Sword Knight

For the class known as Sword Knight in the "Project Naga" patch of Genealogy of the Holy War, see Free Knight.

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Sword Knight Mounted knights who have mastered both horsemanship and the art of the sword.

Unit type(s) Mounted (all titles) Beorc (Path of Radiance) Weapon(s) Swords Skill(s) Canto

The Sword Knight (Japanese: 剣騎士ソードナイト Sword Knight) class is a class of sword-wielding knights on horseback who have appeared in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. They are one of four classes, the Sword Knight, Lance Knight, Axe Knight, and Bow Knight classes, which are divisions of the Cavalier class. They are playable only in Path of Radiance, and there are no playable sword knights in Radiant Dawn.

Sword knights use swords, so they can attack from adjacent spaces. They have useful stats in all categories, and their high movement lets them move around quickly, although they cannot cross certain terrain. Since they have low resistance, like other physical classes, they are often vulnerable to magic-using enemies.

In Path of Radiance, sword knights can promote to paladins. In Radiant Dawn, they change class to the Blade Paladin class and can promote again to the Gold Knight class.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weight	Experience	Class Strength	Weapon Level
Path of Radiance	20/18	5	0	2	5/6	0	6/5	0/1	8	10/7	33/29	--	--	D
Radiant Dawn	19	6	0	5	8	0	8	0	8	10	34	--	--	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	?	?	A
Radiant Dawn	40	20	10	20	20	30	20	10	?	?	A

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon Level*
Path of Radiance	70/65%	45/35%	15/20%	40%	50/55%	30%	45%	40/50%	--	--	--	--
Radiant Dawn	70%	45%	15%	40%	45%	25%	40%	40%	--	--	--	--

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

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Path of Radiance Radiant Dawn	Canto	Innate; hidden and unnamed in all appearances except Radiant Dawn.

Class change

Path of Radiance

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Sword Knight	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10, or reaching Level 21.	Paladin

Radiant Dawn

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Sword Knight	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10, or reaching Level 21.	Blade Paladin	Using a Master Crown after reaching Level 10, or reaching Level 21.	Gold Knight

Playable sword knights

Playable Characters
Name	Game
Makalov	Path of Radiance
Playable Sword Knight units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

Game Text (English) Text (Japanese) Path of Radiance Mounted knights with swift movement who can wield a variety of weapons. ?? Radiant Dawn (class roll) Knights whose mounts carry them quickly across the battlefield. They wield swords. ?? Radiant Dawn (help) Mounted knights who have mastered both horsemanship and the art of the sword. ??

Trivia

• There is an enemy in the Kirby series called a Sword Knight.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology and notes
English	Sword Knight	Shortened as Sword Kn in Radiant Dawn.
Japanese	• ソードナイト • 剣騎士ソードナイト	• Officially romanized as Sword Knight; this katakana-only name is used in Path of Radiance. • Officially romanized as Sword Knight. In Radiant Dawn, all Japanese class names are spelled primarily in kanji (i.e. 剣騎士), with a foreign-language name in katakana applied as furigana (i.e. ソードナイト) and used as the basis for the romanized name in the class roll.
Spanish	Caballero espada	Sword Knight. Abbreviated to Cab. espada in gameplay due to space restrictions.
French	Cavalier bretteur	Fencer Cavalier. Abbreviated to Cav. bretteur in Path of Radiance and C. bretteur in Radiant Dawn due to space restrictions.
German	Schwertritter	Sword Knight
Italian	Cavaliere spada	Sword Knight. Abbreviated to Cav. spada in gameplay due to space restrictions.

Gallery

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  An enemy Sword Knight in Path of Radiance.

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  An enemy Sword Knight in Radiant Dawn.

See also

• Free Knight

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