- This article is about the class from the main Fire Emblem series. For the lance skill from Heroes, see Vanguard (lance).
Vanguard
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Ike as a Vanguard in Radiant Dawn.
Ike, the general of the goddess Yune's army. Hope rides on his blade. He wields the skill Aether.
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The Vanguard (Japanese: 神将 Vanguard) is an advanced Lord-like class which was introduced in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. The sole unit of this class is Ike, one of the game's two protagonists, and is his final class which he attains by changing class from Hero in an event. The class returns in Fire Emblem Fates as Ike's special class when he is obtained as a bonus unit through his amiibo, and other playable men are able to reclass to Vanguard as well through downloadable content.
The Vanguard's stats are well-balanced and high all around, keeping to a similar pattern as the Hero. Vanguards are powerful, sturdy and fast all at once, having high HP, strength, skill, speed and defense. While other classes surpass Vanguards in individual stats, few have its overall proficiency, and combined with exclusive access to the ranged regalia sword Ragnell and the powerful Aether skill, Ike as a Vanguard has a formidable front-line presence. Its only notable weakness is its resistance, which remains as traditionally weak as most physical units.
Stats
Base stats
Game
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HP
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Strength
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Magic
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Skill
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Speed
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Luck
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Defense
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Resistance
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Movement
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Constitution
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Weight
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Experience
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Weapon Level
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Radiant Dawn
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53
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19
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3
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23
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19
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0
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17
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6
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7
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12
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13
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S A
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Fates
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21
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10
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0
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6
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7
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3
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9
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1
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6
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--
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E E
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Max stats
Game
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HP
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Strength
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Magic
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Skill
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Speed
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Luck
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Defense
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Resistance
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Movement
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Constitution
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Weapon Level
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Radiant Dawn
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65
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37
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15
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40
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37
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30
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32
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23
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??
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??
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SS SS
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Fates
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65
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36
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25
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29
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30
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30
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32
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27
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8
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A B
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Class growth rates
Game
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HP
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Strength
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Magic
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Skill
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Speed
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Luck
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Defense
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Resistance
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Charm
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Constitution*
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Movement*
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Weapon Level*
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Radiant Dawn
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80%
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50%
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10%
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70%
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40%
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30%
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40%
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15%
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--
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Fates
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20%
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20%
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0%
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5%
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5%
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10%
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15%
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0%
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Class skills
Class change
Radiant Dawn
Fates
Playable Vanguards
Flavor text
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Game
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Text (English)
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Text (Japanese)
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Radiant Dawn
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Ike, the general of the goddess Yune's army. Hope rides on his blade. He wields the skill Aether.
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Fates
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An otherworldly class. The leader of a band of heroes. Uses swords and axes.
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Trivia
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology and in other regions
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Language
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Name
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Definition, etymology and notes
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English
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Vanguard
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An army unit or individual soldier who operates on the front lines or as an advance guard, leading the charge of a battle or, as a modern colloquialism, any endeavor or movement.[1]
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Japanese
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• 神将 • ヴァンガード
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Officially romanized as Vanguard; literally "divine general". In Radiant Dawn, all Japanese class names are spelled primarily in kanji (i.e. 神将), with a foreign-language name in katakana applied as furigana (i.e. ヴァンガード) and used as the basis for the romanized name in the class roll. In Buddhist terminology, a shinshō (神将) refers to a general who protects pilgrims.[2] • Vanguard. This katakana-only name is used in Fates.
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Spanish
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Adalid
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Military commander; derived from the Arabic دليل dalīl, "guide".
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French
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Rédempteur
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Redeemer
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German
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Vorreiter
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Trailblazer
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Italian
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Condottiero
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Mercenary leader
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Gallery
References
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This article is part of Project Classes, a project focused in writing articles for every class present in the Fire Emblem series.
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