Fire Emblem Fates – full overview of classes in both versions

Black Kingdom starting classes

• Dark Prince/Princess: Royalty that uses Dark Kingdom equipment, and the power of a dragon within them.
• Cavalier: Horse-mounted units that can fight using swords and spears.
• Knight: Heavy armored foot units. They are slow but have high defense.
• Fighter: Axe-wielding units with high HP. They have high strength but poor defense.
• Mercenary: Balanced statistics, with high skill.
• Thief: They use bows, and have high speed and magic defense.
• Wyvern Rider: Soldiers mounted on Wyverns. They have high strength and defense.
• Dark Mage: Mages that perform dark magic to take out enemies.
• Rod Knight: Staff-users that don’t have much fighting powers, but support allies using a staff.
• Garu: A werewolf class that excels ins strength and speed.

Advanced classes

• Paladin: Similar to the Cavalier, but with better stats.
• Great Knight: Heavy-armored units that can use swords, axes, and spears.
• General: Heavy-armored units with excellent defense.
• Berserker: Axe-wielding units that specialize in dealing powerful blows.
• Brave Hero: Heroes that can use swords and axes accordingly to their battle situation.
• Bow Knight: Mounted bow users that use bows while on horseback, but also have access to swords.
• Adventurer: A unique class with long-ranged versatility using bows and staves.
• Wyvern Lord: A higher class Wyvern Rider that uses axes and spears.
• Revenant Knight: Magic Wyvern mounted unit that can use magic and axes to take out enemies.
• Sorcerer: A higher class Dark Mage, with exception magic attack.
• Dark Knight: Magic-using soldiers that have the ability to fight using swords and magic.
• Tactician: A horse mounted mage that can fight using magic and staves.
• Butler/Maid: Fight for their masters using staves and hidden weapons.
• Managarmr: A higher class Garu with even better stats.
• Dark Blood: One with the heart of the dark night; royalty with noble blood. They fight using swords, Dragon Stones, and magic.

White Kingdom starting classes

• Samurai: Follows the path of the sword, and specialize in fighting with speed.
• Kijin (lit. Ogre Person): Units that fight with clubs with high strength and defense.
• Spear Warrior: Units that specialize in a fighting style that breaks the enemy’s defense.
• Hexers: Use spells from the White Kingdom called “Hexes” to fight enemies.
• Tempest/Shrine Maiden: Units that use the power of prayers to support allies.
• Tenma Musha (Pegasus Warrior): Pegasus mounted units with high speed and magic defense.
• Archer: Warriors that follow the path of archery. They have high skill and use bows in battle.
• Ninja: Units that fight from the shadows. They attack enemies using dirks and also with debuffing techniques.
• Mythological Fox: Fox-based units with high speed and magic defense.
• Villager: Normal townsfolk that live in the village, but fight using naginata (Japanese halberds) in battle.

Advanced classes

• Master Swordsman: Units with elite sword skills, and excellent speed and evasion.
• Asura: Higher class Kijin that fight using clubs and the power of hexes.
• Strategist: Units with the ability to wield katanas, halberds, and clubs.
• Blacksmith: Weapon makers with the ability to use katanas and clubs. They also have high skill.
• Spear Master: Units that followed the path of the spear, with highly balanced stats.
• Basara: An advanced unit that excels with halberds and hexes.
• Onmyoji: Units that use and excel at various spells such as Hexes to take out enemies and can heal allies using haraegushi.
• Monk: An advanced class that can heal allies with their haraegushi, and can also fight enemies using their halberds.
• War Maiden: Advanced Shrine Maiden classes that can use haraegushi to heal allies, and bows to attack enemies from a distance.
• Master Pegasus Warrior: Higher class Pegasus Warrior that can use halberds for attacking and haraegushi to support allies.
• Kinshimusha (Gold Kite Warrior): Units that mount the legendary bird, the golden kite, and fights using a halberd or bow with excellent fighting abilities from above.
• Master Archer: Advanced Archers that specialize in accuracy and critical hits.
• High Ninja: Using swords and dirks, this advanced class can do everything an ordinary Ninja can, but better.
• Ventriloquist: Units that use puppets, and fight using dirks and bows.
• Nine-Tailed Fox: A higher class Mythological Fox with more spiritual energy and higher stats.
• The White Blooded: One with the heart of the white night, a royalty with noble blood. They fight using swords, Dragon Stones, and haraegushi.

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