| Type | Icon | Name | SP | Required | Description | Cannot use |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 
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Warding Stance 1 | 50 | — | If foe initiates combat, grants Res+2 during combat. | No restrictions |
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Warding Stance 2 | 100 | Warding Stance 1 | If foe initiates combat, grants Res+4 during combat. | No restrictions | |
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Warding Stance 3 | 200 | Warding Stance 2 | If foe initiates combat, grants Res+6 during combat. | No restrictions | |
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Warding Stance 4 | 300 | Warding Stance 3 | If foe initiates combat, grants Res+8 during combat and inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.) | 
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Available as a Sacred Seal.
Notes[]
- The stat increase that can be applied by Warding Stance is considered a combat boost.
- If a foe has a "Special cooldown charge +X" effect and a unit has a "Special cooldown charge -X" effect, the effects will stack.
- For example, if a unit with
Guard Sword+ attacks an enemy with Steady Breath, the effects will stack and the cooldown will go down without penalty or bonus.
- For example, if a unit with
- If used alongside a skill that also inflicts "Special cooldown charge -X", only the higher of the two charge reductions will apply.
- This means that if a unit has "Special cooldown charge -1" and "Special cooldown charge -1" from two different skills, the battle will play out as if only one "Special cooldown charge -1" is active.
- Skills such as Creator Sword and Spendy Scimitar will neutralize any effects that grant "Special cooldown charge +X" to foe or inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on its user.
List of owners[]
| Unit | Skill chain | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Warding Stance 1 5  | Mirror Stance 1 5 | Mirror Stance 2 5 | – |
 | Warding Stance 1 5 | Warding Stance 2 5 | Warding Breath 5 | – |
 | Warding Stance 1 3  | Bracing Stance 1 3 | Bracing Stance 2 4  | – |
 | Warding Stance 1 5 | Mirror Stance 1 5 | Mirror Stance 2 5 | – |
 | Warding Stance 1 5 | Swift Stance 1 5 | Swift Stance 2 5 | Swift Stance 3 5 |
 | Warding Stance 1 5 | Mirror Stance 1 5 | Mirror Stance 2 5 | Mirror Stance 3 5 |
 | Warding Stance 1 3 | Mirror Stance 1 3 | Mirror Stance 2 4 | – |
 | Warding Stance 1 5 | Mirror Stance 1 5 | Mirror Stance 2 5 | – |
 | Warding Stance 1 5 | Mirror Stance 1 5 | Mirror Stance 2 5 | Mirror Stance 3 5 |
 | Warding Stance 1 3 | Swift Stance 1 3 | Swift Stance 2 4 | – |
 | Warding Stance 1 5 | Warding Stance 2 5 | Warding Stance 3 5 | – |
 | Warding Stance 1 3 | Mirror Stance 1 4 | Mirror Stance 2 5 | – |
 | Warding Stance 1 5 | Warding Stance 2 5 | Warding Stance 3 5 | Warding Stance 4 5 |
 | Warding Stance 1 5 | Bracing Stance 1 5 | Bracing Stance 2 5 | Bracing Stance 3 5 |
 | Warding Stance 1 3 | Bracing Stance 1 3 | Bracing Stance 2 4 | – |
Availability[]
Summoning events
| Start | End | Event | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-10-30 | 2017-11-28 | Trick or Defeat! | Warding Stance 3 |
| 2017-11-28 | 2017-12-04 | Legendary - Fjorm: Princess of Ice | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2017-12-28 | 2018-01-02 | Legendary Heroes - Gunnthrá | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2018-01-31 | 2018-02-05 | Legendary Heroes: Ike | Warding Stance 2 |
| 2018-02-28 | 2018-03-05 | Legendary Heroes - Ephraim | Warding Stance 2 |
| 2018-03-09 | 2018-03-22 | New Heroes: The Branded King | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2018-03-29 | 2018-04-03 | Legendary Heroes - Robin | Warding Stance 3 |
| 2018-05-01 | 2018-05-08 | Legendary Heroes - Lyn | Warding Stance 2 |
