Buffs are temporary stat increases. They are inflicted by weapons or items that have appeared since the first game in the series, though it has had increasing prevalence in the later games of the series.
Overview
In Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, a set of four ring items usable by Nils and Ninian—Ninis's Grace, Set's Litany, Thor's Ire and Filla's Might—allowed them to perform a song/dance that applied temporary status conditions boosting one or two of the recipient's stats by 10 for a single turn, wearing off and returning the unit's stats to normal on the next turn. Throughout the series there have been items which, when used, give a unit a temporary stat boost that wears off after several turns, such as the resistance boost of Pure Water or Ward, or remain until the end of the chapter, such as the tonic items introduced in New Mystery of the Emblem.
Buffs are also present in Fire Emblem Heroes, referred to as bonuses respectively. In addition to being inflicted when hit by certain weapons, several weapons and skills apply them to multiple targets at once within the proximity of the weapon/skill's user. All buffs last until their recipient completes their next action (attacking, waiting, etc.), at which point any buffs they have are completely removed, instead of the Fates system of wearing off by one point per turn.
Buffs are also present in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, and behave like the incarnation from Heroes.
Types of Buffs
A buff is granted by certain skills which can be divided into two types based on their activation criteria: Field Buff and Combat Buff.
Field Buffs
Field Buffs are visible stat changes highlighted in blue. They are usually activated at the start of a turn or after a unit's combat. These buffs do not stack together, only the highest value will be applied to an affected stat. They do, however, stack with Debuffs and Combat Buffs.
| List of skills with Field Buff effect: | |
Weapons
- Ardent Service
- Aura
- Blessed Bouquet
- Býleistr
- Cupid Arrow
- Cymbeline
- Dark Aura
- First Bite
- Fresh Bouquet
- Fólkvangr
- Grima's Truth
- Hliðskjálf
- Iris's Tome
- Joyous Lantern
- Light Breath
- Naga's Tear
- Peshkatz
- Rogue Dagger
- Sieglinde
- Siegmund
- Skuld
- Tactical Bolt
- Tactical Gale
- Urðr
Assists
- Earthfire Balm
- Earthwater Balm
- Fireflood Balm
- Harsh Command
- Kindled-Fire Balm
- Prayer Wheel
- Rally Attack Defense
- Rally Attack Resistance
- Rally Attack Speed
- Rally Attack
- Rally Defense Resistance
- Rally Defense
- Rally Resistance
- Rally Speed Defense
- Rally Speed Resistance
- Rally Speed
- Rally Up Attack
- Rally Up Resistance
- Solid-Earth Balm
- Still-Water Balm
- Swift-Winds Balm
- Windfire Balm
Passives
- Attack Defense Link
- Attack Opening
- Attack Resistance Link
- Attack Speed Link
- Attack Tactic
- Blaze Dance
- Defense Opening
- Defense Resistance Link
- Defense Tactic
- Defiant Attack
- Defiant Defense
- Defiant Resistance
- Defiant Speed
- Deluge Dance
- Earth Dance
- Even Attack Wave
- Even Defense Wave
- Even Resistance Wave
- Even Speed Wave
- Fireflood Dance
- Firestorm Dance
- Fortify Armor
- Fortify Beasts
- Fortify Cavalry
- Fortify Defense
- Fortify Dragons
- Fortify Fliers
- Fortify Resistance
- Gale Dance
- Geyser Dance
- Hone Armor
- Hone Attack
- Hone Beasts
- Hone Cavalry
- Hone Dragons
- Hone Fliers
- Hone Speed
- Human Virtue
- Joint Hone Speed
- Odd Attack Wave
- Odd Defense Wave
- Odd Resistance Wave
- Odd Speed Wave
- Resistance Opening
- Resistance Tactic
- Rockslide Dance
- Speed Defense Link
- Speed Opening
- Speed Resistance Link
- Speed Tactic
- Torrent Dance
| List of skills neutralize Field Buff effect: | ||
Weapons
- Armorsmasher+ (Refined)
- Blue Gift+ (Refined)
- Casa Blanca+ (Refined)
- Divine Naga
- Fensalir (Refined)
- Gratia+ (Refined)
- Green Gift+ (Refined)
- Keen Blárwolf+ (Refined)
- Keen Gronnwolf+ (Refined)
- Keen Rauðrwolf+ (Refined)
- Mulagir
- Poleaxe+ (Refined)
- Ridersbane+ (Refined)
- Slaying Hammer+ (Refined)
- Slaying Spear+ (Refined)
- Zanbato+ (Refined)
Passives
Combat Buffs
Unlike Field Buffs, Combat Buffs are not visible but they instead can be observed in the Combat forecast to evaluate the outcome of the battle. They are only activated during combat. These buffs stack together with no upper limit, along with Field Buffs and Debuffs if any. However, these buffs are not affected by Field Debuffs such as Panic Ploy, Beorc's Blessing etc.
