Master Ninja

Master Ninja The generic Master Ninja portrait in Fates. Hoshidan. A ninja who trains others. Uses shuriken and katana on missions.

Unit type(s) Infantry Weapon(s) Katana, Shuriken Skill(s) Lethality, Shurikenfaire

The Master Ninja (Japanese: 上忍 Jounin) is an advanced infantry class exclusive to Fire Emblem Fates. It is a Hoshido-aligned class and one of the two potential promotions of the Ninja. It greatly resembles the Assassin of prior games and plays a similar role as a swift killer with high skill and speed which, despite its frailty and sub-par strength, has a chance to instantly kill its opponents with the Lethality skill. Master Ninjas supplement their existing skill in shuriken with skill in the katana.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weight	Experience	Weapon Level
Fates	17	5	0	10	11	2	4	8	6	--	--	--	E E

Maximum stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon Level
Fates	55	27	25	35	35	28	26	34	8	--	B S

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon Level*
Fates	5%	5%	0%	20%	20%	0%	5%	20%	--	--	--	--

Click here for more details on the mechanics of class growths in each game.

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Fates	+5 hit, +5 crit, +5 avoid, +5 dodge	Innate.
Fates	Lethality	Learned from Level 5 and up.
Fates	Shurikenfaire	Learned from Level 15 and up.

Class change

Fates

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Ninja	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10.	Mechanist or Master Ninja
Promotion choice criteria: The player may freely choose.

Notable enemy Master Ninjas

Enemy Units
Name	Game
Kotaro	Fates
Saizo	Fates: Conquest
Kagero	Fates: Conquest
Kaze	Fates: Heirs of Fate
Enemy Master Ninja units in the Fire Emblem series.

Notable NPC Master Ninjas

Playable Characters
Name	Game
Saizo	Fates: Conquest
Neutral Master Ninja units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

Game Text (English) Text (Japanese) Fates Hoshidan. A ninja who trains others. Uses shuriken and katana on missions. ??

Trivia

• The Master Ninja is the only class in all of Fates capable of getting an S rank in an offensive weapon type capable of wielding a second weapon type. While the Butler and Maid also wield a second weapon type in addition to a weapon type they can S-rank, their S-rankable weapon type is the non-offensive staff. They are also the only class that can learn a "faire" skill that can also wield a secondary offensive weapon type.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology and notes
English	Master Ninja	--
Japanese	上忍	Officially romanized as Jounin; loosely translates as "high ninja" or "superior ninja". In Japanese fiction which features ninjas, jōnin are commonly highly-ranked ninjas who serve as the masters of ninja clans.
Spanish	Maestro ninja	Master ninja
French	Maître ninja	Master ninja
German	Meisterninja	Master ninja
Italian	Maestro ninja	Master ninja

Gallery

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  The generic Master Ninja portrait in Fates.

See also

• Assassin

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