Breath

This article is about the weapon type. For the strike weapon from the Tellius games, see Breath (laguz).

Breath (Japanese: ブレス breath) is a weapon classification encompassing various breath-related attacks used by dragons. In most games, breath does not appear as a distinct weapon type; however, it does appear as such in Mystery of the Emblem, Awakening, Fates, and Heroes. While every breath weapon has a weapon level of 1 in Mystery of the Emblem, it had no weapon level in games using the lettered weapon level system until Fates.

Breaths as distinct weapons first appeared in Mystery of the Emblem when dragons not linked to Manakete stones first appeared in the series; Mystery of the Emblem is the only one in the main Fire Emblem series where breath weapons are directly and regularly usable by the player by legitimate means due to the effects of Manakete stones in that game, though breaths are usable in two chapters in Fates. Breath weapons have appeared off and on in the series since, usually by powerful dragon-type enemy units. In Heroes, however, they appear as the attack skills wielded by all dragon units, and, owing to the nature of the game, all dragon units can appear as both player and enemy units.

Despite its name, the dragon laguz's breaths in Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn do not fall into this classification, and are instead strikes. Similarly, the Fire Breath and Water Breath in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia are monster weapons.

Breaths in the Fire Emblem series

Weapon	Available in:																	Notes
	FE01	FE02	FE03	FE04	FE05	FE06	FE07	FE08	FE09	FE10	FE11	FE12	FE13	FE14	FE15	FE16	FE17
Fire Breath	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	Monster weapon in Shadows of Valentia.
Ice Breath	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	--
Fog Breath	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	--
Dark Breath	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	--
Flametongue	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	--
Wretched Air	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	Can also be considered to be a monster weapon
Mage Breath	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	Magic weapon.
Expiration	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	Monster weapon in Shadows of Valentia.
Draconic Rage	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	--
Dragon Breath	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	Two variations.
Astral Breath	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	Lilith only.
A ✓ means that the weapon is available in that game, while a ✗ indicates the contrary.

Classes capable of using breath

Class	Wields breath in:																	Notes
	FE01	FE02	FE03	FE04	FE05	FE06	FE07	FE08	FE09	FE10	FE11	FE12	FE13	FE14	FE15	FE16	FE17
Fire Dragon	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	Uses Fire Breath in Archanea, Flametongue in Elibe
Mage Dragon	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	Uses Fire Breath in Mystery of the Emblem, Dark Breath in Elibe, Mage Breath in New Mystery of the Emblem
Wyvern	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	Uses Fire Breath
Ice Dragon	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	Uses Ice Breath
Divine Dragon	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	Uses Ice Breath in Book 1, Breath of Fog in Book 2
Earth Dragon	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	Uses Dark Breath
Shadow Dragon	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	Uses Dark Breath
Manakete	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	An undead variety uses Wretched Air Manaketes in Mystery of the Emblem may use stones to temporarily transform into a type of dragon compatible with a breath weapon
Draco Zombie	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	Uses Wretched Air
Grima	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	Uses Expiration
Feral Dragon	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	Uses Draconic Rage
Astral Dragon	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	Uses Astral Breath
Blight Dragon	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	Uses Dark Breath
Silent Dragon	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	Uses Dragon Breath
A ✓ means that the class wields breath in that game, while a ✗ indicates the contrary.

Breath skills in Fire Emblem Heroes

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Breath weapons appear in Fire Emblem Heroes as the attack skills used by dragon units appearing in the game. Breaths are not associated with any single color in the game's weapon triangle, and units of each color breath are present. This would later be made true of bows and daggers as well, which at launch were only colorless.

Red, blue, and green breaths have been part of the game since its initial launch; colorless breath was the first weapon type added to the game after its initial launch, being introduced to the game in the The True Quarry update on March 29, 2018.

List of breath skills

Basic breath skills:

• Fire Breath
• Fire Breath+
• Flametongue
• Flametongue+

Breath skills with secondary effects:

• Light Breath
• Light Breath+
• Dark Breath
• Dark Breath+
• Lightning Breath
• Lightning Breath+
• Water Breath
• Water Breath+
• Glittering Breath
• Glittering Breath+
• Umbra Burst
• Blackfire Breath
• Blackfire Breath+
• Pale Breath
• Pale Breath+
• Lantern Breath
• Lantern Breath+
• Serenity Breath
• Serenity Breath+
• Surprise Breath
• Surprise Breath+
• Arcane Grima
• Dragon's Stone
• Dragon's Stone+
• New-Sun Stone
• New-Sun Stone+

Personal breath skills:

