@@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
Your skills description for Lysithea is incorrect. She doesn't gain double exp, she gains double skill level ups, so she'll reach class skills faster and the like, but her exp is not double.
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.
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?
@@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?!
@@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.
Sylvain pairs REALLY well with Leonie. He has the male version of her skill, so putting them together does wonders. Also he's free if you're female Byleth lmao
@@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
I knew Lysithea was a beast when I accidentally put her on a spot where she would be attacked by 3 enemies.. She dodged all 3 of them and 1 hit kod them in return... *insert shocked Pikachu face*
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
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.
Just want to point out that Lysithea's ability applies to class XP not character XP. This means she'll unlock her class masteries very fast especially once you get the statue buff that doubles class XP. It does not mean she'll level up super quickly.
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 :(
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).
@@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.
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.
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
FYI Lysithea can use Levin Sword which changes sword attacks to magic and makes her one of the most amazing sword users as a mortal savant (plus soul blade will one-shot more or less everything)
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.
Ahhh i love Fire emblem😆 i remember those days when i bait and weaken the enemies just so my favorite character could do the finishing blow and get all the juicy exp.😂😂😂
Felix is an absolute power house, especially when you make him a mortal savant. Also Mercedes is probably the best healer you can get in the game, mainly for her ability in my opinion.
Soulblade is a sword combat art that is based on the magic stat. Lysithea's Charon crest is likely intended to be used with it. There's a couple other arts like this, but I don't believe she gets access to them any ways. Warlock is not an equal choice to Gremory for her, as Black and Dark magic are different skills. Lysithea uses Dark Magic, but Warlock buffs Black. Fortunately Warlock does get access to a basic Fire Spell and buffs it with its other skills, but she has better magic to be using in many situations and would rather get double dark uses and +1 Mov from Gremory.
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.
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.
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.
YES MERCEDES! I went with Blue Lions my first playthrough, so going from her to any other healer just feels like a direct downgrade. Not that the other are bad, Mercedes is just so incredibly good.
Honestly so far I don't think there is an particularly awful characters. Everyone is great at something and it feels like you're better off recruiting your favorites. I would however recommend recruiting Sylvain before finishing chapter 5. He has unique dialog in that story mission. He shouldn't be hard to recruit either I was able to do so like 2 chapters prior to chapter 5.
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.
Mercedes is the best healer because she's one of the few characters that can gain fortify and her high magic makes it have huge range. Her personal skill is nice but she should not be taking damage in the first place.
I've been having a blast with Raphael as a fighter->grappler. Most of the time he does the most dmg unarmed. He can attack 4 times with high crit chance. Absolutely rips and tears through a crowd.
@@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
You can also make an argument for Dorothea and Ingrid. Dorothea has a budding talent in faith, which makes her a great all around magic user, and learns Physic, that spell is always useful, she’s also basically a shoo in as the team dancer. If you need a flier my personal choice is Ingrid. She gets a relic, and her speed is absolutely insane!!! Her strength isn't that great, but Ingrid in my current Church playthrough has been magic blessed. Ingrid's skills make her a great Wyvern Lord; Falcon knight also works just fine. Edit: if you lose your mages, Ingrid is a fantastic backup option. Physic, Fimbulvetr, Thoron, and Seraphim are among her spells.
I chose golden deer and here are the best recruitable characters I've got by far. 1. Lysithea, one shots every monster with seraphim 2. Felix, insane damage and shield relic to makeup for his defenses 3. Raphael, weak at first but as a war master hits 4x with gauntlets with a 35 chance for crit each time. 4. Leonie, make her a bow knight Honestly all the students in golden deer are good. They synergize better than the other houses imo
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
Lysithea's access to the crest staff makes her absolutely busted but I personally believe Hilda and Dorothea are absolutely fantastic units that should always be picked up if possible. Hilda's insane physical/health bulk plus her high speed, strength and def make her a powerhouse throughout the game. Plus her early access to deathblow and crest make it unlikely an enemy will pose much threat on player phase. Dorothea has incredibly balanced stats, access to healing, the best reason magic in the game, good bulk, and is an ideal candidate for the dancer class as well as shining as a mortal savant (levin sword) and gremory. She can easily get the magic equivalent of deathblow relatively early which makes her very capable of playing an offensive role whenever she needs too and due to her great charm she can be a very effective user of gambits.
