Guard

This page is about the passive skill. For the status effect, see Guard (status effect).

Type	Icon	Name	SP	Required	Description
B		Guard 1	50	—	At start of combat, if unit's HP = 100%, inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)
		Guard 2	100	Guard 1	At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 90%, inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)
		Guard 3	200	Guard 2	At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 80%, inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)
		Guard 4	300	Guard 3	At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Atk-4 and Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack during combat (only highest value applied; does not stack) and reduces damage from foe's first attack during combat by 30%.
No restrictions.

Available as a Sacred Seal.

Effects

Effects	Targets	Conditions
Guard 3
Combat effects
Special cooldown charge -1	Foe	Unit's HP ≥ 80% at start of combat
Guard 4
Combat effects
Atk-4	Foe	Unit's HP ≥ 25% at start of combat
Special cooldown charge -1
Reduces damage by 30% from  Foe's first attack	Unit

Notes

• The "Special cooldown charge -X" effect will stack with the "Special cooldown charge +X" effect.
  • For example, if a unit is affected by both  Guard and  Special Cooldown Charge +1, the effects will stack and the cooldown will go down without penalty or bonus.
• If used alongside another source of "Special cooldown charge -X", only the higher of the two charge reductions will apply.
  • This means that if a unit has two "Special cooldown charge -1" effects from two different sources, the battle will play out as if only one "Special cooldown charge -1" effect is active.
• Skills such as  Spd/Def Tempo 4 and  Whirling Grace will neutralize effects that inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on its user.
• The stat decrease that can be applied by Guard 4 is considered a temporary debuff.

• 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
Alfonse: Heir to Openness	Guard 1 5	Guard 2 5	Guard 3 5	Reopening 5
Askr: Open Harvest	Guard 1 5	Guard 2 5	Guard 3 5	Reopening 5
Caellach: Tiger Eye	Guard 1 3	Guard 2 4	Guard 3 5	–
Corrin: Child of Dusk	Guard 1 5	Guard 2 5	Guard 3 5	Guard 4 5
Gotoh: White Sage	Guard 1 5	Guard 2 5	Guard 3 5	Guard 4 5
Haar: Black Tempest	Guard 1 3	Guard 2 4	Guard 3 5	–
Helbindi: Savage Scourge	Guard 1 5	Guard 2 5	Guard 3 5	–
Julius: Scion of Darkness	Guard 1 3	Guard 2 4	Guard 3 5	–
Leon: True of Heart	Guard 1 3	Guard 2 4	Guard 3 5	–
Leonardo: Freedom's Arrow	Guard 1 3	Guard 2 3	Guard 3 4	–
Linus: Savage Dog	Guard 1 3	Guard 2 3	Guard 3 4	–
Luthier: Odd Wayfarer	Guard 1 3	Guard 2 3	Guard 3 4	–
Lyn: Wind's Embrace	Guard 1 5	Guard 2 5	Guard 3 5	–
Micaiah: Priestess of Dawn	Guard 1 5	Guard 2 5	Guard 3 5	–
Morgan: Lass from Afar	Guard 1 5	Guard 2 5	Guard 3 5	–
Naesala: Sky's Shadow	Guard 1 3	Guard 2 3	Guard 3 4	–
Sakura: Gentle Nekomata	Guard 1 5	Guard 2 5	Guard 3 5	–
Titania: Mighty Mercenary	Guard 1 3	Guard 2 4	Guard 3 5	–

