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Niles's Bow

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Niles's Bow

Is 3ds02 bow.png
Icon of Niles's Bow from Fates.


Def/Res-2. Cannot kill foes with >1 HP. Cannot make follow-up attacks.

Type

Bow

First game

Fire Emblem Fates

Niles's Bow (Japanese: ゼロの虐弓 Zero's Cruelbow) is a bow that debuted in Fire Emblem Fates. Named for the Nohrian thief Niles, it possesses middling stats and is unable to kill enemies at all, with lethal hits always leaving them with just one hit point remaining. While it is effectively useless for serious combat, it is a helpful tool for feeding experience to weaker units, as a stronger unit can use it to cut an enemy's HP down to the point where weaker units can quickly kill them.

Stats

In the main Fire Emblem series

Game Icon Level Might Weight Hit Crit Range Uses Worth WEXP Other effects and notes
Fates Is 3ds02 bow.png Bows/Yumi C 4 -- 75 0 2 -- 0 1 −2 defense, −2 resistance, −10 avoid when equipped.
Deals bonus damage to Is 3ds02 pegasus.png flying units.
Leaves the target with 1 HP if the user's attack would kill the target.
Cannot make follow-up attacks.

In other Fire Emblem series titles

Game Icon Type Might Range SP cost Refine cost Prerequisites Unusable by Inheritable Other effects and notes
Heroes
(refine: Unrefined)
Is feh skill weapon.png Bows 14 2 400 -- -- -- Grants −1 special cooldown count.
Deals bonus damage to flying units.
If foe's defense ≥ (foe's resistance + 5), user deals +7 damage.
Heroes
(refine: +Effect)
Is feh wpn niles's bow refined.png Bows 14 2 400 500 Arena Medal
200 Divine Dew
-- -- Grants −1 special cooldown count.
Deals bonus damage to flying units.
If foe's defense ≥ (foe's resistance + 5), user deals +7 damage.
If user's speed > foe's speed, grants +1 special cooldown count per user's atatck.
Heroes
(refine: +Atk)
Is feh wpn atk refined.png Bows 15 2 400 500 Arena Medal
200 Divine Dew
-- -- Grants −1 special cooldown count.
Deals bonus damage to flying units.
If foe's defense ≥ (foe's resistance + 5), user deals +7 damage.
Grants +2 HP.
Heroes
(refine: +Spd)
Is feh wpn spd refined.png Bows 14 2 400 500 Arena Medal
200 Divine Dew
-- -- Grants −1 special cooldown count.
Deals bonus damage to flying units.
If foe's defense ≥ (foe's resistance + 5), user deals +7 damage.
Grants +2 HP and +2 speed.
Heroes
(refine: +Def)
Is feh wpn def refined.png Bows 14 2 400 500 Arena Medal
200 Divine Dew
-- -- Grants −1 special cooldown count.
Deals bonus damage to flying units.
If foe's defense ≥ (foe's resistance + 5), user deals +7 damage.
Grants +2 HP and +3 defense.
Heroes
(refine: +Res)
Is feh wpn res refined.png Bows 14 2 400 500 Arena Medal
200 Divine Dew
-- -- Grants −1 special cooldown count.
Deals bonus damage to flying units.
If foe's defense ≥ (foe's resistance + 5), user deals +7 damage.
Grants +2 HP and +3 resistance.
Game Icon Level Might Weight Hit Crit Range Uses Worth WEXP Other effects and notes
Warriors Bows E* 80 -- -- -- -- -- Cannot be sold -- Deals bonus damage to flying units.

Locations

Fates

Treasure My Castle, obtained at random from a pool of possible items.
Rank rewards Battle Rank: 360 (limit 1)

Heroes

Method Data
Unit (★★★★★) Niles: Cruel to Be Kind

Warriors

Event Cold Reception, clear Pincer Escape Lv. 26 Niles with an S rank

Flavor text

Game Text
(English)
Text
(Japanese)
Fates
Def/Res-2. Cannot kill foes with >1 HP.
Cannot make follow-up attacks.
敵のHPを1残す/追撃不可/守備・魔防-2
Heroes
Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1).
Effective against flying foes. If foe's Def ≥ foe's
Res+5, deals +7 damage.
飛行特効
奥義が発動しやすい(発動カウント-1)
敵の魔防が敵の守備より5以上低い時、
ダメージ+7
Heroes
(Refined: +effect)
If unit’s Spd > foe’s Spd, grants Special
cooldown charge +1 per unit's attack. (Only
highest value applied. Does not stack.)
速さが敵より1以上高い時、自身の攻撃による奥義発動
カウント変動量+1(同系統効果複数時、最大値適用)

Etymology and other languages

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

Niles's Bow

--

Japanese

ゼロの虐弓

Zero's Cruelbow

Spanish

Arco Niles

Niles Bow

French

Arc de Niles

Niles's Bow

German

Niles' Bogen

Niles's bow

Italian

Arco di Niles

Niles's Bow

Portuguese

Arco de Niles

Niles's bow

Korean

닐스의 학궁

Niles's cruel bow

Traditional Chinese

零的虐弓

Zero's cruel bow

Gallery

References

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