Horseslayer

“A lance effective against cavalry.”
—In-game description, Shadow Dragon and New Mystery of the Emblem

The Horseslayer (ナイトキラー Naitokirā, lit. Knight Killer), also known as the Knight Killer in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and the Ridersbane in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, is a Lance that recurrently appears across the Fire Emblem series. Like the weapon's name suggests, it is one that is notable for its ability to inflict effective damage against units that are mounted on horseback.

The Horseslayer is the lance equivalent of the Poleaxe and the Longsword, the axe and sword (respectively) that also inflict effective damage to units mounted on horseback. The weapons are effective because of the abundance of horse-based mounted units across the series, both as playable characters and enemies. Of the three, the Horseslayer is considered to be the weakest statistic-wise, although it does possess a considerably higher Accuracy rate than the Poleaxe. This can be attributed to the fact that lances are generally more accurate than axes are.

In Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade, the Horseslayer is not effective against Nomads and Nomadic Troopers.

In Path of Radiance, Valkyries, despite being mounted on horses, do not sustain extra damage when the lance is wielded against them. While this might appear to be beneficial to such units, this is not necessarily true, as they are not renowned for their physical defensive capabilities.

In Awakening, the Beast Killer may be considered to be the replacement of the Horseslayer. This lance is by far superior to its predecessor, as it inflicts effective damage not only to horseback units, but also indiscriminately extends its special ability to any other unit that is beast-based (including Pegasi, Griffons and Taguels).

The lance reappears in the spin-off title Fire Emblem Warriors, serving the same purpose.

Weapon Stats

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light

Name				Type
Knight Killer				Lance
WLv	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	Worth
4	14	5	90%	0%	1	5	820
Effect
Inflicts effective damage against Social Knights.

Fire Emblem Gaiden

Name			Type
Knight Killer			Lance
Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt
3	85%	0%	1	1
Effect
Inflicts effective damage against mounted units on horseback.

Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem

Name				Type
Knight Killer				Lance
WLv	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	Worth
4	14	5	90%	0%	1	4	700
Effect
Inflicts effective damage against mounted units on horseback.

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

Name				Type
Knight Killer				Lance
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Rng	Wt	Worth
C	50	10	60%	1	16	5,000
Effect
Inflicts effective damage against mounted units on horseback.

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Name					Type
Knight Killer					Lance
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
B	20	14	60%	0%	1	13	1	3,000
Effect
Inflicts effective damage against mounted units on horseback.

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

Name					Type
Horseslayer					Lance
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
D	16	11	75%	0%	1	13	1	1,040
Effect
Inflicts effective damage against mounted units on horseback.

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade and Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

“Effective against cavalry.”
—In-game description, The Sacred Stones

Name					Type
Horseslayer					Lance
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
D	16	7	70%	0%	1	13	1	1,040
Effect
Inflicts effective damage against mounted units on horseback, Tarvos, and Maelduins.

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Name					Type
Knight Killer					Lance
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
D	18	7	70%	0%	1	16	2	1,170
Effect
Inflicts effective damage against mounted units on horseback.

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

Name					Type
Horseslayer					Lance
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
D	20	12	65%	0%	1	15	2	1,300
Effect
Inflicts effective damage against mounted units on horseback.

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon

Name					Type
Ridersbane					Lance
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
C	20	8	70%	0%	1	10	2	1,200
Effect
Inflicts effective damage against mounted units on horseback.

Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem

Name				Type
Ridersbane				Lance
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	WEx	Worth
C	20	8	70%	0%	1	2	1,200
Effect
Inflicts effective damage against mounted units on horseback.

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Name			Type
Ridersbane			Lance
Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt
4	80%	0	1	2
Effect
Teaches Anti-Cavalry

Forging
★			Mt	Hit	Crt	Wt
1	50		+1	+5
2		1	+3	+5	+5
3	80	1	+5	+5	+10	-1
Evolution
★			New weapon
1		1	Rhomphaia

Fire Emblem Heroes

Name		Type
Ridersbane		Lance
Mt	Rng	SP	Rarity
10	1	200
Effect
Effective against cavalry foes.

Name		Type
Ridersbane+		Lance
Mt	Rng	SP	Rarity
14	1	300
Effect
Effective against cavalry foes.

Name			Cost
Ridersbane+			350 SP, 500, 50
Type	HP	Mt	Spd	Def	Res
	+5	+ 2
	+5		+ 3
	+5			+ 4
	+5				+ 4
	HP+3. Neutralizes cavalry foes' bonuses (from skills like Fortify, Rally, etc.) during combat.
Effect
Effective against cavalry foes.

Fire Emblem Warriors

Name			Type
Horselayer			Sword
Rank	Mt	Worth	Slots	Seventh Slot
D	20~30	7000	-	-
Effect
Effective against Cavalry Units.

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Name					Type
Horseslayer					Lance
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	WEx	Wt	Worth
D	20	8	70%	0%	1	?	13	-
Effect
Effective against Cavalry foes.

Name					Type
Horseslayer+					Lance
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	WEx	Wt	Worth
D	25	8	90%	5%	1	?	13	-
Effect
Effective against Cavalry foes.

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