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    A mighty but cursed axe known to harm its user.In-game description, Shadow Dragon and New Mystery of the Emblem

    The Devil Axe is a special Axe that appears across the Fire Emblem Series, beginning from the Archanea Series.

    Description

    The Devil Axe has the ability to to randomly deflect damage back to its wielder when it is used, This makes the axe a risky weapon: while it is able to inflict enormous amounts of damage with a single strike, any backfires are similarly enormous.

    In most games, the trigger rate of the Devil Axe's ability is based on the user's Luck stat. This ability can also be triggered when the axe is used to damage destructible map features like snags.

    The The Blazing Blade and The Sacred Stones iterations of the Devil Axe award a very high amount of Weapon Experience per use, meaning that a unit could raise their axe Weapon Rank by a large amount in only a few uses. This is particularly useful for Paladins (The Blazing Blade) and Great Knights (The Sacred Stones), as it allows them to greatly accelerate their weapon ranks in Axes and more time to build up their ranks in Swords and Lances to solidify their control over the Weapon triangle.

    In Heroes; the Devil Axe is the unique weapon of Barst. In reference to the original weapon's effect of dealing damage back to the wielder; this variation functions with an innate Fury-like effect, increasing all of his stats by 4 during combat; but inflicting 4 damage onto him after combat ends. In addition to this, the axe can be refined to further synergize with low health effects, providing Barst with Wrath on top of the stat boost with an effect refine.

    The Devil Axe is analogous to the Devil Sword and the Devil Spear.

    Weapon Stats

    Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light

    Name Type

    Devil Axe

    Axe

    WLv Uses Mt Hit Crt Rng Wt Worth
    4 9 20 70% 0% 1 14 -
    Effect

    (21-Luck%) chance to damage the wielder instead.

    Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem

    Name Type

    Devil axe icon Devil Axe

    Axe

    WLv Uses Mt Hit Crt Rng Wt Worth
    1 9 20 70% 0% 1 20 900
    Effect

    (21-Luck%) chance to damage the wielder instead. Cannot backfire on enemy units.

    Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

    Name Type

    FE5devilaxe Devil Axe

    FE5 Axe Icon Axe

    Rank Uses Mt Hit Crt Rng Wt WEx Worth
    E 20 20 50% 0% 1 20 1 1,200
    Effect

    (21-Luck%) chance to damage the wielder instead.

    Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

    Name Type

    Devilaxe Devil Axe

    Axe Axe

    Rank Uses Mt Hit Crt Rng Wt WEx Worth
    E 20 18 55% 0% 1 18 1 900
    Effect

    (21-Level%) chance to damage the wielder instead.

    Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

    Name Type

    Devilaxe Devil Axe

    Axe Axe

    Rank Uses Mt Hit Crt Rng Wt WEx Worth
    E 20 18 55% 0% 1 18 8 900
    Effect

    (31-Luck%) chance to damage the wielder instead.

    Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

    Might injure its wielder.In-game description

    Name Type

    Devilaxe Devil Axe

    Axe Axe

    Rank Uses Mt Hit Crt Rng Wt WEx Worth
    E 20 18 55% 0% 1 18 8 900
    Effect

    (31-Luck%) chance to damage the wielder instead.

    Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (Unused)

    Name Type

    DevilAxeFE9Unused Devil Axe

    FE9 Axe Axe

    Rank Uses Mt Hit Crt Rng Wt WEx Worth
    E 20 18 55% 0% 1 18 8 900
    Effect

    May damage the wielder instead.

    Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon

    Name Type

    FE11devilaxe Devil Axe

    FE12 Axe Axe

    Rank Uses Mt Hit Crt Rng Wt WEx Worth
    D 20 17 100% 0% 1 8* 2 -
    Effect

    (31-Luck%) chance to damage the wielder instead.

    Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem

    Name Type

    FE11devilaxe Devil Axe

    FE12 Axe Axe

    Rank Uses Mt Hit Crt Rng WEx Worth
    D 25 17 100% 0% 1 2 -
    Effect

    (31-Luck%) chance to damage the wielder instead.

    Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

    Name Type

    Echoes devil axe icon Devil Axe

    Echoes axe weapon type icon Axe

    Mt Hit Crt Rng Wt
    15 70% 5% 1 5
    Effect

    Hex, Lifetaker

    Fire Emblem: Three Houses

    Name Type

    FE16 axe icon
    Devil Axe

    FE16 axe icon
    Axe

    Rank Uses Mt Hit Crt Rng WEx Wt Worth
    D 30 18 60% 0% 1 4 14 430
    Effect

    A diabolical axe that inflicts 10 damage after combat.

    Name Type

    FE16 axe icon
    Devil Axe+

    FE16 axe icon
    Axe

    Rank Uses Mt Hit Crt Rng WEx Wt Worth
    D 30 21 60% 0% 1 4 14 650
    Effect

    A reinforced devil axe that inflicts 10 damage on the wielder after combat.

    Fire Emblem Heroes

    Name Type

    Devil Axe

    FEH Axe Axe

    Mt Rng SP Rarity
    16 1 400 FEH Star Rarity 5
    Effect

    Grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 during combat, but if unit attacked, deals 4 damage to unit after combat.

    Name Cost

    Devil Axe

    400 SP, 500 Arena Medal , 200 Divine Dew
    Type HP Mt Spd Def Res
    FEH WUp 1 +5 + 2
    FEH WUp 2 +5 + 3
    FEH WUp 3 +5 + 4
    FEH WUp 4 +5 + 4
    FEH WUp 96 HP +3. At start of turn, if unit's HP ≤ 75% and unit's attack triggers Special, grants Special cooldown count-1, and deals +10 damage when Special triggers.
    Effect
    Grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 during combat, but if unit attacked, deals 4 damage to unit after combat.

    Item Locations

    Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light

    Method Location
    Dropped Enemy Pirate (Ch. 9)
    Visit Ch. 3 - Village

    Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem

    Method Location
    Visit Book 1: Ch. 3 - Village

    Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

    Method Location
    Dropped Enemy Berserker (Ch. 16B)

    Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

    Method Location
    Inventory Gonzalez

    Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

    Method Location
    Visit Eliwood's Story: Ch. 16x
    Hector's Story: Ch. 17x

    Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

    Method Location
    Dropped Enemy Berserker (Ch. 15) • Cyclops [7.5%/15.4%] • Tarvos [0.5%/0.15%] • Maelduin [6%]

    Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon

    Method Location
    Inventory Ymir
    Visit Ch. 3 - Village

    Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem

    Method Location
    Dropped Enemy Barbarian (Ch. 15) • Enemy Berserker (Ch. 21)
    Inventory Dice

    Trivia

    • In the GBA titles, when a character damages themselves with the Devil Axe and is attacked by a Hand Axe-equipped enemy, the game may freeze depending on the class of the Devil Axe wielder.
    • It is possible for a unit to kill themselves by attacking a cracked wall or snag with the Devil Axe's return damage effect.
    • The unused Devil Axe from Path of Radiance does not function properly; the reversal effect does not work and the unit using it will become stuck in a bind pose. However, this will not happen if battle animations are turned off or if the unit in question activates an Occult Skill.
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