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Barbarian

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Barbarian

Generic portrait barbarian fe12.png


A savage thug with high Str/Spd, but low Def.

Unit type(s)
  • Infantry (all titles)
  • Tribe (Mystery of the Emblem)
  • Backup (Engage)
Weapon(s)

Axe

Skill(s)

Despoil, Gamble (Awakening)

The Barbarian (Japanese: 蛮族 Barbarian) is a basic infantry class which was introduced in Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem. They are an axe-wielding class found only among enemies with the exception of Awakening; they play a similar role and have similar stats to several other enemy-only axe classes, such as the Brigand, Bandit and Pirate. Unlike these classes, Barbarians do not have any unique ability to cross terrain types that are otherwise difficult, if not impossible, to cross.

Barbarians also are treated similar to an advanced class in the original Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem as they have high base stats and give out Experience equal to promoted classes like Bishop and Horseman, though no class advances to Barbarian. In this game, Barbarians have low speed, but have very high defense in addition to usually wielding Devil Axes, which never backfire on them.

In Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem, Barbarians are a Basic class, but have high stat caps similar to a promoted class. Through hacking the game files, it can be seen Barbarians promote to Berserker.

Barbarians, like the other similar "criminal axe-fighter" classes, have very high strength and HP, as well as good speed. However, not only do they suffer from the traditional poor skill stat of axe-wielding classes, which along with the low accuracy of axes gives them poor hit rates, but they are also affected by terrible resistance, with their high HP failing to do much to mitigate this. Outside of the original Mystery of the Emblem, they also have terrible defense as well. Among enemies, this makes them risky to fight carelessly but relatively easy to quickly damage and defeat.

When the class became playable in Awakening, they also gained the ability to promote to the Berserker and Warrior classes, like the Brigand, Pirate and other similar classes did in earlier games. However, no standard playable character in Awakening joins as a Barbarian, and the player's sole access to the class is through reclassing compatible units.

Stats

Base stats

Game HP Strength Magic Skill Speed Luck Defense Resistance Movement Constitution Weapon level
Mystery of the Emblem 30 8 -- 0 4 0 8 0 6 -- Axe: 5
Genealogy of the Holy War 35 5 0 0 7 0 5 0 6 -- Axes B
New Mystery of the Emblem 18 7 0 1 8 0 4 0 6 -- Axes E
Awakening 22 8 0 3 8 0 3 0 5 -- Axes E
Engage 26 9 0 0 5 0 2 0 4 9 Axes A

Max stats

Game HP Strength Magic Skill Speed Luck Defense Resistance Movement Constitution Weapon level
Mystery of the Emblem 52 20 -- 20 20 20 20 20 20 -- Axe: 20
Genealogy of the Holy War 80 20 15 15 22 30 20 15 6 -- Axes B
New Mystery of the Emblem 60 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 32 -- Axes A
Awakening 60 30 20 23 27 30 22 20 7 -- Axes A
Engage 85 46 15 30 26 16 23 15 20 21 Axes A

Miscellaneous stats

Game Experience CRP Gold Weight mod. Capacity Vision Size
Mystery of the Emblem 40 -- -- -- -- -- --
Genealogy of the Holy War -- -- 1,000 -- -- -- --

Class growth rates

Game HP Strength Magic Skill Speed Luck Defense Resistance Charm Constitution* Movement* Weapon level
Mystery of the Emblem 90% 50% -- 10% 20% 0% 50% 0% -- -- -- --
Genealogy of the Holy War 100% 30% 0% 30% 30% 0% 30% 10% -- -- -- --
New Mystery of the Emblem 70/90% 40/50% −20/0% 15/25% 20/15% 0% 0/50% −15/5% -- -- -- --
Awakening 50/90% 25/40% 0% 15/20% 20/30% 0/20% 5/20% 5% -- -- -- --
Engage 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% -- 0% -- --
See class growth rate for more details on the mechanics of class growths in each game.

Class skills

Game Skill Learning conditions
Awakening Despoil Learned at Level 1.
Awakening Gamble Learned at Level 10.

Class change

Mystery of the Emblem

Base class
Bs fe03 enemy barbarian axe.png
Barbarian

Genealogy of the Holy War

The class a unit changes into in Genealogy of the Holy War is determined by the unit and not the class; however, no units change into or out of the Barbarian class.

Base class
Bs fe04 enemy barbarian axe.png
Barbarian

New Mystery of the Emblem

Base class Promotion method Advanced class
Bs fe11 bald pirate axe.png
Pirate
and
Bs fe12 playable barbarian axe.png
Barbarian
Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10. Bs fe11 playable berserker axe.png
Berserker
  • Note that Barbarians are an enemy exclusive class so this is unused as a playable promotion option; it has been proven to be in the game through hacking promotion of an enemy unit. [1]

Awakening

Base class Promotion method Advanced class
Ma 3ds01 barbarian playable.gif
Barbarian
Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10. Ma 3ds01 warrior playable.gif
Warrior
or
Ma 3ds01 berserker playable.gif
Berserker
Promotion choice criteria: The player can freely choose.

