Divine Deceit

Divine Deceit Icon of the Divine Deceit skill in Heroes.

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

Divine Deceit (Japanese: 神杖天空を偽る Divine staff false sky) is a passive type C skill which debuted in Fire Emblem Heroes; Divine Deceit comes in only one tier. Divine Deceit inflicts Gravity, Ploy, and Exposure on foes in rows or columns near the user with less resistance; additionally, it neutralizes the bonus effects of foes with many effects, and boosts its user's stats against foes with penalties.

Data

Game	Icon	Type	Effect	SP cost	Prerequisites	Unusable by	Inheritable	Other effects and notes
Heroes		C	If any foes in cardinal directions of user have resistance < (user's resistance + 5) at start of phase, inflicts Gravity (Unit can only move 1 space through their next action) on those foes. If any foes within 3 rows or columns centered on user have resistance < (user's resistance + 5) at start of phase, inflicts Ploy (Neutralizes Bonus Doubler (Grants +⁠(current bonus on stat; calculated independently) each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to unit for 1 turn), Treachery (Unit deals +⁠(total bonuses on unit) damage for 1 turn), and Grand Strategy (Grants +⁠(penalty on unit's stat × 2; calculated independently) each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance and extends penalties to last while effect is active to unit for 1 turn)effects on unit) and Exposure (Foe deals +10 damage) on those foes through their next actions. After start-of-turn effects trigger on phase, if any foes within 3 rows or columns centered on user have number of bonus effects (excluding stat bonuses) ≥ 3, neutralizes those effects. If foe has a penalty, grants +5 each to attack and resistance to user during combat.	300	--	--	✗	--

Availability

Heroes

Method	Data
Unit (★★★★★)	Loki: Trickster God

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Heroes	At start of player phase or enemy phase, if any foes in cardinal directions of unit have Res < unit's Res+5, inflicts【Gravity】on those foes. At start of player phase or enemy phase, if any foes within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on unit have Res < unit's Res+5, inflicts【Ploy】and【Exposure】on those foes through their next actions. After start-of-turn effects trigger on player phase or enemy phase, if any foes within 3 rows or 3 columns have ≥ 3 Bonus effects active, excluding stat bonuses, neutralizes those effects (excludes Bonus effects being applied at the same time). If foe has any Penalty effects active, grants Atk/Res+5 to unit during combat. 【Gravity】 Restricts target's movement to 1 space through its next action. 【Ploy】 Neutralizes Bonus Doubler, Treachery, and【Grand Strategy】effects active on unit during combat through unit's next action. 【Exposure】 Foe's attacks deal +10 damage. 【Grand Strategy】 Grants bonus to Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat = current penalty on each of unit's stats × 2 for 1 turn. (Example: if unit has -7 penalty to Atk, grants Atk+14, for a net bonus of Atk+7.) Calculates each stat bonus independently. Unit's negative effects that last "through unit's next action" will remain in effect until this status (Grand Strategy) is neutralized.	自軍ターン開始時、および、敵軍ターン開始時、 十字方向にいる、魔防が「自分の魔防＋５」より低い 敵に【グラビティ】を付与 自軍ターン開始時、および、敵軍ターン開始時、 自分を中心とした縦３列と横３列にいる 魔防が「自分の魔防＋５」より低い 敵に【謀策】、【弱点露呈】を付与 （敵の次回行動終了時まで） 自軍ターン、および、敵軍ターンの開始時スキル発動後、 自分を中心とした縦３列と横３列にいる 強化を除いた【有利な状態】の数が３以上の 敵の【有利な状態】を解除 （同じタイミングで付与される【有利な状態】は 　解除されない） 敵が【不利な状態異常】を受けている時、 戦闘中、攻撃、魔防＋５ 【グラビティ】 移動を最大１マスに制限する状態異常 （敵の次回行動終了まで） 【謀策】 戦闘中、自分が受けている状態 【強化増幅】、 【強化ダメージ＋】、 【神軍師の策】の効果を無効化する状態異常 （敵の次回行動終了時まで） 【弱点露呈】 敵から受けた攻撃のダメージ＋１０ 【神軍師の策】 戦闘中、攻撃、速さ、守備、魔防が 自分が受けている攻撃、速さ、守備、魔防の 弱化の値の２倍だけ上昇（能力値ごとに計算） （例えば、攻撃－７の弱化を受けていれば、 　－７＋１４で、攻撃＋７となる）（１ターン） 弱化を行動終了時に解除しない この状態（神軍師の策）が解除される時、 弱化も解除する

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Divine Deceit	--
Japanese	神杖天空を偽る	Divine staff false sky
Spanish	Engaño divino	Divine deceit
French	Mensonge divin	Divine falsehood
German	Göttlicher Trug	Divine deceit
Italian	Inganno divino	Divine deceit
Portuguese	Farsa divina	Divine farce
Traditional Chinese	神杖虛假天空	Divine staff false sky

Type C passive skills in Heroes

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