Poleaxe

Poleaxe
Concept artwork of the Poleax from Path of Radiance.
Name (JP)	ポールアクス
Name (Localized)	Halberd
First Seen	Thracia 776
Weapon Type	Axe
Most Common Rank	Varies
Uses	Varies
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“An axe weapon effective against cavalry.”
—In-game description, Shadow Dragon and New Mystery of the Emblem

The Poleaxe is an Axe that appears in several titles across the Fire Emblem series. This axe's most notable characteristic is its ability to inflict effective damage to cavalry units. In light of the abundance of cavalry units across the series, the Poleax is thus considered to be extremely useful for both the player and the enemy.

Overview

The Poleax is analogous to the Longsword and Ridersbane. While the Poleax is comparatively more common than the Longsword, this is offset by it being less accurate. While it usually appears alongside the similar anti cavalry weapons, Tear Ring saga deviates from this as the poleax appears as the only common anti cavalry weapon.

Berwick Saga features the same Horse Killing Poleax weapon, which directly deals damage to the rider's horse. The Poleax is not to be confused with the Halberd, a spear type weapon.

This axe precedes the Iron, Steel and Silver line of axes that is introduced in Radiant Dawn, which act as the axe equivalent of blades and do not deal effective damage to cavalry.

Weapon Stats

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Name					Type
Poleaxe					Axe
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
C	20	15	60%	0%	1	17	1	2,200
Effect
Inflicts effective damage against cavalry units.

TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga

Name				Type
Poleaxe				Axe
WLv	WHp	Power	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	Worth
8	44	10	55%	0%	1	15	2,200
Effect
Inflicts effective damage against cavalry units.

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

Name					Type
Halberd					Axe
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
D	18	10	55%	0%	1	15	1	810
Effect
Inflicts effective damage against cavalry units.

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

Name					Type
Halberd					Axe
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
D	18	10	60%	0%	1	15	1	810
Effect
Inflicts effective damage against cavalry units.

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Name					Type
Poleax					Axe
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
D	18	10	60%	0%	1	18	2	810
Effect
Inflicts effective damage against cavalry units.

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon

Name					Type
Poleaxe					Axe
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
C	15	9	60%	0%	1	11	2	1,050
Effect
Inflicts effective damage against cavalry units.

Fire Emblem Heroes

• Poleaxe
• Poleaxe+
• Upgrades

Name		Type
Poleaxe		Axe
Mt	Rng	SP	Rarity
10	1	200
Effect
Effective against cavalry foes.

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

Name			Cost
Poleaxe+			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
Poleaxe			Axe
Rank	Mt	Worth	Slots	Seventh Slot
E	12	5500	1	-
Effect
Effective against Cavalry Units.

Item Locations

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Method	Location
Steal	Zile (Ch. 15)
Inventory	Hicks

TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga

Method	Location
Inventory	Zeek
Visit	M2 - Village
Armouries	M12 • M15 • M19 • M35

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

Method	Location
Treasure	Ch. 3 - Chest

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

Method	Location
Secret Shops	Eliwood's Story: Ch. 23 Hector's Story: Ch. 24

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

Method	Location
Dropped	Cyclops [4%/2.5%] • Tarvos [5%/0.6%] • Maelduin [5%/0.4%]
Treasure	Lagdou Ruins - Southwestern Chest [10%]

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Method	Location
Dropped	Enemy Axe Knight (Ch. 6) • Enemy Axe Knight (Ch. 17-2)
Vendors (Easy/Normal)	Ch. 17 • Ch. 25

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon

Method	Location
Treasure	Ch. 17x - Chest • Ch. 20x - Chest
Armoury	Online Shop
Secret Shop	Ch. 17

Notes

• While not stated, it can be presumed Poleax stopped being localized as "halberd" by Path of Radiance to avoid confusion with the Halberdier class, which cannot wield poleaxes.

Gallery

Artwork of the Poleaxe from TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga.

Sprite of Poleaxe from Fire Emblem Heroes.

An enemy Warrior wielding the Poleax in Path of Radiance.