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Mage Fighter

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Mage Fighter

FESK Mage Fighter.png
Artwork of the Mage Fighter from the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game.

Unit type(s)

Infantry

Weapon(s)

Sword, Fire, Thunder, Wind, Staff*

Skill(s)

Adept

The Mage Fighter (Japanese: マージファイター Mage Fighter) is an advanced class exclusive to Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. It possesses access to swords as well as fire, thunder, and wind magic; additionally, female Mage Fighters can use staves. It is the promoted class for Thunder Mages, Wind Mages and female Mages, with male Mages instead becoming Mage Knights.

As a mixed-weaponry class, the Mage Fighter is unique in its balanced status; while not possessing the same sheer strength in both types as a pure-physical or pure-magical unit, it is competent in both fields. Its stats skew further toward the magical side than the physical, possessing on average better magic and resistance than its strength and defense, though in this respect its magic and resistance are still inferior to the pure magical classes, such as the Sage and High Priest. Compared to the Mage Knight, it is crippled by its lesser movement, particularly given the vast nature of the maps of Genealogy of the Holy War and thus the demand for units with higher movement.

Mage Fighters are entirely absent from Genealogy of the Holy War's successor, Fire Emblem: Thracia 776. Presumably, the fact that Mage Knights can now dismount and temporarily act as infantry units rendered the Mage Fighter redundant.

Stats

Base stats

Game HP Strength Magic Skill Speed Luck Defense Resistance Movement Constitution Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War
(male)
30 5 12 10 10 0 7 7 6 -- Fire magic B Thunder magic B
FE4RankWind.png B Swords C
Genealogy of the Holy War
(female)
26 3 12 9 12 0 5 10 6 -- Fire magic B Thunder magic B FE4RankWind.png B
Staves B Swords C

Max stats

Game HP Strength Magic Skill Speed Luck Defense Resistance Movement Constitution Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War
(male)
80 20 27 25 25 30 22 23 6 -- Fire magic B Thunder magic B
FE4RankWind.png B Swords C
Genealogy of the Holy War
(female)
80 18 27 24 27 30 20 25 6 -- Fire magic B Thunder magic B FE4RankWind.png B
Staves B Swords C

Miscellaneous stats

Game Experience CRP Gold Weight mod. Capacity Vision Size
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% 20% 20% 30% 30% 0% 30% 20% -- -- -- --
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 Adept Innate.

Class change

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 Mage Fighter class have the following class change option:

Base class Promotion method Advanced class
Bs fe04 tine mage anima.png
Mage*

Bs fe04 tailtiu thunder mage anima.png
Thunder Mage

Bs fe04 amid wind mage anima.png
Wind Mage
Choosing the option "Class change" in the home castle after reaching Level 20. Bs fe04 amid mage fighter anima.png
Mage Fighter

Notable enemy Mage Fighters

Enemy Units
Name Game
Vaja Genealogy of the Holy War
Ishtore Genealogy of the Holy War
Anguilla Genealogy of the Holy War
Enemy Mage Fighter units in the Fire Emblem series.

Notable NPC Mage Fighters

Playable Characters
Name Game
Aida Genealogy of the Holy War
Neutral Mage Fighter units in the Fire Emblem series.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language Name Definition, etymology, and notes
English
(unofficial)

• Mage Hero
• War Mage

• Used in older versions of the Genealogy of the Holy War fan translation; the provided rationale is to rename the class after another class that can use swords (Hero), as opposed to it sharing the name of one which cannot (Fighter).
• Used in the "Project Naga" patch. May have been named by analogy with the War Monk and War Cleric from Awakening, which are similar mixed physical/magic infantry classes.

Japanese

マージファイター
魔道剣士

• Mage Fighter, referring to the class's dual mage and physical fighter functionality. Used in gameplay.
• Magic swordsman. Used in the world map narration of Chapter 5.

Gallery

References

See also

Project Classes.png This article is part of Project Classes, a project focused in writing articles for every class present in the Fire Emblem series.
Classes in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
Base classes Arch KnightAxe ArmorAxe FighterAxe KnightBardBow ArmorBow FighterCavalierFire MageFree KnightJunior LordKnightLance KnightLight PriestessMagePegasus KnightPriestPrincePrincessSword ArmorSword FighterTroubadourThiefThunder MageWind MageWyvern Knight
Advanced classes Bow KnightDuke KnightForrestGeneralGreat KnightHigh PriestKnight LordMage KnightMage FighterMaster KnightPaladinRangerSageSniperSwordmasterThief FighterWarriorWyvern Lord
Other classes BallistaBarbarianBaronBishopBrigandCivilianDancerDark BishopDark MageDark PrinceDragon RiderEmperorHunterIron BallistaKiller BallistaPirateQueen
Unused classes ArcherAxe SoldierGreat BallistaPegasus RiderSoldierSpear SoldierSword Soldier