Intro There are two iconic flying base classes in Fire Emblem: the Pegasus Knight and the Wyvern Rider. Pegasus Knights and Wyvern Riders have been franchise staples since the beginning, with unique advantages and disadvantages over the other. You can always find healthy debates about which is the better of the two. But let’s face …
Intro The plots of many Fire Emblem games center around the main character and co going up against immeasurable odds. Typically, an empire suddenly declares war on the world and strikes at countries in every direction. Despite them logically being outnumbered, they always manage to put the rest of the world on the ropes. The …
Intro We’ve covered Wyvern Riders, so now it’s time to delve into the history of their older siblings, the Wyvern Lords. Wyvern Riders have received quite a few promotion options over the years, but the Wyvern Lord class is the only option that has stuck around. And I can see why Intelligent Systems got attached …
When I think of the Dancer class in Fire Emblem, it brings me back to a scene between Jon Snow and Ygritte in Game of Thrones. It’s the one when Jon explains the purpose of drummers in an army, and Ygritte is unable to wrap her head around the concept. Why be on the battlefield …
Intro Magic-based classes are some of the most useful units in Fire Emblem. Whether it’s providing invaluable utility as Staff users or raining down arcane destruction on your foes, magical characters have a lot of upsides. One of those upsides, however, is rarely mobility. Most magical characters are infantry units and suffer from pretty mediocre …
Intro When you think of monks in video games, you think of bald guys in brown robes that are good at martial arts. That’s not how they work in Fire Emblem. Think of monks in Fire Emblem as sort of like the magical equivalent of John Wick. The villains of their worlds grind their gears, …
Who says Bishops are only good for delivering sermons, baptizing babies, and spreading the gospel? Not Intelligent Systems, that’s for sure. When these holy men and women need to get down in the trenches with the rest of your army, they’re far from helpless. Bishops are one of many magical classes in Fire Emblem, and …
Intro The Priest is one of several base classes in Fire Emblem that is of the more holy being variety. The other classes are the Monk and the Cleric, and players routinely mix them up. An understandable mistake, considering how similar they are all. While it’s true that there are some dominant offensive classes in …
The Paladin is probably my favorite archetype in Western entertainment mediums. A gallant figure clad in shiny armor, often on horseback, riding into battle against the forces of evil. Or just people from an opposing country because that’s how war works, but you get what I mean. Amongst all the promoted units that have appeared …
I’ve spent quite a lot of time here on FEFanatics covering units that use Swords, Lances, and Axes. It’s high time we delved into the world of magic, and what better way to start than with the Mage class? There are three primary types of magic in Fire Emblem: Anima, Light, and Dark. Mages specialize …
