Death Knight

Death Knight
A knight in dark armor who is able to use magic and can move again after attacking.
Name (JP)	Reaper Knight (死神騎士, Shinigami Kishi)
First Seen	Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Promotes From	Paladin(FEW3H)
Usable Weapon Types	Lances Reason
Class Skills	Canto, Lancefaire
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The Death Knight is a character-exclusive Class that first appears in Fire Emblem: Three Houses. It is the unique class of a character whose true identity is hidden.

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What is the unique class of the Death Knight in Fire Emblem: Three Houses?

In Fire Emblem: Three Houses, the Death Knight is a distinct class exclusive to a character with a concealed identity. This class excels in wielding Lances and magic, and possesses the capability to reposition after an attack. The class skills of the Death Knight include Canto and Lancefaire.

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What is the primary weapon of the Death Knight in Fire Emblem: Three Houses?

In Fire Emblem: Three Houses, the Death Knight primarily wields the Crescent Sickle, a lance-type weapon. Interestingly, when this weapon is in use, the animation resembles that of an axe swing.

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Who can defeat the Death Knight in the paralogue The Face in Fire Emblem: Three Houses?

In 'The Face Beneath' paralogue of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, the Death Knight's defeat involves strategic use of Gambits for weakening him, minimizing retaliation risk. Once his strength is reduced, a Horseslayer or Knightkneeler user can finish him off. Participants in this paralogue include Byleth, Mercedes, Caspar, and eight additional characters.

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How is the Death Knight functionally similar to the Dark Knight in Fire Emblem: Three Houses?

In Fire Emblem: Three Houses, the Death Knight and Dark Knight share key functional attributes. Both wield Lances and Reason magic with proficiency. The Death Knight possesses a unique ability, Canto, allowing him to move post-attack. Their identities are concealed, and they are recognized by their dark armor.

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What are the proficiencies of the Death Knight in Fire Emblem: Three Houses?

In Fire Emblem: Three Houses, the Death Knight excels in using Lances and magic. He possesses the class skill Canto, allowing him to move post-attack. Additional class skills include Lancefaire and Counterattack. The Death Knight's growth rates differ across stats like HP, Strength, Magic, Dexterity, Speed, Luck, Defense, Resistance, and Charisma, depending on whether you're playing Fire Emblem: Three Houses or Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes.

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Overview

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

The Death Knight is functionally similar to the Dark Knight, bearing a proficiency for Lances, Reason, and Riding. As an enemy, the Reason affinity of this class ultimately goes unused as the Death Knight solely uses Lances, namely his Scythe of Sariel as his primary weapon. Should he be defeated by Caspar in the paralogue The Face Beneath, he will instead wield a generic Brave Lance.

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As of Update 1.1.0, the Death Knight class is made playable, as a Unique class for Jeritza in the Crimson Flower route. The class itself plays like a melee-oriented version of the Dark Knight, as the Class Abilities it has are Canto and replaces both Black and Dark Tomefaire for Lancefaire, with no other Class abilities. The class also sacrifices its 5% growths in Strength and Charm for a 20% growth in HP, rather than 10%. That being said, Death Knight does have one thing going for it that sets it apart from Dark Knight: its Mastery Skill, which is Counterattack, which makes Jeritza a threat at all distances.

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Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes

The Death Knight reappears in Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, where he specialises in using lances once again, particularly the Scythe of Sariel.

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As an enemy, the Death Knight is only encountered under his masked guise in the Azure Gleam route, in Chapter 6 and Chapter 13; he appears unmasked as Jeritza in all other appearances (including when recruited).

The Death Knight class remains unique to Jeritza; if recruited in Azure Gleam, he joins having acquired the class; in Scarlet Blaze, he can acquire the class once Part II has been reached. The class replaces the Dark Knight class for Jeritza, meaning he is the only unit unable to acquire that class.

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In-Game

Base Stats

	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Con	Wt	Wlv	Cha
FE16	32	10	17	14	16	12	13	15	7	-	-	-	0

Growth Rates

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

HP	Str	Mag	Dex	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
20%	0/25%	10%	0%	-5/10%	0%	0/15%	5%	0%

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes

HP	Str	Mag	Dex	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
30%	25%	25%	0%	0%	0%	15%	15%	0%

Class Modifiers

	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Con	Wt	Wlv	Cha
FE16	5	3/2	0	0	1/3	0	3/2	3	3/0	-	-	-	0
FEW3H	800	7/5	0	0	2/5	0	5/3	5	7/0	-	-	-	1

Class Skills

	Skill	Requirements
FE16	Canto Lancefaire Counterattack	Class ability of the Death Knight class. Class ability of the Death Knight class. Class mastery ability of the Death Knight class.
FEW3H	Deadly Scythe Sword Buster Lv 5 Swordbreaker Dark Lance Solitary Stand Death Γ Counterattack	Class ability. Class ability. 1-star Class Mastery. 1-star Class Mastery. 2-star Class Mastery. 2-star Class Mastery. 3-star Class Mastery.

Promotions

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	Base Class	Promotion Method	Promoted Class
FEW3H	Paladin	Use a Master Seal on Jeritza once he has mastered the Paladin class.	Death Knight

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Notable Death Knights

Three Houses

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• Jeritza

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Trivia

• The Death Knight's mask and outfit bear a strong resemblance to the Fiend class from Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Gallery

The Death Knight's model in Three Houses

Artwork of the Death Knight from Three Houses

Artwork of the Death Knight from Fire Emblem Heroes by Yamao

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Jeritza as the unmasked Death Knight.

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