Bow Knight

Bow Knight
Bernadetta as a Bow Knight in Three Houses.
Name (Localized)	Bow Rider (TS1)
First Seen	Fire Emblem Gaiden
Promotes From	Sniper (FE2, FE15, FE16) Arch Knight (FE4, FE5) Archer (FE13) Mercenary (FE13, FE14) Outlaw (FE14)
Promotes To	Paladin (FE9) Bow Paladin (FE10) Oliphantier (FE15)
Move Type	Cavalry
Usable Weapon Types	Bow Sword (FE13, FE14) Lance (FE16)
Class Skills	Canto Rally Skill (FE13, FE14) Bowbreaker (FE13) Shurikenbreaker (FE14) Defiant Speed (FE16)
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Bow Knight 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 installments, given the additional ability to wield Swords as its secondary weapon.

History in the Series

In Gaiden and its remake Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, the Bow Knight class is the third-tier promotion of the Archer class family, possessing an attack range of 1~5. They are renowned for being especially useful during stealth operations or when a unit requires protection due to their ability to hit enemy units from a considerable distance.

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, 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 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.

In Three Houses, the Bow Knight is a class included in the Master Class curriculum, with the Bow Knight Certification exam requiring a unit to be Level 30 and to possess a C in Lances, and As in both Riding and Bows to pass. As such, it can be considered once more the promoted form of Snipers.

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 than having Bowbreaker (which is now learned by Sorcerers), Bow Knights learn Shurikenbreaker instead, allowing them to both hit and dodge shuriken/dagger 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
FE15	40	16	-	8	8	0	10	6	8	-	-

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%	-	-	-	-
FE15	120%	50%	-	50%	30%	0%	30%	0%	-	-	-	-

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.
FE15	Bowrange +2	Class skill of the Bow Knight and Sniper classes.
FE16	Bowrange +2 Bowfaire Canto Defiant Speed	Class ability of the Bow Knight class. Class ability of the Bow Knight class. Class ability of all mounted and flying units. Mastery ability of Bow Knights.

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
FE15	Sniper	Visit Shrine after reaching Level 10.	Bow Knight
FE15	Bow Knight	Visit the Altar of the Marksman when the relevant unit reaches Level 20.	Oliphantier

Notable Bow Knights

Gaiden

• Gazelle- Boss of Chapter 3 in Alm's route.
• Mueller- Boss of Chapter 4 in Alm's route.
• Aurum- A member of the Duma Faithful.
• Argentum- A member of thte Duma Faithful.
• 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.

Three Houses

• Easily (all 3 req's are strengths) accessible promotion for: Bernadetta, Leonie, and Cyril
• Accessible (2 out of 3 req's are strengths) promotion for: Hubert, Ferdinand, Ashe, Lorenz, Hanneman, Gilbert, and Shamir
• Riegan: Claude's distant ancestor from the time during Fodlan's War of Heroes.

Trivia

• In the opening cutscene in Fates, Bow Knights can be seen but only as unmounted units while in-game they are mounted units.

Gallery

Concept artwork of a Bow Knight from Radiant Dawn.

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.

Concept art of a female Bow Knight from Fates

Concept art of a male Bow Knight from Fates

Concept artwork of the Bow Knight class from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

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

Generic class portrait of a Bow Knight from Genealogy of the Holy War.

Portrait of a Crimean Bow Knight from Radiant Dawn.

Generic class portrait of a Bow Knight from Awakening.

Generic class portrait of a Bow Knight from Fates.

Generic class portrait of a Bow Knight from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Village sprite of a Bow Knight from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

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.

Battle model of a generic enemy Bow Knight from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

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.

A Bow Knight from Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.