• Great Flame
• Expiration
• Breath of Fog
• Summer's Breath
• Breath of Blight
• Divine Mist
• Spirit Breath
• Draconic Rage
• Fell Breath
• Demonic Breath
• Razing Breath
• Savage Breath
• Divine Breath
• Oracle's Breath
• Sublime Surge
• Ethereal Breath
• Sun Dragonstone
• Snow's Grace
• Frost Breath
• Zephyr Breath
• Astral Breath
• Brutal Breath
• Nurturing Breath
• Gloom Breath
• Primordial Breath
• Frostfire Breath
• Moonless Breath
• Eternal Breath
• Purifying Breath
• Aurora Breath
• Lilac-Jade Breath
• Frostbite Breath
• Dusk Dragonstone
• Flamelick Breath
• Scalding Breath
• Eerie Scripture
• Moonstrike Breath
• Witch Breath
• Dazzling Breath
• Dew Dragonstone
• Shadow Breath
• Ruinous Frost
• Silent Power
• Enveloping Breath
• Godly Breath
• Chilled Breath
• Everliving Breath
• Remote Breath
• Breath of Flame
• Faithful Breath
• Ghostly Lanterns
• Moonlight Stone
• Starlight Stone
• Awoken Breath
• Wizened Breath
• Revealing Breath
• Silent Breath
• Twin Divinestone
• Vallastone
• Dragon's Fist
• Monarch's Stone
• Loving Breath

List of breath units

Red breath units:

• Tiki: Dragon Scion
• Tiki: Naga's Voice
• Tiki: Beachside Scion
• Garon: King of Nohr
• Myrrh: Spooky Monster
• Idunn: Dark Priestess
• Nah: Little Miss
• Sothis: Girl on the Throne
• Bantu: Tiki's Guardian
• Idunn: Dragonkin Duo
• Dheginsea: Harvest Goldoan
• Ena: Autumn Tactician
• Múspell: Flame God
• Kurthnaga: Autumn Goldoan
• Lilith: Silent Broodling
• Duma: Strength and Love
• Tiki: Awakened Blood
• Kana: Rising Dragon
• Red Manakete
• Red Fáfnir

Blue breath units:

• Nowi: Eternal Youth
• Corrin: Fateful Princess
• Ninian: Oracle of Destiny
• Kana: Dragon Spawn
• Tiki: Legendary Dragon
• Corrin: Dream Prince
• Naga: Dragon Divinity
• Nils: Bright Bard
• Lilith: Astral Daughter
• Corrin: Bloodbound Beast
• Tiki: Harmonic Hope
• Seiros: Saint of Legend
• Nifl: God of Ice
• Sothis: Bound-Spirit Duo
• Fae: Childlike Dragon
• Idunn: Divine Demon
• Ninian: Frozen Heart
• Myrrh: Guardian Dragon
• Corrin: Starry Seer
• Anankos: Seething Silence
• Kana: Rising Sunlight
• Lumera: In Distant Skies
• Blue Manakete
• Blue Fáfnir

Green breath units:

• Fae: Divine Dragon
• Myrrh: Great Dragon
• Robin: Fell Reincarnation
• Kana: Dragon Princess
• Corrin: Dream Princess
• Fae: Holiday Dear
• Nagi: Dragon Avatar
• Sothis: Silver Specter
• Robin: Fall Vessel
• Rhea: Witch of Creation
• Ymir: Life-Mother
• Tiki: Fated Divinity
• Ninian: Ice-Dragon Oracle
• Corrin: Celestial Sorcerer
• Nils: Wandering Star
• Alear: Awoken Divinity
• Green Manakete
• Green Fáfnir

Colorless breath units:

• Robin: Fell Vessel
• Duma: God of Strength
• Tiki: Torpid Dragon
• Corrin: Wailing Soul
• Mila: Goddess of Love
• Corrin: Child of Dusk
• Myrrh: Spring Harmony
• Robin: Fall Reincarnation
• Medeus: Earth-Dragon King
• Rhea: Immaculate One
• Nifl: Tropical Ice God
• Múspell: Raging Inferno
• Naga: Harvest Divinity
• Robin: Fell Tactician
• Rhea: Loving Matriarch
• Tiki: Bridal Reflections
• Corrin: Silent Bloodline
• Myrrh: Adored Dragon
• Fáfnir: King of Desolation

Etymology and other languages

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Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Breath	--
Japanese	ブレス	Breath
Spanish (Spain)	Aliento	Breath
Spanish (Latin America)	Soplo	Breath
French	Souffle	Breath
German	Atem	Breath
Italian	Soffio	Breath
Portuguese	Sopro	Breath
Traditional Chinese	吐息	Breath

See also

• Category:Non-human weapons
• Special
• Stone