Life and Death

Life and Death Icon of the Life and Death skill in Fates. During combat, +10 to damage dealt and taken.

Type(s) Class (Fates) Passive (Type A) (Heroes) Game(s) Fates Heroes

Life and Death (Japanese: 死線 Line of Death) is a skill which debuted in Fire Emblem Fates. Associated with the Master of Arms class, Life and Death is a high-risk, high-reward skill in that it allows the user to deal an additional 10 damage with any of their attacks, at the cost of taking an additional 10 damage when on the receiving end of any attack.

In Fates, it is a class skill associated with the Master of Arms class; in Heroes, it is a four-tiered type A passive skill (whose individiual tiers are known as Life and Death 1, Life and Death 2, Life and Death 3, and Life and Death 4 in order from lowest to highest). Life and Death is a high-risk, high-reward skill in that it allows the user to deal additional damage with any of their attacks, at the cost of taking an additional damage when on the receiving end of any attack; in Fates, the damage figure is 10 going both ways, while in Heroes, the skill boosts Attack and Speed at the cost of Defense and Resistance, and the size of the effect going both ways increases with the skill's first three tier but only the effect on the user's Attack and Speed boosts with the fourth tier.

Data

In the main Fire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Fates		+10 damage dealt for both the user and their target.	100%	--	--

In other Fire Emblem series titles

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Heroes (Life and Death 1)		Boosts Attack and Speed by +3 each, but drops Defense and Resistance by -3 each.	--	--	Cost: 50 SP
Heroes (Life and Death 2)		Boosts Attack and Speed by +4 each, but drops Defense and Resistance by -4 each.	--	--	Cost: 100 SP
Heroes (Life and Death 3)		Boosts Attack and Speed by +5 each, but drops Defense and Resistance by -5 each.	--	--	Cost: 200 SP
Heroes (Life and Death 4)		Boosts Attack and Speed by +7 each, but drops Defense and Resistance by -5 each.	--	--	Cost: 300 SP

Availability

Fates

Classes

Master of Arms (Learned from Level 15 and up)

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Life and Death	--
Spanish	Dar y tomar	Give and Take; used in all titles but the Latin American localization of Heroes.
Spanish (Latin America)	Vida y muerte	Life and death; used in the Latin American localization of Heroes.
French	Vivre et mourir	Live and Die
German	Lebensfaden	Thread of Life
Italian	Vita e morte	Life and Death
Portuguese (Brazil)	Vida e morte	Life and death
Traditional Chinese	死線	Deadline

See also

• Quixotic
• Wary Fighter

Type A passive skills in Heroes

Aether Raids skills AR-D Atk/Def • AR-D Atk/Res • AR-D Atk/Spd • AR-D Def/Res • AR-D Spd/Def • AR-D Spd/Res • AR-O Atk/Def • AR-O Atk/Spd • AR-O Spd/Res Bonus damage skills Ashera's Chosen • Dragonhide • Dragonscale • Dragonskin • Dragoon Shield • Grani's Shield • Iote's Shield • Svalinn Shield Counter-attack skills Close Counter • Close Foil • Close Reversal • Close Salvo • Close Ward • Distant Counter • Distant Dart • Distant Ferocity • Distant Foil • Distant Pressure • Distant Reversal • Distant Stance • Distant Storm • Distant Ward • Emblems' Miracle • Ostian Counter • Ostia's Heart • Realms United Proximity skills Ashera's Chosen • Atk/Def Bond • Atk/Def Finish • Atk/Def Form • Atk/Def Solo • Atk/Def Unity • Atk/Res Bond • Atk/Res Finish • Atk/Res Form • Atk/Res Scowl • Atk/Res Solo • Atk/Res Unity • Atk/Spd Bond • Atk/Spd Finish • Atk/Spd Form • Atk/Spd Hexblade • Atk/Spd Scowl • Atk/Spd Solo • Atk/Spd Unity • Atk/Spd Wild • Def/Res Bond • Def/Res Finish • Def/Res Form • Def/Res Scowl • Def/Res Solo • Def/Res Unity • Distant A/S Solo • Distant D/R Solo • Laws of Sacae • Power of Nihility • Sorcery Blade • Spd/Def Bond • Spd/Def Form • Spd/Def Solo • Spd/Res Bond • Spd/Res Finish • Spd/Res Form • Spd/Res Hexblade • Spd/Res Solo Stat-boosting skills Attack + • Attack/Def + • Atk/Def Catch • Atk/Def Clash • Atk/Def Ideal • Atk/Def Prime • Atk/Def Push • Attack/Res • Atk/Res Catch • Atk/Res Ideal • Atk/Res Push • Atk/Spd • Atk/Spd Catch • Atk/Spd Clash • Atk/Spd Hexblade • Atk/Spd Ideal • Atk/Spd Prime • Atk/Spd Push • Beyond Witchery • B Duel Cavalry • B Duel Flying • B Duel Infantry • Bonus Doubler • Brazen Atk/Def • Brazen Atk/Res • Brazen Atk/Spd • Brazen Def/Res • Brazen Spd/Def • Brazen Spd/Res • C Bonus Doubler • C Duel Cavalry • C Duel Flying • C Duel Infantry • Defense + • Def/Res Catch • Def/Res Ideal • Def/Res • Defiant Atk • Defiant Def • Defiant Res • Defiant Spd • D Bonus Doubler • Distant Pressure • Dragoon Shield • Duality • Earth Boost • Earthfire Boost • Earthwind Boost • Fell Wyrmscale • Fire Boost • Fireflood Boost • Firestorm Boost • Fortress Def • Fort. Def/Res • Fortress Res • Fury • G Duel Cavalry • G Duel Flying • G Duel Infantry • HP + • HP/Atk • HP/Def • HP/Res • HP/Spd • Knightly Devotion • Life and Death • Obsession • Part of the Plan • Rare Talent • R Duel Cavalry • R Duel Flying • R Duel Infantry • Resistance + • Scendscale • Self-Improver • Solid Ground • Speed + • Spd/Def • Spd/Def Catch • Spd/Def Clash • Spd/Def Ideal • Spd/Res • Spd/Res Catch • Spd/Res Hexblade • Spd/Res Ideal • Still Water • Swift Slice • Thunder's Fist • Triangle Adept • Verdict of Sacae • Water Boost • Wind Boost Turn-related skills Armored Blow • Blade Session • Bracing Blow • Bracing Stance • Close Def • Close Foil • Close Reversal • Close Ward • Darting Blow • Darting Breath • Darting Stance • Death Blow • Distant Def • Distant Foil • Distant Ward • Dragonskin • Fierce Breath • Fierce Stance • Flared Mirror • Flared Sparrow • Flash Sparrow • Gift of Magic • Kestrel Stance • Laws of Sacae • Mastermind • Mirror Impact • Mirror Stance • Mirror Strike • Nightmare • Remote Mirror • Remote Sparrow • Remote Sturdy • Shield Session • Steady Blow • Steady Breath • Steady Impact • Steady Posture • Steady Stance • Sturdy Blow • Sturdy Impact • Sturdy Stance • Sturdy Surge • Surge Sparrow • Swift Sparrow • Swift Stance • Swift Strike • Warding Blow • Warding Breath • Warding Stance Miscellaneous skills Gray Illusion • Flashing Blade • Heavy Blade • Mila's Turnwheel