Devil Axe

“A mighty but cursed axe known to harm its user.”
—In-game description, Shadow Dragon and New Mystery of the Emblem

The Devil Axe is a special Axe that appears across the Fire Emblem Series, beginning from the Archanea Series.

Description[]

The Devil Axe has the ability to to randomly deflect damage back to its wielder when it is used, This makes the axe a risky weapon: while it is able to inflict enormous amounts of damage with a single strike, any backfires are similarly enormous.

In most games, the trigger rate of the Devil Axe's ability is based on the user's Luck stat. This ability can also be triggered when the axe is used to damage destructible map features like snags.

The The Blazing Blade and The Sacred Stones iterations of the Devil Axe award a very high amount of Weapon Experience per use, meaning that a unit could raise their axe Weapon Rank by a large amount in only a few uses. This is particularly useful for Paladins (The Blazing Blade) and Great Knights (The Sacred Stones), as it allows them to greatly accelerate their weapon ranks in Axes and more time to build up their ranks in Swords and Lances to solidify their control over the Weapon triangle.

In Heroes; the Devil Axe is the unique weapon of Barst. In reference to the original weapon's effect of dealing damage back to the wielder; this variation functions with an innate Fury-like effect, increasing all of his stats by 4 during combat; but inflicting 4 damage onto him after combat ends. In addition to this, the axe can be refined to further synergize with low health effects, providing Barst with Wrath on top of the stat boost with an effect refine.

The Devil Axe is analogous to the Devil Sword and the Devil Spear.

Weapon Stats[]

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light[]

Name	Type
Devil Axe	Axe
WLv	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	Worth
4	9	20	70%	0%	1	14	-
Effect
(21-Luck%) chance to damage the wielder instead.

Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem[]

Name	Type
Devil Axe	Axe
WLv	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	Worth
1	9	20	70%	0%	1	20	900
Effect
(21-Luck%) chance to damage the wielder instead. Cannot backfire on enemy units.

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776[]

Name	Type
Devil Axe	Axe
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
E	20	20	50%	0%	1	20	1	1,200
Effect
(21-Luck%) chance to damage the wielder instead.

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade[]

Name	Type
Devil Axe	Axe
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
E	20	18	55%	0%	1	18	1	900
Effect
(21-Level%) chance to damage the wielder instead.

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade[]

Name	Type
Devil Axe	Axe
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
E	20	18	55%	0%	1	18	8	900
Effect
(31-Luck%) chance to damage the wielder instead.

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones[]

“Might injure its wielder.”
—In-game description

Name	Type
Devil Axe	Axe
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
E	20	18	55%	0%	1	18	8	900
Effect
(31-Luck%) chance to damage the wielder instead.

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (Unused)[]

Name	Type
Devil Axe	Axe
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
E	20	18	55%	0%	1	18	8	900
Effect
May damage the wielder instead.

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon[]

Name	Type
Devil Axe	Axe
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
D	20	17	100%	0%	1	8*	2	-
Effect
(31-Luck%) chance to damage the wielder instead.

Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem[]

Name	Type
Devil Axe	Axe
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	WEx	Worth
D	25	17	100%	0%	1	2	-
Effect
(31-Luck%) chance to damage the wielder instead.

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia[]

Name	Type
Devil Axe	Axe
Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt
15	70%	5%	1	5
Effect
Hex, Lifetaker

Fire Emblem: Three Houses[]

Fire Emblem Heroes[]

Item Locations[]

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light[]

Method	Location
Dropped	Enemy Pirate (Ch. 9)
Visit	Ch. 3 - Village

Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem[]

Method	Location
Visit	Book 1: Ch. 3 - Village

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776[]

Method	Location
Dropped	Enemy Berserker (Ch. 16B)

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade[]

Method	Location
Inventory	Gonzalez

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade[]

Method	Location
Visit	Eliwood's Story: Ch. 16x Hector's Story: Ch. 17x

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones[]

Method	Location
Dropped	Enemy Berserker (Ch. 15) • Cyclops [7.5%/15.4%] • Tarvos [0.5%/0.15%] • Maelduin [6%]

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon[]

Method	Location
Inventory	Ymir
Visit	Ch. 3 - Village

Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem[]

Method	Location
Dropped	Enemy Barbarian (Ch. 15) • Enemy Berserker (Ch. 21)
Inventory	Dice

Trivia[]

• In the GBA titles, when a character damages themselves with the Devil Axe and is attacked by a Hand Axe-equipped enemy, the game may freeze depending on the class of the Devil Axe wielder.
• It is possible for a unit to kill themselves by attacking a cracked wall or snag with the Devil Axe's return damage effect.
• The unused Devil Axe from Path of Radiance does not function properly; the reversal effect does not work and the unit using it will become stuck in a bind pose. However, this will not happen if battle animations are turned off or if the unit in question activates an Occult Skill.

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