HAH that’s so appropriate for Sylvain. I’m in the blue lions and it fits

oh my god.....

OH MY GOD is that true??? XD

Sprite Lady Yup, I put it here because more people should know how to get a free unit

@@LittleMissZackyVee yea i talked to every student week one on my golden deers first time playing and only he joined me everyone else wanted stuff XD he just wanted the lady xD

This. Came down here just to write this.

He made another mistake with felix too, saying that his hidden talent increased avoid instead of crit. I feel like he is doing this on purpose. Regardless, important pieces of information regarding the characters has been mis-delivered.

Not to mention that he says her name wrong...

The video is full of misinformation, honestly. The class skill, the Warlock recommendation, saying assassin's are better than Swordmaster at criticals? Recommending ANYTHING other than Bow Knight for Leonie?

and her best class is the Gremory which comes after warlock

My waifu

As lazy as hilda claims to be she makes an awesome wyern rider

@@michaelcaban1749 funny thing is that i put her as fortress knight just because she always complains about carrying heavy stuff, but she totally wrecked as that class and i'm like what the hell gurl?!

@@techiedreyn3621 Same

Lol my hylda was a dancer

whaaaat?????

KungFuMaster She has a spell that deals more damage on cavalry units. She obliterates everything

She’s a nuclear warhead.

@@kungfumaster298 yea any lance user can do it too, using Kightkiller. Buy a silver lance or craft a steel+ and have 20 str on a character. one shots him.

Is that really all it takes? Wow thanks. Really puts that threshold into perspective

Coaltergeist ye, XD

Does it work with adjutant?

Electragirl5 hm, I’m actually not sure!

He died for me 😭

and hilda

I agree. I then put the staff on Lysithea who became even more of a threat!

@@yannikblier8478 lol that's awesome because that's exactly what I did!

Yannik Blier Or you let Lorenz keep his relic and give the Cethleen staff to Lysithea and just. Distance kill EVERYTHING

Well let's be honest here Lorenz relic only really benefits lysinthea turning her into mage sniper

@@spritelady4669 True but the Cethleann staff can be used by people without Crests, so any mage can use it. Thyrsus can only be used by Lysithea and Lorenz because of their Crest of Gloucester, and I don't know about you but I'd rather give the relic to a lovable unit that also deals insane damage rather than the worst character in the game, easily outdone by Lysithea

actually? im trying to get her into that route but shes so underwhelming due to equal magic and strength stats

Petra was just a straight up better falcon knight than my Ingrid so I went Paladin and made her a decent off-tank. She has decent DEF and amazing RES.

JCHman yeah well for me at least. Maybe i just had some lucky level ups but she was a complete unit and MVP for the last 5 or 6 battles

TheUnendingVoid oh well I didn’t recruit petra so idk if she’s better. I just finished my first play through it was blue lions

Damn I wish I levelled her up more-

Oh nice, that's even better! I wonder if a knowledge gem would stack with that

Also worth noting that the scaling of Soulblade is irrelevant. It is a Magic attack so it uses her insane Magic stat rather than Str.

She died in my squad

@@Vael221 I assume it's pretty much like Hubert's Frost Lance ability, but with a bonus for res instead of Dex

Additionally, she gets warp. One of the best spells in the game!

That’s exactly what happened to me when I was playing

That's exactly what happened when I got Petra for the Blue Lions. Her critical chance with crit ring is absurd. With sword avoid+20 I can confidently put her in what would be certain death for Byleth or Dimitri and have her come out completely unscathed often scoring 2+ kills. She's absolutely broken in my playthrough

Those top tier Mangs strats

x2 60 mt fully accurate basic magics

If that wasn't enough doing Lorenz paralogue gets you his relic weapon which one of her crests is compatible making her a freaking rail gun. It expands her magic range by 2 additional range.

I recruited Dorothea to have a 2nd healer (and now dancer, which in retrospect doesn't really line up as well with her personal skill as being a singer would imply). I don't need any more death machines, I already got Claude and Byleth and especially Hilda. I don't think Hilda has ever been missing more than 10 hp come to think of it.

@@YourCrazyDolphin Claude is very nice, my Hilda started out really weak but she some how became one of best trops (made her the master wyvern rider class) I knew I need another in your face fighter cause deer is about range so i randomly went with Felix not knowing he is top 5 in the game for students.

