Trueblade

Trueblade Stefan as a Trueblade in Radiant Dawn. Peerless swordsmen whose total mastery of the blade fascinates all. They employ the skill Astra.

Unit type(s) Infantry Weapon(s) Sword Skill(s) Shove, Critical +20, Astra

The Trueblade (Japanese: 剣聖 (ソードエスカトス Sword Eschatos) is an advanced sword-using class which debuted in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. It is a rare third-tier promoted class and the final stage of the Myrmidon class, promoting from the Swordmaster class.

Being an advanced Swordmaster, the Trueblade continues the Myrmidon line's traditional stat build and takes it to its extreme conclusion. While their raw damage output is lower than the average due to their lesser strength, their skill and speed are immense and among the highest of any class, giving them great accuracy and a very high chance of follow-up attacking their foes and making them very efficient fighters. As a result of their high skill and their possession of a skill which grants them a significant critical bonus, Trueblades also inflict critical hits very frequently. They also make near-exclusive use of the iconic Astra skill, allowing them to land five consecutive blows on their target when the skill activates.

However, Trueblades are held back by their frailty, as their maximum HP, defense and resistance are all fairly low compared to other infantry classes. In addition, their sword-exclusive nature greatly limits their options for long-range attack. As with Swordmasters, Trueblades are most effective when their faults are mitigated through tactical use of terrain benefits to bolster their defenses and increase their avoid.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Radiant Dawn	49/48	19/18	3	23	21/23	0	16/14	6/8	7	11/8	A

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Radiant Dawn	55/50	32/31	20	40	40	30/35	26/25	24/26	20	99	SS

Miscellaneous data

Game	Tier	Movement type	Weakness	Experience	CRP	Gold	Vision	Weight mod.	Capacity	Size	Unit type
Radiant Dawn	Master	Infantry	--	--	--	--	4	+0	60	--	--

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon level
Radiant Dawn	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	--	--	--	--

See class growth rate for more details on the mechanics of class growths in each game.

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Radiant Dawn	Shove	Innate.
Radiant Dawn	Critical +20	Innate.
Radiant Dawn	Astra	Innate (Mastery skill).

Class change

Radiant Dawn

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class	Promotion method	Master class
Myrmidon	Using a  Master Seal after reaching level 10, or reaching level 21.	Swordmaster	Using a  Master Crown after reaching level 10, or reaching level 21.	Trueblade

Playable Trueblades

Playable units
Name	Game
Stefan	Radiant Dawn
Playable Trueblade units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Radiant Dawn (class roll)	The ultimate swordsmen. Even their foes are mesmerized by their skill. They wield the skill Astra.	他に並ぶものなき究極の剣使い 風の如きその技は敵すらも魅了する 奥義【流星】の使い手
Radiant Dawn (help)	Peerless swordsmen whose total mastery of the blade fascinates all. They employ the skill Astra.	他に並ぶものなき究極の剣使い 風の如きその技は敵すらも魅了する 奥義【流星】の使い手

Trivia

• Outside of Radiant Dawn, "sword saint" (the class's Japanese name) was a title held by numerous other characters: Od from the backstory of Genealogy of the Holy War, Karel and Fir from The Binding Blade, Guy in the localized version of Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade and Yen'fay in the Japanese version of Awakening.
  • It additionally shares its Japanese name with that of the Swordmaster class in Fates.
• In Radiant Dawn's class roll, the Trueblade class is erroneously referred to as "Swordmaster".

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Trueblade	--
Japanese	剣聖 (ソードエスカトス	Officially romanized as Sword Eschatos; literally translates as "sword saint". In Radiant Dawn, all Japanese class names are spelled primarily in kanji (i.e. 剣聖), with a foreign-language name in katakana applied as furigana (i.e. ソードエスカトス) and used as the basis for the romanized name in the class roll. In feudal Japanese culture, kensei (剣聖) was a title given to a swordfighter (剣士) of legendary skill. It is even higher in prestige than the title kengō (剣豪), which was bestowed upon great swordfighters. The Radiant Dawn furigana/romanized name, Sword Eschatos, is taken from the Greek ἔσχατος éschatos, "furthest" or "extreme", implying the class is the "greatest swordsman".
Spanish	Sable	Saber
French	Escrimeur	Fencer
German	Schwertheiliger	Sword saint
Italian	Schermitore	Fencer

Gallery

• 
  Edward as a Trueblade in Radiant Dawn.
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  Zihark as a Trueblade in Radiant Dawn.
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  Lucia as a Trueblade in Radiant Dawn.
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  Mia as a Trueblade in Radiant Dawn.
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  Stefan as a Trueblade in Radiant Dawn.

See also

• Dread Fighter

This article is part of Project Classes, a project focused in writing articles for every class present in the Fire Emblem series.