Haitaka

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Haitaka Hoshidan general in charge of the occupied Fort Dragonfall.

Gender Male Race Human Nationality Hoshidan Starting class Spear Fighter Appearance(s) Fates

Haitaka (Japanese: ハイタカ Haitaka) is a Hoshidan general in charge of besieging Fort Dragonfall, and the capturable boss of chapter 9 in the Conquest campaign of Fire Emblem Fates. Haitaka has been tasked with occupying Fort Dragonfall and keeping Azura captive, but ultimately fails in this task and is defeated. As a capturable boss, Haitaka can be captured by Niles and placed into the My Castle's prison if one is present, then recruited into the player's army as a bonus unit from there.

Fire Emblem Fates

Role

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Starting stats and growth rates

Normal Hard Lunatic

Spear Fighter Level 10 Movement 5

Recruitment: Conquest Chapter 9, persuade or bribe in the prison after Niles captures him Stats Growths Mods Pair Up Max HP 30 Speed 12 Strength 14 Luck 7 Magic 0 Defense 9+1 Skill 15 Resistance 5+1 Max HP 55% Speed 60% Strength 65% Luck 20% Magic 5% Defense 45% Skill 60% Resistance 35% Speed +2 Strength +1 Luck -2 Magic 0 Defense +2 Skill +2 Resistance 0 C Support -- B Support -- A Support -- S Support -- {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills Steel Nageyari* Heart Seal Rally Defense Weapon Levels -- C -- -- -- -- -- --

Spear Fighter Level 10 Movement 5

Recruitment: Conquest Chapter 9, persuade or bribe in the prison after Niles captures him Stats Growths Mods Pair Up Max HP 31 Speed 13 Strength 15 Luck 7 Magic 0 Defense 11+1 Skill 16 Resistance 6+1 Max HP 55% Speed 60% Strength 65% Luck 20% Magic 5% Defense 45% Skill 60% Resistance 35% Speed +2 Strength +1 Luck -2 Magic 0 Defense +2 Skill +2 Resistance 0 C Support -- B Support -- A Support -- S Support -- {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills Steel Nageyari* Heart Seal Rally Defense Strong Riposte Weapon Levels -- C -- -- -- -- -- --

Spear Fighter Level 10 Movement 5

Recruitment: Conquest Chapter 9, persuade or bribe in the prison after Niles captures him Stats Growths Mods Pair Up Max HP 31 Speed 13 Strength 15 Luck 7 Magic 0 Defense 11+1 Skill 16 Resistance 6+1 Max HP 55% Speed 60% Strength 65% Luck 20% Magic 5% Defense 45% Skill 60% Resistance 35% Speed +2 Strength +1 Luck -2 Magic 0 Defense +2 Skill +2 Resistance 0 C Support -- B Support -- A Support -- S Support -- {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills Steel Nageyari* Heart Seal Seal Defense Rally Defense Strong Riposte Weapon Levels -- B -- -- -- -- -- --

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Reclassing options

Haitaka Base classes:* Spear Fighter Spear Master Basara Reclass options:

See reclass for more details on the reclassing system.

Growth rates when reclassed

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Basara	60%	60%	15%	55%	55%	30%	40%	40%	{{{cha}}}

Promotion stat gains

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Spear Master	+1	+3	+0	+2	+2	+1	+2	+1	+1	--
Basara	+3	+1	+5	+1	+1	+3	+2	+4	+1	E

Skill set

Skill set
Skill		Learned at
	Rally Defense	Innate
	Strong Riposte	Innate (Hard and Lunatic) (Unobtainable on Normal)
	Seal Defense	Spear Fighter, starting from level 11 (Innate on Lunatic difficulty)
	Swap	Spear Fighter, starting from level 12 (From level 11 or later on Lunatic difficulty)
	Seal Speed	Spear Master, starting from level 5
	Lancefaire	Spear Master, starting from level 15
	Rend Heaven	Basara, starting from level 5
	Quixotic	Basara, starting from level 15
The above skill list does not include skills obtained via DLC.

Analysis

This character analysis section may not be accurate to every player's experience.

Haitaka is a boss character that can be recruited by capturing him with Niles in Conquest chapter 9. He is the only Spear Fighter in the path outside of Einherjar. He has low luck, high strength and skill, and fairly good speed, enough to double Archers in the next chapter if given a Speed Tonic. As an enemy, he also several skills that would not otherwise be available to his class set, gaining one more with each difficulty level. Unusually for a capturable enemy, Haitaka also has good growth rates, which complement his solid bases, and give him very strong overall combat. He additionally sports decent bulk, with his high base HP in particular allowing him to take a few hits safely. Additionally, as he starts at level 10, he can be promoted immediately.

On all difficulties, Haitaka will have Rally Defense, far earlier than any other unit in Conquest can possibly have it. This is an incredible support skill, and by itself makes Haitaka very much worth capturing and deploying. It can buff many units at once, and will allow them to survive many more encounters on enemy phase. It is particularly helpful in the next few chapters, which have several large groups of enemies that can be difficult to eliminate during player phase. On Hard mode and above, Haitaka additionally gains Strong Riposte along with higher base stats, enhancing his enemy phase and making him an overall stronger combat unit. His performance on Lunatic mode is largely identical to his Hard mode performance, as he only gains a weapon level and Seal Defense, the latter of which he will learn by leveling up normally.

Generally, Haitaka’s ideal promotion is Spear Master; it further enhances his good strength and speed, and offers more skills that can aid his combat even further. The bonus granted by the class along with his high skill can allow him to reach respectable crit rates overall. Furthermore, it grants a passive boost to critical avoid, helping to mitigate his low luck stat. Basara is a tempting option for Rend Heaven, which will activate very often thanks to Haitaka’s high skill, but this is not exactly necessary given he will likely already have reliable ORKO capabilities as a Spear Master.

Though Haitaka has great strengths, he is also held back greatly by his status as a bonus unit. As he has only one class set, he will always be stuck as an infantry unit, making him prone to being left behind mounted units, of which there are many in Conquest. Additionally, his weapon selection is small; though he can use tomes by promoting into Basara, his magic is too low for it too be effective, making him almost purely a lance unit. This means that his ranged attacks are mostly limited to the Javelin and Spear, which, while still handy, both negate his good speed. He also lacks supports entirely, meaning he benefits less from pair up than other units, and that other units will benefit less from having him as a support unit in pair up. Despite this, Haitaka’s skills are useful without even entering combat, making him overall a worthwhile unit to consider even without investment.

Personality and character

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Quotes

Battle quote

“	Hey there, Nohrian pawn. Care for a little lesson in Hoshidan combat?	”	— Haitaka, in Chapter 9.

Death quote

“	How...mortifying...	”	— Haitaka, in Chapter 9.

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Fates	Hoshidan general in charge of the occupied Fort Dragonfall.	白夜王国の将。 占拠した黒竜砦を守る。

Etymology and other languages

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Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Haitaka	From 灰鷹 "ash eagle".
Japanese	ハイタカ	Haitaka
Spanish	Haitaka	--
French	Haitaka	--
German	Haitaka	--
Italian	Haitaka	--
Portuguese	Haitaka	Used in the Choose Your Legends polls for Fire Emblem Heroes.
Traditional Chinese	灰鷹	Haitaka; used in the Choose Your Legends polls for Heroes.

Gallery

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  Portrait of Haitaka from Fates used in Choose Your Legends.

References

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