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Apotrope
- This article is about the skill from Shadows of Valentia. For the card from the Nintendo DS games, see Apotrope (card).
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Apotrope (Japanese: 破邪 Break Evil) is a skill which debuted in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. A passive skill linked to the Dread Fighter class, Apotrope allows its user to take half damage against an enemy wielding black magic.
Apotrope's effect of halving incoming magic damage can stack with the Hexlock Shield, resulting in a total of 75% reduction in incoming magic damage.
Data
Game | Icon | Effect | Activation | Capacity | Notes |
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Echoes: Shadows of Valentia | Halves damage dealt to user by black magic. | -- | -- | -- |
Availability
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Classes | Dread Fighter |
Flavor text
Game | Text (English) |
Text (Japanese) |
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Echoes: Shadows of Valentia | Halves damage from magic.
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魔法によるダメージを
半減する |
Trivia
- This skill shares its Japanese name with a skill from TearRing Saga: Yutona Heroes War Chronicles, which predates Apotrope by several years. Additionally, its Japanese name forms part of the Japanese name of the Apotrope card in the DS games' multiplayer mode (the other part being "charm", which at the end of the name of every card in the DS games).
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
English |
Apotrope |
An apotrope is a magic ward meant to protect against evil. Apotrope comes from the Ancient Greek ἀπό apó and τρόπος trópos. |
Japanese |
破邪 |
Break Evil |
Spanish |
Apotropaico |
Apotropaic |
French |
Apotropée |
Apotrope |
German |
Talisman |
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Italian |
Tutela |
Protection |
Dutch |
Afwending |
Aversion |
Korean |
파사 |
Break evil |
Simplified Chinese |
破邪 |
Break evil |
Traditional Chinese |
破邪 |
Break evil |