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List of Abilities and Effects

Personal Abilities

Ability Name	Effect
Professor's Guidance	Multiplies this unit's adjacent allies' experience earned by 1.2. Equipped by: Byleth
Professor's Guidance+	Unit deals 2 extra damage during combat. Multiplies this unit's adjacent allies' experience earned by 1.2. Equipped by: Byleth
Imperial Lineage	Multiplies experience earned by 1.2 Equipped by: Edelgard
Imperial Lineage+	If unit takes no action except Wait, grants Res +4 for 1 turn. Multiplies experience earned by 1.2. Equipped by: Edelgard
Royal Lineage	Multiplies experience earned by 1.2. Equipped by: Dimitri
Royal Lineage+	Grants Avo +20 while unit is at full HP. Multiplies experience earned by 1.2. Equipped by: Dimitri
Leicester Lineage	Multiplies experience earned by 1.2. Equipped by: Claude
Leicester Lineage+	Allows unit to pass through spaces occupied by foes. Multiplies experience earned by 1.2. Equipped by: Claude
Officer Duty	Grants Mt +5 with gambits. Equipped by: Hubert
Songstress	Adjacent allies recover up to 10% of max HP at the start of each turn. Equipped by: Dorothea
Confidence	Grants Hit/Avo +15 when unit is at full HP. Equipped by: Ferdinand
Persecution Complex	Grants Atk +5 when unit is not at full HP. Equipped by: Bernadetta
Born Fighter	Adjacent foes suffer Avo -10 during combat. Equipped by: Caspar
Catnap	If unit takes no action except Wait, recovers up to 10% of max HP. Equipped by: Linhardt
Hunter's Boon	Grants Crit +20 when foe's HP is ≤ 50%. Equipped by: Petra
Live to Serve	When healing an ally with white magic, unit recovers the same amount of HP. Equipped by: Mercedes
Staunch Shield	If unit takes no action except Wait, grants Def +4 for 1 turn. Equipped by: Dedue
Lone Wolf	Unit deals 5 extra damage when no battalion is assigned or when battalion endurance is 0. Equipped by: Felix
Lockpick	Unit can open doors and chests without needing a key. Equipped by: Ashe
Perserverance	Use Rally to grant Str +4 to an adjacent ally for one turn. Equipped by: Annette
Philanderer	If a female ally is adjacent, unit deals 2 extra damage and takes 2 less damage during combat. Equipped by: Sylvain
Lady Knight	Grants Mt +3 and Hit +5 with gambits. Equipped by: Ingrid
Distinguished House	Unit deals 2 extra damage while in formation with a battalion. Equipped by: Lorenz
Advocate	Adjacent male allies deal 3 extra damage during combat. Equipped by: Hilda
Goody Basket	Chance to recover up to 10% of max HP at the start of each turn. Trigger % = Lck stat. Equipped by: Raphael
Mastermind	Doubles skill experience earned in battle. Equipped by: Lysithea
Watchful Eye	Grants Hit +20. Equipped by: Ignatz
Animal Friend	Unit recovers up to 20% of max HP at the start of each turn when adjacent to a cavalry or flying ally. Equipped by: Marianne
Rivalry	If a male ally is adjacent, unit deals 2 extra damage and takes 2 less damage during combat. Equipped by: Leonie
Infirmary Master	Adjacent allies gain Crit Avo +10 during combat. Equipped by: Manuela
Crest Scholar	Use Rally to grant Mag +4 to an adjacent ally for one turn. Equipped by: Hanneman
Fighting Spirit	Unit takes 5 less damage when no battalion is assigned or when battalion endurance is 0. Equipped by: Catherine
Compassion	Use Rally to grant Lck +8 to an adjacent ally for one turn. Equipped by: Alois
Guardian	Adjacent female allies deal 3 extra damage during combat. Equipped by: Seteth
Lily's Poise	Adjacent allies take 3 less damage during combat. Equipped by: Flayn
Veteran Knight	Unit takes 2 less damage while in formation with a battalion. Equipped by: Gilbert
Survival Instinct	If unit initiates combat and defeats foe, grants Str/Mag/Dex/Spd +4 for one turn. Equipped by: Shamir
Aptitude	Makes each stat 20% more likely to increase on level up. Equipped by: Cyril
Murderous Intent	If unit initiates combat, grants Hit +20 during combat. Equipped by: Jeritza
Business Prosperity	Increases Lck by 5. Equipped by: Anna
Honorable Spirit	If unit is not near an ally, grants Atk +3 when in combat with a foe one space away. Equipped by: Yuri
Circadian Beat	Grants Str/Mag +3 when indoors and Def/Res +3 when outdoors. Equipped by: Constance
King of Grappling	Grants Str/Def +6 when HP is ≤ 50%. Equipped by: Balthus
Monstrous Appeal	Makes all attacks effective against monsters and makes it easier for monsters to target unit. Equipped by: Hapi

These are abilities that come with ceratin units by default. These abilities cannot be removed, and stay with the character all throughout the game.

