| Name | Cooldown | Description | SP | Required |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckler | 3 | Reduces damage from an adjacent foe's attack by 30%. | 100 | — |
Cannot use:             
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Notes[]
- Buckler is triggered by the foe's attack and reduces the damage taken from that attack.
- A foe with skills such as
Crusader's Astra, 
Lands Sword, Queensblade, 
Sentinel Bow, Sisterly War Axe, True Lunar Flash, or Breezy Spear will prevent Buckler from triggering.
- A foe with skills such as
- The damage-reduction effect is calculated after offensive Specials and damage boosting effects such as Arcane Lúin and Dominance.
- If a skill such as Miracle or Everliving Domain can trigger, the damage-reduction effect will not trigger and the user will still survive with only 1 HP.
- "Reduces damage by X%" effects stack multiplicatively, unlike interactions related to the weapon-triangle, such as Triangle Adept and the weapon-triangle advantage boost.
- Special "reduces damage by X%" effects cannot be neutralized or reduced by effects such as Share Spoils or Halves non-Special damage reduction.
- For more information, see Damage calculation.
- If a skill such as
List of owners[]
| Unit | Skill chain | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 | Buckler 4  | Pavise 4 | – |
 | Buckler 3  | Pavise 4 | – |
 | Buckler 3 | Escutcheon 4 | – |
 | Buckler 4 | Escutcheon 4 | – |
 | Buckler 5  | Pavise 5 | – |
 | Buckler 4 | Pavise 4 | – |
 | Buckler 3 | Pavise 4 | – |
 | Buckler 5 | Escutcheon 5 | Godlike Reflexes 5 |
 | Buckler 5 | Escutcheon 5 | Godlike Reflexes 5 |
 | Buckler 5 | Escutcheon 5 | Godlike Reflexes 5 |
 | Buckler 3 | Escutcheon 4 | – |
 | Buckler 5 | Pavise 5 | – |
 | Buckler 3 | Pavise 4 | – |
 | Buckler 5 | Escutcheon 5 | – |
 | Buckler 5 | Escutcheon 5 | Godlike Reflexes 5 |
 | Buckler 3 | Pavise 4 | – |
 | Buckler 5 | Pavise 5 | – |
 | Buckler 5 | Pavise 5 | – |
 | Buckler 4 | Escutcheon 4 | – |
 | Buckler 5 | Escutcheon 5 | Godlike Reflexes 5 |
 | Buckler 3 | Escutcheon 4 | – |
* Alfonse: Prince of Askr, Sharena: Princess of Askr, Anna: Commander, and Forma units cannot be used for skill inheritance or turned into combat manuals.
** Rearmed and Attuned Heroes cannot be used for normal skill inheritance or turned into combat manuals after using their Arcane/Elite Inheritance unless their Arcane/Elite Inheritance is restored via merges.
Alfonse: Prince of Askr, 
Sharena: Princess of Askr, 
Anna: Commander, and 
Forma units cannot be used for skill inheritance or turned into combat manuals.**
Rearmed and 
Attuned Heroes cannot be used for normal skill inheritance or turned into combat manuals after using their Arcane/Elite Inheritance unless their Arcane/Elite Inheritance is restored via merges.In other languages[]
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Japanese | 小盾 |
| German | Schutzschild |
| Spanish (Europe) | Rodela |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Broquel |
| French | Bouclier |
| Italian | Scudo tondo |
| Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) | 小盾 |
| Portuguese | Broquel |