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What is the primary weapon of choice for the Wyvern Lord in the Fire Emblem series?

The Wyvern Lord, an advanced version of the Wyvern Rider class in the Fire Emblem series, primarily uses Axes as their weapon of choice, starting from the Tellius Series. Prior to this, Lances were their main weapon, which have since been demoted to a secondary role.

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How has the weapon choice for Wyvern Lords changed in the Tellius Series?

The Tellius Series introduced a shift in the weapon preference for Wyvern Lords. Axes became their primary weapon, replacing Lances, which were relegated to secondary status. The use of Swords was entirely discontinued.

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What is the promoted form of the Wyvern Rider class in Fire Emblem?

In Fire Emblem, the Wyvern Rider class advances to the Wyvern Lord class. An additional promotion option to Wyvern Knights is available in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. The class is called Dracoknight in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, promoting to Dragonmaster. The Wyvern Lord class predominantly uses the Axe as its weapon.

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Is the Wyvern Rider class worth it in Fire Emblem: Three Houses?

In Fire Emblem: Three Houses, the Wyvern Rider class is beneficial due to its advanced abilities and high stats. This class requires a unit with an Axe level of B or higher and a Flying level of C or higher. Its high movement and flying status are significant assets on large maps and unusual terrains. Additionally, the Wyvern Rider class can move again after certain actions, enhancing its strategic value. The absence of weapon restrictions allows for flexibility in dealing with various situations.

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In which game did the Wyvern Lord first appear in the Fire Emblem series?

The Wyvern Lord character class made its debut in the 'Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War' game. This class, an advanced form of the Wyvern Rider, typically uses Lances as their primary weapon, with Swords or Axes as secondary options.

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History in the Series

In its original appearance in Genealogy of the Holy War, the Dragonmaster class is introduced as the promoted form of the Dragon Knight class. This iteration of the class wields both swords and lances.

In Thracia 776, the Dragonmaster class is absent, though some assets for the class exist in the game's code. Had it been implemented, it would have had a mounted form that only used lances and a dismounted form that only used swords, similar to other mounted classes in the game.

In the localization of The Blazing Blade, the Dragon Master class is known as the Wyvern Lord class. Most subsequent Fire Emblem titles refer to the class by this name.

From Path of Radiance onward, Wyvern Lords primarily use axes and lances, and are no longer able to use swords.

In Radiant Dawn, the Wyvern Lord class is again referred to as the Dragonmaster. This version of the class is further able to promote into the Dragonlord class when the necessary requirements are fulfilled.

In Awakening, the Wyvern Lord continues to have high Strength, Defense, and HP. It does have average Speed and Skill while continuing to have low Resistance.

In Fates, the Wyvern Lord class is treated as a Nohrian class.

In the spin-off Fire Emblem Warriors, the class only uses axes, and acts as the promoted class for Minerva. Gameplay-wise, the class functions as a clone of Camilla's Malig Master.

In Three Houses, Wyvern Lord is a Master class that requires a unit with a Lance level of C or higher, an Axe level of A or higher, and a Flying level of A or higher to pass the Certification Exam. The class has skill experience class bonuses in Axes, Lances, and Flying (+3).

In Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, Wyvern Lord is a Master rank class that requires mastering either the Warrior or Wyvern Rider classes before taking the certification exam. Similar to the original Fire Emblem Warriors, Wyvern Lords only use axes.

Other Games

In Vestaria Saga I, the Wyvern Lord is known as the Dragonmaster. The class wields swords, lances and throwing spears. This class has the highest Movement in the game.

Overview

Combat

In The Binding Blade, The Blazing Blade, The Sacred Stones and Path of Radiance, Wyvern Lords are flying units that, when compared to Falcon Knights, boast higher HP, Strength and Defense at the cost of Speed and Resistance. Their Skill tends to be below average in most of the games, but is actually above average in Radiant Dawn and Fates. Like other flying classes, Wyvern Lords are vulnerable to Bows and Wind magic (this is changed to Thunder Magic in Radiant Dawn). Their resistance in particular is consistently low and in many appearances is the lowest of the regular promoted classes.

