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  Impenetrable Dark.

List of owners

Unit	Skill chain
Berkut: Debonair Noble	Distant Guard 1 5	Distant Guard 2 5	Distant Guard 3 5
Eremiya: Bishop of Woe	Distant Guard 1 3	Distant Guard 2 4	Distant Guard 3 5
Kronya: Gleaming Blade	Distant Guard 1 3	Distant Guard 2 3	Distant Guard 3 4
Lyn: Lady of the Beach	Distant Guard 1 5	Distant Guard 2 5	Distant Guard 3 5
Merric: Changing Winds	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
Laegjarn: Sheathed Steel	Distant Guard 1 5	Distant Guard 2 5	Distant Guard 3 5
Linhardt: Hevring's Heir	Distant Guard 1 3	Distant Guard 2 4	Distant Guard 3 5
Merlinus: Pherae's Clerk	Distant Guard 1 3	Distant Guard 2 4	Distant Guard 3 5
Caineghis: Gallia's Lion King	Distant Guard 1 5	Distant Guard 2 5	Distant Guard 3 5

Availability

Summoning event

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

Distributed units

• Grand Hero Battles quest (March 2020) (×1)
• Grand Hero Party quest (February 2021) (×1)
• Eremiya: Bishop of Woe (×1)
• Eremiya: Bishop of Woe (×2)
• Kronya: Gleaming Blade (×1)
• Kronya: Gleaming Blade (×2)
• Use Heroic Grails (×20)
• Use Heroic Grails (×20)

Combat Manuals

Start	End	Hero	Currency
2021-03-04 03:00:00		Caineghis: Gallia's Lion King	Divine Code: Part 2

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