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Wyvern Rider
- For the promoted Archanean class, see Dracoknight. For the basic class in Thracia 776, see Dragon Rider.
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The Wyvern Rider or Dracoknight (Japanese: ドラゴンナイト Dragon Knight) is a basic flying class which debuted in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War and is present in all games since save for the Nintendo DS remakes. Based on the promoted Dracoknight of the first and third games in the Fire Emblem series, it was introduced as the basic form of a new class family independent from the Pegasus Knight which all ride wyverns. The class's primary weapon of choice was lances until Radiant Dawn, when they instead began primarily wielding axes; in Genealogy and Thracia 776, they could also wield swords.
The Wyvern Rider acts as a statistical counterpoint to the Pegasus Knight: whereas its pegasus-riding cousin is fast and frail, the Wyvern Rider is oriented in a bulky, powerful manner. Their strength and defense are both high, with lesser skill and speed compared to Pegasus Knights, and they share the same high movement and access to Canto as Pegasus Knights and other mounted classes. However, their resistance is abysmal even compared to other physical classes. They also share the Pegasus Knight family's weakness to bows and wind magic, in addition to their own weakness to weapons designed to be effective against dragons.
In almost all of its appearances, Wyvern Riders change class to become Wyvern Lords. The biggest exception is Fire Emblem: Thracia 776, in which the Wyvern Rider is instead the promoted class of the Dragon Rider. The Sacred Stones, Awakening, and Fates also introduce alternate promotion options for Wyvern Riders which can be chosen instead of the Wyvern Lord: The Sacred Stones allows them to instead become Wyvern Knights, Awakening allows them to promote to Griffon Riders, and Fates allows them to promote to the newly-introduced Malig Knight class.
Stats
Base stats
Game | HP | Strength | Magic | Skill | Speed | Luck | Defense | Resistance | Movement | Constitution | Weapon level |
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Genealogy of the Holy War | 40 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9 | -- | B B |
Thracia 776 | 24 (24) | 7 (4) | 1 (1) | 6 (4) | 6 (4) | 0 (0) | 9 (4) | -- | 9 (6) | 9 (9)/ 4 (4) |
-- (E) E (--) |
The Binding Blade | 20/19 | 7/6 | -- | 3/5 | 5 | 0 | 8/7 | 0 | 7 | 10/9 | D |
The Blazing Blade | 20/19 | 7/6 | -- | 3/5 | 5 | 0 | 8/7 | 0 | 7 | 10/9 | D |
The Sacred Stones | 20/19 | 7/6 | -- | 3/5 | 5 | 0 | 8/7 | 0 | 7 | 10/9 | D |
Path of Radiance | 20/19 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8/7 | 0/1 | 8 | 11/7 | D |
Radiant Dawn | 20 | 7/6 | 0 | 5/3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0/2 | 8 | 12/7 | D |
Awakening | 19 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | -- | E |
Max stats
Game | HP | Strength | Magic | Skill | Speed | Luck | Defense | Resistance | Movement | Constitution | Weapon level |
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Genealogy of the Holy War | 80 | 25 | 15 | 22 | 21 | 30 | 26 | 15 | 9 | -- | B B |
Thracia 776 | 80 (80) | 20 (20) | 20 (20) | 20 (20) | 20 (20) | 20 (20) | 20 (20) | -- | 20 (20) | 20 (20) | -- (A) A (--) |
The Binding Blade | 60 | 20 | -- | 20 | 20 | 30 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 20 | A |
The Blazing Blade | 60 | 20 | -- | 20 | 20 | 30 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 20 | A |
The Sacred Stones | 60 | 20 | -- | 20 | 20 | 30 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 25 | A |
Path of Radiance | 40 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 99 | A |
Radiant Dawn | 40 | 20 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 30 | 20 | 10 | ? | ? | A |
Awakening | 60 | 28 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 30 | 28 | 20 | 9 | -- | A |
Class growth rates
Game | HP | Strength | Magic | Skill | Speed | Luck | Defense | Resistance | Charm | Constitution* | Movement* | Weapon level |
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Genealogy of the Holy War | 100% | 30% | 10% | 30% | 30% | 0% | 30% | 10% | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Thracia 776 | 50% | 20% | 3% | 15% | 10% | 10% | 15% | -- | -- | 15% | 0% | -- |
The Binding Blade | 80% | 45% | -- | 35% | 30% | 25% | 25% | 10% | -- | -- | -- | -- |
The Blazing Blade | 75% | 40% | -- | 30% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 17% | -- | -- | -- | -- |
The Sacred Stones | 80% | 45% | -- | 35% | 30% | 25% | 25% | 15/17% | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Path of Radiance | 80% | 55/50% | 10% | 50% | 40/45% | 25% | 55/50% | 40/45% | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Radiant Dawn | 80/70% | 65/45% | 0/25% | 55/40% | 55/65% | 15/30% | 45/40% | 5/40% | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Awakening | 45/80% | 30/40% | 0% | 15/25% | 15/25% | 0/30% | 10/30% | 5% | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Class skills
Game | Skill | Learning conditions |
