Haitaka (Japanese: ハイタカHaitaka) is aHoshidan general in charge of besiegingFort Dragonfall.

Biography

Haitaka was tasked with occupyingFort Dragonfall and keepingAzura captive, but ultimately failed in this task and was defeated and potentially captured. If he was captured, he could be persuaded or bribed to defect fromHoshido and fight for the army that captured him—theNohrian forces led byCorrin—in the war against Hoshido.

Fire Emblem Fates

Role

Haitaka is thecapturable boss ofChapter 9 in theConquest campaign. As a capturable boss, Haitaka can be captured byNiles and placed into theMy Castle's prison if one is present, then recruited into the player's army as abonus unit from there.

Starting stats and growth rates

NormalHardLunatic

Spear Fighter Level 10 Movement 5

Recruitment:Conquest Chapter 9, persuade or bribe in the prison afterNiles captures him StatsGrowthsModsPair Up Max HP 30 Speed 12 Strength 14 Luck 7 Magic 0 Defense 9+1 Skill 15 Resistance 5+1 Max HP 55% Speed 60% Strength 65% Luck 20% Magic 5% Defense 45% Skill 60% Resistance 35% Speed +2 Strength +1 Luck −2 Magic ±0 Defense −2 Skill +2 Resistance ±0 C Support -- B Support -- A Support -- S Support -- {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills Steel Nageyari* Heart Seal Rally Defense Weapon Levels -- C -- -- -- -- -- --

Spear Fighter Level 10 Movement 5

Recruitment:Conquest Chapter 9, persuade or bribe in the prison afterNiles captures him StatsGrowthsModsPair Up Max HP 31 Speed 13 Strength 15 Luck 7 Magic 0 Defense 11+1 Skill 16 Resistance 6+1 Max HP 55% Speed 60% Strength 65% Luck 20% Magic 5% Defense 45% Skill 60% Resistance 35% Speed +2 Strength +1 Luck −2 Magic ±0 Defense −2 Skill +2 Resistance ±0 C Support -- B Support -- A Support -- S Support -- {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills Steel Nageyari* Heart Seal Rally Defense Strong Riposte Weapon Levels -- C -- -- -- -- -- --

Spear Fighter Level 10 Movement 5

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Reclassing options

Haitaka Base classes:* Spear Fighter Spear Master Basara Reclass options:

Growth rates when reclassed

Promotion stat gains

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Spear Master	+1	+3	+0	+2	+2	+1	+2	+1	+1	--
Basara	+3	+1	+5	+1	+1	+3	+2	+4	+1	E

Skill set

Skill set
Skill		Learned at
	Rally Defense	Innate
	Strong Riposte	Innate (Hard and Lunatic) (Unobtainable on Normal)
	Seal Defense	Spear Fighter, starting from level 11 (Innate on Lunatic difficulty)
	Swap	Spear Fighter, starting from level 12 (From level 11 or later on Lunatic difficulty)
	Seal Speed	Spear Master, starting from level 5
	Lancefaire	Spear Master, starting from level 15
	Rend Heaven	Basara, starting from level 5
	Quixotic	Basara, starting from level 15
The above skill list does not include skills obtained viaDLC.

Analysis

Haitaka is a boss character that can be recruited by capturing him withNiles inConquest chapter 9. He is the only Spear Fighter in the path outside ofEinherjar. He has low luck, high strength and skill, and fairly good speed, enough to doubleArchers in thenext chapter if given aSpeed Tonic. As an enemy, he also several skills that would not otherwise be available to his class set, gaining one more with eachdifficulty level. Unusually for a capturable enemy, Haitaka also has good growth rates, which complement his solid bases, and give him very strong overall combat. He additionally sports decent bulk, with his high base HP in particular allowing him to take a few hits safely. Additionally, as he starts at level 10, he can be promoted immediately.

On all difficulties, Haitaka will haveRally Defense, far earlier than any other unit inConquest can possibly have it. This is an incredible support skill, and by itself makes Haitaka very much worth capturing and deploying. It can buff many units at once, and will allow them to survive many more encounters on enemy phase. It is particularly helpful in the next few chapters, which have several large groups of enemies that can be difficult to eliminate during player phase. On Hard mode and above, Haitaka additionally gainsStrong Riposte along with higher base stats, enhancing his enemy phase and making him an overall stronger combat unit. His performance on Lunatic mode is largely identical to his Hard mode performance, as he only gains a weapon level andSeal Defense, the latter of which he will learn by leveling up normally.

Generally, Haitaka's ideal promotion is Spear Master; it further enhances his good strength and speed, and offers more skills that can aid his combat even further. The bonus granted by the class along with his high skill can allow him to reach respectable crit rates overall. Furthermore, it grants a passive boost to critical avoid, helping to mitigate his low luck stat. Basara is a tempting option forRend Heaven, which will activate very often thanks to Haitaka's high skill, but this is not exactly necessary given he will likely already have reliable ORKO capabilities as a Spear Master.

Though Haitaka has great strengths, he is also held back greatly by his status as abonus unit. As he has only one class set, he will always be stuck as an infantry unit, making him prone to being left behind mounted units, of which there are many inConquest. Additionally, his weapon selection is small; though he can usetomes by promoting into Basara, his magic is too low for it too be effective, making him almost purely a lance unit. This means that his ranged attacks are mostly limited to theJavelin andSpear, which, while still handy, both negate his good speed. He also lackssupports entirely, meaning he benefits less frompair up than other units, and that other units will benefit less from having him as a support unit in pair up. Despite this, Haitaka's skills are useful without even entering combat, making him overall a worthwhile unit to consider even without investment.

Fire Emblem Heroes

Main article:Haitaka/Heroes

There is one variation of Haitaka present inHeroes.

Personality

While he is nondescript inFates, Haitaka's personality is expanded somewhat inHeroes. He is a man of few words^[1] who is proud of his spear skills,^[2] considers Nohrian soldiers to be barbarians,^[3] and is somewhat fixated on defensive combat.^[4] He also admits that he has never really considered a way of life beyond Hoshido's conflict with Nohr.^[5]

Quotes

Battle quote

Death quote

Heroes quotes

Main article:Haitaka/Quotes (Heroes)

Flavor text

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Portraits

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  Portrait of Haitaka inFates.
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  Portrait of Haitaka fromFates used inChoose Your Legends.

Heroes artwork

Character artwork

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  Artwork of Haitaka: Persistent General.
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  Artwork of Haitaka: Persistent General.

Meet some of the Heroes artwork

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  Artwork of Haitaka: Persistent General.

References

This article is part ofProject Characters, a project focused on writing articles for every character present in theFire Emblem series.

Fire Emblem Fates

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