Fire Emblem: Engage will bring back the franchise’s signature weapon triangle, only this time the mechanic will include an additional twist.
Nintendo confirmed as much in a tweet, breaking down how the gameplay mechanic that has long been a staple of the turn-based strategy series will work in Fire Emblem: Engage. As is usually the case, characters using a sword will have an advantage over an axe user, axe users will beat lance users, and lances will perform better against sword users. In addition, arts (which look to be skills of some form) will have an advantage over ranged units that use bows, tomes, and knives.
In #FireEmblem Engage, each character wields various weapons and certain weapons have advantage or disadvantage against other types of weapons.
Swords > Axes
Axes > Lances
Lances > SwordsAlso, arts have advantage over bows, tomes and knives. pic.twitter.com/0Oi3PiB6OT
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) October 26, 2022
New to Fire Emblem: Engage is the ability to inflict a “break” status on enemies when using a weapon that has an advantage. Enemies that are broken will be unable to counterattack until their next turn, so players will want to take full advantage of the weapon triangle in order to attack without fear of being quickly retaliated against.