Feather Sword

Feather Sword
Weapon type
Might	16
Range	1
Effectiveness
Required	Silver Sword
SP	400
Exclusive?	Yes
String ID	SID_フェザーソード
Description	Grants Atk+3. Effective against sword, lance, axe, colorless bow, and armored foes. If foe initiates combat and is armored or uses sword, lance, axe, or colorless bow, or if unit's HP ≤ 75%, unit can counterattack before foe's first attack.

Effects

Effects	Targets	Conditions
Base weapon
Permanent effects
Atk+3	Unit	—
Combat effects
Melee, Colorless bow, & Armored effective damage	Unit	—
Counter before attack		Enemy Phase & ( Foe uses Melee, Colorless bow, or is  Armored or  Unit's HP ≤ 75% at start of combat)
Refined weapon
Permanent effects
Atk+3	Unit	—
Combat effects
Melee, Colorless bow, & Armored effective damage	Unit	—
Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4		Enemy phase or  Foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat
Neutralizes "Prevent follow-up"
Neutralizes "Guaranteed follow-up"	Foe
Counter before attack	Unit	Enemy Phase & ( Foe uses Melee, Colorless bow, or is  Armored or  Unit's HP ≤ 90% at start of combat)
Skill refine effects
Map effects
【Canto (２)】	Unit	—
Combat effects
Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4	Unit	Unit's HP ≥ 25% at start of combat
Atk/Spd+X (max: 6) X = number of  Allies within 3 spaces x 2
Reduces damage by 40% from  Foe's first attack (including second attacks)

Notes

• When battling a Sword, Lance, or Axe unit, damage is boosted by 50%.
• When battling a  Colorless bow unit, damage is boosted by 50%.
• When battling an  Armored unit, damage is boosted by 50%.
  •  Dragonhide,  Svalinn Shield,  Dew Dragonstone,  Maltet,  Opposing Stones, and the  Neutralize Effective Against Armored status effect will neutralize the attack increase against  Armored units.

• "If foe initiates combat" means if a foe triggers combat during the enemy phase. The unit being initiated upon does not need to deal damage, nor be able to counterattack.
  • However, if the effect is applied after combat, the unit being initiated upon must also survive it to fulfill this condition.
• Feather Sword does not grant the user the ability to counterattack regardless of foe's range.
• If the user can counterattack, either from using a weapon with the same range as the foe's weapon or from countering skills, the user's counterattack will occur before the foe's initial attack.
• Feather Sword changes the priority, or order of attacks, and therefore can be neutralized by effects such as  Hardy Bearing 3 or  Armorpin Dagger+.

Upgrades

Can be upgraded in the Weapon Refinery. For a list of other such weapons, see list of upgradable weapons.

Type	Stats	Description [ExpandCollapse]	Cost
	+3 HP	Grants Atk+3. Effective against sword, lance, axe, colorless bow, and armored foes. If foe initiates combat or if foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to unit during combat and neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks and effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks. If foe initiates combat and is armored or uses sword, lance, axe, or colorless bow, or if unit's HP ≤ 90%, unit can counterattack before foe's first attack. Enables【Canto (２)】. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to unit, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd = number of allies within 3 spaces × 3 (max 6), and reduces damage from foe's first attack by 40% during combat ("first attack" normally means only the first strike; for effects that grant "unit attacks twice," it means the first and second strikes).	Grants Atk+3. Effective against sword, lance, axe, colorless bow, and armored foes. If foe initiates combat or if foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to unit during combat and neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks and effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks. If foe initiates combat and is armored or uses sword, lance, axe, or colorless bow, or if unit's HP ≤ 90%, unit can counterattack before foe's first attack. Enables【Canto (２)】. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to unit, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd = number of allies within 3 spaces × 3 (max 6), and reduces damage from foe's first attack by 40% during combat ("first attack" normally means only the first strike; for effects that grant "unit attacks twice," it means the first and second strikes). 【Canto (２)】 After an attack, Assist skill, or structure destruction, unit can move ２ space(s). (Unit moves according to movement type. Once per turn. Cannot attack or assist. Only highest value applied. Does not stack. After moving, if a skill that grants another action would be triggered (like with Galeforce), Canto will trigger after the granted action. Unit's base movement has no effect on movement granted. Cannot warp (using skills like Wings of Mercy) a distance greater than unit would be able to move with normal Canto movement.)	400 SP,  500,  200
	+5 HP, +2 Mt	Grants Atk+3. Effective against sword, lance, axe, colorless bow, and armored foes. If foe initiates combat or if foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to unit during combat and neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks and effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks. If foe initiates combat and is armored or uses sword, lance, axe, or colorless bow, or if unit's HP ≤ 90%, unit can counterattack before foe's first attack.	400 SP,  500,  200
	+5 HP, +3 Spd	Grants Atk+3. Effective against sword, lance, axe, colorless bow, and armored foes. If foe initiates combat or if foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to unit during combat and neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks and effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks. If foe initiates combat and is armored or uses sword, lance, axe, or colorless bow, or if unit's HP ≤ 90%, unit can counterattack before foe's first attack.	400 SP,  500,  200
	+5 HP, +4 Def	Grants Atk+3. Effective against sword, lance, axe, colorless bow, and armored foes. If foe initiates combat or if foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to unit during combat and neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks and effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks. If foe initiates combat and is armored or uses sword, lance, axe, or colorless bow, or if unit's HP ≤ 90%, unit can counterattack before foe's first attack.	400 SP,  500,  200
	+5 HP, +4 Res	Grants Atk+3. Effective against sword, lance, axe, colorless bow, and armored foes. If foe initiates combat or if foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to unit during combat and neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks and effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks. If foe initiates combat and is armored or uses sword, lance, axe, or colorless bow, or if unit's HP ≤ 90%, unit can counterattack before foe's first attack.	400 SP,  500,  200

