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Ballistician
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The Ballistician (Japanese: シューター Shooter) is a class that fights exclusively using ballistae. The class is present in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, Mystery of the Emblem, Shadow Dragon and New Mystery of the Emblem as the exclusive users of the five ballistae (Stonehoist, Hoistflamme, Arrowspate, Thunderbolt, Pachyderm); in comparison, most other games instead allow any Archer or Sniper to use the ballistae positioned on the battlefield.
As users of siege weapons, the purpose of Ballisticians is to snipe at enemy units at long range. Ballisticians are the slowest and least mobile class in the games in which they appear, possessing even less movement than Knights. While they have immense range with their ballistae, the bulk of the ballista causes them to be unable to follow-up attack regardless of their attack speed, and they are further hindered by their mediocre skill lowering their hit rate. Should they ever be exposed to the thick of combat, their excellent defense affords them substantial protection, but they cannot retaliate from within two spaces of themselves.
Ballisticians return in Fates as a special class for male units which is available only through downloadable content. In Fates, Ballisticians are able to wield bows, and have unique innate access to the Ballista turret, being able to use them freely anywhere on the map without needing to commandeer a turret map object. Like its earlier incarnations, the Fates version of the Ballistician is strong, but slow, though it has higher skill than in the past. However, the Fates Ballisticians suffer from poorer defenses than their Shadow Dragon counterparts, making them easier to take down.
Ballisticians cannot class change or, in the remakes, reclass. In compensation, Shadow Dragon, New Mystery of the Emblem, and Fates classify Ballisticians as a special class, granting them the ability to increase their level past Level 20 to a maximum level of 30 in the former two games, and 40 in Fates, instead.
Stats
Base stats
Game | HP | Strength | Magic | Skill | Speed | Luck | Defense | Resistance | Movement | Constitution | Weapon level |
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Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light | 20 | 5 | -- | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4 | -- | 8 |
Mystery of the Emblem | 18 | 0 | -- | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- |
Shadow Dragon | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4 | -- | -- |
New Mystery of the Emblem | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4 | -- | -- |
Fates | 18 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -- | E |
Max stats
Game | HP | Strength | Magic | Skill | Speed | Luck | Defense | Resistance | Movement | Constitution | Weapon level |
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Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light | 52 | 20 | -- | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 12 | -- | 20 |
Mystery of the Emblem | 52 | 20 | -- | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 12 | -- | -- |
Shadow Dragon | 60 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 32 | -- | -- |
New Mystery of the Emblem | 60 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 30 | 25 | 20 | -- | -- | -- |
Fates | 50 | 39 | 25 | 31 | 25 | 32 | 27 | 26 | 5 | -- | B |
Miscellaneous stats
Game | Experience | CRP | Gold | Weight mod. | Capacity | Vision | Size |
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Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light | 38 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Mystery of the Emblem | 32 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Class growth rates
Game | HP | Strength | Magic | Skill | Speed | Luck | Defense | Resistance | Charm | Constitution* | Movement* | Weapon level |
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Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light | 150% | 50% | -- | 50% | 50% | 0% | 50% | 0% | -- | -- | -- | 50% |
Mystery of the Emblem | 80% | 30% | -- | 10% | 10% | 0% | 30% | 0% | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Shadow Dragon | 40/90% | 20/50% | −10/0% | 10% | 20% | 0% | 20/50% | −15/0% | -- | -- | -- | -- |
New Mystery of the Emblem | 40/90% | 20/50% | −10/0% | 10% | 20% | 0% | 20/50% | −15/0% | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Fates | 5/75% | 25/60% | 0% | 15/45% | 0/25% | 10/30% | 5/35% | 5/30% | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Class skills
Game | Skill | Learning conditions |
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Fates | Survey | Learned from Level 1 and up. |
Fates | Opportunity Shot | Learned from Level 10 and up. |
Fates | Rifled Barrel | Learned from Level 25 and up. |
Fates | Surefooted | Learned from Level 35 and up. |
Class change
Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light
Base class |
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Ballistician |
Mystery of the Emblem
Base class |
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Ballistician |
Shadow Dragon
Special class |
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Ballistician |
New Mystery of the Emblem
Special class |
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Ballistician |
Fates
Any class | Promotion method | Special class |
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? Any male class |
Using a Sighting Lens. | Ballistician |
Playable Ballisticians
Playable Characters | |
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Name | Game |
Jake | Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, Shadow Dragon |
Beck | Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, Shadow Dragon |
Playable Ballistician units in the Fire Emblem series. |
Notable enemy Ballisticians
Enemy Units | |
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Name | Game |
Grigas | Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, Shadow Dragon |
Torus | Mystery of the Emblem Book 2, New Mystery of the Emblem |
Enemy Ballistician units in the Fire Emblem series. |
Flavor text
Game | Text (English) |
Text (Japanese) |
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Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light | Long-range attacker with high defense.
Slowed down by their ballista. |
とうせききや どきゅうなど とくしゅなしえんぶきを
つかう ユニット。 たかいしゅびりょくと きょだいな はかいりょくを あわせもつが うごきは にぶい。 |
Shadow Dragon | Powerful long-range attackers with high
defense, but their ballistae slow them down. |
投石器や弩弓などを用いる遠距離攻撃ユニット。
守備力と破壊力を併せ持つが動きは鈍い。 |
New Mystery of the Emblem (Unused) |
Powerful long-range attackers with high
defense, but their ballistae slow them down.* |
投石器や弩弓などを用いる遠距離攻撃兵。
守備力と破壊力を併せ持つが動きは鈍い。 |
Fates | An otherworldly artillerist. Uses
movable cannons to attack at range. |
異界の兵種。移動砲台を操る砲手。
弓の他、砲台で広範囲の敵軍を攻撃する。 |
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
English |
Ballistician |
A ballistician is an individual who operates a ballista. |
Japanese |
• シューター |
• Romanized as SHOOTER in its internal file name in Shadow Dragon. This is also the generic name for ballistae as a whole in Japanese Fire Emblem games. |
Spanish |
Artillero |
Gunner |
French |
Balistaire |
Ballistician |
German |
Ballistiker |
Ballistician |
Italian |
Artigliere |
Gunner |
Korean |
슈터 |
Shooter |
Gallery
Artwork of the Ballistician from the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game.
The generic Ballistician portrait in Mystery of the Emblem.
The generic Ballistician portrait in Shadow Dragon.
The generic Ballistician portrait in New Mystery of the Emblem.
The generic Ballistician portrait in Fates.
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. |
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