@@1hardyparty Wyvern Rider is female exclusive. She can be Pegasus knight, though that isn't exactly a front-line class (though if her defense growths on my file aren't coming from becoming a knight, it could work).

@@YourCrazyDolphin was I not talking about Hilda? I know it's a female exclusive class.

@@1hardyparty immediately after referring to Hilda you said "made her the master wyvern rider class". There is literally nothing else you could be referring to based on context.

Jacob K that’s what I did and he is so op

I did that as well, Mortal Savant Felix is epic.

Same mortal savant felix is awesome

Gotta get on that reason stats. He's doing fine as a sword master for now.

I'm just gonna make him an assassin and leave him at that. Unfortunately I only recently learned of his Mortal Savant potential and it's too late to start investing in Reason now :(

Agreed

Esp with JP voice

Of course! Plus the warp spell is awesome! If only there was still a tactics rating...

FBI OPEN UP!

James Perrott Disagree

a bit, but don't feel bad. Mine is lvl 44 and her str is 29. xP

40 is the normal growth rate, 45+ are the high growth since most growths are very high in this game so its very average.

ya i'm playing Blue Lions and my Ingrid has a pretty low strength despite being level 34. Her speed is off the freaking charts

mine's a bit lucky at lvl 29 with 24 strength. then again, i made her an assassin so she won't get too much strength later on....

My petra (mastered Swordmaster, warrior and assassin) is level 46 with 40 str. The strongest with Felix (also lv 46) as the Sword mage (32 magic)

For sure. It's been awesome having her able to take down the Death Knight on her own each time he has appeared. I fear that that won't be possible on other playthroughs Xp

Travis Mattson you can just recruit her from the Golden Deer. You just need to get to Support level B with her and she’ll join you on the Blue Lions of Black Eagles

@@BenRiley83 That's true but that might be tricky to do before his very first appearance and besides I've really enjoyed sticking to the default characters in each house (still near the end of my Golden Deer playthrough), and I've recruited a bunch of units from other houses but haven't really used them since I have loved the way the default characters have turned out.

Travis Mattson yeah I’ve only recruited Mercedes and Dorothea

Add the Thyrsus Staff (she can use it due to Gloucester crest) and this girl becomes a Magical Howitzer of Death (Gives her a whopping +3 Range) with the added topping of built in Pavise/Aegis, which has a chance to half incoming damage

I made her a bow knight and she just... breaks the game

She definitely counts

I recruted, and that was the best decision i ever made, bascially me and shrmir was the powerhouses in my team, Lol.

The girl who looks like Daria’s friend

I second this!

I support this ⭐

It would be nice to get a video of each houses stat growths. It would be a nice guide to have.

I highly recommend you guys check out mangs channel with his character previews he gives a brief description of each character their strengths and weaknesses as well as what would be recommended to make them in terms of their class.

@@guthetanuki256 I'm gonna see this rn

Freaking lol. Pretty much the same in my game. Shamir is OP as heck!

She does decent magic damage too. I also like upgrading her bow skill enough to get access to magic bows, just in case a Pegasus Knight gets to her.

Agreed plus if you're going for the CF route you definitely need to get Mercie for a special support

She is also quite a reasonable user of Levin Sword, which would let you use other combat arts as well.

Warlock actually loses the Fire spell from mage, lol. She can't take part in black magic tournaments!

I feel like Lysithea’s budding sword talent was a hint that she should be a Mortal Savant. Unfortunately, the class just doesn’t seem that great. The movement boost over Warlock is nice, but I’d rather make her a Gremory if anything so she can spend a turn to Warp people when she can’t reach a target.

I still do it lol

Gotta feed your main guy/girl. Get em fat with strength, then have them roam the battlefield causally one shotting everything in sight.

@@DarkMaidenFlan satisfying af👌

I used to do that in sacred stopnes. Bait them with Gillian then let Seth(aka Paladin God) kill them

Look at this hero over here

Playing blue lions, Felix is broken. He wrecks everything!

