TheWitch (Japanese:魔女Witch) is amagicalclass which originated inFire Emblem Gaiden. In addition to possessing formidable prowess as an offensive magical class with their highmagic stats, Witches are one of two classes to possessTeleportation, which allows them to teleport themselves somewhere else on the map before, inGaiden at least, continuing on to perform another action. InGaiden, this ability effectively gives them infinite movement, as their self-warping ability has unlimited range.

The Witch class is exclusive to female units. InGaiden, it is an enemy-exclusive variant of theMage class, and while there are two recruitable Witches,Sonya andDelthea, both their classes change to Mage upon recruitment. InFates, Witches return as a playable class, and any female unit is able toreclass to Witch by using aWitch's Mark, which is obtained from theDLC chapterWitches' Trial.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Gaiden	22	--	10	12	8	0	4	14	7	--	Black magic
Fates	17	0	10	5	9	3	4	5	6	--	E
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	22	10	--	12	8	0	4	14	4	--

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Gaiden	52	--	40	40	40	40	40	40	7	--	Black magic
Fates	50	25	36	27	34	28	26	29	8	--	S

Miscellaneous stats

Class growth rates

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Gaiden Fates Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	Teleportation	•Gaiden: Innate. •Fates: Learned fromlevel 25 and up. •Echoes: Shadows of Valentia: Personal skill assigned to every Witch exceptMarla,Hestia,Nuibaba,Rinea (all difficulties), and one of the two Witches inNorthern Zofia Battle on Normal.
Fates	+10critical rate, +10avoid	Innate.
Fates	Shadowgift	Learned fromlevel 1 and up.
Fates	Witch's Brew	Learned fromlevel 10 and up.
Fates	Toxic Brew	Learned fromlevel 35 and up.

• Gaiden: Enemy Witches possess a summoning skill which allows them to summon more enemy Witches to join the enemy army.

Class change

Gaiden

Base class
Witch

Fates

Any class	Promotion method	Special class
? Any female class	Using aWitch's Mark.	Witch

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Base class
Witch

Notable enemy Witches

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

A generic Witch is featured on one card inFire Emblem Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Witch
	Puppet Borne From Sacrifice, Witch
		"DEATH...TO THOSE WHO WOULD DEFY LORD DUMA..."
		Attack: 40	Support: 0	Range: 1-2	Deploy Cost: 2
		Class: Witch		Tier:Base	Class Change Cost: --
		Will-less Tool:[Special] You may deploy this card even if you already have an allied "Witch", and you may have 2 or more allied "Witch" at once.[Special] You may have 5 or more cards with the same card name as this card in your deck. Offering to the Darkness:[Activate] [Send 1 card from your hand to the Retreat Area] Until the end of the turn, this unit gains +30 attack. Defiled Magic:[Trigger] When you deploy this unit, if you have 2 or fewer cards in your hand, draw 1 card.
	Card #B16-062HN • Artist:Kazuhiro Taneda
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, seetheir TCG wiki article on Witch .

Flavor text

Trivia

• InGaiden, Witches use the same battle and map sprites as femaleMages, and are internally the same class as them; whether a unit is a Mage or a Witch is determined by its affiliation.
• The appearance of generic Witches inFates looks similiar toMarla andHestia.
• While most Witches inEchoes: Shadows of Valentia have access to theTeleportation skill, it actually appears as a personal skill, rather than a class skill, and certain Witches, such asMarla andHestia, lack the skill. This is further proven as if a player edits the game to make their characters Witches, the skill won't appear.

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Official artwork

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  Artwork of a Witch fromEchoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Portraits

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  The generic Witch portrait inFates.
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  The generic Witch portrait inEchoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Concept artwork

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  Concept artwork of Witches fromFates.
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  Concept artwork of a Witch fromEchoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Screenshots

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  Orochi as a Witch inFates.
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  An enemy Witch inFates.
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  Nuibaba as a Witch inEchoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Cipher artwork

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  Artwork of a Witch.
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  A Witch in artwork ofBoey.
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  Witches in artwork ofLuthier.
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  A Witch in artwork ofSonya.

See also

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