Using a Knight Proof after reaching Level 10. The class a unit changes into in Thracia 776 is determined by the unit and not the class however, all units that change into the General class have the following class change option: The class a unit changes into in Genealogy of the Holy War is determined by the unit and not the class however, all units that change into the General class have the following class change option:Ĭhoosing the option 'Class change' in the home castle after reaching Level 20. Using a Knight Crest after reaching Level 10. Promotion gains GameĬlass change Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light Base class See class growth rate for more details on the mechanics of class growths in each game. The Sacred Stones, Awakening, Fates and Engage allow Knights the option of promoting to either General or Great Knight. In Genealogy of the Holy War and Thracia 776, the General is the promoted form of the two Knight variants available to the player: the Sword Armor in the former, and the Axe Armor in the latter. Despite both classes existing at the time, neither was associated with a class change line in Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light this was rectified in Mystery of the Emblem with the establishment of the General as the Knight's advanced form. The General is the promoted form of the Knight in most games, with some exceptions. The ideal use for Generals is as defensive pivots to guard choke points and thrones in defensive maps, or as bait to lure physically-attacking enemy units and sponge their attacks. Their combat capabilities are decent, with good strength and typically possessing access to a wide variety of physical weapons, but are hindered by their low speed often leading to them being follow-up attacked, and by their low movement preventing them from keeping up with other allied units in crossing the field. Their primary weakness is to magical attacks, owing to their mediocre resistance, except in Radiant Dawn where the General variations have some of the best resistance among the physical classes. Engage, similarly to Radiant Dawn, has three weapon-specific variants of the General, but unlike the former game, they are not treated as different classes and are otherwise statistically identical to each other, with any Knight variant being able to choose any General variant as their promoted form depending on what weapon proficiencies they've acquired.Īs with their basic form, Generals epitomize slow and defensive gameplay: their immense defense and HP grants them excellent defensive capabilities, at the expense of low speed and the lowest movement of any class.

Generals have always wielded lances in every game in which they appear, with the sole exception of Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light where instead they can only use swords, but their other weapons have varied wildly across the series, with Genealogy of the Holy War and Thracia 776 even giving them access to all four physical weapon types. It is absent only in Gaiden, Radiant Dawn, Echoes: Shadows of Valentia and Three Houses in Radiant Dawn, it is instead divided into three weapon specialist variants, the Sword General, Lance General, and Axe General while in Three Houses, it is replaced by the equivalent Fortress Knight. The General (Japanese: ジェネラル General) is an advanced armored class which debuted in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light and is present in almost every game since with the sole exception of the first game, it is the promoted form of the Knight or its weapon-specific variants. Pavise ( Genealogy of the Holy War, The Sacred Stones).Lance, Bow ( Shadow Dragon, New Mystery of the Emblem).Lance, Axe ( The Binding Blade, The Blazing Blade, Awakening, Fates).Sword, Lance, Axe, Bow ( Genealogy of the Holy War, Thracia 776).

Sword ( Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light).

Heavily armored fighters boasting both an impenetrable defense and a fearsome offense. GeneralĪrtwork of the General from the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game. For the skill in Three Houses, see General (ability). This article is about the recurring class.

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