Dude, Petra sucks. I've mages with better defense than her

@@alpharabbit2353 she's supposed to be dodging, her speed caps at 82 for a reason

@@TheHDEpics Either way, why use her when Felix is a far better alternative? He even has his own relic

rmills922 Ugh, she’s my worst character. Every time she levels up she only gets 2-3 stat boosts. I just bench her and use Flayn instead unless I’m on a map where I need two healers.

I hate her so much. She is the worst character but she is really good at healing.

My Marianne had the power of RNG and God by her side and would be getting insane stat growths, later on I learned she had the second highest BST, just behind the MC by 4 points.

My Marianne is a beast. She's a great healer, and kills just about everything in one or two hits lol.

@@MrGoodCompany what did u to her lol, I need to improve her skills

If you really want him he is a free recruit if you are female Byleth.

I'd say Raphael is one that disappointed me the most, as much as I love him to death, he really suffers from his very specialised growth rates wich are actually not that high. Sylvain, as an example has: 55 HP 45 Str 30 Mag 35 Dex 50 Spd 35 Lck 40 Def 25 Res 40 Cha and has an awesome personal skill. It makes him a very balanced and beastly fighter, and he can even be a decent dark mage with the mage/dark mage/dark bishop stat growth bonus. In contrast, Raphael is 65 50 15 35 15 35 45 10 25 So he's got just a bit more HP, for pretty much everything on par or worsse than Sylvain. His Lck is the same even though his skill relies on it heavily too. Most of the class he has easy access to don't really buff his stat growth enough to counter these overall bad stats too. And really, so far he's the only character I think is underwhelming. (I haven't tinkered with them all yet though, so there's that.) Oh. And Cyril, whose personal skill end up just being here to counter his abysmal stat growth to put him at the level of other characters. Without even a crest, and wich end up making him not having any usefull personal skill for combat.

@@RandomQuestNPC Raphael makes for a pretty good heavy armored knight. His high HP and decent strength is pretty balanced with the defence gains from the heavy armor.

@@RandomQuestNPC Raphael was easily my weakest character as a commoner and in the beginner classes, however, turning him into a Brawler with Weight-3 from the Heavy Armor skill made him much more palatable to use.

Raphael is pretty good as a warmaster easily one rounding most characters and he's pretty bulky too

I know he isn't recruitable but dimitri is just as potent, ill send him into a group of enemies and he can easily solo then all in one turn

@@ryanhammond2403 same with all house leaders

and

McKinley Wyman and he kills demonic and light beasts by punching them in the chin. That’s just priceless

He is my heavy knight his armor looks so bad ass on him.

LOL, same. I made him a brigand/war master and he only ever needed to use his brawl skill because he's so good at tanking and punishing

@@Relinquished404 Brigand to war master is insane, since brigand mastery gives Deathblow. This is such an easy path to pull off and it's just so strong

Yes that’s what I made my Raphael (grappler) having a high crit chance plus 4 hits, he definitely activates crits like crazy

I see what you mean...I agree..I have her as an assassin right now and she just doesn't get hit at all ...ultra instinct

I run Petra as a Wyvern Lord and she just wrecks house

I didn’t even get her to lord, just wyvern rider, and she still wrecked house

She is as Wyvern Lord, 54x2? hell yeah! As asassin she lacked the attack tho

@@aaronkaefer agreed but I just wanted an assassin on my squad so :-P

Steroids

In my play through it said ignatz 1 battle 0 victory’s 😂

Ignatz was mortal savant and in no way disappointed. Gave him all the crit.

Yeah... I don't even use him anymore

And Marianne is bae

@@Robin_hood27 dancer hilda is bae but Marianne is a close second

alosha4321 funny, when I recruited Marianne to Black Eagles it was around the time of the dancing Festival... Made her a dancer and she was great at it

give raphael the crit ring and he has 50% to crit every hit

@@alosha4321 i made flayn dancer

I second this, and was quite surprised when Raphael wasn't on the list. I'm only midway into the story, but Raphael can kill nearly anything as a grappler, and this isn't even his final form (War master)

I mean, I'm not saying Raphael is top five, just that his list seems shallow on basis. He basically looked at stat growths and personals without any other considerations, include what house you're recruiting to. I definitely think Lysithea, Felix, and Leonie are all great contenders though. Leonie, in particular, has been an absolute stud for me.