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Genealogy of the Holy War Thracia 776 The Binding Blade The Blazing Blade The Sacred Stones Path of Radiance Radiant Dawn |
Canto | Innate; hidden and unnamed in all except Radiant Dawn. |
Awakening Fates |
Strength +2 | • Awakening: Learned at Level 1. • Fates: Learned from Level 1 and up. |
Awakening | Tantivy | Learned at Level 10. |
Class change
Genealogy of the Holy War
Base class | Promotion method | Advanced class |
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File:Bs fe04 altena wyvern rider lance.png Wyvern Rider |
Choosing the "Class change" option in a home castle after reaching Level 20. | Wyvern Lord |
Thracia 776
Base class | Promotion method | Advanced class |
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Dragon Rider |
Using a Knight Proof after reaching Level 10. | File:Bs fe05 eda wyvern rider lance.png Wyvern Rider |
The Binding Blade
Base class | Promotion method | Advanced class |
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File:Bs fe06 milady wyvern rider lance.png Wyvern Rider |
Using an Elysian Whip after reaching Level 10. | File:Bs fe06 milady wyvern lord lance.png Wyvern Lord |
The Blazing Blade
Base class | Promotion method | Advanced class |
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Wyvern Rider |
Using an Elysian Whip or Earth Seal after reaching Level 10. | Wyvern Lord |
The Sacred Stones
Base class | Promotion method | Advanced class |
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Wyvern Rider |
Using an Elysian Whip or Master Seal after reaching Level 10. | Wyvern Knight or Wyvern Lord |
Promotion choice criteria: The player can freely choose. |
Path of Radiance
Base class | Promotion method | Advanced class |
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Wyvern Rider |
Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10, or reaching Level 21. | Wyvern Lord |
Radiant Dawn
Base class | Promotion method | Advanced class | Promotion method | Master class |
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Dracoknight |
Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10, or reaching Level 21. | Dragonmaster |
Using a Master Crown after reaching Level 10, or reaching Level 21. | Dragonlord |
Awakening
Base class | Promotion method | Advanced class |
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Wyvern Rider |
Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10. | Wyvern Lord or Griffon Rider |
Promotion choice criteria: The player can freely choose. |
Fates
Base class | Promotion method | Advanced class |
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Wyvern Rider |
Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10. | Wyvern Lord or Malig Knight |
Promotion choice criteria: The player can freely choose. |
Playable Wyvern Riders
Playable Characters | |
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Name | Game |
Altena | Genealogy of the Holy War Second Generation |
Dean | Thracia 776 |
Milady | The Binding Blade |
Zeiss | The Binding Blade |
Heath | The Blazing Blade |
Cormag | The Sacred Stones |
Jill | Path of Radiance, Radiant Dawn |
Cherche | Awakening |
Gerome | Awakening |
Beruka | Fates |
Percy | Fates |
Playable Wyvern Rider units in the Fire Emblem series. |
Notable enemy Wyvern Riders
Enemy Units | |
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Name | Game |
Papillon | Genealogy of the Holy War First Generation |
Coulter | Genealogy of the Holy War Second Generation, Thracia 776 |
Altena | Genealogy of the Holy War Second Generation, Thracia 776 |
Merlock | Thracia 776 |
Rumei | Thracia 776 |
Dvorak | Thracia 776 |
McCloy | Thracia 776 |
Seimetol | Thracia 776 |
Orton | Awakening |
Vasto | Awakening |
Beruka | Fates: Birthright |
Enemy Wyvern Rider units in the Fire Emblem series. |
Flavor text
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Trivia
- The Wyvern Rider's generic portrait in Fates depicts them wielding a lance, despite the fact that they can only use axes in that game.
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
English |
• Wyvern Rider |
• Used in all titles except Radiant Dawn. |
Spanish |
• Jinete wyvern |
• Wyvern knight; used in all games except Radiant Dawn. |
French |
• Cavalier wyverne |
• Wyvern rider; used in The Blazing Blade and The Sacred Stones. |
German |
Wyvernritter |
Wyvernknight |
Italian |
• Cavaliere viverna |
• Wyvern knight; used in all games except Radiant Dawn. |
Gallery
Artwork of the Wyvern Rider from the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game.
Concept Art of a Wyvern Rider from the Path of Radiance.
- Generic portrait wyvern rider fe04.png
The generic Wyvern Rider portrait in Genealogy of the Holy War.
The generic Wyvern Rider portrait in the Game Boy Advance games.
The generic Wyvern Rider portrait in Awakening.
The generic Wyvern Rider portrait in Fates.
An enemy Wyvern Rider in Path of Radiance.
An enemy Dracoknight in Radiant Dawn.
References
See also
This article is part of Project Classes, a project focused in writing articles for every class present in the Fire Emblem series. |