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Follow-up attack

An extra attack in the same exchange, earned by being enough faster than the opponent.

stubAlso: doubling, double attack, doubled, double hit, follow-up, follow up attack, quad attackUpdated 2026-10-21
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A follow-up attack gives the faster side of an exchange a second round. In Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, the attacker strikes, the defender counters, and then a unit whose attack speed beats the other’s by 4 or more strikes once more; attack speed is speed less the weapon’s weight beyond the unit’s constitution1.

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GameYearHowNote
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones2004Speed thresholdan attack speed 4 or more above the foe's strikes once more after both have attacked
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Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones 2004In the North American build, a battle runs the attacker's round, then the defender's counter, then one follow-up round by the unit whose attack speed beats the other's by 4 or more; attack speed is speed less the weapon's weight beyond constitution, at least 0.Code

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  1. ^ abIn the North American build, a battle runs the attacker's round, then the defender's counter, then one follow-up round by the unit whose attack speed beats the other's by 4 or more; attack speed is speed less the weapon's weight beyond constitution, at least 0.Codefireemblem8u
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    13    // Followup attack (double attack) attack speed difference threshold
14    BATTLE_FOLLOWUP_SPEED_THRESHOLD = 4,
    include/bmbattle.h lines 13–14 at 04d1edb · upstream ↗
    743        if (!BattleGenerateRoundHits(attacker, defender)) {
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746            if (!BattleGenerateRoundHits(defender, attacker) && BattleGetFollowUpOrder(&attacker, &defender)) {
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749                BattleGenerateRoundHits(attacker, defender);
    src/bmbattle.c lines 743–749 at 04d1edb · upstream ↗
    766    if (ABS(gBattleActor.battleSpeed - gBattleTarget.battleSpeed) < BATTLE_FOLLOWUP_SPEED_THRESHOLD)
767        return FALSE;
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769    if (gBattleActor.battleSpeed > gBattleTarget.battleSpeed) {
770        *outAttacker = &gBattleActor;
    src/bmbattle.c lines 766–771 at 04d1edb · upstream ↗
    564    int effWt = GetItemWeight(bu->weaponBefore);
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566    effWt -= bu->unit.conBonus;
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568    if (effWt < 0)
569        effWt = 0;
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571    bu->battleSpeed = bu->unit.spd - effWt;
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574        bu->battleSpeed = 0;
    src/bmbattle.c lines 563–574 at 04d1edb · upstream ↗

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