Great Master

Great Master The generic Great Master portrait in Fates. Hoshidan. An enlightened monk who uses both rods and naginata.

Unit type(s) Unknown Weapon(s) Naginata, Rod Skill(s) Renewal, Countermagic

The Great Master (Japanese: 山伏 Yamabusi) is an advanced infantry class that debuted in Fire Emblem Fates. It is a Hoshido-aligned class and is a class change option for the Monk. Great Masters augment their support skills with rods with the ability to fight with naginata.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level

Maximum stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon level

See class growth rate for more details on the mechanics of class growths in each game.

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Fates	File:Is 3ds renewal.png Renewal	Learned from Level 15 and up.

Class change

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Monk	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10.	Onmyoji or Great Master
Promotion choice criteria: The player may freely choose.

Trivia

• The Great Master is one of only two explicitly male-only Hoshido classes, the other being the Monk.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Great Master	"Great Master" (大師 dàshī in Mandarin Chinese, or daishi in Japanese) is a style used when addressing Buddhist monks.
English (unofficial)	Mountain Priest	Popularly known by this name prior to the English release of Fates.

See also

• War Monk
• Priestess, the Great Master's female counterpart

This article is part of Project Classes, a project focused in writing articles for every class present in the Fire Emblem series.