Ranger (Path of Radiance)

Ranger Ike as a Ranger in Path of Radiance. Highly versatile warriors dedicated to improving their martial skills. They wield swords with remarkable skill.

Unit type(s) Infantry Beorc Weapon(s) Sword Skill(s) Shove

The Ranger (Japanese: レンジャー Ranger) is a basic lord-like class exclusive to Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, as an initial class unique to the game's protagonist Ike. It is statistically near-identical to the Mercenary class of other games, possessing balanced stats with an emphasis on strength, skill, and speed. With great offensive stats and solid defensive stats, held back only by its poor resistance, Ike as a Ranger is a formidable front-line presence in battle even before promoting. It promotes solely through an event into the Lord class at the end of Chapter 17, when Elincia knights Ike as a nobleman of Crimea.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Path of Radiance	18	3	1	3	4	0	5	0	6	9	D

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Path of Radiance	40	20	15	20	20	40	20	20	20	99	B

Miscellaneous stats

Game	Experience	CRP	Gold	Weight mod.	Capacity	Vision
Path of Radiance	--	--	--	+0	20	--

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon level
Path of Radiance	90%	45%	20%	30%	45%	40%	15%	20%	--	--	--	--

See class growth rate for more details on the mechanics of class growths in each game.

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Path of Radiance	Shove	Innate; hidden.

Class change

Path of Radiance

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Ranger	Automatically at the end of Chapter 17.	Lord

Playable Rangers

Playable Characters
Name	Game
Ike	Path of Radiance
Playable Ranger (Path of Radiance) units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Path of Radiance	Highly versatile warriors dedicated to improving their martial skills. They wield swords with remarkable skill.	型にはまらずに 強さをめざす傭兵です 剣をあつかいます

Trivia

• This class is referenced in Ike's Palutena's Guidance conversation in the Japanese version of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. However, the English version erroneously translates it as "mercenary".

Ike attacking at range with the Sonic Sword as a Ranger in Path of Radiance (not possible in normal gameplay)

• Ike has a unique battle animation when attacking at range with a 1-2 range sword as a Ranger (pictured to the right), which is different from the one used as a Lord. This cannot be seen in normal gameplay however, as there are no 1-2 range swords that can be obtained prior to Ike's promotion to the Lord class. It can only be seen if one modifies their game by way of an Action Replay or similar device to give Ike the Sonic Sword (the Runesword requires an A rank in swords, which unpromoted classes cannot reach).

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Ranger	--
Japanese	レンジャー	Ranger
Spanish	Explorador	Scout
French	Rôdeur	Ranger
German	Waldläufer	Ranger
Italian	Ranger	--

Gallery

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  Ike as a Ranger in Path of Radiance.

See also

• Lord
• Mercenary

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