Distant Def

Type	Icon	Name	SP	Required	Description
A		Distant Def 1	60	—	If foe initiates combat and uses bow, dagger, magic, or staff, grants Def/Res+2 during combat.
		Distant Def 2	120	Distant Def 1	If foe initiates combat and uses bow, dagger, magic, or staff, grants Def/Res+4 during combat.
		Distant Def 3	240	Distant Def 2	If foe initiates combat and uses bow, dagger, magic, or staff, grants Def/Res+6 during combat.
		Distant Def 4	300	Distant Def 3	If foe initiates combat and uses bow, dagger, magic, or staff, grants Def/Res+8 and neutralizes foe's bonuses (from skills like Fortify, Rally, etc.) during combat.
No restrictions.

Available as a Sacred Seal.

Notes

• The stat increase that can be applied by Distant Def is considered a combat boost.
• The neutralization that can be applied by Distant Def 4 works only on  bonuses.
  • Bonuses reversed by  Panic will not be negated.

List of owners

Unit	Skill chain
Celica: Caring Princess	Distant Def 1 5	Distant Def 2 5	Distant Def 3 5	–
Olivia: Festival Dancer	Distant Def 1 5	Distant Def 2 5	Distant Def 3 5	–
Micaiah: Priestess of Dawn	Distant Def 1 5	Distant Def 2 5	Distant Def 3 5	–
Rhajat: Black Magician	Distant Def 1 5	Distant Def 2 5	Distant Def 3 5	–
Garon: King of Nohr	Distant Def 1 3	Distant Def 2 4	Distant Def 3 5	–
Caineghis: Gallia's Lion King	Distant Def 1 5	Distant Def 2 5	Distant Def 3 5	Distant Def 4 5
Leo: Extra Tomatoes	Distant Def 1 4	Distant Def 2 4	Distant Def 3 4	–
Ashnard: Mad King	Distant Def 1 3	Distant Def 2 4	Distant Def 3 5	–
Henriette: Overflowing Love	Distant Def 1 5	Distant Def 2 5	Distant Def 3 5	Distant Def 4 5

Availability

Summoning events

Start	End	Event	Skill
2017-05-15	2017-05-30	New Heroes: Rite of Shadows	Distant Def 3
2017-08-08	2017-08-25	Focus: Tempest Trials	Distant Def 3
2017-09-29	2017-10-30	Performing Arts	Distant Def 3
2017-11-28	2017-12-04	Legendary - Fjorm: Princess of Ice	Distant Def 3
2017-12-02	2017-12-12	Focus: Enduring Love, Block A	Distant Def 3
2018-01-04	2018-01-18	Focus: Effective Against Cavalry	Distant Def 3
2018-01-12	2018-01-25	New Heroes: World of Dawn	Distant Def 3
2018-02-26	2018-03-08	Focus: Shadow in the Mirror	Distant Def 3
2018-02-28	2018-03-05	Legendary Heroes - Ephraim	Distant Def 3
2018-05-01	2018-05-08	Legendary Heroes - Lyn	Distant Def 3
2018-07-27	2018-08-07	Focus: Heroes with Distant Def	Distant Def 3
2018-08-20	2018-08-28	Focus: Micaiah & Sothe's Battle	Distant Def 3
2018-09-16	2018-09-25	Focus: New Power	Distant Def 3
2018-09-19	2018-10-19	Performing Arts	Distant Def 3
2018-09-28	2018-10-05	Legendary Heroes - Tiki	Distant Def 3
2018-11-06	2018-11-14	Focus: Heroes with Drive Atk	Distant Def 3
2019-02-02	2019-02-09	Special Hero Summon (Year 1)	Distant Def 3
2019-02-10	2019-02-11	Focus: Micaiah & Sothe's Battle	Distant Def 3
2019-02-23	2019-03-04	Focus: Heroes with Blazing Light	Distant Def 3
2019-04-10	2019-04-27	New Heroes: Out of Gallia	Distant Def 4
2019-06-16	2019-06-23	Focus: Weekly Revival 2	Distant Def 3
2019-07-31	2019-08-07	Mythic Heroes - Sothis	Distant Def 4
2019-08-05	2019-08-15	Focus: Heroes with Savage Blow	Distant Def 3
2019-08-11	2019-08-12	Focus: Heroes with Distant Def	Distant Def 3
2019-08-15	2019-08-27	Focus: Tempest Trials	Distant Def 3
2019-08-19	2019-08-20	Focus: Heroes with Drive Atk	Distant Def 3
2019-09-07	2019-10-07	Performing Arts	Distant Def 3
2019-09-15	2019-09-23	Focus: Tibarn & Caineghis's Battle	Distant Def 4
2019-10-30	2019-11-09	Focus: Heroes with Guard Skills	Distant Def 4
2019-11-03	2019-11-10	Focus: Weekly Revival 2	Distant Def 3
2020-01-30	2020-02-06	Mythic Heroes - Líf	Distant Def 4
2020-02-05	2020-02-18	Focus: Tempest Trials	Distant Def 3
2020-02-16	2020-02-17	Focus: Micaiah & Sothe's Battle	Distant Def 3
2020-03-22	2020-03-29	Focus: Weekly Revival 2	Distant Def 3
2020-04-08	2020-05-01	Free 5★ Hero: Fire Emblem Leads	Distant Def 3
2020-05-19	2020-06-01	Focus: Tempest Trials	Distant Def 3
2020-06-12	2020-06-13	Focus: Heroes with Savage Blow	Distant Def 3
2020-06-20	2020-06-26	Focus: Heroes w/Vengeful Fighter	Distant Def 4
2020-08-12	2020-08-13	Focus: Tibarn & Caineghis's Battle	Distant Def 4
2020-08-16	2020-08-23	Focus: Weekly Revival 3	Distant Def 3
2020-08-23	2020-08-30	Focus: Weekly Revival 4	Distant Def 3
2020-09-15	2020-09-25	Focus: Frontline Phalanx Debut 2	Distant Def 4
2020-09-22	2020-10-06	Performing Arts	Distant Def 3
2020-10-10	2020-10-15	Focus: New Power	Distant Def 3
2020-11-03	2020-11-11	Focus: Heroes with Bonfire	Distant Def 4
2020-11-11	2020-11-19	Focus: New Power	Distant Def 3
2020-12-20	2020-12-27	Focus: Weekly Revival 21	Distant Def 3
2021-02-05	2021-03-05	Love of a King	Distant Def 4
2021-03-21	2021-03-28	Focus: Weekly Revival 3	Distant Def 3
2021-03-28	2021-04-04	Focus: Weekly Revival 4	Distant Def 3
2021-06-17	2021-06-18	Focus: Heroes with Bonfire	Distant Def 4
2021-07-25	2021-08-01	Focus: Weekly Revival 21	Distant Def 3
2021-08-02	2021-09-02	Feh's Summer Hero Fest	Distant Def 4
2021-10-02	2021-10-16	Performing Arts	Distant Def 3
2021-10-13	2021-10-27	Focus: Double Special Heroes	Distant Def 4
2021-10-20	2021-10-21	Focus: Heroes w/Vengeful Fighter	Distant Def 4
2022-01-02	2022-01-09	Focus: Weekly Revival 3	Distant Def 3
2022-01-09	2022-01-16	Focus: Weekly Revival 4	Distant Def 3
2022-02-02	2022-03-02	Special Hero Summon (Year 5)	Distant Def 4
2022-02-15	2022-02-25	Love of a King	Distant Def 4
2022-03-20	2022-03-27	Focus: Weekly Revival 3	Distant Def 3
2022-04-03	2022-04-10	Focus: Weekly Revival 4	Distant Def 3
2022-05-08	2022-05-15	Focus: Weekly Revival 21	Distant Def 3
2022-05-22	2022-05-29	Focus: Weekly Revival 49	Distant Def 4

