Onager

Onager Icon of the Onager from Radiant Dawn. A long-range, stone-throwing siege weapon with a wide area of effect. For archery units only.

Type Bow (Ballista) First game Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

The Onager (Japanese: 投石器 Onager) is a model of ballista which was introduced in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, and is present exclusively in it and Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, the two Fire Emblem series games set in Tellius. Onagers are found stationed as objects on certain maps throughout the games, and in maps where they are found can be ridden and used by any Archer, Sniper and Marksman belonging to any army. Onagers are fixed to a specific tile and cannot be moved. Once the Onager's durability reaches 0, the map object does not disappear and can still be ridden, but is unable to attack owing to its lack of ammunition.

The Onager has the near-exclusive ability to hit more than one target at once, a trait shared only with certain forms of Judge; while the player selects one specific target, the Onager's shot will also hit every other unit neighboring the target for half the damage. The Onager has by far the highest hit rate of any weapon in the series, surpassing its closest competitor by 55 points, but conversely cannot inflict critical hits. It also has more might than a regular Ballista, but is still the second-weakest siege engine in both games.

The Onager is the only non-Archanean ballista to be depicted as something other than a giant bow; in Onager's case, it is depicted as a catapult, along the lines of the Archanean Stonehoist. Due to this depiction, the Onager is the only non-Archanean ballista that does not inflict bonus damage on flying units.

Stats

Game	Icon	Level	Might	Weight	Hit	Crit	Range	Uses	Worth	WEXP	Other effects and notes
Path of Radiance		E	20	20	255	--	3-10	5	Cannot be sold	4	Inflicts 1/2 damage to all units adjacent to the target. Ignores the user's strength. Units cannot inflict critical hits with this weapon. When used to attack, the targeted enemy cannot counterattack even if also wielding a ballista or long-range tome. Accessible only as a rideable object on certain maps.

Locations

Radiant Dawn

Map object

Part 2: Chapter 3 Part 3: Chapter 11

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Onager	An onager is a catapult-type siege engine of ancient Roman origin which fires stones as projectiles using a sling-like mechanism. It derives its name from the onager, a donkey species native to central Asia, as the siege engine's "kicking" motion was thought to resemble that of the donkey species.
Spanish	Catapulta	Catapult
French	Catapulte	Catapult
German	Katapult	Catapult
Italian	Catapulta	Catapult