Cataphract
Advanced
Who suits this class. One character has Cataphract on their recommended class path: Tobias (step 3 of 4). The paths come from the units guide.
What to train
Train all of these
RiderD
Then one of these
AxeB
SpearB
Other gates
- Level
- 35
- Renown
- 8
- Item
- Advanced License
- Theodora's route: Complete every Send Supplies quest on Theodora's route up to Chapter 8 (eight quests, Chapters 5 to 8)
Weapons it uses
- Spear
Sword- Axe
Weapons and movement
- Spear B
- Sword
- Axe B
Movement: mounted · 5 tiles
Skills
Class skills: Strike-Last Def +3, Combat Arts +1
Master skill: Pavise
Requirement and unlock
Level 35, Renown 8
Requires Heavy E+, Rider D, Axe B, Spear B · Level 35, Renown 8 · Advanced License
Exam skills: required Rider D; pick from Axe B, Spear B
How to unlock it
- Theodora's route: Complete every Send Supplies quest on Theodora's route up to Chapter 8 (eight quests, Chapters 5 to 8)Game8's Nathan page confirms the condition (all of the Chapter 5 to 8 quests). GameWith lists only the Radonroach quest. The Japanese pages call these quests 戦備増強; the English name is Send Supplies on this site.
Once one route unlocks the class, units on the other routes can use it too.
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: Pavise. Unit takes half damage when attacked with a physical attack. Trigger % = 20.
- Class Ability: Mount/Dismount. Allows use of Mount and Dismount commands.
- 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.
- Not recruitable on Cai’s route
- Not recruitable on Dietrich’s route
- Not recruitable on Leda’s route
- NathanRecommended by Game8 Japan.
- Not recruitable on Dietrich’s route
- BuccarPrefers Rider and Axe and Spear and Heavy, 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
- GaitzPrefers Rider and Axe and 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 Cai’s route
- Not recruitable on Theodora’s route
- Not recruitable on Leda’s route
- CaiPrefers Rider and 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
- LysanderPrefers Rider and Axe and Spear, which the class exam asks for; weak in Heavy.◇ our recommendation: inferred from skill preferences; no published guide names this class for the unit
- NinaePrefers Rider and Spear, which the class exam asks for.◇ our recommendation: inferred from skill preferences; no published guide names this class for the unit
- CenturioPrefers Axe and Spear and Heavy, which the class exam asks for.◇ our recommendation: inferred from skill preferences; no published guide names this class for the unit
20 more units prefer a skill this class’s exam asks for.
Mounts
Game8 recommends Ferghanan Horse, Monoceros for this class. See the mount recommendations
Community tier
- S (fireemblemfortunesweave.wiki pre-release tier list (6 August 2026)). combines horse mobility with heavy armor for dual-threat coverage
Characters who use Cataphract
- Tobias (class path)
Sources
Confidence: verified
Not yet documented: promotions, max stats.