Fire Emblem: Three Houses Best Classes for Each Character

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Find out the best classes for your favorite units

Fire Emblem: Three Houses, including the Cindered Shadows DLC, boasts a roster of 40 playable characters. The game makes it possible to build and develop units any way you want​​ (Great Knight Lysithea and Warlock Raphael, anyone?) But if you want to maximize your character’s base stats, growth potential, and budding ability, we’ve compiled a guide of the best classes for every character in Three Houses.

 

1. Byleth

  • Best class for Byleth: Enlightened One
  • Second best: Trickster
  • Class guide for Byleth: 

    Best classes for Byleth

2. Edelgard

  • Best class for Edelgard: Emperor
  • Second best: Wyvern Lord
  • Class guide for Edelgard: 

    Best classes for Edelgard

3. Hubert

  • Best class for Hubert: Dark Knight
  • Second best: Bow Knight
  • Class guide for Hubert: 

    Best classes for Hubert

4. Ferdinand

  • Best class for Ferdinand: Great Knight
  • Second best: Assassin
  • Class guide for Ferdinand: 

    Best classes for Ferdinand

5. Linhardt

  • Best class for Linhardt: Bishop
  • Second best: Holy Knight
  • Class guide for Linhardt: 

    Best classes for Linhardt

6. Caspar

  • Best class for Caspar: War Master
  • Second best: Fortress Knight
  • Class guide for Caspar: 

    Best classes for Caspar

7. Bernadetta

  • Best class for Bernadetta: Sniper
  • Second best: Bow Knight
  • Class guide for Bernadetta: 

    Best classes for Dorothea

8. Dorothea

  • Best class for Dorothea: Gremory
  • Second best: Dancer
  • Class guide for Dorothea: 

    Best classes for Dorothea

9. Petra

  • Best class for Petra: Wyvern Lord
  • Second best: Falcon Knight
  • Class guide for Petra: 

    Best classes for Petra

10. Dimitri

  • Best class for Dimitri: Great Lord
  • Second best: Grappler
  • Class guide for Dimitri: 

    Best classes for Dimitri

11. Dedue

  • Best class for Dedue: War Master
  • Second best: Grappler
  • Class guide for Dedue: 

    Best classes for Dedue

12. Felix

  • Best class for Felix: Swordmaster
  • Second best: Mortal Savant
  • Class guide for Felix: 

    Best classes for Felix

13. Ashe

  • Best class for Ashe: Bow Knight
  • Second best: Wyvern Lord
  • Class guide for Ashe: 

    Best classes for Ashe

14. Sylvain

  • Best class for Sylvain: Wyvern Lord
  • Second best: Dark Knight
  • Class guide for Sylvain: 

    Best classes for Sylvain

15. Mercedes

  • Best class for Mercedes: Bishop
  • Second best: Mage
  • Class guide for Mercedes: 

    Best classes for Mercedes

16. Annette

 

  • Best class for Annette: Gremory
  • Second best: Warlock
  • Class guide for Annette: 

    Best classes for Annette

17. Ingrid

  • Best class for Ingrid: Pegasus Knight
  • Second best: Holy Knight
  • Class guide for Ingrid: 

    Best classes for Ingrid

18. Claude

  • Best class for Claude: Barbarossa
  • Second best: Wyvern Master
  • Class guide for Claude: 

    Best classes for Claude

19. Lorenz

  • Best class for Lorenz: Dark Knight
  • Second best: Bow Knight
  • Class guide for Lorenz: 

    Best classes for Lorenz

20. Raphael

  • Best class for Raphael: War Master
  • Second best: Grappler
  • Class guide for Raphael: 

21. Ignatz

  • Best class for Ignatz: Swordmaster
  • Second best: Mortal Savant
  • Class guide for Ignatz: 

    Best classes for Ignatz

22. Lysithea

  • Best class for Lysithea: Gremory
  • Second best: Warlock
  • Class guide for Lysithea: 

    Best classes for Lysithea

23. Marianne

  • Best class for Marianne: Holy Knight
  • Second best: Bishop
  • Class guide for Marianne: 

    Best classes for Marianne

24. Hilda

  • Best class for Hilda: Wyvern Lord
  • Second best: Great Knight
  • Class guide for Hilda: 

    Best classes for Hilda

25. Leonie

  • Best class for Leonie: Bow Knight
  • Second best: Paladin
  • Class guide for Leonie: 

    Best classes for Leonie

26. Seteth

  • Best class for Seteth: Wyvern Lord
  • Second best: Wyvern Rider
  • Class guide for Seteth: 

    Best classes for Seteth

27. Flayn

  • Best class for Flayn: Gremory
  • Second best: Dark Flier
  • Class guide for Flayn: 

    Best classes for Flayn

28. Hanneman

  • Best class for Hanneman: Dark Knight
  • Second best: Sniper
  • Class guide for Hanneman: 

    Best classes for Hanneman

29. Manuela

  • Best class for Manuela: Gremory
  • Second best: Mortal Savant
  • Class guide for Manuela: 

    Best classes for Manuela

30. Gilbert

  • Best class for Gilbert: Wyvern Lord
  • Second best: Great Knight
  • Class guide for Gilbert: 

    Best classes for Gilbert

31. Alois

  • Best class for Alois: War Master
  • Second best: Wyvern Lord
  • Class guide for Alois: 

    Best classes for Alois

32. Catherine

  • Best class for Catherine: Falcon Knight
  • Second best: Swordmaster
  • Class guide for Catherine: 

    Best classes for Catherine

33. Shamir

  • Best class for Shamir: Sniper
  • Second best: Bow Knight
  • Class guide for Shamir: 

    Best classes for Shamir

34. Cyril

  • Best class for Cyril: Paladin
  • Second best: Wyvern Lord
  • Class guide for Cyril: 

    Best classes for Cyril

35. Jeritza

  • Best class for Jeritza: Death Knight
  • Second best: Wyvern Lord
  • Class guide for Jeritza: 

    Best classes for Jeritza

36. Anna

  • Best class for Anna: Paladin
  • Second best: Swordmaster
  • Class guide for Anna: 

    Best classes for Anna

37. Yuri

  • Best class for Yuri: Trickster
  • Second best: Swordmaster
  • Class guide for Yuri: 

    Best classes for Yuri

38. Balthus

  • Best class for Balthus: War Monk
  • Second best: War Master
  • Class guide for Balthus: 

    Best classes for Balthus

39. Constance

  • Best class for Constance: Dark Flier
  • Second best: Gremory
  • Class guide for Constance: 

    Best classes for Constance

40. Hapi

  • Best class for Hapi: Valkyrie
  • Second best: Dark Knight
  • Class guide for Hapi: 

    Best classes for Hapi

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