Covert Duality

Covert Duality The Covert Duality as it appears in Heroes.

Type Dagger Wielder(s) Shez First game Heroes

Covert Duality (Japanese: 傭兵忍の双刃 Mercenary shinobi's blade pair) is a weapon skill in the dagger category which debuted in Fire Emblem Heroes; it is a personal weapon of the ninja variation of female Shez. When its user initiates combat, Covert Duality makes consecutive strikes; at the start of its user's turn and after they act, it inflicts stat debuffs, Sabotage, and Exposure on nearby foes; and when its user initiates combat or is near an ally, it boosts its user's stats, neutralizes the foe's bonuses, and boosts the damage the user deals and reduces that of the foe.

Stats

Game	Icon	Type	Might	Range	SP cost	Refine cost	Prerequisites	Unusable by	Inheritable	Other effects and notes
Heroes			9	2	400	--	Silver Dagger	--	✘	Grants −1 special cooldown count. If user initiates combat, user strikes twice consecutively. At start of turn and after user acts (after Canto, if triggered), inflicts −7 each to speed and defense, Sabotage, and Exposure on closest foes and foes within 2 spaces of those foes through their next actions. If user initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants +⁠([number of foes within 1 row or column of user × 3] + 5; maximum: 14) each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user, neutralizes foe's bonuses, user deals +⁠([number of bonus effects on user + number of penalty effects on foe (excluding stat effects); maximum: 5] × 5) damage, and foe deals −⁠([number of bonus effects on user + number of penalty effects on foe (excluding stat effects); maximum: 5] × 5) damage during combat. Enables Dagger 7.

Availability

Heroes

Method	Data
Unit (★★★★★)	Shez: Covert Mercenary

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Heroes	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). If unit initiates combat, unit attacks twice. At start of turn and after unit acts (if Canto triggers, after Canto), inflicts Spd/Def-7, 【Sabotage】, and【Exposure】on closest foes and any foes within 2 spaces of those foes through their next actions. If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants bonus to unit's Atk/Spd/Def/Res = number of foes within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on unit × 3, + 5 (max 14), neutralizes foe's bonuses, unit deals +X × 5 damage (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and reduces damage from foe's attacks by X × 3 during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials; X = number of Bonus effects active on unit, excluding stat bonuses + number of Penalty effects active on foe, excluding stat penalties; max 5). Effect:【Dagger ７】 【Sabotage】 Inflicts penalty on unit's Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat = highest penalty on each stat between unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit. Calculates each stat penalty independently. 【Exposure】 Foe's attacks deal +10 damage. 【Dagger ７】 After combat, if unit attacked, inflicts Def/Res-７ on target and foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions.	奥義が発動しやすい（発動カウント－１） 自分から攻撃した時、２回攻撃 ターン開始時、および、 行動後（再移動が発動した時は再移動後）、 最も近い敵とその周囲２マス以内の敵の 速さ、守備－７、 【混乱】、【弱点露呈】を付与 （敵の次回行動終了まで） 自分から攻撃した時、または、 周囲２マス以内に味方がいる時、 戦闘中、攻撃、速さ、守備、魔防が 自身を中心とした縦３列と横３列にいる 敵の数×３＋５だけ増加（最大１４）、 敵の強化の＋を無効にする、 自分が与えるダメージ＋○×５（範囲奥義を除く）、 自分が受けるダメージ－○×３（範囲奥義を除く） （○は、自身の強化を除く【有利な状態】の数＋ 　敵の弱化を除く【不利な状態異常】の数、最大５） 【暗器（７）】効果 【混乱】 戦闘中、攻撃、速さ、守備、魔防が 自分と周囲２マス以内にいる味方のうち 弱化が最も高い値だけ減少（能力値ごとに計算） 【弱点露呈】 敵から受けた攻撃のダメージ＋１０ 【暗器（７）】 戦闘中に攻撃していれば、戦闘後に 敵と、その周囲２マスの敵の 守備、魔防－７（敵の次回行動終了まで）

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Covert Duality	--
Japanese	傭兵忍の双刃	Mercenary shinobi's blade pair
Spanish (Spain)	Dualidad furtiva	Stealthy duality
Spanish (Latin America)	Dualidad oculta	Hidden duality
French	Dualité secrète	Secret duality
German	Diskrete Dualität	Discreet duality
Italian	Furtività duale	Dual stealth
Portuguese	Discrição dual	Dual discretion
Traditional Chinese	傭兵忍者的雙刃	Mercenary shinobi's blade pair

Gallery

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  The Covert Duality as it appears in Heroes.
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  The Covert Duality as it appears in Heroes.