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Valkyrie

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This article is about the class. For the staff from Genealogy of the Holy War, see Valkyrie (staff).
Valkyrie

Ss fe10 mist valkyrie.png
Mist as a Valkyrie in Radiant Dawn.


This knight excels in the art of black magic and can move again after combat.

Unit type(s)
  • Mounted (all games except for Awakening)*
  • Beorc (Path of Radiance)
  • Beast (Awakening)
Weapon(s)
Skill(s)

The Valkyrie (Japanese: ヴァルキュリア Valkyria) is an advanced mounted class which was introduced in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade. They are one of only a few mounted magic-wielding classes in the Fire Emblem series. They have acted as the primary promoted class for Troubadours since their introduction, a role previously filled by the Paladin, and they primarily use staves in addition to offensive magic, with the type of offensive magic available to them depending on the game.

Valkyries typically play a similar role to their fellow advanced healer class, the Bishop. Their strongest stat is their exceptionally high resistance, and they also have high offensive stats to allow them to provide effective magical offense, with particularly impressive speed. In addition, being a mounted class gives them high movement to allow them to both attack and support their allies with staves with greater ease. Like most magical classes, they suffer from shaky defense, although in the Game Boy Advance games at least, they tend to have higher defense than other magical classes.

In Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn, aside from a single NPC in Path of Radiance Chapter 24, the class is exclusive to Mist of the Greil Mercenaries. It is her promoted class in both games, promoting from Cleric, and wields swords instead of offensive magic in these two games; in Radiant Dawn, it is classified as a third-tier advanced class. The class behaves similarly to its other appearances in terms of stats; however, its strength being its weakest stat is actually relevant given its access to swords. The class's high magic makes Mist one of the few sword-wielders able to make good use of magic swords in the former game.

Outside of Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn, the Valkyrie is the primary promoted form for Troubadours in all appearances, occupying the role formerly filled in the Jugdral games by the Paladin. The Sacred Stones also gives Clerics the option to promote to Valkyrie. Fire Emblem Fates replaces Valkyries with the functionally identical Strategist class.

The class appears in Three Houses as downloadable content, as part of the Cindered Shadows side story. It becomes available in the main story after completing the first chapter of this side story.

Stats

Base stats

Game HP Strength Magic Skill Speed Luck Defense Resistance Movement Constitution Weapon level
The Binding Blade 19 -- 4 3 5 0 4 8 8 6 Anima magic E Staves C
The Blazing Blade 19 -- 4 3 5 0 4 8 8 6 Anima magic E Staves C
The Sacred Stones 19 -- 4 3 5 0 4 8 7 6 Light magic D Staves D
Path of Radiance 19 4 5 3 5 0 3 8 8 6 Swords D Staves C
Radiant Dawn 43 6 16 18 20 0 9 22 9 6 Swords B Staves A
Awakening 19 0 5 4 8 0 3 8 8 -- Tomes E Staves E
Three Houses 20 5 10 10 9 9 9 13 6 -- --

Max stats

Game HP Strength Magic Skill Speed Luck Defense Resistance Movement Constitution Weapon level
The Binding Blade 60 -- 27 24 25 30 24 28 15 20 Anima magic S Staves S
The Blazing Blade 60 -- 25 24 25 30 24 28 15 25 Anima magic S Staves S*
The Sacred Stones 60 -- 25 24 25 30 24 28 15 25 Light magic S Staves S*
Path of Radiance 60 20 26 24 26 40 20 29 20 99 Swords S Staves S
Radiant Dawn 50 25 35 35 34 35 24 36 20 99 Swords SS Staves S
Awakening 80 30 42 38 43 45 30 45 10 -- Tomes A Staves A

Miscellaneous stats

Game Experience CRP Gold Weight mod. Capacity Vision Size
The Binding Blade -- 3 -- -- -- -- --
The Blazing Blade -- 3 -- -- -- -- --
The Sacred Stones -- 3 -- -- -- -- --
Path of Radiance -- -- -- +20 25 -- --
Radiant Dawn -- -- -- +20 60 3 --

