Hel Scythe

Hel Scythe The Hel Scythe as it appears in Heroes.

Type Axe Wielder(s) Hel First game Heroes

Hel Scythe (Japanese: ヘル Hel) is a weapon skill in the axe category which debuted in Fire Emblem Heroes. It is a personal weapon of Hel; it is only used by her as an enemy, and is thus unavailable to players. As a playable unit, Hel uses the Hel's Reaper (Japanese: 死鎌ヘル Death sickle Hel), an enhanced version with a stronger effect.

Stats

Game	Icon	Type	Might	Range	SP cost	Refine cost	Prerequisites	Unusable by	Inheritable	Other effects and notes
Heroes (Hel Scythe)			16	1	400	--	Silver Axe	--	✗	Grants −1 special cooldown count. If foe does not use red, blue, green, or colorless tome or staff, user targets foe's resistance, and if user's HP > 1 and foe would reduce user's HP to 0, user survives with 1 HP (once per combat).
Heroes (Hel's Reaper; refine: Unrefined)			16	1	400	--	Silver Axe	--	✗	Grants −1 special cooldown count. Negates bonus damage targeting flying units. If foe does not use red, blue, green, or colorless tome or staff, user targets foe's resistance, and if user's HP > 1 and foe would reduce user's HP to 0, user survives with 1 HP (once per combat).
Heroes (Hel's Reaper; refine: +Effect)			16	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants −1 special cooldown count. Negates bonus damage targeting flying units. If foe does not use red, blue, green, or colorless tome or staff, user targets foe's resistance, and if user's HP > 1 and foe would reduce user's HP to 0, user survives with 1 HP (once per combat). If foe initiates combat or foe's HP ≥ 50% at start of combat, grants +4 each to user's attack, speed, defense, and resistance during combat and restores 7 HP to user after combat. Grants +3 HP. If user's HP ≥ 25% or penalty is active on foe at start of combat, grants +4 each to user's attack, speed, defense, and resistance, user deals +⁠(user's speed × 20%) damage, and foe's first attack deals −40% damage during combat.
Heroes (Hel's Reaper; refine: +Atk)			18	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants −1 special cooldown count. Negates bonus damage targeting flying units. If foe does not use red, blue, green, or colorless tome or staff, user targets foe's resistance, and if user's HP > 1 and foe would reduce user's HP to 0, user survives with 1 HP (once per combat). If foe initiates combat or foe's HP ≥ 50% at start of combat, grants +4 each to user's attack, speed, defense, and resistance during combat and restores 7 HP to user after combat. Grants +5 HP.
Heroes (Hel's Reaper; refine: +Spd)			16	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants −1 special cooldown count. Negates bonus damage targeting flying units. If foe does not use red, blue, green, or colorless tome or staff, user targets foe's resistance, and if user's HP > 1 and foe would reduce user's HP to 0, user survives with 1 HP (once per combat). If foe initiates combat or foe's HP ≥ 50% at start of combat, grants +4 each to user's attack, speed, defense, and resistance during combat and restores 7 HP to user after combat. Grants +5 HP and +3 speed.
Heroes (Hel's Reaper; refine: +Def)			16	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants −1 special cooldown count. Negates bonus damage targeting flying units. If foe does not use red, blue, green, or colorless tome or staff, user targets foe's resistance, and if user's HP > 1 and foe would reduce user's HP to 0, user survives with 1 HP (once per combat). If foe initiates combat or foe's HP ≥ 50% at start of combat, grants +4 each to user's attack, speed, defense, and resistance during combat and restores 7 HP to user after combat. Grants +5 HP and +4 defense.
Heroes (Hel's Reaper; refine: +Res)			16	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants −1 special cooldown count. Negates bonus damage targeting flying units. If foe does not use red, blue, green, or colorless tome or staff, user targets foe's resistance, and if user's HP > 1 and foe would reduce user's HP to 0, user survives with 1 HP (once per combat). If foe initiates combat or foe's HP ≥ 50% at start of combat, grants +4 each to user's attack, speed, defense, and resistance during combat and restores 7 HP to user after combat. Grants +5 HP and +4 resistance.

Availability

Heroes

Hel Scythe

Unobtainable

Wielded only by Hel: Death Sovereign when encountered as an enemy in pre-July 2020 story maps.