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?
There is some misinformation in this video (like Felix Budding, which grants 10 to crit chance, not avoid.) You also haven't looked at spell list, or taken into consideration weight. For example, Lysihea learns Warp with Faith, a skill that cannot be overlooked, and Dark Spikes T, the single best spell at killing the Death Knight. Or how Raphael isn't very fast, but can end up still getting quad attacks due to how light fisticuffs are, and how gauntlets get a self heal ability with zero duration cost. It isn't a terrible list, but you definitely didn't five deep enough.
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.
Lol Gremory is Lysithea's best class but I had her play around with Assassin before... Gave her Vantage/Defiant Mag/Sword and Bow Proficiency as well as the Levin Sword/Magic Bow. Once she got under 50% hp, literally nobody was able to touch her because she ended their lives before they got the chance
That's so weird!! I'm playing Golden Deer and already recruited Felix, Petra, and Mercedes already because they seemed most likable to me. Glad I have a good taste in growth rates lol
Hilda as a duo with Sylvain is pretty strong too, and fits well with the latter's personal skill. In general Hilda makes for a great tank with damage buffing capabilities for male characters.
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.
The only way Lysithea can make use of her Charon crest is if she uses a magic weapon like a Levin sword, but it's ok to just ignore it. Her Gloucester crest is much more important. Also her Mastermind skill only increases her WEAPON EXP, which is important to differentiate from her normal level exp.
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.
There's a relic that increases black magic range by 2. At A+ or S rank (I forget which) in black magic, you unlock a skill that increases it further by 1. Lysithea can now rain down death from so far away that not even enemy snipers can fight back should they survive the first hit.
Character & Recommended Class 1. Lysithea (Golden Deer) 2:29 Warlock 2. Leonie (Golden Deer) 4:18 Falcon Knight 3. Felix (Blue Lions) 5:02 Swordmaster 4. Petra (Black Eagles) 6:15 Swordmaster or Assassin 5. Mercedes ( Blue Lions) 7:14 Bishop Bonus Character 6. Catherine (Can't recruit her if you're in Black Eagles) 8:05 Swordmaster
@@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.
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
@@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
@@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.
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.
My top 5: - Mercedes, Best healer - Leonie, Most versatile character aside from Byleth (except in the magic department) - Ashe, Built-in Locktouch is Awesome. - Dorothea, Meteor and best Dancer - Petra, she’s just OP as a flying unit. - Honorable mention: Raphael and Felix, Raphael is best boy and great heavy unit and Felix is just your Navarre on steroids. Of course, there are many good options and “best” options depending on the house you picked. For instance, if you picked Black Eagles there is no real need to replace Linhardt for Mercedes as “main healer” since Linhardt on his own is still an amazing healer and you do get more healers along the way, plus Dorothea having access to Physic and a budding talent in Faith does help a lot. So there is no real “need” to Recruit Mercedes in this particular case.
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.
@@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.
I'd totally love more fire emblem vids! A video on growth rates, maybe including the units from three houses and what the best class choice for each of them would be
Good vid man, Three Houses is my first FE so this is super helpful! Playing on Classic mode cause everyone online said to but i'm shook before every single battle
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.
@@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.
A couple things to note: Some classes also give bonuses to growth rates, making things lysithea's low res growth and felix low mag easier to deal with. Master the warrior class will grant the wrath ability, which grants +50 crit if HP< 50% Alternatively reaching higher authority ranks can grant some characters battalion wrath which does the same, except your battalion has to be low/dead. Really good synergy with Felix and Catherine. Baring magic, there's only really one prf weapon in the game (weapons "locked" to one person). That means you can trade hero relics, like Thunderbrand, around without losing anything but a special combat art. In my BL playthrough I gave it to mortal savant Felix and watched the enemies cry.
I liked Dorthea from Black Eagles a lot too just for her passive. Good to have your whole team surround her as she blasts people with magic. And she gets meteor, which is OP in terms of range.
Quick note about Felix, his budding talent is +10 Crit to magic, and he is an absolute monster as a mortal savant, especially if you get the mastery skills from both dark mage and dark bishop on him.
