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Dark Spikes
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Dark Spikes (Japanese: ダークスパイク Dark Spike) is a combat art which was introduced in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. It is possessed only by the Creation, who periodically uses it during its fight in the Thabes Labyrinth. When it activates this art, the Creation summons purple spikes from the ground which randomly inflict between 10 and 30 points of damage on all opposing units within a five-space radius at once.
In Three Houses, Dark Spikes is instead a dark spell, and is given the name Dark Spikes Τ (Japanese: ダークスパイクΤ Dark Spike Τ). It is a strong spell that is very effective against cavalry units. In this appearance, the spikes are depicted as appearing within the air, then impaling the target from all sides at once.
Data
In the main Fire Emblem series
Game | Icon | Might | Hit | Crit | Avo / Crit Avo* | Range | Cost | Other effects and notes |
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Echoes: Shadows of Valentia | 10-30 | -- | -- | -- | 1-5 | 0 HP | Inflicts (Random number within might) damage on all opposing units within range. If the damage would kill a target, it leaves the target with 1 HP. |
Game | Icon | Level | Might | Weight | Hit | Crit | Range | Uses | Worth | WEXP | Other effects and notes |
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Three Houses | B | 13 | 11 | 80 | 0 | 1-2 | 3 | -- | 2 | Deals bonus damage to cavalry units. |
In other Fire Emblem series titles
Game | Icon | Level | Might | Weight | Hit | Crit | Range | Uses | Worth | WEXP | Other effects and notes |
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Heroes | 5★ | 14 | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | 400 SP | -- | Deals bonus damage against cavalry targets. Boosts user's Speed by +3 at all times. If target's HP is 75% or higher at the start of combat, boosts user's Attack and Speed by +6 each during combat, and if user initiates combat while not at full HP, user makes a guaranteed follow-up strike before target's counterstrike. |
Availability
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Unobtainable | Exclusively used by the Creation. |
Three Houses
Skill level | Reason B: Lysithea Reason A: Hubert |
Heroes
Units | Lysithea: Earnest Seeker |
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Trivia
- The concept of Dark Spikes is presumably taken from one of the two animations of Expiration, the Creation/Grima's other attack, in Awakening, where Grima would attack a target by summoning purple spikes. Grima also does this in the opening cutscene of his chapter, bringing all units' HP down to one (although health is restored prior to the map beginning).
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
English |
Dark Spikes |
Used in Shadows of Valentia. |
Spanish |
Púas oscuras |
Dark thorns |
French |
Piques noires |
Dark spears |
German |
Dunkle Spieße |
Dark Skewers |
Italian |
Scaglie nere |
Dark flake |
Dutch |
Schaduwspiezen |
Shadowpierce |
Simplified Chinese |
漆黑刺棘 |
Dark Thorns |
Traditional Chinese |
漆黑刺棘 |
Dark Thorns |
Dark Spikes Τ
Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
English |
Dark Spikes Τ |
Used in Three Houses and Heroes. Dark magic in Three Houses is denoted with a Greek letter; in this case, Tau. Spelled with the Latin script 'T' in Heroes. |
Spanish |
Púas oscuras Τ |
Dark thorns Τ. Spelled with the Latin script 'T' in Heroes. |
French |
Piques noires Τ |
Dark spears Τ. Spelled with the Latin script 'T' in Heroes. |
German |
Dunkle Spieße Τ |
Dark Skewers Τ |
Italian |
Scaglie nere Τ |
Dark flake Τ. Spelled with the Latin script 'T' in Heroes. |
Portuguese (Brazil) |
Pua obscura T |
Dark sting T. Spelled with the Latin script 'T'. |
Korean |
다크스파이크Τ |
Dark Spikes Τ; a transliteration of the English word used as the Japanese name. |
Simplified Chinese |
暗黑冲击 T |
Dark Assault T. Spelled with the Latin script 'T' rather than the Greek Tau. |
Traditional Chinese |
暗黑衝擊Τ |
Dark Assault Τ |
Gallery
The Creation activating Dark Spikes in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.
Dark Spikes T as it appears in Heroes.
Dark Spikes T as it appears in Heroes.
References
See also
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