Kumagera

Kumagera
Game Data
Game	Fire Emblem Fates
First Seen	Conquest Chapter 14: Voice of Paradise
Starting Class	Oni Chieftain
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Kumagera (クマゲラ) is a capturable boss character in Fire Emblem Fates in the Nohr route.

Profile

A General of Hoshido, Kumagera seeks King Garon of Nohr’s life so as to end the war. Despite this, Kumagera seems to be merciful, giving the Avatar two chances to withdraw their troops, and be spared.

After the mysterious songstress performs her dance, Garon is in extreme pain. Believing that the songstress was responsible for indirectly hurting Garon with a curse, Iago attempts to capture her. However, the songstress has already left, and quickly the Hoshidan troops move in, led by Kumagera, who wants to kill Garon to end the war. Kumagera is immediately accused by Leo for hurting Garon via the songstress, however Kumagera tells him that he doesn't know the songstress at all. After giving the Avatar two chances to surrender, he prepares for battle. However, he is ultimately killed or captured depending on the player's decision.

In Game

Growth Rates

HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Luk	Def	Res
75%	75%	25%	45%	30%	15%	65%	15%

• Note: Growth Rates are based on the character in their joining class

Class sets

Oni Savage promotes to Oni Chieftain or Blacksmith.

As an enemy

Conquest Chapter 14: Voice of Paradise

• Normal
• Hard
• Lunatic

Starting Class	Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Move
Oni Chieftain	1	36	20	13	12	13	5	19	11	-
Skill			Weapon				Starting Items
Certain Blow			Axe - C Tome - C				Steel Throwing Club Ox Spirit

Starting Class	Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Move
Oni Chieftain	1	38	23	14	13	14	5	21	13	-
Skill			Weapon				Starting Items
Countermagic Darting Blow Certain Blow			Axe - C Tome - C				Steel Throwing Club Ox Spirit

Starting Class	Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Move
Oni Chieftain	1	38	23	14	13	14	5	21	13	-
Skill			Weapon				Starting Items
Countermagic Darting Blow Certain Blow			Axe - A Tome - B				Steel Throwing Club Ox Spirit

Overview

As a boss, Kumagera has a few tricks up his sleeve that may catch players unaware, despite his relatively mundane stats. On Hard mode and higher, he gains access to Countermagic and Darting Blow. Attempting to exploit his seemingly poor resistance can prove lethal, and he is fairly adept at doubling things during enemy phase. His Critical rate is fairly decent, as well. Finally, on hard mode and higher, a Shrine Maiden with Entrap is positioned right by him. If a stray unit gets pulled in, he or she will be locked in a virtual duel to the death with the boss. Killing Kumagera prematurely would be unfortunate, as he may be captured and recruited. Doing so will require the player to defeat him with Niles, which could be daunting if Niles has been poorly trained.

As a playable unit, Kumagera is quite useful, assuming he was captured on hard mode or higher. He has excellent HP and Defense, and his speed is good enough to avoid being doubled by most enemy classes. His Countermagic will protect his low resistance and dish back punishment against units trying to attack him with a magic weapon. Darting Blow will also allow him to double units that are at or below his speed value when he initiates an attack against the enemy. Since Kumagera starts off as a level 1 Oni Chieftain, he can learn his class' skills; Death Blow and Counter. Players can stack Death Blow with a high critical hit weapon so that Kumagera can land critical hits quite often on the enemy. Counter will add more to his defenses, especially on Hard or Lunatic mode as he basically becomes a powerful threat where only bow users can fight him without having to suffer reflect damage.

As an Oni Chieftain, Kumagera's base class is the Oni Savage. His reclassing option is the Blacksmith class. From the Blacksmith class, Kumagera can learn Salvage Blow and Lancebreaker. Salvage Blow is almost useless due to his abysmal luck but Lancebreaker will help him deal with lance users better, especially if he is using inversed weapons.

Quotes

“We're not leaving until King Garon has met his maker. Stay out of our way!”
—Kumagera's pre-battle quote.

“Damn you... King Garon...”
—Kumagera's death quote

Etymology

Kumagera is the Japanese name for the Black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius). 

This bird-based naming convention is shared with Haitaka, another capturable Hoshidan general.

Kuma and gera can also translate to bear and galley respectively, fitting both his physical build and his role as a general.

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