Bow Knight

Bow Knight
Generic class portrait of a Bow Knight from Fates.
First Seen	Fire Emblem Gaiden
Promotes From	Sniper (FE2 only) Arch Knight (FE4-5) Archer (FE13 only) Mercenary (FE13-14) Outlaw (FE14 only)
Promotes To	Paladin (FE9) Bow Paladin (FE10)
Usable Weapon Types	Bow Sword (FE13-14)
Class Skills	Canto Rally Skill (FE13-14) Bowbreaker (FE13) Shurikenbreaker (FE14)
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Bow Knight (ボウナイト Bou naito) is a horse-mounted combat physical class that recurrently appears across the Fire Emblem Series, beginning from Fire Emblem Gaiden. Depending on the title that the Bow Knight class appears in, it acts as a first, second or third-tier class. Primarily armed with Bows as its weapon of choice, the Bow Knight class is, in later instalments, given the additional ability to wield Swords as its secondary weapon. This class is similar to the Nomadic Trooper in the Elibe series, being capable of of using Bows and Swords, the only difference is that the pre-promoted class is a mounted unit only capable of using Bows.

History in the Series

In Gaiden, the Bow Knight class is the third-tier promoted form of the Sniper class, possessing an attack range of 1~5. They are renowned for being especially useful during stealth operations or when a unit requires protection.

In the Jugdral Series, the Bow Knight class is the promoted form of the Arch Knight class. There are no recruitable pre-promoted units of this class in either title.

In TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga, the Bow Knight class is known as the Bow Rider (ボウライダー Bou raidā, translated Ranger in the fan translation) and is an enemy-exclusive mounted class which can equip bows only.

In the Tellius Series, Bow Knights are a first-tier class that promotes into either Paladins in Path of Radiance or Bow Paladins in Radiant Dawn. In Radiant Dawn, the Bow Knight (弓騎士ボウナイト Bou naito) class can further promote into the Silver Knight class after promoting into the Bow Paladin class.

In Awakening, the Bow Knight class is one of the possible promoted forms of both the Archer and Mercenary classes. This incarnation of the class is able to wield Swords alongside Bows, drawing inspiration from the Ranger class from The Sacred Stones.

In Fates, the Bow Knight class is treated as a Nohrian class, acting as one of the promoted forms of both the Mercenary and Outlaw classes.

Overview

Awakening

In Awakening, the Bow Knight class's mounted status improves their Movement for almost all skirmishes. Their increased Speed is handy for double attacking enemies and Rally Skill is a fairly good skill for increasing the activation chance of their allies' skills. Their added ability to wield Swords also affords them an advantage when engaging in close-ranged combat. Bowbreaker, conversely, is good for dealing with bow-wielding units such as Snipers, as they often carry the omnipresent threat of being armed with Killer Bows during Wi-Fi battles. Bow Knights also have decent Skill, allowing them to perform critical attacks more frequently than many other classes.

Fates

The Bow Knight class's stats in Fates are slightly altered as compared to the ones in Awakening; they have a slightly higher Resistance than Defense, effectively making them decent magic killers. Rather then having Bowbreaker (which is now learned by Sorcerers), Bow Knights learn Shurikenbreaker instead, allowing them to fell hidden weapon wielders with ease.

In-Game

Base Stats

	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Con	Wt	Wlv	Cha
FE2	40	16	-	8	8	0	10	6	8	-	-	Bow
FE4	40	10	0	8	8	0	8	3	9	-	-	A
FE5 (Mounted)	24/20	5/4	1	6	6/7	0	5	-	9	7/5	-	D
FE5 (Dismounted)	24/20	4/3	1	5	4/5	0	4	-	6	7/5	-	D
TS	22	5	0	3	3	0	2	-	7	-	-	2
FE9	20/18	5	0	2	5/6	0	6/5	0/1	8	10/7	33/29	D
FE10	18	6	0	6	6	0	8	2	8	10	33	D
FE13	24	8	0	10	10	0	6	2	8	-	-	E E
FE14	18	6	0	8	9	3	5	6	8	-	-	E E

Maximum Stats

	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Con	Wt	Wlv	Cha
FE2	52	40	-	40	40	40	40	40	8	-	-	Bow
FE4	80	25	15	23	23	30	23	18	9	-	-	A
FE5	80	20	20	20	20	20	20	-	20	20	-	A
TS	60	20	15	18	18	30	17	-	12	-	-	17
FE9	40	20	15	20	20	40	20	20	8	10/7	33/29	A
FE10	40	20	10	20	20	30	20	10	8	10	33	A
FE13	80	40	30	43	41	45	35	30	8	-	-	A A
FE14	55	29	25	32	33	30	27	32	8	-	-	B A