| List of skills with Combat Buff effect: | ||
Weapons
- Aura
- Barrier Blade
- Beguiling Bow
- Beloved Zofia
- Berkut's Lance
- Binding Blade
- Blárblade
- Blárowl
- Blizzard
- Blárblooms
- Brazen Cat Fang
- Breath of Fog
- Bright Naginata
- Bull Blade
- Camilla's Axe
- Candelabra
- Chaos Manifest
- Cocobow
- Covert Cat Fang
- Cymbeline
- Dark Aura
- Dark Greatsword
- Dauntless Lance
- Deft Harpoon
- Demonic Breath
- Divine Naga
- Draconic Rage
- Durandal
- Eckesachs
- Eternal Tome
- Exalted Falchion
- Excalibur
- Faithful Axe
- Falchion
- Fell Breath
- Fensalir
- Festive Siegmund
- Flashing Carrot
- Florina's Lance
- Forblaze
- Foxkit Fang
- Fólkvangr
- Geirskögul
- Gladiator's Blade
- Gleipnir
- Glitnir
- Golden Dagger
- Goodie Boot
- Grado Poleax
- Gronnblade
- Gronnblooms
- Gronnowl
- Guard Bow
- Gáe Bolg
- Hagoita
- Hama Ya
- Hana's Katana
- Handbell
- Heart's Blade
- Hibiscus Tome
- Hinata's Katana
- Hinoka's Spear
- Hoarfrost Knife
- Iris's Tome
- Ivaldi
- Ífingr
- Kadomatsu
- Kitsune Fang
- Laevatein
- Lilith Floatie
- Lion King Fang
- Loyal Wreath
- Lyfjaberg
- Melon Crusher
- Mjölnir
- Múspell Fireposy
- Naga
- Nidhogg
- Nifl Frostflowers
- Níu
- Oboro's Spear
- Odin's Grimoire
- Panther Lance
- Parthia
- Peri's Lance
- Ragnarok
- Rauðrowl
- Rauðrblade
- Reese's Tome
- Refreshing Bolt
- Regal Blade
- Reprisal Lance
- Sack o' Gifts
- Safeguard
- Sagittae
- Sandwiches!
- Sealed Falchion
- Sealife Tome
- Seashell
- Shell Lance
- Sieglinde
- Storm Sieglinde
- Swift Mulagir
- Sylgr
- Sökkvabekkr
- Taguel Fang
- Tannenboom!
- Tharja's Hex
- The Cleaner
- Thunderhead
- Thögn
- Tomato Tome
- Tome of Thoron
- Tyrfing
- Vanguard
- Veðrfölnir's Egg
- Vidofnir
- Warrior Princess
- Water Breath
- Whitewing Blade
- Whitewing Lance
- Whitewing Spear
- Wind's Brand
- Wolf Berg
- Wolf Queen Fang
- Yato
Passives
- AR-D Attack Resistance
- AR-O Attack Defense
- Armored Blow
- Attack Defense Bond
- Attack Defense Solo
- Attack Resistance Bond
- Attack Resistance Solo
- Attack Speed Bond
- Attack Speed Solo
- Bonus Doubler
- Bracing Blow
- Bracing Stance
- Brazen Attack Defense
- Brazen Attack Resistance
- Brazen Attack Speed
- Brazen Defense Resistance
- Close Defense
- Darting Blow
- Darting Stance
- Death Blow
- Defense Resistance Bond
- Defense Resistance Solo
- Distant Defense
- Dragonskin
- Drive Attack
- Drive Defense
- Drive Resistance
- Drive Speed
- Earth Boost
- Fierce Breath
- Fierce Stance
- Fire Boost
- Goad Armor
- Goad Beasts
- Goad Cavalry
- Goad Dragons
- Goad Fliers
- Kestrel Stance
- Laws of Sacae
- Mirror Stance
- Mirror Strike
- Speed Defense Solo
- Speed Defense Bond
- Speed Resistance Bond
- Spur Attack
- Spur Attack Defense
- Spur Attack Resistance
- Spur Attack Speed
- Spur Defense
- Spur Defense Resistance
- Spur Resistance
- Spur Speed
- Spur Speed Defense
- Spur Speed Resistance
- Steady Blow
- Steady Breath
- Steady Posture
- Steady Stance
- Sturdy Blow
- Sturdy Impact
- Sturdy Stance
- Swift Sparrow
- Swift Stance
- Swift Strike
- Ward Armor
- Ward Beasts
- Ward Cavalry
- Ward Dragons
- Ward Fliers
- Warding Blow
- Warding Breath
- Warding Stance
- Water Boost
- Wind Boost