against another set of weapons, granting +20% Atk on the advantage and inflicting -20% Atk on disadvantage. Red weapons[[note]][[CoolSword Swords]], Fire/Dark Magic, Red Bows, Red Daggers, and Red Breath[[/note]] beat green weapons, green weapons[[note]]Axes, [[WindIsGreen Wind Magic]], Green Bows, Green Daggers, and Green Breath[[/note]] beat blue weapons, and blue weapons[[note]][[BladeOnAStick Lances]], [[YellowLightningBlueLightning Thunder]]/Light Magic, Blue Bows, Blue Daggers, and Blue Breath[[/note]] beat red weapons, and the color scheme makes it similar to the [[ElementalRockPaperScissors Fire, Water, Grass triangle]] from the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' series. Colorless weapons[[note]]Colorless Bows, Staves, Earth Magic, Colorless [[DeviousDaggers Daggers]], and Colorless Breath[[/note]] are excluded from the weapon triangle, although weapons like the -raven tomes, Lyon's various tomes[[note]]his regular variant's Naglfar, his Fallen variant's Blood Tome, and his younger self's Tome of Grado (but only if his foe also uses a bow, dagger, tome, or staff)[[/note]], Henry's Corvus Tome, Bridal Sophia's Dragon Bouquet[[note]]provided she is at at least 25% HP[[/note]] and Nagi's Ethereal Breath give their users an advantage against colorless weapons.

** Units with the [Isolation] status cannot perform or be the target of assist skills, such as Reposition, Rally, Dance, or even any healing assist skills from staff users. Due to being unable to use Restore+ or Harsh Command+ to remove, this status is hard to dispel outside of having an ally Odd/Even Recovery, using Valentine Duo Alm & Celica's Duo Skill, or Sara's Kia Staff. This status is inflicted by Bridal Fjorm's Gjallarbrú, Mila's unique C skill Mila's Turnwheel, and Summer Duo Hilda & Marianne's Duo Skill. Legendary and Valentine's Chrom's unique Assist, To Change Fate!, as well as Brave Chrom's A Fate Changed! also inflicts Isolation, but on himself and his Pair Up ally after using it, just to prevent him from abusing his Assist too much.
** Units with the [Deep Wounds] status cannot recover HP during their next actions. This status is currently inflicted by the Múspell's Flamelick Breath, the Serpentine Staff(+) and the Fatal Smoke skill.

** The [Feud] status effect has the one affected by it disable all ally's skill during combat, such as the Spur and Rein skills. The only source of this status effect is with Embla's Severance.

** The [Canto(1)] status effect allows units to move 1 space after attacking either a foe or structure or using an assist skill once per turn. Sources of this status effect include Legendary Eliwood's Vision of Arcadia II and Flame Harmonized Tana & Peony's Kindling Taiko.

** The [Dual Strike] status effect allows the user to attack twice if the user is adjacent to an ally that also has the same status effect. The only source of this skill is with Winter Harmonized Cordelia & Fates Selena's Inseverable Spear.

** The [Charge] status effect allows units to move 3 spaces in any cardinal directions, but is treated as a warp movement when moving spaces beyond the user's initial movement and as such is affected by Warp-reliant effects, such as [Warp Bubble] and Brave Gatekeeper's Detailed Report. Sources of this status effect includes Female Alear's Líberation, Legendary Hinoka's Rallying Cry and the Assault Troops skill.

** The [Charge] status effect allows units to move 3 spaces in any cardinal directions, but is treated as a warp movement when moving spaces beyond the user's initial movement and as such is affected by Warp-reliant effects, such as [Warp Bubble] and Brave Gatekeeper's Detailed Report. The only source of this status effect is the Assault Troops skill.

** The [Charge] status effect allows units to move 3 spaces in any cardinal directions, but is treated as a warp movement when moving 2~3 spaces and as such is affected by Warp-reliant effects, such as [Warp Bubble] and Brave Gatekeeper's Detailed Report. The only source of this status effect is the Assault Troops skill.

** The [Neutralizes Penalties]* status effect allows the user to ignore field stat debuffs on the user during combat. The only source of this status effect is with Regular Peony's Gentle Dream+.

* VoiceForTheVoiceless: Mark from ''The Blazing Blade'' is not voiced with their release in ''Heroes'', but their Young variant is accompanied by Young Lyn as a Duo unit, and so all their voiceline are from Lyn herself.

** Ash managed to win April 2021's "Divine Hair Duels" Voting Gauntlet, while at a noticeable disadvantage against Askr and at a ''huge'' disadvantage against Female Alear. While she was not at a disadvantage against New Year's Yarne in Round 2, the fact that she won against the brand new Lord from the latest Fire Emblem game in both of their first Voting Gauntlets was a surprise to behold.

