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Dread Fighter
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The Dread Fighter (Japanese: 魔戦士 Masensi) is an advanced sword-wielding class which was introduced in Fire Emblem Gaiden. They are characterised primarily by their very high resistance, also boasting high levels of HP and Strength. They originated in Gaiden as a rare third-tier advanced class and the final class changed form of the Mercenary, promoting from Myrmidon; like these classes, it is locked to using only swords. The traits of the Gaiden version of the class carried over to its remake, Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.
In Awakening and Fates, the Dread Fighter acts as a reward for players for buying downloadable content, and is accessed through use of the Dread Scroll item; the Awakening version is male-exclusive, while the Fates incarnation of the class is not restricted by the gender of the unit. In the former game, the Dread Fighter is part of the Lost Bloodlines 2 DLC package, while in the latter, it is the Hoshido-aligned link-up reward for owning both of the game's campaigns, with its Nohr counterpart being the Dark Falcon. Although their stats are similar to their original Gaiden incarnation, Dread Fighters in these games gain weapons they couldn't previously use in addition to their original swords: axes and tomes in Awakening, and axes and daggers in Fates. In Awakening, this class was a male-only class, but became a unisex class in Fates.
Contents
Stats
Base stats
| Game | HP | Strength | Magic | Skill | Speed | Luck | Defense | Resistance | Movement | Constitution | Weight | Experience | Weapon Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaiden | 36 | 15 | -- | 16 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 7 | -- | -- | 180 | Sword |
| Awakening | 22 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 6 | -- | -- | -- |  E  E  E
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| Fates | 19 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 6 | -- | -- | -- |  E  E  E
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| Echoes: Shadows of Valentia | 36 | 15 | -- | 16 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 7 | -- | -- | 180 | 
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- Dread Fighters in Gaiden and Shadows of Valentia also have a base class strength of 2.
Max stats
| Game | HP | Strength | Magic | Skill | Speed | Luck | Defense | Resistance | Movement | Constitution | Weapon Level |
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| Gaiden | 52 | 40 | -- | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 7 | -- | Sword |
| Awakening | 80 | 42 | 38 | 40 | 41 | 45 | 39 | 43 | 8 | -- | A A A
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| Fates | 55 | 32 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 26 | 29 | 34 | 8 | -- | A B B
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Class growth rates
| Game | HP | Strength | Magic | Skill | Speed | Luck | Defense | Resistance | Constitution* | Movement* |
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| Gaiden | 150% | 50% | -- | 50% | 50% | 0% | 50% | 0% | -- | -- |
| Awakening | 40/80% | 20/40% | 10/20% | 20/40% | 20/40% | 0/40% | 10/25% | 10/25% | -- | -- |
| Fates | 15% | 15% | 5% | 5% | 15% | 0% | 5% | 20% | -- | -- |
| Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (Player) |
0% | -5% | -- | 5% | 5% | 0% | -5% | 0% | -- | -- |
| Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (Enemy) |
80% | 50% | -- | 50% | 50% | 0% | 25% | 0% | -- | -- |
Class skills
| Game | Skill | Learning conditions |
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| Gaiden[1] Echoes: Shadows of Valentia |
Antihex | Innate; hidden in both games and unnamed in Gaiden. |
| Awakening |  Resistance +10
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Learned at Level 1. |
| Awakening Fates |
 Aggressor
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• Awakening: Learned at Level 15. • Fates: Learned from Level 35 and up. |
| Fates |  Even Keel
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Learned from Level 1 and up. |
| Fates |  Iron Will
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Learned from Level 10 and up. |
| Fates |  Clarity
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Learned from Level 25 and up. |
| Echoes: Shadows of Valentia |  Resistance +5
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Innate. |
| Echoes: Shadows of Valentia | Apotrope
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Innate. |
Class change
Gaiden
| Trainee class | Method | Base class | Method | Advanced class | Method | Advanced class | Method | Trainee class |
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 Villager |
After reaching Level 3, at any Mila Shrine. |  Mercenary |
After reaching Level 7, at any Mila Shrine. |  Myrmidon |
After reaching Level 10, at any Mila Shrine. |  Dread Fighter |
After reaching Level 10, any at Mila Shrine. | Villager |
Awakening
| Any class | Promotion method | Special class |
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| ? Any male class |
Using a  Dread Scroll after reaching Level 10 (base or special class)/at any level (advanced class).
