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Light Brand
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The Light Brand (Japanese: ひかりの剣 Light Sword) is a magic sword which was introduced in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. It is capable of attacking both at close range and over a distance, and lets its user cast light magic to strike at range. In Fire Emblem: Thracia 776, the Light Brand is Leif's personal weapon which he possesses at the start of the game.
When used to attack at melée range, the Light Brand acts like a normal sword, but when attacking from a distance it casts the Lightning spell to inflict magical damage on the foe, targeting the foe's resistance stat instead of their defense. In Genealogy and Thracia 776 it uses the wielder's magic stat instead of their strength to calculate damage, but as the Game Boy Advance games do not technically have strength and magic as separate stats, these games instead the Light Brand's magic attack deal less damage than the user would have inflicted if they fought in close quarters. When attacking at range, it is also not affected by the weapon triangle for physical weapons and is neutral to lances and axes; in the Game Boy Advance games, it is instead affected by the Trinity of Magic, having an advantage over dark magic and a disadvantage to anima magic.
Stats
Game | Icon | Level | Might | Weight | Hit | Crit | Range | Uses | Worth | WEXP | Other effects and notes |
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Genealogy of the Holy War | C | 12 | 5 | 70 | -- | 1-2 | 50 | 12,000 | -- | At range, casts Lightning and is fuelled by Lightning's stats, acting as magical damage. | |
Thracia 776 | Prf* | 12 | 10 | 80 | 0 | 1-2 | 60 | Cannot be sold | 1 | +10 luck when equipped. When attacking at range, casts Lightning and is fuelled by Lightning's stats, acting as magical damage. Can be used as an item to fully restore Leif's HP. | |
The Binding Blade | C | 9 | 9 | 70 | 0 | 1-2 | 25 | 1,250 | 1 | When attacking at range, it deals a fixed 10 damage, and it counts as light magic under the Trinity of Magic. | |
Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade | C | 9 | 9 | 70 | 0 | 1-2 | 25 | 1,250 | 1 | Targets enemy's resistance. When attacking at range, the user's strength is halved, and it counts as light magic under the Trinity of Magic. |
Locations
Genealogy of the Holy War
Event | First Generation: Chapter 2, Ethlyn talks to to Deirdre |
Armory | Second Generation: Chapter 6 (if the first-generation Light Brand was not inherited by anyone) |
Thracia 776
Inventory | Leif |
The Binding Blade
Inventory | Galle (Trial Map mode only) |
Treasure | Chapter 8, chest |
Armory | Chapter 23 |
Fire Emblem
Dropped by | Eliwood's story: Chapter 25 (Jerme version), enemy Jerme Hector's story: Chapter 27 (Jerme version), enemy Jerme |
Treasure | Eliwood's story: Chapter 22, hidden treasure Hector's story: Chapter 23, hidden treasure |
The Sacred Stones
Event | Chapter 19, 4 or more NPC soldiers survive the chapter |
Trivia
Gallery
- FESK Light Sword.png
Artwork of the Light Brand from the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game.
Ethlyn attacking at range with the Light Brand in Genealogy of the Holy War.
Fir attacking at range with the Light Brand in The Binding Blade.
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
English |
Light Brand |
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Spanish |
Espada luminosa |
Luminous sword |
French |
•Fer léger |
•Light sword. This is a mistranslation, since the word léger means "light" as in not heavy. Used in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade |
German |
Lichtklinge |
Lightblade |
Italian |
Spada di luce |
Sword of light |
References
See also
Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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