Growth Rates

	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Con	Wt	Wlv	Cha
FE9	70/65%	45/35%	15/20%	40/40%	50/55%	30/30%	45/45%	40/50%	-	-	-	-
FE10	75%	50%	15%	40%	45%	25%	40%	30%	-	-	-	-
FE13	50%	20%	0%	25%	20%	0%	5%	5%	-	-	-	-
FE14	10%	10%	0%	15%	15%	10%	0%	10%	-	-	-	-

Class Skills

	Skill	Requirements
FE4	Re-Move	Hidden innate skill of all mounted and flying units.
FE10	Canto	Base skill of all mounted and flying units.
FE13	Rally Skill Bowbreaker	Learnt at Level 5. Learnt at Level 15.
FE14	Rally Skill Shurikenbreaker	Learnt at Level 5 and above. Learnt at Level 15 and above.

Promotions

	Base Class	Promotion Method	Promoted Class
FE2	Sniper	Visit Shrine after reaching Level 10.	Bow Knight
FE4	Arch Knight	Choose the "Class Change" option in the Home Castle when the relevant unit reaches Level 20.	Bow Knight
FE5	Arch Knight	Use a Knight Proof on a Level 10+ Arch Knight.	Bow Knight
FE9	Bow Knight	Use a Master Seal on a Level 10+ Bow Knight.	Paladin
FE10	Bow Knight	Use a Master Seal on a Level 10+ Bow Knight or train a Bow Knight to Level 21.	Bow Paladin
FE13	Mercenary	Use a Master Seal on a Level 10+ Mercenary.	Bow Knight
FE13	Archer	Use a Master Seal on a Level 10+ Archer.	Bow Knight
FE14	Mercenary	Use a Master Seal on a Level 10+ Mercenary.	Bow Knight
FE14	Outlaw	Use a Master Seal on a Level 10+ Outlaw.	Bow Knight

Notable Bow Knights

Gaiden

• Gazelle - Boss of Chapter 3 in Alm's route.
• Possible promotion for: Python, Leon, Kliff*, Tobin*, Gray*, Atlas*, Saber**, Kamui**, Jesse** and Deen**.

* - If one of the villagers can promote into the Archer class in Fire Emblem Gaiden.
** - If one of the Mercenaries/Myrmidons can promote into the Dread Fighter class can promote back to Villager if able to promote into the Archer class.

Genealogy of the Holy War

• Andorey - The Duke of Jungby in the first generation, he killed his father to usurp the position.
• Promotion for: Midayle, Lester and Deimne.

Thracia 776

• Promotion for: Robert and Selfina.

Path of Radiance

• Astrid - Member of Begnion's noble House Damiel and later member of the Crimean Royal Knights.

Awakening

• Ezra - A kidnapper and slave trader who attempts to abduct Noire.
• Bovis - One of the twelve Deadlords.
• Possible promotion for: Virion, Gregor, Inigo, Severa and Noire.

Fates

• Possible promotion for: Laslow, Selena, Soleil, Niles, Nina and Anna.

Gallery

Concept artwork of the male variant of the Bow Knight class from Awakening.

Concept artwork of the female variant of the Bow Knight class from Awakening.

A Level 1 generic Bow Knight, as he appears in the second series of the TCG.

CG portrait of a generic Bow Knight from Genealogy of the Holy War.

Portrait of a generic Bow Knight from Awakening.

Battle model of an enemy Bow Knight from Gaiden.

Battle model of a Bow Rider from TearRing Saga.

Battle model of Virion, a male Bow Knight in Awakening.

Battle model of Noire, a female Bow Knight in Awakening.

Battle model of Selena, a female Bow Knight from Fates.

Map sprite of the Bow Knight class from Gaiden.

Map sprite of the Bow Knight class from Genealogy of the Holy War.

Map sprite of the Bow Knight class from Thracia 776.

Map sprite of the Bow Rider class from TearRing Saga.

Map model of Astrid, a Bow Knight from Path of Radiance.

Map sprite of the Bow Knight class from Awakening.

Map sprite of the Bow Knight class from Fates.