Top 10 Fire Emblem Archetypes (1000 Twitter Followers Special) 

I love me the Marth Archetype: Sigurd (Horse Marth) Seliph (Marth 2.0) Roy (Red Marth) Hector (Armor Marth) Chrom (Future Marth) Lucina (Marth) Marth (Mask Marth)

My first encounter with the "Navarre Archetype" was as follows: "How well will you die?" "Be silent" "You're not a warrior" Lon'qu was amazing. And yes, I consider him a Navarre archetype, for the fact that he was a Ferrox warrior who comes to your side after beating his boss's forces.

"Alas I am a victim of Fates' shitty writing"- Xander 2017 18:12

It’s not the Cain and Able Archetype, it’s the Christmas knights

"Pegasus sister trio" >Half these girls aren't related

I find it really weird that the Wiki puts Ashnard, Garon, Hardin and Vigarde under the Rudolf Archtype category. Rudolfs should actually be honorable man with a great ideal and a secret goal. Rudolf wasnt even a bad guy but a man who sacrifised everything so Alm could fullfill the prophecy. But Ashnard is just a psycho and Garon, Vigarde and Hardin are no longer themselves. Really weird.

Finally some recognizing Mae and Boey as Cain and Abel

I think scarlet is supposed to be the Minerva of fire emblem fates she wears the red armor/wyvern rider and is of nohrian birth but fights against her country.

I like how some of the Cain & Abel archetypes wear Red and Green, akin to that of another famous pair of brothers...

Dat moment, when Blazingknight releases a new video and your life makes sense again. But Lyon being a Gharnef... Eh

Rudolf wasn’t a power hungry character, he did what he had to because he knew that Alm would save everyone. Good video btw

I really like that FE has all these archetypes, it feels like the series has it's own mythology. Archetypes are not a bad thing, it's actually the other way around, they're very natural and different cultures have had their own archetypes through history.

OBJECTION! Well, sort of, The "Pegasus Sisters" trope DID appear loosely in Awakening, but was subverted in several ways; The characters (Sumia, Cordelia, and Phila) were friends rather than sisters who met by being in the same unit, and you never get the Triangle Attack because Gangrel murders Phila. But it still kinda works? A little bit? Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe?

to quote Shiida from shadow dragon and the blade of light "in war women and children cry"

Lyon is a Harding, Riev is the Garnef

I Just had the best idea: WYVERN BROTHERS!

*sees this in sub box* Welp, homework can wait

These videos are really cool, and whenever I get re-addicted to Fire Emblem I always come back and watch them all. I have seen most of them all before but its still great to throw on while playing. Thanks man!

'Some men just want to watch the world burn.' *Ohohohoho talk to Surtr about that, he's literally fire.*

Camilla is more like a tharja archetype for me. Obessed with the main character like faye or tharja

The reason why Seth was so important in sacred stones is because you can't kill him.

“It’s no shock that the power hungry sorcerer would exist in this universe. Yes it’s not very original, but then again nothing is these days” That last sentence makes me laugh 😂🤣

When I saw the video title in my feed, I thought this might be one of my favorite Blazing Knight videos so far. I'm not disappointed. I'm a fan of the Cain/Abel archetype, as well as the Minerva-esque wyvern rider. I'm not sure if it's an archetype per se, but the "third" cavalier who is tankier has also always had a soft spot for me (Lowen, Treck, etc)

23:35 Its so strange hearing that chapter's actual name all that registers for me is "CHAPTER 10"

Ninian/mysterious dancer archetype is my favorite... Ah yes all three of the units like her Azura Ninian Nils

I bet dancer is not on the list

Another good top ten list as usual Blazing Knight.

Fantastic list BlazingKnight, very well informed and hints of clever humour, well done! Just a personal opinion, I do feel that Xander on the Fates Birthright path did not come very close to what was depicted in his support conversations or in the Fates Conquest path but I do see a bit of reason in his actions and behaviour. Maybe if Garon was fleshed out a bit more as a complex/tragic figure maybe we, as the player, could understand Xander’s devotion to him and why he is willing to put so much on the line to defend his country. Oh well, there’s give and take in this situation, maybe Intelligent Systems can fix it if they decide to have a Fates remake in 10 years.

