Heals adjacent ally 10 HP. Unit loses 10HP (but cannot reach 0 this way)
No Staff
- Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units.
Skillsets that use skill
Please Go Away! (Persecution Bow Offense)
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Persecution Bow | A | Atk/Spd Push 4 Alternate: Fury (3 or 4) |
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Ardent Sacrifice Alternate: Reposition |
B | Lull Spd/Def 3 |
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Moonbow Alternate: Luna |
C | Savage Blow 3 Alternate: Close Guard 3 |
SP | 1140 | S | Heavy Blade 3 Alternate: Swift Sparrow 2 |
Punish Them (Vantage Mixed Phase)
Remote Drone (Offensive Nuke)
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Blárblade+ | A | Atk/Spd Solo 3 Alternate: Swift Sparrow 2 |
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Ardent Sacrifice Alternate: Reposition |
B | Desperation 3 |
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Glimmer Alternate: Moonbow |
C | Even Atk Wave 3 |
SP | 1875 | S | Heavy Blade 3 Alternate: Darting Blow 3 |
Funny Bunny (Offensive Nuke)
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Gronnblade+ | A | Atk/Spd Solo 3 Alternate: Fury (3 or 4) |
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Ardent Sacrifice Alternate: Reposition |
B | Desperation 3 |
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Glimmer Alternate: Moonbow |
C | Odd Atk Wave 3 Alternate: Hone Fliers |
SP | 1895 | S | Heavy Blade 3 |
Rainbow Cannon (Offensive Nuke)
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Blárblade+ | A | Atk/Spd Solo 3 Alternate: Swift Sparrow 2 |
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Ardent Sacrifice Alternate: Reposition |
B | Desperation 3 |
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Glimmer Alternate: Moonbow |
C | Hone Cavalry Alternate: Odd Atk Wave 3 |
SP | 1935 | S | Heavy Blade 3 |
Anti-Dragon Specialist (Budget)
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Splashy Bucket+ (+Spd) | A | Fury 3 |
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Ardent Sacrifice Alternate: Draw Back |
B | Desperation 3 Alternate: Vantage 3 |
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Glimmer Alternate: Iceberg |
C | Hone Fliers Alternate: Air Orders 3 |
SP | 1425 | S | Brazen Atk/Res 3 |
Azalea (Pseudo-Brave)
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Slaying Lance+ (+Spd) Alternate: Slaying Lance+ (+Atk) |
A | Fury 3 Alternate: Atk/Spd Solo 3 |
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Ardent Sacrifice | B | Desperation 3 |
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Luna Alternate: Moonbow |
C | Fortify Fliers Alternate: Goad Fliers |
SP | 1425 | S | Speed +3 |
Tequila Shots (Offensive Nuke)
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Blárblade+ | A | Swift Sparrow 2 Alternate: Fury 3 |
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Ardent Sacrifice | B | Desperation 3 |
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Glimmer | C | Hone Fliers |
SP | 1835 | S | Guidance 3 |
The Juice is Loose (Offensive/Support)
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Juicy Wave+ (+Spd) | A | Swift Sparrow 2 Alternate: Fury 3 |
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Ardent Sacrifice | B | Chill Spd 3 |
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Moonbow | C | Hone Fliers |
SP | 1445 | S | Flier Formation 3 |
Giga Trigga (Offensive Nuke)
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Giga Excalibur | A | Swift Sparrow 2 |
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Ardent Sacrifice | B | Desperation 3 |
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Moonbow | C | Even Spd Wave 3 |
SP | 1425 | S | Heavy Blade 3 |
Still Can’t Read (Offensive Nuke)
Hungry Hurricane (Lethal Carrot Offensive)
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Lethal Carrot+ (+Spd) | A | Swift Sparrow 2 Alternate: Fury 3 |
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Ardent Sacrifice Alternate: Reposition |
B | Desperation 3 |
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Moonbow Alternate: Glimmer |
C | Odd Atk Wave 3 Alternate: Atk Tactic 3 |
SP | 1325 | S | Attack +3 |
The Janitor (Cleaner Offensive)
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The Cleaner+ Alternate: Barb Shuriken+ (+Spd) |
A | Swift Sparrow 2 Alternate: Fury 3 |
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Ardent Sacrifice Alternate: Reposition |
B | Desperation 3 |
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Glimmer Alternate: Moonbow |
C | Odd Atk Wave 3 Alternate: Atk Tactic 3 |
SP | 1445 | S | Attack +3 |
Frostflowers (Budget Offensive)
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Nifl Frostflowers | A | Swift Sparrow 2 Alternate: Fury 3 |
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Ardent Sacrifice | B | Desperation 3 |
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Glimmer Alternate: Iceberg |
C | Goad Fliers |
SP | 1260 | S | Attack +3 |
Pants Like These Require Bravery! (Quad Brave)
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Brave Axe+ | A | Atk/Spd Solo 3 Alternate: Life and Death 3 |
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Ardent Sacrifice | B | Desperation 3 |
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Luna Alternate: Draconic Aura |
C | Hone Cavalry Alternate: Fortify Cavalry |