* UnderdogsNeverLose:
** Shanna took home a win in November 2017's "Short-Haired Ladies vs. Long-Haired Gents" Voting Gauntlet while outmatched in all three rounds, eliminating Hinoka, Amelia, and Takumi in that order.
** Played entirely straight in the 2018 "Heroes and Legends" Voting Gauntlet, with the minority party winning each time, until the majority-supported Gunnthrá defeated Alfonse in the final round.
** Wrys took home the win for March-April 2021's "Healer Royale!" Voting Gauntlet while outmatched against Flayn and Silque for the first two rounds, and with Rhys initially edging over him in the final round, eliminating all three to win the Gauntlet.
** Summer Caspar took home the the win for August 2021's "Water Fight" Voting Gauntlet while heavily outmatched by Summer Mercedes, Summer Ashe, and Summer Freyja and eliminating all three to win the Gauntlet, with the last one being a photo finish with Caspar winning by 56 million points ahead of Freyja with over ''45 billion'' on each side at the end, where the last hour of that round was with them entering with around 39 billion for Caspar and 41 billion for Freyja.

** Valter took home the win for early-July 2022's "Dragoon Duels" Voting Gauntlet after being outmatched by Cormag, Jill and Altina, with just finishing 180 million points over Altina at the end, where the previous hourly score displayed was just over 36 billion for Valter and nearly 38 billion for Altina.
** Summer Dimitri took home the win in July-August 2022's "Sea-Spray Skirmish" Voting Gauntlet after being outmatched by Summer Claude, Summer Micaiah, and Summer Duo Thórr & Loki, where Dimitri just snagged the last hourly multiplier and ending with over 47 billion points compared to Thórr & Loki's 43 billion.

* SuddenlyVoiced: Every character has voiced lines, which means a lot of characters from games before ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'' will have voice actors for the first time.

* UnusualChapterNumbers: Book VII, which focuses on time travel, starts with Chapter 13, with Chapter 5 following it.

* VoiceForTheVoiceless: Mark from ''The Blazing Blade'' is not voiced with his release in ''Heroes'', but his Young is accompanied by Young Lyn, and so all their voiceline are from Lyn herself.

* WoundThatWillNotHeal: Downplayed with skills such as Múspell's Flamelick Breath, the Fatal Smoke skill, and Serpentine Staff+, which inflict the [Deep Wounds] status effect on a target and other foes within two spaces of the target, preventing them from being able to recover HP through their next actions. There are skills and weapons that reduces the effectiveness of this, however, where for example Brave Claude's refined Wind Parthia reducing their effects by 60% and Forsyth's Sol Lance and Special Fighter 4 reducing their effects by 50%.

** The [Undefended] status effect has the one affected by it unable to be the target of [Savior]. The only source of this skill is with Embla's Severance
** The [Feud] status effect has the one affected by it disable all ally's skill during combat, such as the Spur and Rein skills. The only source of this skill is with Embla's Severance.

* SplashDamage: Savage Blow inflicts 3, 5, or 7 damage (depending on the tier) on all enemy units within 2 spaces of the user's primary target, if the user initiated combat. Jaffar with a refine on his Deathly Dagger, as well as units with Pain+, deal 10 post-combat damage to their opponent and other enemies within two spaces of their opponent, if they landed an attack. Rhajat with the unique refine for her Obsessive Curse only deals 7 damage to her opponent and other enemies within two spaces of her opponent if she attacked, but those enemies are also afflicted with a status effect that prevents them from counterattacking.

* StatusEffects: ''Heroes'' has a handful of status effects that are inflicted by certain weapons, items, and structures. They're usually classified as [Penalty], which can affect certain weapons and skills.

** The [Counter Disrupt] status prevents the unit afflicted from counterattacking. This status is inflicted by Candlelight(+), Flash(+), Gharnef's Imhullu, Kempf's Venin Edge, Solon's Banshee Θ, Young L'Arachel's Staff of Rausten, Regular Nifl's Frostbite Breath, the unique refine for Rhajat's Obsessive Curse and Walhart's Wolf Berg and the Fear Charm in Arena Assault.

* StatusBuff: There are various positive status buffs and bonuses that units can get in ''Heroes'', and are usually classified as [Bonus], which can affect certain weapons and skills.

** The [Orders] status effect allows the user to warp to an adjacent space of an ally within 2 spaces of them. Such sources include Ground Orders, Air Orders, Regular and New Year Duo Peony's Gentle Dream, New Year Duo Peony & Triandra's Duo Skill, Brave Edelgard's Flower Hauteclere, Harmonized Bridal Catria & Thea's Wedding Bell-Axe, and the unique refine for Spring Veronica's Veðrfölnir's Egg.

** [Follow-Up Denial] prevents the foe from performing any follow-up attacks against the user for one turn. Sources of this status effect include Atk Smoke 4, August's Diplomacy Staff, and Harmonized Spring Myrrh & Nah's Harmonized skill.
** [Iote's Shield] nullifies the user's flying weakness for one turn. Sources of this status includes Harmonized Spring Myrrh & Nah's Harmonized Skill, as well as Giliam's Frelian Lance, which provides it to nearby flier allies.

