Iron Ballista
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Artwork of the Iron Ballista from the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game.
A powerful ballista for use by archery units. It is very effective against flying enemies.
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The Iron Ballista (Japanese: アイアンアーチ Iron Arch), known as the Long Ballista (Japanese: ロングアーチ Long Arch) in The Binding Blade, is a model of ballista which was introduced in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War and is present in the Jugdral, Elibe, Magvel and Tellius Fire Emblem series games. It has the highest might of all ballistae (not counting the unused Great Ballista) and, in all games from Thracia 776 onward, it also has by far the longest range of any ordinary weapon in the series, offering even greater range than other ballistae.
In Genealogy of the Holy War and Thracia 776, Iron Ballistae are - like all ballista variants - enemy-only and are used by units of a class specific to the weapon; in the latter, they cannot be stolen owing to their immense weight. Enemies wielding Iron Ballistae have no movement and are effectively fixed in place.
Outside of the Jugdral duology, Iron Ballistae are found stationed as objects on certain maps throughout the games, and in maps where they are found can be ridden and used by any Archer and Sniper belonging to either army. In The Binding Blade, Path of Radiance, and Radiant Dawn, Iron Ballistae cannot be moved, while The Blazing Blade and The Sacred Stones instead allow them to be piloted around the map by their rider.
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Genealogy of the Holy War
Thracia 776
The Binding Blade
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The Blazing Blade
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The Sacred Stones
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Path of Radiance
Map object
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Chapters 23 (×1) • 24 (×3) • 25 (×1)
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Radiant Dawn
Trivia
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions
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Language
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Name
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Definition, etymology, and notes
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English
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• Iron Ballista • Long B
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• Abbreviated as Iron B when examining the map object in Path of Radiance. • Used in The Blazing Blade and The Sacred Stones for the name of the unused Long Ballista tile type that was left over from The Binding Blade. Not used in any other contexts or visible to the player. "B" is short for "Ballista".
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Spanish
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Balista hierro
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Iron ballista
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French
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Baliste-fer
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Iron ballista
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German
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Eisen-Ballista
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Iron ballista
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Italian
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Balista di ferro
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Iron ballista
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