Dorothea is very powerful as well. Bernadetta was also useful for me. Lysithea, Felix, and Mercedes are good too. Hanneman is a very good reason magic user as well. Just depends on what you're good with.
As a rep of the Blue Lions, I can say that Felix regularly solos large groups. Dude's a psycho. I've been recruiting characters based on whether I like them rather than their stats. So far I've gotten Dorothea, Raphael, Leonie and am working towards Petra and that will be everyone I'm after currently. Also, I think CHA is Charisma, not Charm, just fyi.
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'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
Best boy Sylvain is a monster as a Wyvern Lord - I recruited him for my second play though and he literally destroys everything. He and Lysithea are two amazing characters that I'm so glad I picked up. From Black Eagles (the house I chose for both playthroughs thus far because of the split), I love Ferdie, Bernie, Caspar, and Dorothea - all of them pack a lot of power I can send them off and not worry about them dying.
A fix/minor clarification to go with the others in the comments -- there's a few magic based combat arts for physical weapons, and nothing restricts a caster class from using a normal weapon (and considering in the very early stages, you can easily burn a half-dozen charges from the single spell you might have, a melee weapon can be useful, if not a bow) Sword -- Hexblade, Soulblade Lance -- Frozen Lance (i know Hubert of the Black Eagles gets this out of his 3 star Lances) Axe -- Lightning Axe Gauntlets -- Mystic Blow
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.
i could pick up catherine on my first playthru (black eagles) without an issue, i think it depends on what happens in holy tomb that decides if you keep her or not
I personally started with Petra going into spears and flying. She is now a falcon knight and a complete power house. Flying across the map and finishing foes off easily.
First thing it’s Ly-Sith-E-Ah and yea she’s a casting monster. I’m GD in my first play through and she doubles with 50-60 dmg with magic it’s insane. She also makes a nice Mortal Savant as well. Also Leonie is an AMAZING Falcon Knight props there for hat unit.
I managed to get 100% crit with Petra (with a Killing Edge and the Swordmaster passive) which absolutely annihilated some of those big evil beasts. She's an actual queen
I would be insane to say that Lysithea isn’t one of the best characters in the game. That said, my playstyle doesn’t work with her horrible defenses. I’d love to use her, but I can’t seem to use low defense units in any kind of game.
In my opinion Dorrothea and hilda should’ve appeared on this list somewhere because they are both amazingly strong recruitments that make your team a whole lot stronger
I have never liked Generals class in FE. They are super slow and mostly unreliable. But i gotta say, dedue is the best General i had the pleasure of using. This guy actually takes 0 damage from most of physical sources. Even in the blue lions final boss he kept taking 0 damage. And is not completely killed by magic like most generals, he can take a hit or two at least. Bro this guy got put to one by myson in the final battle and he survived 5 units plus a monster no problem, and one shot all but the monster. And absolute legend.
Caspar as a war master managed to hit a crit nearly every time because 1) his crit chance was nearly 50 or so every time he fought, and 2) i gave him gauntlets and he was super speedy meaning he got 4 total hits, 2 before the opponent could retaliate, therefore giving him a much better chance at getting a critical hit (like 75% average in all)
I'll have to disagree with you on Lysithia's mid to late game class. Dark Knight serves her needs much better than warlock offensively. The class has black and dark tome fare by default meaning you don't need to max out reason magic while canto is insanely useful since you can nuke a target and retreat out of harm's way. Holy Knight is a handy pocket class for 1 hit killing monsters as she learns seraphim when you teach her faith magic. Yes she doubles but if she cam 1 shot ko, she can save used. Gremory is better suited to desert maps as they're not slowed by sand tiles. Plus the extra magic uses can come into clutch depending on the map.
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.
i mostly recruit people i want to survive tbh..... black eagles: bernadetta and dorothea blue lions: annette and felix golden deer: lysithea and raphael
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.
Do Lorenz' paralogue quest and the item you get can give lys +2 range to all her damage spells. It's nuts and makes her a great choice to obliterate monsters
I chose Golden Dear and so far they are all amazing. Hilda has one shot almost everyone from the beginning with her axe, and Lysithea just nukes anything with a pulse.