With an archetype like Cain & Abel... I'm always dreading that one might end up killing the other. *Looks over at Keiran & Saizo*

What a nice and very well made video. The "Gigedy gigedy gidegy" part with Inigo had me rolling on the floor

A grade stuff Sir Knight! I can't wait for the weekend so I can just binge watch all your fire emblem videos! ^^

...Did you seriously just switch the descriptions for the Cain and Abel archetypes? Abel is supposed to be the level-headed serious one and Cain is the overly passionate and slightly more playful character. Other than that, nice list as always!

Honestly, Iago could very well be considered a Gharnef since he did try to resurrect a dragon in Birthright and his personality matches the archetype too

*insert original "navarrechetype" comment here*

This rocked and I love you as always. When you added the Oifey additional bullet-points on top of the Jagens', you changed the 'Y' in early into a 'G' by mistake. Lettin' ya know while it's still earlg after release.

I agree with the Minerva archetype on the number 1 spot. You should do videos such as top ten mages or top ten archers. Loves your videos, can’t wait to watch more

I've been waiting for this for a long time

Great video. There really were some good archtypes, but which was my favorite? Well its hard to say, but I think because Swordmaster is my favorite class I like the Navarre archtype- Justin

and here i thought you would run out of ideas soon o how wrong i was and i love it your videos are the best

I do like the Navarre archetype the most, since they are usually an aloof and badass unit. You know that they can mow down a section of the battlefield on their own! Plus, since they can kind of be a little antisocial, watching them interact with the other units can be really interesting.

Great list I enjoy your videos a great deal. One change I would make for the michalis arch type. Valter from 8 would count as well.

If masked marth ( has anyone not played awakining) wasn't there in awakining lon'qu would of been an enemy therefore he would of been a Navarre WTH Masked marth

"No winners, only losers" HOLY SHIT that is deep and hit hard!

Cool job man. Personally I'm still sorta new to Fire Emblem(Only playing Lyn's game(can't remember if its Bind or Blaze) Sacred, Awakening, Fates Conquest & Rev( if your going to ask BR its in the crash pit.) & planning to get the Switch for Warriors(& Odyessy) The ones that stood out to me was Galisps, Maria, Cain & Abel, Murdock, Fredrick, & Minerva archetypes. Keep up the awesome work man.

Woohoo been waiting for this for a long time

"Garon looks like he'll eat you!" -Blazing Knight 2017

Great video

Seth should become a variation of the Jagen archetype. - A unit that can solo the entire game -It's easier to clear the game only using this unit

Personally I always liked Mycen from Echo's. Sure his stats aren't balls to the walls nuts, but I love his design especially the look of his armour and his relationship with Alm and Celica was touching especially considering the whole having no family himself thing so I always bring him along at the end of that game.

Aww, I'll love to see the "Fixing" Awakening Story one... Hopefully it will come to light in the future

Heh, I called the #1 right as I saw this video. My own favourites include... Jagen: Yes, the classic style. Sometimes with Oifeys, they tend to end up TOO good; Seth and Titania, for instances. Pure Jagens, however, fit their specific role perfectly without being broken. Gunter is my favourite of these (even if he only truly counts in Revelation) Cain and Abel: One of the most reliable ones around, almost always I end up with one or even both of these as a mainstay in my army. My favourites are Sain and Kent, and Oscar and Kieran. I generally prefer the Abel's, FTR. Camus: Probably the most interesting villain archetypes in the games, helps you remember not everyone on the opposing side is just an enemy to cut down. My favourites are either Camus himself, or Lloyd Reed (whom I feel counts even if the wiki doesn't) Ogma: I've always liked Mercenaries more the Myrmidons, so naturally I prefer this archetype. My favourite is probably Saber, and maybe Holyn/Chulainn. Merric: Ah, the early wind mages. This one has Soren, my favourite non-Lord in the whole series, so I can't leave this one out, can I? Maria: Like Blazing Knight, I almost always prefer these to the Lena's, with the one exception, funny enough, being the characters these archetypes. My favourite's either Lachiesis, Priscilla, or Elise. Minerva: Wyvern Knights are one of my favourite classes (my top 5 being them, Paladins, Troubadours, Mercenaries, and Dark Mages), so naturally I tend to like these. The original, Miledy, Heath, Cormag, Jill and Haar, Camilla... hard to really choose a favourite. Malledus: The tactician is often one of my favourite characters in an FE game. There's the aforementioned Soren, of course, but Lewyn and Robin are not too far off.

