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The Valkyrie is a horse-mounted combat and support magical class that first appears in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade. The standard promoted form of the Troubadour class, Valkyries wield staves as their primary equipment for support purposes. They are also capable of equipping weapons for offensive means as well, thought the specific weapon types vary between games.

History in the Series[]

Valkyries make their first formal appearance in The Binding Blade, where they are the sole promotion of the Troubadour class and wield Anima magic alongside staves. They return in the same capacity in The Blazing Blade.

In Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, Valkyries are armed with Light magic, and is the promoted form of both the Troubadour class and Cleric class. In this game, the Mage Knight, the Troubador's alternate promotion, serves the role of the mounted Anima Magic user.

In Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, Mist is the only playable Valkyrie. She can promote into this class from the Cleric class and can use both staves and swords, similar to the female Paladin from the Jugdral titles. Oddly, the Valkyrie class does not count as a horse-mounted class in this series, and is thus immune from sustaining effective damage from cavalry unit-slaying weapons like the Horseslayer.

In Awakening and Fates, the Valkyrie class functions much as it does in The Binding Blade and The Blazing Blade, where it is one of the promoted forms of the Troubadour class and uses staves and tomes.

In Fates, the Valkyrie class is treated as a Nohrian class called the Strategist. It is made unisex for the first time in the series.

In Fire Emblem Warriors, the Strategist class reappears, where it is the personal promoted class of Elise. This version can use tomes and acts as a clone of the Dark Crusader class.

The Valkyrie class makes a return in Three Houses as a female-exclusive class first accessible in the Cindered Shadows DLC. A character must be level 20 or higher to take the Certification Exam using an Abyssian Exam Pass. The recommended level requirements are B or higher in Reason and B or higher in Riding. The class gives skill experience class bonuses to Reason, Riding, and Faith.

Overview[]

Combat[]

Valkyries are usually deployed as healers, but their fairly decent Magic can also be used for combat purposes. As they are battle maidens on horseback, they can move more spaces than Bishops can. Because of this, they are well equipped to support a fast-moving army without damaging the player's tempo, or to rush to the aid of far-off units in need of healing. Alternatively, if healing is not required, Valkyries can be effectively utilized for offensive purposes. Charges often depend on their ability to finish off most of the nearby enemies during the player phase, so this degree of flexibility is a welcome improvement over the likes of Troubadours and Clerics.

Stat-wise, Valkyries are similar to Bishops, save for their superior Speed and inferior Resistance. Valkyries can be used as a way to absorb hits from opposing magic units, but will often have trouble disposing of them on their own, especially ones that are fast enough to avoid getting doubled. Valkyries are thus best used to safely lure opposing mages into traps, or to protect their allies from enemy mages.

Valkyries are not without their weaknesses. As they typically promote from Staff users, they will usually start off using E-rank tomes, which hinders their otherwise decent magical offense. While they will generally inflict impressive damage to non-magical opponents that they can perform double attacks on, this is typically offset by their extremely poor defenses. This vulnerability causes them to risk being killed in just a few enemy onslaughts.

In-Game[]

Base Stats[]

HPStrMagSklSpdLckDefResMovConWtWlvCha
FE619-43504888-Anima E Staff C-
FE719-43504888-Anima E Staff C-
FE819-43504877-Light D Staff D-
FE91945350388626FE9 Sword D FE9 Staff C-
FE1043616182009229626FE10 Sword B FE10 Staff A-
FE131905480388--TomeIconFE13 E StaffIconFE13 E-
FE141607675278--FE14 Tome E FE14 Staff E-
FE162051010999136--FE16 reason icon B FE16 riding icon B0

Maximum Stats[]

HPStrMagSklSpdLckDefResMovConWtWlvCha
FE660-2724253024281520-Anima S Staff S-
FE760-252425302428720-Anima S Staff S-
FE860-252425302428720-Light S Staff S-
FE960202624264020298626FE9 Sword S FE9 Staff S-
FE1050253535343524369626FE10 Sword SS FE10 Staff S-
FE1380304238434530458--TomeIconFE13 A StaffIconFE13 A-
FE1445253328313325328--FE14 Tome B FE14 Staff A-
FEW86815160751421525920515--FEW Tome S FEW Staff-

Growth Rates[]