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Dread Fighter |
Fates
| Any class | Promotion method | Special class |
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| ? Any class |
Using a  Dread Scroll.
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File:Ma 3ds02 dread fighter playable.gif Dread Fighter |
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
| Trainee-like class | Method | Basic class | Method | Promoted class | Method | Promoted class | Method | Trainee-like class |
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| Villager | After reaching Level 3, at Mila Shrine. | Mercenary | After reaching Level 7, at Mila Shrine. | Myrmidon | After reaching Level 10, at Mila Shrine. | Dread Fighter | After reaching Level 10, at Mila Shrine.
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Villager |
Playable Dread Fighters
| Playable Characters | |
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| Name | Game |
| Alm | Awakening (DLC version only) |
| Playable Dread Fighter units in the Fire Emblem series. | |
Notable enemy Dread Fighters
| Enemy Units | |
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| Name | Game |
| Grieth | Gaiden, Shadows of Valentia |
| Xaizor | Gaiden, Shadows of Valentia |
| Alm | Awakening (Lost Bloodlines 2 only) |
| Cerberus | Shadows of Valentia |
| Naberius | Shadows of Valentia |
| Enemy Dread Fighter units in the Fire Emblem series. | |
Flavor text
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Trivia
- In Awakening, all Dread Fighters are constantly surrounded by a red miasma, with the exception of legacy bonus units (like Alm himself); these units instead have the blue miasma standard to all bonus units. All Dread Fighters in Fates are also surrounded by a blue miasma.
Etymology and other languages
| Names, etymology and in other regions | ||
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| Language | Name | Definition, etymology and notes |
| English | Dread Fighter | As of Fire Emblem Awakening. |
| English (unofficial) |
• Demon Fighter • Slayer |
• Popularized by Serenes Forest. • Used in the Gaiden fan translation, owing to the limited space available for class names. |
| Japanese | 魔戦士 | Officially romanized as Masensi in the Fates class roll,[2] this being a literal romanization with no attempt to translate meaning into English. The term can be translated many ways, including "demon warrior", "mage warrior", and "evil warrior". In Gaiden itself, the name is the same but is spelled in hiragana as ませんし, rather than in kanji as in later games. |
| Spanish | • Mago guerrero • Ajusticiador |
• Mage warrior. This name is used in Awakening. • Executor. This name is used in Fates. |
| French | • Héros mage • Terreur |
• Mage hero. This name is used in Awakening. • Terror. This name is used in Fates. |
| German | Dunkelkrieger | Dark warrior |
| Italian | Cuortempesta | Possibly a compound of the Italian cuore, "heart", and tempesta, "storm". |
| Dutch | Schaduwjager | Shadowhunter |
| Simplified Chinese | 魔战士 | |
| Traditional Chinese | 魔戰士 | |
Gallery
Concept artwork of a Dread Fighter from The Art of Fire Emblem Awakening.
Concept artwork of a Dread Fighter's helmet from The Art of Fire Emblem Awakening.
Artwork of a Dread Fighter from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.
The generic Dread Fighter portrait in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.
The generic Specter/Death Mask Dread Fighter portrait in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.
References
- ↑ "Note 2: Enemies and Demon Fighters are immune to backfire" — VincentASM, Calculations, Serenesforest.net, Published: 2005, Retrieved: March, 14th, 2016
- ↑ GameXplain, Fire Emblem: Fates - Title Screen Class Overviews, (YouTube video), Published: 2015-06-24, Retrieved: 2015-07-08
See also
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This article is part of Project Classes, a project focused in writing articles for every class present in the Fire Emblem series. |
