Cleric

Cleric A female healer who uses staves. Cannot attack.

Unit type(s) Unknown Weapon(s) Staff (most games) Black magic, White magic (Gaiden, Echoes: Shadows of Valentia) Staff, Fire, Thunder, Wind, Light (Thracia 776) Skill(s) Shove (Radiant Dawn) Miracle, Healtouch (Awakening)

The Cleric (Japanese: シスター Sister) class is 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 Shrine Maiden), but appears as the class of the NPC Lissa in the DLC chapter Before 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 a functionally identical class called Shrine Maiden appears instead. All clerics are female, but in games where the Cleric class is absent, some priests are female.

In most games, the cleric can only use staves. In Fire Emblem: Thracia 776, however, clerics appeared as a class similar to the Shaman class of Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War, and can use staves, light, fire, thunder, and wind magic. As Gaiden and Echoes lack staves, clerics in those games are capable of wielding both black and white magic.

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 Mystery of the Emblem, Fire Emblem, Shadow Dragon, and New Mystery of the Emblem. In Gaiden and Echoes, they change class to saints. In Thracia 776, clerics become sages. In The Sacred Stones, they can choose to change class to bishops or valkyries. In Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn, clerics become valkyries. In Awakening, they can choose to change class to sages or war clerics.

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	--	Black magic, white magic
Mystery of the Emblem	16	1	--	1	3	0	1	5	5	--	Staff: 7
Thracia 776	14	0	1	2	5	0	0	--	5	3	E, E, E, D
Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade	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
Fates	16	0	4	3	6	4	1	6	5	--	Template:Staff3DS ?

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
Mystery of the Emblem	52	20	--	20	20	20	20	20	20	--	Staff: 20
Thracia 776	80	20	20	20	20	20	20	--	20	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	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%	--
Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade	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%	--	--	--	--
Fates	0%	5%	15%	0%	15%	15%	0%	20%	--	--	--	--

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

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Cleric	Using a Bishop Ring after reaching level 10.	Bishop

Thracia 776

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

Fire Emblem

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Cleric	Using a Guiding Ring or Earth Seal after reaching level 10.	Bishop

The Sacred Stones

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

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

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

Shadow Dragon

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
File:Bs fe11 playable cleric staff.png Cleric	Using a Master Seal after reaching level 10.	File:Bs fe11 playable bishop female tome.png Bishop

New Mystery of the Emblem

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
File:Bs fe11 playable cleric staff.png Cleric	Using a Master Seal after reaching level 10.	File:Bs fe11 playable bishop female tome.png Bishop

Awakening

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
File:Ma 3ds cleric playable.gif Cleric	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10.	File:Ma 3ds war cleric playable.gif War Cleric or File:Ma 3ds sage playable.gif Sage
Promotion choice criteria: The player can freely choose

Fates

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

Playable clerics

Playable Characters
Name	Game
Silque	Fire Emblem Gaiden
Genny	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 Clerics

Other Units
Name	Game
Lissa	Fates (DLC chapter Before 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.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Cleric	A member of the clergy.
Spanish	Sacerdotisa	Priestess
French	Sœur	Sister
German	Geistliche	Priest (feminine)
Italian	Sacerdotessa	Priestess

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