In Awakening, Wyvern Lords learn two skills, Quick Burn and Swordbreaker. Quick Burn allows its user to hit and avoid better at the beginning of the battle, after which the effects wear off gradually. The beneficial effects of the skill should thus be taken advantage of quickly before withdrawing the unit in question from direct harm. Swordbreaker, on the other hands is ideal when battling against sword users, in particular Swordmasters and Assassins because of their high Skill.

In Fates, Wyvern Lords retain the Swordbreaker skill, but Quick Burn is replaced with Rally Defense. They are still effective against Swordmasters. The only change when it comes to the use of Swordbreaker is that Wyvern Lords can only attain B-rank proficiency in Lances. With the absence of Wind Magic, other than the Excalibur tome that only Sorcerers and Witches can use due to being the only classes with access to S-rank tomes, Wyvern Lords are most vulnerable to Bow users and units with weapons that are effective against dragons, like the Wyrmslayer and the brand new Dragon Spirit. They are also quite effective against Master Ninjas when they are wielding axes due to the generally low defense in Master Ninjas and the Wyvern Lord's generally high Strength and Defense stats and axes having advantage over Shuriken, with the exception of the Dual Shuriken.

In Three Houses, the Wyvern Lord is often considered the best non-exclusive class for physical units (plus Annette), due to a combination of its Strength and Defense, as well as its increased Speed compared to previous installments. The lack of weapon restrictions allows them to equip most weapons to deal with any given situation, and their high movement and flying status is a major asset, due to the maps often being large and having unusual terrain.

In-Game

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Base Stats

	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Con	Wt	Wlv	Cha
FE4	40	12	0	9	7	0	14	0	9	-	-	A A	-
FE6	25/24	9/8	-	5/7	7	0	10/9	1/2	8	11/10	-	E C	-
FE7	25/24	9/8	-	5/7	7	0	10/9	1/2	8	11/10	-	E C	-
FE8	25/24	9/8	-	5/7	7	0	10/9	1/2	8	11/10	-	E C	-
FE9	25/24	8	1	6	5	0	10/9	1/2	9	12/8	41/37	C E	-
FE10	35/36	20/11	2/0	18/8	16/9	0	19/11	5/1	9	13/8	43/38	C/D C	-
FE10 ★	40	22	4	20	18	0	21	7	9	13	43	C C	-
FE13	24	11	0	8	7	0	11	3	8	-	-	E E	-
FE14	19	8	0	9	6	3	10	1	8	-	-	E E	-
FE16	32	18	10	14	20	12	15	12	8	-	-	C A A	0

Maximum Stats

	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Con	Wt	Wlv	Cha
FE4	80	27	15	24	22	30	29	15	9	-	-	A A	-
FE6	60	26/25	-	26	23	30	30/29	22/23	15	21/22	-	S S	-
FE7	60	27/25	-	25/26	23/24	30	28/27	22/23	15	25	-	S S	-
FE8	60	27/25	-	25/26	23/24	30	28/27	22/23	15	25	-	S S	-
FE9	60	29/27	20	28/26	26/27	30	29/27	22/25	9	12/8	41/37	S S	-
FE10	50	29/28	5	28/26	24/25	30	26/25	13/14	9	13/8	43/38	A S	-
FE10 ★	58	36	8	36	30	30	35	18	9	13	43	S SS	-
FE13	80	46	30	38	38	45	46	30	8	-	-	A A	-
FE14	60	33	25	33	29	28	35	26	8	-	-	B A	-
FEW	999	175	3	115	138	102	155	36	20	-	-	S	-

