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The Valkyrie is a horse-mounted combat and support magical class that first appears in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade. The standard promoted form of the Troubadour class, Valkyries wield staves as their primary equipment for support purposes. They are also capable of equipping weapons for offensive means as well, thought the specific weapon types vary between games.

History in the Series[]

Valkyries make their first formal appearance in The Binding Blade, where they are the sole promotion of the Troubadour class and wield Anima magic alongside staves. They return in the same capacity in The Blazing Blade.

In Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, Valkyries are armed with Light magic, and are a promotion option shared by both the Troubadour class and Cleric class. The Troubadour's alternate promotion option, Mage Knight, is a similarly mounted class that instead wields Anima magic.

In Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, Mist is the only playable Valkyrie. She can promote into this class from the Cleric class and can use both staves and swords, similar to the female Paladin from the Jugdral titles. Despite Mist riding a horse when in this class, she is immune to effective damage from cavalry unit-slaying weapons like the Horseslayer.

In Awakening and Fates, the Valkyrie class functions much as it does in The Binding Blade and The Blazing Blade, where it is one of the promoted forms of the Troubadour class and uses staves and tomes. Additionally, in Fates, the Valkyrie class is treated as a unisex Nohrian class called the Strategist. It is the first game in the series to allow male units to be a Valkyrie-equivalent class.

In Fire Emblem Warriors, the Strategist class reappears, where it is the personal promoted class of Elise. This version can use tomes and acts as a clone of the Dark Crusader class.

The Valkyrie class makes a return in Three Houses as a female-exclusive class first accessible in the Cindered Shadows DLC. A character must be level 20 or higher to take the Certification Exam using an Abyssian Exam Pass. The recommended level requirements are B or higher in Reason and B or higher in Riding. The class gives skill experience class bonuses to Reason, Riding, and Faith.

Overview[]

Combat[]

Valkyries are usually deployed as healers, but their fairly decent Magic can also be used for combat purposes. As they are battle maidens on horseback, they can move more spaces than Bishops can. Because of this, they are well equipped to support a fast-moving army without damaging the player's tempo, or to rush to the aid of far-off units in need of healing. Alternatively, if healing is not required, Valkyries can be effectively utilized for offensive purposes. Charges often depend on their ability to finish off most of the nearby enemies during the player phase, so this degree of flexibility is a welcome improvement over the likes of Troubadours and Clerics.

Stat-wise, Valkyries are similar to Bishops, save for their superior Speed and inferior Resistance. Valkyries can be used as a way to absorb hits from opposing magic units, but will often have trouble disposing of them on their own, especially ones that are fast enough to avoid getting doubled. Valkyries are thus best used to safely lure opposing mages into traps, or to protect their allies from enemy mages.

Valkyries are not without their weaknesses. As they typically promote from Staff users, they will usually start off using E-rank tomes, which hinders their otherwise decent magical offense. While they will generally inflict impressive damage to non-magical opponents that they can perform double attacks on, this is typically offset by their extremely poor defenses. This vulnerability causes them to risk being killed in just a few enemy onslaughts.

In-Game[]

Base Stats[]

HPStrMagSklSpdLckDefResMovConWtWlvCha
FE619-43504888- E C-
FE719-43504888- E C-
FE819-43504877- D D-
FE91945350388626 D C-
FE1043616182009229626 B A-
FE131905480388-- E E-
FE141607675278-- E E-
FE162051010999136-- B B0

Maximum Stats[]

HPStrMagSklSpdLckDefResMovConWtWlvCha
FE660-2724253024281520- S S-
FE760-252425302428720- S S-
FE860-252425302428720- S S-
FE960202624264020298626 S S-
FE1050253535343524369626 SS S-
FE1380304238434530458-- A A-
FE1445253328313325328-- B A-
FEW86815160751421525920515-- S -

Growth Rates[]

HPStrMagSklSpdLckDefResMovConWtWlvCha
FE645%-35%25%45%40%10%20%-----
FE745%-35%25%45%40%10%40%-----
FE845%-35%25%45%40%10%40%-----
FE950%35%40%30%45%40%10%45%-----
FE1050%25%45%45%30%85%30%40%-----
FE1335%0%20%10%20%0%5%15%-----
FE140%0%15%5%10%20%0%15%-----
FE165/20%0%5/15%0%-5/0%5/10%5%10/55%--- +3 +1 +310/15%

Class Modifiers[]

HPStrMagSklSpdLckDefResMovConWtWlvCha
FE161040-2/0002/12/0---2

Class Skills[]

SkillRequirements
FE9SolOccult skill of the Valkyrie and Paladin classes; assign with an Occult Scroll.
FE10Canto
Sol
Base skill of all flying and mounted units.
Mastery skill of the Valkyrie, Gold Knight and Silver Knight classes.
FE13Rally Resistance
Dual Support+
Learnt at Level 5.
Learnt at Level 15.
FE14Rally Resistance
Inspiration
Learnt at Level 5 and above.
Learnt at Level 15 and above.
FE16Canto
Black Magic Range +1
Dark Magic Range +1
Uncanny Blow
Class Ability of Valkyrie.
Class Ability of Valkyrie.
Class Ability of Valkyrie.
Mastery Ability of Valkyrie.

Promotions[]

Base ClassPromotion MethodPromoted Class
FE6TroubadourUse a Guiding Ring on a Level 10+ Troubadour.Valkyrie
FE7TroubadourUse a Guiding Ring on a Level 10+ Troubadour.Valkyrie
FE8TroubadourUse a Guiding Ring on a Level 10+ Troubadour.Valkyrie
FE8 ClericUse a Guiding Ring on a Level 10+ Cleric.Valkyrie
FE9
Cleric
Use a Master Seal on a Level 10+ Cleric.
Valkyrie
FE10
Cleric
Use a Holy Crown on a Level 10+ Cleric or train a Cleric to Level 21.
Valkyrie
FE13TroubadourUse a Master Seal on a Level 10+ Troubadour.Valkyrie
FE14TroubadourUse a Master Seal on a Level 10+ Troubadour.Strategist
FE16Any classUse an Abyssian Exam Pass on a Level 20+ female unit and pass the Valkyrie Certification Exam.Valkyrie
FEWTroubadourUse a Master Seal on Elise.Strategist

Notable Valkyries[]

The Binding Blade[]

The Blazing Blade[]

The Sacred Stones[]

Path of Radiance[]

  • Promotion for: Mist.

Radiant Dawn[]

  • Promotion for: Mist.

Awakening[]

Fates[]

Three Houses[]

Etymology[]

In Norse mythology, Valkyries were warrior-maidens and the handmaidens of Odin. They rode through battlefields (either on horseback, wolves or by flying) and brought the worthiest warriors among the slain to Valhalla, the heroes' heaven. They are associated with both ravens and swans. The name "Valkyrie" means "chooser of the slain."

Two named Valkyries are Mist and Sigrun.

Trivia[]

  • Only one Valkyrie other than Mist appears in Path of Radiance as part of Geoffrey's allied squadron of knights in Battle Reunion. While possessing a black-haired map model, through hacking, it can be seen that the ally Valkyrie's battle model is simply Mist's battle model.

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