Close Guard

Type	Icon	Name	SP	Required	Description
C		Close Guard 1	60	—	Allies within 2 spaces gain: "If foe uses sword, lance, axe, dragonstone, or beast damage, grants Def/Res+2 during combat."
		Close Guard 2	120	Close Guard 1	Allies within 2 spaces gain: "If foe uses sword, lance, axe, dragonstone, or beast damage, grants Def/Res+3 during combat."
		Close Guard 3	240	Close Guard 2	Allies within 2 spaces gain: "If foe uses sword, lance, axe, dragonstone, or beast damage, grants Def/Res+4 during combat."
No restrictions.

Available as a Sacred Seal.

Notes

• The stat increase that can be applied by Close Guard is considered a combat boost.
• The combat boost of Close Guard will not apply to the user's allies who are in combat against a foe with  Impenetrable Dark.

List of owners

Unit	Skill chain
Felicia: Off the Menu	Close Guard 1 5	Close Guard 2 5	Close Guard 3 5
Hinata: Samurai Groom	Close Guard 1 4	Close Guard 2 4	Close Guard 3 5
Natasha: Sacred Healer	Close Guard 1 3	Close Guard 2 4	Close Guard 3 5
Death Knight: The Reaper	Close Guard 1 3	Close Guard 2 3	Close Guard 3 4
Veronica: Brave Princess	Close Guard 1 5	Close Guard 2 5	Close Guard 3 5
Bernadetta: Eternal Loner	Close Guard 1 5	Close Guard 2 5	Close Guard 3 5
Ephraim: Sparkling Gallantly	Close Guard 1 5	Close Guard 2 5	Close Guard 3 5

Availability

Summoning event

Start	End	Event	Skill
2018-08-21	2018-09-14	New Heroes: Arrival of the Brave	Close Guard 3
2018-12-18	2019-01-18	Gifts of Winter	Close Guard 3
2018-12-28	2019-01-08	Legendary Heroes - Azura	Close Guard 3
2019-02-09	2019-02-16	Special Hero Summon (Year 2)	Close Guard 3
2019-04-19	2019-05-19	A Season for Picnics	Close Guard 3
2019-04-27	2019-05-07	Legendary Heroes - Alm	Close Guard 3
2019-04-27	2019-05-10	Year-Two CYL Hero Fest	Close Guard 3
2019-06-28	2019-07-05	Legendary Heroes - Eliwood	Close Guard 3
2019-10-29	2019-11-05	Legendary Heroes - Leif	Close Guard 3
2019-10-30	2019-11-09	Focus: Heroes with Guard Skills	Close Guard 3
2019-12-24	2020-01-24	Gifts of Winter	Close Guard 3
2019-12-27	2019-12-07	Focus: Voting Gauntlet	Close Guard 3
2020-02-02	2020-03-01	Special Hero Summon (Year 3)	Close Guard 3
2020-02-09	2020-02-16	3rd Anniversary Hero Fest, Part 2	Close Guard 3
2020-03-06	2020-03-31	New Heroes: Harmony amid Chaos	Close Guard 3
2020-05-01	2020-05-15	A Season for Picnics	Close Guard 3
2020-05-22	2020-06-01	Focus: Heroes with Lull Skills	Close Guard 3
2020-08-02	2020-08-09	Hero Fest	Close Guard 3
2020-08-05	2020-08-18	Focus: Tempest Trials	Close Guard 3
2020-08-16	2020-08-23	Focus: Weekly Revival 3	Close Guard 3
2020-09-11	2020-09-16	Focus: New Power	Close Guard 3
2020-10-25	2020-11-01	Focus: Weekly Revival 13	Close Guard 3
2020-10-27	2020-11-03	Focus: Hubert & Bernadetta	Close Guard 3
2020-11-08	2020-11-16	Revival: Harmony amid Chaos	Close Guard 3
2020-12-08	2020-12-25	Book V Begins: Reginn and More	Close Guard 3
2020-12-16	2020-12-28	Focus: Tempest Trials	Close Guard 3
2020-12-25	2021-01-08	Gifts of Winter	Close Guard 3
2021-02-12	2021-02-19	Legendary Hero Remix	Close Guard 3

Distributed units

• Grand Hero Battles quest (March 2020) (×1)
• Grand Hero Party quest (April 2020) (×1)
• Tempest Trials+: A Waltz Unending (×1)
• Tempest Trials+: A Waltz Unending (×1)
• Death Knight: The Reaper (×1)
• Death Knight: The Reaper (×2)
• Use Heroic Grails (×20)
• Use Heroic Grails (×20)

Combat Manuals

Start	End	Hero	Currency
2020-03-05 05:00:00		Ephraim: Sparkling Gallantly	Divine Code: Part 1

Seal acquired from

Tempest Trials reward

• Tempest Trials+: Romance Whirlwind (2020-02-08T07:00:00Z – 2020-02-18T06:59:59Z): 20,000 Score.

Sacred Seal Forge

•  Close Guard 1: Create for 20  Great Scarlet Badge, 100  Scarlet Badge, 40  Sacred Coin.
•  Close Guard 2: Enhance for 60  Great Scarlet Badge, 200  Scarlet Badge, 50  Sacred Coin.
•  Close Guard 3: Enhance for 400  Great Scarlet Badge, 1000  Scarlet Badge, 100  Sacred Coin.

In other languages

Language	Name
Japanese	近距離警戒
German	Nahschutz
Spanish (Europe)	Guardia cerc.
Spanish (Latin America)	Guardia cerc.
French	Garde proche
Italian	Guardia vicina
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)	近距離警戒
Portuguese	Guarda rente

See also

• Close Defense
• Distant Defense
• Distant Guard
• Infantry Rush
• Drive Passives