Shaman

For the light magic/staff-wielding class from Genealogy of the Holy War with the same Japanese name, see Light Priestess.

The Shaman (Japanese: シャーマン Shaman) is a magical class which was introduced in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade. They appear as an offensive magical class available to any gender which only wields dark magic. These Shamans are a precursor to the modern Dark Mage class and, like Dark Mages, are a stark contrast to the nimble Mages: they have fearsome magical offense further enhanced by the raw power of dark tomes, but in exchange they have low base speed and are weighed down even more by their heavy tomes. Their defenses are also slightly better than those of ordinary Mages, but are still mediocre which, combined with how easy it is to follow-up attack Shamans, leaves them better equipped to attack at range from behind the front lines. Shamans promote to the Druid class, and in The Sacred Stones, they also have the option to promote to Summoner instead.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
The Binding Blade	16/15	--	2/3	1	2/1	0	2/1	4/5	5	5/3	D
The Blazing Blade	16/15	--	2/3	1	2/1	0	2/1	4/5	5	7/3	D
The Sacred Stones	16/15	--	2/3	1	2/1	0	2/1	4/5	5	7/3	D

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
The Binding Blade	60	--	20	20	20	30	20	20	15	20	A
The Blazing Blade	60	--	20	20	20	30	20	20	15	20	A
The Sacred Stones	60	--	20	20	20	30	20	20	15	20	A

Miscellaneous stats

Class growth rates

Promotion gains

Class change

The Binding Blade

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Shaman	Using a Guiding Ring after reaching level 10.	Druid

The Blazing Blade

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Shaman	Using a Guiding Ring or Earth Seal after reaching level 10.	Druid

The Sacred Stones

Trainee-like class	Promotion method	Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Pupil	Reaching level 10, and choosing at beginning of next battle.	Shaman	Using a Guiding Ring or Master Seal after reaching level 10.	Druid or Summoner
Promotion choice criteria: The player can freely choose.

Playable Shamans

Notable enemy Shamans

Flavor text

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

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  The generic Shaman portrait in the Game Boy Advance games.

References

See also

• Dark Mage
• Loptr Mage

This article is part of Project Classes, a project focused in writing articles for every class present in the Fire Emblem series.