I put a lot of focus into building my Lysithea in my recently completely first playthrough and by the end she was ridiculously powerful (I think she hit over 60mag)! With her cries she would regularly hit 150+ on regular non res focused enemies and even for enemies with high res she learns a spell later on that IGNORES res but the tradeoff is it is really slow (still a great spell to have). To put it into perspective she was able to easily clear near full health bars in a single attack off of the very final boss of my playthrough (won’t spoil what that boss was). Also, any other monsters were an absolute breeze for her almost always one shotting their health bars.
Two MAJOR corrections to Lysithea: 01. Her ability doubles skill and class exp gain, NOT level exp 02a. You've severely underestimated the budding ability, Soulblade - it's a sword skill that counts as a magic attack and increases your damage based off your RES. 02b. Because it's a magic attack the target's RES is used to defend against the damage check so it's very useful for things like heavy armored enemies. 02c. If your Lysithea's RES is low then you are somehow using her wrong. 02d. Paired with the Levin Blade this attack basically 1-shot-kills 90% of all enemies and tbh still kills roughly 75% with a basic sword.
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.
Mercedes in my first play through I made her a Gremory, she could literally cover the entire map with Physic and she reliably dodged melee attackers only to turn around and double them. She was an absolute beast and I will always recruit her no matter what house I choose.
BTW you get Sylvain recruitment instantly if you pick a female avatar
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
Your skills description for Lysithea is incorrect. She doesn't gain double exp, she gains double skill level ups, so she'll reach class skills faster and the like, but her exp is not double.
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
Shoutout to my girl Hilda, she’s not on the list but she’s number one in my heart
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
Lysithea can one shot the Death Knight early in the game in hard difficulty... Yeah she’s insane
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
Ingrid as a falcon knight basically carried my whole game honestly
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-
Sylvain pairs REALLY well with Leonie. He has the male version of her skill, so putting them together does wonders. Also he's free if you're female Byleth lmao
Coaltergeist ye, XD
Does it work with adjutant?
Electragirl5 hm, I’m actually not sure!
He died for me 😭
and hilda
I would say recruit lorenz just for his mission. Staff relic adds 2 magic range. Turns anymage into magic sniper
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
Lysithea's spells are crazy. She just murders everything and even has good support spells like warp.
I knew Lysithea was a beast when I accidentally put her on a spot where she would be attacked by 3 enemies..
She dodged all 3 of them and 1 hit kod them in return...
*insert shocked Pikachu face*
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 only clicked this video to tell you that Lysithea is best girl
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
I had no idea Petra's strength growth was so high, that makes my level 37 Petra with 21 Strength... Very unlucky
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)
Just want to point out that Lysithea's ability applies to class XP not character XP. This means she'll unlock her class masteries very fast especially once you get the statue buff that doubles class XP. It does not mean she'll level up super quickly.
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!
Felix is absolutely busted as a unit, especially if you have him overcome his reason weakness and go for mortal savant.
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 :(
I choose Golden deer as my main play through and recruited Felix. He took forever to get but damn was it worth it. Felix is a destructive force!
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.
I chose the Golden Deer for my first play through and 68 hours in, Lysithea is still the best unit! She’s unstoppable!
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
FYI Lysithea can use Levin Sword which changes sword attacks to magic and makes her one of the most amazing sword users as a mortal savant (plus soul blade will one-shot more or less everything)
I don’t know if she counts but Shamir for me is one of them. She is a really good asassan! Plus she can shoot from pretty far
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 would love a brief breakdown like this about each character. Maybe by house?
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
No matter what house I'm in, I always have to grab Felix and Lysithea
Ahhh i love Fire emblem😆 i remember those days when i bait and weaken the enemies just so my favorite character could do the finishing blow and get all the juicy exp.😂😂😂
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
Why no tl;dw Arekkz?
1. Lysithea
2. Leonie
3. Felix
4. Petra
5. Mercedes
6. Catherine
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
I took the route without Catherine as well, but Shamir was freaking awesome. She really sent Bernadetta back to her room.
Freaking lol. Pretty much the same in my game. Shamir is OP as heck!
Felix is an absolute power house, especially when you make him a mortal savant. Also Mercedes is probably the best healer you can get in the game, mainly for her ability in my opinion.
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
Soulblade is a sword combat art that is based on the magic stat. Lysithea's Charon crest is likely intended to be used with it. There's a couple other arts like this, but I don't believe she gets access to them any ways.
