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Axe Knight
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The Axe Knight (Japanese: アクスナイト Axe Knight) is a basic mounted class which debuted in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. It is one of the four weapon-specialist versions of the Cavalier, specializing exclusively in axes as its name suggests, and is a counterpart to the Free Knight/Sword Knight, Lance Knight and Arch Knight/Bow Knight.
Axe Knights are statistically very similar to their counterpart base mounted classes, but owing to their exclusive axe use their performance varies in practice. They are slowed down substantially by the sheer weight of their weapons of choice, but in exchange deal significantly greater damage on average with the higher might of axes. They also tend toward having bulkier defenses than their counterparts, with somewhat higher HP and defense. In Thracia 776, Axe Knights are forced to dismount to operate indoors, which forces them to wielde swords instead of their usual axes, thus reducing the burden of axe weight upon them and making them faster and more accurate fighters.
In Genealogy of the Holy War and Thracia 776, Axe Knights promote to the Great Knight class. In Path of Radiance, they instead promote to Paladin like their counterparts and have a choice of new weapon type to wield upon promotion. In Radiant Dawn, they promote to Axe Paladin, which in turn promotes again to Gold Knight.
Stats
Base stats
Game | HP | Strength | Magic | Skill | Speed | Luck | Defense | Resistance | Movement | Constitution | Weapon level |
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Genealogy of the Holy War | 30 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | -- | B |
Thracia 776 | 20 | 3/2 | 0 | 3/2 | 4/2 | 0 | 3/2 | -- | 8/5 | 8 | E, E |
Path of Radiance | 20/18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5/6 | 0 | 6/5 | 0/1 | 8 | 10/7 | D |
Radiant Dawn | 18 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 10 | D |
Max stats
Game | HP | Strength | Magic | Skill | Speed | Luck | Defense | Resistance | Movement | Constitution | Weapon level |
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Genealogy of the Holy War | 80 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 21 | 30 | 21 | 15 | 8 | -- | B |
Thracia 776 | 80 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | -- | 20 | 20 | A, A |
Path of Radiance | 40 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 99 | A |
Radiant Dawn | 40 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 30 | 20 | 10 | ? | ? | A |
Class growth rates
Game | HP | Strength | Magic | Skill | Speed | Luck | Defense | Resistance | Charm | Constitution* | Movement* | Weapon level |
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Genealogy of the Holy War | 100% | 30% | 10% | 30% | 30% | 0% | 30% | 10% | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Thracia 776 | 50% | 20% | 3% | 15% | 10% | 10% | 15% | -- | -- | 15% | 0% | -- |
Path of Radiance | 70/65% | 45/35% | 15/20% | 40% | 50/55% | 30% | 45% | 40/50% | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Radiant Dawn | 70% | 45% | 15% | 40% | 45% | 25% | 40% | 40% | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Class skills
Game | Skill | Learning conditions |
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Genealogy of the Holy War Thracia 776 Path of Radiance Radiant Dawn |
Canto | Innate; hidden and unnamed in all appearances except Radiant Dawn. |
Class change
Genealogy of the Holy War
Base class | Promotion method | Advanced class |
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Axe Knight |
Choosing the "Class change" option in a home castle after reaching Level 20. | Great Knight |
Thracia 776
Base class | Promotion method | Advanced class |
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Axe Knight |
Using a Knight Proof after reaching Level 10. | Great Knight |
Path of Radiance
Base class | Promotion method | Advanced class |
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Axe Knight |
Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10, or reaching Level 21. | Paladin |
Radiant Dawn
Base class | Promotion method | Advanced class | Promotion method | Master class |
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Axe Knight |
Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10, or reaching Level 21. | Axe Paladin |
Using a Master Crown after reaching Level 10, or reaching Level 21. | Gold Knight |
Playable Axe Knights
Playable Characters | |
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Name | Game |
Lex | Genealogy of the Holy War First Generation |
Iuchar | Genealogy of the Holy War Second Generation |
Brighton | Thracia 776 |
Hicks | Thracia 776 |
Kieran | Path of Radiance |
Playable Axe Knight units in the Fire Emblem series. |
Flavor text
Trivia
- The Axe Knight's flavor text in Path of Radiance is shared with the Sword Knight, Lance Knight, and Bow Knight classes.
- In Fire Emblem Heroes, generic axe-wielding cavalry units are known as Axe Knights in the Japanese version, but the English version translated it as Axe Cavalier rather than Axe Knight (Axe Knight instead being the English name of axe-wielding armored units).
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
English |
Axe Knight |
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Spanish |
Caballero hacha |
Axe knight. Abbreviated to Cab. hacha in gameplay due to space restrictions. |
French |
Cavalier bipenne |
Axe cavalier. Abbreviated to Cav. bipenne in Path of Radiance and C. bipenne in Radiant Dawn due to space restrictions. |
German |
Axtritter |
Axe knight |
Italian |
Cavaliere ascia |
Axe cavalier. Abbreviated to Cav. ascia in gameplay due to space restrictions. |
Gallery
Artwork of the Axe Knight from the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game.
The generic Axe Knight portrait in Genealogy of the Holy War.
The generic Axe Knight portrait in Thracia 776.
An enemy Axe Knight in Path of Radiance.
An enemy Axe Knight in Radiant Dawn.
References
See also
This article is part of Project Classes, a project focused in writing articles for every class present in the Fire Emblem series. |
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Classes in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 | ||||||
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