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Axe Armor

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Axe Armor

FESK Axe Armor.png
Artwork of the Axe Armor from the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game.


Heavily armored knights who dominate battlefields with their powerful axes.

Unit type(s)

Armored

Weapon(s)

Axe

Skill(s)

Shove (Radiant Dawn)

The Axe Armor or Armored Axe (Japanese: アクスアーマー Axe Armor) is a basic armored class debuting in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. It is one of four weapon-specific variations of the Knight, specializing in the use of axes, and appears only in Genealogy of the Holy War, Thracia 776, Radiant Dawn, and Engage. It is statistically near-identical to its counterparts, the Sword Armor, Lance Armor and Bow Armor.

It is a playable class only in Thracia 776 and Engage, wherein it promotes to General; while not playable in Radiant Dawn without hacking, the axe-specific Axe General would be its hypothetical class-changed form and does have a playable member. Through use of hacking devices, it can be seen that Armored Axes do indeed promote to Axe General in Radiant Dawn.

Stats

Base stats

Game HP Strength Magic Skill Speed Luck Defense Resistance Movement Constitution Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War 40 9 0 5 3 0 10 0 5 -- Axes B
Thracia 776 20 4 0 0 0 0 8 -- 5 9 Axes E
Radiant Dawn 21 10 0 7 4 0 11 4 5 12 Axes D
Engage 25 8 0 6 1 2 12 0 4 7 Axes B

Max stats

Game HP Strength Magic Skill Speed Luck Defense Resistance Movement Constitution Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War 80 24 15 20 18 30 25 15 5 -- Axes B
Thracia 776 80 20 20 20 20 20 20 -- 20 20 Axes A
Radiant Dawn 40 20 10 20 20 30 20 10 20 99 Axes A
Engage 75 42 16 39 17 25 51 16 20 20 Axes B

Miscellaneous stats

Game Experience CRP Gold Weight mod. Capacity Vision Size
Genealogy of the Holy War -- -- 2,000 -- -- -- --
Thracia 776 -- 3 -- -- -- -- --
Radiant Dawn -- -- -- +8 15 2 --

Class growth rates

Game HP Strength Magic Skill Speed Luck Defense Resistance Charm Constitution* Movement* Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War 100% 30% 10% 30% 30% 0% 30% 10% -- -- -- --
Radiant Dawn 90% 45% 20% 45% 65% 25% 40% 20% -- -- -- --
Engage 20% 15% 0% 10% 0% 0% 30% 0% -- 5% -- --
See class growth rate for more details on the mechanics of class growths in each game.

Class skills

Game Skill Learning conditions
Radiant Dawn Shove Innate.

Class change

Genealogy of the Holy War

The class a unit changes into in Genealogy of the Holy War is determined by the unit and not the class; however, no units change into or out of the Axe Armor class.

Base class
Bs fe04 enemy axe armor axe.png
Axe Armor

Thracia 776

The class a unit changes into in Thracia 776 is determined by the unit and not the class; however, all units in the Axe Armor class have the following class change option:

Base class Promotion method Advanced class
Bs fe05 dalsin axe armor axe.png
Axe Armor
Using a Knight Proof after reaching Level 10. Bs fe05 dalsin general axe.png
General

Radiant Dawn

Base class Promotion method Advanced class Promotion method Advanced class
Armored Sword Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10, or reaching Level 21. Sword General Using a Master Crown after reaching Level 10, or reaching Level 21. Bs fe10 gatrie marshall lance.png
Marshall
Armored Lance Lance General
Armored Axe Axe General
  • Note: Armored Lances and Armored Axes only appear as enemy units, and while they do have the ability to promote programmed in, it does not happen in an unmodified game.

Engage

Base class Promotion method Advanced class
Ma ns02 axe armor firene.png
Axe Armor
Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10.

Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10 and having Swords or Lances proficiencies.
Ma ns02 general firene axe.png
General
or
Ma ns02 great knight firene axe.png
Great Knight
Promotion choice criteria: The player can freely choose.

Playable Axe Armors

Playable Characters
Name Game
Dalsin Thracia 776
Jade Engage
Playable Axe Armor units in the Fire Emblem series.

Notable enemy Axe Armors

Enemy Units
Name Game
Abyme Engage
Enemy Axe Armor units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

Game Text
(English)
Text
(Japanese)
Radiant Dawn
(class roll)
Heavily armored knights who wield
axes. Some may wield swords or
lances instead.
分厚い鎧に身を固めた兵士
斧を専門に扱って戦う
他に剣重装兵・槍重装兵がいる
Radiant Dawn
(help)
Heavily armored knights who
dominate battlefields with their
powerful axes.
分厚い鎧に身を固めた兵士
斧を専門に扱って戦う
他に剣重装兵・槍重装兵がいる
Engage
Heavily armored axe-wielders clad
in tough armor. They have high
defense, but magic is their bane.
堅い鎧に守られた重装の斧歩兵。
守備は高いが、魔法に弱い。

Trivia

  • In Fire Emblem Heroes, generic axe-wielding armored units are known as Axe Armors in the Japanese version, but the English version translated it as Axe Knight rather than Axe Armor.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language Name Definition, etymology, and notes
English

• Armored Axe
• Axe Armor

• Used in Radiant Dawn. In gameplay, for space restrictions the name is shortened to "Armor Axe".
• Used in Engage.

