Lance Knight

Lance Knight
First Seen	Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
Promotes From	N/A
Promotes To	Duke Knight (FE4/5 only) Paladin (FE9 only) Lance Paladin (FE10 only)
Usable Weapon Types	Lance, Sword (dismounted, FE5 only)
Class Skills	Canto
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The Lance Knight (ランスナイト Ransu Naito) is a horse-mounted combat physical class that rides into battle armed with Lances. Lance Knights are first introduced to the series in Genealogy of the Holy War, where they face stiff competition with other mounted classes that include Cavaliers, Free Knights, Axe Knights and Bow Knights. They return in Thracia 776, where they switch to wielding Swords in indoor battles with the introduction of dismounting mechanics. This feature is criticized for defeating the purpose of Lance Knights and thence making them inferior to the Cavalier class.

History in the Series

In its original inception in Genealogy of the Holy War and Thracia 776, the Lance Knight is one of the many mounted classes that appear in the Jugdral Series. Like its name suggests, the Lance Knight class specialises in Lances, promoting into Duke Knights when the requirements are met.

In TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga, Lance Knights are simply known as Lancers. Stat-wise, Lancers are similar to Soldiers, except that they are mounted. There are no playable Lancers.

The Lance Knight class is not seen again until Path of Radiance where it replaces Cavalier altogether, appearing along with the Axe and Bow Knights classes, all three classes promote into the shared Paladin class.

In TearRing Saga: Berwick Saga, the Lance Knight is known as the Spear Knight class, instead their promotion is titled Lance Knight, more like Lance Paladins in function. Their promotion, Lance Knight, has the Lance skill allowing them to use lance subtype of spears. Unlike Cavaliers, Spear Knights can only use Spears and Small Shields. There is also a weaker enemy variant of the class called Spear Rider. This enemy variant is a mounted Spear Soldier, similar to Lancers from Tearring Saga.

In Radiant Dawn, the Lance Knight (槍騎士ランスナイト Ransu naito) promotes into Lance Paladin and thereafter into the Silver Knight class when the necessary requirements are met.

In Vestaria Saga I, the Lance Knight wields Lances and Throwing Spears. It can promote in the Great Lancer.

In-Game

Base Stats

	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Con	Wt	Wlv
FE4	30	7	0	6	6	0	6	0	8	-	-	B
FE5 (Mounted)	20	3	0	3	4	0	3	-	8	7	-	E
FE5 (Dismounted)	20	2	0	2	2	0	2	-	5	7	-	E
TS	22	5	0	3	3	0	3	-	7	-	-	2
FE9	20/18	5	0	2	5/6	0	6/5	0/1	8	10/7	33/29	D
FE10	19	7/4	0/1	6/2	7/5	0	7/5	0/2	8	10/7	34/31	D

Maximum Stats

	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Con	Wt	Wlv
FE4	80	22	15	21	21	30	21	15	8	-	-	B
FE5	80	20	20	20	20	30	20	-	20	20	-	A
TS	60	20	15	18	18	30	18	-	12	-	-	17
FE9	40	20	15	20	20	40	20	20/15	8	10/7	33/29	A
FE10	40	20	10	20	20	30	20	10	8	10/7	34/31	A

Growth Rates

	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Con	Wt	Wlv
FE4	100%	30%	10%	30%	30%	0%	30%	10%	-	-	-	-
FE5	50%	20%	3%	15%	10%	10%	15%	-	0%	15%	-	-
FE9	70/65%	45/35%	15/20%	40%	50/55%	30%	45%	40/50%	-	-	-	-
FE10	70/45%	45/55%	15/20%	40/50%	45/55%	25/70%	40/20%	40/45%	-	-	-	-

Class Skills

	Skill	Requirements
FE10	Canto	Base skill of all mounted and flying units.

Promotions

	Base Class	Promotion Method	Promoted Class
FE4	Lance Knight	Choose the "Class Change" option in the Home Castle when the relevant unit reaches Level 20.	Duke Knight
FE5	Lance Knight	Use a Knight Proof on a Level 10+ Lance Knight.	Duke Knight
FE9	Lance Knight	Use a Master Seal on a Level 10+ Lance Knight.	Paladin
FE10	Lance Knight	Use a Master Seal on a Level 10+ Lance Knight or train a Lance Knight to Level 21.	Lance Paladin

Notable Lance Knights

Genealogy of the Holy War/Thracia 776

• Finn - A servant of Leonster who swore his loyalty to Quan and whose main objective in life is to protect Leif.
• Cain - One of Selphina's knights.
• Alva - One of Selphina's knights. Unusual in that he specializes in fighting dismounted with Swords.

Path of Radiance

• Oscar - A straightforward but accommodating member of the Greil Mercenaries who has good instincts.

TearRing Saga: Berwick Saga

• Sedor: A knight from the Raze Empire of common birth. His kind heart has earned him the love of Minas and consequently the jealousy of Baalzephon.
• Promotion for: Leon (Berwick Saga), Adel

Radiant Dawn

• Fiona - Ruler of the independent Marado territory in Daein.

Vestaria Saga I

• Urven - A baghatur from the Nyman League. Hoelun's elder cousin.

Vestaria Saga: The Holy Sword of Silvanister

• Alexander - A knight of Cordea and Hestion's best friend. He is the more laid-back of the duo.

Notes

• The Cavalier class only used Lances in Gaiden, making them very similar to Lance Knights.
• Lance Knights are the only tier 1 Horse Knight in Radiant Dawn to not have a speaking portrait.

Gallery

Concept artwork of the Lance Knight class from Radiant Dawn.

A Level 1 Lance Knight, as it appears in the first series of the TCG.

Finn as a Lance Knight in Genealogy of the Holy War.

Finn as a Lance Knight in Thracia 776.

Lancer's battle model in TearRing Saga

Spear Rider's battle model in Berwick Saga

The battle model of Leon, a on foot Spear Knight in Berwick Saga.

The battle model of Leon, a mounted Spear Knight in Berwick Saga.

Map sprite of the Lancer in TearRing Saga

Laverton as a Lance Knight in Radiant Dawn