Distant Guard

Type	Icon	Name	SP	Required	Description
C		Distant Guard 1	60	—	Allies within 2 spaces gain: "If foe uses bow, dagger, magic, or staff, grants Def/Res+2 during combat."
		Distant Guard 2	120	Distant Guard 1	Allies within 2 spaces gain: "If foe uses bow, dagger, magic, or staff, grants Def/Res+3 during combat."
		Distant Guard 3	240	Distant Guard 2	Allies within 2 spaces gain: "If foe uses bow, dagger, magic, or staff, grants Def/Res+4 during combat."
No restrictions.

Available as a Sacred Seal.

Notes

• The stat increase that can be applied by Distant Guard is considered a combat boost.
• The combat boost of Distant Guard will not apply to the user's allies who are in combat against a foe with skills such as  Impenetrable Dark and  C Feud 3.

List of owners

Unit	Skill chain
Laegjarn: Sheathed Steel	Distant Guard 1 5	Distant Guard 2 5	Distant Guard 3 5	–
Lucina: Glorious Archer	Distant Guard 1 5	Distant Guard 2 5	Distant Guard 3 5	–
Caineghis: Gallia's Lion King	Distant Guard 1 5	Distant Guard 2 5	Distant Guard 3 5	–
Lyn: Lady of the Beach	Distant Guard 1 5	Distant Guard 2 5	Distant Guard 3 5	–
Berkut: Debonair Noble	Distant Guard 1 5	Distant Guard 2 5	Distant Guard 3 5	–
Kronya: Gleaming Blade	Distant Guard 1 3	Distant Guard 2 3	Distant Guard 3 4	–
Eremiya: Bishop of Woe	Distant Guard 1 3	Distant Guard 2 4	Distant Guard 3 5	–
Merric: Changing Winds	Distant Guard 1 5	Distant Guard 2 5	Distant Guard 3 5	–
Merlinus: Pherae's Clerk	Distant Guard 1 3	Distant Guard 2 4	Distant Guard 3 5	–
Linhardt: Hevring's Heir	Distant Guard 1 3	Distant Guard 2 4	Distant Guard 3 5	–
Innes: Frelian Moonlight	Distant Guard 1 4	Distant Guard 2 4	Distant Guard 3 4	–
Micaiah: Radiant Queen	Distant Guard 1 5	Distant Guard 2 5	Distant Guard 3 5	Joint Dist. Guard 5
Roshea: Coyote's Faithful	Distant Guard 1 3	Distant Guard 2 4	Distant Guard 3 5	–
Lilina: Beaming Bride	Distant Guard 1 5	Distant Guard 2 5	Distant Guard 3 5	Joint Dist. Guard 5

