Resistance Ploy

Resistance Ploy Icon of the Res Ploy 1 skill in Heroes. At start of turn, inflicts Res-3 on foes in cardinal directions with Res < unit’s Res through their next actions.

Type(s) Passive (Type C) Game(s) Heroes

Resistance Ploy (Japanese: 魔防の謀策 Resistance Scheme) is a three-tiered passive type C skill which debuted in Fire Emblem Heroes; the individual tiers of the skill are known as Res Ploy 1, Res Ploy 2, and Res Ploy 3 in order from lowest to highest. Units with a Res Ploy skill allows their wielders to lower the Resistance of foes in cardinal directions from the user whose Resistance is below the user's through their following actions; the size of the Resistance drop is affected by the skill's tier.

Data

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Heroes (Res Ploy 1)		At start of turn, reduces Resistance by 3 of all foes in a cardinal direction of user whose Resistance is lower than user through foe's next action.	--	--	Cost: 60 SP
Heroes (Res Ploy 2)		At start of turn, reduces Resistance by 4 of all foes in a cardinal direction of user whose Resistance is lower than user through foe's next action.	--	--	Cost: 120 SP
Heroes (Res Ploy 3)		At start of turn, reduces Resistance by 5 of all foes in a cardinal direction of user whose Resistance is lower than user through foe's next action.	--	--	Cost: 240 SP

Availability

Heroes

Res Ploy 1

Units	Arete: Requiem's Beauty • Forrest: Fashion Forward • Gunnthrá: Voice of Dreams • Ilyana: Hungering Mage • Lute: Prodigy • Sonya: Vengeful Mage (Rarity requirements vary per character)
Tempest Trials	March 2018: 20,000 points
Sacred Seal Forge (Creation)	Requires 100 regular Transparent Badges, 20 Great Transparent Badges, and 20 Sacred Coins.

Res Ploy 2

Units	Arete: Requiem's Beauty • Forrest: Fashion Forward • Gunnthrá: Voice of Dreams • Ilyana: Hungering Mage • Lute: Prodigy • Sonya: Vengeful Mage (Rarity requirements vary per character)
Sacred Seal Forge (Enhancement)	Requires 200 regular Transparent Badges, 60 Great Transparent Badges, 50 Sacred Coins, and the Res Ploy 1 seal.

Res Ploy 3

Units	Arete: Requiem's Beauty • Forrest: Fashion Forward • Gunnthrá: Voice of Dreams • Ilyana: Hungering Mage • Lute: Prodigy • Sonya: Vengeful Mage (Rarity requirements vary per character)
Sacred Seal Forge (Enhancement)	Requires 400 regular Transparent Badges, 1,000 Great Transparent Badges, 100 Sacred Coins, and the Res Ploy 2 seal

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Resistance Ploy	Abbreviated as Res Ploy.
Spanish	Ardid Resistencia	Resistance ruse; abbreviated as Ardid Res in the European localization and as Ardid Res. in the Latin American localization.
French	Ruse Résistance	Resistance ruse; abbreviated as Ruse Rés.
German	Resistenz-Trick	Resistance Trick; abbreviated as Res.-Trick.
Italian	Complotto Resistenza	Resistance plot; abbreviated as Complotto Res.
Portuguese (Brazil)	Manobra Resistência	Resistance maneuver; abbreviated as Manobra Res.
Traditional Chinese	魔防謀策	Magic defense scheme

See also

• Atk Ploy
• Spd Ploy
• Def Ploy
• Valflame
• Wargod's Tome