Fencer

An adept swordfighter that can dodge enemy attacks and deal dazzling combination strikes.

—Class description, Etrian Odyssey V

The Fencer is one of the ten classes in Etrian Odyssey V. Drawing elements from the Survivalist and Landsknecht of earlier games, the Fencer is an Earthlain class. An agile warrior that wields a sword and small shield. They can fight as an evasive tank with quick moves or an attacker that uses continuous attacks with their rapier.

Legendary Names

Phantom Duelist

The Phantom Duelist grants an emphasis on evasion, granting a massive Agility and Luck growth, allowing the Fencer to draw attacks away from the rest of the party while dodging them and bestowing various boosts to their own attacks in the process.

• Strengths: Fantastic evasion rate that helps draw attention away from the party while still allowing for sustained damage. Reasonable HP and Vitality makes them durable on the off chance they still get struck.
• Weaknesses: Highly vulnerable to ailments that impair evasion. Struggles with defending against party-wide attacks.

Main article: Phantom Duelist/Stats

Level	HP	TP	STR	INT	VIT	WIS	AGI	LUC
20	+9	+4	+0	+0	+1	+1	+7	+3
40	+12	+6	+0	+0	+1	+1	+10	+4
70	+20	+10	+0	+0	+2	+2	+17	+7
99	+32	+16	+0	+0	+4	+4	+28	+12

Chain Duelist

The Chain Duelist is more focused on multi-hitting Chain skills to dole out more raw damage and receives a more well-rounded stat growth, on top of more TP to better sustain their frequent use of Chain skills.

• Strengths: Fantastic damage output in a team designed around Chain skills. Great durability for a frontline attacker, excellent for boss fights.
• Weaknesses: Requires the party to be built around them. Poor crowd control without very specific skill investments.

Main article: Chain Duelist/Stats

Level	HP	TP	STR	INT	VIT	WIS	AGI	LUC
20	+4	+9	+3	+0	+3	+3	+3	+0
40	+6	+12	+4	+0	+4	+4	+4	+0
70	+10	+20	+7	+0	+7	+7	+7	+0
99	+16	+32	+12	+0	+12	+12	+12	+0

Skills

Skill	Description	Type	Requires	Extra
BASIC
Rapier Mastery	Raises the attack power of swords and changes their damage type to stab.	Mastery	None
Chain Flame	For one turn, performs follow-up stab/fire attacks to a target enemy.	Sword Chain	None	Lv5 and 10 increase max follow-ups and reduce follow-up rate penalty. Only follows-up once for multi-hit skills.
Chain Freeze	For one turn, performs follow-up stab/ice attacks to a target enemy.
Chain Shock	For one turn, performs follow-up stab/volt attacks to a target enemy.
Chain Boost	Raises damage dealt with each successive Chain skill follow-up.	Passive	Chain Fire Lv2 Chain Freeze Lv2 Chain Shock Lv2	Damage boost caps at +100% damage.
Chain Burst	Whenever an enemy is defeated by a chain skill, performs another attack of the same type.	Passive		Lv5 and 10 increase max attacks per turn.
Predict	For one turn, raises evade and draws attacks at the cost of all defense. Effect reduced for each successful dodge.	Support	None	Lv5 and 10 reduce evasion and aggro penalties.
Wind Curtain	For 1 turn, 1 line of allies will dodge the first physical attack targeting them.	Support	Predict Lv3	Max Lv5; Lv5 raises skill speed and duration.
Optic Thrust	Melee stab attack to 1 enemy, may blind. Quick to activate.	Sword	None	Lv5 and 10 increase blind chance.
Sylphid	May counterattack after evading an enemy. Counter rate decreases with each successful activation.	Passive	None	Lv5 and 10 raise max counters per turn.
PHANTOM DUELIST
Ray of Light	Increases defense and chance of being attacked for the rest of the battle after dodging. Effect resets if hit.	Passive	None	Lv5 and 10 increase defense and aggro increments.
Lightweight	Raises evasion for each empty equipment slot on the Fencer.	Passive	None
Phantom Swords	Reduces 1 enemy row's accuracy for 3 turns.	Support	None	Lv5 and 10 increase duration.
Lure	This turn, after dodging, all allies in the same row will follow-up with an attack on that enemy.	Support	Phantom Swords Lv3
Dodge Boon	Raises Union Gauge whenever the Fencer dodges an attack.	Passive		Max Lv5
Auto-Curtain	May automatically use Wind Curtain on their row at the start of the battle.	Passive	Wind Curtain Lv3	Max Lv5
Divine Gust	Increases party evasion this turn. Each member's evasion bonus decreases with successful dodges.	Support	Auto-Curtain Lv3
Deft Thrust	Melee stab attack to an enemy, then raises evasion and chance of being attacked this turn. Quick to activate.	Sword	Optic Thrust Lv3	Lv5 and 10 increase aggro and evasion bonus.
Revenge Thrust	Melee stab + volt attack to an enemy. Damage increases depending on how many times the Fencer has dodged last turn.	Sword	Deft Thrust Lv5	Lv5 and 10 increase damage bonus increments.
Counter Boost	Sylphid counterattacks may hit multiple times.	Passive	Sylphid Lv5	Lv5 and 10 increase max number of hits.
CHAIN DUELIST
Sonic Blade	Regular attack that may result in two hits: 1 stab and 1 cut.	Passive	Rapier Mastery Lv3
Phys ATK Up	Raises physical ATK.	Stat Up	None
Chain Killer	For one turn, follows up when target is inflicted with a bind/stun/ailment.	Sword Chain	Chain Boost Lv3 Chain Burst Lv3	Only one follow-up if multiple binds/ailments are inflicted in one move.
Chain All	Next turn, Chain skills target all enemies and follow-up rate is increased.	Charge	Chain Killer Lv5	Max Lv5
Chain Plus	Increases Chain skill damage and follow-up rate for 3 turns.	Support		Lv5 and 10 increase duration.
Chain Double	Chain skill follow-up hits may activate twice.	Passive
Sylphscreen	For one turn, evade rate and DEF rise after every attack.	Passive	None	Lv5 and 10 increase defense increments. Bonuses last only for the current round.
Swift Stab	1-4 random melee stab attacks across 1 enemy line.	Sword	Optic Thrust Lv3	Lv5 and 10 increase number of hits.
Resonance	Melee stab to 1 enemy. Damage increases based on number of attacks last turn.	Sword	Swift Stab Lv5	Counts number of successful hits.
Speed Up	Increases evasion, accuracy, and turn speed.	Stat Up	None

Trailer

The Agile Fencer is Master of All Things Stabbing in Etrian Odyssey V Beyond the Myth

Gallery

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Resonance in action

Phantom Swords in action