** The [Follow-Up] status effect allows the user to perform a guaranteed follow up attack when initiating combat. Sources of this status effect include Legendary Lucina's refined Thögn and Harmonized Bridal Catria & Thea and Harmonized Scion Leif & Seliph's Harmonized Skills.

** The [Dull] status effect allows the user to ignore field stat buffs the foe has during combat. Sources of this skill include Valentine Lucina's Gerbera Axe and Velouria's refined Wolfpup Fang.

** The [Special Accel] status effect has the user have +1 special buildup per attack during combat. Sources of this status effect include the Dauntless Captain Skill, Fallen Ninian's Call to Flame and Legendary Xander's Ebon Bölverk.

** The [Acrobat] status effect allows units to pass through terrain that normally slows down the user's movement such as Forest tiles for Infantry and Trench tiles for Cavalry, but does not affect tiles that are the user cannot traverse through. Sources of this status effect includes Khadein Nino's Child's Compass and Khadein Male Byleth's Guide's Hourglass.
** The [AOE Damage Reduction] status effect allows the user to reduce damage taken from foe's non-Røkkr AOE specials by 80%. The only source of this status effect is with Gotoh's Brilliant Starlight.
** The [Neutralizes Penalties] status effect allows the user to ignore field stat debuffs on the user during combat. The only source of this status effect is with Regular Peony's Gentle Dream+.

*** [[TheMarvelousDeer -deer]]: Summons a deer that leaps into the area before ramming and goring the enemy with its horns. Grants +5 Atk to the user during combat and inflicts -5 Atk during combat and -1 special buildup per attack on the foe if the foe either initiates combat or is at 75% HP or above at the start of combat.

** Swap allows the user to switch positions with a friendly target 1 space away from the user. Legendary and Valentine's Lucina both have Future Vision, while Legendary Lucina also has Future Vision II. Both of these assists allow their users to switch positions with an ally 1 space away, like Swap, but also let the user take another action, with Future Vision II additionally inflicting -7 Atk/Def on the nearest foes within 4 spaces of the user and target ally after movement. Yuri's Foul Play allows him to switch places with a target ally 3 spaces away from him instead of 1 from Swap.

* WeAreAsMayflies: Discussed by the winter variants of Cecilia, Eirika, and Ephraim during the Tempest Trial "Life Is But Fleeting". They comment on how they will not have enough time to do everything they wanted, while manaketes like Fae will live for centuries. The Renais twins even worry that Fae will miss them once they're gone.

* WoundThatWillNotHeal: Downplayed with skills such as Múspell's Flamelick Breath, the Fatal Smoke skill, and Serpentine Staff+, which inflict the [Deep Wounds] status effect on a target and other foes within two spaces of the target, preventing them from being able to recover HP through their next actions.

** Players do not have access to the Sacred Seals Embla's Ward, Múspellflame, or Niðavellir Axiom; such Seals would completely trivialize nearly all of the game's content otherwise, especially the maps and quests in which [[NoCasualtiesRun no units are allowed to fall in battle]]. Players also do not have access to the Gullinbursti Sacred Seals wielded by the Steam units.

** Harmonized Spring Myrrh & Nah are also currently the only source and recipient of the [Iote's Shield] status, which for one turn, nullifies the user's flying weakness.

** Zig-Zagged with siblings--some are drawn by the same artist (especially if they are twins), others have different artists, especially those with 2 or more siblings. For example, both Michalis and Regular Minerva are drawn by Daisuke Izuka, but their younger sister Regular Maria is drawn by kaya8.

* The [Neutralizes Penalties] status effect allows the user to ignore field stat debuffs on the user during combat. The only source of this status effect is with Regular Peony's Gentle Dream+.

** All Legendary Heroes (except Eitri) are absent from the story, but (with the exceptions of Fjorm, Gunnthrá, Ike, and Ephraim) can be fought in Legendary Hero Battles that recur every few months. Of these, the only Legendary Hero that can't be fought at all outside of PVP content and Heroic Ordeals is Ephraim, though his other variants are still fought in Story Mode. Likewise, Mythic Heroes (with the exceptions of Eir, Thrasir, Líf, Hel, Plumeria, Triandra, Freyja, Reginn, Ótr, Dagr, and Nótt) are absent from the story and can be fought in a Mythic Hero Battle under similar circumstances (with the exceptions of Peony, Mirabilis, Nótt, and Ash).

** The [Grand Strategy] status effect allows the user to effectively reverse any field stat debuffs they have during combat, where for example if the user has -7 Atk and -5 Spd, the user gains +14 Atk and +10 Spd during combat, effectively gaining +7 Atk and +5 Spd during combat, and any field stat debuffs still remains on the unit until the status effect is neutralized. The only source of this status effect is with Valentine Duo Chrom & Male Robin's Duo Skill.