| 2018-05-27 | 2018-06-09 | Focus: Heroes with Stance Skills | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2018-05-30 | 2018-06-07 | Legendary Heroes - Ryoma | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2018-06-28 | 2018-07-05 | Legendary Heroes - Hector | Warding Stance 2 |
| 2018-08-28 | 2018-09-04 | Legendary Heroes - Marth | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2018-09-07 | 2018-09-21 | New Heroes: Doorway to Destiny | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2018-09-28 | 2018-10-05 | Legendary Heroes - Tiki | Warding Stance 2 |
| 2018-09-29 | 2018-10-08 | Focus: Voting Gauntlet Daughters | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2018-10-15 | 2018-11-15 | Trick or Defeat! | Warding Stance 3 |
| 2018-12-28 | 2019-01-08 | Legendary Heroes - Azura | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2019-01-11 | 2019-01-30 | New Heroes: Rulers of the Laguz | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2019-01-30 | 2019-02-06 | Legendary Heroes - Duma | Warding Stance 2 |
| 2019-02-02 | 2019-02-09 | Special Hero Summon (Year 1) | Warding Stance 3 |
| 2019-02-25 | 2019-03-06 | Focus: War of the Tacticians A | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2019-03-08 | 2019-04-10 | New Heroes: Beyond Darkness | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2019-04-26 | 2019-05-06 | Focus: Children's Day A | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2019-04-27 | 2019-05-07 | Legendary Heroes - Alm | Warding Stance 2 |
| 2019-05-10 | 2019-05-30 | New Heroes: Darkness Within | Warding Stance 4 |
| 2019-05-30 | 2019-06-06 | Mythic Heroes - Naga | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2019-06-06 | 2019-06-16 | Focus: Heroes with Flier Formation | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2019-07-14 | 2019-07-24 | Bound Hero Battle | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2019-07-31 | 2019-08-07 | Mythic Heroes - Sothis | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2019-08-08 | 2019-08-09 | Focus: Heroes with Stance Skills | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2019-08-25 | 2019-09-04 | Focus: Voting Gauntlet | Warding Stance 4 |
| 2019-08-28 | 2019-09-04 | Legendary Heroes - Julia | Warding Stance 2 |
| 2019-10-07 | 2019-10-15 | Focus: Heroes with Hone/Fortify | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2019-10-16 | 2019-11-15 | Trick or Defeat! | Warding Stance 3 |
| 2019-11-19 | 2019-12-02 | Focus: Tempest Trials | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2019-11-28 | 2019-12-05 | Mythic Heroes - Altina | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2019-12-06 | 2019-12-25 | Book IV Begins: Peony and More | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2019-12-25 | 2020-01-06 | Legendary Heroes - Celica | Warding Stance 2 |
| 2020-01-19 | 2020-01-28 | Focus: Sigurd & Lewyn's Battle | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2020-02-11 | 2020-02-21 | Focus: New Power | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2020-03-27 | 2020-04-03 | Focus: Heroes w/Even Wave Skills | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2020-03-31 | 2020-04-10 | Mythic Hero - Bramimond | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2020-04-16 | 2020-04-24 | Focus: Heroes with Odd Wave Skills | Warding Stance 4 |
| 2020-04-27 | 2020-05-07 | Focus: Green Grapple, Block A | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2020-05-29 | 2020-06-06 | Mythic Heroes - Mila | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2020-06-10 | 2020-06-11 | Focus: Heroes with Flier Formation | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2020-07-30 | 2020-08-06 | Mythic Heroes - Hel | Warding Stance 2 |
| 2020-08-10 | 2020-08-11 | Focus: Morgan & Morgan's Battle | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2020-08-28 | 2020-09-07 | Brave Reprisals | Warding Stance 4 |