Class growth rates

Game HP Strength Magic Skill Speed Luck Defense Resistance Charm Constitution* Movement* Weapon level
The Binding Blade 45% -- 35% 25% 45% 40% 10% 20% -- -- -- --
The Blazing Blade 45% -- 35% 25% 45% 40% 10% 40% -- -- -- --
The Sacred Stones 45% -- 35% 25% 45% 40% 10% 40% -- -- -- --
Path of Radiance 50% 35% 40% 30% 45% 40% 10% 45% -- -- -- --
Radiant Dawn 50% 25% 45% 45% 40% 85% 30% 40% -- -- -- --
Awakening 35/70% 0% 20/40% 10/30% 20/50% 0/50% 5/20% 15/45% -- -- -- --
Three Houses 5% 0% 5% 0% -5% 5% 5% 10% 10% -- -- Reason +3 Faith +1
Riding +3
See class growth rate for more details on the mechanics of class growths in each game.

Promotion gains

Game HP Strength Magic Skill Speed Defense Resistance Weapon level
The Blazing Blade 3 -- 2 1 0 2 3 --
The Sacred Stones 3 -- 2 1 0 2 3 --

Class modifiers

Game HP Strength Magic Skill Speed Luck Defense Resistance Charm Movement
Three Houses 1 0 4 0 −2 (0) 0 0 1 (0) 2 2 (0)

Class skills

Game Skill Learning conditions
The Binding Blade
The Blazing Blade
The Sacred Stones
Path of Radiance
Radiant Dawn
Three Houses
Canto Innate; hidden and unnamed until Radiant Dawn.
Path of Radiance
Radiant Dawn
Sol Path of Radiance: Occult skill.
Radiant Dawn: Innate (Mastery skill).
Awakening Rally Resistance Learned at Level 5.
Awakening Dual Support+ Learned at Level 15.
Three Houses Black Magic Range +1 Innate.
Three Houses Dark Magic Range +1 Innate.
Three Houses Uncanny Blow Class mastery. (150 class Exp required)

Class change

The Binding Blade, The Blazing Blade

Base class Promotion method Advanced class
Bs fe07 priscilla troubadour staff.png
Troubadour
Using a Guiding Ring or Earth Seal* after reaching Level 10. Bs fe07 priscilla valkyrie anima.png
Valkyrie

The Sacred Stones

Base class Promotion method Advanced class
Bs fe08 l'arachel troubadour staff.png
Troubadour
and
Bs fe08 natasha cleric staff.png
Cleric
Using a Guiding Ring or Master Seal after reaching Level 10. Bs fe08 natasha valkyrie light.png
Valkyrie

Path of Radiance

Base class Promotion method Advanced class

Cleric
Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10, or reaching Level 21.
Valkyrie

Radiant Dawn

Advanced class Promotion method Master class
Cleric Using a Holy Crown after reaching Level 10, or reaching Level 21. Bs fe10 mist valkyrie staff.png
Valkyrie

Awakening

Base class Promotion method Advanced class
Ma 3ds01 troubadour playable.gif
Troubadour
Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10. Ma 3ds01 war cleric playable.gif
War Cleric
or
Ma 3ds01 valkyrie playable.gif
Valkyrie
Promotion choice criteria: The player can freely choose.

Three Houses

Base class Certification requirements Special class
Any class Level 20
Abyssian Exam Pass
Reason B, Riding B
Ma ns01 valkyrie playable.gif
Valkyrie
This class is only available for female units.

Playable Valkyries

Playable Characters
Name Game
Cecilia The Binding Blade
Ethlyn Awakening
Hapi Three Houses Cindered Shadows
Playable Valkyrie units in the Fire Emblem series.

Notable enemy Valkyries

Enemy Units
Name Game
Ursula The Blazing Blade
Pheros Awakening
Canis Awakening
Hapi Three Houses Cindered Shadows
Enemy Valkyrie units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

