List of Ignatz's Abilities and Arts

Discover all of Ignatz's unique, learnable abilities, and combat arts in Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes. Learn how to maximize his combat potential.

Ignatz possesses unique abilities that are always equipped, along with a variety of learnable abilities and arts that can be acquired by ranking up different classes. After learning an ability or art, you can equip up to 2 arts and 4 abilities, or up to 10 abilities after upgrading the Tactics Academy. Learning multiple instances of the same Prowess ability will combine them into a stronger version.

Unique Abilities

Action Ability

• Dreamer’s Paintbrush Lv 1: Send enemies flying to spatter the ground with a small amount of paint. Enemies that step in the paint incur elemental damage matching its color.
• Dreamer’s Paintbrush Lv 2: Send enemies flying to spatter the ground with a moderate amount of paint. .
• Dreamer’s Paintbrush Lv 3: Send enemies flying to spatter the ground with a large amount of paint. .

Support Ability

• Watchful Eye Lv 1: Slightly increases the critical hit rate of strong attacks.
• Watchful Eye Lv 2: Moderately increases the critical hit rate of strong attacks.
• Watchful Eye Lv 3: Greatly increases the critical hit rate of strong attacks.

Tactical Ability

• Heart’s Desire Lv 1: When ordered to seize: reduces damage received from enemies by 30%.
• Heart’s Desire Lv 2: When ordered to seize: reduces damage received from enemies by 40%.
• Heart’s Desire Lv 3: When ordered to seize: reduces damage received from enemies by 50%.

Learnable Abilities & Arts

Myrmidon

• Rank 1: Spd +2 — Increases Spd by 2.
• Rank 2: Sword Prowess — Increases damage dealt to enemies when equipped with a sword.
• Rank 3: Flash Strike — Unleash a single, powerful slash.

Soldier

• Rank 1: Backbone — Reduces the unit’s chance of getting knocked back by attacks.
• Rank 2: Lance Prowess — Increases damage dealt to enemies when equipped with a lance.
• Rank 3: Knightkneeler — Perform a powerful lance thrust.

Fighter

• Rank 1: Spirited Seize — Slightly restores the Warrior Gauge upon seizing a stronghold.
• Rank 2: Bow Prowess — Increases damage dealt to enemies when equipped with a bow.
• Rank 3: Spiral Shot — Loose arrows at a wide surrounding area.

Monk

• Rank 1: Res +2 — Increases Res by 2.
• Rank 2: Faith — Increases the recovery amount of healing magic.
• Rank 3: Heal — Grants the unit Heal, or increases the spell’s potency if already learned.

Mercenary

• Rank 1: Battalion Vantage — When battalion endurance is at 1/3 or below: Perfect Guards restore a small amount of the Warrior and Awakening Gauges.
• Rank 2: Sword Prowess — Increases damage dealt to enemies when equipped with a sword.
• Rank 2: Firesweep — Generate a fiery cyclone.
• Rank 3: Mercenary’s Wisdom — Increases damage dealt by Mercenary, Swordmaster, and Mortal Savant class actions in proportion to Spd.

Thief

• Rank 1: Appraisal — Improves the quality of weapons and materials dropped by fallen enemy commanders.
• Rank 2: Sword Prowess — Increases damage dealt to enemies when equipped with a sword.
• Rank 3: Thief’s Ploy — Gives Thieves, Assassins, and Tricksters a rare chance to instantly defeat non-commander units with class actions.
• Rank 3: Iceblade — Lash at foes with an ice magic-based sword attack. Deals damage based on Mag.

Armored Knight

• Rank 1: Defensive Tactics — Reduces damage to battalion endurance by 30%.
• Rank 2: Axe Prowess — Increases damage dealt to enemies when equipped with an axe.
• Rank 2: Lightning Axe — Hurl a lightning-charged axe. Deals damage based on Mag.
• Rank 3: Armored Infantry’s Wisdom — Nullifies status effects inside areas created by Armor Knight and Fortress Knight class actions.

Cavalier

• Rank 1: Battalion Desperation — When battalion endurance is at 1/3 or below: strong attacks will break an enemy’s guard.
• Rank 2: Lance Prowess — Increases damage dealt to enemies when equipped with a lance.
• Rank 2: Frozen Lance — Launch columns of ice at foes. Damage dealt will increase with Mag.
• Rank 3: Knight’s Ploy — Guarantees the enemy’s guard will break when activating the class actions of lance-wielding cavalry with at least one bar filled.

Brigand

• Rank 1: Death Blow — Keeps the Stun Gauge visible for longer.
• Rank 1: Smash — Pummel a wide area ahead. Often yields critical hits.
• Rank 2: Axe Prowess — Increases damage dealt to enemies when equipped with an axe.
• Rank 2: Spike — Launch the foes ahead into the air, then swat them away with a swing of the axe.
• Rank 3: Warrior’s Ploy — When