I'm with you on taking movesets and skills into consideration. Honestly tho I wouldn't consider Raphael since he's so slow. Maybe if we reclaimed him into a wyvern since he has an axe affinity if I'm not mistaken.

Plus he recommended Warlock for Lysithea. Which is useless on her.

Sadly, you can't get Hilda unless you choose the Golden Deer

That’s what I made her and it’s paying off

I second this

I was planning on making her a holy knight so I'm glad she excels very well in this class!

I'd say make her a holy knight using a sword so you can utelize her relic weapon blutgang, she is literally a beast with it...

Yep, I did too. Natural healer, natural riding skill, and a budding talent in lances - not that I was using them much at the end when I was just spamming Nosferatu and Aura on everything, with the occasional Silence. Marianne is super versatile when she goes Holy Knight - a good ranged attack, healing, mobility, what more could you want?

superdawge Alternatively, her hidden talent in swords allows her to use her magic stat to do a magic sword attack. Which is both the criteria for using the crest and making it useful. Honestly though, I still just use magic on her 99% of the time, its a good fallback though.

I got her sword skill to C just so she can use the Levin Sword. I was not disappointed

Yeah, her Soulblade is fucking nuts. I'm in Chapter 9 and she can straight up do more damage than anyone else per hit. With a training sword.

This also applies to Hilda.

Which... nobody really does?

Sora Nai *shifting uncomfortably*

@@davyt0247 my bad I actually am running through that route now

lysithea should become a gremory mercedes should either be a gremory or a holy knight

@@williamromero5784 I know nothing about the game yet and was just recapping the video. I just started playing it for a few hours and was trying to get some info before starting. Maybe I'll go with your suggestion on my play thru.

Petra should be in Wyvern Lord instead. She has a natural talent in axes and flying and the lance req is pretty lenient. I found the choices in this video to be decent, but he either didn't go into detail or his explanations were subpar at best.

@@domc8089 My Petra was an assassin now turned dancer. She may not do a lot of damage per hit, but with a killing edge+ she crits basically twice a turn and I don't think I've had an axe enemy even capable of hitting her for the past 7 or 8 missions. Even swords, bows and lances tend to have really low hit chance against her. With a brave sword and a crit chance of 30-40 basically as standard she always attacks 4 times and usually crits at least twice. I know I probably should've made her a wyvern lord but I got her as a thief so decided to stick with that route.

Nah horse axe is broke

Leonie is a better unit to pair with Sylvain as the duo wiill give each other +2/-2 and they both are more suited for a calv class where hilda is more suited for warrior, she has a hard time keeping up with Sylvain and her low defence makes it hard to keep her next to him

@@Livingvapour Leonie is already mentioned in the video, so I wasn't really interested in adding to what was said about her, and would rather speak about unmentioned characters. Also Hilda's Def is hardly low, and she has easy access to the armored knight classes to add to it.

Get Hilda on a Wyvern and let her loose. Don’t let the proficiencies fool you, once she’s airborne, she’s a beast. I regret not discovering this till the end of my playthrough.

Dedue is OP as heeeell.. why is he not on the list is baffling! He got the skill to boost defense on wait which is op.. and give the guy gauntlets and he mows down ememies

@@heyjeySigma i madr him Amorkight. 3 monster vs Dedu. Dedu won.

@@Jrpg_guy dedue already has big defense and hp and his skill to add +def. I think he would be better as a warrior then warmaster.. armored knights move super slow anyway.. he doesnt need that extra defense

@@heyjeySigma i found that out too, but to late. At least he was a great tank.

Classing dedue and Gilbert as a great knight was honestly the best choice I've ever made

Spam gifts and charm items on byleth to make it easier

Easily the best sword combat art in the game

There is also lightning axe for annette. I had her mag to 53 end game. Everytime she uses it she deals like 60+damage with an iron axe

Lysithea gets soulblade which has the same effect iirc

Frozen Lance is the magic art for lances.

Yep, she also loves Levin Swords

AzureRoxe Well yeah, Mercedes is the best healer of the game, but I believe that there is no real rush or need to recruit her if you went with BE since Linhardt is still a very good healer and it’s not like you’re gonna have a lack of potentially good or decent healers along the way. Like I said, Dorothea works as a secondary healer just fine anyways, plus she can nuke people. Yes, Mercedes is the best healer, but she’s not the only healer. Also you should try Wyvern Lord Petra with a bow after mastering Pegasus Knight. You won’t regret it.