| 2020-09-15 | 2020-09-25 | Focus: Frontline Phalanx Debut 1 | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2020-11-09 | 2020-11-24 | Trick or Defeat! | Warding Stance 3 |
| 2020-11-14 | 2020-11-15 | Focus: Heroes w/Even Wave Skills | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2020-11-26 | 2020-12-03 | Focus: Lugh and Raigh's Battle | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2020-12-06 | 2020-12-13 | Focus: Weekly Revival 19 | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2021-01-08 | 2021-01-28 | New Heroes: Shared Purpose | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2021-01-16 | 2021-01-24 | Focus: Tanya and Osian's Battle | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2021-02-12 | 2021-02-19 | Legendary Hero Remix | Warding Stance 2 |
| 2021-04-01 | 2021-04-08 | Focus: Heroes with Rally+ Skills | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2021-05-28 | 2021-06-03 | Focus: Heroes w/Odd Wave Skills | Warding Stance 4 |
| 2021-05-31 | 2021-06-08 | Mythic Heroes - Ashera | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2021-06-11 | 2021-06-12 | Focus: Heroes w/Even Wave Skills | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2021-07-11 | 2021-07-18 | Focus: Weekly Revival 19 | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2021-07-22 | 2021-07-29 | Legendary Hero Remix | Warding Stance 2 |
| 2021-09-05 | 2021-09-12 | Focus: Weekly Revival 34 | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2021-10-18 | 2021-10-19 | Focus: Heroes w/Odd Wave Skills | Warding Stance 4 |
| 2021-11-02 | 2021-11-16 | Trick or Defeat! | Warding Stance 3 |
| 2021-11-16 | 2021-11-25 | Focus: Heroes with Rally Skills | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2021-12-03 | 2021-12-09 | Focus: Heroes w/ Ardent Sacrifice | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2021-12-16 | 2022-01-16 | Winter Dreamland | Warding Stance 1 |
| 2022-01-15 | 2022-01-28 | Focus: Tempest Trials | Warding Stance 1 |
Distributed units
- Book V Midpoint quest (June 2021) (×2)
- Grand Hero Battles quest (December 2020) (×1)
- Grand Hero Battles quest (June 2019) (×1)
- Grand Hero Battles quest (June 2020) (×1)
- Grand Hero Party quest (April 2020) (×1)
- Grand Hero Party quest (August 2019) (×1)
- Grand Hero Party quest (October 2021) (×1)
- Grand Hero Party quest (September 2020) (×1)
- Conrad: Masked Knight (×1)
- Conrad: Masked Knight (×2)
- Book II, Chapter 1: Part 5 (×1)
- Flame Emperor: Bringer of War (×1)
- Flame Emperor: Bringer of War (×2)
- Gharnef: Dark Pontifex (×1)
- Gharnef: Dark Pontifex (×2)
- Xenologue 3: The People's Hero (×1)
- Use Heroic Grails (×20)
- Use Heroic Grails (×20)
- Use Heroic Grails (×20)
Combat Manuals
| Start | End | Hero | Currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-05 05:00:00 | Leanne: Forest's Song | Divine Code: Part 1 | |
| 2020-03-05 05:00:00 | 2020-04-28 06:59:59 | Silvia: Traveling Dancer | Divine Code: Ephemera 3 |
| 2021-03-04 03:00:00 | Berkut: Purgatorial Prince | Divine Code: Part 2 | |
| 2021-03-04 03:00:00 | Osian: Scolded Soldier | Divine Code: Part 2 | |
| 2021-03-04 03:00:00 | 2021-04-28 06:59:59 | Morgan: Lass from Afar | Divine Code: Ephemera 3 |
Seal acquired from[]
Tempest Trials reward[]
- Tempest Trials+: To Defy the Gods ( – ): 10,000 Score.
Sacred Seal Forge[]
- Warding Stance 1: Create for 20 Great Transparent Badge, 100 Transparent Badge, 20 Sacred Coin.
- Warding Stance 2: Enhance for 60 Great Transparent Badge, 200 Transparent Badge, 50 Sacred Coin.
- Warding Stance 3: Enhance for 400 Great Transparent Badge, 1000 Transparent Badge, 100 Sacred Coin.
In other languages[]
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Japanese | 明鏡の構え |
| German | Bannhaltung |
| Spanish (Europe) | Postura guard. |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Postura prot. |
| French | Posture gard. |
| Italian | Posa scudo |
| Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) | 明鏡架勢 |
| Portuguese | Postura zelante |
