Marksman

Marksman Rolf as a Marksman in Radiant Dawn. The ultimate archers, whose skills are said to be goddess-granted. They wield the skill Deadeye.

Unit type(s) Infantry Weapon(s) Bow (+Crossbow) Skill(s) Critical +15, Shove, Deadeye

The Marksman (Japanese: 神射手サジタリー Sagittary) is an advanced infantry class which is exclusive to Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. It is a rare third-tier promoted class and the final stage in the Archer class change line, promoting from the Sniper class. The only weapons it can wield are bows, also having rare access to crossbows.

The defining characteristic of Marskmen is their exceptional accuracy with their bows, since they tie with the Trueblade and Assassin for the highest maximum skill stat in Radiant Dawn. Between that skill stat and a natural bonus to their critical rate, they also have an impressive critical hit chance. Their other offensive stats are good, and their offensive prowess is improved further by gaining a boost to their range when fighting with ordinary bows, giving them the unique ability to attack up to three spaces away even if they are not wielding a longbow. However, they keep the standard vulnerability of bow-wielding units where, unless they are wielding a crossbow or the Double Bow, they cannot attack at melée range at all and cannot respond if enemies attack them close-up in enemy phase.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Radiant Dawn	49	20	3	23	18	0	17	6	7	11	A (+Crossbows)

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Radiant Dawn	60	36	15	40	34	30	32	25	??	??	SS (+Crossbows)

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon level
Radiant Dawn	60%	45%	10%	55%	45%	30%	35%	35%	--	--	--	--

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

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Radiant Dawn	Critical +15	Innate.
Radiant Dawn	Shove	Innate.
Radiant Dawn	Deadeye	Innate (Mastery skill).

• Radiant Dawn: When wielding any standard bow, excluding longbows and crossbows, a Marskman receives a +1 range boost. When attacking at 3 range, however, the Marksman receives a -30 hit rate penalty.

Class change

Radiant Dawn

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class	Promotion method	Master class
Archer	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10, or reaching Level 21.	Sniper	Using a Master Crown after reaching Level 10, or reaching Level 21.	Marksman

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Marksman	--
Spanish	Saetero	Sagittary
French	MaÎtre-arc	Bow-master
German	Meisterschütze	Masterarcher
Italian	Tiratore scelto	Marksman. In all other Italian Fire Emblem games, this is the name for the Sniper class, which is just called "Tiratore" instead in the Italian version of Radiant Dawn.

Gallery

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  Leonardo as a Marksman in Radiant Dawn.

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  Shinon as a Marksman in Radiant Dawn.

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  Rolf as a Marksman in Radiant Dawn.

See also

• Bow Knight

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