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Sword Armor

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Sword Armor

FESK Sword Armor.png
Artwork of the Sword Armor from the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game.

Heavily armored knights who dominate battlefields with their powerful swords.

Unit type(s)

Armored

Weapon(s)

Sword

Skill(s)

Shove (Radiant Dawn)

The Sword Armor or Armored Sword (Japanese: ソードアーマー Sword Armor) is a basic armored class debuting in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. It is one of four weapon-specific variations of the Knight, specialising in the use of swords, and appears only in Genealogy of the Holy War, Thracia 776, Radiant Dawn and Engage. It is statistically near-identical to its counterparts, the Lance Armor, Axe Armor, and Bow Armor.

In Genealogy of the Holy War and Engage it promotes to General, and in Radiant Dawn it promotes to Sword General, itself a sword-focused variant of the traditional armored class. As it is not playable in Thracia 776, it does not appear to have a defined class change option.

Stats

Base stats

Game HP Strength Magic Skill Speed Luck Defense Resistance Movement Constitution Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War 40 9 0 5 3 0 10 0 5 -- Swords B
Thracia 776 20 4 0 0 0 0 8 -- 5 9 Swords E
Radiant Dawn 22/20 8/6 0 5/7 6/3 0 12/9 4 5 12/6 Swords D
Engage 25 8 0 6 1 2 12 0 4 7 Swords B

Max stats

Game HP Strength Magic Skill Speed Luck Defense Resistance Movement Constitution Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War 80 24 15 20 18 30 25 15 5 -- Swords B
Thracia 776 80 20 20 20 20 20 20 -- 10 20 Swords A
Radiant Dawn 40 20 10 20 20 30 20 10 20 99 Swords A
Engage 75 42 16 39 17 25 51 16 20 20 Swords B

Miscellaneous stats

Game Experience CRP Gold Weight mod. Capacity Vision Size
Genealogy of the Holy War -- -- 2,000 -- -- -- --
Thracia 776 -- 3 -- -- -- 3 --
Radiant Dawn
(Male) 		-- -- -- +8 15 2 --
Radiant Dawn
(Female) 		-- -- -- +8 15 2 --
Engage -- -- -- -- -- 3 1

Class growth rates

Game HP Strength Magic Skill Speed Luck Defense Resistance Charm Constitution* Movement* Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War 100% 30% 10% 30% 30% 0% 30% 10% -- -- -- --
Radiant Dawn 85/80% 60/50% 25/15% 50/55% 50/45% 25/60% 35% 20/30% -- -- -- --
Engage 20% 15% 0% 10% 0% 0% 30% 0% -- 5% -- --
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

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, all units in the Sword Armor class have the following class change option:

Base class Promotion method Advanced class
Bs fe04 arden sword armor sword.png
Sword Armor 		Choosing the option "Class change" in the home castle after reaching level 20. Bs fe04 arden general sword.png
General

Thracia 776

The class a unit changes into in Thracia 776 is determined by the unit and not the class; however, no units change into or out of the Sword Armor class.

Base class
Bs fe05 enemy sword armor sword.png
Sword Armor

Radiant Dawn

Base class Promotion method Advanced class Promotion method Master class
Armored Sword Using a Master Seal after reaching level 10, or reaching level 21. Sword General Using a Master Crown after reaching level 10, or reaching level 21. Marshall

Engage

Base class Promotion method Advanced class
Ma ns02 sword armor firene.png
Sword Armor 		Using a Master Seal after reaching level 10.

Using a Master Seal after reaching level 10 and having Lances or Axes proficiencies. 		Ma ns02 general firene sword.png
General
or
Ma ns02 great knight firene sword.png
Great Knight
Promotion choice criteria: The player can freely choose.

Playable Sword Armors

Playable units
Name Game
Arden Genealogy of the Holy War (First generation)
Meg Radiant Dawn
Playable Sword Armor units in the Fire Emblem series.

Notable enemy Sword Armors

Enemy units
Name Game
Weissmann Thracia 776
Alder Radiant Dawn
Djur Radiant Dawn
Enemy Sword Armor units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

Game Text
(English) 		Text
(Japanese)
Radiant Dawn
(class roll)
Heavily armored knights who wield
swords. Some may wield lances or
axes instead.
分厚い鎧に身を固めた兵士
剣を専門に扱って戦う
他に槍重装兵・斧重装兵がいる
Radiant Dawn
(help)
Heavily armored knights who
dominate battlefields with their
powerful swords.
分厚い鎧に身を固めた兵士
剣を専門に扱って戦う
他に槍重装兵・斧重装兵がいる
Engage
Heavily armored sword fighters clad
in tough armor. They have high
defense, but magic is their bane.
堅い鎧に守られた重装の剣歩兵。
守備は高いが、魔法に弱い。

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language Name Definition, etymology, and notes
English
  • Armored Sword
  • Sword Armor
  • Used in Radiant Dawn. Abbreviated as Armr Sword due to space restrictions.
  • Used in Engage.
English
(unofficial)

Sword Armor

Used in the Genealogy of the Holy War and Thracia 776 fan translations.

Japanese

• ソードアーマー
• 剣重装兵ソードアーマー

• Sword Armor; used in every title except Radiant Dawn.
• Officially romanized as Sword Armor; literally "sword heavy knight". In Radiant Dawn, all Japanese class names are spelled primarily in kanji (i.e. 槍重装兵), with a foreign-language name in katakana applied as furigana (i.e. ランスアーマー) and used as the basis for the romanized name in the class roll.

Spanish

• Espada acorazado
• Caballero espada

• Armored sword; used in Radiant Dawn.
• Sword knight; used in Engage.

French

• Chevalier épée
• Cuirassier (épée)

• Sword knight; used in Radiant Dawn. Abbreviated to Chev. épée due to space restrictions.
• Cuirassier (sword); used in Engage.

