War Cleric

War Cleric Concept artwork of a War Cleric from The Art of Fire Emblem Awakening. This powerful warrior wields axes or fists while upholding devout faith. This unit can also use some magic.

Unit type(s) Infantry Weapon(s) Axe, Staff (Awakening) Various, including magic (Three Houses) Axe, Brawling, White magic (Three Houses; specialty) Skill(s) Rally Luck, Renewal (Awakening) Fistfaire, Unarmed Combat, Heal, Brawl Avo +20, Pneuma Gale (Three Houses)

The War Cleric (Japanese: バトルシスター Battle Sister) is an advanced class debuting in Fire Emblem Awakening. It is one of the class change options available to both Clerics and Troubadours, and is the female version of the otherwise identical War Monk. It gains the use of axes alongside staves.

The class later reappears 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
Awakening	24	5	5	4	6	0	6	6	6	--	E E
Three Houses	32	17	10	10	10	10	14	11	6	--	--

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Awakening	80	40	40	38	41	45	38	43	8	--	A A

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon level

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

Class modifiers

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Movement

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Awakening	Rally Luck	Learned at Level 5.
Awakening	Renewal	Learned at Level 15.
Three Houses	Fistfaire	Innate.
Three Houses	Unarmed Combat	Innate.
Three Houses	Heal	Innate.
Three Houses	Brawl Avo +20	Class mastery. (? class Exp required)

In Three Houses, War Clerics can additionally use black magic, white magic, and dark magic. However, they are limited to half of their uses.

Class change

Awakening

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Cleric and Troubadour	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10.	War Cleric

Three Houses

Base class	Certification requirements	Special class
Any class	Level 20 Abyssian Exam Pass B+, C+	War Cleric
This class is only available for female units.

Warriors

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Cleric	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 15.	War Cleric

Notable enemy War Clerics

Enemy Units
Name	Game
Lepus	Awakening
Serra	Awakening*
L'Arachel	Awakening*
Enemy War Cleric units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

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style="Template:Roundtl; border:none; background-color:#222222; color:#fff" width="10%"|Game Text (English) style="Template:Roundtr; border:none; background-color:#222222; color:#fff" width="30%"|Text (Japanese) Awakening A seasoned cleric who heals with staves and hurts with axes. ?? Three Houses This powerful warrior wields axes or fists while upholding devout faith. This unit can also use some magic. 篤き信仰を胸に、斧や拳を振るう 強力な戦土。 魔法が少し使える兵種。

Trivia

• War Clerics and War Monks have a unique weapon combination. No other class, excepting classes which use all weapon types like Baron and Master Knight, wields both axes and staves.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	War Cleric	--
English (unofficial)	Battle Cleric	Widely referred to as such prior to the English release of Awakening, as the class "Sister" is always renamed "Cleric" in international releases.
Spanish	Sacerdotisa soldado	Soldier priestess
French	Sœur guerrière	Warrior sister
German	Kriegsheilige	War saint
Italian	Sacerdotessa guerriera	Warrior priestess

Gallery

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  Concept artwork of a War Cleric from The Art of Fire Emblem Awakening.

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  Lissa as a War Cleric in Awakening.

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  The generic War Cleric portrait in Awakening.

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  The generic Risen War Cleric portrait in Awakening.

See also

• Maid
• War Monk
• Priestess

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