The War Cleric is a class that debuted in Fire Emblem Awakening.
History in the Series[]
A class that is both physical and magical, the War Cleric class takes on both combat and support roles. It is one of the promoted forms of both the Cleric and Troubadour classes, employing Axes and Staves as its equipment of choice. The War Cleric class is the female equivalent of the War Monk class.
It, alongside the War Monk class, later returns as a DLC Class in Fire Emblem: Three Houses's Cindered Shadows DLC.
Overview[]
Combat[]
Awakening[]
War Clerics are a much more balanced healing unit compared to most commonly promoted healers in past Fire Emblem games. This class focuses mainly on durability rather than healing potency, given that their defensive caps are higher than those of their Skill and Speed.
When the War Cleric class is compared to the Sage class, its other promoted counterpart, it can be observed that it is superior in terms of Resistance with a cap difference of 9 points. Their caps in the Magic, Skill and Speed departments are, however, clearly inferior, the former stat being the reason why they are lacking in healing potency. Though the War Cleric will get attacked more often due to their lower Skill and Speed, they will take significantly less damage as compared to the Sage. The War Cleric class also provides one of the few HP regenerative skills in Awakening, Renewal. At the start of the Player's turn, all units equipped with this skill will recover 30% of their maximum HP, and is ideal for boosting the War Cleric's durability, preventing or reducing the need for them to be healed if they are injured. War Clerics are also treated as Mage units, allowing them to travel across sand-based terrain without any cost to their mobility.
Another interesting feature of this class is that their weapon of choice is the Axe, which favors high Attack in exchange for accuracy. The War Cleric is not exactly suited for an offensive role due to their rather mediocre Strength and semi-low Skill and Speed. Nevertheless, given their good defenses, they can operate as good anti-magic units as they can sustain hits from them and exploit their lower Defense.
Three Houses[]
In Three Houses, War Clerics and their sister class War Monks are made into an identical class that only differ in terms of a unit's outfit and gender. They have been revamped to be mainly a class that is proficient in using Gauntlets, with a secondary proficiency in Axes and Faith.
The class is notable for being the only class available to female units that specialises in brawling, as well as being one of few classes able to wield both gauntlets and magic, with the only others being the base Commoner and Noble classes, Trickster, War Monk, Mortal Savant, and the Byleth-exclusive Enlightened One. In terms of combat prowess, the War Cleric is comparable to a Grappler, with slightly different stats (having better HP, Strength and Resistance but worse Dexterity and Speed) and mage-like movement.
In-Game[]
Base Stats[]
HP | Str | Mag | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Mov | Con | Wt | Wlv | Cha | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FE13 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | - | - | E E | - |
FE16 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 6 | - | - | B+ C+ | 0 |
Maximum Stats[]
HP | Str | Mag | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Mov | Con | Wt | Wlv | Cha | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FE13 | 80 | 40 | 40 | 38 | 41 | 45 | 38 | 43 | 6 | - | - | A A | - |
FEW | 977 | 97 | 144 | 110 | 107 | 135 | 57 | 164 | 5 | - | - | S | - |
Growth Rates[]
HP | Str | Mag | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Mov | Con | Wt | Wlv | Cha | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FE13 | 45% | 15% | 15% | 10% | 15% | 0% | 10% | 10% | - | - | - | - | - |
FE16 | 40/50% | 10/18% | 5/0% | 10/0% | 0% | 0% | 0/25% | 5/15% | - | - | - | +1 +3 +1 | 5% |
Class Modifiers[]
HP | Str | Mag | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Mov | Con | Wt | Wlv | Cha | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FE16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 0 |
Class Skills[]
Skill | Requirements | |
---|---|---|
FE13 | Rally Luck Renewal | Learnt at Level 5. Learnt at Level 15. |
FE16 | Fistfaire Unarmed Combat Heal Brawl Avoid +20 Pneuma Gale | Class Ability of War Cleric. Class Ability of War Cleric. Class Ability of War Cleric. Mastery Ability of War Cleric. Mastery Ability of War Cleric. |
Promotions[]
Base Class | Promotion Method | Promoted Class | |
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FE13 | Cleric | Use a Master Seal on a Level 10+ Cleric. | War Cleric |
FE13 | Troubadour | Use a Master Seal on a Level 10+ Troubadour. | War Cleric |
FE16 | Any class | Use an Abyssian Exam Pass on a Level 20+ unit and pass the War Cleric Certification Exam. | War Cleric |
FEW | Cleric | Use a Master Seal on Lissa. | War Cleric |
Notable War Clerics[]
Awakening[]
- Lepus - One of the twelve Deadlords.
- L'Arachel (SpotPass)
- Possible Promotion for: Lissa and Maribelle.
Trivia[]
- War Clerics are, along with Dark Fliers, the rarest classes in Fire Emblem Awakening; both appear as enemies only in two chapters each in the game: Chapter 25 and Endgame (Dark Fliers) and Paralogue 9 and Chapter 22 (War Clerics).
- Despite being a combat class, War Clerics do not appear in skirmishes.
- The War Cleric class is considered to be the third female non-mounted class that can wield Axes (the first being the female Hero class and the second being the female Generals in the GBA games) in the series.
- In addition to this, Troubadours promoting into War Clerics is the first instance of a mounted class promoting into a non-mounted one.
- While a generic class portrait was created for Three Houses, it cannot be seen in gameplay as no generic War Clerics exist in any part of the game.
- In Fire Emblem: Three Houses, the War Cleric class is the ony way to give a female unit access to the Unarmed Combat ability