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What else is worth passing down as Male only? If not Counter its Axefaire or Wrath, right? Haven't seen Rally: Strength too much in builds but we have access to plenty of Rally Bots through DLC

Did it before with a Sorcerer heavy setup but you're saying I'd be better off making them Sages? Might just be stuck in my old ways and overvaluing Sorcerer. Hero does seem like the best choice for Nah, and I've tweaked it around for Nah at Hero.

Yeah Kellam x Nah seems to be super outdated, to the bench he goes! Thanks to everybody for the tips, final lineup is looking like: Male MU x Lucina (MU passing Counter) Sorcerer Chrom!Cynthia (Full coverage) Dark Flier Chrom!Lucina (Full coverage) Dark Flier Ricken!Owain (Lissa passing Galeforce) Sage Donnel!Kjelle (Full coverage) General Henry!Gerome (Full coverage) General Gaius!Noire (Full coverage) Dark Flier Vaike!Nah (Vaike passing Axefaire) Hero/Manakete/General Gregor!Laurent (Full coverage) Sorcerer Virion!Yarne (Panne passing Swordbreaker) Berserker Libra!Inigo (Olivia passing Galeforce) Sorcerer Stahl!Severa (Full coverage...?) Sorcerer Lon'Qu!Brady (Maribelle passing Galeforce) Sage I was on the fence about Shadowgift Morgan and you make a good point that it just eats up an otherwise usable slot. I guess my last thing I'm pondering is what skills do I pass down? Trying to outline them above but still rusty on which skills the childs' can miss (as parent class coverage is normally great). Should lead into this final setup: Sage Brady - S - Sorcerer MU Sage Owain - S - Sorcerer Severa General Kjelle - S - Berserker Yarne General Gerome - S - Manakete/Hero/General Nah Sorcerer Inigo - S - Dark Flier Lucina Sorcerer Morgan - S - Dark Flier Cynthia Sorcerer Laurent - S - Dark Flier Noire

Thank you guys for the quick responses! Yeah I guess I haven't explored Virion enough, he wasn't ever really used the last time I went through Apotheosis (2 years ago lol) Haven't tried out Cherche x Henry but that'd be worth exploring. That frees up Chrom x Sumia Lissa x Vaike Sully x Donnel Cherche x Henry Tharja x Gaius Nowi x Kellam Miriel x Gregor Panne x Virion Olivia x Libra Cordelia x Stahl Maribelle x Lon'Qu Male MU x Lucina Switching things up a bit, differences are Kellam!Nah, Henry!Gerome, Vaike!Owain, Virion!Yarne. I still haven't used Ricken but I've seen most people swear by Gregor!Laurent for Armsthrift, although Ricken!Laurent turns him into a crazy Sage. Fathers for Owain and Brady are giving me the most trouble, although I didn't use them too much my first time around.

Hey all. Just getting back into FE:A on a new New 3DS and looking to make another run through Apotheosis. Reading back about 30-40 pages it seems the optimal pairings have shifted a bit since the last time I played, how does this lineup look so far? Can't quite remember if I'm maximizing Galeforce/Armsthrift with this setup. Pretty set on Chrome X Sumia for this run although I might do Chrome x Olivia again. I could also pair up MU with Aversa but not sure if Shadowgift is worth forgoing the 2nd generation stats Chrom x Sumia Lissa x Henry Sully x Donnel Cherche x Frederick Tharja x Gaius Nowi x Vaike Miriel x Gregor Panne x Kellam Olivia x Libra Cordelia x Stahl Maribelle x Lon'Qu Male MU x Lucina