Master Knight (マスターナイト Masutānaito) is a horse-mounted combat magical class exclusive to Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War.
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Overview
Master Knight is a rare, and intentionally exemplary class offset by its rarity among the player's units. However certain NPC, and boss characters may use this class as well.
Master Knights are an unused class in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776. It can be seen the class remained mostly the same but lost the ability to use Light magic and would lose all weapons ranks but swords when Dismounted.
In the Fire Emblem: Trading Card Game, the Master Knight only uses physical weapons due to the card game having a four Weapon Type limit.
In Vestaria Saga I, the Master Knight is known as the Knight Master. It is a standalone class that wields Swords, Lances, Throwing Spears and Axes. Cromwell is the only playable Knight Master, but he can only be playable if Eddard is killed or not recruited.
Gameplay
Unlike other mounted classes in the same game, the Master Knight has high stat caps. It can use the widest variety of weaponry in the entire game, making it a very flexible class. However, the only two playable characters who can reach this class, Lachesis in Sigurd's story and Leif in Seliph's story, start out relatively weak and have insufficient holy blood to use any holy weapons.
In-Game
Base Stats
| HP | Str | Mag | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Mov | Con | Wt | Wlv | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FE4 | 40 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 9 | - | - |  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  C  A |
Maximum Stats
| HP | Str | Mag | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Mov | Con | Wt | Wlv | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FE4 | 80 | 27 | 22 | 27 | 27 | 30 | 27 | 22 | 9 | - | - | A A A A A A A C A |
Class Skills
| Skill | Requirements | |
|---|---|---|
| FE4 |  Pursuit | Base skill of the Master Knight class |
Promotions
| Base Class | Promotion Method | Promoted Class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FE4 |  Princess | Choose the "Class Change" option in the Home Castle when the relevant unit reaches Level 20. |  Master Knight |
| FE4 |  Prince | Choose the "Class Change" option in the Home Castle when the relevant unit reaches Level 20. |  Master Knight |
Notable Master Knights
Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
- Byron - Duke of Chalphy in the first generation and father of Sigurd and Ethlyn.
- Brian - Duke of Dozel in the second generation and son of Danann.
- Scipio - Duke of Yngvi in the second generation and son of Andrey.
- Promotion for: Lachesis, Leif
Vestaria Saga I
- Cromwell - A good and honest who captains the empire's 132nd Equestron.
Trivia
- The Master Knight's collection of nine weapon ranks have yet to be surpassed or matched in any game since.
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