Gamble for Severa; Too Risky?

[Laurent]

I was wondering which male-only skill to give to Henry!Severa. I plan to switch her classes around quite a bit (so axefaire will be completely useless) and I do not need her for a streetpass team.

That leaves Gamble, Wrath, and Counter as viable skills for her.

I have the Dread Fighter DLC too, although I'm not sure if those skills can be inherited (so Res+10 and Aggressor if they can be).

Right now I'm leaning toward Gamble, as it is effective in all offensive classes and can stack Crit. with forged killer weapons/ruin, although it does decrease hit.

What do you think? Does Gamble sound like as good choice, or would other skills, like Counter or Wrath, work better?

Unique Skills Severa can receive

Barbarian
Despoil
Gamble
Berserker
Wrath
Axefaire
Warrior
Rally Strength
Counter

Possible classes

Mercenary
Armsthrift
Patience
Hero
Sol
Axebreaker
Bow Knight
Rally Skill
Bowbreaker

Pegasus Knight
Speed +2
Relief
Falcon Knight
Rally Speed
Lancefaire
Dark Flier
Rally Movement
Galeforce

Dark Mage
Hex
Anathema
Sorcerer
Vengeance
Tomebreaker
Dark Knight
Slow Burn :(
Lifetaker

Thief
Locktouch
Movement +1
Assassin
Lethality
Pass
Trickster
Lucky Seven
Acrobat

Troubadour :(
Resistance +2
Demoiselle
Valkyrie
Rally Resistance
Dual Support+
War Cleric
Rally Luck
Renewal

Stat mods for Henry!Severa

Str +3
Mag +1
Skl +5
Spd +3
Lck -2
Def +2
Res -1

^Fairly decent, I believe.

source: http://serenesforest.net/fe13/children/selena.html

Edited May 29, 2013 by Laurent

[Zak Something]

Personally I always give her Counter.

Although Wrath is a funny choice for her considering her personality.

[shadykid]

Axefaire anyway

otherwise, Wrath

(seriously man, Severa doesn't need any male-exclusive skills to be great)

[Dai]

I'd go for Axefaire, to be honest.

[BlueFire]

No, you can't pass DLC skills. Counter is probably the best choice unless you want a rallybot, where you may want Rally Strength.

[JSND Alter Dragon Boner]

Axefaire

Its a pretty weird pairing but eh

[Renne]

I...prefer having her with Frederick as her father... but I'm gonna go with Zak and say Counter too, in this case.

[Laurent]

The problem I have with Axefaire is that only two out of the fifteen of Severa's reclass options use axes (one of which I will probably avoid reclassing her into. Arguably, both Lancefaire and Swordfaire would be more useful to Severa. Unfortunately, Severa is not able to receive Lancefaire through male inheritance and she cannot get Swordfaire at all. This is why I see the other skills (Gamble, Counter,Wrath) as more useful to inherit.

My apologies for under-explaining

[Shadow Mir]

Personally, I'd pass down Gamble since Counter and Wrath are pretty awful.

[Iridium]

Axefaire goes nicely with Hero and Helswath.

Otherwise, eh.

[shadykid]

Avatar!Severa ftw, get ALL THE SKILLS

eh I think neither Gamble or Wrath are finding a use for that build

Edited May 29, 2013 by shadykid

[Donnel]

Personally, I'd pass down Gamble since Counter and Wrath are pretty awful.

I also passed down Gamble. Henry!Severa too.

Astra(weapon) with gamble as Lead works beautifully for me.

The support always finish the job for me if she missed.

[Loki Laufeyson]

Personally I always give her Counter.

Although Wrath is a funny choice for her considering her personality.

Not really disagreeing or anything, just pointing our your avatar is awesome and hilarious.

Axefaire is where i would go with it. Because Hero!Severa is winsauce.

[euklyd]

If you're not gonna be doing Streetpass, then Counter should be practically useless.

Hero Severa is great, and for a War Cleric, remember that Axefaire will boost Mag if you've got a Bolt Axe equipped, so more healing.

Between Gamble and Wrath...

Hit is almost always high enough that Gamble's hit penalty is negligible, but Wrath gives a better Crit boost. If you're gonna be <50% HP, go with Wrath, otherwise, Gamble.

[Othin]

Gamble isn't risky; it's just bad. +10 Crit is nothing compared to +5 Str with axes.