Yeah Petra is an op WyvernLord but for real, Lysithea is the biggest Powerhouse in the game and i consider her the best unit because she oneshoted everyone for me besides the final boss but that aint no problem either.

Plasmaboy Yeah, Lysithea is the best mage character. I still prefer Dorothea due to versatility points

@@FabschOblivion669 I benched Dorothea after Timeskip cause she was just not good anymore, maybe i was just unlucky with magic griwths but she was really lacking. Besides what do you need versitality for if your unit oneshots everyone amd everything?

Plasmaboy Trust me when I say that Meteor is fun to one-shot bosses and versatility is great when one of your healers isn’t available for that turn. She makes for a great secondary healer, plus she makes for a good dancer. Also yes, you probably got unlucky with magic growths since my Dorothea had 36 Magic by the end of the game.

She started out as my weakest, and now she is mvp on every mission.

@@Zadonitz Seriously. During the church route, Bernadetta and Seteth were my mvps every time except for once or twice with Sylvain, as you get him easy as f!Byleth.

Auron Cloud nah, that’s just a regular Petra

Lol!! Mine too. I got her to her Master class and she can do 55 on a single hit to armor foes. I also gave her the plus 2 range staff.

He ended as a great knight for me, but I wish I had watched his magic, since it ended up super high for me. I had Lorenz to fill that role though, so it worked out.

I have him as a dark knight too

ShiningDialga I made him into a great knight and realized his speed was absolutely ruined. Definitely gonna go dark knight once I recruit him

I made my sylvain a wyvern lord and he is an absolute monster

I just got him so I'm glad he is a good dark Knight

Dan Murawski don’t feel bad if you need to play it on an easier difficulty! Fe veterans tend to go classic hard. But don’t let your enjoyment of the game be ruined by the need to play classic.

play how you want my guy

@@TheSkittypink There's no excuse to not play on Hard Classic with the rewind mechanic now being added and saves you when you die or if you don't want someone to. All else fails we reset the game as we always have.

Konflyk It’s up to the player to decide how they play. That’s why different difficulties exist.

And of course you can give her a levin sword

How far are you into the game? I just got to chapter 4 and i dont think im anywhere near being able to recruit. Maybe im not doing enough seminars and teacher training.

I chose deer but Lysithea is a glass canon. He said Leonnie was good but I rarely see her put in that work. I rarely see crits from her

or you could just use any of her normal spells. it isn't very useful. Make her a Gremory and she literally gets like 20 uses of every spell in the game. and she has WARP. TWO USES OF WARP. with her magic stat so high you can turn one finish most chapters.

@@Livingvapour Yes but until you get the MASTER rank class it does very well as a nice other option with her spells lol

@@DiligentD I guess but I never ran out of spells in the early game. xD

In my blue lions route he died at the beginning of part 2 how? I play the mode were the characters don’t die but retreat.

@@LynSpoon He only dies if you skip or fail the paralogue

My Leonie took half his health at the Tomas encounter then he ran

That's exactly what I did as well, shes insane

Yeah her Avoid is insane. She is rarely someone I need to heal up

At lvl 10 I made her a pegasus knight and kept here there until lvl 30 for falcon knight. Right now she is lvl 36 with 44 speed

And Petra, always Petra. I married Manuela, but Petra is life

What about ashe.... He just wants to be a knight.... He is worth it late game.... Broken late game... But then again you probably dont need more bows

@@TheSirCrown maybe ashe too. what class makes ashe broken late game tho?

I would snag Ingrid too, she can do everything except maybe fortress Knight, she makes a great off tank if you go with Paladin. She can also cast and heal extremely well.

Sylvain and Felix would like a word.

Ferdenand is also a very powerful unit to class into a Paladin.

My Dark Knight Sylvain and Swordmaster Felix are unstoppable. Ferdinand makes a good Paladin too. Husbando Power!!!

Is Hubert supposed to be extremely powerful or was i just lucky

I know it probably doesn't count (because lord), but dear God, Dimitri is absolutely monstrous. Honestly, one of the most dangerous characters in the series IMO, and that's including the ridiculous possibilities of Awakening grinding.

