Sorcerer

This article is about the class. For the card from the Nintendo DS games, see Sorcerer (card).

Sorcerer Odin as a Sorcerer in Fates. Nohrian. A mage who delves deeply into dark lore. Their Mag is fearsome.

Unit type(s) Infantry Weapon(s) Tome, Staff (Shadow Dragon, New Mystery) Tome (+Dark) (Awakening, Fates) Skill(s) Vengeance, Tomebreaker (Awakening) Vengeance, Bowbreaker (Fates)

The Sorcerer (Japanese: ソーサラー Sorcerer) is an advanced magical class which debuted in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon. It is a playable class as the primary promoted form of the Dark Mage; it is the successor of the earlier Druid and Dark Sage classes. Sorcerers primarily wield offensive magic, and in Awakening have exclusive access to dark magic alongside normal tomes. The Nintendo DS remake duology also gives Sorcerers the ability to use staves.

Aside from their access to dark magic, Sorcerers are differentiated from their counterpart magic classes - the offensively potent Sage and the staff-proficient Bishop - by their defensive prowess, having high defense and resistance stats in addition to their excellent offensive magical power in Awakening and Fates. In exchange, their skill and speed are somewhat inferior. The role of a Sorcerer is that of an offensive tank, being able to take hits with relative ease while damaging foes in return; in Awakening and Fates, it is further aided in this task with its unique access to the Nosferatu tome, healing it even as it retaliates against foes.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Shadow Dragon	22	2	3	2	4	0	4	6	6	--	D E
New Mystery of the Emblem	22	2	4	2	4	0	4	6	6	--	D E
Awakening	23	2	6	4	4	0	7	7	6	--	E
Fates	17	0	9	4	6	1	5	8	6	--	E
Warriors (Tharja)	163	12	37	18	29	15	25	37	5	--	E

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Shadow Dragon	60	20	30	28	25	30	20	25	32	--	A A
New Mystery of the Emblem	60	20	30	28	25	30	20	25	8	--	A A
Awakening	80	30	44	38	40	45	41	44	8	--	A
Fates	50	25	35	26	29	26	29	33	8	--	S
Warriors (Tharja)	999	53	160	79	126	64	107	151	5	--	S

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon level
Shadow Dragon	20/40%	-15/0%	20/30%	20/30%	20/30%	0%	-15/20%	20/30%	--	--	--	--
New Mystery of the Emblem	20/40%	-15/0%	20/30%	20/30%	20/30%	0%	-15/20%	20/30%	--	--	--	--
Awakening	45/90%	0%	20/40%	15/30%	15/30%	0/30%	10/30%	10/35%	--	--	--	--
Fates	0/75%	0%	25/70%	0/35%	10/45%	0/15%	5/45%	15/55%	--	--	--	--

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

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Awakening Fates	Vengeance	• Awakening: Learned at Level 5. • Fates: Learned from Level 5 and up.
Awakening	Tomebreaker	Learned at Level 15.
Fates	+5 Hit rate, +10 crit, +5 dodge	Innate.
Fates	Bowbreaker	Learned from Level 15 and up.

Class change

Shadow Dragon

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Dark Mage	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10.	Sorcerer

New Mystery of the Emblem

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Dark Mage	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10.	Sorcerer

Awakening

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Dark Mage	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10.	Sorcerer or Dark Knight
Promotion choice criteria: The player may freely choose.

Fates

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Dark Mage	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10.	Sorcerer or Dark Knight
Promotion choice criteria: The player may freely choose.

Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Dark Mage	Using a Master Seal while talking to Tiki.	Sage or Sorcerer
Promotion choice criteria: The player can freely choose.

Warriors

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Dark Mage	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 15.	Sorcerer

Playable Sorcerers

Playable Characters
Name	Game
Etzel	Shadow Dragon, New Mystery of the Emblem, Awakening
Gharnef	New Mystery of the Emblem, Awakening
Arvis	Awakening
Julius	Awakening
Sophia	Awakening
Nergal	Awakening
Lyon	Awakening
Oliver	Awakening
Playable Sorcerer units in the Fire Emblem series.

Notable enemy Sorcerers

Enemy Units
Name	Game
Gharnef	Shadow Dragon, New Mystery of the Emblem, Warriors
Validar	Awakening, Warriors
Gallus	Awakening
Cassius	Awakening
Ardri	Awakening
Iago	Fates, Warriors
Odin	Fates: Birthright
Kilma	Fates: Conquest
Zola	Fates: Conquest
Enemy Sorcerer units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Shadow Dragon	Seasoned dark mages capable of wielding tomes and staves alike.	経験を積んだダークマージが昇格する。 魔道書、杖、共に使いこなす。
New Mystery of the Emblem	Seasoned dark mages capable of wielding tomes and staves alike.*	経験を積んだダークマージが昇格する。 魔道書、杖、共に使いこなす。
Awakening	A seasoned dark mage with fearsome Mag.	闇魔法を操る邪術師。 すさまじい魔力を持つ上級職。
Fates	Nohrian. A mage who delves deeply into dark lore. Their Mag is fearsome.	暗夜の兵種。深奥を極めた高位邪術師。 魔力が極めて高い。
Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE	An eerie master of the occult. With ruinous magic, they raze the field with sheer arcane might.	??

Trivia

• The Sorcerer's Italian name, "Warlock", is also the German name of the Mage Knight.
• Iago is the only Sorcerer in Fire Emblem Fates capable of using staves, in addition to tomes.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Sorcerer	--
Japanese	ソーサラー	Officially romanized as Sorcerer.
Spanish	Hechicero	Magician
French	Sorcier	Sorcerer
German	Zauberer	Wizard
Italian	Warlock	A male magic practitioner or conjurer, traditionally the equivalent male term for "witch".
Korean	소서러	Sorcerer

Gallery

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  Henry as a Sorcerer in Awakening.

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  Odin as a Sorcerer in Fates.

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  The generic Sorcerer portrait in Shadow Dragon.

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  The generic Sorcerer portrait in New Mystery of the Emblem.

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  The generic Sorcerer portrait in Awakening.

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  The generic Risen Sorcerer portrait in Awakening.

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  The generic Sorcerer portrait in Fates.

See also

• Arcanist
• Dark Bishop
• Dark Sage
• Druid

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