Valkyrie

This article is about the class. For the staff from Genealogy of the Holy War, see Valkyrie (staff).

Valkyrie Mist as a Valkyrie in Radiant Dawn. This knight excels in the art of black magic and can move again after combat.

Unit type(s) Mounted (all games except for Awakening)* Beorc (Path of Radiance) Beast (Awakening) Weapon(s) Anima, Staff (The Binding Blade, The Blazing Blade) Light, Staff (The Sacred Stones) Sword, Staff (Path of Radiance, Radiant Dawn) Tome, Staff (Awakening) Various, including magic (Three Houses) Sword, Black magic, White magic (Three Houses; specialty) Skill(s) Canto (Path of Radiance) Canto, Sol (Radiant Dawn) Rally Resistance, Dual Support+ (Awakening) Canto, Black Magic Range +1, Dark Magic Range +1, Uncanny Blow (Three Houses)

The Valkyrie (Japanese: ヴァルキュリア Valkyria) is an advanced mounted class which was introduced in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade. They are one of only a few mounted magic-wielding classes in the Fire Emblem series. They have acted as the primary promoted class for Troubadours since their introduction, a role previously filled by the Paladin, and they primarily use staves in addition to offensive magic, with the type of offensive magic available to them depending on the game.

Valkyries typically play a similar role to their fellow advanced healer class, the Bishop. Their strongest stat is their exceptionally high resistance, and they also have high offensive stats to allow them to provide effective magical offense, with particularly impressive speed. In addition, being a mounted class gives them high movement to allow them to both attack and support their allies with staves with greater ease. Like most magical classes, they suffer from shaky defense, although in the Game Boy Advance games at least, they tend to have higher defense than other magical classes.

In Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn, aside from a single NPC in Path of Radiance Chapter 24, the class is exclusive to Mist of the Greil Mercenaries. It is her promoted class in both games, promoting from Cleric, and wields swords instead of offensive magic in these two games; in Radiant Dawn, it is classified as a third-tier advanced class. The class behaves similarly to its other appearances in terms of stats; however, its strength being its weakest stat is actually relevant given its access to swords. The class's high magic makes Mist one of the few sword-wielders able to make good use of magic swords in the former game.

Outside of Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn, the Valkyrie is the primary promoted form for Troubadours in all appearances, occupying the role formerly filled in the Jugdral games by the Paladin. The Sacred Stones also gives Clerics the option to promote to Valkyrie. Fire Emblem Fates replaces Valkyries with the functionally identical Strategist class.

The class appears in Three Houses as downloadable content, as part of the Cindered Shadows side story. It becomes available in the main story after completing the first chapter of this side story.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
The Binding Blade	19	--	4	3	5	0	4	8	8	6	E C
The Blazing Blade	19	--	4	3	5	0	4	8	8	6	E C
The Sacred Stones	19	--	4	3	5	0	4	8	7	6	D D
Path of Radiance	19	4	5	3	5	0	3	8	8	6	D C
Radiant Dawn	43	6	16	18	20	0	9	22	9	6	B A
Awakening	19	0	5	4	8	0	3	8	8	--	E E
Three Houses	20	5	10	10	9	9	9	13	6	--	--

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
The Binding Blade	60	--	27	24	25	30	24	28	15	20	S S
The Blazing Blade	60	--	25	24	25	30	24	28	15	25	S S*
The Sacred Stones	60	--	25	24	25	30	24	28	15	25	S S*
Path of Radiance	60	20	26	24	26	40	20	29	20	99	S S
Radiant Dawn	50	25	35	35	34	35	24	36	20	99	SS S
Awakening	80	30	42	38	43	45	30	45	10	--	A A

Miscellaneous stats

Game	Experience	CRP	Gold	Weight mod.	Capacity	Vision
The Binding Blade	--	3	--	--	--	--
The Blazing Blade	--	3	--	--	--	--
The Sacred Stones	--	3	--	--	--	--
Path of Radiance	--	--	--	+20	25	--
Radiant Dawn	--	--	--	+20	60	3

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon level
The Binding Blade	45%	--	35%	25%	45%	40%	10%	20%	--	--	--	--
The Blazing Blade	45%	--	35%	25%	45%	40%	10%	40%	--	--	--	--
The Sacred Stones	45%	--	35%	25%	45%	40%	10%	40%	--	--	--	--
Path of Radiance	50%	35%	40%	30%	45%	40%	10%	45%	--	--	--	--
Radiant Dawn	50%	25%	45%	45%	40%	85%	30%	40%	--	--	--	--
Awakening	35/70%	0%	20/40%	10/30%	20/50%	0/50%	5/20%	15/45%	--	--	--	--
Three Houses	5%	0%	5%	0%	-5%	5%	5%	10%	10%	--	--	+3 +1 +3

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

Promotion gains

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Defense	Resistance	Weapon level
The Blazing Blade	3	--	2	1	0	2	3	--
The Sacred Stones	3	--	2	1	0	2	3	--

Class modifiers

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Movement
Three Houses	1	0	4	0	-2 (0)	0	0	1 (0)	2	2 (0)

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
The Binding Blade The Blazing Blade The Sacred Stones Path of Radiance Radiant Dawn Three Houses	Canto	Innate; hidden and unnamed until Radiant Dawn.
Path of Radiance Radiant Dawn	Sol	• Path of Radiance: Occult skill. • Radiant Dawn: Innate (Mastery skill).
Awakening	Rally Resistance	Learned at Level 5.
Awakening	Dual Support+	Learned at Level 15.
Three Houses	Black Magic Range +1	Innate.
Three Houses	Dark Magic Range +1	Innate.
Three Houses	Uncanny Blow	Class mastery. (150 class Exp required)

