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Axe Knight
From Fire Emblem Wiki, your source on Fire Emblem information. By fans, for fans.
- For the class in TearRing Saga, see Saga:Axe Knight.
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The Axe Knight or Axe Cavalier (Japanese: アクスナイト Axe Knight) is a basic mounted class which debuted in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. It is one of the four weapon-specialist versions of the Cavalier, specializing exclusively in axes as its name suggests, and is a counterpart to the Free Knight/Sword Knight, Lance Knight and Arch Knight/Bow Knight.
Axe Knights are statistically very similar to their counterpart base mounted classes, but owing to their exclusive axe use their performance varies in practice. They are slowed down substantially by the sheer weight of their weapons of choice, but in exchange deal significantly greater damage on average with the higher might of axes. They also tend toward having bulkier defenses than their counterparts, with somewhat higher HP and defense. In Thracia 776, Axe Knights are forced to dismount to operate indoors, which forces them to wield swords instead of their usual axes, thus reducing the burden of axe weight upon them and making them faster and more accurate fighters.
In Genealogy of the Holy War, Thracia 776, and Radiant Dawn, Axe Knights promote to the Great Knight class (translated as Axe Paladin in Radiant Dawn), which in the latter game in turn promotes again to Gold Knight. In Path of Radiance, they instead promote to Paladin like their counterparts and have a choice of a new weapon type to wield upon promotion. In Engage, they can promote into Paladin or Wolf Knight.
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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
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| Thracia 776 | 20 | 3/2 | 0 | 3/2 | 4/2 | 0 | 3/2 | -- | 8/5 | 8 |  E,  E
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| Path of Radiance | 20/18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5/6 | 0 | 6/5 | 0/1 | 8 | 10/7 |  D
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| Radiant Dawn | 18 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 10 |  D
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| Engage | 23 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 |  B
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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
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| Thracia 776 | 80 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | -- | 20 | 20 |  A, A
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| Path of Radiance | 40 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 99 | A
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| Radiant Dawn | 40 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 99 | A
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| Engage | 69 | 40 | 21 | 41 | 37 | 30 | 27 | 29 | 20 | 12 | B
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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 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Path of Radiance (Male) |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | +23 | 15 | -- | -- |
| Path of Radiance (Female) |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | +22 | 15 | -- | -- |
| Radiant Dawn | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | +24 | 15 | -- | -- |
| Engage | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
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% | -- |
| Path of Radiance | 70/65% | 45/35% | 15/20% | 40% | 50/55% | 30% | 45% | 40/50% | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Radiant Dawn | 70% | 45% | 15% | 40% | 45% | 25% | 40% | 40% | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Engage | 10% | 10% | 0% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | -- | 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 Path of Radiance Radiant Dawn |
 Canto
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Innate; hidden and unnamed in all appearances except Radiant Dawn. |
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 Axe Knight class have the following class change option:
| Base class | Promotion method | Advanced class |
|---|---|---|
 Axe Knight |
Choosing the "Class change" option in a home castle after reaching level 20. |  Great 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 Axe Knight class have the following class change option:
| Base class | Promotion method | Advanced class |
|---|---|---|
 Axe Knight |
Using a  Knight Proof after reaching level 10.
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 Great Knight |
Path of Radiance
| Base class | Promotion method | Advanced class |
|---|---|---|
 Axe Knight |
Using a  Master Seal after reaching level 10, or reaching level 21.
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 Paladin |
Radiant Dawn
| Base class | Promotion method | Advanced class | Promotion method | Master class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Axe Knight |
Using a  Master Seal after reaching level 10, or reaching level 21.
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Axe Paladin |
Using a  Master Crown after reaching level 10, or reaching level 21.
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Gold Knight |
Engage
| Base class | Promotion method | Advanced class |
|---|---|---|
 Axe Cavalier |
Using a  Master Seal after reaching level 10.Using a Master Seal after reaching level 10 and having  proficiency.
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 Paladin or  Wolf Knight |
| Promotion choice criteria: The player may freely choose. |
Playable Axe Knights
| Playable units | |
|---|---|
| Name | Game |
| Lex | Genealogy of the Holy War (First generation) |
| Iuchar | Genealogy of the Holy War (Second generation) |
| Brighton | Thracia 776 |
| Hicks | Thracia 776 |
| Kieran | Path of Radiance |
| Playable Axe Knight units in the Fire Emblem series. |
Flavor text
| Game | Text (English) |
Text (Japanese) |
|---|---|---|
| Path of Radiance | Mounted knights with swift movement who
can wield a variety of weapons. |
馬上でよろいに身をかため
武器を自在にあつかいます 移動力にすぐれます |
| Radiant Dawn (class roll) |
Knights whose mounts carry them
quickly across the battlefield. They wield axes. |
騎馬で戦場を駆ける騎士
斧を武器とする |
| Radiant Dawn (help) |
Mounted knights who have
mastered both horsemanship and the art of the axe. |
馬を自在に操り移動力に優れる騎士
斧を専門に扱って戦う 他に弓騎士・剣騎士・槍騎士がいる |
| Engage | Axe-wielding knights who ride
freely about the battlefield. They strike a good balance of skills. |
馬を自在に操り、移動力に優れる斧騎士。
能力のバランスが良い。 |
Trivia
- The Axe Knight's flavor text in Path of Radiance is shared with the Sword Knight, Lance Knight, and Bow Knight classes.
Etymology and other languages
| Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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| Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
| English |
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| Spanish |
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| Italian |
Cavaliere ascia |
Axe cavalier. Abbreviated to Cav. ascia in Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn due to space restrictions. |
| Korean |
액스 나이트 |
Axe knight |
| Simplified Chinese |
斧骑士 |
Axe knight |
| Traditional Chinese |
斧騎士 |
Axe knight |
Gallery
Official artwork
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Artwork of an Axe Knight from the Trading Card Game.
Portraits
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The generic Axe Knight portrait in Genealogy of the Holy War. -
The generic Axe Knight portrait in Thracia 776.
Screenshots
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An enemy Axe Knight in Path of Radiance. -
An enemy Axe Knight in Radiant Dawn.
See also
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This article is part of Project Classes, a project focused in writing articles for every class present in the Fire Emblem series. |
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| Classes in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 | ||||||
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| Classes in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance | ||||||
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| Classes in Fire Emblem Engage | ||||||
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