Arcanist

Arcanist Artwork of a generic Arcanist from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. A hex-slinger with a command of wicked magic.

Unit type(s) Infantry Weapon(s) Black Magic, White Magic Skill(s) None

The Arcanist (Japanese: 妖術師 Magician) is a magical enemy-only class which debuted in Fire Emblem Gaiden.

As an enemy-exclusive class in Gaiden and its remake, Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, the Arcanist is not connected to any other class in a class change tree, although the Cantor class can be considered a stronger version of it.

Arcanists are servants of the fell god Duma, and use magic not available to the player, such as Mire and Miasma.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Gaiden	28	8	--	3	4	0	5	8	4	--	Black magic, White magic
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	28	8	--	3	4	0	5	8	4	--

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Gaiden	52	40	--	40	40	40	40	40	40	--	Black magic, White magic

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%	--	--	--	--
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	100%	45%	--	50%	45%	0%	45%	0%	--	--	--	--

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

Class skills

Nil.

Class change

Gaiden

Base class
Arcanist

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Base class
Arcanist

Notable enemy Arcanists

Enemy Units
Name	Game
Tatarrah	Gaiden, Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Jamil	Gaiden, Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Nuibaba	Gaiden
Gharn	Gaiden, Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Enemy Arcanist units in the Fire Emblem series.

Trivia

• The sprite for Arcanist in the original is directly re-used from the Bishop in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Arcanist	As of Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.
English (unofficial)	• Wizard • Sorcerer	• Used in the Gaiden fan translation. • Used in some unofficial fan reference materials.
Spanish	Mago arcano	Arcane Wizard
French	Arcaniste	Arcanist
German	Arkaner	Arcane
Italian	Arcanista	Arcanist
Dutch	Arcanist	As above.
Simplified Chinese	妖术师
Traditional Chinese	妖術師

Gallery

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  Artwork of a generic Arcanist from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

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  Generic portrait of the Arcanist from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

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  An enemy Arcanist casting Mire in Gaiden.

See also

• Sorcerer
• Dark Bishop
• Dark Sage
• Druid

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