Suave Blade

Suave Blade
Weapon type
Might	16
Range	1
Required	Silver Sword
SP	400
Exclusive?	Yes
String ID	SID_珍獣騎士の剣
Numeric ID	4333
Description 【Switch】	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). If a Rally or movement Assist skill (like Reposition, Shove, Pivot, etc.) is used by unit or targets unit, grants "reduces the percentage of foe's non-Special 'reduce damage by X%' skills by 50% during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials)" and 【Bonus Doubler】to unit and target ally or unit and targeting ally for 1 turn. If a Rally or movement Assist skill is used by unit, grants another action to unit (once per turn). If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd/Def/Res = 5 + number of allies within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on unit × 3 (max 14), neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks and effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks, and reduces damage from foe's first attack by number of 【Bonus】effects active on unit, excluding stat bonuses, × 3 during combat (max 15; excluding area-of-effect Specials; "first attack" normally means only the first strike; for effects that grant "unit attacks twice," it means the first and second strikes).	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). If a Rally or movement Assist skill (like Reposition, Shove, Pivot, etc.) is used by unit or targets unit, grants "reduces the percentage of foe's non-Special 'reduce damage by X%' skills by 50% during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials)" and 【Bonus Doubler】to unit and target ally or unit and targeting ally for 1 turn. If a Rally or movement Assist skill is used by unit, grants another action to unit (once per turn). If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd/Def/Res = 5 + number of allies within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on unit × 3 (max 14), neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks and effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks, and reduces damage from foe's first attack by number of 【Bonus】effects active on unit, excluding stat bonuses, × 3 during combat (max 15; excluding area-of-effect Specials; "first attack" normally means only the first strike; for effects that grant "unit attacks twice," it means the first and second strikes). 【Bonus Doubler】 Grants bonus to Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat = current bonus on each of unit's stats for 1 turn. Calculates each stat bonus independently. 【Bonus】 All effects that last "for 1 turn" or "that turn only." Includes bonuses granted by a skill like Rally or Hone and positive status effects (extra movement or effects like Dominance).

Effects

Effects	Targets	Conditions
Permanent effects
Max cooldown count-1	Unit	—
Status effects
Halves non-Special damage reduction	Unit &  Target Ally	Rally or Movement Assist is used on or by  Unit
Bonus Doubler
Map effects
Another action (once per turn)	Unit	Rally or Movement Assist is used by  Unit
Combat effects
Atk/Spd/Def/Res+X (max: 14) X = 3 x  Allies within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on  Unit, + 5	Unit	Player Phase or an  Ally is within 2 spaces
Neutralizes "Guaranteed follow-up"	Foe
Neutralizes "Cannot follow-up"	Unit
Reduces damage by X (max: 15) X = 3 x 【Bonus】 effects active on  Unit (exc.  Bonuses)

Notes

• Suave Blade applies the  Halves non-Special damage reduction status effect.
  • Any 【Bonus】 effect on a unit lasts until the start of that unit's next phase. If  Halves non-Special damage reduction is acquired during the enemy phase, it will disappear when the next player phase begins.
  •  Halves non-Special damage reduction will reduce the effect of non-Special "reduces damage by X%" effects from Specials such as  Vital Astra.
    • Damage-reduction reducing effects stack multiplicatively, unlike interactions related to the weapon-triangle, such as  Triangle Adept and the weapon-triangle advantage boost.
      • For example, if a unit has  Halves non-Special damage reduction and a foe with  Dodge is on a space with  【Divine Vein (Water)】, the maximum total damage-reduction is reduced to 10%, since the two effects reduce the damage to (1 − ((40% − 50%) − 50%)) = 90% of the original damage instead of 60% of the original damage.
    • Each damage-reduction effect is reduced individually.
      • For example, if a unit has  Halves non-Special damage reduction and the foe has both  Spurn 4 and  Dodge, the maximum total damage-reduction is reduced to 40%, since the two effects reduce the damage to (1 − (50% − 50%)) × (1 − (40% − 50%)) = 60% of the original damage instead of 30% of the original damage.
    •  Halves non-Special damage reduction will not reduce the effect of Special "reduces damage by X%" effects or flat damage-reduction effects such as  Ice Wall or  Laguz Loyalty.
    • For more information, see Damage calculation.
• Suave Blade applies the  Bonus Doubler status effect.
  • Any 【Bonus】 effect on a unit lasts until the start of that unit's next phase. If  Bonus Doubler is acquired during the enemy phase, it will disappear when the next player phase begins.

