Monk

Monk Artur as a Monk in The Sacred Stones. Well balanced, the Monk uses magic for both offense and defense.

Unit type(s) Infantry Weapon(s) Light (The Blazing Blade, The Sacred Stones) Rod (Fates) Various, including magic (Three Houses) Black magic, White magic (Three Houses; specialty) Skill(s) Miracle, Rally Luck (Fates) Magic +2, Draw Back (Three Houses)

The Monk (Japanese: 修道士 Monk or 修験者 Syugenja) is a basic magical class which debuted in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade. It originated in that game and The Sacred Stones as an offensive magical class which wields light magic, acting as an offensive counterpart to the healing-specific Priest/Cleric, and is an exclusively male class. In Fates, it is instead a Hoshido-aligned healer class which uses rods, the Hoshidan equivalent of staves. Monks are one of only two explicitly male-only Hoshido classes (the other being the Great Master), with its female counterpart being the Shrine Maiden.

They later appear in Three Houses and can wield both offensive magic and healing magic.

Compared to its fellow offensive magic classes, the Mage and Shaman, the Monk possesses lower raw magical power, and compensates for it with superior skill and speed, which in combination with the typically lightweight and accurate light magic gives them excellent accuracy and double-attacking ability. As is common to magic classes, they possess low HP and defense and require protection for successful use, but like Priests/Clerics, conversely possess exceptional resistance.

In the Game Boy Advance games, Monks promote to the Bishop class along with Priests/Clerics, gaining the use of staves. Additionally, The Sacred Stones gives Monks the option to promote to Bishop or Sage. In Fire Emblem Fates, it promotes to Onmyoji or Great Master.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon Level
The Blazing Blade	18	--	1	1	2	0	1	5	5	6	E
The Sacred Stones	18	--	1	1	2	0	1	5	5	6	E
Fates	16	0	3	5	5	4	2	5	5	--	E
Three Houses	20	4	8	6	6	4	3	4	4	--	--

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon Level
The Blazing Blade	60	--	20	20	20	30	20	20	15	20	A
The Sacred Stones	60	--	20	20	20	30	20	20	15	20	A
Fates	35	18	21	20	22	23	17	24	7	--	B

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon Level*
The Blazing Blade	50%	--	30%	35%	32%	45%	8%	40%	--	--	--	--
The Sacred Stones	50%	--	30%	35%	32%	45%	8%	40%	--	--	--	--
Fates	0%	5%	10%	10%	15%	15%	0%	20%	--	--	--	--
Three Houses	5/10%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	5/20%	5%	--	--	+1 +1

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

Class modifiers

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Movement
Three Houses	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Fates	Miracle	Learned from Level 1 and up.
Fates	Rally Luck	Learned from Level 10 and up.
Three Houses	Magic +2	Class mastery. (60 class Exp required)
Three Houses	Draw Back	Class mastery. (60 class Exp required)

Class change

The Blazing Blade

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Monk	Using a Guiding Ring or Earth Seal after reaching Level 10.	Bishop

The Sacred Stones

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Monk	Using a Guiding Ring or Master Seal after reaching Level 10.	Bishop or Sage
Promotion choice criteria: The player can freely choose.

Fates

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Monk	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10.	Onmyoji or Great Master
Promotion choice criteria: The player can freely choose

Three Houses

Base class	Certification requirements	Beginner class
Any class	Level 5 Beginner Seal D or D	Monk
This class is available for any unit.

Playable Monks

Playable Characters
Name	Game
Lucius	The Blazing Blade
Artur	The Sacred Stones
Azama	Fates
Aelfric	Three Houses: Cindered Shadows
Playable Monk units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

Game Text (English) Text (Japanese) The Blazing Blade (class roll) Ascetic wielders of sacred light magic. Superior ability to hit but low in power. ?? The Blazing Blade (help) Ascetics who wield light magic, but can't use staves. ?? The Sacred Stones (class roll) Ascetic wielders of sacred light magic. Superior ability to hit but low attack power. ?? The Sacred Stones (help) Users of light magic with high resistance. Equip: Light. ?? Fates Hoshidan. An ascetic who strives toward enlightenment. Uses rods. ?? Three Houses Well balanced, the Monk uses magic for both offense and defense. 人々を癒やしたり、 魔法で戦ったりする者。 魔法が使える兵種。

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology and notes
English	Monk	A member of a religious order who lives an existence of cloistered religious practice, alone or in a monastery.
Japanese	• 修道士 • 修験者	• Officially romanized as Monk. The class is known by this name in The Blazing Blade, The Sacred Stones, and Three Houses. • Officially romanized as Syugenja. The class is known by this name in Fates, in line with its depiction as a Hoshido class. A shugenja (literally, "a person of training") is a practitioner of Japan's Shugendō religion, whose members pursued enlightenment by living monastic lives as mountain hermits.
Spanish	Monje	Monk
French	Moine	Monk
German	Mönch	Monk
Italian	Monaco	Monk
Korean	수도사
Simplified Chinese	修道士
Traditional Chinese	修道士

Gallery

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  The generic Monk portrait in the Game Boy Advance games.

See also

• Cleric
• Light Mage
• Priest
• Shrine Maiden

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