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The War Cleric is a class that debuted in Fire Emblem Awakening.

History in the Series[]

A class that is both physical and magical, the War Cleric class takes on both combat and support roles. It is one of the promoted forms of both the Cleric and Troubadour classes, employing Axes and Staves as its equipment of choice. The War Cleric class is the female equivalent of the War Monk class.

It, alongside the War Monk class, later returns as a DLC Class in Fire Emblem: Three Houses's Cindered Shadows DLC.

Overview[]

Combat[]

Awakening[]

War Clerics are a much more balanced healing unit compared to most commonly promoted healers in past Fire Emblem games. This class focuses mainly on durability rather than healing potency, given that their defensive caps are higher than those of their Skill and Speed.

When the War Cleric class is compared to the Sage class, its other promoted counterpart, it can be observed that it is superior in terms of Resistance with a cap difference of 9 points. Their caps in the Magic, Skill and Speed departments are, however, clearly inferior, the former stat being the reason why they are lacking in healing potency. Though the War Cleric will get attacked more often due to their lower Skill and Speed, they will take significantly less damage as compared to the Sage. The War Cleric class also provides one of the few HP regenerative skills in Awakening, Renewal. At the start of the Player's turn, all units equipped with this skill will recover 30% of their maximum HP, and is ideal for boosting the War Cleric's durability, preventing or reducing the need for them to be healed if they are injured. War Clerics are also treated as Mage units, allowing them to travel across sand-based terrain without any cost to their mobility.

Another interesting feature of this class is that their weapon of choice is the Axe, which favors high Attack in exchange for accuracy. The War Cleric is not exactly suited for an offensive role due to their rather mediocre Strength and semi-low Skill and Speed. Nevertheless, given their good defenses, they can operate as good anti-magic units as they can sustain hits from them and exploit their lower Defense.

Three Houses[]

In Three Houses, War Clerics and their sister class War Monks are made into an identical class that only differ in terms of a unit's outfit and gender. They have been revamped to be mainly a class that is proficient in using Gauntlets, with a secondary proficiency in Axes and Faith.

The class is notable for being the only class available to female units that specialises in brawling, as well as being one of few classes able to wield both gauntlets and magic, with the only others being the base Commoner and Noble classes, Trickster, War Monk, Mortal Savant, and the Byleth-exclusive Enlightened One. In terms of combat prowess, the War Cleric is comparable to a Grappler, with slightly different stats (having better HP, Strength and Resistance but worse Dexterity and Speed) and mage-like movement.

In-Game[]

Base Stats[]

HPStrMagSklSpdLckDefResMovConWtWlvCha
FE132455460666--AxeIconFE13 E StaffIconFE13 E-
FE1632171010101014116--FE16 brawl icon B+ FE16 faith icon C+0

Maximum Stats[]

HPStrMagSklSpdLckDefResMovConWtWlvCha
FE1380404038414538436--AxeIconFE13 A StaffIconFE13 A-
FEW97797144110107135571645--FEW Axe S FEW Staff-

Growth Rates[]

HPStrMagSklSpdLckDefResMovConWtWlvCha
FE1345%15%15%10%15%0%10%10%-----
FE1640/50%10/18%5/0%10/0%0%0%0/25%5/15%---FE16 axe icon +1 FE16 brawl icon +3 FE16 faith icon +15%

Class Modifiers[]

HPStrMagSklSpdLckDefResMovConWtWlvCha
FE16320100112---0

Class Skills[]

SkillRequirements
FE13LuckCryRally Luck
Renewal (FE13)Renewal
Learnt at Level 5.
Learnt at Level 15.
FE16Fistfaire FE16Fistfaire
Unarmed Combat FE16Unarmed Combat
Heal FE16Heal
Brawl Avo 20 FE16Brawl Avoid +20
Icon Combat Art FE16 BrawlPneuma Gale
Class Ability of War Cleric.
Class Ability of War Cleric.
Class Ability of War Cleric.
Mastery Ability of War Cleric.
Mastery Ability of War Cleric.

Promotions[]

Base ClassPromotion MethodPromoted Class
FE13FE13 Generic Cleric Map SpriteClericUse a Master Seal FE13 IconMaster Seal on a Level 10+ Cleric.FE13 Generic War Cleric Map SpriteWar Cleric
FE13 FE13 Generic Troubadour Map SpriteTroubadourUse a Master Seal FE13 IconMaster Seal on a Level 10+ Troubadour.FE13 Generic War Cleric Map SpriteWar Cleric
FE16Any classUse an FE16 Seal IconAbyssian Exam Pass on a Level 20+ unit and pass the War Cleric Certification Exam.FE16 War Cleric IconWar Cleric
FEW Warriors Lissa SpriteClericUse a Master Seal FE13 IconMaster Seal on Lissa.Warriors Lissa SpriteWar Cleric

Notable War Clerics[]

Awakening[]

Trivia[]

  • War Clerics are, along with Dark Fliers, the rarest classes in Fire Emblem Awakening; both appear as enemies only in two chapters each in the game: Chapter 25 and Endgame (Dark Fliers) and Paralogue 9 and Chapter 22 (War Clerics).
    • Despite being a combat class, War Clerics do not appear in skirmishes.
  • The War Cleric class is considered to be the third female non-mounted class that can wield Axes (the first being the female Hero class and the second being the female Generals in the GBA games) in the series.
    • In addition to this, Troubadours promoting into War Clerics is the first instance of a mounted class promoting into a non-mounted one.
  • While a generic class portrait was created for Three Houses, it cannot be seen in gameplay as no generic War Clerics exist in any part of the game.
  • In Fire Emblem: Three Houses, the War Cleric class is the ony way to give a female unit access to the Unarmed Combat ability

Gallery[]

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