Oscar has always interested me because he technically fills two archetypal roles. He is both the Abel, and the Oldest Pegasus sibling. A lot of people never consider it since they're not the same classes as each other or even Pegasus classes, but Oscar, Boyd, and Rolf are the sibling trio archetype. Though I would probably switch Boyd and Rolf for personality roles, since Rolf is a lot quicker to stress and very timid, and Boyd's pretty. . . Exuberant. I also found your use of Lukas and Forsyth as a Cain/Able example reslly interesting, since Lukas is the kindhearted and calm, but simultaneously cold and calculating one, and Forsyth is the exuberant and boisterous one with grandiose dreams of becoming a knight. Esoecially since both Lukas and Python play similar roles when playing off of Forsyth. I also like how Celica has her own set in Mae and Boey.

I see you're using Wikia as the basis. It's OK. But let me just explain... something. In Fire Emblem community, you'll find a lot who say discussing archetypes are pointless. However, I find it fascinating so it's all good. Second, there are other sites, like TV Tropes, that defined archetypes differently than Wikia. For instance, the Rudolf archetype is called Hardin instead (at least until Hardin himself got a brand new definition of villains that were possessed), and the Jagen archetype is split further into Jagen, Oifey and... Eyvel. 'Jeorge' refers to two things there: in addition of the 'disguised noble', it also has the definition of 'mid-game souped up archer'. There's also Linde being designated as 'female mage whose family member got murdered by the bad guys and like to pair up with Merric', Gordin as early archer, Draug as early armor knight, and even 'skirt-chasing guys' or 'girls with bad case of unrequited love'. It's... diverse, to say the least. Both sites has differing opinions about what constitutes as an archetype or not, and even some youtubers find some new personal archetypes. Even Orson (the traitor guy) Still, nothing wrong with taking cues from the Wikia. Good job!

Yay! I love Catria to bits so I’m glad she and her sisters are on the list

14:19 Omg I laughed so hard there XD and btw, why isn't Lon'qu a Navarre?

...did Caineghis just punch Ike for 50 damage?

Good list :)

I'm surprised Lon'qu isn't considered a Navarre. sure you get him for free instead of him being an enemy unit but literally everything else about him checks out, and that's more than can be said for most of the characters considered to fit the Maria archetype

Even though Xander has crappy writing he will still be one of my favorite fire emblem characters

The problem I feel with Birthright-Xander or Birthright in general is that, they tried really hard to mirror the story from one side to the other imo. So the controversies with characters are a thing. For example (some heavy spoilers ahead): In Chapter 25-26 The eldest brother has to be killed by Corrin. In the case of Ryoma I felt it was really sad and a hard moment in the story. But in the case for Xander... well you already know it. I love Conquest-Xander tho. Great videos as always :D

Alva and Cain are debatably switchable with Orsin and Halvan, who could be the C&A or the Bord and Cord. They seem more like those Roshea and Vyland Cavaliers that everyone doesn't like. Regardless, I'm always glad to see more content from you in my Subscriptions Edit: Also, Dagdar could have a go at Oifey, according to most. Edit2: -Travant did nothing wrong though- Edit 3: Zeiss capped strength at base in Fe6 last playthrough. Just seeing that made me smile

I was expecting you to say that one of the three promint feature of the Maria Archetype is they are ungodlg adorable. Haaha.

Personally, the Camus archetype is my favourite. I can't help but have a ton of respect for these types of villains, as they clearly have a good heart, but they still fight on because they HAVE to, not because they WANT to. So whenever I have to kill them, I do feel pretty bad since I really don't want to, and that personally makes them all the more respectable for me.

