Blade Paladin

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Unit type(s) Mounted Weapon(s) Swords Skill(s) Canto

The Blade Paladin (Japanese: 剣騎将ブレイドナイト Blade Knight) is a sword-wielding class that appears in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. It is one of the four Paladin classes of its game, along with the Lance Paladin, Axe Paladin, and Bow Paladin classes.

As a second-tier class, blade paladins tend to be quite strong and reliable. Their stats are quite balanced, except for their resistance, which is relatively low, although this is normal for classes using physical weapons. Since they ride on horseback, they have high movement and weight stats. Their possession of the Canto skill allows them to use leftover movement spaces after other actions, such as attacking or trading. However, since third-tier classes exist in Radiant Dawn, their power is dwarfed by that of fully promoted classes.

Blade paladins are promoted from Sword Knights. They can then become Gold Knights.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Radiant Dawn	35	17	4	14	16	0	17	10	9	11	C
Radiant Dawn (Part 4 enemies)	40	19	6	16	18	0	19	12	9	11	A

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Radiant Dawn	45	24	15	24	25	30	25	16	20	99	S
Radiant Dawn (Part 4 enemies)	58	32	17	32	31	30	28	23	20	99	SS

Miscellaneous stats

Game	Experience	CRP	Gold	Weight mod.	Capacity	Vision
Radiant Dawn	--	--	--	+25	30	2
Radiant Dawn (Part IV enemies)	--	--	--	+25	60	2

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon level
Radiant Dawn	40%	25%	45%	30%	35%	25%	45%	40%	--	--	--	--
Radiant Dawn (Part 4 enemies)	95%	70%	60%	85%	70%	80%	45%	60%	--	--	--	--

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

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Radiant Dawn	Canto	Innate.

Class change

Radiant Dawn

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class	Promotion method	Master class
Sword Knight	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10, or reaching Level 21.	Blade Paladin	Using a Master Crown after reaching Level 10, or reaching Level 21.	Gold Knight

Playable Blade Paladins

Playable Characters
Name	Game
Makalov	Radiant Dawn
Playable Blade Paladin units in the Fire Emblem series.

Notable enemy Blade Paladins

Enemy Units
Name	Game
Yuma	Radiant Dawn
Enemy Blade Paladin units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Radiant Dawn (class roll)	Blade knights of exceptional skill. There are also Lance, Axe, and Bow Paladins.	熟練した剣騎士が昇格する 騎兵を束ねる将として活躍 他に槍騎将・斧騎将・弓騎将がいる
Radiant Dawn (help)	Heroic paladins of surpassing sword, riding, and leadership skills.	熟練した剣騎士が昇格する 騎兵を束ねる将として活躍 他に槍騎将・斧騎将・弓騎将がいる

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Blade Paladin	Blade Paladin - a paladin is defined as a "trusted military leader".
Japanese	剣騎将ブレイドナイト	Officially romanized as Blade Knight; literally "sword cavalry general". In Radiant Dawn, all Japanese class names are spelled primarily in kanji (i.e. 剣騎将), with a foreign-language name in katakana applied as furigana (i.e. ブレイドナイト) and used as the basis for the romanized name in the class roll.
French	Paladin épée	Sword Paladin. Abbreviated to Pal. épée in gameplay due to space restrictions.

See also

• Axe Paladin
• Bow Paladin
• Lance Paladin
• Ranger

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