Warlock is not an equal choice to Gremory for her, as Black and Dark magic are different skills. Lysithea uses Dark Magic, but Warlock buffs Black. Fortunately Warlock does get access to a basic Fire Spell and buffs it with its other skills, but she has better magic to be using in many situations and would rather get double dark uses and +1 Mov from Gremory.
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.
Felix as a Mortal Savant is an absolute monster though, absolute madlad
Marianne deserves more recognition, I love her
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
Lysisthea literally one shot everyone late game
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
YES MERCEDES! I went with Blue Lions my first playthrough, so going from her to any other healer just feels like a direct downgrade. Not that the other are bad, Mercedes is just so incredibly good.
Yes, Petra is top tier in every aspect.
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
Honestly so far I don't think there is an particularly awful characters. Everyone is great at something and it feels like you're better off recruiting your favorites. I would however recommend recruiting Sylvain before finishing chapter 5. He has unique dialog in that story mission. He shouldn't be hard to recruit either I was able to do so like 2 chapters prior to chapter 5.
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
Mercedes is the best healer because she's one of the few characters that can gain fortify and her high magic makes it have huge range. Her personal skill is nice but she should not be taking damage in the first place.
I've been having a blast with Raphael as a fighter->grappler. Most of the time he does the most dmg unarmed. He can attack 4 times with high crit chance. Absolutely rips and tears through a crowd.
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
You can also make an argument for Dorothea and Ingrid. Dorothea has a budding talent in faith, which makes her a great all around magic user, and learns Physic, that spell is always useful, she’s also basically a shoo in as the team dancer.
If you need a flier my personal choice is Ingrid. She gets a relic, and her speed is absolutely insane!!! Her strength isn't that great, but Ingrid in my current Church playthrough has been magic blessed. Ingrid's skills make her a great Wyvern Lord; Falcon knight also works just fine.
Edit: if you lose your mages, Ingrid is a fantastic backup option. Physic, Fimbulvetr, Thoron, and Seraphim are among her spells.
I remember in my first playthrough of the game, Ignatz absolutely destroyed everyone he went up against. I still have no idea how it happened
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
I chose golden deer and here are the best recruitable characters I've got by far.
1. Lysithea, one shots every monster with seraphim
2. Felix, insane damage and shield relic to makeup for his defenses
3. Raphael, weak at first but as a war master hits 4x with gauntlets with a 35 chance for crit each time.
4. Leonie, make her a bow knight
Honestly all the students in golden deer are good. They synergize better than the other houses imo
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
Lysithea's access to the crest staff makes her absolutely busted but I personally believe Hilda and Dorothea are absolutely fantastic units that should always be picked up if possible.
Hilda's insane physical/health bulk plus her high speed, strength and def make her a powerhouse throughout the game. Plus her early access to deathblow and crest make it unlikely an enemy will pose much threat on player phase.
Dorothea has incredibly balanced stats, access to healing, the best reason magic in the game, good bulk, and is an ideal candidate for the dancer class as well as shining as a mortal savant (levin sword) and gremory. She can easily get the magic equivalent of deathblow relatively early which makes her very capable of playing an offensive role whenever she needs too and due to her great charm she can be a very effective user of gambits.
Sadly, you can't get Hilda unless you choose the Golden Deer
Imho power level doesn't matter that much for recruitment. I just get people I enjoy talking with.
I feel like Marianne is one of the best Holy Knights in the game
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?
There is some misinformation in this video (like Felix Budding, which grants 10 to crit chance, not avoid.) You also haven't looked at spell list, or taken into consideration weight. For example, Lysihea learns Warp with Faith, a skill that cannot be overlooked, and Dark Spikes T, the single best spell at killing the Death Knight. Or how Raphael isn't very fast, but can end up still getting quad attacks due to how light fisticuffs are, and how gauntlets get a self heal ability with zero duration cost.
It isn't a terrible list, but you definitely didn't five deep enough.
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.
Lol Gremory is Lysithea's best class but I had her play around with Assassin before... Gave her Vantage/Defiant Mag/Sword and Bow Proficiency as well as the Levin Sword/Magic Bow. Once she got under 50% hp, literally nobody was able to touch her because she ended their lives before they got the chance
That's so weird!! I'm playing Golden Deer and already recruited Felix, Petra, and Mercedes already because they seemed most likable to me. Glad I have a good taste in growth rates lol
I've only managed to get Lysithea, and Im loving her.
