War Master

War Master
Generic portrait of a War Master in Three Houses.
Name (JP)	ウォーマスター
First Seen	Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Promotes From	Noble/Commoner Grappler (FEWTH)
Promotes To	N/A
Usable Weapon Types	Axe Brawl
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The War Master class is a class that has been introduced in Fire Emblem: Three Houses. It is a male-exclusive infantry class who can pulverize their foes with their axes and their fists.

In Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, the class is restricted to Gauntlets.

Overview

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

War Masters boast good Strength and Speed growths, making them a good fit for physical attackers. However, their real party piece comes from their abilities. Axefaire and Fistfaire ensure they will dish out plenty of damage, while Critical +20 gives the user 4 chances to score a critical hit when attacking with Gauntlets, if they can double the opponent. Mastering this class nets the ability Quick Riposte and the combat art War Master's Strike. The former allows the user to always double attack opponents if the user is above 50% health on the opponent's turn, allowing slower characters like Raphael and Balthus to circumvent their Speed disadvantage. War Master's Strike deals effective damage to all enemies, which in combination with high-might Axes (or the Killer Axe) and the class's innate Critical +20 can potentially allow them to dish out absolutely ludicrous damage. Overall, the War Master is commonly regarded as one of the best endgame classes in Three Houses, with the only significant drawback being locked to males.

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes

As a gauntlet-wielding class in Three Hopes, the War Master is simply a promotion of the Grappler, where it has enhanced advantages over tome users due to an improved Tome Buster ability, while retaining the weaknesses against bows.

In-Game

Base Stats

	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Con	Wt	Wlv	Cha
FE16	33	20	10	14	16	12	15	10	6	-	-	A A	0

Growth Rates

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

HP	Str	Mag	Dex	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
40/60%	15/32%	0%	0%	10/20%	0%	0/35%	0%	5%	+3 +3

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes

HP	Str	Mag	Dex	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
30%	30%	0%	15%	20%	0%	0%	0%	10%

Class Modifiers

	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Con	Wt	Wlv	Cha
FE16	3	5	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	-	-	-	0
FEW3H	500	8	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	-	-	-	2

Class Skills

	Skill	Requirements
FE16	Axefaire Fistfaire Critical +20 Quick Riposte War Master's Strike	Class Ability of War Master. Class Ability of War Master. Class Ability of War Master. Mastery Ability of War Master. Mastery Ability of War Master.
FEW3H	Shatter Tome Buster Lv 4 Tomebreaker Whirlwind Kick Flamewhorl Kick Brawling Prowess Mighty Blow Piercing Cry Piercing Gaze Quick Riposte Prepared to Die	Class ability. Class ability. 1-star Class Mastery for Raphael and Balthus. 1-star Class Mastery for certain units. 1-star Class Mastery for certain units. 2-star Class Mastery for all units. 2-star Class Mastery for all units. 3-star Class Mastery for certain units. 3-star Class Mastery for certain units. 3-star Class Mastery for certain units. Innate Ability for certain units.

Promotions

	Base Class	Promotion Method	Promoted Class
FE16	Any class	Use a Master Seal on a Level 30+ male unit and pass the War Master Certification Exam.	War Master
FEW3H	Grappler	Use a Master Seal on a male unit that has mastered the Grappler class.	War Master

Notable War Masters

• Goneril - One of the Ten Elites, original bearer of the Crest of Goneril, and founder of House Goneril.
• Leopold - The Minister of Military Affairs, current head of House Bergliez, and father of Caspar, heralded as the strongest warrior in the Adrestian Empire.

Trivia

• There is a single female War Master in Three Houses, defending Claude on the Azure Moon route in The Golden Deer's Plea if Hilda was recruited. This is odd as War Master is a Male-only class. The female War Master in question uses a female Myrmidon model, and uses the male Warrior's animations despite there being a separate set of infantry axe animations for females.

Gallery

Caspar as a War Master in Three Houses

Balthus as a War Master in Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes

Raphael as a War Master in Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes