Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes Shez Abilities & Arts Guide

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This guide details all of Shez's unique abilities and learnable arts in Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes. Abilities are categorized into Action, Support, and Tactical, with learnable arts broken down by class.

Unique Abilities

These abilities are always equipped to the character.

Action Ability

Icon	Ability	Description
	Shadowflash Lv 1	Gain a chance to perform a few attacks that instantly defeat non-commander units. Chance increases with hit count. Press to dash a short distance.
	Shadowflash Lv 2	Gain a chance to perform several attacks that instantly defeat non-commander units. . Press to dash a moderate distance.
	Shadowflash Lv 3	Gain a chance to perform many attacks that instantly defeat non-commander units. . Press to dash a long distance.

Support Ability

Icon	Ability	Description
	Mortal Coil Lv 1	When HP is at 90% or above: increases the Warrior Gauge fill rate.
	Mortal Coil Lv 2	When HP is at 75% or above: increases the Warrior Gauge fill rate.
	Mortal Coil Lv 3	When HP is at 60% or above: increases the Warrior Gauge fill rate.

Tactical Ability

Icon	Ability	Description
	Mercenary Creed Lv 1	When ordered to attack: increases damage dealt to enemies by 30%.
	Mercenary Creed Lv 2	When ordered to attack: increases damage dealt to enemies by 40%.
	Mercenary Creed Lv 3	When ordered to attack: increases damage dealt to enemies by 50%.

Learnable Abilities/Arts

You can learn these abilities/arts by ranking up various classes. After learning an ability/art, you can equip up to 2 arts and 4 abilities regardless of current class. Or up to 10 abilities after upgrading the Tactics Academy. If a character learns multiple of the same Prowess (or similar) ability, these abilities will combine into a stronger version. Eg. learning Sword Prowess twice will give you Sword Prowess Lv 2. Learning a third one will bump it to Sword Prowess Lv 3.

Myrmidon

Rank	Icon	Ability/Art	Description
1-star		Spd +2	Increases Spd by 2.
2-star		Sword Prowess	Increases damage dealt to enemies when equipped with a sword.
3-star		Flash Strike	Unleash a single, powerful slash.

Soldier

Rank	Icon	Ability/Art	Description
1-star		Backbone	Reduces the unit’s chance of getting knocked back by attacks.
2-star		Lance Prowess	Increases damage dealt to enemies when equipped with a lance.
3-star		Knightkneeler	Perform a powerful lance thrust.

Fighter

Rank	Icon	Ability/Art	Description
1-star		Spirited Seize	Slightly restores the Warrior Gauge upon seizing a stronghold.
2-star		Axe Prowess	Increases damage dealt to enemies when equipped with an axe.
3-star		Smash	Pummel a wide area ahead. Often yields critical hits.

Monk

Rank	Icon	Ability/Art	Description
1-star		Res +2	Increases Res by 2.
2-star		Faith	Increases the recovery amount of healing magic.
3-star		Heal	Grants the unit Heal, or increases the spell’s potency if already learned.

Fluegel

Rank	Icon	Ability/Art	Description
1-star		Carpe Diem	Increases Dex and Spd by 5.
1-star		Windsweep	Generate a cyclone.
2-star		Dual Wielder’s Ploy	Increases the attack range of Asura and Fluegel class actions.
3-star		True Awakening	Extends the duration of Awakenings.

Mercenary

Rank	Icon	Ability/Art	Description
1-star		Vantage	When HP is at 50% or below: Perfect Guards restore a small amount of the Warrior and Awakening Gauges.
2-star		Sword Prowess	Increases damage dealt to enemies when equipped with a sword.
2-star		Firesweep	Generate a fiery cyclone.
3-star		Mercenary’s Wisdom	Increases damage dealt by Mercenary, Swordmaster, and Mortal Savant class actions in proportion to Spd.

Thief

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

Armored Knight

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

Cavalier

Rank	Icon	Ability/Art	Description
1-star		Desperation	When HP is at 50% or below: strong attacks will break an enemy’s guard.
2-star		Lance Prowess	Increases damage dealt to enemies when equipped with a lance.
2-star		Frozen Lance	Launch columns of ice at foes. Damage dealt will increase with Mag.
3-star		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.