

To use the Triangle Attack, the player taps all three members to expend their turn, which gives the attacker a signficant boost to their attack power for their next attack and has an additional effect which hinders the opposing player.Ĭurrently, nine cards have a Triangle Attack as a skill: It is classified as a Formation Skill ( ), and in order to use it all three members of the Triangle Attack trio must be deployed and must not have made any moves in the current turn yet. The Triangle Attack is a recurring skill in Fire Emblem Cipher, introduced in the first series. All three must have an A-Support with each other and all be deployed on the map. Any unit that achieves class mastery of the Pegasus Knight classĪctivated by Caeda as a cosmetic effect at the end of her Awakening special.Any three of these four units can activate it together.Īppears as a visible, defined combat art, possessed by each of the three sisters, for the first time.Can only be performed using Bows, requiring Oscar to be promoted and for Boyd to use crossbows.Activated by viewing the "Holy Guard" base conversation in Chapter 28.Can only be performed using Bows, requiring both that Boyd and Oscar are both promoted and that Oscar's new weapon type is bows. Activated by viewing the "3 Brothers" base conversations in Chapters 13 and 19.Only one Wyvern Knight can participate, and the Wyvern Knight must initiate the attack. Ignores all stats of the Javelin.Ĭannot be performed if both Vanessa and Tana have been promoted to Wyvern Knight. Can trigger on counterattacks and follow-up attacks. The combat art iteration of the Triangle Attack returns in Three Houses, where it can be learned by any female unit by mastering the Pegasus Knight class.Ĭan only be used if 2 other allied flying units are also adjacent to the target.ĭamage formula: (5 + attack – defense) × 3. It also increases the initiator's attack power and hit rate for the duration of the attack, but like most combat arts, it is impossible to follow-up attack with it. It is significantly less powerful than in prior games, only boosting the user's critical rate instead of guaranteeing a critical hit. As with all other combat arts, it must be activated on command when the three participants are in formation (Formation A only Formation B does not work), costing 10 of the initiator's hit points to activate. In its appearance in Shadows of Valentia, the Triangle Attack is a combat art which Palla, Catria, and Est each possess. In Shadow Dragon and New Mystery of the Emblem, any and all of the participants in a Triangle Attack can be reclassed, and none of them are required to be in their original class in order to activate it, nor do they have to use the same weapon type. This formation works only in Path of Radiance onward, and is mandatory for Rolf, Boyd and Oscar's bow-based Triangle Attack in it and Radiant Dawn. Formation B: The three participants surround the target at two range.Formation A: The three participants are right next to the target, surrounding it at one range.The formations (pictured to the right) can be rotated in any direction and will still work, and can be activated from any of the three sides, but otherwise need to be exactly matched. There are two possible formations in which Triangle Attacks can be performed. It does not otherwise boost the stats of any of the participating units or, if the units are too weak to actually normally deal damage to their target, allow them to avoid dealing zero damage however, this is rarely a concern. The power of the Triangle Attack is determined solely by the initiating unit's attack power, with no influence from its partners. In all of its appearances prior to Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (excluding Gaiden), the successful activation of a Triangle Attack guarantees that the initiating unit will deal a critical hit to the enemy. The activation of a Triangle Attack is usually heralded by the initiating unit announcing the impending Triangle Attack, and in all appearances except the Tellius and DS games, the Attack itself usually features a special animation depicting all three participants striking the target. Two of the members of the trio must wait next to the chosen target (or both be next to them already when their phase begins), then the third member of the trio must move to complete the formation and attack the target.

The Triangle Attack is activated with two simple steps.

Florina, Fiora and Farina demonstrate the two Triangle Attack formations.
