War Monk

War Monk Libra as a War Monk in Awakening. A holy warrior who can use some magic, the War Monk is skilled with axes and in hand-to-hand combat.

Unit type(s) Infantry Weapon(s) Axe, Staff (Awakening) Various, including magic (Three Houses) Axe, Brawling, White magic (Three Houses; specialty) Skill(s) Rally Luck, Renewal (Awakening) Fistfaire, Unarmed Combat, Heal, Brawl Avo +20, Pneuma Gale (Three Houses)

The War Monk (Japanese: バトルモンク Battle Monk) is an advanced class debuting in Fire Emblem Awakening. It is one of the class change options available to Priests, and is the male version of the otherwise identical War Cleric. It gains the use of axes alongside staves.

The class appears in Three Houses as downloadable content, as part of the Cindered Shadows side story. It becomes available in the main story after completing the first chapter of this side story. In this game, the class wields magic due to the absence of staves, and specializes in brawling in addition to axes, gaining access to the Fistfaire skill to facilitate this. It is one of only three classes available to the player in Three Houses to have access to both brawling and magic, along with War Cleric and Enlightened One. However, War Monks have only half of the normal amount of uses of their spells.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Awakening	24	5	5	4	6	0	6	6	6	--	E E
Three Houses	32	17	10	10	10	10	14	11	6	--	--

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Awakening	80	40	40	38	41	45	38	43	8	--	A A

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon level
Awakening	45/90%	15/40%	15/35%	10/30%	15/45%	0/45%	10/30%	10/40%	--	--	--	--
Three Houses	40%	10%	5%	10%	0%	0%	0%	5%	5%	--	--	+1 +3 +1

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

Class modifiers

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Movement
Three Houses	3	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Awakening	Rally Luck	Learned at Level 5.
Awakening	Renewal	Learned at Level 15.
Three Houses	Fistfaire	Innate.
Three Houses	Unarmed Combat	Innate.
Three Houses	Heal	Innate.
Three Houses	Brawl Avo +20	Class mastery. (150 class Exp required)
Three Houses	Pneuma Gale	Class mastery. (150 class Exp required)

In Three Houses, War Monks can additionally use black magic, white magic, and dark magic. However, they are limited to half of their uses.

Class change

Awakening

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Priest	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10.	War Monk or Sage
Promotion choice criteria: The player can freely choose

Three Houses

Base class	Certification requirements	Special class
Any class	Level 20 Abyssian Exam Pass B+, C+	War Monk
This class is only available for male units.

Playable War Monks

Playable Characters
Name	Game
Libra	Awakening
Balthus	Three Houses
Playable War Monk units in the Fire Emblem series.

Notable enemy War Monks

Enemy Units
Name	Game
Moulder	Awakening (DLC episodes Smash Brethren 2 and Smash Brethren 3)
Balthus	Three Houses
Enemy War Monk units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Awakening	A seasoned priest who heals with staves and hurts with axes.	斧を振るって戦う聖職者。 杖に加え、斧も使える上級職。
Three Houses	A holy warrior who can use some magic, the War Monk is skilled with axes and in hand-to-hand combat.	篤き信仰を胸に、斧や拳を振るう 強力な戦土。 魔法が少し使える兵種。

Trivia

• In Awakening, enemy War Monks can potentially have the Resistance +2 skill, which War Monks cannot normally learn, though child units may inherit it from their mother or bonus units may have innately.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	War Monk	--
Japanese	バトルモンク	Officially romanized as Battle Monk.
Spanish	Monje soldado	Soldier monk
French	Moine guerrier	Warrior monk
German	Kriegsheiliger	War saint
Italian	Sacerdotte guerriero	Warrior priest
Korean	배틀 몽크	Battle monk
Simplified Chinese	武僧	Martial monk
Traditional Chinese	武僧	Martial monk

Gallery

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  Libra as a War Monk in Awakening.

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  The generic War Monk portrait in Awakening.

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  The generic Risen War Monk portrait in Awakening.

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  The generic War Monk portrait in Three Houses.

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  Ferdinand as a War Monk in Three Houses.

See also

• Butler
• Great Master
• War Cleric

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