Availability

Summoning events

Start	End	Event	Skill
2017-04-26	2017-05-15	New Heroes: World of Radiance	Guard 3
2017-05-22	2017-06-06	Focus: Weapon Triangle	Guard 3
2017-07-13	2017-07-28	New Heroes: Celica's Army	Guard 3
2017-07-20	2017-08-05	Focus: Cavalry	Guard 3
2017-09-19	2017-10-07	Focus: Tempest Trials	Guard 3
2017-10-30	2017-11-28	Trick or Defeat!	Guard 3
2018-01-12	2018-01-25	New Heroes: World of Dawn	Guard 3
2018-02-09	2018-03-09	Love Abounds	Guard 3
2018-03-09	2018-03-22	New Heroes: The Branded King	Guard 3
2018-03-29	2018-04-03	Legendary Heroes - Robin	Guard 3
2018-05-01	2018-05-08	Legendary Heroes - Lyn	Guard 3
2018-05-27	2018-06-09	Focus: Heroes with Stance Skills	Guard 3
2018-06-28	2018-07-05	Legendary Heroes - Hector	Guard 3
2018-07-17	2018-07-26	Focus: New Power	Guard 3
2018-07-27	2018-08-07	Focus: Heroes with Distant Def	Guard 3
2018-08-02	2018-08-03	Focus: Weapon Triangle	Guard 3
2018-08-20	2018-08-28	Focus: Micaiah & Sothe's Battle	Guard 3
2018-09-21	2018-10-23	New Heroes: Generals of Múspell	Guard 3
2018-09-28	2018-10-05	Legendary Heroes - Tiki	Guard 3
2018-09-29	2018-10-08	Focus: Voting Gauntlet Daughters	Guard 3
2018-10-15	2018-11-15	Trick or Defeat!	Guard 3
2018-11-06	2018-11-14	Focus: Heroes with Drive Atk	Guard 3
2018-11-30	2018-12-10	Focus: Voting Gauntlet	Guard 3
2018-12-28	2019-01-08	Legendary Heroes - Azura	Guard 3
2019-02-02	2019-02-09	Special Hero Summon (Year 1)	Guard 3
2019-02-09	2019-02-16	Special Hero Summon (Year 2)	Guard 3
2019-02-10	2019-02-11	Focus: Micaiah & Sothe's Battle	Guard 3
2019-02-11	2019-03-11	Love Abounds	Guard 3
2019-02-25	2019-03-06	Focus: War of the Tacticians A	Guard 3
2019-04-25	2019-05-04	Focus: Titania and Mist's Battle	Guard 3
2019-06-21	2019-07-04	Focus: Tempest Trials	Guard 3
2019-07-04	2019-07-15	Focus: Heroes with Ignis	Guard 3
2019-07-14	2019-07-24	Bound Hero Battle	Guard 3
2019-08-08	2019-08-09	Focus: Heroes with Stance Skills	Guard 3
2019-08-11	2019-08-12	Focus: Heroes with Distant Def	Guard 3
2019-08-15	2019-08-27	Focus: Tempest Trials	Guard 3
2019-08-19	2019-08-20	Focus: Heroes with Drive Atk	Guard 3
2019-10-16	2019-11-15	Trick or Defeat!	Guard 3
2019-11-25	2019-12-05	Focus: Battle of Brawn, Block A	Guard 3
2020-02-11	2020-02-21	Focus: New Power	Guard 3
2020-02-15	2020-03-15	Love Abounds	Guard 3
2020-02-16	2020-02-17	Focus: Micaiah & Sothe's Battle	Guard 3
2020-04-08	2020-05-01	Free 5★ Hero: Fire Emblem Leads	Guard 3
2020-05-12	2020-05-22	Focus: New Power	Guard 3
2020-05-19	2020-06-01	Focus: Tempest Trials	Guard 3
2020-08-07	2020-08-08	Focus: Titania & Mist's Battle	Guard 3
2020-08-10	2020-08-11	Focus: Morgan & Morgan's Battle	Guard 3
2020-08-16	2020-08-23	Focus: Weekly Revival 3	Guard 3
2020-08-31	2020-09-07	Legendary Heroes - Corrin	Guard 4
2020-09-03	2020-09-11	Focus: Heroes with Duel Skills	Guard 3
2020-11-09	2020-11-24	Trick or Defeat!	Guard 3
2020-11-11	2020-11-19	Focus: New Power	Guard 3
2020-11-27	2020-12-09	Mythic Heroes - Freyja & Triandra	Guard 4
2020-12-02	2020-12-11	Focus: Heroes with Infantry Pulse	Guard 3
2020-12-06	2020-12-13	Focus: Weekly Revival 19	Guard 3
2021-01-26	2021-02-04	Focus: Mercenary Matchups	Guard 3
2021-03-02	2021-03-16	Love Abounds	Guard 3
2021-03-21	2021-03-28	Focus: Weekly Revival 3	Guard 3
2021-03-22	2021-03-29	Focus: AHR 2021 Top Four	Guard 4
2021-03-30	2021-04-06	Mythic Heroes - Dagr	Guard 4
2021-05-31	2021-06-08	Mythic Heroes - Ashera	Guard 4
2021-06-08	2021-06-30	Book V Mid: Nótt and More	Guard 3
2021-06-19	2021-06-20	Focus: Heroes with Infantry Pulse	Guard 3
2021-07-11	2021-07-18	Focus: Weekly Revival 19	Guard 3
2021-08-08	2021-08-15	Focus: Weekly Revival 32	Guard 3
2021-09-10	2021-09-18	Focus: Ylgr & Helbindi's Battle	Guard 3
2021-11-02	2021-11-16	Trick or Defeat!	Guard 3
2021-11-10	2021-11-16	Focus: New Power	Guard 3
2021-11-30	2021-12-14	Legendary Eitri & Mythic Thórr	Guard 4
2022-01-02	2022-01-09	Focus: Weekly Revival 3	Guard 3
2022-02-21	2022-03-03	Love Abounds (4★SHSR)	Guard 3
2022-02-28	2022-03-14	Legendary Heroes - Caeda	Guard 4
2022-03-10	2022-03-18	Book V Revival: Nótt and More	Guard 3
2022-03-20	2022-03-27	Focus: Weekly Revival 3	Guard 3
2022-04-24	2022-05-01	Focus: Weekly Revival 19	Guard 3
2022-04-30	2022-05-10	Focus: Chivalric Struggle 2	Guard 3
2022-07-24	2022-07-31	Focus: Weekly Revival 32	Guard 3
2022-08-25	2022-09-02	Focus: Luthier & Delthea's Battle	Guard 3
2022-08-31	2022-09-14	Legendary Heroes - Deirdre	Guard 4
2022-09-18	2022-09-25	Focus: Weekly Revival 19	Guard 3
2022-10-21	2022-10-31	Trick or Defeat! (4★SHSR)	Guard 3
2023-01-08	2023-01-15	Focus: Weekly Revival 3	Guard 3
2023-01-27	2023-02-10	Focus: Double Mythic Heroes	Guard 4
2023-02-27	2023-03-09	Love Abounds (4★SHSR)	Guard 3
2023-03-31	2023-04-14	Legendary Heroes - Yuri	Guard 4
2023-04-30	2023-05-07	Focus: Weekly Revival 19	Guard 3
2023-05-24	2023-06-14	Focus: Hall of Forms	Guard 3
2023-05-31	2023-06-14	Legendary Heroes - Hinoka	Guard 4
2023-07-30	2023-08-06	Focus: Weekly Revival 32	Guard 3
2023-08-12	2023-08-26	Legendary & Mythic Hero Remix 1	Guard 4
2023-09-28	2023-10-12	Legendary Heroes - Elincia	Guard 4
2023-11-04	2023-11-14	Trick or Defeat! (4★SHSR)	Guard 3
2023-11-06	2023-11-17	Focus: Tempest Trials	Guard 3
2023-11-26	2023-12-03	Focus: Weekly Revival 3	Guard 3
2024-01-14	2024-01-28	Legendary & Mythic Hero Remix 1	Guard 4
2024-02-29	2024-03-14	Legendary Heroes - Alear	Guard 4
2024-03-04	2024-03-14	Love Abounds (4★SHSR)	Guard 3
2024-04-28	2024-05-05	Focus: Weekly Revival 19	Guard 3
2024-05-14	2024-06-04	Legendary & Mythic Hero Remix 2	Guard 4
2024-06-07	2024-06-28	Attuned Micaiah & Sothe	Guard 3
2024-06-28	2024-07-12	Emblem Celica: Of Echoes	Guard 4
2024-08-16	2024-09-17	New Heroes: In Those We Hope	Guard 3
2024-08-18	2024-08-25	Focus: Weekly Revival 32	Guard 3
2024-10-04	2024-11-06	Festival Guide	Guard 3