Notes

• The stat increase that can be applied by refined Feather Sword is considered a temporary buff.

• refined Feather Sword will not neutralize the additional follow-up of 【Potent Follow X%】 or 【Potent Follow 100%】.
• Effects that are neutralized by refined Feather Sword:
  • Effects that grant the foe a guaranteed follow-up such as  Quick Riposte 4,  Guaranteed Follow-Ups, or the Grand Conquests  Cavalry area effect.
  • Effects active on the unit that prevent their follow-up attacks, such as  Windsweep 3,  Watersweep 3, or  Weaving Fighter.
  • Effects active on the foe that prevent the unit's follow-up attacks such as  Steady Impact,  Vengeful Fighter 4, or  Foe Cannot Follow-Up.

• 【Canto (２)】 will not trigger after an effect that grants "another action" if it has already been triggered that turn or if the unit does not perform an action.
  • If 【Canto (２)】 has already been triggered that turn effects such as  Forever Yours can re-enable it's usage.
•  Canto Control will reduce the amount of movement granted by 【Canto (２)】 to 1 space for Range = 1 units and 0 spaces for Range = 2 units.
• 【Canto (２)】 takes into account the unit's Move Type and the movement restrictions involved with it. For Example, a  Cavalry unit cannot use 【Canto (２)】 to enter or cross through a forest.
  • 【Canto (２)】 also takes into account effects that alter a unit's normal movement such as movement preventing effects, Divine Vein effects, Pass effects,  Traverse Terrain, and 【Pathfinder】.
  • 【Canto (２)】 also takes into account warping effects such as  Guidance 4 and  Air Orders. However, the distance is limited to the maximum amount of spaces allotted by 【Canto (２)】.
  • The movement granted by 【Canto (２)】 is unaffected by status effects that alter a unit's movement value such as  Mobility increased,  Gallop,  Stall, and  Gravity.

• 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.
    • For example, if both  Dodge and  Gust trigger, the maximum total damage-reduction is 64% instead of 80%, since the two skills reduce the damage to (1 − 40%) × (1 − 40%) = 36% of the original damage.
  • Non-Special "reduces damage by X%" effects can be neutralized or reduced by effects such as  Share Spoils or  Halves non-Special damage reduction.
  • For more information, see Damage calculation.

List of owners

Unit	Skill chain
Caeda: Princess of Talys	Iron Sword 5	Steel Sword 5	Silver Sword 5	Feather Sword 5

Trivia

•  Feather Sword and  Dolphin-Dive Axe are effective against 626/1,222 units.

In other languages

Language	Name
Japanese	フェザーソード
German	Federschwert
Spanish (Europe)	Hoja plumífera
Spanish (Latin America)	Hoja plumífera
French	Épée plume
Italian	Spada piumata
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)	鐵羽劍
Portuguese	Espada pluma

See also

• Absolute Amiti
• Athame
• Barbarity
• Blazing Polearms
• Blue Yule Axe
• Brilliant Rapier
• Captain's Sword
• Cute Paper Crane
• Dolphin-Dive Axe
• Faithful Loyalty
• Fetters of Dromi
• Flower Lance
• Flowery Scroll
• Genesis Falchion
• Grim Brokkr
• Holytide Tyrfing
• Honorable Blade
• Ladyblade
• Lunar Brace
• Mirage Feather