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Axe General

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Axe General

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Seasoned Armored Axes, now promoted to General.

Unit type(s)

Armored

Weapon(s)
Skill(s)

Shove

The Axe General (Japanese: 斧武将グレートドゥクス Great Dux) is a class only found in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, which uses axes as well as swords. They can promote to the Marshall class, and theoretically a member of the Armor Axe class would become an axe general; however, there are no playable armor axes. Comparable classes are the Sword General and Lance General classes.

Axe generals have quite high stats, since they act as promoted classes. They have high strength and defense with good resistance, but as most axe-using classes do, they lack in skill. Also, they have below-average speed. These weaknesses do not prevent them from succeeding as sturdy front-line units in an army, and they appear often as enemies. The only playable axe general is Brom.

Stats

Base stats

Game HP Strength Magic Skill Speed Luck Defense Resistance Movement Constitution Weapon level
Radiant Dawn 34 19 5 18 15 0 20 10 6 13 Swords D, Axes C
Radiant Dawn
(Part 4 enemies)
39 21 7 20 17 0 22 12 6 13 Swords C, Lances D, Axes A

Max stats

Game HP Strength Magic Skill Speed Luck Defense Resistance Movement Constitution Weapon level
Radiant Dawn 45 28 15 25 22 30 30 20 20 99 Swords A, Axes S
Radiant Dawn
(Part 4 enemies)
55 35 18 33 28 30 34 28 20 99 Swords S, Lances A, Axes SS

Miscellaneous stats

Game Experience CRP Gold Weight mod. Capacity Vision Size
Radiant Dawn -- -- -- +10 30 2 --
Radiant Dawn
(Part IV enemies)
-- -- -- +10 60 2 --

Class growth rates

Game HP Strength Magic Skill Speed Luck Defense Resistance Charm Constitution* Movement* Weapon level
Radiant Dawn 60% 40% 45% 25% 25% 40% 50% 50% -- -- -- --
Radiant Dawn
(Part 4 enemies)
85% 75% 60% 70% 60% 65% 65% 85% -- -- -- --
See class growth rate for more details on the mechanics of class growths in each game.

Class skills

Game Skill Learning conditions
Radiant Dawn Shove Innate.

Class change

Radiant Dawn

Base class Promotion method Advanced class Promotion method Master class

Armored Axe
Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10, or reaching Level 21.
Axe General
Using a Master Crown after reaching Level 10, or reaching Level 21.
Marshall
  • Note: Armored Axes only appear as enemy units, and while they do have the ability to promote programmed in, it does not happen in an unmodified game.

Playable axe generals

Playable Characters
Name Game
Brom Radiant Dawn
Playable Axe General units in the Fire Emblem series.

Notable enemy axe generals

Enemy Units
Name Game
Ludveck Radiant Dawn
Enemy Axe General units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

Game Text
(English)
Text
(Japanese)
Radiant Dawn
(class roll)
Seasoned Armored Axes, now
promoted to General. There are
also Sword and Lance Generals.
経験を積んだ斧重装兵が昇格する
兵を束ねる将として活躍
他に剣武将・槍武将がいる
Radiant Dawn
(help)
Battle-hardened generals whose
axes and leadership skills are
as tested as their heavy armor.
経験を積んだ斧重装兵が昇格する
兵を束ねる将として活躍
他に槍武将・剣武将がいる

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language Name Definition, etymology, and notes
English

Axe General

Axe General. A general is a high-ranking military unit.

Japanese

斧武将グレートドゥクス

Officially romanized as Great Dux; literally "Axe General". In Radiant Dawn, all Japanese class names are spelled primarily in kanji (i.e. 斧武将), with a foreign-language name in katakana applied as furigana (i.e. グレートドゥクス) and used as the basis for the romanized name in the class roll. Dux is Latin for "commander" (later coming to mean "duke").

French

Général hache

Axe General. Abbreviated to Gén. hache in gameplay due to space restrictions.

See also

Project Classes.png This article is part of Project Classes, a project focused in writing articles for every class present in the Fire Emblem series.
Classes in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Base classes ArcherArmored AxeArmored LanceArmored SwordAxe KnightBanditBow KnightCitizenDracoknightFighterFire MageHorseLance KnightLight MageMyrmidonPegasus KnightPilgrimPriestSoldierSword KnightThiefThunder MageVendorWind Mage
Advanced classes Axe GeneralAxe PaladinBishopBlade PaladinBow PaladinClericDark SageDragonmasterDruidFalconknightFire SageHalberdierHeroLance GeneralLance PaladinLight SageRogueSniperSword GeneralSwordmasterThunder SageWarriorWind Sage
Master classes Arch SageAssassinBlack KnightChancellorDragonlordEmpressGold KnightLight PriestessMarksmanMarshallOrder IncarnateQueenReaverSaintSentinelSeraph KnightSilver KnightSpiritSummonerTruebladeValkyrieVanguardWhisper
Laguz classes Beast Tribe (CatLionLion KingTigerWolfWolf Queen) • Bird Tribe (HawkHawk KingHeronRavenRaven King) • Dragon Tribe (Black DragonRed DragonWhite Dragon)