• The stat boost that can be applied during combat by  Bonus Doubler is considered a temporary buff.
  • The stat increasing effect of  Bonus Doubler will activate if the unit receives  Bonuses.
  • The stat increasing effect will not be negated nor reduced if the unit receives  Penalties.
  • The stat increasing effect of  Bonus Doubler will stack with the temporary debuffs from  Neutralize Bonuses or sources of bonus neutralization.
  • The stat increasing effect will be negated if the unit is affected by  Panic (and not affected by  Null Panic),  Ploy, or the unit has their  Bonuses removed by a source of Bonus effect neutralization.

• "If unit initiates combat" means if the user starts combat during the player phase. The unit does not need to deal damage, nor be the first to attack.
  • However, if the effect is applied after combat, the unit must also survive it to fulfill this condition.
• Both Suave Blade and other effects that grant another action to the user can trigger on the same turn.
  • The unit's Special cooldown count is unaffected if the additional action effect of Suave Blade triggers.
  •  Edelgard: Of Rivals's boosted Special effect neutralizes effects that grant unit another action to the unit after combat and additional effects that are triggered at those times.
    • This does not apply to Specials that grant unit another action when triggered such as  Galeforce Mist or  Njörun's Zeal II, effects that grant unit another action after using an Assist such as  Dragon's Dance II or  Teapot+,  Duo/ Harmonized Skills that grant unit another action,  Share Spoils, or  Share Spoils+.
  • The priority of effects that grant another action to the user is as follows:

1.  Share Spoils or  Share Spoils+
2. Effects with priority such as  Time and Light
3. Non-Special effects without priority such as  True Lone Wolf or  Override
4. Special effects without priority such as  Galeforce Mist or  Njörun's Zeal II
5. Effects that trigger after Canto such as  Eagle's Heart or  The Cycle's Turn

• "If unit initiates combat" means if the user starts combat during the player phase. The unit does not need to deal damage, nor be the first to attack.
  • However, if the effect is applied after combat, the unit must also survive it to fulfill this condition.
• The stat boost that can be applied during combat by Suave Blade is considered a temporary buff.
• Suave Blade will not neutralize the additional follow-up of Potent Follow effects.
• Follow-up effects that are neutralized by Suave Blade:
  • Effects that grant the foe a guaranteed follow-up such as  Quick Riposte 4,  Guaranteed follow-ups during combat, 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.
• The flat damage-reduction effect is a flat -X (max: 15) damage that is calculated after offensive Specials, damage boosting effects such as  Arcane Lúin and  Dominance, and "reduces damage by X%" effects such as  Gust and  Dodge.
  • 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.
  • Umbra Burst weapons will always deal a minimum of 1 damage even if the foe is equipped with  Invincible Sister,  Vengeful God, Invincibility Seals, or damage reduction effects.
  • Flat damage-reduction effects stack additively, similar to damage boosting effects and interactions related to the weapon-triangle, such as  Triangle Adept and the weapon-triangle advantage boost.
  • Flat damage-reduction effects cannot be neutralized or reduced only during combat by effects such as  Share Spoils+ or  Halves non-Special damage reduction.
  • For more information, see Damage calculation.

Example of Area of Effect

List of owners

Unit	Skill chain
Merrin: Suave Knight	Iron Sword 5	Steel Sword 5	Silver Sword 5	Suave Blade 5

In other languages

Language	Name
Japanese	珍獣騎士の剣
German	Edle Klinge
Spanish (Europe)	Espada galante
Spanish (Latin America)	Espada galante
French	Lame suave
Italian	Lama galante
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)	異獸騎士之劍
Portuguese	Lâmina galante

See also

• Ardent Durandal
• Blade of Sands
• Convoy Dagger
• Crusher
• Damiell Bow
• Delivering Antler
• Draconic Pacts
• Dusk Rifle
• Fimbulvetr Morn
• Frostfire Breath
• Great Sacrifice
• Guarding Lance
• Heavy War Axe
• Inborn Idealism
• Martyr's Staff
• Princess Teapot
• Quieting Antler
• Serving Knife+
• Silver Spoon
• Spring's Dream