Distributed units

• Ashnard: Mad King (×1)
• Ashnard: Mad King (×2)
• Garon: King of Nohr (×1)
• Garon: King of Nohr (×2)
• Tempest Trials+: Taste of Spring (×1)
• Tempest Trials+: Taste of Spring (×1)
• Use Heroic Grails (×20)
• Use Heroic Grails (×20)
• Use Heroic Grails (×20)
• Grand Hero Battles quest (April 2019) (×1)
• Grand Hero Battles quest (March 2021) (×1)
• Grand Hero Party quest (April 2020) (×1)
• Grand Hero Party quest (August 2019) (×1)
• Grand Hero Party quest (February 2022) (×1)
• Grand Hero Party quest (October 2021) (×1)
• Grand Hero Party quest (September 2020) (×1)
• Resplendent Hero (×1)
• Resplendent Hero (×1)

Combat Manuals

Start	End	Hero	Currency
2020-03-05 5:00:00 AM		Celica: Caring Princess	Divine Code: Part 1
2020-09-07 1:30:00 AM	2020-10-28 06:59:59	Olivia: Festival Dancer	Divine Code: Ephemera 9
2021-03-04 3:00:00 AM		Caineghis: Gallia's Lion King	Divine Code: Part 2
2022-03-07 9:00:00 AM		Henriette: Overflowing Love	Divine Code: Part 3

Seal acquired from

Tempest Trials reward

• Tempest Trials Mini: To Die on the Battlefield (2017-09-08T07:00:00Z – 2017-09-15T06:59:59Z): 20,000 Score.

Sacred Seal Forge

•  Distant Def 1: Create for 20  Great Azure Badge, 100  Azure Badge, 40  Sacred Coin.
•  Distant Def 2: Enhance for 60  Great Azure Badge, 200  Azure Badge, 50  Sacred Coin.
•  Distant Def 3: Enhance for 400  Great Azure Badge, 1000  Azure Badge, 100  Sacred Coin.

In other languages

Language	Name
Japanese	遠距離防御
German	Fernver.
Spanish (Europe)	Def a distancia
Spanish (Latin America)	Def. a distancia
French	Déf à distance
Italian	Difesa distante
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)	遠距離防禦
Portuguese	Def. distante

See also

• Distant Guard
• Close Guard
• Close Defense
• Stance Passives
• Guard Bow+