Growth Rates

	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Con	Wt	Wlv	Cha
FE4	100%	30%	10%	30%	30%	0%	30%	10%	-	-	-	-	-
FE6	75%	40%	-	30%	20%	20%	20%	7%	-	-	-	-	-
FE7	75%	40%	-	30%	20%	20%	20%	17%	-	-	-	-	-
FE8	75%	40%	-	30%	20%	20%	20%	17%	-	-	-	-	-
FE9	80%	50/45%	10%	40%	35/40%	25%	50/45%	35/40%	-	-	-	-	-
FE10	60/70%	35/45%	5/25%	30/40%	30/65%	50/30%	25/40%	30/40%	-	-	-	-	-
FE10 ★	95%	75%	20%	85%	65%	90%	75%	60%	-	-	-	-	-
FE13	45%	30%	0%	15%	15%	0%	10%	5%	-	-	-	-	-
FE14	10%	15%	0%	15%	10%	5%	20%	0%	-	-	-	-	-
FE16	30/40%	15/28%	-5%	0%	10%	0%	5/50%	0%	-	-	-	+3 +3 +3	5%
FEW3H	30%	30%	0%	0%	15%	0%	15%	0%	-	-	-	-	10%

Class Modifiers

Class Skills

	Skill	Requirements
FE4	Re-Move	Hidden innate skill of all flying and mounted units.
FE9	Stun	Occult skill of the Wyvern Lord class; assign with an Occult Scroll.
FE10	Canto	Base skill of all flying and mounted units.
FE13	Quick Burn Swordbreaker	Learnt at Level 5. Learnt at Level 15.
FE14	Rally Defense Swordbreaker	Learnt at Level 5 and above. Learnt at Level 15 and above.
FE16	Canto Axefaire Avoid +10 Defiant Critical	Class Ability of Wyvern Lord. Class Ability of Wyvern Lord. Class Ability of Wyvern Lord. Mastery Ability of Wyvern Lord.
FEW3H	Grievous Blow Lance Buster Lv 4 Lancebreaker Helm Splitter Howl Str +10 Undaunted Defiant Crit Nullify Flying Effect Safeguard Domineer Heaviest Hitter	Class ability. Class ability. 1-star Class Mastery for Caspar, Hilda and Seteth. 1-star Class Mastery for all units. 2-star Class Mastery for certain units. 2-star Class Mastery for certain units. 2-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. Innate Ability for certain units. Innate Ability for certain units.

Promotions

	Base Class	Promotion Method	Promoted Class
FE4	Dragon Knight	Choose the "Class Change" option in the Home Castle when the relevant unit reaches Level 20.	Dragonmaster
FE6	Wyvern Rider	Use an Elysian Whip on a Level 10+ Wyvern Rider.	Wyvern Lord
FE7	Wyvern Rider	Use an Elysian Whip on a Level 10+ Wyvern Rider.	Wyvern Lord
FE8	Wyvern Rider	Use an Elysian Whip on a Level 10+ Wyvern Rider.	Wyvern Lord
FE9	Wyvern Rider	Use a Master Seal on a Level 10+ Wyvern Rider.	Wyvern Lord
FE10	Dracoknight	Use a Master Seal on a Level 10+ Dracoknight or train a Dracoknight to Level 21.	Dragonmaster
FE10	Dragonmaster	Use a Master Crown on a Level 10+ Dragonmaster or train a Dragonmaster to Level 21.	Dragonlord
FE13	Wyvern Rider	Use a Master Seal on a Level 10+ Wyvern Rider.	Wyvern Lord
FE14	Wyvern Rider	Use a Master Seal on a Level 10+ Wyvern Rider.	Wyvern Lord
FE16	Any class	Use a Master Seal on a Level 30+ unit and pass the Wyvern Lord Certification Exam.	Wyvern Lord
FEW	Wyvern Rider	Use a Master Seal on Minerva.	Wyvern Lord
FEW3H	Warrior Wyvern Rider	Use a Master Seal on a unit that has mastered either the Warrior or Wyvern Rider class.	Wyvern Lord

Notable Wyvern Lords

Genealogy of the Holy War

• Travant - The king of Thracia.
• Arion - The prince of Thracia and son of Travant.
• Magorn - Leader of a troop of Dragon Knights who are led to the Yied Desert to slay Quan and Ethlyn while they are en-route to reuniting with Sigurd.
• Promotion of: Altena.

