Speed Ploy

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

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

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

Data

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Heroes (Spd Ploy 1)		At start of turn, reduces Speed 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 (Spd Ploy 2)		At start of turn, reduces Speed 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 (Spd Ploy 3)		At start of turn, reduces Speed 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

Spd Ploy 1

Units	Deirdre: Lady of the Forest • Knoll: Darkness Watcher • Saias: Bishop of Flame (Rarity requirements vary per character)
Tempest Trials+	July 2018: 10,000 points

Spd Ploy 2

Units	Deirdre: Lady of the Forest • Knoll: Darkness Watcher • Saias: Bishop of Flame (Rarity requirements vary per character)
Sacred Seal Forge (Enhancement)	Requires 200 regular Azure Badges, 60 Great Azure Badges, 50 Sacred Coins, and the Spd Ploy 1 seal.

Spd Ploy 3

Units	Deirdre: Lady of the Forest • Knoll: Darkness Watcher • Saias: Bishop of Flame (Rarity requirements vary per character)
Sacred Seal Forge (Enhancement)	Requires 400 regular Azure Badges, 1,000 Great Azure Badges, 100 Sacred Coins, and the Spd Ploy 2 seal

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Speed Ploy	Abbreviated as Spd Ploy.
Spanish	Ardid Velocidad	Speed ruse; abbreviated as Ardid Vel in the European localization and as Ardid Vel. in the Latin American localization.
French	Ruse Vitesse	Speed ruse; abbreviated as Ruse Vit.
German	Geschwindegkheit-Trick	Speed Trick; abbreviated as Ges.-Trick.
Italian	Complotto Velocità	Speed plot; abbreviated as Complotto Vel.
Portuguese (Brazil)	Manobra Velocidade	Speed maneuver; abbreviated as Manobra Vel.
Traditional Chinese	速度謀策	Speed scheme

See also

• Attack Ploy
• Defense Ploy
• Resistance Ploy