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Shadow Breath: Best Fodder, Best Units to Inherit

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Here you can see how to get Shadow Breath, a weapon skill in Fire Emblem Heroes (FEH). Check out Shadow Breath, Shadow Breath's effects, units with Shadow Breath, as well as Inherit Skill Information!

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Shadow Breath Effect and Basic Information

Basic Information

Skill
Shadow Breath
Type
Weapon Skill IconWeapon Skill
Mt 16 Range 1
Effect Grants Atk+3. At start of turn, grants Atk/Res+6 and 【En Garde】 to unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit for 1 turn. If foe initiates combat or if foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, inflicts Atk/Res-6 on foe during combat and foe cannot make a follow-up attack. If foe's Range = 2, calculates damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res.
【En Garde】
Neutralizes damage outside of combat (from skills like Poison Strike, structures like Bolt Tower, etc.) except damage dealt by area-of-effect Specials.
Required SP 400
Sacred Seal None

Skill Family

Shadow Breath Fire Emblem Heroes FEHShadow Breath

Shadow Breath Weapon Refinery Information

Special Effect Upgrade Stats and Effect

Might 16 Range 1
HP 3
Atk - Spd -
Def - Res -
Effect Grants Atk+3.
At start of player phase or enemy phase, grants Atk/Res+6, 【En Garde】, 【Fringe Bonus】, and 【Bulwark】 to unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit for 1 turn.
If foe initiates combat or foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, inflicts Atk/Def/Res-6 to foe, foe cannot make a follow-up attack, neutralizes foe's bonuses, and unit deals +X × 5 damage during combat (excluding area-of-effect; Specials; X = number of Bonus effects active on unit, excluding stat bonuses + number of Penalty effects active on foe, excluding stat penalties; max 5). If foe's Range = 2, calculates damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res.
If foe initiates combat or foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, inflicts Atk/Def/Res-X on foe (X = 10% of unit's Res at start of combat, + 5), reduces damage from foe's attacks by 20% of unit's Res (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and reduces damage from foe's Specials by an additional 20% of unit's Res during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and also, if foe's attack can trigger foe's Special and unit's Res ≥ foe's Res+5, inflicts Special cooldown count+1 on foe before foe's first attack during combat (cannot exceed the foe's maximum Special cooldown).

Required Materials for this Upgrade

Arena Medals 500 Refining Stones -
Divine Dew 200 SP 400

Mt Upgrade Stats and Effect

Might 18 Range 1
HP 5
Atk - Spd -
Def - Res -
Effect Grants Atk+3.
At start of player phase or enemy phase, grants Atk/Res+6, 【En Garde】, 【Fringe Bonus】, and 【Bulwark】 to unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit for 1 turn.
If foe initiates combat or foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, inflicts Atk/Def/Res-6 to foe, foe cannot make a follow-up attack, neutralizes foe's bonuses, and unit deals +X × 5 damage during combat (excluding area-of-effect; Specials; X = number of Bonus effects active on unit, excluding stat bonuses + number of Penalty effects active on foe, excluding stat penalties; max 5). If foe's Range = 2, calculates damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res.

Required Materials for this Upgrade

Arena Medals 500 Refining Stones -
Divine Dew 200 SP 400

Spd Upgrade Stats and Effect

Might 16 Range 1
HP 5
Atk - Spd 3
Def - Res -
Effect Grants Atk+3.
At start of player phase or enemy phase, grants Atk/Res+6, 【En Garde】, 【Fringe Bonus】, and 【Bulwark】 to unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit for 1 turn.
If foe initiates combat or foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, inflicts Atk/Def/Res-6 to foe, foe cannot make a follow-up attack, neutralizes foe's bonuses, and unit deals +X × 5 damage during combat (excluding area-of-effect; Specials; X = number of Bonus effects active on unit, excluding stat bonuses + number of Penalty effects active on foe, excluding stat penalties; max 5). If foe's Range = 2, calculates damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res.

Required Materials for this Upgrade

Arena Medals 500 Refining Stones -
Divine Dew 200 SP 400

Def Upgrade Stats and Effect

Might 16 Range 1
HP 5
Atk - Spd -
Def 3 Res -
Effect Grants Atk+3.
At start of player phase or enemy phase, grants Atk/Res+6, 【En Garde】, 【Fringe Bonus】, and 【Bulwark】 to unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit for 1 turn.
If foe initiates combat or foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, inflicts Atk/Def/Res-6 to foe, foe cannot make a follow-up attack, neutralizes foe's bonuses, and unit deals +X × 5 damage during combat (excluding area-of-effect; Specials; X = number of Bonus effects active on unit, excluding stat bonuses + number of Penalty effects active on foe, excluding stat penalties; max 5). If foe's Range = 2, calculates damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res.

Required Materials for this Upgrade

Arena Medals 500 Refining Stones -
Divine Dew 200 SP 400

Res Upgrade Stats and Effect

Might 16 Range 1
HP 5
Atk - Spd -
Def - Res 4
Effect Grants Atk+3.
At start of player phase or enemy phase, grants Atk/Res+6, 【En Garde】, 【Fringe Bonus】, and 【Bulwark】 to unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit for 1 turn.
If foe initiates combat or foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, inflicts Atk/Def/Res-6 to foe, foe cannot make a follow-up attack, neutralizes foe's bonuses, and unit deals +X × 5 damage during combat (excluding area-of-effect; Specials; X = number of Bonus effects active on unit, excluding stat bonuses + number of Penalty effects active on foe, excluding stat penalties; max 5). If foe's Range = 2, calculates damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res.

Required Materials for this Upgrade

Arena Medals 500 Refining Stones -
Divine Dew 200 SP 400

Shadow Breath Rating

Rating 9.0/10.0 Ranking Unranked

Inherit Skill Restrictions for Shadow Breath

Units able to Inherit Shadow Breath

Inheritable? Move Type that can Inherit this Skill
No -
Weapon Type that can Inherit this Skill
-

Units who have Shadow Breath as Fodder

Hero Name Learns At
FEH icon Mythic Medeus 5★

Which Units Should Inherit?

This skill cannot be Inherited!

Shadow Breath is an Exclusive Skill, so it cannot be learned through Inherit Skill.

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