Trainee is a classification of certain Classes throughout the Fire Emblem series.
Overview[]
The Trainee class are a series of classes in various Fire Emblem games denoting a relatively inexperienced combat character. In most games, they are either an average Villager who is suddenly thrust into war and join the main protagonists causes. Other times, they are young recruit units who are at the very beginning of their formal combat training.
Nonetheless, a Trainee class is usually denoted as a starting class with low long-term potential in order to encourage the player to promote the character as soon as possible. Fans of the franchise usually consider the Trainee classification as lower than the average first tier class such as the Cavalier or Mage classes since most Trainee classes promote into them.
The Trainee class is often associated with the Kliff Archetype. Such units begin with horrible starting stats, but overcome things thanks to spectacular growth rates, denoting a hidden potential that emerges over the course of the war. This often leads to some of the statistically strongest units in the player's hands if they devote resources to fostering their growths.
Trainee Classes[]
Fire Emblem Gaiden/Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia[]
In Gaiden, the only Trainee class in the game is the Villager. The class is able to change into almost every first-tier class in the game.
Male Villagers can promote to:
Female Villagers can promote to:
In addition, Dread Fighters can promote back into Villagers.
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones[]
In The Sacred Stones, the Trainee classes comprise of Pupil, Journeyman, and Recruit. In this game, Trainees automatically promote at level 10 before the start of a chapter. If both routes in game has been completed, the classes gain the ability to class change into a Super Trainees.
There was also the Probation Flier class, which is an unused class that existed in early development and was probably a Trainee type class.
Journeyman class can promote to:
- Fighter
- Pirate
- First Tier Journeyman
Recruit class can promote to:
Pupil class can promote to:
Fire Emblem: Three Houses[]
In Three Houses, the Trainee classes comprise of Noble and Commoner. The starting classes of students at the Officers Academy, these classes have access to various weapon types and movement types that they can advance through via training. Upon reaching a minimum rank in one of these areas they can promote to: