Weight is one of the numerous factors weapons have, affecting how easy it is to use. Most importantly, it has an impact on a character's ability to dodge; larger, heavier weapons and tomes mean that a unit can avoid enemy attacks with less ease. While Weight has an impact on the games, it is not so significant that a character must constantly worry about it. Weight is not a factor in Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem, nor in Fire Emblem Awakening or Fire Emblem Fates, although Fates does include a debuff system for higher-tiered weapons that can resemble weight mechanics.