Class change

The Binding Blade, The Blazing Blade

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Troubadour	Using a Guiding Ring or Earth Seal* after reaching Level 10.	Valkyrie

The Sacred Stones

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Troubadour and Cleric	Using a Guiding Ring or Master Seal after reaching Level 10.	Valkyrie

Path of Radiance

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Cleric	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10, or reaching Level 21.	Valkyrie

Radiant Dawn

Advanced class	Promotion method	Master class
Cleric	Using a Holy Crown after reaching Level 10, or reaching Level 21.	Valkyrie

Awakening

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Troubadour	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10.	War Cleric or Valkyrie
Promotion choice criteria: The player can freely choose.

Three Houses

Base class	Certification requirements	Special class
Any class	Level 20 Abyssian Exam Pass B, B	Valkyrie
This class is only available for female units.

Playable Valkyries

Playable Characters
Name	Game
Cecilia	The Binding Blade
Ethlyn	Awakening
Hapi	Three Houses
Playable Valkyrie units in the Fire Emblem series.

Notable enemy Valkyries

Enemy Units
Name	Game
Ursula	The Blazing Blade
Pheros	Awakening
Canis	Awakening
Hapi	Three Houses
Enemy Valkyrie units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
The Binding Blade (class roll)	A title given to the finest troubadours. Wields sacred magic to aid allies.*	経験をつんだトルバドールが昇格する 馬上で聖なる杖と魔法を使う　戦乙女
The Binding Blade (help)	An honorific bestowed upon truly talented troubadours.*	トルバドールが昇格する 馬上で杖と魔法を使う　戦乙女
The Blazing Blade (class roll)	A title given to the finest troubadours. Wields sacred magic to aid allies.	経験をつんだトルバドールが昇格する 馬上で聖なる杖と魔法を使う　戦乙女
The Blazing Blade (help)	An honorific bestowed upon truly talented troubadors[sic].	トルバドールが昇格する 馬上で杖と魔法を使う　戦乙女
The Sacred Stones (class roll)	Battle maidens who ride into combat wielding light magic and staves.	華麗に馬をあやつる戦乙女 聖なる杖と『光』魔法を手に　戦場を駆ける
The Sacred Stones (help)	Battle maidens who wield both staves and light magic. Equip: Light, staves.	馬上で杖と光魔法を使う　戦乙女 装備『光・杖』
Path of Radiance	Mounted priestesses who wield sacred staves and swords.	クレリックが昇格します 馬に乗り　聖なる杖と剣をつかいます
Radiant Dawn (class roll)	Mist, of the Greil Mercenaries. Capable of using both staves and swords. She employs the skill Sol.	グレイル傭兵団のミスト 馬上で聖杖と剣を振るって活躍する 奥義【太陽】の使い手
Radiant Dawn (help)	Mist of the Greil Mercenaries. She rides into battle using staves and swords. She employs the skill Sol.	グレイル傭兵団のミスト 馬上で聖杖と剣を振るって活躍する 奥義【太陽】の使い手
Awakening	A seasoned, hardy troubadour. Uses staves, tomes.	馬に乗り、戦場を駆ける乙女。 杖に加え、魔法も使える上級職。
Three Houses	This knight excels in the art of black magic and can move again after combat.	黒魔法に秀でた騎土。 戦闘後、再び移動できる。 魔法が使える兵種。

Trivia

• In Radiant Dawn, due to Valkyrie's luck cap being 35 and Cleric's being 40, it is possible for a unit to lose luck upon promoting from Cleric to Valkyrie. This is also possible when a unit promotes from Rogue to Whisper.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Valkyrie	In Norse mythology, the valkyrie are a group of divine female figures who choose which warriors will live and die on a battlefield, and which then escort half of those who die to to the "hall of the slain", Valhalla.
Japanese	• ヴァルキュリア • ワルキューレ • 戦乙女ヴァルキュリア	• Officially romanized as Valkyria, as above. This name is used in all appearances except Radiant Dawn. In The Binding Blade, it is officially romanized as Valkyuria, which is an error. • From Walküre, the German form of valkyrie. This name is used in Path of Radiance. • Officially romanized as Valkyria, as above; literally "war maiden". In Radiant Dawn, all Japanese class names are spelled primarily in kanji (i.e. 戦乙女) with a foreign-language name in katakana applied as furigana (i.e. ヴァルキュリア) and used as the basis for the romanized name in the class roll.
Spanish	Valquiria	Valkyrie
French	Walkyrie	Valkyrie
German	Walküre	Valkyrie
Italian	Valchiria	Valkyrie
Korean	발큐리아	Valkyria
Simplified Chinese	瓦尔基里	Valkyrie
Traditional Chinese	瓦爾基里	Valkyrie

Gallery

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  The generic Valkyrie portrait in the Game Boy Advance games.

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  The generic Valkyrie portrait in Awakening.

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  The generic Risen Valkyrie portrait in Awakening.

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  The generic Valkyrie portrait in Three Houses.

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  Mist as a Valkyrie in Path of Radiance.

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  Mist as a Valkyrie in Radiant Dawn.

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  Concept artwork of the Valkyrie class from Awakening.

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  The generic Valkyrie in Three Houses.

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  Marianne as a Valkyrie in Three Houses.

See also

• Holy Knight
• Mage Knight
• Strategist

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