English
(unofficial)

Axe Armor

Used in the relevant fan translations, excluding the "Project Naga" patch of Genealogy of the Holy War.

Japanese

アクスアーマー
斧重装兵アクスアーマー

• Axe Armor; this name is used in all appearances except Radiant Dawn.
• Officially romanized as Axe Armor; literally "axe heavily-equipped soldier". In Radiant Dawn, all Japanese class names are spelled primarily in kanji (i.e. 槍重装兵), with a foreign-language name in katakana applied as furigana (i.e. アクスアーマー) and used as the basis for the romanized name in the class roll.

Spanish

• Hacha acorazado
• Caballero hacha

• Armored axe. Used in Radiant Dawn.
• Axe knight. Used in Engage.

French

• Chevalier hache
• Cuirassier (hache)

• Axe knight. Used in Radiant Dawn; abbreviated to Chev. hache due to space restrictions.
• Cuirassier (axe). Used in Engage.

German

• Axtmeister
• Axtritter

• Axe master. Used in Radiant Dawn.
• Axe knight. Used in Engage.

Italian

• Armigero ascia
• Corazziere ascia

• Axe armiger. Used in Radiant Dawn.
• Axe cuirassier. Used in Engage.

Korean

액스 아머

Axe armor

Simplified Chinese

重斧兵

Armored axe soldier

Traditional Chinese

重斧兵

Armored axe soldier

Gallery

References

See also

Project Classes.png This article is part of Project Classes, a project focused in writing articles for every class present in the Fire Emblem series.
Classes in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
Base classes Arch KnightAxe ArmorAxe FighterAxe KnightBardBow ArmorBow FighterCavalierFire MageFree KnightJunior LordKnightLance KnightLight PriestessMagePegasus KnightPriestPrincePrincessSword ArmorSword FighterTroubadourThiefThunder MageWind MageWyvern Knight
Advanced classes Bow KnightDuke KnightForrestGeneralGreat KnightHigh PriestKnight LordMage KnightMage FighterMaster KnightPaladinRangerSageSniperSwordmasterThief FighterWarriorWyvern Lord
Other classes BallistaBarbarianBaronBishopBrigandCivilianDancerDark BishopDark MageDark PrinceDragon RiderEmperorHunterIron BallistaKiller BallistaPirateQueen
Unused classes ArcherAxe SoldierGreat BallistaPegasus RiderSoldierSpear SoldierSword Soldier
Classes in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
Base classes ArcherArch KnightAxe ArmorAxe FighterAxe KnightBallistaBardBow ArmorBow FighterBrigandCavalierCivilianClericDancerDragon RiderFree KnightHunterIron BallistaLance ArmorLance KnightLoptr MageLordMagePegasus RiderPiratePoison BallistaPriestPrinceSoldierSword ArmorSword FighterThiefTroubadour
Advanced classes BaronBerserkerBishopBow KnightDark BishopDark MageDuke KnightGeneralGreat KnightHigh PriestMage KnightMercenaryPegasus KnightSageSniperRangerSwordmasterThief FighterWarriorWyvern Knight
Unused/cutscene classes Dark PrinceEmperorFalcon KnightForrestJunior LordKiller BallistaKnight LordMaster KnightWyvern Lord
Classes in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Base classes ArcherArmored AxeArmored LanceArmored SwordAxe KnightBanditBow KnightCitizenDracoknightFighterFire MageHorseLance KnightLight MageMyrmidonPegasus KnightPilgrimPriestSoldierSword KnightThiefThunder MageVendorWind Mage
Advanced classes Axe GeneralAxe PaladinBishopBlade PaladinBow PaladinClericDark SageDragonmasterDruidFalconknightFire SageHalberdierHeroLance GeneralLance PaladinLight SageRogueSniperSword GeneralSwordmasterThunder SageWarriorWind Sage
Master classes Arch SageAssassinBlack KnightChancellorDragonlordEmpressGold KnightLight PriestessMarksmanMarshallOrder IncarnateQueenReaverSaintSentinelSeraph KnightSilver KnightSpiritSummonerTruebladeValkyrieVanguardWhisper
Laguz classes Beast Tribe (CatLionLion KingTigerWolfWolf Queen) • Bird Tribe (HawkHawk KingHeronRavenRaven King) • Dragon Tribe (Black DragonRed DragonWhite Dragon)
Classes in Fire Emblem Engage
Base classes ArcherAxe ArmorAxe CavalierAxe FighterAxe FlierDragon ChildLance ArmorLance CavalierLance FighterLance FlierLordMageMartial MonkNobleSentinelSword ArmorSword CavalierSword FighterSword FlierWing Tamer
Advanced classes AvenirBerserkerBow KnightCupidoDivine DragonGeneralGreat KnightGriffin Knight‎HalberdierHeroHigh PriestLindwurmMage KnightMartial MasterPaladinPicketRoyal KnightSageSniperSleipnir RiderSuccesseurSwordmasterTireur d'éliteVidameWarriorWolf KnightWyvern Knight
Special classes BarbarianCorrupted WolfCorrupted WyrmCorrupted WyvernDancerEmblemEnchanterFell ChildFell MonarchGreat Fell DragonMage CannoneerMelusinePhantom WolfPhantom WyrmPhantom WyvernRoyalThiefTrainerVillagerWardenWatcher