Sentinel

Not to be confused with the Engage class of the same name.

The Sentinel is a combat physical class that debuted in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn.

History in the Series[]

The promoted form of the Halberdier class, the Sentinel, like its Japanese name suggests, wields Lances as its sole weapon of choice. It is the highest class tier of the Lance-wielding class tree that it appears in.

In its original inception in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, the Sentinel class is the final promotion in the Soldier class line, directly promoting from the Halberdier class. Unrivalled masters of the Lance, this class is able to master the devastating Impale skill when the necessary requirements are met.

The class is absent until the onset of Fire Emblem Fates, where it is referred to as the Spear Master. Treated as a Hoshidan class, the Spear Master class acts as one of the promoted forms of the Spear Fighter class.

The class also appears in Fire Emblem Warriors as the promotion class of Oboro.

Overview[]

Radiant Dawn[]

Sentinels are very strong units. With all-around high stats, they can sustain, dodge (or block, since Sentinels use shields for their dodge animations), and deliver many blows to inflict substantial amounts of damage. They are more preferable to Marshalls, since they are easier to train in all class forms, although they are only confined to wielding Lances while Marshalls are able to handle all physical melee weapons.

Fates[]

Spear Masters are similar to Nohr's Heroes, as they have good Strength, Skill and Speed growths making them balanced units that are ideal for combat. However, a Spear Master's skills are more offensive, since they have two different Seal skills and Lancefaire to boost their impressive attack, while a Hero is more of a counterunit given its class' skills.

The Spear Master class is one of the four Hoshidan classes capable of achieving an S-Rank (the others being Swordmaster, Master Ninja, Sniper and Butler/Maid); this ensures the Spear Master will gain additional damage once they have obtained an S-Rank in Lances, and makes them able to use the Waterwheel naginata. With Rend Heaven and Quixotic from their other class, the Basara, the Spear Master can activate Rend Heaven quite often and their high strength will always ensure that they will deal large amounts of damage in the process.

In-Game[]

Base Stats[]

	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Con	Wt	Wlv	Cha
FE10	53	21	3	21	17	0	21/19	8/10	7	12/7	20/14	A
FE14	18	9	0	8	8	3	7	3	6	-	-	E

Maximum Stats[]

	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Con	Wt	Wlv	Cha
FE10	60/58	35/34	20	35	33/34	30	34/33	27/30	7	12/7	20/14	SS
FE14	60	34	25	33	32	29	30	29	6	-	-	S
FEW	987	118	26	134	137	115	135	87	5	-	-	S

Growth Rates[]

Class Skills[]

	Skill	Requirements
FE10	Shove Critical +10 Impale	Base skill of all foot units. Class skill of the Sentinel, Swordmaster and Sniper classes. Class skill of the Sentinel class.
FE14	Seal Speed Lancefaire Critical +10 Critical Evade +10	Learnt at Level 5 and above. Learnt at Level 15 and above. Innate. Innate.

Promotions[]

	Base Class	Promotion Method	Promoted Class
FE10	Halberdier	Use a Master Crown on a Level 10+ Halberdier or train a Halberdier to Level 21.	Sentinel
FE14	Spear Fighter	Use a Master Seal on a Level 10+ Spear Fighter.	Spear Master
FEW	Spear Fighter	Use a Master Seal on Oboro.	Spear Master

Notable Sentinels[]

Radiant Dawn[]

• Levail - A Begnion general under Zelgius who wields the Wishblade.
• Promotion for Nephenee, Danved and Aran.

Fates[]

• Possible promotion for Oboro, Shiro and Haitaka.

Trivia[]

• In the European version of Radiant Dawn, even though the European release renames the Sentinel class to "Lancer", Impale's description still refers to the class as "Sentinel".
• In Radiant Dawn, the promotion gains for male Sentinels are the same as Warriors promoting into Reavers.
• In Fates, Spear Masters use a different set of animations if wielding a lance instead of a naginata. The Great Master uses the same set of animations (barring finishing and critical hits).
  • In addition, they also wear the Battle Flag. However, this Battle Flag is for the Spear Master model; the player can still put in another back accessory like a Water Gourd without causing the Battle Flag to disappear.

Gallery[]

Concept art of a male Spear Master from Fates

Concept art of a female Spear Master from Fates

Nephenee's battle model as a Sentinel in Radiant Dawn.

Aran's battle model as a Sentinel in Radiant Dawn.

Danved's battle model as a Sentinel in Radiant Dawn.

Oboro's battle model as a Spear Master in Fates.