Forrest (class)

Forrest Artwork of the Forrest from the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game.

Unit type(s) Infantry Weapon(s) Sword Skill(s) Follow-Up

The Forrest (Japanese: フォーレスト Forrest) is an advanced infantry class exclusive to Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. One of the two promoted forms of the Sword Fighter, it is functionally identical to the Hero of most other games, the Myrmidon in Gaiden, and the Mercenary of Thracia 776. It is a counterpart to the Swordmaster, the other promotion for the Myrmidon, featuring on average lesser Skill and Speed than the Swordmaster and focusing primarily on power, with slightly better defensive bulk.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War	40	12	3	12	12	0	7	3	6	--	A

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War	80	27	18	27	27	30	22	18	6	--	A

Miscellaneous stats

Game	Experience	CRP	Gold	Weight mod.	Capacity	Vision
Genealogy of the Holy War	--	--	3,000	--	--	--

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%	--	--	--	--

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

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Genealogy of the Holy War	Follow-Up	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, all units that change into the Forrest class have the following class change option:

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Sword Fighter	Choosing the option "Class change" in the home castle after reaching Level 20.	Swordmaster or Forrest
Promotion choice criteria: Preset depending on the individual character; Chulainn, Scáthach, Dalvin, and Creidne all promote to Forrest, while Ayra and Larcei promote to Swordmaster.

Notable enemy Forrests

Enemy Units
Name	Game
Jacobi	Genealogy of the Holy War First Generation
Bovis	Genealogy of the Holy War Second Generation
Enemy Forrest (class) units in the Fire Emblem series.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English (unofficial)	Hero	Used in the Genealogy of the Holy War fan translation, in order to connect the class to the nearly-identical Hero class from almost all other games in the series.
Japanese	フォーレスト	Forrest; the exact etymology is unknown, but is speculated to come from the Danish forrest "foremost". The name is unlikely to be related to a forest in the sense of a tree-dense expanse of land.

Gallery

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  Artwork of the Forrest from the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game.

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  Concept art of the Forrest (still called "Hero" at this point in planning) from Genealogy of the Holy War.

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  The generic Forrest portrait in Genealogy of the Holy War.

See also

• Hero
• Myrmidon
• Mercenary
• Swordmaster

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