Engage

Special class
Ma ns02 barbarian thief.png
Barbarian

Notable enemy Barbarians

Enemy Units
Name Game
Garrick Awakening
Risen Chief Awakening (Chapter 2)
Roddick Awakening
Teronda Engage
Tetchie Engage
Totchie Engage
Mitan Engage
Enemy Barbarian units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

Game Text
(English)
Text
(Japanese)
Awakening
A savage thug with high
Str/Spd, but low Def.
村を襲い、強奪する荒くれ者。
力と速さに優れるが、守備は弱い。
Engage
Fierce fighters with an insatiable
rage. They possess great strength
and speed, but little defense.
たくましい体躯を持つ荒くれもの。
力と速さに優れるが、守備は弱い。

Trivia

  • In Mystery of the Emblem and its remake, Barbarians are near-exclusively associated with the regions of Anri's Way, where they roam along with degenerated dragons. They also appear in the Dragon Altar in this sort of role in Mystery of the Emblem.

Etymology and other languages

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

Barbarian

A pejorative term for a human, or group of humans, who are believed by others to be uncivilized. It originated from Ancient Greek discourse, where Greek cultures typically dismissed all cultures outside their own as βάρβαροι bárbaroi, painting them as inferior to themselves.

Japanese

蛮族
バーバリアン

• Officially romanized as Barbarian; used in Mystery of the Emblem (spelled in hiragana as ばんぞく), New Mystery of the Emblem, Awakening, and Engage.
• Barbarian; used only in Genealogy of the Holy War, in which all class names are English loan words written in katakana.

Spanish

Saqueador

Plunderer

French

Barbare

Barbarian

German

Barbar

Barbarian

Italian

Barbaro

Barbarian

Korean

야만족

Barbarian

Simplified Chinese

蛮族

Barbarian

Traditional Chinese

蠻族

Barbarian

Gallery

References

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: Mystery of the Emblem
Base classes ArcherArmored KnightCavalierClericHunterMageMercenaryPegasus Knight
Advanced classes BishopDracoknightGeneralHeroHorsemanPaladinSniper
Dragon classes Divine DragonEarth DragonFire DragonIce DragonMage DragonShadow DragonWyvern
Other classes BallisticianBarbarianBerserkerBrigandDancerDark MageEmperorFighterFreelancerKnightLordManaketePirateSoldierThief
Unused classes Dark KnightGuardianSea Dragon
Classes in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
Base classes Arch KnightAxe ArmorAxe FighterAxe KnightBardBow ArmorBow FighterCavalierFire MageFree KnightJunior LordKnightLance KnightLight PriestessMagePegasus KnightPriestPrincePrincessSword ArmorSword FighterTroubadourThiefThunder MageWind MageWyvern Knight
Advanced classes Bow KnightDuke KnightForrestGeneralGreat KnightHigh PriestKnight LordMage KnightMage FighterMaster KnightPaladinRangerSageSniperSwordmasterThief FighterWarriorWyvern Lord
Other classes BallistaBarbarianBaronBishopBrigandCivilianDancerDark BishopDark MageDark PrinceDragon RiderEmperorHunterIron BallistaKiller BallistaPirateQueen
Unused classes ArcherAxe SoldierGreat BallistaPegasus RiderSoldierSpear SoldierSword Soldier
Classes in Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem
Base classes ArcherBarbarianCavalierClericCurateDark MageFighterHunterKnightMageMercenaryMyrmidonPegasus KnightPirate
Advanced classes BerserkerBishopDracoknightGeneralHeroHorsemanPaladinSniperSorcererSwordmasterWarrior
Dragon classes Divine DragonEarth DragonFire DragonIce DragonMage DragonShadow DragonWyvern
Other classes BallisticianDancerEmperorFreelancerLordManaketeSoldierThief
Classes in Fire Emblem Awakening
Base classes ArcherBarbarianCavalierClericDark MageFighterKnightLordMageMercenaryMyrmidonPegasus KnightPriestTacticianThiefTroubadourWyvern Rider
Advanced classes AssassinBerserkerBow KnightDark FlierDark KnightFalcon KnightGeneralGrandmasterGreat KnightGreat LordGriffon RiderHeroPaladinSageSniperSorcererSwordmasterTricksterValkyrieWar ClericWar MonkWarriorWyvern Lord
Other classes BrideConquerorDancerDread FighterEntombedGrimaLodestarManaketeMerchantMirageOutrealm ClassRevenantSoldierTaguelVillager
Classes in Fire Emblem Engage
Base classes ArcherAxe ArmorAxe CavalierAxe FighterAxe FlierDragon ChildLance ArmorLance CavalierLance FighterLance FlierLordMageMartial MonkNobleSentinelSword ArmorSword CavalierSword FighterSword FlierWing Tamer
Advanced classes AvenirBerserkerBow KnightCupidoDivine DragonGeneralGreat KnightGriffin Knight‎HalberdierHeroHigh PriestLindwurmMage KnightMartial MasterPaladinPicketRoyal KnightSageSniperSleipnir RiderSuccesseurSwordmasterTireur d'éliteVidameWarriorWolf KnightWyvern Knight
Special classes BarbarianCorrupted WolfCorrupted WyrmCorrupted WyvernDancerEmblemEnchanterFell ChildFell MonarchGreat Fell DragonMage CannoneerMelusinePhantom WolfPhantom WyrmPhantom WyvernRoyalThiefTrainerVillagerWardenWatcher