Duke Knight

Duke Knight

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

Duke Knight (Japanese: デュークナイト Duke Knight) is an advanced cavalry class which was introduced in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. Appearing only in Genealogy and Thracia 776, it is the class-changed form of the basic Lance Knight class, and is the lance-wielding counterpart to the Ranger, Great Knight and Bow Knight. It is absent in Radiant Dawn, which replaces it with the functionally identical Lance Paladin.

The stats of Duke Knights are similar to those of their counterparts, with formidable strength and good skill and speed, although they tend to have have the lowest skill and speed of the four weapon-locked mounted classes. Duke Knights tend to be very sturdy, in spite of their weak resistance, with good HP and defense. Their greatest advantage is their high movement, as is traditional for mounted units, and their access to Canto. In Thracia 776, Duke Knights are forced to dismount to enter buildings or participate in chapters set entirely indoors, and when dismounted they are forced to use swords. Owing to their lower base weapon level with swords, this is a significant handicap.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War	40	12	0	7	7	0	8	3	9	--	A
Thracia 776	24	5/2	0	6/5	6/4	0	5/4	--	9/6	8	E, D

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War	80	27	15	22	22	30	23	18	9	--	A
Thracia 776	80	20	20	20	20	20	20	--	20	20	A, A

Miscellaneous data

Game	Tier	Movement type	Weakness	Experience	CRP	Gold	Vision	Weight mod.	Capacity	Size	Unit type
Genealogy of the Holy War	--	--	--	--	--	3,000	--	--	--	--	--
Thracia 776 (Mounted)	--	--	--	--	4	--	3	--	--	--	--
Thracia 776 (Dismounted)	--	--	--	--	3	--	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	70%	30%	5%	30%	20%	20%	30%	--	--	30%	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.

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 that change into the Duke Knight class have the following class change option:

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

Thracia 776

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

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Lance Knight	Using a  Knight Proof after reaching level 10.	Duke Knight

Playable Duke Knights

Playable units
Name	Game
Quan	Genealogy of the Holy War (First generation)
Glade	Thracia 776
Playable Duke Knight units in the Fire Emblem series.

Notable enemy Duke Knights

Enemy units
Name	Game
Elliot	Genealogy of the Holy War (First generation)
Zane	Genealogy of the Holy War (First generation)
Enemy Duke 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)	• Duke Knight • Banneret	• Used in the Genealogy of the Holy War and Thracia 776 fan translations. In older versions, it was contracted to "DukeKnt" in status menus owing to space limitations. • Used in the "Lil' Nordion" fan translation.
Japanese	デュークナイト	Duke Knight

Gallery

Portraits

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  The generic Duke Knight portrait in Genealogy of the Holy War.
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  The generic Duke Knight portrait in Thracia 776.

See also

• Ranger/Blade Paladin
• Bow Knight/Bow Paladin
• Great Knight/Axe Paladin
• Lance Paladin

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