Personal Abilities

Class Abilities

Ability Classes	Effect
Avo +10 • Pegasus Knight	Increases Avo by 10.
Axe Crit +10 • Warrior	Grants +10 Crit when using an axe.
Axefaire • War Master • Great Knight • Wyvern Lord • Warrior • Wyvern Rider • Fortress Knight	Grants +5 Atk when using an axe.
Black Magic Range +1 • Valkyrie	Increases black magic range by 1.
Black Magic Uses x2 • Warlock	Doubles the number of uses for black magic.
Black Tomefaire • Dark Knight • Mortal Savant • Warlock	Grants +5 Atk when using black magic.
Bowfaire • Bow Knight • Sniper	Grants +5 Atk when using a bow.
Bowrange +1 • Sniper • Archer	Increases bow range by 1.
Bowrange +2 • Bow Knight	Increases bow range by 2.
Canto • Holy Knight • Dark Knight • Bow Knight • Great Knight • Wyvern Lord • Wyvern Rider • Paladin • Pegasus Knight • Cavalier	Allows unit to move again after completing certain actions, if there is movement remaining
Charm • Great Lord • High Lord • Lord	Adjacent allies deal 3 extra damage during combat.
Crit +20 • War Master	Increases Crit by 20.
Dark Magic Range +1 • Valkyrie	Increases dark magic range by 1.
Dark Magic Uses x2 • Gremory	Doubles the number of uses for dark magic.
Dark Tomefaire • Dark Knight	Grants +5 Atk when using dark magic.
Fiendish Blow • Dark Bishop	If unit initiates combat, grants Mag +6 during combat.
Fire • Mage	Allows unit to cast Fire. If Fire is already available, then unit can cast it twice as often.
Fistfaire • War Master	Grants +5 Atk when brawling.
Heal • Priest	Allows unit to cast Heal. If Heal is already available, then unit can cast it twice as often.
Heartseeker • Dark Bishop • Dark Mage	Adjacent foes suffer Avo -20 during combat.
Lancefaire • Great Knight • Paladin • Great Lord • High Lord	Grants +5 Atk when using a lance.
Locktouch • Assassin • Thief	Allows unit to open doors and chests without keys.
Lucky Seven • Trickster	Each turn, grants +5 to one of the following stats: Str, Mag, Spd, Def, Res, Hit, or Avo.
Miasma Δ • Dark Bishop • Dark Mage	Allows unit to cast Miasma Δ. If Miasma Δ is already available, then unit can cast it twice as often.
Steal • Thief	Allows a unit to steal a non-weapon item from a foe with a lower Spd stat.
Stealth • Assassin	Makes it more difficult for foes to target unit.
Sword Crit +10 • Swordmaster	Grants +10 Crit when using a sword.
Swordfaire • Enlightened One • Mortal Savant • Assassin • Swordmaster • Hero	Grants +5 Atk when using a sword.
Terrain Resistance • Enlightened One • Holy Knight • Bishop • Paladin	Nullifies damage from terrain.
Transmute • Dark Flier	If unit is hit with a magic attack during enemy phase, grants +3 to all stats until next player phase ends.
Unarmed Combat • Grappler • Brawler • War Monk • War Cleric	Fight without a weapon.
Vantage • Hero	When foe initiates combat, unit still attacks first if HP is ≤ 50%.
Weight -5 • Fortress Knight	Reduces total equipment weight by 5.
White Magic Heal +10 • Bishop	Heal 10 extra HP when using white magic.
White Magic Heal +5 • Priest	Heal 5 extra HP when using white magic.
White Magic Uses x2 • Bishop	Doubles the number of uses for white magic.
White Tomefaire • Holy Knight	Grants +5 Atk when using white magic.

These are abilities that are automatically equipped when a unit is a certain class. A unit loses them when they change classes.

Class Abilities

Skill Abilities

These are abilities that can be learned by upgrading a certain skill to the necessary skill level that the ability needs in order to be learned.

Skill Mastery Abilities

Sword Abilities

Ability	Effect
Swordfaire	Grants +5 Atk when using a sword.
Sword Crit +10	Grants +10 Crit when using a sword.
Sword Prowess Lv 1	Grants Hit +5, Avo +7, and Crit Avo +5 when using a sword.
Sword Prowess Lv 2	Grants Hit +6, Avo +10, and Crit Avo +6 when using a sword.
Sword Prowess Lv 3	Grants Hit + 7, Avo +13, and Crit Avo +7 when using a sword.
Axebreaker	Grants Hit/Avo +20 when using a sword against axe users.
Sword Prowess Lv 4	Grants Hit +8, Avo +16, and Crit Avo +8 when using a sword.
Sword Prowess Lv 5	Grants Hit +10, Avo +20, and Crit Avo +10 when equipped with a sword.

