Priestess (Fates)

Priestess The generic Priestess portrait in Fates. Hoshidan. A skilled shrine maiden who wields the yumi as well as the rod.

Unit type(s) Infantry Weapon(s) Yumi, Rod Skill(s) Renewal, Countermagic

The Priestess (Japanese: 戦巫女 Ikusa Miko) is an advanced infantry class that debuted in Fire Emblem Fates. It is a Hoshido-aligned class and is a class change option for Shrine Maidens. Priestesses augment their support skills with rods with the ability to fight with yumi.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weight	Experience	CRP	Weapon Level
Fates	19	6	7	6	9	5	5	8	6	--	--	--	--	E E
Warriors (Sakura)	140	20	37	23	30	32	15	42	5	--	--	--	--	E/

Maximum stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon Level
Fates	50	29	32	30	33	34	26	34	8	--	B A
Warriors (Sakura)	839	87	157	99	132	138	64	182	5	--	S/

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon Level*
Fates	10%	10%	10%	5%	15%	15%	0%	20%	--	--	--	--

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

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Fates	Renewal	Learned from Level 5 and up.
Fates	Countermagic	Learned from Level 15 and up.

Class change

Fates

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Shrine Maiden	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10.	Onmyoji or Priestess
Promotion choice criteria: The player may freely choose.

Warriors

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Shrine Maiden	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 15.	High Priestess

Notable enemy Priestesses

Enemy Units
Name	Game
Sakura	Fates: Conquest
Enemy Priestess (Fates) units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Fates	Hoshidan. A skilled shrine maiden who wields the yumi as well as the rod.	白夜の兵種。神と人々のために闘う女性。 祓串で仲間を癒やし、和弓で敵を討つ。

Trivia

• This class's ability to wield yumi is taken from how miko traditionally carry a sacred hama-yumi (literally, "evil-destroying bow") and a set of matching arrows as part of their regalia for shrine duties. Historically, miko would use their hama-yumi in active combat to defend their shrines.
• The Priestess is one of only two explicitly female-only Hoshido classes, the other being the Shrine Maiden.
• Despite appearing with a cape in artwork and sprite depictions, they lack them on their models in-game (except for Sakura and Mikoto who use the same models).

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology and notes
English	• Priestess • High Priestess	• Used in Fates. • Used in Warriors.
Japanese	戦巫女	Officially romanized as Ikusa Miko; literally, "battle shrine maiden".
Spanish	• Sacerdotisa • Gran Sacerdotisa	• Priestess. Used in Fates. • High Priestess. Used in Warriors.
French	• Prêtresse • Grande Prêtresse	• Priestess. Used in Fates. • High Priestess. Used in Warriors.
German	• Priesterin • Hohepriesterin	• Priestess. Used in Fates. • High Priestess. Used in Warriors.
Italian	• Sacerdotessa • Miko guerriera	• Priestess. Used in Fates. • Battle shrine maiden. Used in Warriors.

Gallery

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  The generic Priestess portrait in Fates.

See also

• Great Master, the Priestess's male counterpart
• War Cleric

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