Armored Knight
Specialty
Who suits this class. 2 characters have Armored Knight on their recommended class path: Dadao (step 2 of 4), Goliath (step 2 of 4). The paths come from the units guide.
What to train
Train one of these
SpearC
AxeC
Other gates
- Level
- 20
- Renown
- 4
- Item
- Specialty License
Weapons it uses
- Spear
Sword- Axe
Weapons and movement
- Spear C
- Sword
- Axe C
Skills
Class skills: Strike-Last Def +3, Combat Arts +1
Master skill: Great Counter
Requirement and unlock
Level 20, Renown 4
Requires Heavy E+, Axe C, Spear C · Level 20, Renown 4 · Specialty License
Exam skills: pick from Spear C, Axe C
Promotes from
Promotes to
Stats
Stat modifiers
Flat changes to a unit's stats while it is in this class. They are not base stats; class base and max stats are not published yet.
Growth bonus
Abilities
- Master Ability: Great Counter. If foe attacks first, grants Atk +3 to unit during combat.
- Class Ability: Strike-Last Def +3. If foe attacks first, grants Prt +3 to unit during combat.
- Class Ability: Combat Arts +1. Unit can equip +1 combat arts.
Best characters
Ordered by how many published class guides put the unit in this class, then this guide's own class path, then how the unit's preferred skills match the class exam. Ties go to the higher guide tier. The plates under a lord’s name are the guide’s tier on that route; the dark plate is the guide’s overall tier; the outlined plate is the community tier from site votes.
- JasmineRecommended by Game8 Japan, GameWith.
- Not recruitable on Cai’s route
- SetethRecommended by Game8 Japan.
- Not recruitable on Dietrich’s route
- TheodoraRecommended by Game8 Japan.
- Not recruitable on Cai’s route
- Not recruitable on Dietrich’s route
- Not recruitable on Leda’s route
- Not recruitable on Cai’s route
- Not recruitable on Dietrich’s route
- Not recruitable on Leda’s route
- EsmeraldaPrefers Spear and Axe and Heavy, which the class exam asks for.◇ our recommendation: inferred from skill preferences; no published guide names this class for the unit
- IoPrefers Spear and Axe, which the class exam asks for.◇ our recommendation: inferred from skill preferences; no published guide names this class for the unit
- GaitzPrefers Spear and Axe, which the class exam asks for.◇ our recommendation: inferred from skill preferences; no published guide names this class for the unit
- Not recruitable on Cai’s route
- Not recruitable on Theodora’s route
- Not recruitable on Leda’s route
- NathanPrefers Spear and Heavy, which the class exam asks for.◇ our recommendation: inferred from skill preferences; no published guide names this class for the unit
- CaiPrefers Spear, which the class exam asks for.◇ our recommendation: inferred from skill preferences; no published guide names this class for the unit
- Not recruitable on Dietrich’s route
- Not recruitable on Theodora’s route
- Not recruitable on Leda’s route
- EshmelPrefers Spear, which the class exam asks for.◇ our recommendation: inferred from skill preferences; no published guide names this class for the unit
15 more units prefer a skill this class’s exam asks for.
Sources disagree (2)
- movement range: this guide holds no figure; the Japanese guides give 4 and 5.
- growth bonus def: this guide holds +25; the Japanese guides give +25 and +5.
Community tier
- A (fireemblemfortunesweave.wiki pre-release tier list (6 August 2026)). strong defence with an acknowledged pacing tradeoff
Characters who use Armored Knight
Sources
Confidence: verified
Not yet documented: movement, max stats.