Availability

Summoning events

Start	End	Event	Skill
2018-07-31	2018-08-07	Legendary Heroes - Lucina	Distant Guard 3
2018-09-21	2018-10-23	New Heroes: Generals of Múspell	Distant Guard 3
2018-11-28	2018-12-05	Legendary Heroes - Hríd	Distant Guard 3
2018-11-30	2018-12-10	Focus: Voting Gauntlet	Distant Guard 3
2019-01-30	2019-02-06	Legendary Heroes - Duma	Distant Guard 3
2019-03-29	2019-04-05	Mythic Heroes - Yune	Distant Guard 3
2019-04-10	2019-04-27	New Heroes: Out of Gallia	Distant Guard 3
2019-06-21	2019-07-04	Focus: Tempest Trials	Distant Guard 3
2019-06-28	2019-07-05	Legendary Heroes - Eliwood	Distant Guard 3
2019-07-09	2019-08-09	Summer Refreshes	Distant Guard 3
2019-07-31	2019-08-07	Mythic Heroes - Sothis	Distant Guard 3
2019-09-06	2019-10-07	A Splendid Soiree	Distant Guard 3
2019-09-15	2019-09-23	Focus: Tibarn & Caineghis's Battle	Distant Guard 3
2019-10-29	2019-11-05	Legendary Heroes - Leif	Distant Guard 3
2019-10-30	2019-11-09	Focus: Heroes with Guard Skills	Distant Guard 3
2020-01-30	2020-02-06	Mythic Heroes - Líf	Distant Guard 3
2020-02-02	2020-03-01	Special Hero Summon (Year 3)	Distant Guard 3
2020-02-19	2020-03-04	Focus: Double Special Heroes	Distant Guard 3
2020-04-14	2020-04-28	Focus: Double Special Heroes	Distant Guard 3
2020-04-20	2020-05-20	The Start of It All	Distant Guard 3
2020-05-29	2020-06-06	Mythic Heroes - Mila	Distant Guard 3
2020-06-18	2020-07-02	Call of the Sea - Special Hero Gift	Distant Guard 3
2020-06-20	2020-06-26	Focus: Heroes w/Vengeful Fighter	Distant Guard 3
2020-07-13	2020-07-27	Summer Refreshes	Distant Guard 3
2020-08-12	2020-08-13	Focus: Tibarn & Caineghis's Battle	Distant Guard 3
2020-09-03	2020-09-11	Focus: Heroes with Duel Skills	Distant Guard 3
2020-09-12	2020-09-26	A Splendid Soiree	Distant Guard 3
2020-09-15	2020-09-25	Focus: Frontline Phalanx Debut 2	Distant Guard 3
2020-09-30	2020-10-07	Mythic Heroes - Plumeria	Distant Guard 3
2020-10-13	2020-10-27	Focus: Double Special Heroes	Distant Guard 3
2020-11-03	2020-11-11	Focus: Heroes with Bonfire	Distant Guard 3
2020-11-17	2020-12-07	New Heroes: Princess of Bern	Distant Guard 3
2021-02-02	2021-03-01	Special Hero Summon (Year 4)	Distant Guard 3
2021-03-05	2021-03-30	New Heroes: Seeds of Fódlan	Distant Guard 3
2021-03-30	2021-04-06	Mythic Heroes - Dagr	Distant Guard 3
2021-04-21	2021-05-05	The Start of It All	Distant Guard 3
2021-06-17	2021-06-18	Focus: Heroes with Bonfire	Distant Guard 3
2021-07-15	2021-07-29	Summer Refreshes	Distant Guard 3
2021-08-10	2021-08-20	Focus: New Power	Distant Guard 3
2021-08-31	2021-09-07	Legendary Heroes - Micaiah	Distant Guard 3
2021-09-16	2021-09-30	A Splendid Soiree	Distant Guard 3
2021-09-19	2021-09-26	Focus: Weekly Revival 35	Distant Guard 3
2021-10-18	2021-11-05	New Heroes & Ascended Fjorm	Distant Guard 3
2021-10-20	2021-10-21	Focus: Heroes w/Vengeful Fighter	Distant Guard 3
2021-11-08	2021-11-16	Revival: Seeds of Fódlan	Distant Guard 3
2021-11-30	2021-12-14	Legendary Eitri & Mythic Thórr	Distant Guard 3
2021-12-14	2021-12-26	Focus: Tempest Trials	Distant Guard 3
2022-01-13	2022-01-27	Legendary Hero Remix	Distant Guard 3
2022-04-20	2022-04-30	The Start of It All	Distant Guard 3
2022-04-28	2022-05-12	Mythic Heroes - Medeus	Distant Guard 3
2022-05-20	2022-06-20	Bridal Blossoms	Distant Guard 3
2022-05-22	2022-05-29	Focus: Weekly Revival 49	Distant Guard 3
2022-06-09	2022-06-13	Three Hopes Release Event 2	Distant Guard 3

Distributed units

• Eremiya: Bishop of Woe (×1)
• Eremiya: Bishop of Woe (×2)
• Kronya: Gleaming Blade (×1)
• Kronya: Gleaming Blade (×2)
• Tempest Trials+: Princess's Gloom (×1)
• Tempest Trials+: Princess's Gloom (×1)
• Use Heroic Grails (×20)
• Use Heroic Grails (×20)
• Use Heroic Grails (×20)
• Grand Hero Battles quest (March 2020) (×1)
• Grand Hero Battles quest (May 2021) (×1)
• Grand Hero Party quest (February 2021) (×1)
• Grand Hero Party quest (October 2021) (×1)

Combat Manuals

Start	End	Hero	Currency
2021-03-04 3:00:00 AM		Caineghis: Gallia's Lion King	Divine Code: Part 2
2021-08-04 3:00:00 AM	2021-09-28 06:59:59	Merlinus: Pherae's Clerk	Divine Code: Ephemera 8
2021-10-06 1:00:00 AM	2021-11-28 06:59:59	Innes: Frelian Moonlight	Divine Code: Ephemera 10
2021-12-06 12:00:00 AM	2022-01-28 06:59:59	Linhardt: Hevring's Heir	Divine Code: Ephemera 12
2022-01-06 3:00:00 AM	2022-02-28 06:59:59	Merlinus: Pherae's Clerk	Divine Code: Ephemera 1
2022-03-07 9:00:00 AM		Berkut: Debonair Noble	Divine Code: Part 3

Seal acquired from

Tempest Trials reward

• Tempest Trials+: For a Smile (2019-12-17T07:00:00Z – 2019-12-27T06:59:59Z): 20,000 Score.

Sacred Seal Forge

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

In other languages

Language	Name
Japanese	遠距離警戒
German	Fernschutz
Spanish (Europe)	Guardia lejana
Spanish (Latin America)	Guardia lejana
French	Garde distante
Italian	Guardia dist.
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)	遠距離警戒
Portuguese	Guarda dist.

See also

• Distant Defense
• Close Defense
• Close Guard
• Infantry Rush
• Drive Passives