Fire Emblem Heroes update announced (version 6.5.0), patch notes

A new update for Fire Emblem Heroes has just been announced, bringing the game to version 6.5.0. This new update, set to release around May 9, will provide changes to the Arena, Summoner Duels, add new weapon skills, weapons to refine and more. You can check out the full patch notes for the update below.

• The Arena is being updated
  • You will be able to use Tactical Retreat up to two times.

You will be able to use the Tactical Retreat feature, which allows you to continue your win chain in the Arena without losing your score or breaking your chain when you lose a match, up to two times.

This update will be active starting with the season that begins 5/10/2022 12:00 p.m.(PT)

Notes:
・ There is no limit to how many times you can use this feature per season.
・ If you restart your battle chain from the beginning by using the Reset button, your Tactical Retreat uses will reset as well.

• Summoner Duels is being updated
  • Your opponent’s remaining teams will display in Summoner Duels S.

The two opponent teams you did not choose on the Veto Selection screen will display when you choose which of your teams to dispatch on the Team Selection screen.

• • Captain Skills are being updated.

The effects of the below Captain Skills are being updated.
・Erosion
・Effulgence

Captain Skill Effects
– Before Update:

・Erosion
When a foe’s Savior skill triggers, inflicts Def/Res-4 on that foe during combat and that foe cannot counterattack.

・Effulgence
Grants Atk/Spd+4 and neutralizes penalties to allies within 2 spaces of your captain during combat.

– After Update:

・Erosion
When your captain is in combat, foes’ Savior skills will not trigger.

When a foe’s Savior skill triggers, inflicts Def/Res-4 on that foe during combat and that foe cannot counterattack.

・Effulgence
Grants Atk/Spd+4 and neutralizes penalties to your captain and allies within 2 spaces of your captain during combat.

You can use these Captain Skills with their new effects starting with the season beginning 5/10/2022 12:00 p.m.(PT)

• • It will be possible to increase your Favor Level in Favor Battles in Summoner Duels to 1,900.

This will be effective starting with the season beginning 5/10/2022 12:00 p.m.(PT)

• • The game will try to reconnect automatically when the connection is broken in the middle of a match.

• New skills are being added for a Mythic Hero

Of the Mythic Heroes that appear in Legendary & Mythic Hero Remixes, Duma: God of Strength is gaining new skills.

• • New skills

・ A Skill
Fury 4
Grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4. After combat, deals 8 damage to unit.
Cannot use: Staves

・ C Skill
Upheaval+
At the start of turn 1, deals 10 damage to all foes, and if defending in Aether Raids during Anima season, destroys nearest offensive structure. (Does not affect structures that cannot be destroyed.) At start of combat, if unit’s Atk > foe’s Atk, or if foe’s HP < 100%, neutralizes foe’s bonuses (from skills like Fortify, Rally, etc.) during combat.
This skill can only be equipped by its original unit.

Duma: God of Strength will be getting a new weapon skill to refine at the same time, so be sure to check the section of this notification labeled “New weapon skills and weapons to refine are being added” in conjunction with this section.

• New Memento Events are being added to Heroes Journey

New Memento Events are being added!

• The lineup of Limited-Time Combat Manuals is being updated

With the release of Ver. 6.5.0, players will be able to obtain Divine Codes (Ephemera 5) from events and exchange them from an updated lineup of Limited-Time Combat Manuals using the Compile Combat Manual feature.

Divine Codes (Ephemera 5) will be able to be exchanged for the following Combat Manuals:

Notes:
・ The Combat Manuals added in this update can be compiled until 6/27/2022 11:59 p.m.(PT)
・ Divine Codes (Ephemera 5) may be obtained from events that begin after the release of Ver. 6.5.0, while Divine Codes (Ephemera 4) may continue to be obtained from events that began before the release of Ver. 6.5.0.

• New weapon skills and weapons to refine are being added

The following Hero will be able to learn this new character-specific weapon skill at 5★:

Icy Maltet
Hero who can learn this skill: Thea: Stormy Flier

・ The weapon above can be upgraded in the Weapon Refinery after it has been obtained.
・ To learn weapon skills, tap Allies, then Ally Growth, and then Learn Skills.

The following weapons will be able to be upgraded or gain additional special effects by using Arena Medals and Divine Dew:

Imhullu
Hero who can learn this skill: Gharnef: Dark Pontifex

Demonic Breath
Hero who can learn this skill: Idunn: Dark Priestess

Eldhrímnir
Hero who can learn this skill: Felicia: Off the Menu

Kitsune Fang
Hero who can learn this skill: Kaden: Kitsune Braggart

Fell Breath
Hero who can learn this skill: Duma: God of Strength

Note: To access the Weapon Refinery, you must clear Book I, Chapter 13 in the main story and then clear the second Intermission map, The Rite of Blades.

• Aether Raids is being updated
  • Some structures will have their level cap increased.

・ Bolt Tower (O/D): up to level 9

• • Aether Resort is being updated.

・ Two new songs will be added to the Concert Hall: “Battle: Advance” from the Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 game and “Advance” from the Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones game.

• Mjölnir’s Strike is being updated
  • A mechanism will have its level cap increased.

・ Shining Summoner: up to level 5

• Additional Heroes via Heroic Grails

The following Heroes will be available to summon using Heroic Grails:

・ Luthier: Spring Hopes
・ Salem: Dark Sage

• Other Changes
  • A portion of the graphics for desert maps will be improved.

That’s all the news about the update!
We hope you continue to enjoy playing Fire Emblem Heroes.

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