Flow Guard

Flow Guard Icon of the Flow Guard 1 skill in Heroes.

Type(s) Passive (Type B) First game Heroes

Flow Guard (Japanese: 怒涛・キャンセル Surging waves · cancel) is a four-tiered passive type B skill which debuted in Fire Emblem Heroes; the individual tiers of the skill are Flow Guard 1, Flow Guard 2, Flow Guard 3, and Flow Guard 4 in order from lowest to highest. Flow Guard neutralizes effects that prevent its user from making follow-up attacks and reduces the foe's special cooldown charge when its user initiates combat; the HP required to activate decreases with the skill's tier.

Data

Game	Icon	Type	Effect	SP cost	Prerequisites	Unusable by	Inheritable	Other effects and notes
Heroes (Flow Guard 1)		B	If user's HP = 100% at start of combat and user initiates combat, neutralizes effects that prevent user's follow-up attacks and inflicts −1 special cooldown charge on foe per attack during combat.	60	--		✔	--
Heroes (Flow Guard 2)		B	If user's HP ≥ 50% at start of combat and user initiates combat, neutralizes effects that prevent user's follow-up attacks and inflicts −1 special cooldown charge on foe per attack during combat.	120	Flow Guard 1		✔	--
Heroes (Flow Guard 3)		B	If user initiates combat, neutralizes effects that prevent user's follow-up attacks and inflicts −1 special cooldown charge on foe per attack during combat.	240	Flow Guard 2		✔	--
Heroes (Flow Guard 4)		B	If user initiates combat, inflicts −4 each to speed and defense on foe, neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks or prevent user's follow-up attacks, and inflicts −1 special cooldown charge on foe per attack during combat, and if foe's attack can trigger foe's special, inflicts +1 special cooldown count on foe before foe's first attack during combat.	300	Flow Guard 3		✔	--

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Heroes (Flow Guard 1)	At the start of combat, if unit's HP = 100% and unit initiates combat, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks and inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack during combat. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)	戦闘開始時、自身のＨＰが１００％で 自分から攻撃した時、 戦闘中、自分の追撃不可を無効、 敵の奥義発動カウント変動量－１ （同系統効果複数時、最大値適用）
Heroes (Flow Guard 2)	At the start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 50% and unit initiates combat, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks and inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack during combat. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)	戦闘開始時、自身のＨＰが５０％以上で 自分から攻撃した時、 戦闘中、自分の追撃不可を無効、 敵の奥義発動カウント変動量－１ （同系統効果複数時、最大値適用）
Heroes (Flow Guard 3)	If unit initiates combat, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks and inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack during combat. (Only highest value applied. Does not stack.)	自分から攻撃した時、 戦闘中、自分の追撃不可を無効、 敵の奥義発動カウント変動量－１ （同系統効果複数時、最大値適用）
Heroes (Flow Guard 4)	If unit initiates combat, inflicts Spd/Def-4 on foe, neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks and effects that prevent unit's follow-up attacks, and inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack during combat (only highest value applied; does not stack), and also, if foe's attack can trigger foe's Special, inflicts Special cooldown count+1 on foe before foe's first attack during combat (cannot exceed foe's maximum Special cooldown).	自分から攻撃した時、 戦闘中、敵の速さ、守備－４、 敵の絶対追撃を無効、かつ、自分の追撃不可を無効、 敵の奥義発動カウント変動量－１ （同系統効果複数時、最大値適用）、かつ 敵が攻撃時に発動する奥義を装備している時、 敵の最初の攻撃前に敵の奥義発動カウント＋１ （奥義発動カウントの最大値は超えない）

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Flow Guard	--
Japanese	怒涛・キャンセル	Surging waves · cancel
Spanish	Anula corriente	Annul flow
French	Flots négation	Wave negation
German	Erschwernis	Complication
Italian	Ritarda	Slow
Portuguese	Guarda onda	Wave guard
Traditional Chinese	怒濤・取消	Raging waves · cancel

See also

• Guard
• Flow Refresh