Cleric

Cleric A female healer who uses staves. Cannot attack.

Unit type(s) Unknown Weapon(s) Staff Skill(s) N/A

The Cleric (クレリック, Kurerikku only in FE9) class, known as Sisters (シスター, Shisutaa) in the Japanese games, are a staff-wielding class which first appeared in Fire Emblem Gaiden, appearing in every game since then except Genealogy of the Holy War and The Binding Blade; it is missing from core Fates gameplay (its role taken by the Priestess), but appears as the class of the NPC Lissa in the DLC chapter Encounter with Awakening. It is very similar to the Priest class, which first appeared in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light; the Cleric is considered the Priest's female counterpart in games where both classes appear except in Gaiden, where the two are distinct female-only classes, and Fates, where the Cleric appears only as DLC and the Priest has a different female counterpart. All clerics are female, but in games where the Cleric class is absent, some priests are female.

In Fire Emblem Gaiden and Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem, the Sister class appeared, which could only use staves. In Fire Emblem: Thracia 776, sisters appeared again as a class similar to the Shaman class of Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. They could use staves, light, fire, thunder, and wind magic.

From Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade on, the Sister class has been translated as "Cleric". This was the same with Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, except the Cleric class was actually named "Cleric" in Japanese. In Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, the "Staff User" (杖使い, Tsue Tsukai), which could use staves and swords, was also translated to Cleric.

Clerics and all of their other incarnations usually cannot attack enemies, and are defenseless if left exposed to the enemy. They often have high luck and speed, which helps them dodge attacks, and high resistance, which guards against magical attacks. However, their low defense and the fact that they cannot counterattack makes them very vulnerable to enemies. They should be protected by fighting units to prevent their deaths.

Clerics change class to bishops in The Binding Blade, Blazing Sword, Shadow Dragon, and New Mystery of the Emblem. In Gaiden they change class to saints. In Thracia 776,sisters become sages. In The Sacred Stones, they can choose to change class to bishops or valkyries. Finally, in Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn, clerics become valkyries.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Gaiden	32	16	--	10	18	0	10	4	4	--	Tome: --
Mystery of the Emblem	16	1	--	1	3	0	1	5	5	--	Staff: ?
Thracia 776	14	0	1	2	5	0	0	--	5	3	E, E, E, D
Blazing Sword	16	--	1	2	2	0	0	6	5	4	D
The Sacred Stones	16	--	1	2	2	0	0	6	5	4	D
Path of Radiance	17	2	1	2	2	0	0	6	5	5	D
Radiant Dawn	30	4	6	8	10	0	5	14	7	6	C, D
Shadow Dragon	16	0	1	1	3	0	1	8	5	--	E
New Mystery of the Emblem	16	0	1	1	3	0	1	8	5	--	E
Awakening	16	0	3	2	4	0	1	6	5	--	Template:Staff3DS E

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Gaiden	52	40	--	40	40	40	40	40	40	--	Tome
Mystery of the Emblem	52	20	--	20	20	20	20	20	20	--	Staff: 9?
Thracia 776	80	20	20	20	20	20	20	--	20	20	A?
Blazing Sword	60	--	20	20	20	30	20	20	15	20	A
The Sacred Stones	60	--	20	20	20	30	20	20	15	20	A
Path of Radiance	40	15	20	20	20	40	20	20	?	?	A
Radiant Dawn	40	17	24	25	24	40	18	28	?	?	S, A
Shadow Dragon	60	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	32	--	A
New Mystery of the Emblem	60	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	32	--	A
Awakening	60	22	25	24	25	30	22	27	7	--	Template:Staff3DS A

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon level
Gaiden	150%	50%	--	50%	50%	0%	50%	0%	--	--	--	--
Mystery of the Emblem	40%	20%	--	30%	10%	0%	20%	40%	--	--	--	--
Thracia 776	30%	3%	20%	10%	10%	10%	5%	??%	--	5%	0%	--
Blazing Sword	50%	--	30%	35%	32%	45%	8%	50%	--	--	--	--
The Sacred Stones	50%	--	30%	35%	32%	45%	8%	50%	--	--	--	--
Path of Radiance	50%	15%	45%	40%	50%	45%	10%	50%	--	--	--	--
Radiant Dawn	50%	25%	45%	45%	30%	85%	30%	40%	--	--	--	--
Shadow Dragon	20%/40%	-15%/0%	10%/20%	15%/30%	20%/30%	0%	-10%/20%	30%/40%	--	--	--	--
New Mystery of the Emblem	20%/40%	-15%/0%	10%/20%	15%/30%	20%/30%	0%	-10%/20%	30%/40%	--	--	--	--
Awakening	35%	5%	15%	15%	15%	0%	5%	15%	--	--	--	--

See class growth rate for more details on the mechanics of class growths in each game.

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Path of Radiance Radiant Dawn	Shove	Innate; hidden in Path of Radiance.
Awakening	File:Is 3ds miracle.png Miracle	Learned at level 1.

Class change

Gaiden

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Cleric	Choosing to promote at any Mila Shrine after reaching level 12.	Saint

Mystery of the Emblem, The Binding Blade, Blazing Sword, Shadow Dragon, New Mystery of the Emblem

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Cleric	Using a Bishop Ring* / Guiding Ring* / Master Seal* after reaching level 10.	Bishop

Thracia 776

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Sister	Using a Knight Proof after reaching level 10.	Sage

The Sacred Stones

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Cleric	Using a Guiding Ring after reaching Level 10.	Bishop or Valkyrie
Promotion choice criteria: The player can freely choose.

Path of Radiance, Radiant Dawn

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Cleric	Using a Master Seal* / Holy Crown* after reaching level 10 or reaching level 21.	Valkyrie

Fates

Base class
File:Ma 3ds cleric playable.gif Cleric

Playable clerics

Playable Characters
Name	Game
Silk	Fire Emblem Gaiden
Jenny	Fire Emblem Gaiden
Lena	Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem*, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem
Maria	Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem*, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem
Elice	Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem*, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem
Linoan	Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
Sara	Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
Elen	Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade
Serra	Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade
Natasha	Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Mist	Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Lissa	Fire Emblem Awakening
Playable Cleric units in the Fire Emblem series.

Notable NPC Lords

Other Units
Name	Game
Lissa	Fates (DLC chapter Encounter with Awakening)
Neutral Cleric units in the Fire Emblem series.

Trivia

• As Clerics typically cannot attack, none have appeared as a boss in any chapter in the Fire Emblem series. However, there are generic enemy clerics, indeed capable of healing enemies.

This article is part of Project Classes, a project focused in writing articles for every class present in the Fire Emblem series.