Arcfire

Arcfire
Tormod casting Arcfire on an Order Fire Sage in Radiant Dawn.
Name (JP)	ギガファイアー
First Seen	Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Weapon Type	Fire(Radiant Dawn) Tome(Awakening)
Most Common Rank	Varies
Uses	Varies
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Arcfire is a Fire magic tome from Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn and Fire Emblem Awakening. In Radiant Dawn, this tome is the most potent out of the three "Arc" spells, and is one of three Fire tomes with a critical bonus. This tome may only be purchased in Parts 1 and 4 of the game, and is effective against Beast tribe laguz.

Weapon Stats

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

Name					Type
Arcfire					Fire
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
B	25	9	80%	5%	1-2	7	4	2,500
Effect
Effective against Beast tribe Laguz.

Fire Emblem Awakening

Name				Type
Arcfire				Tome
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	WEx	Worth
C	30	8	80%	0%	1-2	?	1,440
Effect
-

Item Locations

Fire Emblem Awakening

Method	Location
Dropped	Enemy Sage (Ch. 18) • Enemy Sorcerer (Ch. 23)
Armories	Fort Steiger • Plegia Castle • Kidnapper's Keep
Merchants	Port Ferox • Sage's Hamlet
SpotPass	Serra • Lute • Zihark • Sanaki • Merric • Valbar • Horace • Etzel • Cecilia
Double Duel	Reward for defeating Cordelia's Pride.

Non-canon appearances

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U

Robin using Arcfire in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Arcfire is the side special move for Robin in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U.

Upon using the move, Robin generates a small fireball above their head and fires it diagonally downward in front of them. Like Ness' PK Fire, this move creates a fire pillar upon contact with an opponent or the ground, hitting them multiple times. If it contacts an enemy, they will sustain a maximum of 10% damage. This move has 6 points of durability before they must discard the tome, and the player must wait about ten seconds before it returns to Robin and can be used again. Robin also uses Arcfire at the end of their standard combo if the A button is held during the combo. Arcfire takes the form of a small condensed explosion at the end of the combo and will consume 1 durability point if used.

Arcfire has two variations, Arcfire+ and Fire Wall. Arcfire+ takes longer to cast, but explodes when it hits, dealing a singular, more powerful hit. Fire Wall casts a larger pillar of fire that deals greater knockback rather than multiple hits, and can also protect from attacks.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Arcfire returns as the side special move for Robin in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, being functionally identical as before, although like the other special moves, it does not retain its custom variations.

Trivia

• In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, Robin's attack animation with this tome is reminiscent of the attack animations of Mages and Sages in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade, The Blazing Blade, and Sacred Stones.

Gallery

Lissa wielding the tome of Arcfire in Awakening.

Lissa casting Arcfire on an enemy Paladin in Awakening.

Leo casting Arcfire in Warriors.