Game Text
(English)
Text
(Japanese)
The Binding Blade
(class roll)
A title given to the finest troubadours.
Wields sacred magic to aid allies.*
経験をつんだトルバドールが昇格する
馬上で聖なる杖と魔法を使う 戦乙女
The Binding Blade
(help)
An honorific bestowed upon
truly talented troubadours.*
トルバドールが昇格する
馬上で杖と魔法を使う 戦乙女
The Blazing Blade
(class roll)
A title given to the finest troubadours.
Wields sacred magic to aid allies.
経験をつんだトルバドールが昇格する
馬上で聖なる杖と魔法を使う 戦乙女
The Blazing Blade
(help)
An honorific bestowed upon
truly talented troubadors[sic].
トルバドールが昇格する
馬上で杖と魔法を使う 戦乙女
The Sacred Stones
(class roll)
Battle maidens who ride into combat wielding
light magic and staves.
華麗に馬をあやつる戦乙女
聖なる杖と『光』魔法を手に 戦場を駆ける
The Sacred Stones
(help)
Battle maidens who wield both staves
and light magic. Equip: Light, staves.
馬上で杖と光魔法を使う 戦乙女
装備『光・杖』
Path of Radiance
Mounted priestesses who wield sacred
staves and swords.
クレリックが昇格します
馬に乗り 聖なる杖と剣をつかいます
Radiant Dawn
(class roll)
Mist, of the Greil Mercenaries.
Capable of using both staves and
swords. She employs the skill Sol.
グレイル傭兵団のミスト
馬上で聖杖と剣を振るって活躍する
奥義【太陽】の使い手
Radiant Dawn
(help)
Mist of the Greil Mercenaries. She
rides into battle using staves and
swords. She employs the skill Sol.
グレイル傭兵団のミスト
馬上で聖杖と剣を振るって活躍する
奥義【太陽】の使い手
Awakening
A seasoned, hardy troubadour.
Uses staves, tomes.
馬に乗り、戦場を駆ける乙女。
杖に加え、魔法も使える上級職。
Three Houses
This knight excels in the art of black magic
and can move again after combat.
黒魔法に秀でた騎土。
戦闘後、再び移動できる。
魔法が使える兵種。

Trivia

  • In Radiant Dawn, due to Valkyrie's luck cap being 35 and Cleric's being 40, it is possible for a unit to lose luck upon promoting from Cleric to Valkyrie. This is also possible when a unit promotes from Rogue to Whisper.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language Name Definition, etymology, and notes
English

Valkyrie

In Norse mythology, the valkyrie are a group of divine female figures who choose which warriors will live and die on a battlefield, and which then escort half of those who die to to the "hall of the slain", Valhalla.

Japanese

ヴァルキュリア
ワルキューレ
戦乙女ヴァルキュリア

• Officially romanized as Valkyria, as above. This name is used in all appearances except Radiant Dawn. In The Binding Blade, it is officially romanized as Valkyuria, which is an error.
• From Walküre, the German form of valkyrie. This name is used in Path of Radiance.
• Officially romanized as Valkyria, as above; literally "war maiden". In Radiant Dawn, all Japanese class names are spelled primarily in kanji (i.e. 戦乙女) with a foreign-language name in katakana applied as furigana (i.e. ヴァルキュリア) and used as the basis for the romanized name in the class roll.

