Type	Icon	Name	SP	Required	Description
B		Magic Gambit 1	60	—	If unit initiates combat or foe's Range = 2, and if unit's or foe's attack can trigger unit's Special, reduces damage from attacks during combat and from area-of-effect Specials (excluding Røkkr area-of-effect Specials) by percentage = unit's max Special cooldown count value - 1, × 4 (max 16%).
		Magic Gambit 2	120	Magic Gambit 1	If unit initiates combat or foe's Range = 2, and if unit's or foe's attack can trigger unit's Special, reduces damage from attacks during combat and from area-of-effect Specials (excluding Røkkr area-of-effect Specials) by percentage = unit's max Special cooldown count value - 1, × 7 (max 28%).
		Magic Gambit 3	240	Magic Gambit 2	If unit initiates combat or foe's Range = 2, and if unit's or foe's attack can trigger unit's Special, reduces damage from attacks during combat and from area-of-effect Specials (excluding Røkkr area-of-effect Specials) by percentage = unit's max Special cooldown count value - 1, × 10 (max 40%).
		Magic Gambit 4	300	Magic Gambit 3	If unit initiates combat or foe's Range = 2, inflicts Spd/Res-4 on foe during combat, and also, if unit's or foe's attack can trigger unit's Special, unit deals +X damage (X = unit's max Special cooldown count value - 2, × 4; max 12; min 0; excluding area-of-effect Specials) and reduces damage from attacks during combat and from area-of-effect Specials (excluding Røkkr area-of-effect Specials) by percentage = unit's max Special cooldown count value - 1, × 10 (max 40%).
Cannot use:

Effects

Effects	Targets	Conditions
Magic Gambit 3
Combat effects
Reduces damage by X% (max: 40%) X = 10 x ( Unit's max Special CD -1) from attacks & Non-Røkkr AoE Specials	Unit	(Player Phase or  Foe's Range = 2) &  Unit has a Combat Special
Magic Gambit 4
Combat effects
Spd/Res-4	Foe	Player Phase or  Foe's Range = 2
Boosts damage by X (min: 0, max: 12) X = 4 x ( Unit's max Special CD -2)	Unit	(Player Phase or  Foe's Range = 2) &  Unit has a Combat Special
Reduces damage by X% (max: 40%) X = 10 x ( Unit's max Special CD -1) from attacks & Non-Røkkr AoE Specials

Notes

• The non-Special "reduces damage by X%" effect is calculated after offensive Specials and damage boosting effects such as  Arcane Thorn and  Change of Fate.
  • If an effect such as  Miracle or  Roy: Of Binding's boosted Special effect can trigger, the damage-reduction effect will not trigger and the user will still survive with only 1 HP.
  • Umbra Burst weapons will always deal a minimum of 1 damage even if the foe uses attack damage preventing effects, Invincibility Seals, or damage reduction effects.
  • "Reduces damage by X%" effects stack multiplicatively, unlike interactions related to the weapon-triangle, such as  Triangle Adept and the weapon-triangle advantage boost.
    • For example, if the damage-reduction effects from both  Dodge and  Archrival trigger, the maximum total damage-reduction is 64% instead of 80%, since the two skills reduce the damage to (1 − 40%) × (1 − 40%) = 36% of the original damage.
  • Non-Special "reduces damage by X%" effects can be neutralized or reduced only during combat by effects such as  Share Spoils+ or  Halves non-Special damage reduction.
  • For more information, see Damage calculation.

• The Area-of-effect Special damage-reduction effect is calculated after Area-of-effect Specials and damage boosting effects that trigger before combat such as  Change of Fate and  Dominance.
  • Røkkr area-of-effect Specials will always deal out of combat damage even if the foe is equipped with Invincibility Seals or damage reduction effects.
  • "Reduces damage by X%" effects stack multiplicatively, unlike interactions related to the weapon-triangle, such as  Triangle Adept and the weapon-triangle advantage boost.
    • For example, if both  Dodge and  Spurn 4 trigger, the maximum total damage-reduction is 64% instead of 80%, since the two skills reduce the damage to (1 − 40%) × (1 − 40%) = 36% of the original damage.
  • Non-Special "reduces damage by X%" effects that reduce damage from Area-of-effect Specials can be neutralized or reduced only out of combat.
  • For more information, see Damage calculation.
• The stat reduction that can be applied during combat by Magic Gambit 4 is considered a temporary debuff.

• The damage boosting effect of Magic Gambit 4 ignores the foe's Def or Res when calculating the damage boost, and can be reduced by damage-reduction effects such as  Archrival,  A/S Rival Break, and  Dodge.
  • Damage boosting effects stack additively, similar to flat damage-reduction effects and interactions related to the weapon-triangle, such as  Triangle Adept and the weapon-triangle advantage boost.
  • A foe equipped with Invincibility Seals will neutralize all sources of damage except from Røkkr area-of-effect Specials and the minimum 1 damage from Umbra Burst weapons.
  • A foe using attack damage preventing effects can neutralize damage dealt from the foe's own attacks and the unit's attacks (Units with Umbra Burst weapons will take and deal the minimum 1 damage).
  • For more information, see Damage calculation.

List of owners

Unit	Skill chain
Byleth: Ashen Nightmare	Magic Gambit 1 5	Magic Gambit 2 5	Magic Gambit 3 5	Demonic Force 5
Robin: Fated Vessel	Magic Gambit 1 5	Magic Gambit 2 5	Magic Gambit 3 5	Magic Gambit 4 5

Availability

Summoning events

Start	End	Event	Skill
2024-04-05	2024-05-05	Double Vision	Magic Gambit 4
2024-12-20	2025-01-03	Focus: Double Special Heroes	Magic Gambit 4
2025-02-02	2025-03-07	Special Hero Summon	Magic Gambit 4
2025-02-25	2025-03-07	8th Anniv. "12 Luminaries" 3	Magic Gambit 4
2025-04-08	2025-05-01	Double Vision	Magic Gambit 4
2026-04-13	2026-04-23	Double Vision	Magic Gambit 4
2026-05-07	2026-06-05	Rearmed Canis & Rearmed Tibarn	Magic Gambit 3

Distributed units

• This skill is not available on any distributed units.

Combat Manuals

Start	End	Hero	Currency
2026-04-06T07:00:00Z	2026-05-28T06:59:59Z	Robin: Fated Vessel	Divine Code: Ephemera 4

In other languages

Language	Name
Japanese	奥の手・魔道
German	Mag. Schachzug
Spanish (Europe)	Táctica mágica
Spanish (Latin America)	Táctica mágica
French	Manœuvre mag.
Italian	Stratag. magico
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)	底牌・魔道
Portuguese	Tática mágica

See also

• Surge Passives