Nine-Tails

Nine-Tails The generic Nine-Tails portrait in Fates. Hoshidan. An eminent kitsune with a powerful spirit. Wise and learned.

Unit type(s) Beast Weapon(s) Beaststone Skill(s) Even Better, Grisly Wound

The Nine-Tails (Japanese: 九尾の狐 Kyuubi no Kitune) is an advanced, Hoshido-aligned class which was introduced in Fire Emblem Fates. It is the promoted form of the Kitsune, and is a non-human shapeshifting class which uses beaststones to take the form of a powerful nine-tailed fox in battle.

The Nohrian counterpart of the Nine-Tails class is the Wolfssegner. Enemy Nine-Tails, along with their basic form and their Nohrian counterparts, are among the few playable classes whose generic enemy members are not capturable.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weight	Experience	CRP	Weapon Level
Fates	19	6	2	9	10	5	2	8	6	--	--	--	--	E

Maximum stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon Level
Fates	55	29	29	33	34	33	27	34	7	--	S

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon Level*
Fates	10%	10%	0%	15%	20%	10%	0%	20%	--	--	--	--

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

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Fates	+5 critical rate, +10 avoid, +10 dodge	Innate.
Fates	Even Better	Learned from Level 5 and up.
Fates	Grisly Wound	Learned from Level 15 and up.

Class change

Fates

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Kitsune	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10.	Nine-Tails

Notable enemy Nine-Tails

Enemy Units
Name	Game
Kaden	Fates: Conquest
Enemy Nine-Tails units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Fates	Hoshidan. An eminent kitsune with a powerful spirit. Wise and learned.	白夜の兵種。強い霊力を備えた高位の狐。 妖狐よりもさらに優れた能力を持つ。

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology and notes
English	Nine-Tails	According to Japanese folklore, where foxes (kitsune) are treated as wise and mystical creatures, foxes grow more tails as they grow older, wiser, and more powerful. This tradition says that foxes can have no more than nine tails, and that nine-tailed foxes possess peerless wisdom and the ability to see and hear anything around the world.
Japanese	九尾の狐	Officially romanized as Kyuubi no Kitune; literally "nine-tailed fox".
Spanish	Nuevecolas	Ninetails
French	Grand Kitsune	Great kitsune
German	Fuchsgeist	Foxspirit
Italian	Novecode	Ninetails

Gallery

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  The generic Nine-Tails portrait in Fates.

See also

• Taguel
• Wolfssegner

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