German

• Schwertkämpfer
• Schwertritter

• Swordfighter; used in Radiant Dawn. This does not match the pattern with the German names of the other armored classes, Lanzenmeister and Axtmeister, because the name Schwertmeister had already been used by the Swordmaster class.
• Sword Knight; used in Engage.

Italian

• Armigero spada
• Corazziere spada

• Sword armiger; used in Radiant Dawn.
• Sword cuirassier; used in Engage.

Korean

소드 아머

Sword Armor

Simplified Chinese

重剑兵

Armored sword soldier

Traditional Chinese

重劍兵

Armored sword soldier

Gallery

Official artwork

Portraits

Screenshots

  • An enemy Sword Armor in Radiant Dawn.

    An enemy Sword Armor in Radiant Dawn.

  • Meg as an Sword Armor in Radiant Dawn.

    Meg as an Sword Armor in Radiant Dawn.

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: Genealogy of the Holy War
Base classes Arch Knight • Axe Armor • Axe Fighter • Axe Knight • Bard • Bow Armor • Bow Fighter • Cavalier • Fire Mage • Free Knight • Junior Lord • Knight • Lance Knight • Light Priestess • Mage • Pegasus Knight • Priest • Prince • Princess • Sword Armor • Sword Fighter • Troubadour • Thief • Thunder Mage • Wind Mage • Wyvern Knight
Advanced classes Bow Knight • Duke Knight • Forrest • General • Great Knight • High Priest • Knight Lord • Mage Knight • Mage Fighter • Master Knight • Paladin • Ranger • Sage • Sniper • Swordmaster • Thief Fighter • Warrior • Wyvern Lord
Other classes Ballista • Barbarian • Baron • Bishop • Brigand • Civilian • Dancer • Dark Bishop • Dark Mage • Dark Prince • Dragon Rider • Emperor • Hunter • Iron Ballista • Killer Ballista • Pirate • Queen
Unused classes Archer • Axe Soldier • Great Ballista • Pegasus Rider • Soldier • Spear Soldier • Sword Soldier
Classes in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
Base classes Archer • Arch Knight • Axe Armor • Axe Fighter • Axe Knight • Ballista • Bard • Bow Armor • Bow Fighter • Brigand • Cavalier • Civilian • Cleric • Dancer • Dragon Rider • Free Knight • Hunter • Iron Ballista • Lance Armor • Lance Knight • Loptr Mage • Lord • Mage • Pegasus Rider • Pirate • Poison Ballista • Priest • Prince • Soldier • Sword Armor • Sword Fighter • Thief • Troubadour
Advanced classes Baron • Berserker • Bishop • Bow Knight • Dark Bishop • Dark Mage • Duke Knight • General • Great Knight • High Priest • Mage Knight • Mercenary • Pegasus Knight • Sage • Sniper • Ranger • Swordmaster • Thief Fighter • Warrior • Wyvern Knight
Unused/cutscene classes Dark Prince • Emperor • Falcon Knight • Forrest • Junior Lord • Killer Ballista • Knight Lord • Master Knight • Wyvern Lord
Classes in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Base classes Archer • Armored Axe • Armored Lance • Armored Sword • Axe Knight • Bandit • Bow Knight • Citizen • Dracoknight • Fighter • Fire Mage • Horse • Lance Knight • Light Mage • Myrmidon • Pegasus Knight • Pilgrim • Priest • Soldier • Sword Knight • Thief • Thunder Mage • Vendor • Wind Mage
Advanced classes Axe General • Axe Paladin • Bishop • Blade Paladin • Bow Paladin • Cleric • Dark Sage • Dragonmaster • Druid • Falconknight • Fire Sage • Halberdier • Hero • Lance General • Lance Paladin • Light Sage • Rogue • Sniper • Sword General • Swordmaster • Thunder Sage • Warrior • Wind Sage
Master classes Arch Sage • Assassin • Black Knight • Chancellor • Dragonlord • Empress • Gold Knight • Light Priestess • Marksman • Marshall • Order Incarnate • Queen • Reaver • Saint • Sentinel • Seraph Knight • Silver Knight • Spirit • Summoner • Trueblade • Valkyrie • Vanguard • Whisper
Laguz classes Beast Tribe (Cat • Lion • Lion King • Tiger • Wolf • Wolf Queen) • Bird Tribe (Hawk • Hawk King • Heron • Raven • Raven King) • Dragon Tribe (Black Dragon • Red Dragon • White Dragon)
Classes in Fire Emblem Engage
Base classes Archer • Axe Armor • Axe Cavalier • Axe Fighter • Axe Flier • Dragon Child • Lance Armor • Lance Cavalier • Lance Fighter • Lance Flier • Lord • Mage • Martial Monk • Noble • Sentinel • Sword Armor • Sword Cavalier • Sword Fighter • Sword Flier • Wing Tamer
Advanced classes Avenir • Berserker • Bow Knight • Cupido • Divine Dragon • General • Great Knight • Griffin Knight‎ • Halberdier • Hero • High Priest • Lindwurm • Mage Knight • Martial Master • Paladin • Picket • Royal Knight • Sage • Sniper • Sleipnir Rider • Successeur • Swordmaster • Tireur d'élite • Vidame • Warrior • Wolf Knight • Wyvern Knight
Special classes Barbarian • Corrupted Wolf • Corrupted Wyrm • Corrupted Wyvern • Dancer • Emblem • Enchanter • Fell Child • Fell Monarch • Great Fell Dragon • Mage Cannoneer • Melusine • Phantom Wolf • Phantom Wyrm • Phantom Wyvern • Royal • Thief • Trainer • Villager • Warden • Watcher
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