Attack/Defense Ruse

Attack/Defense Ruse Icon of the Atk/Def Ruse 1 skill in Heroes. If a Rally Assist skill is used by unit or targets unit, inflicts Atk/Def-1 and [Guard] on foes in cardinal directions of unit and target through their next actions.

Type(s) Passive (Type B) Game(s) Heroes

Attack/Defense Ruse (Japanese: 攻撃守備の大共謀 Attack/Defense great conspiracy) is a three-tiered passive type B skill which debuted in Fire Emblem Heroes; the individual tiers of the skill are known as Atk/Def Ruse 1, Atk/Def Ruse 2, and Atk/Def Ruse 3 in order from lowest to highest. Units with an Atk/Def Ruse skill, when the user is either the user or recipient of a rally assist skill, drastically drops both the Attack and Defense of enemies in cardinal directions of both allies involved through their following actions, but also accelerates said enemies' special cooldown during that time; the size of the Attack and Defense drops are affected by the skill's tier.

Data

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Heroes (Atk/Def Ruse 1)		Reduces Attack and Defense of all enemies in cardinal directions of both user and target of a rally assist skill unit is involved in by 1 each through their following actions, but also accelerates those enemies' cooldown for special skills by 1 per attack during that time.	--	--	Cost: 60 SP
Heroes (Atk/Def Ruse 2)		Reduces Attack and Defense of all enemies in cardinal directions of both user and target of a rally assist skill unit is involved in by 3 each through their following actions, but also accelerates those enemies' cooldown for special skills by 1 per attack during that time.	--	--	Cost: 120 SP
Heroes (Atk/Def Ruse 3)		Reduces Attack and Defense of all enemies in cardinal directions of both user and target of a rally assist skill unit is involved in by 5 each through their following actions, but also accelerates those enemies' cooldown for special skills by 1 per attack during that time.	--	--	Cost: 240 SP

Availability

Heroes

Units

Leila: Rose amid Fangs

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Attack/Defense Ruse	Abbreviated as Atk/Def Ruse.
Spanish	Treta Ataque/Defensa	Attack/Defense trick; abbreviated as Treta Ata/Def in the European localization and as Treta Atq./Def. in the Latin American localization.
French	Leurre Attaque/Défense	Attack/Defense lure; abbreviated as Leurre Atq/Déf.
German	Angriff/Verteidigung-Kniff	Attack/Defense Trick; abbreviated as Agr./Ver.-Kniff.
Italian	Furto Attacco/Difesa	Attack/Defense theft; abbreviated as Furto Att/Dif.
Portuguese (Brazil)	Ardil Ataque/Defesa	Attack/Defense ruse; abbreviated as Ardil Atq./Def.
Traditional Chinese	攻擊防守大共謀	Attack/Defense great scheme