Spam gifts and charm items on byleth to make it easier
Hilda as a duo with Sylvain is pretty strong too, and fits well with the latter's personal skill.
In general Hilda makes for a great tank with damage buffing capabilities for male characters.
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.
You can pick Catherine, if you are with the Black Eagles, you just have to avoid selecting the Edelgard side of the conflict.
This also applies to Hilda.
Which... nobody really does?
Sora Nai *shifting uncomfortably*
@@davyt0247 my bad I actually am running through that route now
Error at the beginning, but you misread the effect of Lysithea's personal skill, it doubles weapon experience, not level experience.
The only way Lysithea can make use of her Charon crest is if she uses a magic weapon like a Levin sword, but it's ok to just ignore it. Her Gloucester crest is much more important. Also her Mastermind skill only increases her WEAPON EXP, which is important to differentiate from her normal level exp.
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.
There's a relic that increases black magic range by 2. At A+ or S rank (I forget which) in black magic, you unlock a skill that increases it further by 1.
Lysithea can now rain down death from so far away that not even enemy snipers can fight back should they survive the first hit.
Character & Recommended Class
1. Lysithea
(Golden Deer) 2:29 Warlock
2. Leonie
(Golden Deer) 4:18 Falcon Knight
3. Felix
(Blue Lions) 5:02 Swordmaster
4. Petra
(Black Eagles) 6:15 Swordmaster or Assassin
5. Mercedes (
Blue Lions) 7:14 Bishop
Bonus Character
6. Catherine (Can't recruit her if you're in Black Eagles) 8:05 Swordmaster
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.
If you could recruit dedue he would definitely be on here. Guy kills everything in one hits and never takes damage
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
Bernadetta is a beast and can snipe from so far away especially if you give here the ring that adds +1 range
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.
Hexblade is a sword combat art that scales with magic. Dorothea learned it at C+ I think.
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
Sylvain ja pretty good he is my dark Knight and Really strong
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
My top 5:
- Mercedes, Best healer
- Leonie, Most versatile character aside from Byleth (except in the magic department)
- Ashe, Built-in Locktouch is Awesome.
- Dorothea, Meteor and best Dancer
- Petra, she’s just OP as a flying unit.
- Honorable mention: Raphael and Felix, Raphael is best boy and great heavy unit and Felix is just your Navarre on steroids.
Of course, there are many good options and “best” options depending on the house you picked.
For instance, if you picked Black Eagles there is no real need to replace Linhardt for Mercedes as “main healer” since Linhardt on his own is still an amazing healer and you do get more healers along the way, plus Dorothea having access to Physic and a budding talent in Faith does help a lot. So there is no real “need” to Recruit Mercedes in this particular case.
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.
I'd totally love more fire emblem vids! A video on growth rates, maybe including the units from three houses and what the best class choice for each of them would be
Good vid man, Three Houses is my first FE so this is super helpful! Playing on Classic mode cause everyone online said to but i'm shook before every single battle
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.
A couple things to note:
Some classes also give bonuses to growth rates, making things lysithea's low res growth and felix low mag easier to deal with.
Master the warrior class will grant the wrath ability, which grants +50 crit if HP< 50%
Alternatively reaching higher authority ranks can grant some characters battalion wrath which does the same, except your battalion has to be low/dead. Really good synergy with Felix and Catherine.
Baring magic, there's only really one prf weapon in the game (weapons "locked" to one person). That means you can trade hero relics, like Thunderbrand, around without losing anything but a special combat art. In my BL playthrough I gave it to mortal savant Felix and watched the enemies cry.
Highly recommend Cyril not just because he's good but also because he is an angel and he will brighten your day please hug him
I liked Dorthea from Black Eagles a lot too just for her passive. Good to have your whole team surround her as she blasts people with magic.
And she gets meteor, which is OP in terms of range.
I played blue Lions and now as I play with the golden deer my first priority was to recruit Felix.