Or skill him in one hit with soulblade and a training sword, like I do it evertime fighting him. Just because she can

I'm SO mad I didn't try this. I didn't even think of getting my Lysithea close to him, despite her being an absolute powerhouse. Very disappointed, will for sure do in my next playthrough

I was legit going to bench her, but when recruiting turned out harder than expected, forcing me to use her, she quickly became a favorite. xD

Yup, she only stays if you side with Rhea. She leaves if you don't

Gremory is better suited as it can use both white and black magic, allowing you to have TWO uses of warp and has a higher magic cap than the other three options allowing for turn 1 clears.

It is map dependant tho so you're not entirely wrong for using gremory, I know I used that class because it was available at the time. But in most cases it is much better move in further and warp the desired unit further into the map as opposed to using it twice. Especially if you need to briefly enter enemy range to pull it of and canto out. The gremory cap is overkill and dark knight makes up for with in built tomefares. The double uses are handy only in low mobility terrain where in that case, foot mages can easily traverse and the double warp is just as handy.

@@AussieBeef54099 While, true, I just found no use for mobility when I can Turn one warp Dance Warp again and end the map. using Manuela to warp Lys to my hyper carry and wap the hyper carry a second time to the end.

Which is why I'm slowly getting her

Accidently recruited him on my first run (he asked to join my house) and jfc him and Ferdinand carried my whole run

Dark knight Sylvain is undefeated

The thing is that you can't recruit Dedue.

@@tinylittlemildred True, I just think people were crapping on him before the game came out and he's a bloody monster. Also has become one of my favorite characters.

Absolutely love Dedue, he gains a Def literally every level.

Yeah Dedue is amazing but he is only usable if you pick Blue Lions

You're on your SECOND playthrough already? Jesus I need to get off KZfaq and teach my students

Also, Fortify. Holy Hell, her Fortify has some range on it.

Wall Chicken I really just have no life 🤣 I took off from work and beat the game in about 30 hours.

Felix is better as the best physical class, wyvern lord because flying his incredible damage output with really high strength, spd and good def around is amazing. Sylvain is way better in any class that gives Lancefaire and the most str because of lance of ruin and swift strikes. 5 crit is a waste of an item slot in my opinion. Anette is fine as a gremory but her white magic list is lacking so I'd go dark knight (movement is the best stat in the game) Falcon knight is bad Wyvern Lord, but it's definitely easier to get falcon for ingrid, and lancefaire is good for her relic. She will need effective weapons to do any meaningful damage in FK. Dorothea is fine as a warlock, 2 meteor uses is nice. Gremory and dark knight are also good options. She's also a great dancer. Mercedes is great as a dancer, other options are gremory (most gremories also make good dancers) Great knight is much much better than fortress knight so props for getting him out of that class, you should give war master a try, it's actually ridiculous Flayn has a good white and black spell list so I'd recommend gremory (and/or dancer) You didn't mention their classes but Dedue is a great War Master (honestly hope you tried this), dimitri is good in whatever physical class you put him in - probably paladin/great knight for lancefaire, Byleth seems to be more physically designed so Wyvern Lord, Paladin, Mortal Savant, Assassin (if you really need the speed) are all great classes for them

That looks like my set up! How was sylvain as DK? I'm trying to get his reason to A to get him to Dark bishop so he can master it, he has already mastered dark mage, and I'm ranking up his riding skill quickly because I started somewhat late (hes at B). Does he end up being good with magic?

@@joshuahaught4812 tbf anyone can be good with magic because res is non existent, sylvain is fairly quick and pretty strong. His best asset is access to the very rare art swift strikes. This allows him to hit twice (brave effect) with any lance like his relic or an effective lance like horse slayer. As for his sprll list he gets mostly fire spells like fire and bolganone (ingrid mirrors this with ice spells). He doesn't really get anything special as a mage and his mag will probably be low unless you get lucky with level ups. He'll still be good with it because doubling with magic in general is really strong, but I prefer him with lancefaire (which you can get with S+ rank in lances) but that takes a lot longer than just going into paladin

Why run goddess ring on Felix over his hero relic? That relic came in clutch for me multiple times