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Knight
- For the horse-riding class commonly known as a "knight", see Cavalier. For the infantry class to which Cavaliers, Paladins, Pegasus Knights and Dracoknights dismount in Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem, see Knight (Mystery of the Emblem).
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The Knight (Japanese: アーマーナイト Armor Knight) is a class of heavily-armored foot soldiers. Introduced in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, they have appeared in almost every title since; the exceptions are Genealogy of the Holy War, Thracia 776 and Radiant Dawn, in which they are divided into a set of three or four variations each wielding a different weapon type: the Armored Lance*, Armored Sword, Armored Axe and, only in the Jugdral duology, Bow Armor.
Knights are defined by their status as bulky armor units, posssessing very high defense and HP, but low speed. They also have above-average strength. However, since they have low speed, they usually only attack once. The obvious defensive role of knights is hindered by the fact that they tend to have lower resistance than most non-magic classes, which themselves often have low resistance; while their high HP does help mitigate this to an extent, their low speed can cause problems against the typical high speed of mage-type units. They also have lower movement and higher constitution than other classes. In general, their build is conducive to them playing a defensive role, by shielding more fragile units or by forming a perimeter in defense-oriented maps.
In Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, Knights were not able to change class; this was rectified from Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem onward, whereupon knights were connected into a new class change line with the General, which itself was in a similar situation in the NES Shadow Dragon; this remains the case in almost all of its appearances. In Fire Emblem Gaiden they are a second-tier advanced class; Villagers have the option of promoting to Soldiers, which promote to Knights, which in turn promote to the third-tier Baron class. In Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, in addition to the General, there is also the option of promoting them to Great Knight.
Stats
Base stats
Game | HP | Strength | Magic | Skill | Speed | Luck | Defense | Resistance | Movement | Constitution | Weapon level |
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Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light | 16 | 5 | -- | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | -- | Sword/Lance: 7 |
Gaiden | 34 | 16 | -- | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | -- | Lance --* |
Mystery of the Emblem | 18 | 5 | -- | 2 | 4 | -- | 6 | 0 | 6 | -- | Lance: 9 |
Genealogy of the Holy War | 40 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | -- | B |
The Binding Blade | 17/16 | 5/4 | -- | 2/3 | 0/1 | -- | 9/8 | 0/1 | 4 | 13/10 | D |
Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade | 17/16 | 5/4 | -- | 2/3 | 0/1 | -- | 9/8 | 0/1 | 4 | 13/10 | D |
The Sacred Stones | 17/16 | 5/4 | -- | 2/3 | 0/1 | -- | 9/8 | 0/1 | 4 | 13/10 | D |
Path of Radiance | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -- | 9 | 0 | 5 | 12 | D |
Shadow Dragon | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | -- | E |
New Mystery of the Emblem | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | -- | E |
Max stats
Game | HP | Strength | Magic | Skill | Speed | Luck | Defense | Resistance | Movement | Constitution | Weapon level |
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Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light | 52 | 20 | -- | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | Sword/Lance: 20 |
Gaiden | 52 | 40 | -- | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40? | -- | Lance --* |
Mystery of the Emblem | 52 | 20 | -- | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | -- | Lance: 20 |
Genealogy of the Holy War | 80 | 24 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 30 | 25 | 15 | 5 | -- | B |
The Binding Blade | 60 | 20 | -- | 20 | 20 | 30 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 20 | A |
Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade | 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 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 20 | 20 | -- | -- | 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 | 7 | -- | A |
Class growth rates
Game | HP | Strength | Magic | Skill | Speed | Luck | Defense | Resistance | Charm | Constitution* | Movement* | Weapon level |
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Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade | 80% | 40% | -- | 30% | 15% | 25% | 28% | 20% | -- | -- | -- | -- |
The Sacred Stones | 80% | 40% | -- | 30% | 15% | 25% | 28% | 20% | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Path of Radiance | 75% | 50% | 20% | 45% | 30% | 25% | 60% | 45% | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Shadow Dragon | 60% | 15% | -15% | 20% | 0% | 0% | 30% | -10% | -- | -- | -- | -- |
New Mystery of the Emblem | 60% | 15% | -15% | 20% | 0% | 0% | 30% | -10% | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Class skills
Game | Skill | Learning conditions |
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Awakening | File:Is 3ds defense +2.png Defense +2 | Learned at level 1. |
Class change
Shadow Dragon NES
Base class |
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Knight |
Gaiden
Trainee-like class | Method | Base class | Method | Advanced class | Method | Advanced class |
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Villager |
After reaching Level 3, at any Mila Shrine. | Soldier |
After reaching Level 7, at any Mila Shrine. | File:Bs fe02 armour lance.png Knight |
After reaching Level 10, at any Mila Shrine. | Baron |
Mystery of the Emblem, Binding Blade, Fire Emblem, Path of Radiance, Shadow Dragon DS, and New Mystery of the Emblem
Base class | Promotion method | Advanced class |
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File:Bs fe06 wendy knight lance.png Knight |
Using a Knight Crest*/Master Seal* after reaching level 10. | File:Bs fe06 wendy general lance.png General |
The Sacred Stones, Awakening
Base class | Promotion method | Advanced class |
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Knight |
Using a Knight Crest at level 10 or above | General or Great Knight |
Promotion choice criteria: The player can freely choose. |
Playable Knights
Notable enemy Knights
Trivia
Gallery
Artwork of the Mystery of the Emblem Knight depiction from the TCG.
Concept artwork of the four Armorknight variants from Genealogy of the Holy War.
- Generic portrait knight fe03.png
The generic Knight portrait in Mystery of the Emblem.
The generic Armor portrait in Genealogy of the Holy War.
- Generic portrait knight fe06.gif
The generic Knight portrait in the Game Boy Advance games.
The generic Knight portrait in New Mystery of the Emblem.
The generic Knight portrait in Awakening.
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
English |
Knight |
A contraction of the Japanese "Armorknight" name, likely under the assumption that the "armor" part is redundant given the renaming of Cavaliers from "Social Knight" and the lack of need to differentiate. |
Spanish |
Caballero |
Knight |
French |
Chevalier |
Knight |
German |
Ritter |
Knight |
Italian |
Cavaliere |
Knight |
References
See also
This article is part of Project Classes, a project focused in writing articles for every class present in the Fire Emblem series. |