SP | 1935 | S | Speed +3 |
Sacaen Whirlwind (Offensive Focus)
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Blárblade+ | A | Atk/Spd Bond 3 |
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Ardent Sacrifice Alternate: Swap |
B | Desperation 3 |
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Glimmer Alternate: Moonbow |
C | Armor March 3 |
SP | 1530 | S | Speed +3 |
Frelia’s Bravest (Brave Bow)
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Brave Bow+ | A | Swift Sparrow 2 Alternate: Life and Death 3 |
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Ardent Sacrifice Alternate: Draw Back |
B | Desperation 3 |
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Luna Alternate: Iceberg |
C | Def Ploy 3 Alternate: Spd Ploy 3 |
SP | 1995 | S | Attack +3 Alternate: Speed +3 |
Thorn in You (Blade)
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Gronnblade+ Alternate: Gronnblade |
A | Atk/Spd Solo 3 Alternate: Fury 3 |
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Ardent Sacrifice Alternate: Rally Atk/Res |
B | Desperation 3 |
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Glimmer Alternate: Moonbow |
C | Odd Atk Wave 3 Alternate: Hone Atk 3 |
SP | 1995 | S | Speed +3 Alternate: Attack +3 |
Refreshing Barrage (Brave Bow)
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Brave Bow+ | A | Swift Sparrow 2 Alternate: Life and Death 3 |
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Ardent Sacrifice Alternate: Reposition |
B | Desperation 3 |
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Luna | C | Even Spd Wave 3 |
SP | 1995 | S | Speed +3 |
Carry On (Offensive Nuke)
The Stewing of Arthur Curry (Mid-Investment Brawler)
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Arthur's Axe (+Eff) | A | Fury (3 or 4) Alternate: Brazen Atk/Def 3 |
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Ardent Sacrifice Alternate: Reposition |
B | Wrath 3 Alternate: Desperation 3 |
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Bonfire Alternate: Moonbow |
C | Atk/Spd Oath 3 Alternate: Even Spd Wave 3 |
SP | 1245 | S | Brazen Atk/Spd 3 Alternate: Sturdy Blow 2 |
Winds of Ylisse (Aether Raids Galeforce)
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Slaying Lance+ (+Spd) Alternate: Slaying Lance+ (+Atk) |
A | Swift Sparrow (2 or 3) Alternate: Heavy Blade 4 |
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Ardent Sacrifice | B | Wings of Mercy 3 |
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Galeforce | C | Spd Smoke 3 Alternate: Atk Smoke 3 |
SP | 1445 | S | Heavy Blade 3 Alternate: Swift Sparrow 2 |
Hinoka's Zero Yen Payroll (Literally Any Other Bow)
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Helm Bow+ (+Spd) Alternate: Brave Bow+ |
A | Swift Sparrow (2 or 3) Alternate: Life and Death (3 or 4) |
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Ardent Sacrifice Alternate: Draw Back |
B | Desperation 3 Alternate: Lull Spd/Def 3 |
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Luna Alternate: Moonbow |
C | Time's Pulse 3 Alternate: Spd Smoke 3 |
SP | 1185 | S | Swift Sparrow 2 Alternate: Death Blow 3 |
Ardent Sacrifice
Overview
Ardent Sacrifice can be considered an Alternate version of Reciprocal Aid, as it uses each hero's HP pool to provide healing. However, it is limited to transferring only 10 HP. While Reciprocal Aid has more raw healing potential, Ardent Sacrifice has the advantage of being much more consistent. Only 10 HP is transferred and while that might seem small, it can be enough to swing many duels in the player's favor. Within the Arena not every unit is equally valuable in every match, and Ardent Sacrifice is a great way to ensure a unit can always contribute to the battle, even if they don't fight directly. Ardent Sacrifice is most commonly not used for the heal: It's used for the damage, which can help trigger skills reliant on HP thresholds.
Synergy
The healing effect of this skill has the potential to be useful in nearly any game. Combined with self-healing skills (Such as Recover Ring, Renewal or a Falchion) A unit can potentially use Ardent Sacrifice many times while restoring their own HP. If aiming for a pseudo-healer set however, it is often better to use Reciprocal Aid as it provides a much stronger potential heal. Ardent Sacrifice's biggest detriment is actually one of it's greatest strengths, as the HP loss can be used to trigger threshold skills such as Wrath, Vantage and Desperation. These powerful skills can make a unit unstoppable on the field, and Ardent Sacrifice can be used to circumvent their biggest weakness: the HP threshold. However, a unit wishing to trigger a 75% threshold ability with one use of Ardent Sacrifice must have 40 or less HP (40 – 10 is 30, which is 75% of their max HP). This means that a unit using this combo can sometimes benefit from a HP stat bane, if they would normally have more than 40 HP.
Weaknesses
Both benefits to this skill have a drawback. The heal itself is not a true heal, as it weakens another unit who would otherwise be healthy. And the drawback to using the HP loss to activate skills is that it requires a unit to have lost HP. Ardent Sacrifice cannot be used on a unit with full HP: The unit receiving the heal must have already lost HP. This means it can't be used at the start of a round, some combat must take place before it can be used.