Hel's Reaper

Method	Data
Unit (★★★★★)	Hel: Death Sovereign

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Heroes (Hel Scythe)	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). If foe does not use magic or staff, calculates damage using foe's Res, and if unit’s HP > 1 and foe would reduce unit’s HP to 0, unit survives with 1 HP. (Once per combat. Does not stack.)	奥義が発動しやすい（発動カウント－１） 敵が魔法、杖以外の時、敵の魔防でダメージ計算、かつ 自分のＨＰが２以上で敵の致死攻撃を受けた時、 ダメージをＨＰが１残るように軽減 （１戦闘１回のみ、重複しない）
Heroes (Hel's Reaper; unrefined)	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Neutralizes "effective against flying" bonuses. If foe does not use magic or staff, calculates damage using foe's Res, and if unit’s HP > 1 and foe would reduce unit’s HP to 0, unit survives with 1 HP. (Once per combat. Does not stack.)	飛行特効無効 奥義が発動しやすい（発動カウント－１） 敵が魔法、杖以外の時、敵の魔防でダメージ計算 敵が魔法、杖以外の時、戦闘中、 自分のＨＰが２以上で敵の致死攻撃を受けた時、 ダメージをＨＰが１残るように軽減 （１戦闘１回のみ、重複しない）
Heroes (Hel's Reaper; refined)	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Neutralizes "effective against flying" bonuses. If foe does not use magic or staff, calculates damage using foe's Res, and also, if unit's HP > 1 and foe would reduce unit's HP to 0 during combat, unit survives with 1 HP (once per combat; does not stack). If foe initiates combat or foe's HP ≥ 50% at start of combat, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to unit during combat and restores 7 HP to unit after combat.	飛行特効無効 奥義が発動しやすい（発動カウント－１） 敵が魔法、杖以外の時、敵の魔防でダメージ計算 敵が魔法、杖以外の時、戦闘中、 自分のＨＰが２以上で敵の致死攻撃を受けた時、 ダメージをＨＰが１残るように軽減 （１戦闘１回のみ、重複しない） 敵から攻撃された時、または、 戦闘開始時、敵のＨＰが５０％以上の時、 戦闘中、攻撃、速さ、守備、魔防＋４、 戦闘後、７回復
Heroes (Hel's Reaper; refined: +effect)	At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25% or 【Penalty】is active on foe, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to unit, deals damage = 20% of unit's Spd (including when dealing damage with a Special triggered before combat), and reduces damage from foe's first attack by 40% during combat. 【Penalty】 All effects that last "on foe through its next action." Includes penalties inflicted by a skill like Panic or Threaten and negative status effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting movement, or the effects of a skill like Triangle Adept or Guard).	戦闘開始時、自身のＨＰが２５％以上の時、または、 敵が【不利な状態異常】を受けている時、 戦闘中、攻撃、速さ、守備、魔防＋４、 ダメージ＋速さの２０％（戦闘前奥義も含む）、 最初に受けた攻撃のダメージを４０％軽減 【不利な状態異常】 「敵の次回行動終了まで」の効果全般 （弱化、移動制限、パニック、反撃不可、 相性激化、キャンセル等）

Trivia

• Hel Scythe is the first personal weapon skill of a former enemy-exclusive unit that was not retained in that unit's skill set as a playable unit.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Hel Scythe	--
Japanese	ヘル	Hel; shares its name with the character Hel.
Spanish	Guadaña Hel	Hel scythe
French	Faux de la mort	Scythe of the dead
German	Hels Sense	Hel's Scythe
Italian	Falcianime	Soul scythe
Portuguese	Foice Hel	Hel scythe
Traditional Chinese	赫爾	Hel; shares it's name with the character Hel.

Hel's Reaper

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Hel's Reaper	--
Japanese	死鎌ヘル	Death sickle Hel
Spanish	Guadaña de Hel	Hel's scythe
French	Faux de Hel	Hel's scythe
German	Hels Schnitter	Hel's Reaper
Italian	Falce di Hel	Hel's scythe
Portuguese	Foice de Hel	Hel's scythe
Traditional Chinese	死鐮赫爾	Death scythe Hel

Gallery

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  The Hel Scythe as it appears in Heroes.