Lance Abilities

Ability	Effect
Lancefaire	Grants +5 Atk when using a lance.
Lance Prowess Lv 1	Grants Hit +6, Avo +6, and Crit Avo +5 when using a lance.
Lance Prowess Lv 2	Grants Hit +8, Avo +8, and Crit Avo +6 when using a lance.
Lance Prowess Lv 3	Grants Hit +10, Avo +10, and Crit Avo +7 when using a lance.
Swordbreaker	Grants Hit/Avo +20 when using a lance against sword users.
Lance Prowess Lv 4	Grants Hit +12, Avo +12, and Crit Avo +8 when using a lance.
Lance Prowess Lv 5	Grants Hit +15, Avo +15, and Crit Avo +10 when using a lance.
Lance Crit +10	Grants Crit +10 when using a lance.

Axe Abilities

Ability	Effect
Axefaire	Grants +5 Atk when using an axe.
Axe Crit +10	Grants +10 Crit when using an axe.
Axe Prowess Lv 1	Grants Hit +7, Avo +5, and Crit Avo +5 when using an axe.
Axe Prowess Lv 2	Grants Hit +10, Avo +6, and Crit Avo +6 when using an axe.
Axe Prowess Lv 3	Grants Hit +13, Avo +7, and Crit Avo +7 when using an axe.
Lancebreaker	Grants Hit/Avo +20 when using an axe against lance users.
Axe Prowess Lv 4	Grants Hit +16, Avo +8 and Crit Avo +8 when using an axe.
Axe Prowess Lv 5	Grants Hit +20, Avo +10, and Crit Avo +10 when using an axe.

Bow Abilities

Ability	Effect
Bowfaire	Grants +5 Atk when using a bow.
Bow Prowess Lv 1	Grants Hit +6, Avo +6, and Crit Avo +5 when using a bow.
Bow Prowess Lv 2	Grants Hit +8, Avo +8, and Crit Avo +6 when using a bow.
Close Counter	Allows unit to counterattack adjacent foes.
Bow Prowess Lv 3	Grants Hit +10, Avo +10, and Crit Avo +7 when using a bow.
Bow Prowess Lv 4	Grants Hit +12, Avo +12, and Crit Avo +8 when using a bow.
Bow Prowess Lv 5	Grants Hit +15, Avo +15, and Crit Avo +10 when using a bow.
Bow Crit +10	Grants Crit +10 when using a bow.

Brawl Abilities

Ability	Effect
Fistfaire	Grants +5 Atk when brawling.
Brawling Prowess Lv 1	Grants Hit +5, Avo +7, and Crit Avo +5 when brawling.
Brawling Prowess Lv 2	Grants Hit +6, Avo +10, and Crit Avo +6 when brawling.
Brawling Prowess Lv 3	Grants Hit +7, Avo +13, and Crit Avo +7 when brawling.
Brawling Prowess Lv 4	Grants Hit +8, Avo +16, and Crit Avo +8 when brawling.
Brawling Prowess Lv 5	Grants Hit +10, Avo +20, and Crit Avo +10 when brawling.
Brawl Crit +10	Grants Crit +10 when brawling.

Reason Abilities

Ability	Effect
Black Tomefaire	Grants +5 Atk when using black magic.
Dark Tomefaire	Grants +5 Atk when using dark magic.
Black Magic Range +1	Increases black magic range by 1.
Dark Magic Range +1	Increases dark magic range by 1.
Reason Prowess Lv 1	Grants Hit +7, Avo +5, and Crit Avo +5 when using black or dark magic.
Reason Prowess Lv 2	Grants Hit +10, Avo +6, and Crit Avo +6 when using black or dark magic.
Reason Prowess Lv 3	Grants Hit +13, Avo +7, and Crit Avo +7 when using black or dark magic.
Reason Prowess Lv 4	Grants Hit +16, Avo +8, and Crit Avo +8 when using black or dark magic.
Reason Prowess Lv 5	Grants Hit +20, Avo +10, and Crit Avo +10 when using black or dark magic.

Faith Abilities

Ability	Effect
White Tomefaire	Grants +5 Atk when using white magic.
Faith Prowess Lv 1	Grants Hit +5, Avo +7, and Crit Avo +5 when using white magic.
Faith Prowess Lv 2	Grants Hit +6, Avo +10, and Crit Avo +6 when using white magic.
Faith Prowess Lv 3	Grants Hit +7, Avo +13, and Crit Avo +7 when using white magic.
Faith Prowess Lv 4	Grants Hit +8, Avo +16, and Crit Avo +8 when using white magic.
Faith Prowess Lv 5	Grants Hit +10, Avo +20, and Crit Avo +10 when using white magic.
White Magic Range +1	Increases white magic range by 1 for attacks that damage foes.

