High Priest (Japanese:ハイプリーストHigh Priest) is anadvanced magicalclass which was introduced inFire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. It is present only inGenealogy,Thracia 776, andEngage, and a counterpart to the role of theBishop in most other games. The High Priest acts as thepromoted class forPriests of both genders inGenealogy andThracia 776, and as one of the options forMartial Monks inEngage alongsideMartial Master. High Priests wieldstaves in all three games, but their choice of weapons varies between the games: they wield the three forms ofanima magic inGenealogy of the Holy War,light magic inThracia 776, andtomes orarts inEngage.

High Priests are competent healers with highmagic and exceptionalresistance, but are lacking in physicaldefense. In the SNES games, their offensive capabilities are passable with their high magic, but are crippled by having restricted access to offensive magic with their lowweapon levels and, inThracia 776, very few light magic tomes available for them to use. They are further held back inGenealogy of the Holy War by theirmovement, tied with that of theGeneral for the lowest of any advanced class, in a game with a strong focus on large maps and high movement. They fare better on offense inEngage, with their basetome level of B being able to wield a good variety of tomes, and their supplemental Art access helping against high-resistance foes. Additionally, both weapon levels can be boosted by innate proficiencies, letting High Priests with Tome proficiency access every normal tome in the game except the S-RankNova.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War	35	0	12	9	8	0	3	8	5	--	A C C C
Thracia 776	18/16	0	6	3/2	2/3	0	1	--	6	4/3	D E
Engage	20	3	8	8	6	5	3	10	5	4	B S C

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War	80	15	27	24	23	30	18	23	5	--	A C C C
Thracia 776	80	20	20	20	20	20	20	--	20	20	A A
Engage	55	28	45	31	32	38	20	48	20	13	A S B

Miscellaneous data

Class growth rates

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Engage	Self-Healing	Learned atlevel 5.

Class change

Genealogy of the Holy War

The class a unit changes into inGenealogy of the Holy War is determined by the unit and not the class; however, all units that change into the High Priest class have the following class change option:

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Priest	Choosing the "Class change" option in ahome castle after reachinglevel 20.	High Priest

Thracia 776

The class a unit changes into inThracia 776 is determined by the unit and not the class; however, all units that change into the High Priest class have the following class change option:

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Priest	Using aKnight Proof after reachinglevel 10.	High Priest

Engage

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Martial Monk	Using aMaster Seal after reachinglevel 10. Using aMaster Seal after reachinglevel 10 and having proficiency.	Martial Master or High Priest
Promotion choice criteria: The player may freely choose.

Playable High Priests

Notable enemy High Priests

Flavor text

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Official artwork

• 
  Artwork of a High Priest from theTrading Card Game.

Portraits

• 
  The generic High Priest portrait inGenealogy of the Holy War.

See also

• Bishop

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