HPStrMagSklSpdLckDefResMovConWtWlvCha
FE645%-35%25%45%40%10%20%-----
FE745%-35%25%45%40%10%40%-----
FE845%-35%25%45%40%10%40%-----
FE950%35%40%30%45%40%10%45%-----
FE1050%25%45%45%30%85%30%40%-----
FE1335%0%20%10%20%0%5%15%-----
FE140%0%15%5%10%20%0%15%-----
FE165/20%0%5/15%0%-5/0%5/10%5%10/55%---FE16 reason icon +3 FE16 faith icon +1 FE16 riding icon +310/15%

Class Modifiers[]

HPStrMagSklSpdLckDefResMovConWtWlvCha
FE161040-2/0002/12/0---2

Class Skills[]

SkillRequirements
FE9Sol (FE9)SolOccult skill of the Valkyrie and Paladin classes; assign with an MasteryBookOccult Scroll.
FE10CantoCanto
SolSol
Base skill of all flying and mounted units.
Mastery skill of the Valkyrie, Gold Knight and Silver Knight classes.
FE13ResistanceCryRally Resistance
DualSupport+Dual Support+
Learnt at Level 5.
Learnt at Level 15.
FE14Rally Resistance (FE14)Rally Resistance
Battle CommandInspiration
Learnt at Level 5 and above.
Learnt at Level 15 and above.
FE16Canto FE16Canto
Black Magic Range +1 FE16Black Magic Range +1
Dark Magic Range +1 FE16Dark Magic Range +1
Uncanny Blow FE16Uncanny Blow
Class Ability of Valkyrie.
Class Ability of Valkyrie.
Class Ability of Valkyrie.
Mastery Ability of Valkyrie.

Promotions[]

Base ClassPromotion MethodPromoted Class
FE6FE8 Troubadour Map SpriteTroubadourUse a GuidingringGuiding Ring on a Level 10+ Troubadour.FE8 Valkyrie Map SpriteValkyrie
FE7FE8 Troubadour Map SpriteTroubadourUse a GuidingringGuiding Ring on a Level 10+ Troubadour.FE8 Valkyrie Map SpriteValkyrie
FE8FE8 Troubadour Map SpriteTroubadourUse a GuidingringGuiding Ring on a Level 10+ Troubadour.FE8 Valkyrie Map SpriteValkyrie
FE8 FE8 Cleric Map SpriteClericUse a GuidingringGuiding Ring on a Level 10+ Cleric.FE8 Valkyrie Map SpriteValkyrie
FE9FE9 Mist Cleric Sprite
Cleric
Use a FE9mastersealMaster Seal on a Level 10+ Cleric.FE9 Mist Valkyrie Sprite
Valkyrie
FE10FE10 Mist Cleric Sprite
Cleric
Use a HolycrownHoly Crown on a Level 10+ Cleric or train a Cleric to Level 21.FE10 Mist Valkyrie Sprite
Valkyrie
FE13FE13 Generic Troubadour Map SpriteTroubadourUse a Master Seal FE13 IconMaster Seal on a Level 10+ Troubadour.FE13 Generic Valkyrie Map SpriteValkyrie
FE14FE14 Generic Troubadour (F) Map SpriteTroubadourUse a Master Seal FE13 IconMaster Seal on a Level 10+ Troubadour.FE14 Generic Strategist (F) Map SpriteStrategist
FE16Any classUse an FE16 Seal IconAbyssian Exam Pass on a Level 20+ female unit and pass the Valkyrie Certification Exam.FE16 Valkyrie IconValkyrie
FEWWarriors Elise spriteTroubadourUse a Master Seal FE13 IconMaster Seal on Elise.Warriors Elise spriteStrategist

Notable Valkyries[]

The Binding Blade[]

The Blazing Blade[]

The Sacred Stones[]

Path of Radiance[]

  • Promotion for: Mist.

Radiant Dawn[]

  • Promotion for: Mist.

Awakening[]

Fates[]

Three Houses[]

Etymology[]

In Norse mythology, Valkyries were warrior-maidens and the handmaidens of Odin. They rode through battlefields (either on horseback, wolves or by flying) and brought the worthiest warriors among the slain to Valhalla, the heroes' heaven. They are associated with both ravens and swans. The name "Valkyrie" means "chooser of the slain."

Two named Valkyries are Mist and Sigrun.

Trivia[]

  • Only one Valkyrie other than Mist appears in Path of Radiance as part of Geoffrey's allied squadron of knights in Battle Reunion. While possessing a black-haired map model, through hacking, it can be seen that the ally Valkyrie's battle model is simply Mist's battle model.

Gallery[]

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