Musou-style fighterFire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopesoffers a wide variety of classes for its large playable cast. Many classicFire Emblemclasses return, including mythical beast-mounted Pegasus Knights and Wyvern Riders, magic-wielding Dark Knights and Holy Knights, and speedy Swordmasters. However,Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopesfans have noted the absence of several classes that appeared in previous titleFire Emblem: Three Houses.These popular classes could be added in the form of downloadable content.
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopesreturns to the world of Fodlan, where the Adrestian Empire, Holy Kingdom of Faerghus, and Leicester Alliance vie for control of the continent. It features three playable routes, each with different characters, maps, and Supports. However, the classes that characters can access are generally standard across all routes, except for a few exclusive classes for units such as protagonist Shez or lordsEdelgard, Dimitri, and Claude. Adding new classes via DLC could encourage replaying the game and provide new options for exploring characters' combat potential.
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War Monk/Cleric
The War Monk, aka War Cleric, is a class that debuted inFire Emblem Awakening.The class was fairly unique as it could both fight physically with axes and use white magic to heal allies. Female members of this class are called War Clerics, while males are called War Monks. Despite the class’s relative popularity, it did not appear inFire Emblem Fatesor the base version ofFire Emblem: Three Houses.It was later added to the game via the “Cindered Shadows"DLC as the personal class of Balthus, a member of theAshen Wolves- yet wielding gauntlets rather than axes.
This class would likely be easy to implement inFire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes.War Cleric previously appeared inFire Emblem Warriorsas the advanced personal class of Lissa fromFire Emblem Awakening.It would make a good addition toThree Hopes,as there is currently only one Master Class thatuses gauntlets- the War Master - which is limited to male units. Alternately, if the class used axes as it did inAwakening,it could be the only high-level infantry class with that weapon type.
Dark Flier
Another class added toFire Emblem: Three Housesvia the Cindered ShadowsDLC was Dark Flier, a female-locked Pegasus class associated with fallen noble Constance von Nuvelle of the Ashen Wolves. Although Constance appears as a playable character inFire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes,she specializes in Magic over Flying and her favored class is Gremory, a female-locked infantry mage. Pegasus Riders inThree Hopeshave only a single Master Class option, theFalcon Knight, leaving their options fairly limited.
The Dark Flier would make for an incredibly unique addition toThree Hopesbecause of their movement-based skills. InFire Emblem Awakening,where the class was introduced, Dark Fliers possessed the ability Galeforce, which allowed them to sometimes move and attack multiple times during one turn. InThree Houses,Galeforce was replaced with Canto, which allows multiple movements but not multiple attacks, but it was also given Transmute: a strong magical defensive ability. The class utilizes elemental magic and dark magic, making for a good magic master class inThree Hopesthat currently only has Gremory as an option for females and Dark Bishop for males. LikeDancer, a Dark Flier’s abilities inMusou-style combat could be based around increasing the unit’s in-battle speed or number of attacks.
Hero
One surprising omission inFire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopeswas the Hero, a class that has made frequent appearances throughout theseries. The Hero is an infantry class that can use swords and axes in battle, and is generally considered a jack-of-all-trades among the physical classes. Like War Cleric, the Hero also made an appearance inFire Emblem Warriorsas the advanced personal class of the traveling swordsmanNavarrefromFire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light.InThree Hopes,the Hero could be a mid-tier class or a Master Class that promotes from the Swordmaster. Hero would ideally be a counterpart to a Mortal Savant that focuses on defense and physical attacks over speed and magic.
So far, no DLC has been announced forFire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes.However, as the game was positively received, DLC could be in the cards. Fans hope to see such DLC add new playable characters, battle maps, and classes. It could even add more story content focusing on characters such as the mysterious Arval or thefan-favorite Gatekeeper.
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopesis available now for the Nintendo Switch.
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