Auron Cloud nah, that’s just a regular Petra
Bow Knight Bernadetta carried my Black Eagles playthrough, she was all over the map sniping left and right
Growth rates for each character would be good
Quick note about Felix, his budding talent is +10 Crit to magic, and he is an absolute monster as a mortal savant, especially if you get the mastery skills from both dark mage and dark bishop on him.
Lysithea's hidden talent in swords unlocks a combat art called soul blade that deals magic damage based on her Resistance stat.
And of course you can give her a levin sword
My recruitment in 4 route :
- Crimson Flower : Sylvain + Ingrid + Lysithea
- Azure Moon : Caspar + Lysithea
- Verdant Wind : Ingrid
- Silver Snow : Everyone
My Lysithia kills everything. With this one staff equip her range is+ 2 which make her nearly unstoppable
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.
Dorothea is very powerful as well. Bernadetta was also useful for me. Lysithea, Felix, and Mercedes are good too. Hanneman is a very good reason magic user as well. Just depends on what you're good with.
As a rep of the Blue Lions, I can say that Felix regularly solos large groups. Dude's a psycho.
I've been recruiting characters based on whether I like them rather than their stats. So far I've gotten Dorothea, Raphael, Leonie and am working towards Petra and that will be everyone I'm after currently.
Also, I think CHA is Charisma, not Charm, just fyi.
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
Turned Ashe into a hero. I created a monster of a unit with axes bows and swords. The ones without a crest really work the hardest.
Yes Lysithia is a monster! was able to defeat the death knight in the underground chamber with her dark spikes attack! crazy!
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
Let's not forget Shamir! She's one of my favourites so far, along with Felix, Hubert and Sylvian.
Felix was a monster xD I started with Blue Lions and I also found Ashe to b a great Sniper/Bow Knight
Best boy Sylvain is a monster as a Wyvern Lord - I recruited him for my second play though and he literally destroys everything. He and Lysithea are two amazing characters that I'm so glad I picked up. From Black Eagles (the house I chose for both playthroughs thus far because of the split), I love Ferdie, Bernie, Caspar, and Dorothea - all of them pack a lot of power I can send them off and not worry about them dying.
You can use Catherine when you're playing the black eagles. I've started with them and played her the whole time ^^
Yup, she only stays if you side with Rhea. She leaves if you don't
A fix/minor clarification to go with the others in the comments -- there's a few magic based combat arts for physical weapons, and nothing restricts a caster class from using a normal weapon (and considering in the very early stages, you can easily burn a half-dozen charges from the single spell you might have, a melee weapon can be useful, if not a bow)
Sword -- Hexblade, Soulblade
Lance -- Frozen Lance (i know Hubert of the Black Eagles gets this out of his 3 star Lances)
Axe -- Lightning Axe
Gauntlets -- Mystic Blow
So what you're saying is that Waifus are objectively better than Husbandos in this game. No surprise there I guess.
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.
i could pick up catherine on my first playthru (black eagles) without an issue, i think it depends on what happens in holy tomb that decides if you keep her or not
I personally started with Petra going into spears and flying. She is now a falcon knight and a complete power house. Flying across the map and finishing foes off easily.
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
Nobody has mentioned yet. Annette from blue lions is insane in terms of damage and defense. She one shots during all attacks and defense.
agreed with this list, Leonie and Petra makes a super powerful pair on the battlefield
Which is why I'm slowly getting her
First thing it’s Ly-Sith-E-Ah and yea she’s a casting monster. I’m GD in my first play through and she doubles with 50-60 dmg with magic it’s insane. She also makes a nice Mortal Savant as well. Also Leonie is an AMAZING Falcon Knight props there for hat unit.
I managed to get 100% crit with Petra (with a Killing Edge and the Swordmaster passive) which absolutely annihilated some of those big evil beasts. She's an actual queen
Love my Golden Deers, when the Dancer quest came up I recruited Felix. Him as a Dancer is sick, evasion tanking and dancing across the battlefield.
I would be insane to say that Lysithea isn’t one of the best characters in the game. That said, my playstyle doesn’t work with her horrible defenses. I’d love to use her, but I can’t seem to use low defense units in any kind of game.
