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Life and Death
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- This article is about the skill. For the Tempest Trials, see Life & Death 1, Life & Death 2, Life & Death 3, Life & Death 4, Life & Death 5, and Life & Death Finale.
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Life and Death (Japanese: 死線 Line of Death) is a skill which debuted in Fire Emblem Fates. Associated with the Master of Arms class, Life and Death is a high-risk, high-reward skill in that it allows the user to deal an additional 10 damage with any of their attacks, at the cost of taking an additional 10 damage when on the receiving end of any attack.
In Heroes, Life and Death is a four-tiered type A passive skill (whose individual tiers are Life and Death 1, Life and Death 2, Life and Death 3, and Life and Death 4 in order from lowest to highest). It boosts its user's attack and speed, but reduces their defense and resistance; the size of the buff and debuff increases with the skill's tier.
Data
In the main Fire Emblem series
| Game | Icon | Effect | Activation | Capacity | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fates | 
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+10 damage dealt for both the user and their target. | -- | -- | Base cost: 1000 G |
| Engage | 
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+10 damage dealt for both the user and their target. | -- | -- | -- |
In other Fire Emblem series titles
| Game | Icon | Type | Effect | SP cost | Prerequisites | Unusable by | Inheritable | Other effects and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heroes (Life and Death 1) |
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A | Grants +3 attack, +3 speed, −3 defense, −3 resistance. | 50 | -- | 
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✓ | -- |
| Heroes (Life and Death 2) |
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A | Grants +4 attack, +4 speed, −4 defense, −4 resistance. | 100 | Life and Death 1 |
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✓ | -- |
| Heroes (Life and Death 3) |
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A | Grants +5 attack, +5 speed, −5 defense, −5 resistance. | 200 | Life and Death 2 |
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✓ | -- |
| Heroes (Life and Death 4) |
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A | Grants +7 attack, +7 speed, −5 defense, −5 resistance. | 300 | Life and Death 3 |
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✓ | -- |
Availability
Fates
| Classes | Master of Arms (Learned from level 15 and up) |
Engage
| Unobtainable | Exclusively used by enemy Barbarians on Maddening Mode. |
Heroes
Flavor text
| Game | Text (English) |
Text (Japanese) |
|---|---|---|
| Fates | During combat, +10 to damage
dealt and taken. |
戦闘中、敵に与えるダメージ+10、
敵から受けるダメージ+10 |
| Engage | Unit deals +10 damage and takes
+10 damage during combat. |
与えるダメージ＋10
受けるダメージ＋10 |
| Heroes (Life and Death 1) |
Grants Atk/Spd+3.
Inflicts Def/Res-3. |
攻撃、速さ＋３ 守備、魔防－３
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| Heroes (Life and Death 2) |
Grants Atk/Spd+4.
Inflicts Def/Res-4. |
攻撃、速さ＋４ 守備、魔防－４
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| Heroes (Life and Death 3) |
Grants Atk/Spd+5.
Inflicts Def/Res-5. |
攻撃、速さ＋５ 守備、魔防－５
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| Heroes (Life and Death 4) |
Grants Atk/Spd+7.
Inflicts Def/Res-5. |
攻撃、速さ＋７ 守備、魔防－５
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Etymology and other languages
| Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
| English |
Life and Death |
-- |
| Japanese |
死線 |
Line of Death, i.e. boundary between life and death. |
| Spanish |
Dar y tomar |
Give and Take; used in all titles but the Latin American localization of Heroes. |
| Spanish (Latin America) |
Vida y muerte |
Life and death; used in the Latin American localization of Heroes. |
| French |
Vivre et mourir |
Live and Die |
| German |
Lebensfaden |
Thread of Life |
| Italian |
Vita e morte |
Life and Death |
| Portuguese |
Vida e morte |
Life and death |
| Korean |
사선 |
Deadline |
| Simplified Chinese |
死线 |
Deadline |
| Traditional Chinese |
死線 |
Deadline |
References
See also
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