TheDread Fighter (Japanese:魔戦士Masensi) is an advancedsword-wieldingclass which was introduced inFire Emblem Gaiden. They are characterised primarily by their very highspeed andresistance, also boasting high levels ofHP andStrength. They originated inGaiden as a rarethird-tier advanced class and the finalclass changed form of theMercenary, promoting fromMyrmidon; like these classes, it is locked to using only swords. The traits of theGaiden version of the class carried over to its remake,Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

InAwakening andFates, the Dread Fighter acts as a reward for players for buyingdownloadable content, and is accessed through use of theDread Scroll item; theAwakening version is male-exclusive, while theFates incarnation of the class is not restricted by the gender of the unit. In the former game, the Dread Fighter is part of theLost Bloodlines 2 DLC package, while in the latter, it is theHoshido-aligned link-up reward for owning both of the game's campaigns, with itsNohr counterpart being theDark Falcon. Although their stats are similar to their originalGaiden incarnation, Dread Fighters in these games gain weapons they couldn't previously use in addition to their original swords:axes andtomes inAwakening, and axes anddaggers inFates. Traditionally, this class is exclusive to male units (such as in its debut andAwakening), though it had briefly become a unisex class inFates.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Gaiden	36	15	--	16	18	0	11	15	7	--	Sword
Awakening	22	8	4	7	9	0	7	10	6	--	E E E
Fates	19	8	3	6	8	1	6	9	6	--	E E E
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	36	15	--	16	18	0	11	6	7	--

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Gaiden	52	40	--	40	40	40	40	40	7	--	Sword
Awakening	80	42	38	40	41	45	39	43	8	--	A A A
Fates	55	32	28	29	31	26	29	34	8	--	A B B

Miscellaneous data

Class growth rates

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Gaiden[1] Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	Antihex	Innate; hidden in both games and unnamed inGaiden.
Awakening	Resistance +10	Learned atlevel 1.
Awakening Fates	Aggressor	•Awakening: Learned atlevel 15. •Fates: Learned fromlevel 35 and up.
Fates	Even Keel	Learned fromlevel 1 and up.
Fates	Iron Will	Learned fromlevel 10 and up.
Fates	Clarity	Learned fromlevel 25 and up.
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	Resistance +5	Innate.
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	Apotrope	Innate.

Additionally, inGaiden, Dread Fighters are capable of performingcritical hits.

Class change

Gaiden

Trainee class	Method	Base class	Method	Advanced class	Method	Advanced class	Method	Trainee class
Villager	After reachinglevel 3, at anyMila Shrine.	Mercenary	After reachinglevel 7, at anyMila Shrine.	Myrmidon	After reachinglevel 10, at anyMila Shrine.	Dread Fighter	After reachinglevel 10, any atMila Shrine.	Villager

Awakening

Any class	Promotion method	Special class
? Any male class	Using aDread Scroll after reachinglevel 10 (base or special class)/at any level (advanced class).	Dread Fighter

Fates

Any class	Promotion method	Special class
? Any class	Using aDread Scroll.	Dread Fighter

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Trainee-like class	Method	Basic class	Method	Promoted class	Method	Promoted class	Method	Trainee-like class
Villager	After reachinglevel 3, atMila Shrine.	Mercenary	After reachinglevel 7, atMila Shrine.	Myrmidon	After reachinglevel 10, atMila Shrine.	Dread Fighter	After reachinglevel 10, atMila Shrine.	Villager
							After reachinglevel 20, at theAltar of the Ogre.	Yasha

Playable Dread Fighters

Notable enemy Dread Fighters

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Trivia

• InAwakening, all Dread Fighters are constantly surrounded by a red miasma, with the exception of legacybonus units (like Alm himself); these units instead have the blue miasma standard to all bonus units. All Dread Fighters inFates are also surrounded by a blue miasma.
• InGaiden, the Dread Fighter is the only class in the game that allows its user to revert back to a lower-tier class, in this case the Villager. When this happens, the unit retains its stats (excludingresistance andmovement gained from promoting to Dread Fighter), can gain stats fromgrowth as usual, and can promote all the way to Dread Fighter again and repeat the process with no cost whatsoever. This is commonly referred to as the "Dread Fighter Loop", and it can max out any compatible character's stats. InShadows of Valentia, the "Dread Fighter Loop" works in the same way, however if the user instead promotes toYasha, they will not be able to promote back to Villager without the use of aVillager's Fork.

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Official artwork

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  Concept artwork of a Dread Fighter fromThe Art of Fire Emblem Awakening.
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  Concept artwork of a Dread Fighter's helmet fromThe Art of Fire Emblem Awakening.
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  Artwork of a Dread Fighter fromEchoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Portraits

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  The generic Dread Fighter portrait inEchoes: Shadows of Valentia.
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  The generic Specter/Death Mask Dread Fighter portrait inEchoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Screenshots

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  Tobin as a Dread Fighter, fighting a generic enemy Dread Fighter, inGaiden.
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  Henry as a Dread Fighter inAwakening.
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  Elise as a Dread Fighter inFates.

References

See also

• Grandmaster
• Mage Fighter
• Mortal Savant
• Priestess (Gaiden)
• Trueblade

This article is part ofProject Classes, a project focused in writing articles for every class present in theFire Emblem series.