Distributed units

• Caellach: Tiger Eye (×1)
• Caellach: Tiger Eye (×2)
• Haar: Black Tempest (×1)
• Haar: Black Tempest (×2)
• Julius: Scion of Darkness (×1)
• Julius: Scion of Darkness (×2)
• Linus: Savage Dog (×1)
• Linus: Savage Dog (×2)
• Naesala: Sky's Shadow (×1)
• Naesala: Sky's Shadow (×2)
• Use Heroic Grails (×20)
• Use Heroic Grails (×20)
• Use Heroic Grails (×20)
• Use Heroic Grails (×20)
• Use Heroic Grails (×20)
• Grand Hero Battles quest (June 2019) (×1)
• Grand Hero Battles quest (May 2024) (×1)
• Grand Hero Battles quest (November 2018) (×1)
• Grand Hero Battles quest (November 2019) (×1)
• Grand Hero Battles quest (October 2021) (×1)
• Grand Hero Party quest (April 2020) (×1)
• Grand Hero Party quest (April 2020) (×1)
• Grand Hero Party quest (August 2019) (×1)
• Grand Hero Party quest (August 2023) (×1)
• Grand Hero Party quest (February 2021) (×1)
• Grand Hero Party quest (February 2022) (×1)
• Grand Hero Party quest (February 2022) (×1)
• Grand Hero Party quest (February 2023) (×1)
• Grand Hero Party quest (February 2024) (×1)
• Resplendent Hero (×1)
• Resplendent Hero (×1)
• Three Heroes quest (April 2019) (×1)
• Three Heroes quest (October 2022) (×1)

Combat Manuals

Start	End	Hero	Currency
2021-02-04T03:00:00Z	2021-03-28T06:59:59Z	Lyn: Wind's Embrace	Divine Code: Ephemera 2
2021-03-04T03:00:00Z	2021-04-28T06:59:59Z	Morgan: Lass from Afar	Divine Code: Ephemera 3
2022-04-06T03:00:00Z	2022-05-28T06:59:59Z	Luthier: Odd Wayfarer	Divine Code: Ephemera 4

Trivia

• This skill appears in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, where it was named Cancel and prevented enemies from counterattacking.
  • The Japanese names of Cancel in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Guard in Fire Emblem Heroes are the same, however, the name was changed for the English versions.

Seal acquired from

Tempest Trials reward

• Tempest Trials+: Life & Death Finale (2022-12-16T07:00:00Z – 2022-12-26T06:59:59Z): 20,000 Score.

Sacred Seal Forge

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

In other languages

Language	Name	Notes
Japanese	キャンセル	Cancel
German	Wacht
Spanish (Europe)	Cancelar
Spanish (Latin America)	Cancelar
French	Négation
Italian	Neutralizza
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)	取消
Portuguese	Guarda

See also

• Hack-o'-Lantern+
• Guard weapons