Thracia 776

• Dean - A knight of Thracia, the brother of Eda, and lover of Linoan.
• Promotion of: Eda.

TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga

• Julius - Third Prince of Canaan who wields the legendary ☆Canaan Lance.

The Binding Blade

• Narcian - One of the Dragon Generals of Bern.
• Galle - Narcian's replacement and Melady's lover.
• Flaer - Lieutenant of Narcian.
• Promotion of: Zeiss and Melady.

The Blazing Blade

• Vaida - A wyvern-bound General (and later deserter) from Bern.
• Promotion of: Heath.

The Sacred Stones

• Glen - The Sunstone, one of the Imperial Three of Grado and brother of Cormag.
• Promotion of: Cormag.

Path of Radiance

• Shiharam - The father of Jill and a general in the Daein army.
• Haar - The second-in-command of Shiharam.
• Gromell - Leader of a group of soldiers who use landslides in a bid to kill Ike's forces before they enter the territory of Crimea.
• Promotion of: Jill.

Radiant Dawn

• Zeffren - A member of Begnion's holy Dracoknights.
• Istvan - Serves under Duke Seliora as a high-ranking general.
• Haar - Owner of a wyvern delivery company.
• Promotion of: Jill.

Awakening

• Minerva (SpotPass)
• Altena (SpotPass)
• Travant (SpotPass)
• Narcian (SpotPass)
• Ashnard (SpotPass)
• Possible promotion for: Cherche and Gerome.

Fates

• Scarlet - The leader of the rebel uprising in the Principality of Cheve.
• Possible promotion for: Beruka and Percy.

Three Houses

• Nader - General of Almyra known as Nader the Undefeated. Arrogant, but a good person at heart.
• Dominic - One of the Ten Elites, original bearer of the Crest of Dominic, and founder of House Dominic.

Vestaria Saga I

• Eddard - Grandson of the king of Norden. He and Lianka are betrothed.
• Jemma - A jarl of the Norden Coalition who abducted Lianka.

Trivia

• In Awakening, the Wyvern Lord class can be seen as a parallel to the General; both have the highest Strength and Defense caps (on the ground and in the air respectively), both have a status which makes them vulnerable to a certain type of weapon (two in the case of the Wyvern Lord, being weak against Wyrmslayers, the Book of Naga, Bows, Wind magic, Volant Axes, and all variations of Falchion) and both classes wield axes and lances.

Gallery

Concept artwork of the Wyvern Lord class from Path of Radiance.

Concept artwork of a Dragonmaster from Radiant Dawn.

The first set of concept artwork featuring the female variant of the Wyvern Lord class from Awakening.

The second set of concept artwork featuring the female variant of the Wyvern Lord class from Awakening.

The first set of concept artwork featuring the male variant of the Wyvern Lord class from Awakening.

The second set of concept artwork featuring the male variant of the Wyvern Lord class from Awakening.

Concept artwork of the Wyvern Lord mount from Awakening.

Concept of a female Wyvern Knight from Fates

Concept artwork of the Wyvern Lord class from Fates.

Concept artwork of the Wyvern Lord class from Fire Emblem: Three Houses.

Seteth as a Wyvern Lord in Three Houses.

Generic class portrait of a Wyvern Lord from the GBA titles.

Generic class portrait of a Wyvern Lord from Awakening.

Battle model of Altena, a Dragon Master from Genealogy of the Holy War.

Animation of a Wyvern Lord attacking with a Lance from the GBA titles.

Jill as a Wyvern Lord in Path of Radiance.

Gromell as a Wyvern Lord in Path of Radiance.

Jill as a Dragonmaster in Radiant Dawn.

Haar as a Dragonmaster in Radiant Dawn.

Istvan as a Dragonmaster in Radiant Dawn

Cherche, a female Wyvern Lord in Awakening.

Gerome, a male Wyvern Lord in Awakening.

Generic class portrait of a Wyvern Lord from Fates.

Map sprite of the Wyvern Lord class from the GBA titles.