Warlock

The Warlock class is a class that has been introduced in Fire Emblem: Three Houses. It is a magic-using class that is very similar to the Sage or Sorcerer class, using Reason magic to deal heavy damage toward enemies. The class has proficiencies in Reason and Faith Magic.

Overview[]

Fire Emblem: Three Houses[]

The Warlock serves as the analogue to Sages of previous games, being the game's black magic specialist. Any unit can promote into the class provided that they meet (or come close to) the required A rank in Reason, have reached at least level 20, and passed the corresponding Certification Exam.

In combat, the Warlock proves more threatening than Mages owing to their innate Black Tomefaire and higher Magic modifier. Compared to Bishops, they have one more point of Magic and Speed, but lose out on one point of HP and Resistance, making them more offensive-oriented, when coupled with the aforementioned Black Tomefaire which benefits most units.

However, the Warlock has shortcomings atypical of magic users in the series. Firstly, they have poor Movement (the same as that of the base Noble and Commoner classes), meaning it takes time for them to get in the action compared to weapon-wielding units. Warlocks also have poor Defense compared to other Advanced classes and relatively poor HP growths compared to these classes, making them vulnerable to physical attackers. Another issue, albeit unit-specific, is its abilities' lack of support to dark magic users like Lysithea or Hapi, meaning they do not gain extra damage or uses on their magic attacks. As such, the Warlock can be seen as more of a stepping stone to Master classes like Gremory, Dark Knight or Mortal Savant, however it should be noted that none of these classes possess both Black Tomefaire and doubled Black Magic uses, so Warlock can be a situational fall-back if both these abilities are needed.

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes[]

The Warlock serves as the promoted form of the Mage, and can be acquired by any unit once that class has been fully mastered. Like the Mage before it, the Warlock is strong against bow-using classes (like the Sniper) but weak against gauntlet-using classes (like the Grappler).

In-Game[]

Base Stats[]

	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Con	Wt	Wlv	Cha
FE16	30	8	17	12	14	10	12	15	4	-	-	A	0

Growth Rates[]

	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Con	Wt	Wlv	Cha
FE16	10/30%	0%	10%	0%	0%	0%	-5%	5/50%	-	-	-	+3 +2	5%
FEW3H	10%	0%	30%	0%	0%	0%	0%	30%	-	-	-	-	5%

Class Modifiers[]

	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Con	Wt	Wlv	Cha
FE16	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	4	0	-	-	-	0
FEW3H	0	0	5	2	2	0	0	6	2	-	-	-	0

Class Skills[]

	Skill	Requirements
FE16	Black Tomefaire Black Magic Uses x2 Bowbreaker	Class Ability of the Warlock class. Class Ability of the Warlock class. Mastery Ability of Warlocks.
FEW3H	Black Tomefaire Bow Buster Lv 3 Boost Critical Fiendish Blow Mag +5 Reason Apex Tome Aggression Essence of Fire Essence of Ice Essence of Lightning Essence of Wind Bolganone Thoron Cutting Gale Fimbulvetr Ragnarok Bolting Sagittae Excalibur Meteor Swarm Ζ Banshee Θ Luna Λ Death Γ Dark Spikes Τ Hades Ω	Class ability. Class ability. 1-star Class Mastery for certain units. 1-star Class Mastery for certain units. 1-star Class Mastery for certain units. 2-star Class Mastery for all units. 3-star Class Mastery for certain units. 3-star Class Mastery for certain units. 3-star Class Mastery for certain units. 3-star Class Mastery for certain units. 3-star Class Mastery for certain units. 3-star Class Mastery for certain units. 1-star Class Mastery for Mercedes, Seteth and Byleth. 1-star Class Mastery for Ferdinand, Bernadetta, Rodrigue and Holst. 1-star Class Mastery for Claude, Linhardt, Marianne and Flayn. 1 or 3-star Class Mastery for certain units. 1 or 3-star Class Mastery for certain units. 1-star Class Mastery for Hilda and Manuela; 3-star for Constance. 1-star Class Mastery for Dorothea, Sylvain, Annette, Yuri and Shamir. 3-star Class Mastery for Annette and Flayn. 3-star Class Mastery for Dorothea and Monica. 1-star Class Mastery for Monica. 1-star Class Mastery for Shez, Hubert and Hapi. 1-star Class Mastery for Edelgard and Lysithea; 3-star for Shez. 3-star Class Mastery for Hapi. 3-star Class Mastery for Lysithea. 3-star Class Mastery for Edelgard.

Promotions[]

	Base Class	Promotion Method	Promoted Class
FE16	Any class	Use an Advanced Seal on a Level 20+ unit and pass the Warlock Certification Exam.	Warlock
FEW3H	Mage	Use an Advanced Seal on a unit that has mastered the Mage class.	Warlock
FEW3H	Warlock	Use a Master Seal on a unit that has mastered the Warlock class.	Gremory (female-only) Dark Bishop (male-only)

Notable Warlocks[]

Fire Emblem: Three Houses[]

• Myson - Member of the Those Who Slither in the Dark.
• Available as a reclass option for Linhardt in Cindered Shadows.

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes[]

• Lord Arundel - Regent of the Adrestian Empire.

Trivia[]

• The Warlock class shares the same name with the Sorcerer class in the Italian version of Awakening and Fates.

Gallery[]