Lance Knight

Lance Knight Mounted knights who have mastered both horsemanship and the art of the lance.

Unit type(s) Mounted (all titles) Infantry (replaces Mounted when dismounted; Thracia 776) Beorc (Path of Radiance) Weapon(s) Lance, Sword* Skill(s) Canto

The Lance Knight or Lance Cavalier (Japanese: ランスナイト Lance Knight) is a class of lance-using soldiers riding on horseback, similar to the Cavalier class. They first appeared in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War and its direct sequel Thracia 776, but were absent in the GBA games. Later, they reappeared in Path of Radiance, Radiant Dawn and Engage.

Lance Knights are very capable and useful units. Since they ride on horseback, they can move quickly and have useful stats in all categories, except for resistance. Therefore, like most physical units, they are very vulnerable to magic attacks. In Thracia 776, they can dismount from their horses to use swords, traverse certain terrain, or for other purposes. Also, in all games, they can move again after most actions; this is represented with the Canto skill in Radiant Dawn.

In Genealogy of the Holy War and Thracia 776, they promote to the Duke Knight class. Later, in Path of Radiance, Lance Knights can become Paladins and gain the use of another weapon. In Radiant Dawn, they become Lance Paladins and can further promote to the Silver Knight class. Lastly, in Engage, the class can promote to either Paladin or Wolf Knight.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War	30	7	0	6	6	0	6	0	8	--	B
Thracia 776	20	3/2	0	3/2	4/2	0	3/2	--	8/5	7	E*, E*
Path of Radiance	20/18	5	0	2	5/6	0	6/5	0/1	8	10/7	D
Radiant Dawn	19	7/4	0/1	6/2	7/5	0	7/5	0/2	8	10/7	D
Engage	23	6	1	8	7	2	4	2	5	6	B

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War	80	22	15	21	21	30	21	15	8	--	B
Thracia 776	80	20	20	20	20	20	20	--	20	20	A*, A*
Path of Radiance	40	20	15	20	20	40	20	20	20	99	A
Radiant Dawn	40	20	10	20	20	30	20	10	20	99	A
Engage	69	40	21	41	37	30	27	29	20	12	B

Miscellaneous stats

Game	Experience	CRP	Gold	Weight mod.	Capacity	Vision
Genealogy of the Holy War	--	--	1,000	--	--	--
Thracia 776	--	3/2	--	--	--	--
Path of Radiance (Male)	--	--	--	+23	15	--
Path of Radiance (Female)	--	--	--	+23	15	--
Radiant Dawn	--	--	--	+24	15	2

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%	--	--	--	--
Thracia 776	50%	20%	3%	15%	10%	10%	15%	--	--	15%	0%	--
Path of Radiance	70/65%	45/35%	15/20%	40%	50/55%	30%	45%	40/50%	--	--	--	--
Radiant Dawn	70%	45%	15%	40%	45%	25%	40%	40%	--	--	--	--
Engage	10%	10%	0%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	--	0%	--	--

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 Thracia 776 Path of Radiance Radiant Dawn	Canto	Innate; hidden and unnamed in all appearances except Radiant Dawn.

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 in the Lance Knight class have the following class change option:

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Lance Knight	Choosing the "Class change" option in a home castle after reaching Level 20.	Duke Knight

Thracia 776

The class a unit changes into in Thracia 776 is determined by the unit and not the class; however, all units in the Lance Knight class have the following class change option:

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Lance Knight	Using a Knight Proof after reaching Level 10.	Duke Knight

Path of Radiance

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Lance Knight	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10, or reaching Level 21.	Paladin

Radiant Dawn

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

Engage

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Lance Cavalier	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10. Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10 and having proficiency.	Paladin or Wolf Knight
Promotion choice criteria: The player may freely choose.

Playable Lance Knights

Playable Characters
Name	Game
Finn	Genealogy of the Holy War, Thracia 776
Cain	Thracia 776
Alva	Thracia 776
Oscar	Path of Radiance
Fiona	Radiant Dawn
Amber	Engage
Playable Lance Knight units in the Fire Emblem series.

Notable enemy Lance Knights

Enemy Units
Name	Game
Laverton	Radiant Dawn
Enemy Lance Knight units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Path of Radiance	Mounted knights with swift movement who can wield a variety of weapons.	馬上でよろいに身をかため 武器を自在にあつかいます 移動力にすぐれます
Radiant Dawn (class roll)	Knights whose mounts carry them quickly across the battlefield. They wield lances.	騎馬で戦場を駆ける騎士 槍を武器とする
Radiant Dawn (help)	Mounted knights who have mastered both horsemanship and the art of the lance.	馬を自在に操り移動力に優れる騎士 槍を専門に扱って戦う 他に斧騎士・弓騎士・剣騎士がいる
Engage	Lance-wielding knights who ride freely about the battlefield. They strike a good balance of skills.	馬を自在に操り、移動力に優れる槍騎士。 能力のバランスが良い。

Trivia

• The Lance Knight's flavor text in Path of Radiance is shared with the Sword Knight, Axe Knight, and Bow Knight classes.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	• Lance Knight • Lance Cavalier	• Used in Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn. Abbreviated as Lance Kn in Radiant Dawn due to space restrictions. • Used in Engage.
Japanese	• ランスナイト • 槍騎士ランスナイト	• Lance Knight. This name is used in the Jugdral games, Path of Radiance, and Engage. • Lance Knight. In Radiant Dawn, all Japanese class names are spelled primarily in kanji (i.e. 槍騎士), with a foreign-language name in katakana applied as furigana (i.e. ランスナイト) and used as the basis for the romanized name in the class roll. The kanji term is 槍騎士 also used in character ending titles in Thracia 776.
Spanish	Caballero lanza	Lance Knight. Abbreviated to Cab. lanza in gameplay due to space restrictions.
French	Cavalier lancier	Lancer Cavalier. Abbreviated to Cav. lancier in Path of Radiance and C. lancier in Radiant Dawn due to space restrictions.
German	Lanzenritter	Lance Knight
Italian	Cavaliere lancia	Lance Knight. Abbreviated to Cav. lancia in gameplay due to space restrictions.
Traditional Chinese	槍騎士

Gallery

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  Generic portrait of a Lance Knight from Genealogy of the Holy War.

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  Generic portrait of a Lance Knight from Thracia 776.

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  An enemy Lance Knight in Path of Radiance.

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  An enemy Lance Knight in Radiant Dawn.

See also

• Free Knight/Sword Knight
• Axe Knight
• Arch Knight/Bow Knight

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