Ornius Rider† unverified

Weapons and movement

• Rider E+
• Axe D
• Spear D

Movement: mounted

Skills

Class skills: Offense Basics

Master skill: Not yet documented

Requirement and unlock

Level 5, Renown 1 (unlocks Beginner tier itself)

Level 5, Renown 1 · Beginner License† unverified

Unlocks the Beginner tier itself, obtained from a license vendor or exploration. No weapon/skill proficiency rank is documented as a prerequisite for this tier.

Stats

Abilities

Abilities not yet documented.

Restrictions

No documented restrictions.

Best characters

• CaiPersonal skill Brio (Mov+1) synergises with cavalry classes' riding proficiency; recommended starting class on the path Ornius Rider -> Light Cavalry -> Bardinger.
• SetethRecommended starting class on the path Ornius Rider -> Armored Ornius Rider -> Dragoon; personal skill Ready for Battle.
• JasmineRecommended starting class on the path Ornius Rider -> Wing Soldier -> Dragoon; personal skill Expert Counter.

Notes

• New from Fandom (fireemblem.fandom.com/wiki/Ornius_Rider, a dedicated FW-exclusive-class article, unlike most classes checked in this pass): Japanese name is given as 'Flying Ostrich Soldier' (Hidhei); the class rides a creature called an 'ornius' and can hop over certain map obstacles other units cannot cross; trivia notes the class was called 'Flying Ornius Rider' in the game's first reveal trailer before being renamed for the second trailer. This directly resolves the UNVERIFIED conflict already flagged in classes.md line 20 (Game8 calls it Rider/mounted; a separate pre-release tier list called it a 'high-mobility flier') -- the flier-sounding trailer name and the ornius's obstacle-hopping are almost certainly what produced that pre-release description; the class is mechanically Rider/mounted per every mechanical source (Game8, Pocket Tactics 'Cavalry' type).

Community tier

• S — fireemblemfortunesweave.wiki pre-release tier list (6 August 2026). high-mobility flier that solves early positioning puzzles

Sources

• Game8
• Fireemblemfortunesweave
• Game8
• Game8
• Pockettactics
• Game8
• Fireemblem

Confidence: unverified