Aether

This article is about the skill. "Aether" is also the name of the special type of stamina used in Fire Emblem Heroes's Aether Raids mode.

Aether Icon of the Aether skill in Radiant Dawn. Use Sol and Luna in succession. Trigger % = (Skill stat ÷ 2)

Type(s) Class (Mastery) Capacity 20 (in Path of Radiance) 30 (in Radiant Dawn) First game Path of Radiance

Aether (pronounced /⁠ˈiθɚ⁠/^[key]; Japanese: 天空 Heavens) is an offensive skill which debuted in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. When activated, Aether deals two consecutive blows to the enemy. The first blow has the effect of the Sol skill, draining hit points from the target to heal the user, and the second has that of Luna, bypassing the target's defensive stats. As with the two base skills themselves, the specific effects of Aether vary somewhat beyond this from game to game.

Aether is primarily available only to the protagonists of certain games, and is most commonly associated with Ike and, to a lesser extent, Chrom and Lucina. It is traditionally obtained after class changing, as a mastery skill in Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn, tied to Ike and Greil's classes, Lord, Hero and Vanguard, and as a class skill learned by Great Lords in Awakening. In Fates, in addition to Ike and Lucina possessing the skill as amiibo units, it is possible to teach Aether to any other unit in the game as a downloadable content reward.

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In the main Fire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Path of Radiance		Strikes twice consecutively; the first strike restores (damage dealt) HP to the user, and the second treats the target as if it has a 50% penalty to defense during the strike.	(Skill)%	20	Nullified against Nihil, or if either combatant has Parity. For further mechanics, see Offensive skill § Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn.
Radiant Dawn		Strikes twice consecutively; the first strike restores (damage dealt) HP to the user, and the second treats the target as if it has 0 defense during the strike.	(Skill/2)%	30	Nullified against Nihil, or if either combatant has Parity active. For further mechanics, see Offensive skill § Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn.
Awakening		Strikes twice consecutively; the first strike restores (damage dealt / 2) HP to the user, and the second treats the target as if it has a 50% penalty to defense and resistance during the strike.	(Skill/2)%	--	For further mechanics, see Offensive skill § Awakening.
Fates		Strikes twice consecutively; the first strike restores (damage dealt / 2) HP to the user, and the second treats the target as if it has a 50% penalty to defense and resistance during the strike.	(Skill/2)%	--	If the foe has Dragonskin, the defense penalty and healing are reduced to 25%, or 37.5% if the user has the Blazing, Shadow, or Omega Yato equipped. For further mechanics, see Offensive skill § Fates.

In other Fire Emblem series titles

Game	Icon	Effect	Cooldown	SP cost	Prerequisites	Unusable by	Inheritable	Other effects and notes
Heroes		Treats foe's defense and resistance as if inflicted −50% and restores (damage dealt × 50%) HP to user.	5	500	Luna or Sol		✓	--

Availability

Path of Radiance

Classes (Occult)

Hero (Usable only through hacking) • Lord

Radiant Dawn

Classes

Vanguard

Fates

Classes	Vanguard (Learned from level 25 and up) • Great Lord (Learned from level 25 and up)
Items	Aether

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. series

This article or section is a short summary of Aether. SmashWiki features a more in-depth article.

Ike

Ike using Aether in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Aether is Ike's up special move. Its appearance is modified from its Fire Emblem appearances in that it entails only a single strike, omitting the second upward slash, and none of the added effects from Fire Emblem apply. Additionally, Ike's Final Smash is Great Aether, characterized as a significantly more powerful variation of Aether and possibly inspired by Ike's final strike against Ashera in Radiant Dawn.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U introduced character customization, including alternate variations on each character's special moves. Like all special moves in the two games, Aether has two variations, which are found at random and collected during the course of the game's other modes.

• Aether Drive (Japanese: 進天空 Advancing Heavens) alters Ike's trajectory to give him more horizontal distance, flinging Ragnell upwards diagonally and following it in that direction.
• Aether Wave (Japanese: 天空波 Heavens Wave) is less powerful, but flings a long-distance shock wave upon landing.

Chrom

Chrom uses Aether as his Final Smash in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, based on its Awakening animation. It is known as Awakening Aether. When initiated, he yells "Anything can change!", "Now I'm mad!", or "Your end has come!", which are some of his critical/skill trigger quotes from Awakening (although he said "Now I'm angry!" in Awakening instead), and then yells "Ae...ther!" when performing the attack.

Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.

In his guest appearance in Code Name: S.T.E.A.M., Aether is Ike's special ability. It inflicts high damage on enemies stationed in front of Ike when it is activated. However, it can only be used once per attempt at a chapter.

