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Not to be confused with the Engage class of the same name.

“Legendary lancers who stride battlefields with calm and surety.”
—In-game description from Radiant Dawn.

The Sentinel is a combat physical class that debuted in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn.

History in the Series[]

The promoted form of the Halberdier class, the Sentinel, like its Japanese name suggests, wields Lances as its sole weapon of choice. It is the highest class tier of the Lance-wielding class tree that it appears in.

In its original inception in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, the Sentinel class is the final promotion in the Soldier class line, directly promoting from the Halberdier class. Unrivalled masters of the Lance, this class is able to master the devastating Impale skill when the necessary requirements are met.

The class is absent until the onset of Fire Emblem Fates, where it is referred to as the Spear Master. Treated as a Hoshidan class, the Spear Master class acts as one of the promoted forms of the Spear Fighter class.

The class also appears in Fire Emblem Warriors as the promotion class of Oboro.

Overview[]

Radiant Dawn[]

Sentinels are very strong units. With all-around high stats, they can sustain, dodge (or block, since Sentinels use shields for their dodge animations), and deliver many blows to inflict substantial amounts of damage. They are more preferable to Marshalls, since they are easier to train in all class forms, although they are only confined to wielding Lances while Marshalls are able to handle all physical melee weapons.

Fates[]

Spear Masters are similar to Nohr's Heroes, as they have good Strength, Skill and Speed growths making them balanced units that are ideal for combat. However, a Spear Master's skills are more offensive, since they have two different Seal skills and Lancefaire to boost their impressive attack, while a Hero is more of a counterunit given its class' skills.

The Spear Master class is one of the four Hoshidan classes capable of achieving an S-Rank (the others being Swordmaster, Master Ninja, Sniper and Butler/Maid); this ensures the Spear Master will gain additional damage once they have obtained an S-Rank in Lances, and makes them able to use the Waterwheel naginata. With Rend Heaven and Quixotic from their other class, the Basara, the Spear Master can activate Rend Heaven quite often and their high strength will always ensure that they will deal large amounts of damage in the process.

In-Game[]

Base Stats[]

HPStrMagSklSpdLckDefResMovConWtWlvCha
FE10532132117021/198/10712/720/14FE10 Lance A
FE141890883736--FE14 Lance E

Maximum Stats[]

HPStrMagSklSpdLckDefResMovConWtWlvCha
FE1060/5835/34203533/343034/3327/30712/720/14FE10 Lance SS
FE1460342533322930296--FE14 Lance S
FEW98711826134137115135875--FEW Lance S

Growth Rates[]

HPStrMagSklSpdLckDefResMovConWtWlvCha
FE1075/65%45/40%20%45/65%40/60%25/30%45/35%40/35%----
FE1415%15%0%15%15%5%10%5%----

Class Skills[]

SkillRequirements
FE10ShoveShove
Critical 10Critical +10
ImpaleImpale
Base skill of all foot units.
Class skill of the Sentinel, Swordmaster and Sniper classes.
Class skill of the Sentinel class.
FE14Speed SealSeal Speed
LanceExpertLancefaire
Critical +10
Critical Evade +10
Learnt at Level 5 and above.
Learnt at Level 15 and above.
Innate.
Innate.

Promotions[]

Base ClassPromotion MethodPromoted Class
FE10FE10 Nephenee Halberdier Sprite
Halberdier
Use a FE10mastercrownMaster Crown on a Level 10+ Halberdier or train a Halberdier to Level 21.FE10 Nephenee Sentinel Sprite
Sentinel
FE14FE14 Generic Spear Fighter (M) Map SpriteSpear FighterUse a Master Seal FE13 IconMaster Seal on a Level 10+ Spear Fighter.FE14 Generic Spear Master (M) Map SpriteSpear Master
FEWWarriors Oboro sprite
Spear Fighter
Use a Master Seal FE13 IconMaster Seal on Oboro.Warriors Oboro sprite
Spear Master

Notable Sentinels[]

Radiant Dawn[]

Fates[]

Trivia[]

  • In the European version of Radiant Dawn, even though the European release renames the Sentinel class to "Lancer", Impale's description still refers to the class as "Sentinel".
  • In Fates, Spear Masters use a different set of animations if wielding a lance instead of a naginata. The Great Master uses the same set of animations (barring finishing and critical hits).
    • In addition, they also wear the Battle Flag. However, this Battle Flag is for the Spear Master model; the player can still put in another back accessory like a Water Gourd without causing the Battle Flag to disappear.

Gallery[]

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