In my opinion Dorrothea and hilda should’ve appeared on this list somewhere because they are both amazingly strong recruitments that make your team a whole lot stronger
I have never liked Generals class in FE. They are super slow and mostly unreliable. But i gotta say, dedue is the best General i had the pleasure of using. This guy actually takes 0 damage from most of physical sources. Even in the blue lions final boss he kept taking 0 damage. And is not completely killed by magic like most generals, he can take a hit or two at least. Bro this guy got put to one by myson in the final battle and he survived 5 units plus a monster no problem, and one shot all but the monster. And absolute legend.
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
Caspar as a war master managed to hit a crit nearly every time because 1) his crit chance was nearly 50 or so every time he fought, and 2) i gave him gauntlets and he was super speedy meaning he got 4 total hits, 2 before the opponent could retaliate, therefore giving him a much better chance at getting a critical hit (like 75% average in all)
One time my lysithea almost one shot the dark knight(first encounter).He was left with 4 hp
My Leonie took half his health at the Tomas encounter then he ran
I'll have to disagree with you on Lysithia's mid to late game class. Dark Knight serves her needs much better than warlock offensively. The class has black and dark tome fare by default meaning you don't need to max out reason magic while canto is insanely useful since you can nuke a target and retreat out of harm's way.
Holy Knight is a handy pocket class for 1 hit killing monsters as she learns seraphim when you teach her faith magic. Yes she doubles but if she cam 1 shot ko, she can save used.
Gremory is better suited to desert maps as they're not slowed by sand tiles. Plus the extra magic uses can come into clutch depending on the map.
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.
i mostly recruit people i want to survive tbh.....
black eagles: bernadetta and dorothea
blue lions: annette and felix
golden deer: lysithea and raphael
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.
Do Lorenz' paralogue quest and the item you get can give lys +2 range to all her damage spells. It's nuts and makes her a great choice to obliterate monsters
I chose Golden Dear and so far they are all amazing. Hilda has one shot almost everyone from the beginning with her axe, and Lysithea just nukes anything with a pulse.
This is my first Fire Emblem game, and I love it
What's everyone's rank of all 3 classes for me
1. Blue lions
2. Golden deer
3. Black eagles
That’s a hard list to do honestly; I can’t get enough of these characters:
1. Black Eagles
2.Golden Deer
3. Blue Lions
@@princeofnohr8572ur right. I chose blue lions cause I like blue XD. Also felix reminds me of sasuke
I put a lot of focus into building my Lysithea in my recently completely first playthrough and by the end she was ridiculously powerful (I think she hit over 60mag)! With her cries she would regularly hit 150+ on regular non res focused enemies and even for enemies with high res she learns a spell later on that IGNORES res but the tradeoff is it is really slow (still a great spell to have).
To put it into perspective she was able to easily clear near full health bars in a single attack off of the very final boss of my playthrough (won’t spoil what that boss was). Also, any other monsters were an absolute breeze for her almost always one shotting their health bars.
Caspar is really good because his damage goes through the roof if you train him in punching
Thomas Brenchley my Caspar has had insane stat growth and is a monster as a brawler right now.
My Caspar is slow af
If you give him gauntlets they have a brave effect so will strike twice before the counter
@@dabrench1034 I know but my Caspar is still slow af
Mohnbrot20 same for me, there’s a reason he got sent to the bench in favor of Petra
Two MAJOR corrections to Lysithea:
01. Her ability doubles skill and class exp gain, NOT level exp
02a. You've severely underestimated the budding ability, Soulblade - it's a sword skill that counts as a magic attack and increases your damage based off your RES.
02b. Because it's a magic attack the target's RES is used to defend against the damage check so it's very useful for things like heavy armored enemies.
02c. If your Lysithea's RES is low then you are somehow using her wrong.
02d. Paired with the Levin Blade this attack basically 1-shot-kills 90% of all enemies and tbh still kills roughly 75% with a basic sword.
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
Idk anything bout this game but I really like Ashe, he’s pretty cool, also Felix is mad OP, and Mercedes is awesome as a healer
Mercedes in my first play through I made her a Gremory, she could literally cover the entire map with Physic and she reliably dodged melee attackers only to turn around and double them. She was an absolute beast and I will always recruit her no matter what house I choose.
You're on your SECOND playthrough already? Jesus I need to get off UA-cam 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.
We all can agree that Lysithea is the best mage of the game (best girl too imo)
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
I just finished the black eagles route recently, and I loved it. Personally my favorite character to recruit is Lysithea!