I don't really know if this is a FE archetype, but I really like it when a character thinks something like the wyverns or risen are cute. I think Cherche from Awakening has this personality and it's always been a favorite in any game or show I've seen

You should do a part two of all fire emblem classes Archetypes and should give a tour of your recording room please

Blazeingknight, while I rezpect your enthusiasm of the topic and the video was nice overall, I noticed a few errors in which characteds are and are not archetypes in certain groups. Reiv is the Ghareph of sacred stones - not Lyon.

Hey, BK, I know you hate Corrin with a passion (the feeling is not mutual, though), but I'm pretty sure you'll like her more in Fire Emblem Warriors. I have to say, her conversations with Lianna and Robin were really good, especially with Robin (it was surprisingly deep). Hard to say which Archetype is my favorite, but I know one archetype the series desperately needs, especially as a main character: the bad boy a.k.a. the rebel.

You missed L'Arachel for Maria archetype! She's funny!

I like you, I'm subscribing

Dose Boyd, Oscar and Rolf count as the pegasus sister? Also you need to do a lord Archetypes (I don't know if there is enough for them but I just want to see the Hector Archetypes, the Marth Archetypes and the Celica probably (not to sure of the mage one since the frist mage lord for me was Micaiah but I guess it Celica)) Any way nice video. Perso My fav Archetype is the Lorenz one (AKA Jagen that come late game to help and change side) I think those are my fav Prepromote to use and they are also useally have a great story too. For the character i like: Gharnef (No sorry I don'T like this Archetypes at all Because I would not put Lyon in the Archetypes to complext for that but else my fav would be Lyon...) Gotoh (Tibarn or Caineghis) Sisters (Vanessa, Fiora, Elincia and Palla (I put 4 but my fav is Vanessa than Elincia than Fiora and Palla would be = to Fiora.)) Rudolf (Vigarde) Cain/Able (Sain, Forde) Maria (Mist) Navarre (Marisa... Probably Ayra if I had played her game I don't know female Swordmaster is sexy I guess?) Oifey (Titania for her design alone :D) Camus (Selena and Camus... The other in that archetype are useallly not really use like Levail or Hetzel) Ogma (Gerik) Est (Elincia and Nino) Michalis (Lekain I guess...) Jeorge (L'Arachel or Ninian) Arran and Samsons (Samsons, Tibarn, Harken, Ena But I would say probably Ena Fav) Minerva (Jill and Minerva) SORRY FOR THE BAD ENGLISH And voila my list But I still think you really miss the Lorenz in your list so much great characters: Lorenz, Camus/Zeke, Duessel, Tauroneo All great character.

Glad to see I'm not the only one whose favorite is Joshua!

Hey , Great Video , but i got a question , I am a big fan of Cherche , where would you put cherche in which Archetype ? and with who ? :)

Hey Blaze, I'm pretty sure a Berkut archetype could be good for the future of Fire Emblem. What do you think?

I completely agree with your love for the Minerva archetype and the assertion that Jill is the best example of it! Jill is my favorite female Fire Emblem character of all.

To me personally, Camilla falls under the Trash Character archetype along with characters like Tharja, most of Fates's cast, and Faye, but one person's trash is another person's Minerva I guess Nice video by the way dude

Why mustafa is not in the camus archetypes, other than that great video man

"you can't sway them even with a fresh copy of path of raddince" WHAT ABOUT A FRESH COPY OF RADAINT DAWN HMMMM

Blazingknight, Abel is actually an odd case. Abel is an Abel in one game, but Abel is much more of an Est in FE 3/12 (more 12, since his growths are the same in FE 3). Abel is actually quite interesting (if only I could say that about Cain....)

Bet you can't wait for Minerva in Fire Emblem Warriors, right Blazing Knight?

Unless you have already done it can you do a top ten favorite villanas

I know I havent been keeping up with the lets plays super well but, did you ever upload the final chapter of Blazing Sword? I have been playing along as I watch the episodes and I relize you went on to the bonus episodes without uploading the final. If you made an announcement about that I probably missed it.

Nice video. The Maria archetype never personally stood out to me, mainly because Maria herself never stood out to me and I just don't associate the other characters with the Maria archetype. I have to say I am surprised no one has mentioned the Merric archetype. It has a basic template of the wind mage, but it has given us characters like Boey and Soren.

