Thief Fighter

Thief Fighter

Unit type(s) Infantry Weapon(s) Sword Skill(s) Steal (Genealogy of the Holy War, Thracia 776) Follow-Up (Genealogy of the Holy War) Vantage (Thracia 776)

Thief Fighter (Japanese: シーフファイター Thief Fighter) is an advanced class which was introduced in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. It is present only in Genealogy and Thracia 776, as the promoted form of the Thief, and is the first time in the Fire Emblem series that Thieves were given the ability to promote. Thief Fighters continue to wield only swords and have access to the Steal skill.

Thief Fighters are still primarily oriented toward a utility role through their ability to steal, and despite their name as "fighters", their combat ability is still shaky at best. Their highest stat by far is their speed, which keeps their avoid relatively high but not enough to compensate for their mediocre strength and poor defensive stats. This presents a problem in Genealogy of the Holy War, where their stealing utility involves attacking enemies to take their supply of gold and putting themselves at risk; this is not a problem in Thracia 776, where stealing enemies' items or unlocking doors or chests does not require that Thief Fighters endanger themselves as much in combat.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War	30	7	3	7	12	0	5	3	7	--	A
Thracia 776	18	4	1	3	8	0	2	--	7	6	D

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War	80	22	18	22	27	30	20	18	7	--	A
Thracia 776	80	20	20	20	20	20	20	--	20	20	A

Miscellaneous stats

Game	Experience	CRP	Gold	Weight mod.	Capacity	Vision
Genealogy of the Holy War	--	--	6,000	--	--	--
Thracia 776	--	3	--	--	--	--

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War	100%	30%	10%	30%	30%	0%	30%	10%	--	--	--	--
Thracia 776	70%	20%	0%	15%	15%	10%	10%	--	--	20%	0%	--

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

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Genealogy of the Holy War Thracia 776	Steal	Innate.
Genealogy of the Holy War	Follow-Up	Innate.
Thracia 776	Vantage	Innate.

Class change

Genealogy of the Holy War

The class a unit changes into in Genealogy of the Holy War is determined by the unit and not the class; however, all units that change into the Thief Fighter class have the following class change option:

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Thief	Choosing the "Class change" option in a home castle after reaching level 20.	Thief Fighter

Thracia 776

The class a unit changes into in Thracia 776 is determined by the unit and not the class; Lifis has the following class change option:

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Thief	Using a Knight Proof after reaching Level 10.	Thief Fighter

Lara has the following class change option:

Base class	Method	Advanced class	Method	Advanced class
Thief	Event: Talk to Perne in Chapter 12x.	Dancer	Using a Knight Proof after reaching Level 10.	Thief Fighter
	Using a Knight Proof after reaching Level 10.	Thief Fighter	Event: Talk to Perne in Chapter 12x.	Dancer
Promotion choice criteria: Lara can promote to Thief Fighter at any time through normal use of a Knight Proof, but promoting to Dancer is only available in Chapter 12x. Lara is able to promote to Dancer even if she is already a Thief Fighter, and as a Dancer she can be promoted again to Thief Fighter through normal use of a Knight Proof.

Playable Thief Fighters

Playable Characters
Name	Game
Perne	Thracia 776
Playable Thief Fighter units in the Fire Emblem series.

Notable enemy Thief Fighters

Enemy Units
Name	Game
Porcus	Genealogy of the Holy War, Thracia 776
Perne	Thracia 776
Enemy Thief Fighter units in the Fire Emblem series.

Trivia

• In Thracia 776, the Thief Fighter and Dancer hold the unique distinction of being the only pair of classes in the entire Fire Emblem series which are mutually capable of promoting into each other, although only Lara can do this. It is possible for Lara to promote a total of three times, going Thief → Thief Fighter → Dancer → Thief Fighter.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English (unofficial)	Rogue	Used in the Genealogy of the Holy War and Thracia 776 fan translations, in order to connect the class to the later Rogue class from The Sacred Stones and Radiant Dawn.
Japanese	シーフファイター	Thief Fighter

Gallery

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  The generic Thief Fighter portrait in Genealogy of the Holy War.

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  The generic Thief Fighter portrait in Thracia 776.

See also

• Rogue

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