| Name | Cooldown | Description | SP | Required |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Light | 4 | Before combat this unit initiates, foes in an area near target take damage equal to (unit's Atk minus foe's Def or Res). | 150 | — |
Cannot use: 
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Effects[ | ]
| Effects | Targets | Conditions |
|---|---|---|
| Map effects | ||
 Deals X damageX =  Unit's Atk - Foe's Def/Res | Target &  Foes1 space diagonal from Target | Special triggers before combat |
Notes[ | ]
- Def is chosen if the unit does
Physical damage. Res is chosen if the unit does Magical damage.
- Rising Light is affected by skills that "calculate damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res", as well as skills that disable such effect.
- Exceptions include skills that grant or disable this effect only "during combat", such as Inf. Hexblade 3 and Light and Dark II.
- Exceptions include skills that grant or disable this effect only "during combat", such as
- Damage dealt "before combat", such as from Rising Light, is affected by Bonuses, Penalties, Dominance, and Treachery.
- Damage dealt "before combat", such as from Rising Light, is not affected by "during combat" effects such as Bonus Doubler, Foe Penalty Doubler, Cross Spur Atk, or weapon-triangle advantages.
- Damage dealt "before combat", such as from Rising Light, is not affected by "during combat" effects such as
- Skills such as
Queensblade, 
Sentinel Bow, or Breezy Spear can prevent Rising Light from triggering.
- Rising Light is affected by skills that "calculate damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res", as well as skills that disable such effect.
- Rising Light inflicts out of combat damage.
- Out of combat damage cannot reduce a unit's HP to 0.
- A foe equipped with
Embla's Ward, Múspellflame, Niðavellir Axiom, or Gold Perfection will neutralize all sources of out of combat damage except Røkkr area-of-effect Specials. - A foe equipped with Røkkr or a unit affected by En Garde will neutralize all sources of out of combat damage except area-of-effect Specials.
- Sources of Area-of-effect Special damage-reduction:
- Emblems' Miracle
- Ashera's Chosen+
- Fortifications
- Believe in Love?
- Dragon Wall 3
- Close Call 4
- Chivalry
- Spurn 4
- Bushido II
- Rockslide Dance 3
- Buffer 4
- True Dragon Wall
- Blue Lion Rule
- Repel 4
- Beast Sense 4
- Velocity 3
- Frenzy 3
- Gambit 4
- Assured Rebirth
- Guard Bearing 4
- Potent 4
- High Dragon Wall
- New Divinity
- Moon-Twin Wing
- Magic Gambit 4
- Absolute Closure
- Severance
- Spd Smoke 4
- Dragon Monarch
- Corrupted Dragon
- All Together!
- C Time Traveler
- B Time Traveler
- G Time Traveler
- R Time Traveler
- Vital Astra
- Arms of the Three
- Ninis's Ice Lance
- Loving Breath
- Nightmare Horn
- New Foxkit Fang
- Windy War Tome
- Masked Lance
- Zephyr Breath
- Wanderer Blade
- Opposing Stones
- Primordial Breath
- Virtuous Naga
- Vallastone
- Twin Divinestone
- Storm Sieglinde
- Sharp War Sword
- Sparkling Sun
- Duality Vessel
- Airborne Spear
- Apotheosis Spear
- Arch-Sage Tome
- Areadbhar
- Astral Breath
- Balmung
- Blood Tome
- Brightmare Horn
- Brilliant Starlight
- Bun-Bun Baton
- Carnage Amatsu
- Dark Creator S
- Dragon's Fist
- Dream Horn
- Loptous
- Ethereal Breath
- Freeblade's Edge
- Gilt Goblet
- Godly Breath
- Guardian Fang
- Guide's Hourglass
- Hurricane Dagger
- Hyperion Lance
- Ilian Merc Lance
- Imhullu
- Libération
- Lilac-Jade Breath
- Lion King Fang
- Lone-Wolf Blade
- Dodge
- Reduce Area-of-Effect Special Damage Taken
- Byleth: Frosty Professors
- Eirika: Twin Refulgence
- Linde: Bound by Fate
Main article: Area of Effect Specials
| Example of Area of Effect for Rising Light | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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List of owners[ | ]
| Unit | Skill chain | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 | Rising Light 5  | Blazing Light 5 | – |
 | Rising Light 5 | Growing Light 5 | – |
 | Rising Light 3  | Growing Light 4  | – |
 | Rising Light 3 | Blazing Light 4 | – |
 | Rising Light 5 | Growing Light 5 | – |
 | Rising Light 4 | Growing Light 4 | – |
 | Rising Light 3 | Growing Light 4 | – |
 | Rising Light 5 | Blazing Light 5 | – |
 | Rising Light 5 | Blazing Light 5 | – |
 | Rising Light 3 | Blazing Light 4 | – |
 | Rising Light 5 | Blazing Light 5 | – |
 | Rising Light 5 | Blazing Light 5 | Override 5 |
 | Rising Light 3 | Blazing Light 4 | – |
Trivia[ | ]
- Rising Light's cooldown was reduced by 1 with Version 2.0.0, released on November 28th, 2017.
In other languages[ | ]
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Japanese | 砕光 |
| German | Starkes Licht |
| Spanish (Europe) | Luz creciente |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Luz creciente |
| French | Lueur naissante |
| Italian | Luce nascente |
| Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) | 碎光 |
| Portuguese | Luz crescente |