You know, I've been doing some thinking, which got me to return to this video. For the Cain & Abel archetypes, it's pretty clear they're the Mario & Luigi of Fire Emblem (especially with Saizo & Kaze) - I mean, hello, red & green. As for the Navarre archetype, I think that archetype has gone on to other games outside of Fire Emblem in creating their own variations of it. For instance, Guilty Gear has Sol Badguy, and BlazBlue has Ragna the Bloodedge. I think both of these characters are definitely inspired by Navarre in one way or another - they wear red, use powerful swords for fighting, and have brooding personalities that make them beyond antisocial, despite being the main heroes (though in terms of Guilty Gear, I suppose you could say Baiken somewhat also falls into a similar category; same with Jin in BlazBlue). Heck, in some case, Dante from Devil May Cry is kind of a Navarre archetype, though instead of brooding, he's fun-loving and a real awesome guy despite being half-demon (yeah, there's DmC Dante, but... We don't talk about that).

Sain!!! Nice list

Love to see how the archetypes will be tackled in three houses

Mustafa is a Camus Archetype from Awakening. He just isn’t related to anyone, but he is a father figure to Henry, but he hasn’t been met yet

Oh Jesus . nice list

18:14 That's why only Eldigan and Reinhardt can be the only spareable Camus... I wish we have more of those kinds.

I find it hard to distinguish between Lena and Maria, it feels like Lena is the missing Macedonian royal sibling because of how near identical they are. Maria doesn't feel like the snobby prissy type to me, same goes for Elise the cinnabun roll. I find it interesting that in FE6&7 the starting Clerics and Troubadours have their personalities swapped. Serra becomes the snobby (but still hilarious) one while Priscilla is the sweetheart, in contrast to Elen and Clarine. I started with Fates, so when I see that Kaze and Saizo being part of the archetype named after the Biblical siblings I initially assumed that ALL Cains and Abels are brothers. Then again most of them have a brother-like relationship anyways (Cain and Abel, Sain and Kent). Really dig Camus and wished that he serves as an archrival to Marth of sorts, though he's pretty close. His coolness is probably what saved him from "death" and appear in FE3 and be a good guy, just like Michalis. All while Hardin, a close ally to Marth in FE1 took their role as a prominent villain instead. Also Finn should be a Jagenoifey in FE5. I wonder who is older: Tana or Vanessa? But functionally Tana feels like the youngest and hippiest of the FE8 pegasus trio. Speaking of which, Fates has more than enough Pegasus units but none of them fits into the archetype (the all siblings aspect goes out of the window by FE8/9/10). I guess Hinoka can be a Catria and Reina as the Palla, but they don't have the Est pegasus.

the Robin part is the most hilarious in these video

Just watching this video to find what types of characters should be in my romhack.

YEAH EST UNITS ARE AMAZING, SO FUN TO TRAIN

Some false archetypes are in the video. Lyon is not a Gharnef archetype, he's the "betrayal" or "good guy who got possesed by something or become evil" archetype.

I like this video. The one archetype that gets overlooked the most is the Est archetype. I don't think anyone talks about it. I have fun using them in combat and character is their major excelling point. Making them somehow my favorite archetype by far. Camus archetype is my 2nd favorite due to their devotion to their homeland. Even if it means death. Why did Fates ruin Xander's character? He fits the archetype in supports he has but the story made him poorly written. But hey, what could go worst? These two archetype are my favorites.

great now i feel the need to play fire emblem.

Est archetypes honourable mentions. TRIGGERED

Haar will always be my hero holding down half the army coming trough the right stairs on the final mission on chapter 2 on radiant dawn

Top 10 quote's in Fire Emblem

Also, my favorite archetype is the "Silent Knight" Archetype. While not as known as any of the archetypes you have on the list, these group of armored (with exceptions) allies often have another layer under their armor so-to-speak. Kellam, Saizo, and Gilliam are all perfect candidates for the archetype, as they are more than intimidating hunks of steel and sometimes scowls.

The cain and able archetype makes me think of the jello apocalypse joke when he chanted 2 cavaliers