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Instant Lance

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Instant Lance

Is feh instant lance.png
The Instant Lance as it appears in Heroes.

Type

Lance

First game

Heroes

Instant Lance (Japanese: 瞬撃の槍 Instant Attack Lance) is a weapon skill in the lance category which debuted in Fire Emblem Heroes. When its user initiates combat, Instant Lance boosts their attack and defense and denies the foe's follow-up attacks.

Stats

Game Icon Type Might Range SP cost Refine cost Prerequisites Unusable by Inheritable Other effects and notes
Heroes
(Instant Lance)
Is feh skill weapon.png Lances 10 1 200 -- Steel Lance -- If user initiates combat, grants +4 each to attack and defense during combat and foe cannot make follow-up attacks.
Heroes
(Instant Lance+; refine: Unrefined)
Is feh skill weapon.png Lances 14 1 300 -- Instant Lance -- If user initiates combat, grants +4 each to attack and defense during combat and foe cannot make follow-up attacks.
Heroes
(Instant Lance+; refine: +Atk)
Is feh wpn atk refined.png Lances 16 1 350 500 Arena Medal
50 Refining Stone
-- -- If user initiates combat, grants +4 each to attack and defense during combat and foe cannot make follow-up attacks.
Grants +5 HP.
Heroes
(Instant Lance+; refine: +Spd)
Is feh wpn spd refined.png Lances 14 1 350 500 Arena Medal
50 Refining Stone
-- -- If user initiates combat, grants +4 each to attack and defense during combat and foe cannot make follow-up attacks.
Grants +5 HP and +3 speed.
Heroes
(Instant Lance+; refine: +Def)
Is feh wpn def refined.png Lances 14 1 350 500 Arena Medal
50 Refining Stone
-- -- If user initiates combat, grants +4 each to attack and defense during combat and foe cannot make follow-up attacks.
Grants +5 HP and +4 defense.
Heroes
(Instant Lance+; refine: +Res)
Is feh wpn res refined.png Lances 14 1 350 500 Arena Medal
50 Refining Stone
-- -- If user initiates combat, grants +4 each to attack and defense during combat and foe cannot make follow-up attacks.
Grants +5 HP and +4 resistance.

Availability

Heroes

Method Data
Instant Lance Instant Lance+
Unit (★★★) Fernand: Traitorous Knight
Unit (★★★★★) Melady: Crimson Rider Fernand: Traitorous KnightMelady: Crimson Rider

Flavor text

Game Text
(English)
Text
(Japanese)
Heroes
If unit initiates combat, grants Atk/Def+4
during combat and foe cannot make a
follow-up attack.
自分から攻撃した時、戦闘中の攻撃、守備+4
かつ、敵は追撃不可

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language Name Definition, etymology, and notes
English

Instant Lance

--

Japanese

瞬撃の槍

Instant Attack Lance; references the "impact" series of skills (i.e. Sturdy Impact, Mirror Impact, etc.), both having 瞬撃 ("Instant Attack") in their respective names.

Spanish

Lanza fugaz

Fleeting lance

French

Lance vive

Brisk lance

German

Sekundenlanze

Seconds Lance

Italian

Lancia rapida

Quick lance

Portuguese

Lança imediata

Immediate lance

Traditional Chinese

瞬擊之槍

Quick strike lance

Gallery

See also

Lance skills in Heroes
Basic lance skills Iron LanceSilver LanceSteel Lance
Lance skills with secondary effects Allied LanceArcane LúinArcane QiangBarrier LanceBerkut's LanceBrave LanceCandy CaneCarrot LanceCarrot-Tip SpearCasa BlancaCourtly CandleDefier's LanceDeft HarpoonFiresweep LanceFirst BiteFlashing CarrotFlowing LanceGilt ForkGuard LanceHare's LanceHarmonic LanceHeavy SpearInstant LanceIt's Curtains...Killer LanceKumo NaginataLofty BlossomsLuncheon LanceNabata LanceNinja NaginataNinja YariPiercing TributeProtection PikeRein LanceReprisal LanceRidersbaneSapphire LanceShell LanceShellpoint LanceSlaying LanceSlaying SpearSpirited SpearSpringy LanceSteadfast LanceStout LanceTannenboom!TridentUmbra BurstUp-Front LanceUnbound LanceVanguardVulture LanceWagasa
Regalia and personal lance skills Airborne SpearApotheosis SpearAreadbharAzure LanceBereft LanceBinding ReginleifBlack Yule LanceBreaker LanceBridal SunflowerBright NaginataBull SpearChon'sin SprigCommand LanceCordelia's LanceCoyote's LanceCursed LanceDark Royal SpearDauntless LanceDaybreak LanceDivine Sea SpearDreaming SpearDryblade LanceEffie's LanceEarthly Gáe BolgFensalirFirelight LanceFlame LanceFlingster SpearFlorina's LanceFlower LanceFrelian LanceGáe BolgGeirskögulGeirdrifulGolden NaginataGradivusGuarding LanceHeartbeat LanceHeired GungnirHewn LanceHinoka's SpearHoly GradivusHotshot LanceHreiðmarrHrímfaxiHyperion LanceIcy MaltetIlian Merc LanceInseverable SpearInspirited SpearJolly Jade LanceKnightly LanceKriemhildLance BreidablikLance of FreliaLance of HeroicsLeiptrLordly LanceLoyal GreatlanceLoyalty SpearLúinMaltetMasked LanceMirage FeatherMoon GradivusNinis's Ice LanceNoble LanceOboro's SpearObsidian LancePanther LancePenitent LancePeri's LancePrized LanceProdigy PolearmPure-Wing SpearQueenslanceReginleifRevenger LanceRhomphaiaRighteous LanceSable LanceScarlet SpearScythe of SarielSea-Sear LanceShanna's LanceSiegmundSilesse FrostSol LanceSpear of AssalSpear of ShadowStarpoint LanceSteady LanceStoutheart LanceSurfer's SpadeSworn LanceThorn LanceThracia KinglanceTri-Edge LanceValbar's LanceVengeful LanceVerðandiVeteran LanceVidofnirWeighted LanceWhitedown SpearWhitewing LanceWhitewing SpearWing-Lifted SpearWorldly Lance