Spanish

Valquiria

Valkyrie

French

Walkyrie

Valkyrie

German

Walküre

Valkyrie

Italian

Valchiria

Valkyrie

Korean

발큐리아

Valkyria

Simplified Chinese

瓦尔基里

Valkyrie

Traditional Chinese

瓦爾基里

Valkyrie

Gallery

References

See also

Project Classes.png This article is part of Project Classes, a project focused in writing articles for every class present in the Fire Emblem series.
Classes in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade
Base classes ArcherBardBrigandCavalierChildCivilianClericDancerDemon DragonFighterKnightLordMageManaketeMercenaryMyrmidonNomadPegasus KnightPiratePriestShamanSoldierThiefTransporterTroubadourWyvern Rider
Advanced classes BerserkerBishopDruidFalcon KnightGeneralGreat LordHeroKingManaketeNomadic TrooperPaladinSageSniperSwordmasterValkyrieWarriorWyvern Lord
Classes in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade
Base classes ArcherBardBramimondBrigandCavalierChildCivilianClericCorsairDancerFighterFire DragonKnightLordMageMagic SealMercenaryMonkMyrmidonNomadPeerPegasus KnightPiratePrinceShamanSoldierThiefTransporterTroubadourWyvern Rider
Advanced classes ArchsageAssassinBerserkerBishopBlade LordDark DruidDruidFalcoknightGeneralGreat LordHeroKnight LordNomadic TrooperPaladinSageSniperSwordmasterValkyrieWarriorWyvern Lord
Classes in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Base classes ArcherBrigandCavalierCivilianClericDancerFighterFleetJourneymanKnightLordMageManaketeMercenaryMonkMyrmidonPeerPegasus KnightPhantomPiratePontifexPriestPupilQueenRecruitShamanSoldierThiefTroubadourWyvern Rider
Advanced classes AssassinBerserkerBishopDruidFalcoknightGeneralGreat KnightGreat LordHeroMage KnightManaketeNecromancerPaladinRangerRogueSageSniperSummonerSwordmasterValkyrieWarriorWyvern KnightWyvern Lord
Base monster classes BaelBonewalkerGargoyleGorgon EggMauthe DoogMogallRevenantTarvos
Advanced monster classes Arch MogallCyclopsDeathgoyleDemon KingDraco ZombieElder BaelEntombedGorgonGwyllgiMaelduinWight
Removed class Apprentice
Classes in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Base classes ArcherAxe KnightBanditBow KnightChildCivilianClericFighterKnightLance KnightMageMyrmidonPegasus KnightPriestRangerSoldierSword KnightThiefWyvern Rider
Advanced classes AssassinBerserkerBishopFalcon KnightGeneralHalberdierHeroKing DaeinLordPaladinPrincess CrimeaSageSniperSwordmasterValkyrieWarriorWyvern Lord
Laguz classes Beast Tribe (CatLionTiger) • Bird Tribe (HawkHeronRaven) • Dragon Tribe (Red DragonWhite Dragon)
Classes in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Base classes ArcherArmored AxeArmored LanceArmored SwordAxe KnightBanditBow KnightCitizenDracoknightFighterFire MageHorseLance KnightLight MageMyrmidonPegasus KnightPilgrimPriestSoldierSword KnightThiefThunder MageVendorWind Mage
Advanced classes Axe GeneralAxe PaladinBishopBlade PaladinBow PaladinClericDark SageDragonmasterDruidFalconknightFire SageHalberdierHeroLance GeneralLance PaladinLight SageRogueSniperSword GeneralSwordmasterThunder SageWarriorWind Sage
Master classes Arch SageAssassinBlack KnightChancellorDragonlordEmpressGold KnightLight PriestessMarksmanMarshallOrder IncarnateQueenReaverSaintSentinelSeraph KnightSilver KnightSpiritSummonerTruebladeValkyrieVanguardWhisper
Laguz classes Beast Tribe (CatLionLion KingTigerWolfWolf Queen) • Bird Tribe (HawkHawk KingHeronRavenRaven King) • Dragon Tribe (Black DragonRed DragonWhite Dragon)
Classes in Fire Emblem Awakening
Base classes ArcherBarbarianCavalierClericDark MageFighterKnightLordMageMercenaryMyrmidonPegasus KnightPriestTacticianThiefTroubadourWyvern Rider
Advanced classes AssassinBerserkerBow KnightDark FlierDark KnightFalcon KnightGeneralGrandmasterGreat KnightGreat LordGriffon RiderHeroPaladinSageSniperSorcererSwordmasterTricksterValkyrieWar ClericWar MonkWarriorWyvern Lord
Other classes BrideConquerorDancerDread FighterEntombedGrimaLodestarManaketeMerchantMirageOutrealm ClassRevenantSoldierTaguelVillager
Classes in Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Unique classes Armored LordBarbarossaCommonerDancerDeath KnightEmperorEnlightened OneGreat LordHigh LordNobleWyvern Master
Beginner classes FighterMonkMyrmidonSoldier
Intermediate classes ArcherArmored KnightBrawlerBrigandCavalierDark MageLordMageMercenaryPegasus KnightPriestThief
Advanced classes AssassinBishopDark BishopFortress KnightGrapplerHeroPaladinSniperSwordmasterWarlockWarriorWyvern Rider
Special classes Dark FlierTricksterValkyrieWar ClericWar Monk
Master classes Bow KnightDark KnightFalcon KnightGreat KnightGremoryHoly KnightMortal SavantWar MasterWyvern Lord
Monster classes Altered Demonic BeastAltered GolemBlack BeastDemonic BeastExperimental Demonic BeastFlying Demonic BeastGiant BirdGiant CrawlerGiant Demonic BeastGiant WolfGolemGuardian GolemHegemon HuskThe Immaculate OneLord of the DesertLord of the LakeTitanusUmbral BeastWandering BeastWhite BeastWild Demonic Beast
Other classes AgastyaArchbishopFlame EmperorKing of LiberationRuffianSaintVerrat