Emperor

The Emperor class is an enemy only class featured in Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem, Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War, and Fire Emblem: Shin Monshō no Nazo but also appears in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 as an unused class. Often the class is only used by the games villains, but in Genealogy of the Holy War one enemy in the arena used it as well.

Emperors are the ultimate foot-based class in any game they appear in, have very high stats and in Genealogy of the Holy War they can use most weapons. Emperors also have capped out speed and resistance stats, an area where Generals rarely do well in.

Despite appearing to be armored, Armorslayers only affect them in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War.

The Fire Emblem: Binding Blade class King is noted to be similar to the Emperor class. The main difference being Emperors always can use lances in some form, while kings only use swords, however the staff form of the Eckesachs held by Zephiel, the only King, is reminiscent of a lance. The Emperor class in Fire Emblem: Shin Monshō no Nazo even looks identical to the King class of Binding Blade.

Notable Emperors

 * FE3: Hardin
 * FE4: Arvis, Zeus (Arena Enemy)

Weapons
FE3: Lance FE4: Sword, Lance, Axe, Bows, Staff, Fire, Thunder, Wind

Class Change
FE3, FE4: None (Promoted)

Base Stats
FE3 FE4 MHP  50   35 STR  20   15 MAG   -   15 SKL  20   15 WLV   -    - SPD  20   15 LUK   0    0 DEF  20   15 RES  20   15 MOV   5    5 CEX    60    -

Maximum Stats
FE3 FE4 MHP  52   80 STR  20   30 MAG   -   30 SKL  20   30 WLV  20    - SPD  20   30 LUK  20   30 DEF  20   30 RES  20   30 MOV  12    -

Class Skills
FE3: N/A FE4: Charm, Great Shield

Trivia

 * The Emperor class is depicted with a scythe in two pieces of official art, though this has yet to appear in any games as an actual weapon. However, Gargoyles used scythes in their animations in Fire Emblem Gaiden.
 * Emperors are the only lance class in Fire Emblem: Shin Monshō no Nazo ~Hikari to Kage no Eiyū~ to have a double attack animation.