Corsair

Corsair Courageous axe-wielding corsairs. Adept in lakes.

Weapon(s) Axe Skill(s) None

The Corsair (Japanese: 湖賊 Lakethief) is an enemy-exclusive base infantry class which is exclusive to Fire Emblem. Unusually, Corsairs are identical to the more common Pirate class in virtually every way, and play the same role as axe-wielding units with the ability to freely cross water terrain. Unlike Pirates, Corsairs cannot promote.

There are zero difference between the Corsair and Pirate aside from their names and descriptions, as both their stats and their appearances are exactly the same. Corsairs only appear once in the entire game, in Chapter 23E/24H (Linus), with only eight Corsairs appearing in that chapter. The class's help description and Japanese name suggest that Corsairs are adept at fighting on lakes, in contrast to Pirates operating at sea, although in terms of gameplay there is no difference at all between lake terrain and sea terrain, and both classes have the exact same terrain parameters. It is possible that the class exists solely for aesthetics, to fit better in in-land chapters with lakes and rivers, although there are maps with lakes in prior and later games which still use Pirates.

Given their identical stats, Corsairs play the same gameplay role and stick to the standard Fighter archetype. They have very high strength, HP and constitution, as well as good speed, which lets them be slightly less affected by weapon weight than most other axe-fighting classes. However, their skill is poor, and their defensive stats are lacklustre.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon Rank
Fire Emblem	19	4	--	2	6	0	3	0	5	10	D

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon Rank
Fire Emblem	60	20	--	20	20	30	20	20	15	20	A

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Constitution*	Movement*
Fire Emblem	75%	50%	--	35%	25%	15%	10%	13%	--	--

Click here for more details on the mechanics of class growths in each game.

Class skills

Nil.

Class change

Fire Emblem

Base class
Corsair

Gallery

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  The generic Corsair portrait in Fire Emblem.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology and notes
English	Corsair	A synonym for "pirate", with a strong association with the French corsairs, hired pirates acting as privateers to raid ships on behalf of the French crown. The word "corsair" derives from the French corsaire, which itself derives from the medieval Latin cursārius, "pirate".
Japanese	湖賊	Officially romanized as Lakethief.
Spanish	Corsario	Corsair
French	Corsaire	Corsair
German	Korsar	Corsair
Italian	Corsaro	Corsair

See also

• Brigand
• Barbarian
• Fighter
• Pirate

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