Guardian

This article is about the class from Shadows of Valentia. For other uses of "Guardian", see Guardian (disambiguation).

Guardian The generic Guardian portrait in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. A knight who has crossed ages in the name of duty.

Unit type(s) Great Terror Armored Weapon(s) Lance Skill(s) Heavy Armor

The Guardian (Japanese: 守護者 Guardian) is a monster class appearing in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. It is a rare monster that occasionally appears in the Dragon Shrine and Duma Tower. Stat-wise, it possesses slightly higher attack and defense in exchange for lower resistance compared to the Fiend.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	40	24	--	5	3	0	20	7	5	--

Miscellaneous data

Game	Tier	Movement type	Weakness	Experience	CRP	Gold	Vision	Weight mod.	Capacity	Size	Unit type
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	--	Armor	Armored Great Terror	200	1	--	--	--	--	--	--

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon level
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	90%	55%	--	40%	20%	0%	55%	20%	--	--	--	--

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

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	Heavy Armor	Innate; hidden.

Additionally, Guardians possess passive skills marking them as promoted Terror units as well as armored units.

Class change

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Special class
Guardian

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	A knight who has crossed ages in the name of duty.	崇高な使命を持ち時代を 越えてさまよい続ける騎士

Trivia

• The class is very similar to the unused Guardian class in Mystery of the Emblem, as both are non-human versions of a promoted armored class.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Guardian	--
Japanese	守護者	Guardian
Spanish	Guardián	Guardian
French	Gardien	Guardian
German	Wächter	Guardian
Italian	Guardiano	Guardian
Dutch	Wachter	Guardian
Simplified Chinese	守护者	Guardian
Traditional Chinese	守護者	Guardian

See also

• Fiend

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