Lancer

This article is about the class from Fates. For the class from Radiant Dawn, see Sentinel (Radiant Dawn).

Lancer An enemy Lancer in Fates. Nohrian. A common soldier. They follow orders and fight with lances.

Unit type(s) Infantry Weapon(s) Lance Skill(s) None

The Lancer (Japanese: ランサー Lancer) is an infantry class exclusive to Fire Emblem Fates. They wield lances as their name implies, and they play the same role as the Soldier class of earlier games. They are primarily an enemy-only class and no ordinary playable units can be Lancers, although it is possible for the player to capture generic enemy Lancers and persuade them to join their army.

Like Soldiers before them, Lancers are characterized as ordinary and lowly soldiers with no notable abilities of their own, and are weaker and lowlier than members of other classes. Compared to other classes which enemies have, Lancers have noticeably lower stats and worse overall stat potential. Their stats are overall fairly balanced and average, with no clear strengths or weaknesses, and are not particularly difficult enemies to defeat.

Lancers cannot change class at all, and the class is treated as a special class with a maximum level cap of 40. Their maximum stats are comparable to the maximums of promoted classes, although they are slightly lower, and their weapon level potential is also as low as an unpromoted unit's.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Fates	17	5	0	5	5	2	5	2	5	--	E

Maximum stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Fates	60	31	25	29	29	30	31	29	??	--	B

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon level
Fates	10/70%	10/50%	0%	10/45%	10/45%	5/25%	10/50%	10/35%	--	--	--	--

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

Class skills

The Lancer class has no skills of its own. However, like other enemy units, enemy Lancers are assigned skills from other classes—both base and advanced—and will retain these skills when captured.

Class change

Special class
Lancer

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Fates	Nohrian. A common soldier. They follow orders and fight with lances.	暗夜の兵種。一般的な兵士。 槍を使って闘う。

Trivia

• The Lancer is the only class in Fates whose only playable members are captured generic units.
• When creating an avatar in Fire Emblem Fates, Spear Fighters are referred to as "Lancer".

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Lancer	A generic term for a lance-wielding soldier. Historically speaking, "lancer" was a common term for lance-armed cavalry units.
Japanese	ランサー	Officially romanized as Lancer.
Spanish	Lancero	Lancer
French	Sentinelle	Sentinel
German	Wächter	Guard
Italian	Lanciere	Lancer
Korean	랜서	Lancer

Gallery

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  The generic Lancer portrait in Fates.

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  An enemy Lancer in Fates.

See also

• Lance Fighter
• Soldier
• Spear Fighter

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