Fire Emblem Cipher

Aether is present as a skill on one card in Fire Emblem Cipher: B05-089SR Radiant Hero, Ike. It is a trigger skill which activates automatically when Ike is used to attack the opponent's lord unit, which adds +10 attack power to Ike until the end of the opponent's next turn. If the player chooses to do so, Aether also allows him to automatically destroy any two other enemy units in addition to their attack on the opponent's lord, in exchange for a steep price in bonds. Ike's other skill on this card, Memories of War, allows the player to reduce the bond cost of Aether depending on how many cards have been stacked underneath Ike's card.

Dragalia Lost

This article or section is a short summary of Aether in Dragalia Lost. Dragalia Lost Wiki features a more in-depth article.

Aether is one of Chrom's skills in the game. When he is fought as a boss enemy, it is only used as an unavoidable attack when he is in his overdrive state.

An alternative version of Aether that shares its name with his Final Smash in the Super Smash Bros. series, Awakening Aether, can be used by him under certain conditions when he is under the control of the player as a playable character.

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Path of Radiance (skill assignment menu)	In certain instances, triggers both Sol and Luna consecutively. Lord	一定の確率で、スキル 『太陽』と『月光』の ２回攻撃を行なう 取得可能 ロード
Path of Radiance (help)	In certain instances, triggers both Sol and Luna consecutively.	一定の確率で スキル『太陽』と『月光』の ２回攻撃を行ないます
Radiant Dawn (skill assignment menu)	Can launch consecutive attacks of Sol and Luna. Cannot unassign	発動すると『太陽』と 『月光』の効果を持つ ２回連続攻撃をおこなう 書に戻せない
Radiant Dawn (help, NTSC)	Can launch consecutive attacks of Sol and Luna. Vanguard	発動すると『太陽』と『月光』の 効果を持つ２回連続攻撃をおこなう 【神将奥義】
Radiant Dawn (help, PAL)	Can launch consecutive attacks, using the power of Sol and Luna. Vanguard	--
Awakening	Use Sol and Luna in succession. Trigger % = (Skill stat ÷ 2)	技÷２％の確率で発動 太陽と月光の２回連続攻撃
Fates	Use Sol and Luna in succession when attacking. Trigger % = (Skill stat × 0.5)	攻撃時、技×０．５％で発動 太陽と月光の２回連続攻撃
Heroes	Treats foe's Def/Res as if reduced by 50% during combat. Restores HP = half of damage dealt.	敵の守備、魔防－５０％扱いで攻撃 与えたダメージの５０％自分を回復

Trivia

• It is possible that the first hit of Ike's Aether animation in Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn, which entails throwing his weapon in the air and catching it mid-jump to strike, is a reference to the Mercenary's critical hit animation in the Game Boy Advance games (pictured).
• Aether shares its Italian name, Etere, with the Aureola weapon.
• In Path of Radiance, Aether is unusual in that while Ike is only able to activate it at 1 range, Greil – if hacked into the game and assigned the skill – is able to activate Aether at 2 range if he attacks with a throwing axe.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Aether	Latin: sky, the heavens. Traditionally, "aether" or "ether" was a classical element defined as the substance of the universe beyond Earth, i.e. space.
Japanese	天空	Heavens. Referred to as SUNMOON in its internal file name in Path of Radiance, and as AETHER in the same in Radiant Dawn.
Spanish	Éter	Ether
French	Ether	Ether
German	Aithir	Ether
Italian	Etere	Ether
Portuguese	Éter	Ether
Russian	Небеса	Heavens. Used only in the Russian version of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, as no Fire Emblem game has as yet been officially released in the region.
Korean	• 에테르 • 천공	• Transliteration of "Aether", as above. Used in Super Smash Bros. games and Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.. • Heavens. Used in Fire Emblem Fates.
Traditional Chinese	天空	Heavens

Gallery

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  Ike activating Aether (start-up flash) in Path of Radiance.
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  Ike activating Aether (first blow) in Path of Radiance.
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  Ike activating Aether (second blow) in Path of Radiance.
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  Ike activating Aether (start-up flash) in Radiant Dawn.
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  Ike activating Aether (first blow) in Radiant Dawn.
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  Ike activating Aether (second blow) in Radiant Dawn.
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  Chrom activating Aether (first blow) in Awakening.
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  Chrom activating Aether (second blow) in Awakening.

Other appearances

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  Ike using Aether in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
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  Ike using Aether in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
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  Ike using Aether in Code Name: S.T.E.A.M..

See also

• Luna
• Sol
• Aether's Course
• Aether's Path
• Aether's Route
• Great Aether
• Mayhem Aether
• Radiant Aether