| Type | Icon | Name | SP | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | 
|
Vantage 1 | 50 | — | If unit's HP ≤ 25% and foe initiates combat, unit can counterattack before foe's first attack. |
|
Vantage 2 | 100 | Vantage 1 | If unit's HP ≤ 50% and foe initiates combat, unit can counterattack before foe's first attack. | |
|
Vantage 3 | 200 | Vantage 2 | If unit's HP ≤ 75% and foe initiates combat, unit can counterattack before foe's first attack. | |
| No restrictions. | |||||
Notes
- "If foe initiates combat" means if a foe triggers combat during the enemy phase. The unit being initiated upon does not need to deal damage, nor be able to counterattack.
- However, if the effect is applied after combat, the unit being initiated upon must also survive it to fulfill this condition.
- Vantage does not grant the user the ability to counterattack regardless of foe's range.
- If the user can counterattack, either from using a weapon with the same range as the foe's weapon or from countering skills, the user's counterattack will occur before the foe's initial attack.
- Vantage changes the attack priority, or order of attacks, and therefore can be disabled by skills such as
Hardy Bearing 3 or Dragonslasher+.
List of owners
| Unit | Skill chain | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 | Vantage 1 5  | Vantage 2 5 | Vantage 3 5 |
 | Vantage 1 4  | Vantage 2 4 | Vantage 3 5 |
 | Vantage 1 5 | Vantage 2 5 | Vantage 3 5 |
 | Vantage 1 3  | Vantage 2 4 | Vantage 3 5 |
 | Vantage 1 5 | Vantage 2 5 | Vantage 3 5 |
 | Vantage 1 5 | Vantage 2 5 | Vantage 3 5 |
 | Vantage 1 3 | Vantage 2 3 | Vantage 3 4 |
 | Vantage 1 5 | Vantage 2 5 | Vantage 3 5 |
 | Vantage 1 3 | Vantage 2 3 | Vantage 3 4 |
 | Vantage 1 3 | Vantage 2 3 | Vantage 3 4 |
 | Vantage 1 5 | Vantage 2 5 | Vantage 3 5 |
 | Vantage 1 3 | Vantage 2 4 | Vantage 3 5 |
 | Vantage 1 3 | Vantage 2 3 | Vantage 3 4 |
* 
Alfonse: Prince of Askr, 
Sharena: Princess of Askr, 
Anna: Commander, and Forma units cannot be used for skill inheritance or turned into combat manuals.
** 
Rearmed and 
Attuned Heroes cannot be used for normal skill inheritance or turned into combat manuals after using their Arcane/Elite Inheritance unless their Arcane/Elite Inheritance is restored via merges.
In other languages
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Japanese | 待ち伏せ |
| German | Vorteil |
| Spanish (Europe) | Emboscada |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Ventaja |
| French | Initiative |
| Italian | Vantaggio |
| Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) | 埋伏 |
| Portuguese | Vantagem |