Heavy Armor Ability

Ability	Effect
Weight -5	Reduces total equipment weight by 5.

Class Mastery Abilities

Ability Req. Class Mastery	Effect
Hit +20 • Archer	Increases Hit by 20.
Armored Blow • Armored Knight	If unit initiates combat, grants Def +6 during combat.
Pomp & Circumstance • Armored Lord • High Lord • Wyvern Master	Grants Lck/Cha +4.
Lethality • Assassin	Chance to instantly kill a foe when dealing damage. Trigger % = 0.25xDex.
Renewal • Bishop	Unit recovers up to 20% of max HP at the start of each turn.
Defiant Speed • Bow Knight	Grants Spd +8 when HP is ≥ 25%.
Unarmed Combat • Brawler	Fight without a weapon.
Death Blow • Brigand	If unit initiates combat, grants Str +6 during combat.
Desperation • Cavalier	If unit initiates combat with HP ≤ 50% unit's follow-up attack (if possible) occurs before foe's counterattack.
Special Dance • Dancer	When using the Dance ability, grant Dex/Spd/Lck +4 to target ally.
Lifetaker • Dark Bishop	Unit recovers HP equal to 50% of damage dealt after defeating a foe.
Transmute • Dark Flier	If unit is hit with a magic attack during enemy phase, grants +3 to all stats until next player phase ends.
Seal Resistance • Dark Knight	If unit damages foe during combat, foe suffers Res -6 for 1 turn after combat.
Poison Strike • Dark Mage	If unit initiates combat and lands a hit, targeted foe loses up to 20% of max HP after combat.
Counterattack • Death Knight	Allows unit to counterattack regardless of distance to attacker.
Sacred Power • Enlightened One	Adjacent allies deal 3 extra damage and take 3 less damage during combat.
Defiant Avoid • Falcon Knight	Grants Avo +30 when HP is ≤ 25%.
Strength +2 • Fighter	Increases Str by 2.
Pavise • Fortress Knight	Chance to reduce sword/lance/axe/brawling damage by half. Trigger % = Dex stat.
Tomebreaker • Grappler	Grants Hit/Avo +20 when brawling against magic users.
Defiant Defense • Great Knight	Grants Def +8 when HP is ≥ 25%.
Defiant Magic • Gremory	Grants Mag +8 when HP is ≥ 25%.
Defiant Strength • Hero	Grants Str +8 when HP is ≤ 25%.
Defiant Resistance • Holy Knight	Grants Res +8 when HP is ≥ 25%.
Resistance +2 • Lord	Increases Res by 2.
Fiendish Blow • Mage	If unit initiates combat, grants Mag +6 during combat.
Vantage • Mercenary	When foe initiates combat, unit still attacks first if HP is ≤ 50%.
Magic +2 • Monk	Increases Mag by 2.
Warding Blow • Mortal Savant	If unit initiates combat, grants Res +6 during combat.
Speed +2 • Myrmidon	Increases Spd by 2.
HP +5 • Noble • Commoner	Increases HP by 5.
Aegis • Paladin	Chance to reduce bow/magic damage by half. Trigger % = Dex stat.
Darting Blow • Pegasus Knight	If unit initiates combat, grants AS +6 during combat.
Miracle • Priest	Chance to survive lethal damage with 1 HP, if HP is >1. Trigger % = Lck stat.
Defense +2 • Soldier	Increases Def by 2.
Steal • Thief	Allows a unit to steal a non-weapon item from a foe with a lower Spd stat.
Duelist's Blow • Trickster	If unit initiates combat, grants Avo +20 during combat.
Uncanny Blow • Valkyrie	If unit initiates combat, grants Hit +30 during combat.
Quick Riposte • War Master	If foe initiates combat while unit's HP is ≥ 50%, unit makes guaranteed follow-up attack.
Brawl Avo +20 • War Monk • War Cleric	Grants Avo +20 when brawling.
Bowbreaker • Warlock	Grants Hit/Avo +20 when using magic against bow users.
Wrath • Warrior	If foe initiates combat while unit's HP is ≤ 50%, grants Crit +50.
Defiant Critical • Wyvern Lord	Grants Crit +50 when HP ≥ 25%.
Seal Defense • Wyvern Rider	If unit damages foe during combat, foe suffers Def -6 for 1 turn after combat.

These are abilities that can only be learned by mastering a specific class.

Class Mastery Abilities

White Heron Cup

Ability Name	Effect
Sword Avo +20	Grans Avo +20 when using a sword.

This ability is unique because it can only be gained by a unit after winning the White Heron Cup event and becoming a Dancer.

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