Arch Knight

For the class known as Arch Knight in the "Project Naga" patch of Genealogy of the Holy War, see Bow Knight.

Arch Knight

Unit type(s) Mounted (all titles) Infantry (replaces Mounted when dismounted; Thracia 776) Weapon(s) Bows Skill(s) Canto

The Arch Knight (Japanese: アーチナイト Arch Knight) class is a class of bow-using horseback riders exclusive to Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War and Fire Emblem: Thracia 776. It is similar to the Nomad class of Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade and The Blazing Blade and the Bow Knight class of Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. In its own games, the Arch Knight class appears along with the Free Knight (which uses swords), Lance Knight, and Axe Knight classes.

Arch knights are to attack from long range while easily able to move around. Additionally, if on horseback, they can move again after attacking if they have not moved their full amount of spaces. In Thracia 776, they can dismount from their horses for several purposes, such as entering buildings and negating certain weapons' effectiveness against them. They have very balanced stats, except for low resistance, which makes them vulnerable to magic attacks.

Arch knights promote to the Bow Knight class in both games.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War	30	7	0	6	6	0	6	0	8	--	B
Thracia 776 (mounted)	20/16	3/2	0	3	4/5	0	3	--	8	6/4	E
Thracia 776 (dismounted)	20/16	2/1	0	2	2/3	0	2	--	5	6/4	E

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War	80	22	15	21	21	30	21	15	8	--	B
Thracia 776	80	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	A

Miscellaneous data

Game	Tier	Movement type	Weakness	Experience	CRP	Gold	Vision	Weight mod.	Capacity	Size	Unit type
Genealogy of the Holy War	--	--	--	--	--	1,000	--	--	--	--	--
Thracia 776 (Mounted)	--	--	--	--	3	--	3	--	--	--	--
Thracia 776 (Dismounted)	--	--	--	--	2	--	3	--	--	--	--

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War	100%	30%	10%	30%	30%	0%	30%	10%	--	--	--	--
Thracia 776	50%	20%	3%	15%	10%	10%	15%	--	--	15%	0%	--

See class growth rate for more details on the mechanics of class growths in each game.

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Genealogy of the Holy War Thracia 776	Canto	Innate; hidden and unnamed in all appearances.

Class change

Genealogy of the Holy War

The class a unit changes into in Genealogy of the Holy War is determined by the unit and not the class; however, all units in the Arch Knight class have the following class change option:

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Arch Knight	Choosing the "Class change" option in a home castle after reaching level 20.	Bow Knight

Thracia 776

The class a unit changes into in Thracia 776 is determined by the unit and not the class; however, all units in the Arch Knight class have the following class change option:

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Arch Knight	Using a  Knight Proof after reaching level 10.	Bow Knight

Playable Arch Knights

Playable units
Name	Game
Midir	Genealogy of the Holy War (First generation)
Lester	Genealogy of the Holy War (Second generation)
Deimne	Genealogy of the Holy War (Second generation)
Selphina	Thracia 776
Robert	Thracia 776
Playable Arch Knight units in the Fire Emblem series.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English (unofficial)	• Arch Knight • Bow Knight • Archer Knight	• Used in older patches. • Used in the "Project Naga" patch. • Used in the "Lil' Nordion" patch.
Japanese	アーチナイト	Arch knight. "Arch" comes from "archer", not the prefix meaning highest.

Gallery

Portraits

• 
  The generic Arch Knight portrait in Genealogy of the Holy War.

See also

• Bow Knight
• Lance Knight
• Axe Knight
• Free Knight
• Sword Knight
• Nomad

This article is part of Project Classes, a project focused in writing articles for every class present in the Fire Emblem series.